Met Éireann have issued a Standing Yellow snow and ice warning for Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Longford, Louth, Leitrim, Roscommon and Sligo.
he warning will come into impact instantly and final till 7am Monday morning.
There might be wintry showers immediately and tonight within the eight counties affected with some accumulations of snow potential.
Motorists have additionally been warned there’s a danger of icy stretches on untreated surfaces, so warning is suggested.
The nationwide forecaster additionally issued an extension of the Standing Yellow wind warning for all counties on the west coast of Eire for the rest of Sunday.
ESB groups are working to revive energy to over 1,000 houses and companies this morning as Storm Bella prompted outages in all corners of the nation.
There are outages in 11 counties with Cork the worst affected by final evening’s gale drive winds and rain.
Six completely different places in Cork had been with out energy this morning at Dennehy’s Cross, Bandon, Curraleigh, Dunmanway, Cloonbannin and Rathmore.
There have been gale drive winds nationwide final evening, significantly sturdy on the west coast, with Mace Head in Galway recording gusts of as much as 115km/h.
Quite a few climate stations nationwide registered gusts as much as 100km/h.
Mayo skilled probably the most rainfall yesterday as Newport climate station recorded over an inch (26.5mm) of rain on Saturday.
There are not any studies of flooding or structural injury to properties as of but.
“Immediately might be chilly and blustery with occasional sunny spells and frequent showers, some heavy with the chance of remoted thunderstorms and falls of hail, sleet and snow,” a Met Éireann forecaster stated.
Heavy showers will merge right into a extra organised band, extending from the northwest throughout the night.
The band of showers will transfer south-eastwards over the nation early on Sunday evening, turning to sleet and snow on greater floor within the north and east.
This might be adopted by scattered wintry showers.
Temperatures will vary from 0 to three levels early within the evening, rising later as west to north westerly winds enhance recent to sturdy and gusty with gales or sturdy gales on Atlantic coasts.
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