Cold and frosty conditions to continue with nationwide yellow warning in place

Cold and frosty conditions are to proceed implicit the play arsenic a nationwide yellowish rainfall and upwind informing is successful spot from Friday.

The upwind is expected to go bedewed and windy connected Friday nighttime arsenic Storm Bert brings spells of beardown winds and dense rainfall implicit the weekend.

It comes arsenic unsafe driving conditions were reported crossed parts southbound and westbound Ireland arsenic dense snowfall fell overnight connected Wednesday.

An orangish informing for snowfall and crystal was successful spot for counties Clare, Limerick, Galway and Tipperary from midnight to noon connected Thursday, arsenic important snowfall deed parts of the country.

An orangish informing for snowfall and rainfall for counties Cork and Waterford was successful spot until noon connected Thursday, arsenic dense rainfall caused treacherous conditions connected the roads.

A presumption yellowish informing for debased temperatures and crystal remains successful spot crossed the state until midday connected Friday.

Met Eireann issued a informing for precise acold and wide frost, with icy stretches and lying snowfall persisting connected Thursday and Friday.

There are warnings of hazardous conditions connected roads and paths, with immoderate question disruption.

Met Eireann said Storm Bert is simply a debased unit strategy presently forming successful the Atlantic, forecasted to bring dense rainfall and beardown winds to Ireland implicit the weekend.

The meteorological work said it volition beryllium issuing much warnings implicit the play arsenic further details of the tempest go available.

Reports of unsafe driving conditions pursuing dense snowfall were made crossed parts of Ireland, peculiarly successful the westbound of the country.

Meanwhile, drivers successful Northern Ireland besides battled with unsafe conditions arsenic a yellowish upwind for crystal and snowfall was successful spot until 10am connected Thursday.

Temperatures fell beneath zero overnight successful parts of the region.

Showers are expected to autumn arsenic snowfall implicit hills, with icy patches elsewhere.

The presumption yellowish informing is for Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone and Derry, and volition beryllium successful spot from 3pm connected Thursday until 10am connected Friday.