Colder this week, some wintry/snow showers, widespread frost and ice.

No ice day for me anyway, temperature gone positive again.

Safe to go outside now 😁

Squib people, damp squib. All squids are, by nature, damp. Sorry to be pedantic pants.

Clondalkin here and there was a thin sheet of ice on the windscreen of my car this morning at 9:00am when I went out. Car is in the shade to so that helped i guess

It will be interesting to see if the ECM or ARPEGE is right on this tomorrow night, the short distance between the two could make a lot of difference in Dublin...

The truth is its not normal for Ireland. We rarely get sub 7 all winter.

No idea why people bother posting in here only to moan when there's something outside the norm happening. Just leave the place to people who have an interest in following the weather.

Indeed, most squid are damp. Perhaps they're referring to the elusive Pedantic Squid?

I think you're bang off the money fella. We have been reading in the media and listening to met eireann / rte building this up. I'm prefectly entitled to highlight the fact that this weather is nothing out of the ordinary or extreme. I think that needs to be done in fact. When media or met eireann start scare mongering they need to be conscious of the fact that it can have a very negative impact on some people.

I get that there are posters on here who hang on every word Evelyn says and want to believe we are facing Arctic like conditions for their own amusement but their opinions are no more relevant than mine or anyone else who is a bit more realistic about the weather and actually lives on planet earth.

It's been pointed out before that issuing storm warnings when the weather is a little bit bad will make people switch off to them when the really strong storms hit.

The problem seems to be that only one type of “following the weather” is truly tolerated.

Shower of sleet atm

That damp squid squib thing came up during the last cold spell we had. Maybe its a sign of the cold when ya can't tell yer bs from your ds.

So.....? The morning lads? Thursday morning. Is it locked in yet? I'm in Dublin but don't know whether to make a journey in the morning? I can put it off but, if the roads are fine I can do it. What's the craic lads?

Well, yes. A forecast is effectively a hypothesis based on collected data to estimate an outcome. Science isn't exact, it's full of hypotheses where the outcome will never be 100% certain.

A squib is another name for a banger especially around Cavan and Monaghan.. You know the ones where you light the fuse and wait for the bang.

So what's unusual about the current weather exactly?

I defrosted my car this morning, same as I've done countless times during an Irish winter before.

It all felt perfectly normal to me.

Nothing.

The low temperature warning does not kick in until 22.00 tomorrow 8th Dec.

Do keep up.

I too see nothing unusual for around here in the next week. The lowest will be -3. Personally I think it's being hyped but I can't see why.

Today was 1c but pleasant sunshine and no wind chill. Tomorrow seems to be heading towards 2c and clear skies. Windchill may leave it feeling -2 but it's the second week in December.

People falling for the usual media hype job.

High of 3.7c today at my station, nice crisp day with lots of sunshine.