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

Looking at cavan Station temperature - 3c all day that same station didn't rise above - 9.9c on 21st December 2010

Raining in Cork city. 3 degrees. Cold snap over for the city?

But isn't that why we hunt it, because it's so rare

I'm not far from D14 and I had two falls of snow in 2010 which lasted a week each. Max accumulation in a not very scientific measure was about 25Cm, I reckon the Beast accumulation was >30Cm. But such this vary from place to place when you have showers in the mix.

Power demand on the Irish grid broke the record today I think, the previous island maximum was 21/12/2010. Wind of almost no use in meeting this demand in this weather.

That's what i said

Really bitter nationwide at the moment - 5c over me but I think temperatures will lift for me to - 2c just as it did last night alot milder further south with rain trying to push in and winds vering southeast

Current temperature outside Tralee 3.1 and North of listowel - 1.4

That's some difference.

Go away 6, you're drunk.

Got down to -4.7c in Cork last night and currently sitting at just under 3c.

Sandyford D18 -0.2 currently. Pea soup outside and no thaw

The 18z gfs has nudged slightly further North with tomorrow's ppn as in covers most of Cork and Kerry. Slightly colder uppers too than this evening. It's possible we could get a dusting from it before it pulls away. Stranger things have happened

Cold aside, was just checking rain stats for here and only about 3mm has fallen this month so far. Not bad considering that we are almost half way through one of the wettest months of the year on average.

Ice crystals falling in Galway city covering everything that doesn't already have a thick layer of white.

It's like snow.