{"id":294088,"date":"2026-02-12T11:19:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T11:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/294088\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T11:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T11:19:07","slug":"met-eireann-issues-nationwide-low-temperature-and-ice-warning-as-arctic-air-mass-approaches-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/294088\/","title":{"rendered":"Met \u00c9ireann issues nationwide low temperature and ice warning as Arctic air mass approaches \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Ireland is set to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/weather-ireland\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/weather-ireland\/\">take a cold plunge<\/a> later this week as the long rainy spell gives way to frost and ice, with temperatures expected to hit lows of \u22124 degrees under the influence of an Arctic air mass.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/met-eireann\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/met-eireann\/\">Met \u00c9ireann<\/a> has issued a status yellow ice warning for the whole country from 9pm on Friday until 10am on Saturday. It has warned of hazardous driving conditions and icy conditions underfoot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The forecaster said Thursday will be generally wet and breezy with scattered showers before the mercury begins to drop overnight. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The north of the country will see rain while the south will experience occasional sunshine. Rain will be heavy at times with possible spot flooding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">It will be coldest in the north with temperatures of 2 to 5 degrees and 6 to 9 degrees further south. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Thursday night will be cloudy, wet and breezy. Frost and ice are to be expected in parts, particularly in the north and west, as lowest temperatures range from \u22121 to 4 degrees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Friday is expected to have a cold start with frost and ice persisting in areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Cloud and patchy rain will clear, becoming dry with sunny spells and isolated showers, which may become wintry in the north and west. Highest temperatures will reach 3 to 7 degrees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Friday night will be very cold, frosty and icy as lowest temperatures range from \u22124 to \u22121 degrees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The chilly conditions will continue into Saturday, which is expected to be dry, but with widespread frost and ice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-it-article-body__interstitial-link\">[\u00a0<a aria-label=\"Open related story\" class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/opinion\/letters\/2026\/02\/07\/micheal-martin-should-get-a-job-with-met-eireann\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miche\u00e1l Martin should get a job with Met \u00c9ireannOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Cloud will build across the west of the country during the afternoon with wet and windy conditions developing, extending eastward later in the evening, bringing highest temperatures of 4 to 7 degrees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Rain may fall as sleet for a time through the evening and early night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Saturday night will be wet and windy with the chance of wintry falls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Sunday will be windy with scattered rainfalls mainly affecting Munster and Leinster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Some sunny spells may develop, but scattered showers may occur also, mostly affecting Atlantic counties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Temperatures will warm up, hitting highs of 9 to 11 degrees. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Meanwhile, Dublin Port has begun essential remedial works to repair the Great South Wall rock armour which was damaged in December\u2019s Storm Bram. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The marine infrastructure was built between 1720 and 1795 and continues to perform an engineering function of safeguarding and sheltering the shipping channel into Dublin Port.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">In a statement Dublin Port said that the wall\u2019s rock armour has recently sustained damage from increasingly severe weather, as seen throughout January and also in December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cDuring the storm, sections of the existing rock armour, which protects the breakwater, were loosened and displaced,\u201d the statement added. \u201cUrgent remedial works are now required.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"The Poolbeg Lighthouse on the Great South Wall. Dublin Port has begun a &#x20AC;2.5 million&#xA0;programme of essential remedial works to&#xA0;repair&#xA0;the Great South Wall&#xA0;rock armour.\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6JBWGF5QUVFMRLV4P4MVJQTTFI.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/>The Poolbeg Lighthouse on the Great South Wall. Dublin Port has begun a \u20ac2.5 million\u00a0programme of essential remedial works to\u00a0repair\u00a0the Great South Wall\u00a0rock armour. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The five-week \u20ac2.5m programme of works will involve replacing lost rock armour at the roundhead near Poolbeg Lighthouse, using material sourced from Arklow. A section of the wall, approximately 100 metres from the Poolbeg Lighthouse, is temporarily closed to the public while these works are underway. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Port engineer Eamon McElroy said that following regular laser scanning and 3D modelling of the wall, it was discovered that there was some movement in the rock armour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cAs storms become more severe, we need to work quickly to protect this crucial piece of marine infrastructure,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cThe walls exist in a harsh marine environment requiring us to closely monitor any movement of the rock armour and wall integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ireland is set to take a cold plunge later this week as the long rainy spell gives way&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,1191,43,40,38,41,39,15950],"class_list":{"0":"post-294088","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-met-eireann","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-top-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topnews","14":"tag-topstories","15":"tag-weather-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}