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Snow on way as Ireland is set for year’s first big chill
Chris in scarf on date with Dakota, right IRELAND is set to be gripped by the first big freeze of the year, forecasters said yesterday.
Met Eireann added while today and tomorrow will be normal, the weather takes a turn for the worse from midweek with plummeting temperatures and heavy snow.
A spokesman said today will be “a cold bright day with heavy showers at times. Daytime temperatures will be around 5C or 6C in blustery westerly winds.
He added: “A cold, windy Tuesday with widespread heavy showers merging to longer spells of rain across the western half of the country CHRIS Martin is seen on a date for the first time with his new love, Fifty Shades of Grey star Dakota Johnson.
The Coldplay frontman, 40, took the American actress, 28, – some of the showers will be wintry. Highs of 2C to 5C.”
The forecaster added: “Cold and windy for much of Wednesday with further showers.
“Temperatures rising during the evening as heavy rain and to the swish Soho House in Malibu, California.
The casually dressed pair arrived in Chris’s 4x4, with Dakota initially covering her face, despite their romance strong winds develop overnight with the passage of a winter storm across Ireland.”
Thursday and Friday will also produce very wintry conditions.
Meanwhile, motorists are being urged to slow down, particularly in northern counties and to keep an eye out for being confirmed in December.
Dakota, daughter of film stars Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith, linked up with Chris last October, but they have avoided the spotlight. pedestrians and cyclists. AA spokesman Conor Faughnan said: “The fact we’ve had similar weather already this winter is a good thing in the sense that we have some recent experience of what it’s like to drive on snow and ice.
“Despite this, it’s important that motorists adapt their driving accordingly and don’t overlook the risk that these conditions can present for all roads and particularly cyclists and pedestrians.
“The most important thing for motorists to bear in mind is to reduce your speed where necessary, but also to allow additional room when overtaking vulnerable road users.
“Only overtake other road users when it’s safe to do so and remember that falling snow can severely hamper visibility.”
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