Cold snap set to continue According to weather forecasts, the current cold snap is likely to continue playing havoc with the upcoming racing fixtures. The outlook for Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday is : Staying bitterly cold, with daytime temperatures of 2 to 4 Celsius and not rising above freezing in some sheltered inland areas on Thursday. There will be some sunny or clear spells, but further wintry showers of hail, sleet and snow also, most likely in north Connacht, Ulster and in east Leinster, although some wintry showers are possible in other areas as well. Breezy on Tuesday and Wednesday, with moderate, locally fresh, northeasterly winds, the winds slackening by Thursday, backing northeast to north in direction. Nights will be bitterly cold and frosty, with air temperatures dropping down to between 0 and minus 5 or minus 6 Celsius, still coldest away from exposed coasts with icy stretches on untreated surfaces. Thursday night will be even colder, with values possibly as low as minus 8 degrees in places, as winds fall light and there is the added danger of freezing fog.
