Photograph: Declan DohertyIce, frost, hail, sleet, snow and hazardous driving conditions are expected on Thursday morning following overnight freezing conditions. The impacted counties are forecast to experience hail, sleet and snow showers with some “modest accumulations” of snow in some areas, especially on high ground, according to the forecaster. Met Éireann’s Rebecca Cantwell said the expected hail, sleet and possibly snow would result in “icy stretches and possibly hazardous travelling conditions.”She said Thursday would be “another cold day with frost and icy patches slow to clear”. Scattered showers, mainly falling as rain or sleet, will become increasingly isolated through the day with increasing sunny spells. Highest temperatures of 6 to 10 degrees are expected, alongside winds reaching strong to near gale force strength along Atlantic coasts.
