The sun was shortlived!

Met Éireann issued a status yellow snow-ice warning for 10 counties today.

With scattered thunderstorms, hailstones and snow expected this week for parts of Ireland, Met Éireann has now confirmed that a status yellow snow-ice warning.

Luckily the warning is not affecting the South West.

The warning is in place for Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Longford and Louth.

 it was issued at 11am on 1 April, comes into effect at 12.01am on Tuesday and is valid until 12pm on 3 April.

 

 

Status Yellow Warning issued for Connacht, Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Longford and Louth.

Valid from 00:00 hours Tue, 02-Apr-2019 to 12:00 hours Wed, 03-Apr-2019 pic.twitter.com/fZClWXkBz4

— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) April 1, 2019

We would say this is an April fool's but its noticeably colder today across the country.

Check out the full forecast here.