VIDEO: Long-range forecaster predicting more snow for Easter!

Photo of Donnelly's Hollow in the Curragh by Stephen Maher

A long-range weather forecaster has claimed that there will be 'a further risk of snow showers' for Easter weekend at the end of the month.

The month of March is already set to be one of the coldest on record with 'the Beast from the East' and Storm Emma dumping several feet of snow across the country two weeks ago.

A second snow episode hit in recent days - dubbed - 'the Son of the Beast.

However Prof Peter O'Donnell of Irish Weather Online group on Facebook - who correctly predicted the St Patrick's Weekend snow two weeks ago - is forecasting snow and sub zero temperatures at the end of the month.

He said: "[The weather] may get slightly milder by about Tuesday 27th - then it will turn quite cold at the end of the month in a northerly flow with the risk of snow showers returning."

However the expert says it's too early to predict the amount of snow that will fall.

However, on a better note, he predicted 'quite warm' conditions in late April and that May could turn out to be quite warm - perhaps the start of the Irish summer!

Meanwhile - as a reminder of the St Patrick's Weekend snow - see a video by Amy Gaffney below of driving through Maddenstown on the Curragh yesterday morning:

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