There was a seasonal surprise waiting outdoors this morning.

Cork woke up to a dusting of snow across the city and county, amid a Status Yellow – Snow/Ice warning for Ireland issued by Met Éireann yesterday.

Cork under a thin snow cover this morning #cork #corkcity #Ireland #SnowFlower #SNOW #morning #purecork #lovecork @EnglishMarket pic.twitter.com/aMjVfV814s

— Café Marius (@CafeMariusEM) January 7, 2021

Waking up to another day at home made joyous by the arrival of some snow. #sneachta pic.twitter.com/BCF7KZMARN

— Fiona Kearney (@fionakearney) January 7, 2021

It’s a cold and icy start to the day. According to the national forecaster, “light rain, sleet snow will clear south during the morning with treacherous conditions on untreated surfaces.”

Cork City Council operations crews have gritted priority routes across Cork City Centre and suburbs, but the advice is to be extra careful in all parts of the city today.

Nice dusting of #snow this morning in Kilworth, Cork ⛄️ @CarlowWeather pic.twitter.com/7LKIFf4jso

— Carol Fanning (@carolbrady0) January 7, 2021

#sneachta in #Ballincollig pic.twitter.com/qlfCLK7Bd5

— Ann-Marie O’Sullivan (@AddsOS) January 7, 2021

Collins Barracks Cork in the snow ❄️ pic.twitter.com/SuFGLwCtIu

— Caoil (@caoilisms) January 7, 2021

“A clearance to sunshine and well-scattered wintry showers will follow from the north for the rest of the day. Maximum afternoon temperatures generally ranging 0 to 3 degrees but a little less cold in Atlantic coastal fringes with moderate northwest breezes.” said a forecaster.

We can expect another very cold night on Thursday night with widespread frost and ice. Many areas will be dry and clear and an isolated wintry flurry is possible.

Minimum temperatures will dip as low as -4 to -1 degrees in moderate northerly breezes.