Barra Best

🌞 Good Morning Ireland🌞
🌡️It’s already heating up at 7am with 20°C in Banagher, County Derry, and Valentia, County Kerry.
☁️ Barely a cloud in sight.
🌡️ Highs close to 30C in a few spots! 🥵
😎🌴 #Heatwave

Sunrise in Ballycastle this morning #StormHour #ThePhotoHour @cmjohnston.bsky.social @organicbotanic.bsky.social @barrabest.bsky.social @metoffice.bsky.social @weatheraisling.bsky.social @itvweather.bsky.social

Ballycastle this evening in the rain #StormHour #ThePhotoHour @cmjohnston.bsky.social @organicbotanic.bsky.social @barrabest.bsky.social @metoffice.bsky.social @weatheraisling.bsky.social @itvweather.bsky.social

Storm Éowyn: Disruption likely in NI as storm to bring high winds Multiple warnings have been issued across Northern Ireland from midnight on Thursday.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🟨 Snow & Ice Warning: NI (3PM Mon - 11AM Tues)
❄️ Scattered snow showers—hit & miss, NOT everywhere.
🥶 Temps below freezing tonight = icy stretches.

🟨 Snow & Ice Warning: ROI (Noon Mon - Noon Tues)
❄️ Untreated areas likely to see disruption.

It was a bitterly cold night in Katesbridge, Co. Down, with the mercury plunging to a frosty -6°C — the coldest spot in all of Ireland! 🥶 Sub-zero temps are on the cards again tonight.

Weather: Warning for ice issued across Northern Ireland The Met Office alert will kick in at 17:00 GMT on Thursday.

❄️ Ice & low-temperature warnings issued across Ireland tonight.

⚠️ Risk of snow disruption this weekend.

Get the full details here: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Weather: Warning for ice issued across Northern Ireland The Met Office alert starts at 16:00 GMT on Wednesday and lasts until 10:00 on Thursday.

Ice warning issued for NI tonight as cold spell begins. Details here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

⚠️ Yellow Warning: Ice ⚠️
🕓 16:00 Today - 10:00 Tomorrow

Icy surfaces may cause difficult travel conditions:
🔹 Risk of icy patches on untreated roads, pavements, and cycle paths.
🔹 Injuries possible from slips and

Happy New Year! 🎉 Wishing you sunny days, light breezes, and only teacup storms in 2025! ☀️🌈 I’m off to make a Dark ‘N’ Stormy - or a few!🍹#2025

What is a fogbow? A fogbow resembles a rainbow but forms from sunlight interacting with water droplets in fog, mist, or cloud, instead of raindrops as in a traditional rainbow.

www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/lear...

Wave watching in Ballycastle on Boxing Day #StormHour #ThePhotoHour @cmjohnston.bsky.social @organicbotanic.bsky.social @barrabest.bsky.social @metoffice.bsky.social @weatheraisling.bsky.social @itvweather.bsky.social

Looking out to sea at Portaneevy viewing point. Waves coming in sets maybe from Greenland. Too much swell for easy sailing, but good for surfing.

Natural colour of the day. Grey, low cloud. A “corduroy” #Sea good for #surf @ Carrick-a-rede

#NI #weather

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Happy Christmas, everyone! 🎄 Wishing you all a great day. 🎅🏻

Nollaig Shona daoibh! ✨

A very wintery scene this morning from festive Cookstown, County Tyrone, with Slieve Gallion dusted in snow ❄️. Photo by Pascal Diamond. #Tyrone #IrlSnow #Sneachta

Northern Ireland weather warnings over weekend before Christmas The Met Office says disruption to the roads, rail, air, and ferry transport are all likely.

Weather warnings have been issued because of strong winds this weekend. Details here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Winter solstice shines a light on 5,000 years of history The "engineering used to align the sun to honour the dead" on top of Slieve Gullion is "incredible".

How the solstice shines light on 5,000 years of history www.bbc.com/news/article...

NI weather: Yellow wind warnings issued Yellow wind warnings have been issued for Northern Ireland, likely causing Christmas travel disruption.

🌬️ Yellow Weather Warning for strong winds this weekend.

📅 Sat: Gusts 50-60mph, stronger on coasts & hills.
📅 Sun: Similar winds with squally showers, hail & thunder possible.

🚗 Travel disruption likely.

Details - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Will it be a White Christmas? Join BBC Weather’s Carol Kirkwood, Matt Taylor and Barra Best, along with famous faces Jeremy Vine and Lucy Porter, to explore where our fascination with where a white Christmas comes from.

Join me, Carol Kirkwood, and Matt Taylor, along with famous faces Jeremy Vine and Lucy Porter, to explore where our fascination with where a white Christmas comes from. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Weather warning for wind now in place for Antrim and Down until 08:00 on Wednesday.

A break in the grey skies allowed some late afternoon sunshine - a very welcome sight. #Coleraine I'm happy that we've almost reached the #winter #solstice
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A wet night in Ballycastle #StormHour #ThePhotoHour @cmjohnston.bsky.social @organicbotanic.bsky.social @barrabest.bsky.social @metoffice.bsky.social @weatheraisling.bsky.social @itvweather.bsky.social

A proper winter’s day! Temps of just 2°C in parts of Tyrone, Fermanagh, Cavan, and Monaghan. #Winter ❄️🥶

Photo shows fog lying low over the fields of Donegal and Tyrone.

Above the freezing fog in Donegal and Tyrone this morning. Photos by Raymond McCarron Photography.

A frosty divide! ❄️ Castlederg, Co. Tyrone, plunged to -6°C this morning, while it was a milder +6°C in north Down, 12 degrees warmer.

Castlederg’s hollow traps cold air, letting it settle and plummet temperatures. Nature’s icebox at work!

Cool Christmas over Belfast. Taken from the Rocky Road looking down towards the Lagan. @barrabest.bsky.social

Brace for a wintry week! ❄️🎄 Expect daytime temps in the mid-single figures and foggy & frosty nights dipping below freezing. Keep warm 🎅☕✨

Waterfall going backwards between Downhill and Benone on the north coast during storm Darragh. Thanks to Matthew from Castleroe, Coleraine, for the video. #StormDarragh

Pans Rocks Bridge in Ballycastle this morning. #StormDarragh #StormHour #ThePhotoHour @cmjohnston.bsky.social @organicbotanic.bsky.social @barrabest.bsky.social @metoffice.bsky.social @weatheraisling.bsky.social @itvweather.bsky.social

Ballycastle in County Antrim bearing the brunt on Storm Darragh on Saturday. Amber warning is in place. Via Anne Kelly.