A 'significant snow event' could take place next week, similar to the Beast from the East, according to Met Eireann.
Temperatures are set to drop this weekend, but a Siberian front will move in from Wednesday bringing potentially heavy snowfall.
Storm Emma in February 2018 ground the country to a halt with heavy downpours of snow and a red weather warning.
Met Eireann says a similar event is possible next week with a Siberian front moving in from the east on Wednesday.
Forecaster Siobhan Ryan says temperatures will begin to drop this weekend: "It's going to turn progressively colder over the next few days, temperatures are going to fall, a lot of cloud and by night - frost and ice."
Temperatures will drop to the low single figures this weekend but it will stay mainly dry.
However on Wednesday, cold easterly winds will move in and will meet a low pressure front, potentially bringing heavy snow similar to what we saw in 2018.
Alan O'Reilly from Carlow weather explains: "Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, that's where there's a similar set up to Storm Emma where you have this continual heavy snow falling."
Four different weather models shown here for +144 hours which is Wednesday and you can see the differences in the low system out to the West. Where that goes will decide our weather later next week. pic.twitter.com/e7gz9CVVNN
— Carlow Weather (@CarlowWeather) February 4, 2021
It's expected that east Leinster will face the brunt of the bad weather next week with the South also possibly affected.
