Forecasters in Britain are bracing themselves for a severe winter with up to two months of snow.
However the Irish weather is not expected to be as extreme with a forecaster predicting mild weather to continue into November.
The Met Eireann forecaster said it was impossible for them to predict snow for Donegal or the North-West or look any deeper into the winter months.
He said: “Friday the 4th of November is the furthest we can see ahead at the moment and there is barely even a nights frost until then.
“Seasonal forecasts in this part of the world are very unreliable, it is almost impossible to predict past ten days and even then it’s a stretch.
“I’m not sure about the UK but I can’t predict that far ahead. There may well be snow this winter but it’s too early to predict.”
In the UK, James Madden of Exacta Weather said freezing temperatures are just around the corner.
“The Arctic Oscillation (AO) will start to trend more towards negative territory from this point forward and this will also begin to build the right conditions for a colder than average winter this year.
“There will be phases of strongly negative plunges particularly from December to January.
“This will result in some very potent or potentially memorable periods of cold and snow within this period for many parts of the country.”
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