Barra Best

@barrabest.bsky.social

BBC TV & Senior Weather Presenter. Reporter & documentary maker. Forever hiding in the shade ☁️barra.best@bbc.co.uk

🌞 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

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🟨 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.

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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.

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⚠️ 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

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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

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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!

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