Weather system over Greenland runs 'risk' of bringing very cold winter to Ireland

One Irish weather expert has said that the weather in Greenland could end up bringing cooler weather to Ireland this winter.

It is quite a while away but Alan O'Reilly from Carlow Weather has been analysing long range forecasts to try and predict what type of winter we will get in Ireland over the coming months.

While he admitted the long range forecasts beyond ten days are "very poor," he did signal a weather trend in Greenland that could affect Ireland in the long run.

Alan said: "Long range forecasts are still sadly generally very poor and forecasting beyond 10 days is uncertain. 

"However, overall long range trend forecasts are interesting to look at and the latest ECMWF seasonal forecast for winter shows an increased risk of a cooler winter with high pressure forecast over Greenland."

Alan did stress the unpredictability of weather models this far out but that it "will be interesting to look back on this in a few months."

Meanwhile, Met Éireann's extended range forecast only runs to the end of September and predicts a largely dry month ahead.

Temperatures will remain in the mid-20s this week with the risk of some showers in the coming weeks, as well as wetter and more changeable weather from around September 18.