5 December 2011 Last updated at 14:50

In pictures: Northern Ireland snowfall

Paul Evans took this sunrise over a snowy Belfast from the top of broadcasting house

Maghera storm-chaser Martin McKenna found a winter wonderland around the Glenshane Pass

BBC Newsline's Louise Cullen took this snowy Gortin Glen photo at the foot of Mullyclogha mountain path

Another sunrise over Belfast as seen by Grainne McCreesh from the Horseshoe Bend

Behind Malone House, the Black Mountain turns white, by Des Maltby

Rob McAuley calls this photo of a snow-covered Scawt Hill, near Ballygalley, 'Northern Ireland's Eiger'

A light dusting of snow at the Giant's Ring photographed by Des Maltby

Northern Ireland