Bring on the snow

Tazz T

coming down in D4

Snowbie

well it wasnt what aberdeen got but it was something still goin in d13 and wow its heavy

fatherdougalmag

Traling off here in SW Dub too. With any luck might still be something to walk through to get to the pub for a nice warm pint of cold Guinness. This is what we need but with snow. Think Trabolgan on Ice.

Mothman

Still sunny in Wicklow. Temp has been above 7C, now back down to 5C. Incredible low dewpoint earlier of -10.0C beating previous station record of -7.3C 29th Jan 2004. Records back to 1999 Humidity was 30%

Snowbie

flakes are huge here and still belting down but i can see the blue sky a coming.
starting to settle when its finally finishing.typical
temp 0.9c fell 4c in an hour
if only temps were as low as last night we could all have postedpics of our snowmen,ah well maybe next year.

SpitfireIV

Some very dark clouds now starting to bear down on Carlow....its coming

They even look like thunder clouds, very gloomy and dark!

Snowbie

now for the freeze up 2nite,goin be a cold one,ice skating conditions for the night instead of snowball fightin.Bring back the 80s when it stayed for weeks

highdef

Well the snow has stuck here in D8 but only on ground where the sun never shone today - I can see a shrp line on the road outside, one side just wet and the other white with snow.

Important question though: No sign of the sun coming out again before sunset so with temps already at 0c, will the roads be dangerously icy tonight seeing as it is supposed to be as cold as last night? I ask because I have to drive from one side of the city to the other at 9pm tonight.

Mothman

Still a little sunshine, but temp is dropping. Unfortunately Dp is rising nearly as fast
Temp 3.6, Dp -1.4

Clouds bearing down. So while I will see flakes, they're not going to stick.

Darwin

Hugh snowflakes falling (Laois) but barometer indicates pressure is rising sharply, so I don't hold out too much hope for getting snowed in!

SpitfireIV

It has just started snowing here in Carlow town.

Supercell

Bah, 20 mins of snow..:(

Mothman

Mothman wrote:

Still a little sunshine, but temp is dropping. Unfortunately Dp is rising nearly as fast
Temp 3.6, Dp -1.4

Clouds bearing down. So while I will see flakes, they're not going to stick.

You never know mothman,its heading down here at the right time sunset

I can see the bank of coud closing in entirely from the north now.
Lugnaquilla has disappeared,I'd say its interesting up there!

Temp 4.7c here and dropping fast as I type.
Dewpoint is still -4.7c

Wind NW at 11mph. which will be blowing down from the widest part of the precip-thats if the wicklow mts dont dry it out altogether.

Oh and I have to drive to cork early in the morning :eek:

CrowdedHouse

Just starting here too - very light

Temp 0.2

Mothman

Heavy looking precipitation to my north. About 5 minutes away now...

can still see sky to my south

Strange.
Still some blue sky to my sw but almost completely cloudy now.

I have some work to do for a couple of hours but I'll report back if any precip comes.

Temp is falling away rapidly.
3.8c now dp -4.7 so the precip if it comes will be snow and if can delay another hr, and go for 2 hrs it should stick.

Might still get nothing tho!

SpitfireIV

Some very dark cloud passed right over here, had a brief snow/hail snower.....dissapointing . Still, very gloomy and lot of cloud coming from the NW.

Mothman

90 sec light flurry and am about to see sunshine again.

Flakes melted on impact

Temp now 2.9C Dp -1C

CrowdedHouse

It's really letting it down here now and it has got very dark.

Some sticking

Temp -0.1

Villain

Well I left Maynooth about 3:40 and it was starting to snow heavily, by the time I got to Clane I was driving through the best snow shower I have seen for years, huge flakes and everywhere had turned white.

When I got to Sallins there was even more there about half an inch on the grass, but it stopped snowing and once I got onto the motorway after Naas there was nothing only a few flakes in the wind. I'm in Tullow now and there isn't anything only a few clouds in the sky.

Ah well at least I got see some decent snow.

Wertz

Once again Dundalk gets shafted by the Mournes :mad: Seems the only way we'll get snow is a direct easterly off the bay.
10 minutes of powdery flurry at lunchtime, no settling, just meltwater.
Mate in Armagh cith said there was about 4-5cm on the ground at that time but it's since melted too.

Villain

Earthman, should I expect anything in Tullow soon or has it missed us?

CrowdedHouse

LOL Another 20 minute job

Was looking promising ther for a while - oh well :v:

SpitfireIV

Another light flurry here, the really dark heavy clouds seem to be slipping by to the west of me,

Nothing here as yet and I expect no more than a flurry.
Theres showers to the east of me that look nasty but they'll just nudge about a mile from me.

Temp down to 2.7c dp -3c

And on the radar you can see where the precip has stalled over the south wicklow mts so I's say Glenmalure and Lug are going to have prolonged snow

But the precip at the other side of the mt's is ahead of this and continuing south.
I'm in the gap waith for lug to finish with the shower first...

irish1

irish1 wrote:

Earthman, should I expect anything in Tullow soon or has it missed us?

Yeah you should get more in Tullow,its in a straight line up the road from you.

Getting very dark here now actually

maybe somethings happening

SpitfireIV

Killeshin hill has gone out of sight now, I'd say it must be snowing heavy up there (lucky buggers!! :mad: )

ninebeanrows

Freezing up here.. going to be icy and immensely cold if nothing else:rolleyes:

redman

Is that is then for at least the next 7 days for Dublin???:(

super_furry

Jesus, we always seem to miss out here. A few small flurries and that's it?

darkman2

There is a real chance of heavy prolonged snow showers coming south tomorrow night associated with a trough. UKMO has it progged at 00 Sunday for Eastern parts imparticular. Have to watch that one. Would definatley give a covering for some of us if it came off:)

Scubadevils

Heavy snow in Ballymount for about 40 mins or so, stuck for a bit but was melting as I left work. Back at home and very little. Is this our lot or are there any other surprises for the weekend?

Scubadevils

darkman2 wrote:

There is a real chance of heavy prolonged snow showers coming south tomorrow night associated with a trough. UKMO has it progged at 00 Sunday for Eastern parts imparticular. Have to watch that one. Would definatley give a covering for some of us if it came off:)

I hope its a big and prolonged as the one we had today
:v:

LookingFor

darkman2 wrote:

There is a real chance of heavy prolonged snow showers coming south tomorrow night associated with a trough. UKMO has it progged at 00 Sunday for Eastern parts imparticular. Have to watch that one. Would definatley give a covering for some of us if it came off:)

This bad boy?

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/4606/brack0a3vi.gif

It'd be nice if it was a fatter trough than today's or kind of brushed us in a way that prolonged the showers..

Wertz

Felixdhc wrote:

I hope its a big and prolonged as the one we had today
:v:

lol beat me to it.

SpitfireIV

darkman2 wrote:

There is a real chance of heavy prolonged snow showers coming south tomorrow night associated with a trough. UKMO has it progged at 00 Sunday for Eastern parts imparticular. Have to watch that one. Would definatley give a covering for some of us if it came off:)

Ohh no, I didnt hear that...I didnt hear that ....I'm going to go mad :v:

Meanwhile, here in Carlow, its still spitting snow, very lightly. The sad thing is, that it was sticking from the word go here, even though it was light, such a shame :rolleyes:

Snowbie

darkman2 wrote:

There is a real chance of heavy prolonged snow showers coming south tomorrow night associated with a trough. UKMO has it progged at 00 Sunday for Eastern parts imparticular. Have to watch that one. Would definatley give a covering for some of us if it came off:)

I wouldnt bet on this at all,what happened today was from a weak polar low forming north of NI,A weak PL has much more potential for holding more moisture,(it is a low depression after all)than a trough,a trough is a line of showers albeit wintry at this time of year,but if this comes straight over land it will disipate in intensity so coming from the north it will just pep up the shower activity up north but nothing will happen after south NI (fermanagh etc)but if it came from a NE direction over the Irish sea well then it could be interesting,i dont want to dissapoint anyone here but after the stories of our infamous Irish sea PL from yesterday which was on the cards alright i would not hold my breath on this one,though i wish to be wrong.

Villain

Nothing in Tullow, dark clouds to the West of me, ah well.

Not one flake here either.
The wicklow mts took it all-it just wasnt strong enough.
A shower did make it down to Arklow town alright,my sister caught it as she went along the bypass but it only got that far inland and no further.She said it was very heavy as she was driving through Donnybrook on the way out of town.

This wouldnt have happened back in the 80's...

As for tomorrow night,I'll be in west Cork so I wont be seeing anything happening on the East coast.

Supercell

Was pretty heavy on the way home from work, was a little scary being a learner driver, thankfully no-one acted the muppet and the traffic spaced itself well and I felt reasonably safe.
Was settling in the Stillorgan area but a few miles away nothing, and the snow had almost totally petered out.

Was pretty excited in the car thinking as long as it doen't settle by the time I get home its going to be fun tonight..a few minutes later that was all gone
At least I got to be out and about in some proper snow for a few minutes, was weird sitting in traffic with the wipers just wiping the flakes off the windscreen and not a sound and no moisture left behind, stange thing to see for the first time.

Oh well maybe tomorrow...

Earthman , doubt you'll miss anything tbh down in Cork, my hopes for tomorrow are small to say the least.

Fighting Irish

Will there be much snow in the south east of the country? Carlow?

Snowbie

An echo in the irish sea is becoming larger and might clip Dublin coast
have a look

http://www.met-office.gov.uk/weather/europe/uk/radar/

ninebeanrows

jold bejebus:eek:

Its -5c in Casement at 8pm:eek: YIKES:eek:

Supercell

Snowbie wrote:

An echo in the irish sea is becoming larger and might clip Dublin coast
have a look

http://www.met-office.gov.uk/weather/europe/uk/radar/

I wouldn't get my hopes up if I were you.

Snowbie

Longfield wrote:

I wouldn't get my hopes up if I were you.

your dead right,but it did cloud over here for awhile on the coast
ah well

colm_mcm

snow is only fun in December. March snow should not be encouraged

jax frost

colm_mcm wrote:

snow is only fun in December. March snow should not be encouraged

You are so right!

I had the urge to cook Christmas Dinner today and it was just ridiculous

Supercell

The buggering things are growing in the Irish sea though, maybe Arklow or one of the coastal towns in Wicklow might see some as the east coast bulges a little out to the sea there.

Soo close to Dublin..but yet so far..a tiny bit of easterly would push them ashore!

ninebeanrows

Think a shower may make lanfall in south Dublin North Wicklow
imminently;)

Snowbie

just had a flurry here on the coast,not much to write home about but it did snow,hmmm,these are new and threatening,not getting my hopes up.temp-1c