Snow and other Wintry Stuff

Villain

Well I drove from Tullow to Kildare and the best I saw was just outside castledermot where about 2 cm's was lying, it turned to sleet after about 8 am though, nice to see some white landscape even if it was only a small bit.

Don't think we'll see anymore till our usual cold spell in February but you never know.

Theres been more snow hail and sleet flurries here this morning from light showers blowing in off the sea.
It's been mainly hail with snow flakes blowing in the wind which is amazing with a temp of 6c
(The hills are very very white so I might go up there later)

Crucially though the dewpoint has gone sub zero

my precious precious snow is melting
There was a very very light shower of rain/sleet/snow which did not help
sun is out now

nacho libre

Cold with not a damn cloud in the sky here:mad:

Temperature is about 3 degrees with a strong northerly wind blowing.

Snowbie

There is a lot of big Cumulus build up over the Irish sea atm but nothing on radar.

Danno

Partly cloudy here with the snowline retreated to 250m

Gonzo

we had a few snow flakes on the car this morning and clear blue skies all day, felt quite pleasant out in the sun - 6C

ninebeanrows

Pleasent would be abit of an overstatement Gonzo!!

At least you've made me smile though as there hasnt even been a single flurry here even though we have ENE's

rc28

Gonzo wrote:

we had a few snow flakes on the car this morning and clear blue skies all day, felt quite pleasant out in the sun - 6C

What?? I'm just a few miles away from you and i was woken up by thunder and heavy snow and hail and then sleet falling, there was a good thick covering on all cars etc. even on the roads there was loads of slush, that said just down the road in dunboyne there was absolutely nothing. Just shows how localised weather conditions were this morning.

Slippin Jimmy

Hey all. What would be the chances of seeing a bit of snow sticking in the Navan area?

Supercell

What a fantastic morning, thunder, lightening and blizzard conditions, it had it all !!

Had the scariest, slowest, most exciting, best ever drive into work today - snow covered roads and fields and near blizzard conditions on the way, then desending from an artic landscape into a totally green one - loved it!

Was still snow on my bonnet and on the back of the car when parking it in work today which brought a few curious stares.

Shame that looks like that all we might see here in this snap, pretty much all melted now bar sheltered spots and the nearby mountains which are still white above 400 metres roughly.

wba88

wba88 wrote:

between 9pm and 10pm last night Blessington and very immediate surrounding areas had a snow storm and the snow stuck and it was so cool (not to drive in though, that was scary). Bring on the snow!!!

Snow covered everything this mornin, a 20-25min journey took 1hr 20min+

Gonzo

rc28 wrote:

What?? I'm just a few miles away from you and i was woken up by thunder and heavy snow and hail and then sleet falling, there was a good thick covering on all cars etc. even on the roads there was loads of slush, that said just down the road in dunboyne there was absolutely nothing. Just shows how localised weather conditions were this morning.

I woke up at 11.50am lol and there wasnt much on the ground. If thre was thunder I slept right through it:)

rc28

Gonzo wrote:

I woke up at 11.50am lol and there wasnt much on the ground. If thre was thunder I slept right through it:)

ye the thunder happened at around 6:45am, as was all the snow.
lol by 11.50 most of it was melted. but i wasn't expecting anything at all last night so it was great to get my two favourite types of weather together; snow and lightning:D

SpitfireIV

According to here:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/index.html

and here:
http://www.meteo24.com/uk/index.php?q=radar

...there is some precip in the Dublin/North Wicklow area, any reports of whats falling from it? And according to the second link that small blob will move inland, are the conditions right for a bit of snow?

ninebeanrows

I am 99% sure that is an anorap;) if it wasn't i'd have been on here:D

Trogdor

seems to be a few smalls showers forming on the 6:30 and 7:00 radar
http://www.meteireann.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp

Snowbie

Just when the winds turn northerly the showers are moving down the sea opposed to coming onshore:rolleyes:

ninebeanrows

Tis rather typical alright.. i bet that shower will get all chunky too and turn into one of those lines! and just rug against the coast of Wicklow.. just to rub things in;)

Supercell

I had a brief but pretty heavy hail shower about half an hour ago, was suprised to say the least.
Its still 2.4°C so have zero hope for anything on the ground by morning

Supercell

Just checked out artictree's webcam, looks like the aliens are landing in Roundwood, better get ready here

arctictree

Longfield wrote:

Just checked out artictree's webcam, looks like the aliens are landing in Roundwood, better get ready here

Ha! - Thats the reflection of the light off the window.

BTW - I've put the webcam image on the weather page:

http://www.arctictree.com/weather

Mad showers here last night. Temp dropped to 0.5 in the blizzard.

A

Supercell

arctictree wrote:

Mad showers here last night. Temp dropped to 0.5 in the blizzard.

A

Tell me about it, I waited for some brightness this morning before driving to work, and was on the road between Roundwood and the N11 during it, was one helluva drive, but great fun. Only knew how scared i was driving when I noticed that my arms were starting to hurt from clenching the steering wheel so tight, not joking at all - haven't ever driven in snow and blizzard conditions before.

Here's hoping we see something better(lying more) before winters out.

Sierra Oscar

Any chance of another snow fall in the North Tipp area?

Thanks!

Supercell

Hailstones here again, pretty heavy, artictree are these showers hitting you too?

arctictree

CroppyBoy1798 wrote:

According to here:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/index.html

and here:
http://www.meteo24.com/uk/index.php?q=radar

...there is some precip in the Dublin/North Wicklow area, any reports of whats falling from it? And according to the second link that small blob will move inland, are the conditions right for a bit of snow?

Hmm - that blob over North Wicklow seems to be getting bigger.

Whooooaaaaa - Just popped outside - precipitation has started - seems to be light rain now - should turn to snow. I'll keep you updated.....

A

Just been up on croghan mt
Theres a good 3 inches of level powdery snow \o/ all frozen underneath with some drifting maybe close to 10 inches and we were the first to make tracks in it with the jeep.That was slightly scarey as it wasnt easy to make out the verges and a 3 ft drop at the side of the lane-especially given that there was a good bit of drifting.

Great fun in the touareg! Jeremy Clarkson would be proud of us (especially when we had to go off [STRIKE]road[/STRIKE] lane to get round a fallen tree!)

It was very foggy and the snow started to fall as we were heading down.

The temperature difference between here and there is amazing. At 1800ft asl and just 5 miles west of here it was 0c where as here its +4.7c

One of the lads took photo's so I should have them tomorrow.

arctictree

Tristrame wrote:

One of the lads took photo's so I should have them tomorrow.

Hey Tristrame - any sign of those pics?

I need some cheering up after all that talk of arctic weather and all I got was measly shower....

BTW - Snow on mountains at about 500M still

A

About 5 mins
my broadband is cack tonight for some reason.
Just got the photo's off a usb thingy

Attached are 4 photos-the camera was cack though

The 2nd one there is the gate onto croghan mt last night and the last one is out the jeep window onto the lane on the way up.

I'll put 2 more in the next post in a minute.