Snow and forecasts.

arctictree

Temp dropped to 0.1c in last shower. Getting there!!!

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SpitfireIV

Gone very dark here now.........its gonna do something significant! I'll report back in a while...

missloulou

yippee, can barely contain my excitement.

Hope everybody has done their snow dance!!!!:D

peasant

I'll do you guys a deal:

you can have all the snow I'm supposed to have over the next 3 days, ok ...but you have to take the wind as well ...it's beginning to grate :mad:

Trogdor

A friend up in Portadown, Armagh, Says that it's been snowing heavily for the last 15mins and it's sticking. A sign of things to come?:D

darkman2

trogdor wrote:

A friend up in Portadown, Armagh, Says that it's been snowing heavily for the last 15mins and it's sticking. A sign of things to come?:D

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In my view its not likely we will see heavy snow showers country wide. I really think we will be lucky to see flurries this far south tbh and you will see what I mean when it gets dark and look at the radar.

Trogdor

Any new developments on the possible PL, WC?:D

ch750536

Lots of hail, to the point where it is accumulating on the ground.

Thunder too

Just started snowing, very windy with it (the sort of condition where to catch the snow you need to hold your hand out vertically).

Supercell

missloulou wrote:

yippee, can barely contain my excitement.

Hope everybody has done their snow dance!!!!:D

Hehe, glad its arrived there

You, myself and Artictree may seem some significant snow in the next hour looking at the radar and with temps already 0.6°C here it wouldn't take much for it all all to freeze and start settling.
The snow on my car roof from the last shower is barely melting at all.

Takeshi_Kovacs

ch750536 wrote:

Lots of hail, to the point where it is accumulating on the ground.

Thunder too

Just started snowing, very windy with it (the sort of condition where to catch the snow you need to hold your hand out vertically).

What direction does the wind be blowing near you...
It is currently blowing from west to east (generally) at the moment.
There is a big blue patch where i can see some magnificent cb clouds in the distance, although there is a very dark cloud starting to arrive..

Edit: Very very heavy shower of hail here now.
I expect thunder at this rate...

Supercell

And here it is, snow falling and settling, not melting much at all, covering on the roofs and my car and the grass, going to be all white in the morning

copacetic

snowing again in sandyford. not impressed though, there have been loads of heavy showers with big gaps in between so doesn't look likely it is going to stick..

Supercell

copacetic wrote:

snowing again in sandyford. not impressed though, there have been loads of heavy showers with big gaps in between so doesn't look likely it is going to stick..

I wouldn't worry copacetic, its only started settling here after sunset, I'd guess in another couple of hours max, you will see settling snow there too.

Trogdor

darkman2 wrote:

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In my view its not likely we will see heavy snow showers country wide. I really think we will be lucky to see flurries this far south tbh and you will see what I mean when it gets dark and look at the radar.

What about the occluded front

arctictree

Blizzard here now. +0.5. Hoping to go below 0 soon. No problem for settling then. Not often we have snow with temps below freezing.

Although, its at that time now that clear skies mean lower temps and clouds mean higher temps. Lets see what happens...

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ninebeanrows

trogdor wrote:

What about the occluded front

Its on it ways don't worry:D

There will be a good slot of dry weather for the next 3/4 hours maybe with just a few scattered showers around these parts.

But the arctic trough and stuff up to the NW of Scotland will start pushing south towards midnight

Supercell

arctictree wrote:

Blizzard here now. +0.5. Hoping to go below 0 soon. No problem for settling then. Not often we have snow with temps below freezing.

Although, its at that time now that clear skies mean lower temps and clouds mean higher temps. Lets see what happens...

A

Its a strange shower, my outside temperature rose when it came and I couldnt understand why it was rising (my windows are steamed up inside as am cooking).
So peeked outside the front door to a wintry scene, temp falling now slowly.

I'm going to be late to work tomorrow if this keeps up, wish it was last month and wouldn't have to go in at all due to lack of March sunshine strength

SpitfireIV

CroppyBoy1798 wrote:

Gone very dark here now.........its gonna do something significant! I'll report back in a while...

.........nothing!!! A few seconds of rain!! :mad:

rc28

Estofex have warnings out:
http://www.estofex.org/cgi-bin/polygon/showforecast.cgi?listvalid=yes
Also look at the amount of lightning activity in uk and ie today:
http://meteocentre.com/lightning/map_sfuk.php?time=0&lang=fr&map=Europe
http://www.weatherimages.org/data/imag394.html
http://www.meteorologica.info/lightning/lightning.jpg

Supercell

Temp now down to 0.0°C , and snow still falling, third settling snow event of the winter, best paddies weekend ever!!

missloulou

Its coming down fairly heavy now, just been out and I can't feel my face, I wish I had a decent thermometer

darkman2

Shower coming will report back.

arctictree

Stopped snowing now. Temp -0.3

Will be an interesting night ahead.

Stove is on (nice and warm inside). Logs piled up. Crap on the telly. Snow outside. Pity its not XMas!!

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nacho libre

Showers are breaking up now also the wind has died down. Hopefully, this means a polar low or a trough is coming later on:D

Supercell

arctictree wrote:

Stopped snowing now. Temp -0.3

Will be an interesting night ahead.

Stove is on (nice and warm inside). Logs piled up. Crap on the telly. Snow outside. Pity its not XMas!!

A

Hehe, nice description.
Hope thats not the last of the night, anything that falls now will settle for sure, roads going to be lethal with the wind fast freezing the standing water.

embee

Its been snowing quite heavily on and off here in Ardee, Co Louth. Just looking outside now, the snow is falling gently but it is starting to stick on the ground \o/

ninebeanrows

Snowing here and attempting to stick!

Proper flakey snow!:D

Danno

0.8c here. Hills are snowcapped above 200m. Snowing gently.

kleefarr

Kilkenny City outskirts (East)

No snow here yet, well not recently. The hail that had accumulated in the corners and against walls has melted. Sky looks reasonably clear not many heavy clouds about, but the temperature is falling, must be just above freezing now.
Fingers crossed.

darkman2

That was a nice snow shower. Snow on the car and some roofs. Not bad for this early in the night!