Easterly Blast Part III(potential snow for east)

Mothman

+0.2C almost an air frost
DP -3C

Gonzo

an extra few hours of the easterly would have made the world of difference to us all I think. I prolly would have ended with 8 inchs of snow rather than 4. But as it is this is prolly the most snow I have seen in my area since 1991 and im delighted. I never would have imagined this 24 hour cold snap could have delivered so much. I honestly believe it will be very slim chance of seeing this much snow again this year and I dont really mind now that my snow hunger has been fulfilled. Todays snowfall and the ice day before christmas has ensured that in my area anyway this winter has been the best in a long, long time.

MUSEIST

wow, I am so jealous of all the people who got snow today. None for me here in Tipp and no suprise at that. I would would be happy to see just a few snow flakes here. Some unexpected but spectacular snow falls in some parts of the east just goes to show how difficult forecating is and how hit and miss the showers are.
Just wondering what any of you experts think about the chances of snow tommorrow before it turns to rain. Would their be significent falls.

Anywaqy I am happy for those who got snow as I know from looking at these boards regularly how much people on here like snow.:)

The snowshowers seem to be disapering for the meath are, Probably just east ulster for snow now methinks.

ninebeanrows

Didnt happen for me today, but good to see so many getting a decent dump.
Good night everybody

lucernarian

Goodnight to ya WC. Hard luck.

I've to take more pictures anyway so I'll make sure I have that done before posting any. I went outside briefly in runners but it was truly impressive. Absolute whiteout and there's snow sticking to three different sides of the house thanks to the shallow LP!

I measured 13 cm on the lawn, that's over 5 inches.

The car roof had 8 cm, and it lost 2 hours of snow this afternoon when it was used to go to Drogheda, where it blew off.

Last time I checked it was still snowing, but it may have died out now.

rc28

No snow falling here for a while, have posted new photos in the other thread. The roads are treacherous and it's a real wonderland out there:D
For others who didn't get snow, your time will come someday. I've been waitng since the xmas 2000 snow for something like this.

rc28

Northern ireland getting a pasting;http://www.trafficwatchni.com/traffic_cameras.asp?camera=1

Gonzo

even the xmas 2000 snow wasnt as good as this altho this event will be washed away by 2moro afternoon.

Snowbie

Weathercheck wrote: »

Just when the wind shifts west the showers bubble to the east.!

Freezing up here now.

Yup,its the cold wind coming off Ireland now thats mixing with the Irish sea temps thats creating the showers.

Unfortunately they are pushing north being dragged up by the shallow LP.

No one was expecting the shallow LP to form in the sea which peped up the showers now mostly over NI.
I did see my wind going NW down here at tea time but was unaware the system had developed.
Again it had to track north.It would have been a different had it moved south.Typical.

Just goes to show you the Irish sea is enough to produce events like this catching everyone out.A simple cold wind flow over the sea is all it takes.
Brilliant event today but i had to travel to get my snow fix again.Ahwell maybe next time i could step out into the yard.

The easterly still lives.

2 months to go for winter and today can still happen again.

fricatus

I hate you all, you Meath and Louth people!!! :rolleyes:

I don't remember snow lying on the ground here in Waterford since about 1985 or 1986, when I remember a good fall.

Even at Christmas, end 2000 when the rest of the country got covered, we escaped... unfortunately.

One day last year (or late 2006, I don't remember), we had a few flurries, but they disappeared as quickly as the clouds that carried them.

Oh for a beautiful covering of white (insert teardrop emoticon here...)

Gonzo

Northern Ireland is now getting it alot worse, there must be nearly 8 inchs in parts around Belfast with more to come.

Wertz

WTF? I've been looking at that lump of yellow/green floating over N Louth the last three hours but looking outside we've not had more than a mm or two of snow or anythng else. False echo?
Drogheda and Ardee might be getting it, Dundalk certainly isn't at least not since around 9pm last night...I'm off to bed.

lucernarian

I'm off to the leaba now. The snow stopped close to 1. There was a decent snowfall between 9 and 12, which has finally left almost 3 inches on the driveway and 5 on the lawn.

I notice now that there's the odd glistening in the air beside any light. I think they're tiny ice crystals. It feels very nippy now with the breeze and the coldest I've ever felt while under full cloud cover.

I managed to get a few snaps of the completed snow before the battery died on the other one:rolleyes: I shall get some early tomorrow morning.

Never did I think a random feeling over a week ago would end up as the best snowfall since 1996 for south Louth!:D

CrowdedHouse

Clear night and no snow in the West...

But it did go down to -4.3 overnight which is pretty low considering location is about 300m from the sea !

Presently -3.

Ba_barbaraAnne

The west as usual has missed out on snow :-( Heavy frost but coast roads dry and no ice.

Villain

Keep an eye in the West this morning and North West as that front approaches you might see snow, it won't stay but might be nice to see it falling.

ch750536

about 1cm on the floor and snowing here.

Villain

Yep that front does look like giving snow as it meets the cold air, anyone else in the West seeing anything?

CrowdedHouse

Villain wrote: »

Yep that front does look like giving snow as it meets the cold air, anyone else in the West seeing anything?

LOL just looked out -

Snowing heavily in Oranmore

dloob

Galway city newsflash!
Just started bucketing down snow, sticking easily on the frosty ground

Damomanye

Snowing like MAD in Limerick, same as Galway, bucketing down , alomost a blizzard out there!!

Villain

Get your camera's out lads it won't last long.

Damomanye

Villain wrote: »

Get your camera's out lads it won't last long.

i had a feeling that, temp is at -1.5 atm but rising slowly

Villain

By the time that front has passed it will be around 6c or 8c

slayer91

Woke this morning to large blanket of snow. Still snowing but beginning to see increase in temp. Check out my web cam pics on quinweather.com

Regs

LiamK

ch750536

Now light rain. Lot warmer too.

Damomanye

still snowing here,
sensor showing -1.6

CrowdedHouse

Few mins ago

Villain

Nice to see a car with 08 getting covered in snow, just the start of a very good and snowy winter hopefully

DOCARCH

Hope the snow makes even a brief visit over this way for us poor souls who recieved nothing yesterday!

That front is moving very quickly. Temp. here has risen from -2.4c to -0.8c in the last hour so it will be touch and go.

Villain

I think it will be rain by the time it gets to you Docarch!

smashey

We have a light covering of snow here in Donegal.

DOCARCH

Villain wrote: »

I think it will be rain by the time it gets to you Docarch!

Knowing my luck your probably right - may just have to take trip up Dublin Mountains this morning for a 'meeting'

ch750536

Be quick, snow nearly all melted here, in the space of an hour or so.

Snowbie

Still subzero here -0.7c,not heating up too quick either

It's going to get very interesting indeed.
The air temp at enniscorthy is -4c and the precip is getting very near!
Temps all along the east coast are well below freezing with no wind yet and sub zero dewpoints.
That front will have to bring a period of heavy snow.

Danno

Nothing here yet, despite radar. Mist. -2c. Can see the upper air clouds zooming NE wards despite near calm conditions on the ground.

DOCARCH

Snowbie wrote: »

Still subzero here -0.7c,not heating up too quick either

Yeah - its holding its own here at the same temp wth 100% cloud cover. Weather moving very fast, when I got up this morning (6.30) it was absolutely clear and stary. As the cloud rolled in got some amazing pics of the sunrise and orange sky. Now dull and overcast. Just up to -0.6c as I write.

I hope this does whatever its going to do quickly - got no real work done yesterday (and nothing to show fro it in the end with the exception of a couple of snow flakes!) - really have to do some work today.

Danno

Snowing! and sticking. Heavy snow too. -1.9c.

Mothman

Yes a great orange sky earlier.

The radar seems to be overplaying the precip hugely.

Anyway, I'm looking towards west for snow. Being on east coast, there is quite a bit of irony in that.

I'm expecting to tick today as a snow/sleet day

Air min -3.1C
Grass -9.6C

Still sub zero now

Darwin

Snowing here too, had a brief flurry last night, beginning to pelt down now

DOCARCH

Mothman wrote: »

The radar seems to be overplaying the precip hugely.

I was just going to post about that - I thought the radar was out of sync or something. It was showing heavy ppn earlier over Belmullet and Konck but reports for the same time were not giving any ppn? Is it the snow bouncing back false or exaggerated echos?

Mothman

Can anyone report what the temp is doing when the precipitation arrives.

Is it dragging cold air down for a while, or does it rise.

-0.6C
DP -3.3C

Ba_barbaraAnne

Lashing snow in West Mayo!!!

ch750536

Mothman wrote: »

Can anyone report what the temp is doing when the precipitation arrives.

Is it dragging cold air down for a while, or does it rise.

-0.6C
DP -3.3C

3c rise in the space of an hour here this morning from -2 to 1 when the rain hit.(8am)

Has now stopped raining & is sitting at 1.

Wind has changed back to an easterly.

Still a little snow left on the floor.

Mothman

DOCARCH wrote: »

I was just going to post about that - I thought the radar was out of sync or something. It was showing heavy ppn earlier over Belmullet and Konck but reports for the same time were not giving any ppn? Is it the snow bouncing back false or exaggerated echos?

Snow does that.

I'm looking towards the 9am reports as the 8am reports were nothing more than a trace aprt from Valentia

Damomanye

0.1 now, rapid temp rise

DOCARCH

Mothman wrote: »

Snow does that.

I'm looking towards the 9am reports as the 8am reports were nothing more than a trace aprt from Valentia

Thought so.

We or I will probably end up like poor Cork - temp. rose very quickly to +4.0c with light rain.

Temp. here -0.4c with DP of -1.4c

Yoda

We (in Lecanvey, half-way between Westport and Louisburgh) have had a complete blizzard blowing down (from south to north) from the Reek (Croagh Patrick) into Clew Bay. Been blowing at least for the past half hour. It is 09:25.

Mothman

DOCARCH wrote: »

Thought so.

Of course, the synop reports are automatically generated, and if snow is in the gauge, it won't report, so that may explain the low precipitation figures.

Temp has levelled.

-0.5C
DP -3.4C