Significant snow Thursday Night/Friday/Saturday

SpitfireIV

Not a thing here!! :mad::( According to the guy on the radio its snowing in West Meath, any confirmation on that?

1.8c here and DP of 0.6c........I'd prefer a lower DP.

ninebeanrows

Things look very bad for the east today, almost worst possible situation, cold air with troughs flowing to our west but LP to our east too close but the occlusion missing us........

ninebeanrows

Nonetheless the cold air is beginning to spill in and it will be atmoshpherically cold enough for snow over all of Ireland today,,.......... just need some precip:o

amen

I've been reading this thread with great interest.

Its snowing in Athenry and sticking everything is white about 1-2cm at the moment. I've just driven to work in Galway and the backroads are white (I was the first person on some of them) and the main roads are okish (no gritting). Only a very light dusting in Galway City and the sky is currently clear with more cloads coming from a NW direction. Its not that cold I would think above 0 maybe 2-3c. Ohh yeah loads of rain last night as well.

Whats it like in the East (originally from Bray)

ninebeanrows

I reckon the west/northwest will get a pasting from around 10am... deep convection approaching.

SpitfireIV

Anyone free this evening and we'll go looking for Darkman2? Carry out a good ol' fashioned 'tar and feathering', ah....just like the good old day ;)

You're on the list too WC!!

tony1212

snowing since bout 6.30 here in limerick, coming down heavy aswell, is there more snow to come

chilipepper

hi it's snowing heavy here in clare at the moment and sticking too

Ryanoneill2006

Just heard the forecast on Radio 1. Mentioned accumalations and drifting in the North and West. I think all hope is gone for those of us in The East! PLEASE PLEASE tell me otherwise!! lol

Dampsquid

Started snowing in Monasterevin about 20 minutes ago. Snow is sticking, everthing is white

patneve

the flow of precipitation is not favourable for Dublin AT ALL:mad: BUT you never know, will call it a day tonight!;) The showers seem to be hammering all areas except the east coast:(

DOCARCH

Ryanoneill2006 wrote: »

Just heard the forecast on Radio 1. Mentioned accumalations and drifting in the North and West. I think all hope is gone for those of us in The East! PLEASE PLEASE tell me otherwise!! lol

As WC says, the conditions or requirements for snow will get better and better as the day goes on - we just need one really important ingredient - precipitation!

I now (half) expect to have a really nice sunny day here with big fluffy clouds visible over the Irish Sea pasting north Wales with snow! :mad:

Danno

Snowing here light-to-moderate big flakes. Its an effort I suppose. 1.8c Some sticking to grass. Cloudy all round.

SpitfireIV

My temp is 2.1c and a DP of almost 1c.....thats not good for anything snowy, right? :mad::(

DOCARCH

CroppyBoy1798 wrote: »

My temp is 2.1c and a DP of almost 1c.....thats not good for anything snowy, right? :mad::(

Not fantastic!

Danno

http://www.met.ie/forecasts/3hour.asp <<< eh, this is errr... new.

arctictree

Very little snow here. Snow line seems to be about 350M, looks like a good covering above that. +0.9c here ATM.

SpitfireIV

DOCARCH wrote: »

Not fantastic!

Nope, hence the sleet that is not falling

SpitfireIV

Danno wrote: »

http://www.met.ie/forecasts/3hour.asp <<< eh, this is errr... new.

Emm....how exactly would one go about reading such a chart? I liked the dots better

CroppyBoy1798

CroppyBoy1798 wrote: »

My temp is 2.1c and a DP of almost 1c.....thats not good for anything snowy, right? :mad::(

Yeah the dewpoints are still ridiculously high.
Mine is 0c.
This air is still heavily modified.
Artic blast me aunt sally.

Kur4mA

Nothing but the freezing cold here in Dublin 15.

smashey

No sign of anything up here this morning.

hawkwing

Saw more snow on a packet of fish fingers i took out of the freezer last night than what will be in Dublin today

nacho libre

woke up to a dusting of snow at 7. now it's currently raining. i bet it'll freeze like hell of course tonight

Mothman

Danno wrote: »

http://www.met.ie/forecasts/3hour.asp <<< eh, this is errr... new.

Been there donkey years (before the new website)

Snowline from the 1mm overnight is above 200m, I'd say nearer 250m. Need binoculars to actually see it.

Currently 3C, negative DP.

garytuohy

small bit of snow now in Blanchardstown

ch750536

Tiny bit of snow here, 1000ft asm, I'm on the snow line, 100ft below & its already melted. Seems way too warm for snow.

peasant

same in Sligo

ever so slight dusting of white above ca 400 m ...nothing below.
still fairly warm, certainly no frost or ice

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

Yeah the dewpoints are still ridiculously high.
Mine is 0c.
This air is still heavily modified.
Artic blast me aunt sally.

Temp rising nicely.
this time yesterday it was falling.
I suppose if you follow the wind flow back far enough,you do eventually end up at the equator...
Maybe thats whats happening :rolleyes:

Currently 2.2c
dp 0c

marginal for snow

ninebeanrows

The snap has been modified and shortened to near nothing.

Lets make the most of our 18 hour cold snap eh:rolleyes:

days ago we were talking 2 1/2 days of 850hpas down t0 -10c

Now were talking 18 hours of 850hpas down to -8c...

Just our luck