Significant snow Thursday Night/Friday/Saturday

fatherdougalmag

You make me want to puke my guts right up.

At least, I would if I wasn't emigrating here and will be putting snags on the BBQ and drinking out of stubbies this time next month

A negative dew point over there is considered a life threatening medical condition.

M.T. Cranium

Well, clearly my efforts at weather control have some way to go.

I have reached the conclusion that Dublin is beyond the reach of winter, probably due to the warmth of its people, I seem to remember (thirty years is too long a time).

Otherwise, consider yourselves lucky, if you saw snow, and you live in Ireland on top of it, or underneath it as the case may be.

I shall return, the business about the leftover pork served up as human food in that hotel in Westport is behind me now, as I say, thirty years is a long time, I've recovered, alright my bride didn't make it through the night, but so it goes.

I find it ironic that in June, 1978, it was just as hard to get the temperature to 7 degrees as it was yesterday.

ch750536

Woke this morning to more snow than when I went to bed!

Trying to rain now. Snow line is about 200ft below.

Wind is now an easterly?

smashey

Snow here this morning. But not a lot.

kerry1960

thawing bigtime +4.3 ...final photo 9.30am

Scubadevils

Looks very nice kerry1960. Cool dog too Pardon the pun

Supercell

Lovely photo again Kerry1960.

Have some very ligt snow here right now which probalby will turn to rain soon. I wish it at least went out with some proper precip , an hour or so of decent snow isnt to much to ask eh?!!
Lesson learnt, northerlies don't deliver here.

arctictree

Yes, light snow here now but getting warmer - temp currently 2.9c. My DP is 3.2c!!

I think snow for the east needs a polar low, or a proper easterly. Its mad - so far this year, the south west, west, north west and north east have got the snow. We've just been unlucky!!

A

I thought that would be snow with ye alright,I can see the mistyness of it on the hills above me which is the snow falling.
It's sleety rain here.
air temp 3.4c
dp 1.1c

Gonzo

indeed easterlys is the only thing that really works around here... most northerlys or northwesterlys are useless, tbh i never held out much hope for us seein snow out of this cold spell even before the tears even got started so I wasnt really dissapointed, just more amazed at hou the uk met in particular completely went overboard on the forecast and how cold it was gonna be. Unless we get another easterly blast this winter (not very likely imo) then this year the snow is over for me, the west and north stands a much higher chance of getting another northerly before the winters out.

ninebeanrows

Gonzo wrote: »

indeed easterlys is the only thing that really works around here... most northerlys or northwesterlys are useless, tbh i never held out much hope for us seein snow out of this cold spell even before the tears even got started so I wasnt really dissapointed, just more amazed at hou the uk met in particular completely went overboard on the forecast and how cold it was gonna be. Unless we get another easterly blast this winter (not very likely imo) then this year the snow is over for me, the west and north stands a much higher chance of getting another northerly before the winters out.

Yea we need a blaring easterly slightly north of east.

With sub -8c 850hpa temps......

Will it happen in the next 5 years??

Probably not hasnt happened in last 7 now

Fozzy

I'm disappointed that I saw no snow, after looking forward to it all week. Time to move house

ninebeanrows

Fozzy wrote: »

I'm disappointed that I saw no snow, after looking forward to it all week. Time to move house

Me too, exceedingly so, but i was foolish, northerlies never deliver here.

When it gets to the crunch of it, we need a ENE wind for lying snow in Dublin

kerry1960

the very last patch of snow has melted .......crushing really.......any of the donegal contingent in ballybofey......last gasp win well done......curr7.1c and lashing......last nites min -1.8.......

ch750536

Just woke up this morning to 3 inches of snow.

WTF?

Result!

Looks like it may be thawing already though.

Mothman

You have to LOL at that.

Shannon 2C with rain, obviously snow a little higher up

tony1212

hey guys, its snowing really heavy here in limerick for the past hour, came out of nowhere, it was raining before that, but im happy:D

Mothman

This is quite a cold front. Temps are falling 6-7C with as snow on the back end as per reports above. It looks as if this will spread across country

kerry1960

half the roads in kerry are flooded,all the hills are covered above 1000 ft,1.4c and dropping ,what the.........

ch750536

Exactly my point, were we so full of gloom that we missed this one completely?

arctictree

This is interesting. I wonder if that cold air will still be cold when it reaches the east! Again - seems to be wrong time of day though...

A

ch750536

kerry1960 wrote: »

half the roads in kerry are flooded,all the hills are covered above 800 ft,1.4c and dropping ,what the.........

The valley below me was covered this morning, goes down to 200ft ASL, thaw now reached 600ft at a guess.

arctictree

Very low temps in the west now:

http://www.nra.ie/RoadWeatherInfo/Map/data/htm/WeatherTable.htm

Killarney : 0.6c
Abbeyfeale : 0.7c

A

Mothman

Cork AP went from 8C at 8:30 to 1C at 9:30

Mothman

10:00 Cork AP 1C and light rain.

Temp at Birr falling.

I think Longfield and Artictree will see snow, but will be rain at low levels.

ch750536

Not sure I'd trust the NRA data, 8c difference between Abbeyfeale and Clonmel. Also unsure of a temp of 0.7 @ 9am, I would say its about 4 where I am - 1000ft ASL.

However, can see snow falling on Knockfeha.

chilipepper

hey just got out of bed and and it's snowing heavy

Mothman

ch750536 wrote: »

Not sure I'd trust the NRA data, 8c difference between Abbeyfeale and Clonmel. Also unsure of a temp of 0.7 @ 9am, I would say its about 4 where I am - 1000ft ASL.

However, can see snow falling on Knockfeha.

I think figures are correct. 8C ahead of front, 0-2C behind

arctictree

Mothman wrote: »

10:00 Cork AP 1C and light rain.

Temp at Birr falling.

I think Longfield and Artictree will see snow, but will be rain at low levels.

Yes, hopefully this will deliver for us. This will cheer up Longfield immensely!

A

Mothman

arctictree wrote: »

Yes, hopefully this will deliver for us. This will cheer up Longfield immensely!

A

We'd better get him up out of the leaba:D

I'll text him if he doesn't appear here soon.