Fierce Cold Spell from Sunday (February 1st)

GreeBo · 03-02-2009 9:32pm

South Dublin City is just very wet and mushy now.
Bitterly cold wind blowing, heavy rain & ambient temps are 1C.

Freezing ice/slush tomorrow methinks. Forget about getting to work.

leahyl · 03-02-2009 9:32pm

munsterlegend wrote: »

jean byrne said in her forecast this front on the irish sea would move in over leinster/munster overnight...suppose until then no snow here unless an odd scattered shower. waiting for snow is like waiting for santa..must be in bed asleep before it arrives!

God i cnt believe i'm act saying this but i couldn't get to sleep for ages last night - this bloody thread had me like a hyperactive child!:D

DOCARCH · 03-02-2009 9:35pm

BBC and XC Weather showing this rain turning to snow on the east coast around midnight to 3am - any thoughts?

Can't see it happening but then again I wouldn't have imagined we would have had snow today (like we had) when I was sitting here this morning typing in the rain.

DOCARCH · 03-02-2009 9:39pm

LookingFor wrote: »

Rain's turning sleety here now too. Dunno what to make of it!

Where are you? Definietly sleet, ice pellets and the odd snow flake here.

More rain now.

force eleven · 03-02-2009 9:40pm

bassets wrote: »

Have been following this thread for days and am getting depressed now at all the snow everyone is getting while all we have had is one very light shower today.
Can someone please give me hope and tell me are we going to get any snow in East Galway, Ballinasloe area?

There was a very heavy snow shower at about 5.30 which passed over Moate heading west, would have thought that might have made it to you.The radar is currently showing that there is precipitation over Galway city itself,but I dont know what type of stuff is falling....

Mobhi1 · 03-02-2009 9:45pm

Heavy sleety stuff; 1.8C. Been snow but mostly sleet for the last few hours. Lying snow is getting very patchy looking now although it was getting like that this morning but today's snow topped it up.

JanuarySnowstor · 03-02-2009 9:46pm

leahyl wrote: »

Well that's some bit promising i suppose....:)

As the low continues to move west the ppn over Wexford will get sucked back towards cork, pbly around 11:30
May be rain though with a wind off the sea, not sure.

Brainz · 03-02-2009 9:47pm

raining here . . .ah well better luck next time . . .

munsterlegend · 03-02-2009 9:50pm

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

As the low continues to move west the ppn over Wexford will get sucked back towards cork, pbly around 11:30
May be rain though with a wind off the sea, not sure.

the weather after the news will probably have a different slant on things...will be interested to see what they say given the 6 o'clock prediction.

LookingFor · 03-02-2009 9:51pm

DOCARCH wrote: »

Where are you? Definietly sleet, ice pellets and the odd snow flake here.

More rain now.

D15.

Kind of gone the same here again too, more rain-y. Very light though.

northtipp · 03-02-2009 9:52pm

BONE DRY HERE TEMP 0.3C

danni2 · 03-02-2009 9:54pm

Snowing here:D mainly light but its proper snow

GreeBo · 03-02-2009 9:55pm

Absolutely pissing down in D16 & D14 (the rain that is)

JanuarySnowstor · 03-02-2009 10:00pm

munsterlegend wrote: »

the weather after the news will probably have a different slant on things...will be interested to see what they say given the 6 o'clock prediction.

Being honest i've no interest in what the Irish Met say
As far as im concerned when it snows they give snow warnings and when it rains they say they'll be no snow.
The radar and depoints are king tonight. The radar indicates we will get ppn tonight but an offshore wind wont help, in the city anyway

patneve · 03-02-2009 10:00pm

seriously, if temps had been just 2 degrees lower the whole E Coast would have been at a standstill! pity, but still good to see snow!:cool:

Cornilius · 03-02-2009 10:05pm

heavy rain turned to heavy snow in the last 15mins!

pistolpetes11 · 03-02-2009 10:06pm

Crazy weather in Newbridge

1.1 and 0.0 DP just looking outside and looks like there is a bit of a thaw on now , Well it was good when it lasted

force eleven · 03-02-2009 10:07pm

Light snow here, hopefully a top up on the earlier snow, still white here on the grass and paths - 1.5 to 2'' of snow.

GreeBo · 03-02-2009 10:08pm

D16/14 are still very wet...roads pretty much totally thawed but real flood risk at the moment.

ibarelycare · 03-02-2009 10:10pm

Cornilius wrote: »

heavy rain turned to heavy snow in the last 15mins!

What area are you in if you don't mind me asking?

Cornilius · 03-02-2009 10:12pm

Kilcock

Pangea · 03-02-2009 10:12pm

Given a good forecast for the east coast tonight, 2fm were saying at 3.30 pm that met eireann were advising people to leave work early!

Pangea · 03-02-2009 10:13pm

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

Being honest i've no interest in what the Irish Met say
As far as im concerned when it snows they give snow warnings and when it rains they say they'll be no snow.
The radar and depoints are king tonight. The radar indicates we will get ppn tonight but an offshore wind wont help, in the city anyway

Exactly .they got it completly wrong the past 2 days, on monday they said only snow for east coast ,then out of nowhere letterkenny got snowed in!
Then for monday night ,it gave heavy snow for nearly all of ulster and there was no snow!
They just respond to a situation and make it up as they go along.

wicklowgirl · 03-02-2009 10:15pm

About 4inch lying snow here with very strong winds and snow showers!

ibarelycare · 03-02-2009 10:19pm

Pangea wrote: »

Given a good forecast for the east coast tonight, 2fm were saying at 3.30 pm that met eireann were advising people to leave work early!

That's why I left at 4.15, even though there were blue skies as far as the eyes could see at that stage!

Took me 80 mins to get from Blanch to Dunshaughlin though

(Normally 55 mins in rush hour).

Gonzo · 03-02-2009 10:20pm

really heavy rain here for past hour with bits of sleet mixed in, the roads most be flooded at this stage with melting snow and all the rain thats falling.