Fierce Cold Spell from Sunday (February 1st)

Snoddy

Nothing in Dundalk yet, Mind you we always seem to miss the snow here

Trogdor

Few flurries in dundrum around 7. Temp up to4.6C here now although the dp has now fallen to -3.0C

rc28

Snowing here, small powdery flakes!!

galwaybabe

Are we due to get any snow in Galway? [thinks wishfully]

Martron

car is reading 3 degrees now. still spitting very ligthly.

where you located darkman?

radar long range looks good......

will the irish sea provide more fuel for snow or will the snow fall short?

squonk

Listening to the lads from Rush/Lusk, the signs sound good for me too here! What time are the heavier showers expeted? Looking at a very rough radar image from the UKMO on a widget here on my mac seems to suggest at least 10PM but more likely post-midnight. I wouldn't mind being up to see if anything was happening. What time should things start to kick off in earnest?

jaffa20

Nothing in Sandyford. You'd expect there would be some here, it being so close to the mountains and all.

Welsh Wizard

Breeze really picked up in the last half hour here in Greystones... coming striaght in from the sea.... hope this is the start of something good..

Martron

well white stuff is falling again. its not snow and its not hail..... not sure what the technical term for it would be

squonk

I'm telling you Welsh Wizard it was onhell of a walk on the beach here in Skerries this afternoon. Fiercely cold and great waves! Cartainly a day to remember around here. A bit of snow on top of it all now would be deadly!!!

squonk

Where are you based Matron?

Carpenter

jaffa20 wrote: »

Nothing in Sandyford. You'd expect there would be some here, it being so close to the mountains and all.

With you there pain in my ass looking out the window here Sandyford is next LOL

B0X

Bit of rainy sleet in Stillorgan/Sandyford. Where's me bleedin snow? :rolleyes:

patneve

Martron wrote: »

well white stuff is falling again. its not snow and its not hail..... not sure what the technical term for it would be

could be graupel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graupel

hellboy99

Snoddy wrote: »

Nothing in Dundalk yet, Mind you we always seem to miss the snow here

we always seem to miss out

Snoddy

Think I'll start a petition and send it to the snow gods :pac:

Mr Benevolent

Same in Howth, spray was arcing over the pier. Funny, no-one bothered doing the pier walk today...

The tax man

Martron wrote: »

well white stuff is falling again. its not snow and its not hail..... not sure what the technical term for it would be

That stuff is falling in Rathfarnham now. I like to call it crap snow.:D

darkman2

Just had a short shower of hail. Not expecting snow till after midnight in my area.

Sierra Oscar

I see the Met Office have a red "Take Action" alert out for parts of the UK.

Scubadevils

They are getting thunder snow and everything now over in parts of England! :eek: Serious stuff over there.

Davo D

Looks like the airports in the south east of Enland are starting to be hit. Gatwick is either closing or is about to close. Not sure about Heathrow.

darkman2

I see the M5 buoy in the Irish sea has dropped 1C for the dew point to -2.3C in the last hour.

Martron

squonk wrote: »

Where are you based Matron?

rush

squonk

The wind seems to be picking up gradually here. Certainly, if it isn't, the gusts seem to be more intense at times over tha past half hour.

Scubadevils

Davo D wrote: »

Looks like the airports in the south east of Enland are starting to be hit. Gatwick is either closing or is about to close. Not sure about Heathrow.

Please Heathrow close!!! Due on a flight over there at 6.45am tomorrow and would prefer not to given the conditions.

Trogdor

darkman2 wrote: »

I see the M5 buoy in the Irish sea has dropped 1C for the dew point to -2.3C in the last hour.

Ha its colder on the irish sea than it is here!:pac:

Davo D

Wintery showers have started in Dublin 3, close to the coast.

markens2

Will stansted be affected??? My girlfriend is flying home from there tonight???

CianRyan

Nothing falling yet here, constant snow gazing though.