Snow in the west of ireland

nacho libre

yes!!! yes!!! glorious big flakes:)

the snow is quite heavy now:D:D:D

i wonder is this a weak of trough. as it seems like it could last a while:cool:

gobbles

We have been having a lot of pretty heavy snow showers here in sligo town. Some of them with big flakes, others with tiny flakes/ sleet. Though there is nothing sticking at all. It is just torture...:mad:. But then again...Its Snowing!!:eek:

Lumi

nacho libre wrote: »

yes!!! yes!!! glorious big flakes:)

the snow is quite heavy now:D:D:D

i wonder is this a weak of trough. as it seems like it could last a while:cool:

Enjoy!!
Have drawn blinds, gone back to writing up thesis and have accepted that Galway is and will remain a snow free zone:(

nacho libre

Fionagus wrote: »

Enjoy!!
Have drawn blinds, gone back to writing up thesis and have accepted that Galway is and will remain a snow free zone:(

your snowday will come:)

Peter

Snowing heavy in Tuam now and its all sticking

fozzle

Got up this morning to heavy frost - nothin new there. Hopped into the car to get the de-icer and by the time I got out again there was a white-out. It's been a long long time since I've seen snow so heavy that I can't see more than 10 feet or so. Had to chance my arm and head to work - wipers struggled to keep the snow off, and the windscreen kept icing up on inside and outside - had about 4" of visibility where the heating was blasting up. Got to Tubbercurry (5 or 6 miles away) and it was completely clear - just a light rain. Bizzare!

Pangea

^where do you live?
Didnt think there was snow up the sligo direction.
Whats the story for tonight lads? any sneachta for donegal?

minxie

up in rosscommon visiting my mam today and
had a few hail showers. just as i left at 5 snow started
falling:) pretty heavy too
got heavier coming into castlerea and was sticking,
so was having high hopes that dear ole galway would get
some tonight, outside of ballinlough it "suddenly" vanished...:eek:
my dreams were ruined... so now am sulking...:(
not fair....

nacho libre

an inch and half has settled here now. Pangea, according to the radar Donegal should be having showers now

gobbles

here in co. sligo snow is now coming down every once in a while and some of it is sticking. Hope it keeps up!

minxie

gobbles wrote: »

here in co. sligo snow is now coming down every once in a while and some of it is sticking. Hope it keeps up!

meh









:pac:

Pangea

nacho libre wrote: »

an inch and half has settled here now. Pangea, according to the radar Donegal should be having showers now

wow congrats on the snow ,uve been waiting on it all week, is it gona stick around there?
Noh all i see out is a slight white dusting from earlier ,no sign of snow clouds here yet.

nacho libre

Pangea wrote: »

wow congrats on the snow ,uve been waiting on it all week, is it gona stick around there?
Noh all i see out is a slight white dusting from earlier ,no sign of snow clouds here yet.

there is about an inch and a half out the back now. with more clouds building up. i can't understand how you're not getting anything as the uk radar shows precipitation over a good part of Donegal

Pangea

nacho libre wrote: »

there is about an inch and a half out the back now. with more clouds building up. i can't understand how you're not getting anything as the uk radar shows precipitation over a good part of Donegal

yeah i seen that , real bad ice here now , whole area is like an ice rink,
Quite a clear night here ,I see some clouds heading over to the mountains ,not sure if they will come my way.

U dont sound happy for a man that has snow!

peasant

ever so slight dusting of snow here in Sligo as well, but hardly worth mentioning

nacho libre

Pangea wrote: »

yeah i seen that , real bad ice here now , whole area is like an ice rink,
Quite a clear night here ,I see some clouds heading over to the mountains ,not sure if they will come my way.

U dont sound happy for a man that has snow!

i'm just in shock after a week of disappointment;)

the weather forecast showed the showers continuing overnight and dying off early tomorrow. so i could have a very nice covering by tomorrow morning.

:D:D

Pangea

Well no showers here at all ,even though the met uk radar shows moderate showers over my area.

Lumi

nacho libre wrote: »

i'm just in shock after a week of disappointment;)

the weather forecast showed the showers continuing overnight and dying off early tomorrow. so i could have a very nice covering by tomorrow morning.

:D:D

Yes. It's looking really good further north & west so enjoy & photos in the morning please:D

http://www.meteox.com/gmap.aspx?soort=beeld&date=2009-02-06&tijd=21:30:00&zoom=6&lat=53.605544099238&lon=-7.84423828125
Galway stuck in the middle of a 'snow-free zone' though!:rolleyes:

gobbles

nacho libre wrote: »

there is about an inch and a half out the back now. with more clouds building up. i can't understand how you're not getting anything as the uk radar shows precipitation over a good part of Donegal

where abouts are you??
also can you give me the link to the uk radar.

Pangea

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/index.html

WOW Nice clouds headed my way hopefully.

nacho libre

gobbles wrote: »

where abouts are you??
also can you give me the link to the uk radar.

Mayo.
http://www.meteogroup.co.uk/uk/home/weather/radar/united_kingdom.html

well, the showers seem to breaking up here. also, the last one had bits of rain in it:eek:

gobbles

nacho libre wrote: »

Mayo.
http://www.meteogroup.co.uk/uk/home/weather/radar/united_kingdom.html

well, the showers seem to breaking up here. also, the last one had bits of rain in it:eek:

I also think we could be seeing the end of it but we are just going to have to wait and see.....

willy wonka

had some hail and beautiful snow at about 8pm tonight! I was so excited and couldnt believe it. It was sticking and left about 1.5 inches on the ground. I really couldnt believe my eyes 'cos it was the first decent snow shower we've seen this year. I honestly thought we'd see no snow in this part of the country after waking up to rain/sun every morning.

Its rained since but Im not giving up hope cos it's in the air somewhere!

nacho libre

snowing again at a steady rate. if this keeps up overnight i could have 3 inches of snow by morning!!

willy wonka

woke up to a blanket of snow and a light snow flurry that has now turned heavier!

Feel like a kid on Christmas morning

Pangea

Lovely covering here ,still snowing ,no one on the roads ,around 2 or 3 inches now!

nacho libre

3 and half inches of snow now(about half an inch of it is from Friday's snow) fantastic stuff.

there should still be a bit left over by tonight regardless of the thaw.

brettmirl

Whole lot of snow in Ashbourne, Meath. A lot more than fell earlier in the week.

Pangea

We are gettin a heavy covering here nacho , no one on the roads either.

nacho libre

Pangea wrote: »

We are gettin a heavy covering here nacho , no one on the roads either.

congrats. your patience has been rewarded:)

peasant

Just barely enough snow here in Sligo to cover the ground. An optimistic 2 cm maybe. Thawing now, but the very light snizzle continues. Roads slushy to wet.

Supposed to get very frosty tonight, isn't it? That could make things very interesting for getting into work tomorrow ..I'd rather drive on snow than on ice.

nacho libre

wow what a surprise it's started snowing again:eek:

fozzle

Just a light dusting of snow yesterday in South Co Sligo, which landed my poor car into a ditch. Nearly lost my life this morning when I looked out before driving my husband to the train in Ballymote and saw 2 to 3 inches of snow!!! :eek:

Aside from the horrible driving (dunno how you lads in Wicklow are managing) it's really really beautiful though. Wish I could have stayed home and built a snowman! ^_^

Flecktarn

The sun is out here and the air is getting warmer.Woke up to about an inch/inch and a half today.

Pangea

3 inches here , nice , still very cloudy.

Pangea

Some pics

Delightful pictures!:) what a lovely sight.

nacho libre

Great photos. I hope the robin thanked you for the food.:)

ch750536

Lovely clear day here, not a cloud in sight,

peasant

All gone at ground level (except in the shade) ...but at least I finally got a chance to drive my car up a mountain in the snow

Spartie

Lovely pics.......but a robin can fly...

Have been snowbound since last tuesday....woke up to a raging blizzard this morning... if it freezes tonight again... I could be stuck here for days...the nearest shops are almost 5 miles away and I am running out of everything.......oh, how I wish I could fly...

I thinking of suing the 'government' for leading us to believe that 'global warming' nonsense....

MayoForSam

Spartie wrote: »

I thinking of suing the 'government' for leading us to believe that 'global warming' nonsense....

Tell that to the Australians :rolleyes:..........

Spartie

ah come on.... were you not watching the news.... those fires were lit deliberately

peasant

Spartie wrote: »

Lovely pics.......but a robin can fly...

Have been snowbound since last tuesday....woke up to a raging blizzard this morning... if it freezes tonight again... I could be stuck here for days...the nearest shops are almost 5 miles away and I am running out of everything.......oh, how I wish I could fly...

Don't you know anyone with a tractor or 4x4 who could do some shopping for you?

Spartie

Yeah of course, but all too far away.... and I wouldn't ask anyone to put their life in danger on these roads...nothing moving on wheels here at all... anything that has moved all week has gone over the edge..

Takeshi_Kovacs

A few pics of some of the recent snow up on Carrauntuohil on this site http://outdoorsireland.blogspot.com

kerry1960

Great stuff TK , well done , thats a great site .

sorella

Had to go out for food etc today. The first five miles were an.... interesting experience I would not care to repeat. Went soon after 6 am so as to miss meeting anyone else.

Steep hills with thick ice atop.... pulled in once to let a crawling van pass and danced a while then:)

They were amazed in Donegal Town that anyone had got down that way. So was I....

A wee Suzuki WaggonR Plus this is.

No need to go out again now for weeks!!

Came back the longer way to avoid the hills to find one part of the road that way all but blocked. Team of men with a lorry load of sand paved the way for us.

Take care this night.


Freezing fog added to the experience en route to Strabane.

Pangea

^^Where do u live?

sorella

Beyond Letterbarrow.

Beautiful photos!! Thank you

Pangea wrote: »

^^Where do u live?