Cold Spell Phase 2 (Wednesday onwards)

shamwari

M1 northbound might be at a standstill, awaiting confirmation.....

lostexpectation

snowing again in sutton, very fluffy icey snow

seeing schoolkids eat it

bennyx_o

Still heavyish snowy sleety rain in the Port

Wibbler

Wibbler wrote: »

Sounds intriguing, do tell...

There will be a weather front crossing the country on sunday.
It is an atlantic front pushing in from the south and a somewhat weak affair.
HOWEVER as it moves northeastwards it will engage this polar air mass and turn readily to snow.
Notwithstanding the fact that it is a weak enough feature...warm air engaging with the really cold air has the potential to really pep it up giving the posibility of a swathe of snow for several hours in many areas.

One to watch.

I've gone and jinxed it now.

Gonzo

damn we really missed out on the snow today in meath so close by, got about half in inch overnight which melted before noon and nothing since! Still have a 2 inch frozen layer of ice across the grass from Tuesday tho. Only had patchy snizzle here since 11am

yogidc26

Girls and there snow men

Calina

shamwari wrote: »

M1 northbound might be at a standstill, awaiting confirmation.....

Cameras at Port tunnel exit on M1 look clear enough 20 minutes ago.

DOCARCH

Proper moderate snow again. 1.0c DP 0.6c. Must be good cold air aloft as it is snowing at Dublin AP at 1c/1c.

shamwari

Calina wrote: »

Cameras at Port tunnel exit on M1 look clear enough 20 minutes ago.

Bum steer so

hammy_ire

coming down in donnybrook again...looks a little wet at times!

CianRyan

Visibility down to about .5km now.
Very heavy snow, went to go out in it, but had to come back in as it was blinding me. :eek:

Pangea

Wow cant believe how much snow dublin is gettin recently ,id safely say wicklow has got the worst overall.
I seen on newspaper article from 29th jan that in bluestack mountains in Donegal 2 weeks ago there was 5 or 6 foot of snow in some places ,like wicklows this week.

Doyler1981

is all the precipation on the radar not set to come into Ireland?

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

Calina

Back to rain at Dublin Airport. I guess it's going to be like this for the afternoon.

annoying.

Wibbler

Deleted User wrote: »

There will be a weather front crossing the country on sunday.
It is an atlantic front pushing in from the south and a somewhat weak affair.
HOWEVER as it moves northeastwards it will engage this polar air mass and turn readily to snow.
Notwithstanding the fact that it is a weak enough feature...warm air engaging with the really cold air has the potential to really pep it up giving the posibility of a swathe of snow for several hours in many areas.

One to watch.

I've gone and jinxed it now.

Thanks BB! The 06Z GFS Ensemble 850's look a tad higher than at present for Dublin on Sunday, with the operational being the coldest. I'm no chart reading expert, but recent experience suggests rain, no?

tvbrat

Coming down hard and sticking on the south circular road Dublin

JazzyJ

Finally back to very heavy snow in Dundrum

Martron

what is the m1 like. rumour has it it is chocka blkock

@ Doyler1981

It will eventually clear off eastwards pulled by the low.
Currently it's circulation north to south.
It will continue to pulse like that but the blob will also move East slowly.
These bands wont be moving too far inland.
They will be heaviest near the coast.

ninebeanrows

Went out there to attempt to sledge and big snow shower came in! Absolutely soaked and horrible:D

Shower only stuck to other snowy things, absolutely mess out there!!

Mobhi1

Calina wrote: »

Back to rain at Dublin Airport. I guess it's going to be like this for the afternoon.

annoying.

Must have just changed; the reports are light snow 1/1 at 15:30!

Wibbler

Wibbler wrote: »

Thanks BB! The 06Z GFS Ensemble 850's look a tad higher than at present for Dublin on Sunday, with the operational being the coldest. I'm no chart reading expert, but recent experience suggests rain, no?

Not necessarally.
Possibly only.
Theres just as good a possibility of snow due to cold surface air.

Remember,higher 850 temps above -5c for instance usually mean rain in Ireland because while it is snow at that height it is usually warmer on the surface and thats the air that usually melts the snow.

This time though the surface air is actually quite cold and at 2c or less mightnt be enough to bring rain.
It will certainly be snow on higher ground put it to you that way.

Calina

Well the snow is melting at the moment.

AlphaMike

If anyone is allergic to snow steer clear of Saggart!!

glossy

hmmm nothing here in D15

DOCARCH

Heavy snow now. 0.7c DP 0.3c Amazing, because there is no wind here, snow is falling absolutely vertically.

Is there any snow along the south Dublin/north Wicklow coast?

ninebeanrows

the shower i was out in was really heavy but with the amount of slush and water wasnt going to stick to that!

Surprised there has been more snow though!

Temperature might drop that crucial half a degree in the next hour or so to allow that slush to freeze and anymore snowfall to stick again!

DOCARCH

DOCARCH wrote: »

Heavy snow now. 0.7c DP 0.3c Amazing, because there is no wind here, snow is falling absolutely vertically.

Is there any snow along the south Dublin/north Wicklow coast?

It's sleet here in south wicklow 2 miles inland.precip is very light though.

1.6/0.9

hawkwing

windy arbour again in the midst of heavy snow shower again with huge flakes,almost dark out there and lodging again everywhere

ninebeanrows

Another heavy one heading in North county Dublin around Skerries in the next few minutes.