Snow potential this weekend-7th-8th march

munsterlegend

Pangea wrote: »

Oh ok ,Im not high up ,Im 35 metres above sea level.

BTW It doesnt look like any forecasts are prediciting much snow tonight?
It seems to be just a "covering" thats forecasted.

depends where the showers hit i suppose...no widespread covering i'd say but like earlier in the week some areas will be hit more than others. not that i am any expert but will just have to see what the radar is picking up later. think further up the west and north you are the better judging by the forecasts so far.

Pangea

munsterlegend wrote: »

think further up the west and north you are the better judging by the forecasts so far.

Great Im in the North West

munsterlegend

Pangea wrote: »

Great Im in the North West

would that be donegal of the north west? i'm closer the south west think tomorrow is the better chance down here.

Pangea

Yes correct ,South west I heard got snow on tuesday for a change, glad to hear it!

Redsunset

Pangea wrote: »

Oh ok ,Im not high up ,Im 35 metres above sea level.

BTW It doesnt look like any forecasts are prediciting much snow tonight?
It seems to be just a "covering" thats forecasted.

yes i ment altitude.god your not high at all,im 75m above sea.thats not high either but just goes to show when the elements are just right anything can happen.your in a good spot with this,should see something.might not be all that much but we'll see.cool user name by the way.pangea the super continent:)

darkman2

Temperatures beginning their tumble in the west. Belmullet dropped from 11 to 7C in the past hour.

http://www.met.ie/latest/reports.asp

Lumi

darkman2 wrote: »

Temperatures beginning their tumble in the west. Belmullet dropped from 11 to 7C in the past hour.

http://www.met.ie/latest/reports.asp

Interestingly enough temperature has risen in Galway from 9.2C to 10C over the same period. Getting quite blustery with heavy rain now. Hopefully this will turn to snow later though:D

Pangea

Anyone see the rte news weather forecast this eveing , I missed it.

redsunset wrote: »

yes i ment altitude.god your not high at all,im 75m above sea.thats not high either but just goes to show when the elements are just right anything can happen.your in a good spot with this,should see something.might not be all that much but we'll see.cool user name by the way.pangea the super continent

Thanks mate. Yeah well Im not too far from mountains so maybe that does me some favours?

IMBACKLATER

its become extremely blustery here now and chilly, compared to an hour ago, no showers yet! (MAYO west coast)

kerry1960

Pangea wrote: »

Anyone see the rte news weather forecast this eveing , I missed it.


Thanks mate. Yeah well Im not too far from mountains so maybe that does me some favours?

Drizzle for the NW , thundery wintry showers elsewhere :rolleyes:...........

joking of course .......donegal will see some wintryness later tonight and for the following 36 hrs or so , crusline at 1170 ft asl the highest point of the stacks mountains is practically in my back yard , i can be up there in 15 mins , with the dog , and a camera when it snows .

If those mountains you mentioned are close by charge up the camera and head up there tomorrow , people are sick of seeing my piccies of my mountains :mad: , so lets see some donegal scenery for a change .

Hal1

Your name gave me the impression you where in Kerry till now. You mentioned the blue stacks and it got me thinking, they dont stretch to Dun ná gall, I used to know all the mountain ranges but obiviously forgotten most of them. Still would like the freedom of the mountains in my backyard, instead Ive got the dreaded Dublin mountains. :pac: Bring on the weather, let us feel its might.

kerry1960

Hal1 wrote: »

Your name gave me the impression you where in Kerry till now. You mentioned the blue stacks and it got me thinking, they dont stretch to Dun ná gall, I used to know all the mountain ranges but obiviously forgotten most of them. Still would like the freedom of the mountains in my backyard, instead Ive got the dreaded Dublin mountains. :pac: Bring on the weather, let us feel its might.

Nope ......not the blue stacks .......the stacks mountains in kerry .

Pangea

kerry1960 wrote: »

Drizzle for the NW , thundery wintry showers elsewhere :rolleyes:...........

joking of course .......donegal will see some wintryness later tonight and for the following 36 hrs or so , crusline at 1170 ft asl the highest point of the stacks mountains is practically in my back yard , i can be up there in 15 mins , with the dog , and a camera when it snows .

If those mountains you mentioned are close by charge up the camera and head up there tomorrow , people are sick of seeing my piccies of my mountains :mad: , so lets see some donegal scenery for a change .

lol i read ur line about the rain and then was like flip! lol
Yes wonderful idea ,I actually never went up into the mountains ,Il see if i can get someone to go up there with me

kerry1960

Colder air arriving here now , temp has dropped to 6c quite quickly , imo connaught agus uladh will have most of these showers .

Pangea

kerry1960 wrote: »

1170 ft

Is the altuide in the osi online map in feet or in metres?

kerry1960

Pangea wrote: »

Is the altuide in the osi online map in feet or in metres?

357 metres or thereabouts , fraid we still talk in ft and ins around here :rolleyes:
even took the euro a long time to catch on in these parts :eek: ,

Pangea

ok but is the measure in osi map in feet or metres? lol

Pangea

It must be in foot ,well my mountains around me are around 500 foot. Not as big as urs kerry1960!

kerry1960

Pangea wrote: »

ok but is the measure in osi map in feet or metres? lol

have you a link to that map , be it in feet or metres even a small height asl makes a big difference in these conditions .

just had hail shower .

Pangea

kerry1960 wrote: »

have you a link to that map , be it in feet or metres even a small height asl makes a big difference in these conditions .

just had hail shower .

Yeah http://ims0.osiemaps.ie/website/publicviewer/main.aspx?id=&utype=&ecom=S1&user=
Whats asl?

Welsh Wizard

Pangea wrote: »

Yeah http://ims0.osiemaps.ie/website/publicviewer/main.aspx?id=&utype=&ecom=S1&user=
Whats asl?

Above Sea Level.... 99% sure anyway...

nacho libre

really raw here now. there was a brief period of very heavy rain and very gusty winds over two hours ago. the temperature dropped significantly in the clearance. current temperature is now 2.3c

kerry1960

Pangea wrote: »

Yeah http://ims0.osiemaps.ie/website/publicviewer/main.aspx?id=&utype=&ecom=S1&user=
Whats asl?

Ah yes , a contour map, had forgotton about that one , thanks p ,another one here , seems accurate enough regarding elevation .
http://www.earthtools.org/

Back on topic , light rain/hail showers here , wind W gusting to 30 mph , temp 4.4c , dp 1c dropping very sharply, its becoming a rough night .

Supercell

Raining here lightly
Seems normal, then again this morning I was snapping pics in Tiananmen Square so was a bit divorced from reality here

Sierra Oscar

According to my car it was 3.5C on the way home.

kerry1960

Supercell wrote: »

Raining here lightly
Seems normal, then again this morning I was snapping pics in Tiananmen Square so was a bit divorced from reality here

Welcome back ,hope diplomatic relations between ireland and china are still in good order after your visit . how was the weather there .

kerry1960

The W/NW in the firing line over the next few hours .

http://www.accuweather.com/ukie/bastardi-europe-blog.asp

IMBACKLATER

just had a very heavyhail/wet snow shower here, very squally, more showers looming, as i can see thanks to the monlight!

nacho libre

IMBACKLATER wrote: »

just had a very heavyhail/wet snow shower here, very squally, more showers looming, as i can see thanks to the monlight!

croagh patrick will be white tonight

HashSlinging

Anyone think it will be snowing tomorrow, I've to drive from Mayo to Wicklow tomorrow.. wondering what the conditions will be like.