Cold Spell Discussion (20/12/09) (Heavy snow showers spreading south)

maquiladora

20 December 2009 10:38

Today

Bright or sunny periods and hail, sleet and snow showers. Showers widespread across the north and west of the country with drifting snow likely in the strong winds. Only isolated showers in the east and south and many areas here will be dry. Very cold everywhere with temperatures getting no higher than 1 to 4 degrees

Gonzo

I'd be very surprised if we see 1 flake here in the meath/dublin regions between now and christmas day. Looks like things warm up from Christmas day onwards. Patchy frost on the ground here.

cherryghost

Well folks, after a late night up, I awoke at midday to find Longford covered in a blanket of snow.

irish1967

WolfeIRE wrote: »

lots heading Donegal way before 3

Excellent... I want chaos !! road closures, drifts, abandoned vehicles,power lines down... snow is like the other white stuff... one little sniff and you just HAVE to get more. I need snow and GOD is my dealer. Hope he is getting a new shipment in before 3pm. I think I need to overdose !! :cool:

irish1967

That makes it look like you had 6feet of snow:)

kakee

lovely pictures from cherryghost.

Just starting to snow in Tipperary town now. Yipee!!!!

Timistry

Rain...... yuck! Nice pics cherryghost

cherryghost

thanks all. its just started snowing again :pac:

rc28

Gonzo wrote: »

I'd be very surprised if we see 1 flake here in the meath/dublin regions between now and christmas day. Looks like things warm up from Christmas day onwards. Patchy frost on the ground here.

Do you not have snow on the ground? I'm not far from you and there is about 3mm (:pac:) of dry snow on the ground, pavements included.

IMBACKLATER

light sleet /snow falling near louisburgh co. mayo.

finally!

Deep Easterly

Sweet fanny adams here. There is just too much sun!

nacho libre

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Sweet fanny adams here. There is just too much sun!

the bag of snow offer still stands:pac:

Pangea

Nothing special here in south donegal, place is still white ,but there has been a bit of a thaw, wheres this blizzard and winds ?

owenc

Pangea wrote: »

Nothing special here in south donegal, place is still white ,but there has been a bit of a thaw, wheres this blizzard and winds ?

the snows coming tonight ... btw showers still snow here looks like anther snow showwer coming in...... meto has warning of 5-10cm tonight hopefully horrible if its just all frost and thawed snow tomorrow morning......

ninebeanrows

Pangea wrote: »

Nothing special here in south donegal, place is still white ,but there has been a bit of a thaw, wheres this blizzard and winds ?

Organising themselves to the north i do believe.

Graces7

See AA roadwatch and the Gardai advisory.

http://www.aaroadwatch.ie/



There's a mail a way back also....

Take great care:)

dbyrne wrote: »

just outside donegal town at the moment and going to take a walk down to the main road to see what the roads are like. I have to head back to dublin this afternoon, not looking forward to that. Going to go via sligo, leaving here about 2 or 3. has anyone done the journey or going to be going in a similar direction that can tell me what the roads are lile.
Temp here is 2c, wind is 5kmh, dew is 1c, weather station has changed from snow symbol to rain. pressure us 997.8 from a high of 1008 here this morning.

Deep Easterly

nacho libre wrote: »

the bag of snow offer still stands:pac:

If you are coming down here you will need:

1. A strong sun block.
2. Very strong sunglasses
3. A very expensive cooling system to keep that bag 'o snow frozen.
4. Plenty of fluid to keep your self hydrated in this god damn seering sun.
5. A very strong will to live...

Deep Easterly

Okay, it is snowing now! Has gone very dark all of a sudden.

nifheorais

Any snow in county Galway? NONE SO FAR IN gALWAY cITY BUT IS CLOUDING OVER!

hartenm

I have to say I'm extremely displeased by all these posts... I LOVE snow and here I am in Dublin city and not a SINGLE snowflake has fallen!!?

So unfair!!!!!!!! Can I expect snow here later on??

Graces7

There you go then!!:)

quote=Deep Easterly;63582576]Okay, it is snowing now! Has gone very dark all of a sudden.[/quote]

nacho libre

Pangea wrote: »

Nothing special here in south donegal, place is still white ,but there has been a bit of a thaw, wheres this blizzard and winds ?

blizzards are more likely on higher ground near the coast in west and northwest later on. . meanwhile i saw a flock of geese earlier they seemed to be complaing about cold the weather was flying.:pac:

Gonzo

rc28 wrote: »

Do you not have snow on the ground? I'm not far from you and there is about 3mm (:pac:) of dry snow on the ground, pavements included.

nothing at all, I live half way between dunshaughlin and ratoath.

nifheorais

What part of Galway are you in?

cherryghost

jaysus its bucketing down now. the road marks are gone now. will post more photos once i get out again :P

cian1500ww

Coming down nicely here as well, I'm loving it

hartenm

That's it... I'm going to Longford! Dublin weather is useless!!! Where's our snow????

K-9

Just in after a snow fight with the wee fella here in Convoy. Light snow shower here. About an inch lying. Hoping its not going to thaw out much.

nifheorais

All to Longford so!!

wild handlin

Heavy snow shower here in Enniskillen from about 11.45 - 12.30 or so. Starting to thaw slowly now

Heard a faint rumble of thunder there around 13.00 or so, dark clouds on the horison over Donegal/North looking at it here. Roads have improved slighly since this morning's trechous conditions.