Snow watch - Waterford City

Trotter

We've been lucky (or unlucky if you love snow) to miss the worst of the snow this week. With the grey clouds closing in, I wonder are we about to get our share of it?

All the forecasts say no for Waterford seemingly. The adult in me says I hope it stays away, but in reality Im hoping for a little bit.

The sattelite imagery on this site www.raintoday.co.uk shows the snow just stops at the new bridge by the looks of it!

Has anyone seen any snow in the city so far?

mike65

No, we are the only part lf the country apart from Cobh not to see serious ice or snow, lets keep it that way!

anplaya

snowing now anyway

south

snowing out the dunmore road

Trotter

It doesnt seem to be the sticky variety.. token snow.

Hells Belle

just had a shower of snow by Slieverue/Ferrybank, stopped now though

mike65

Damn, its snowing!

Stokolan

Hells Belle wrote: »

just had a shower of snow by Slieverue/Ferrybank, stopped now though

Seems to be back again.

J-Fit

Where is all this snow you speak of? I haven't seen so much as a flake!

EDIT: Now I see it!

merlante

It's the outlying part of what's come down from Dublin and is probably currently over Wexford. It's heading south and will probably be gone in an hour or two. What is it about Waterford and no snow? Maybe the Comeraghs block it from the west and north-west, and the sea air warms things up on the south and east?

JPA

merlante wrote: »

It's the outlying part of what's come down from Dublin and is probably currently over Wexford. It's heading south and will probably be gone in an hour or two. What is it about Waterford and no snow? Maybe the Comeraghs block it from the west and north-west, and the sea air warms things up on the south and east?

North Atlantic Drift might play a part in keeping things that degree or 2 higher. Or something like that.

mike65

Thats it I think, we have a micro-climate in the east of the county.

I used to travel lot from east to west and back again across the country in the same day, the difference in shower activity was notable as I came back towards Waterford on a wet day. In Tralee it might dump every 10 mins at lunchtime, by Waterford in late afternoon the first and only shower of the day was ready to fall. We get away with a lot here.

sorrywhat

They are not very big snow flakes. Just little ones. And not the kind to stick. Me, Im very disappointed. I really wanted a bit of snow!

JPA

It's kinda sunny now.

JPA

Woo, it's back and heavier.

mike65

Yep we'll be breaking out the snowploughs by morning!

JPA

mike65 wrote: »

Yep we'll be breaking out the snowploughs by morning!

I've got the skis on standby.

jonnyfingers

Nice bit of snow falling here in the industrial estate. Doesn't look like it will stick though.

nkay1985

Snowing away outside Bausch & Lomb and seemed to be getting heavier about 10 minutes ago.

ziedth

its sunny in UCC

Daysha

Small drops here and there on the Dunmore Road, nothing major.

Hells Belle

Starting again down here in East Waterford, the sky is a lot darker this time and its sticking in places.

sorrywhat

jonnyfingers wrote: »

Nice bit of snow falling here in the industrial estate. Doesn't look like it will stick though.

Thats where I am and its coming down fairly fast now. Its not heavy enough to stick though

maquiladora

I wouldnt expect much more snow in Waterford now.

Looking ahead, from Saturday evening onwards there might be another chance but not likely before then.

decies

Hells Belle wrote: »

Starting again down here in East Waterford, the sky is a lot darker this time and its sticking in places.

I didn,t know we had a east waterford

Hells Belle

ha ha neither did I till I until after I posted! I'm as far east as you can get without actually being in South Kilkenny, I was excited and my brain is mushy, its stopped now though (snow & brain)

Car Mad

decies wrote: »

I didn,t know we had a east waterford

Course we have an east waterford i would always class dungarven cappa and such as the whesht Ya a bit of snow around kilmeaden too not stickin though:(

Mickdots

nkay1985 wrote: »

Snowing away outside Bausch & Lomb and seemed to be getting heavier about 10 minutes ago.

id **** back inside the door or else u will be made redundant

mike65

Light covering of snow thats seems to be sticking.

JPA

That was a fair dose of it there. The place is covered.

Trotter

If we get little showers like that during the night then the roads will be bad in the mornin.