Tuesday 12th - Strong winds, Heavy Rain & Surprise Snow

ninebeanrows

maquiladora wrote: »

Dublin airport reporting freezing rain.

The dude must be mistaking sleety rain for freezing rain!

At Howth its 1.7c/1.0c

On a steady fall

Sleety rain appears lighter here now.

wicklowgirl

Supercell wrote: »

I wonder are the road signs up at Sallygap completely covered over by now?

Well I know the Wicklow Gap is impassable even to 4x4's at the minute, tracks made this morning were covered over by 2pm

maquiladora

WolfeIRE wrote: »

Keep in mind all, this is a very slow moving front and will take close to 24 hours to clear the NE coast.

HIRLAM model shows precip
http://www.dmi.dk/dmi/index/danmark/vejrkort.htm
click on nedbor

Yep, look at the radar loop and keep and eye on the back edge of the precip over Kerry/Cork from 16:30 to 17:30 - hardly clearing at all in the last hour.

http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp?ani=y

Min

First time here for snow to remove my satellite signal.

Any other times it was thunderstorms.

Deep Easterly

GavinH wrote: »

How accurate is this site for forcasts?

Reasonably accurate relative to the likes of the crap you see on metcheck and other such rubbish sites. Short term data (0hrs to 48hrs) based on a combination of NRK and HIRLAM data while long term forecasts are based on the latest ECM run.

snaps

nacho libre wrote: »

yes, it's usually only a day or two but out of such situations sometimes come polar lows;). it's a pity the ecm has backtracked on the easterly taking hold.
still, after todays incredible snow fall i'll live with the milder weather. i really doubt i'll see snowfall as heavy as that for a long, long time to come.

whats it like there now?

cdev

SuprSi wrote: »

Heavy, sticking snow in Sandyford/Stepaside for the last few hours. If this keeps up it could be worse than last week!

Just driven home to Kilternan in blizzard conditions. The roads around Carrickmines/Kilternan/Stepaside are in a bad way. Drive safely out there folks!

channaigh

i'm gobsmacked with their weather report do they not look out the window brian daly was standing in rain was he eejits:eek:

maquiladora

Still snowing in south kilkenny, anyone?

faktisperminute

snowing all day, best day so far since the cold spell
Location : Roscommon, Ballaghaderreen
70 ASL

Deep Easterly

owenc wrote: »

So we can expect hours of heavy snow are you saying it will still be snowing at. 12 pm tomorrow!!! If so how much can we expect????

2.1cm

maquiladora

"Fresh heavy snow is causing increasingly dangerous conditions in the West and in the East/South East. *LEINSTER* *WICKLOW* Roads becoming increasingly treacherous with fresh snow drifts on higher ground. There have been numerous crashes reported..."

http://www.aaroadwatch.ie/

H2UMrsRobinson

nacho libre wrote: »

as long as you aren't forced to choose...:pac:

I could always send him to the pub...although I never do that so he may smell a rat.!:D

GavinH

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Reasonably accurate relative to the likes of the crap you see on metcheck and other such rubbish sites. Short term data (0hrs to 48hrs) based on a combination of NRK and HIRLAM data while long term forecasts are based on the latest ECM run.

Thanks DE for the reponse. Looks like my area will have frost again tomorrow night.

thecretinhop

Lol TV3 guy on live report from dublin heavy snow not a mention of it:D

Min

maquiladora wrote: »

Still snowing in south kilkenny, anyone?

According to met eireann it probably is, giving snow to last for hours yet for some particularly in parts of Leinster and Connaught.

tvbrat

snaps wrote: »

TV3 are unreal, no mention of snow then you see that poor bugger reporting in dublin. This weatherman has only mentioned rain!

Yeah, just saw that, snow belting down all around him
I'm on South Cicular Road city end, no snow here just rain and sleet.

Maybe it will snow later:D

irish1967

So close but yet so far

father_ted9t9

Is It Still actually snowing(Not Sleet) in Dublin Anywhere? We are here in The RDS and all that we have had all day is Torretial rain and REALLLY High winds. Anyone??

irish1967

According to sky weather graphics it will snow all night here !!:rolleyes:

Léan

Still raining here in Cork city. Five tiles after falling off the roof from the wind. Two leaks now, nice

nacho libre

an admission of being caught out on the radio forecast just there by the forecaster- he said there was a fierce battle today between two opposing airmasses and there has been a relapse, but the bad news is that they predict the atlantic to finally win on Friday. i would love it if they were wrong again but of course the law of averages dictate they won't be. still, to finish with the good news, sleet and snow will continue in ulster, connacht and leinster over night with further accumulations in places!!

demakinz

gonna stick my head in now just in case theres no room in here later.happy snow hunting everybody:D

snaps

"weather supplies are running low" so they say on rte! Think they mean water!

DOCARCH

father_ted9t9 wrote: »

Is It Still actually snowing(Not Sleet) in Dublin Anywhere? We are here in The RDS and all that we have had all day is Torretial rain and REALLLY High winds. Anyone??

Blizzard here!

Was going to suggest to look at traffic cameras - http://www.dublincity.ie/dublintraffic/ - but the M50 Edmonstown one (near me) has snow/slush on it's lens.

0.6c DP 0.6c (flirting with 0.5c).

Gonzo

why am i only seeing rain when everywhere else around me including wht is usually warmer coastal areas of Dublin and Wicklow seeing Snow???

maquiladora

snaps wrote: »

"weather supplies are running low" so they say on rte! Think they mean water!

Lol... Cut to shot of clouds being unloaded to trucks in Foynes port.

snaps

nacho libre wrote: »

an admission of being caught out on the radio forecast just there by the forecaster- he said there was a fierce battle today between two opposing airmasses and there has been a relapse, but the bad news is that they predict the atlantic to finally win on Friday. i would love it if they were wrong again but of course the law of averages dictate they won't be. still, to finish with the good news, sleet and snow will continue in ulster, connacht and leinster over night with further accumulations in places!!

looking at radar it seems to be moving NE away from us in the west.

nacho libre

snaps wrote: »

whats it like there now?

small snowflakes now but they are all sticking. amazing what a 1 degree drop in temperature does! there is about 2 inches of snow on the ground now.

ninebeanrows

Gonzo wrote: »

why am i only seeing rain when everywhere else around me including wht is usually warmer coastal areas of Dublin and Wicklow seeing Snow???

Precip needs to set in, even im seeing some flakes here Gonzo!