Snow Reports/ Thundersnow & Chat - 26/11/2010 onwards

RobitTV

HUGE Lumps of snow are now fallin in Co.Waterford

Mmcd

Can anyone tell me what the conditions are like in Derry city and how possible it would be to drive there from Dundalk?

Deep Easterly

munsterlegend wrote: »

that is very impressive i have to say. is this due to the milder irish sea?

Yep Munster, the colder the air passing over the warmer the water is a good ingredient for creating instability in the atmosphere hence the amount of lightening strikes recorded in those regions. Uplift upon reaching the Wiclow hills would certainly have been a big factor as well

thetonynator

thetonynator wrote: »

Not really sticking very well here now despite it being heavy snow . . .:(

Change here - really sticking now, grass more or less covered!!

smokin ace

stopped snowing in north wexford i can see the blue sky
NO NO NO NO SNOW COME BACK :(:(:(:(

mickger844posts

maquiladora wrote: »

Kudos to MT Cranium for saying several days ago that the Irish Sea snow showers would be beefy. If this snow was any more beefy it would be mooing.

Shame on Met Eireann for not even mentioning this in their morning forecast. No mention of east Munster for snow.

BEASTERLY

Still very heavy here atm, temp and dewpoint way down aswell.

Min

Snow stopped here, somewhere around 3 inches.

Basically I am snowed in as I would need a four wheel drive to get off the hill and no I am not going to use the tractor to go into town...

I have food supplies ordered as I expect a lot more snow to come and not much thaw for higher ground.

Have to bring in the rest of the cattle as their food is covered by that white inconvenience
I did notice the cattle that are out and despite having plenty of grass yesterday were not very happy so they much have suspected the snow like the Donegal postman.

.243

for all those even thinking of venturing out for a "drive" towards rathdrum,"DON'T",it is lethal,no matter how good your driving experience is,
ive been on the roads since 7.30 this morning(with a 4wd) and once you go a mile or two off the national routes,you are into a world you cant control,
you only have yourself to blame if you end up in trouble

Min

mickger844posts wrote: »

Shame on Met Eireann for not even mentioning this in their morning forecast. No mention of east Munster for snow.

Yeah it is all east Leinster...not a problem as they are affected but in the south east we have southern Leinster and eastern Munster affected badly too.

I get a bit fed up with the east Leinster forecasts as they only paint part of the picture.

nacho libre

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Yep Munster, the colder the air passing over the warmer the water is a good ingredient for creating instability in the atmosphere hence the amount of lightening strikes recorded in those regions. Uplift upon reaching the Wiclow hills would certainly have been a big factor as well

paddy1 did you see the lightning last night. it was spectacular!

mickger844posts

Another clip taken about 15 mins ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyaW9UXY4Ew

sunbabe08

a a flurry of snow in cork earlier, well for about a minute. bah

Mink

Lovely thick fluffy snow here in Kilcock, hasn't snowed since at least 8.30 when I woke up. Plus it's sunny, bliss

nacho libre

well, it's good to read that people who are usually snow deprived are getting to see some of the white stuff today.

Deep Easterly

nacho libre wrote: »

paddy1 did you see the lightning last night. it was spectacular!

Nope Nacho but thought I did see a distant flash before I went to be, put it down to fireworks or something like that

Defcol

Are likely to see anything over the weekend worthwhile from this spell?

djhaxman

Did anyone think of getting any videos of the lightning?

fricatus

mickger844posts wrote: »

This is making up for all the no Snow events over the years

You said it boi!

Tipping down again just now!

Mmcd

This is the most snow Ive ever seen. It's unbelievable, much more than last year! Currently at 7 inches and still falling. I'm South Kilkenny by the way at about 125m. I'd sa at higher levels it might reach a foot. I just saw a tractor struggling to get up the road.



More pictures in the pic thread!

TheMilkyPirate

blizzard in wexford town again everything covererd.. again!

mickger844posts

Lads how do i embed a youtube clip in a post?? Can link it ok but not embed it

plein de force

snow still lying here. what a night of weather we had, i thought when i was woken at 4 it was bad but around 730 i was woken by the thunder, then my bedroom lit up blue and i almost went deaf with the noise. hope we get more later

hoody

Enjoying the snow ride so far, haven't had a total whiteout in Loughrea yet but still plenty lying around from yesterday evening

Due to drive to Kilkenny after 7 this evening, just wondering what the road conditions are likely to be, no snow has fallen here since yesterday evening but I'm more worried about what they'll be like once I get towards KK itself, any thoughts?

Deep Easterly

mickger844posts wrote: »

Lads how do i embed a youtube clip in a post?? Can link it ok but not embed it

Mick, paste in anything that comes after the 'V=' on the youtube video url address on the youtube option tab

(that option on reply box)

maquiladora

Huge, huge flakes. Very heavy snow there now.

Very dodgy walkin around out there though!

sunbabe08

lads has anyone seen the recent met eireann graphic?? is that system coming cork way??? cause it says waterford is currently experiencing ice pellets.

fricatus

hoody wrote: »

Enjoying the snow ride so far, haven't had a total whiteout in Loughrea yet but still plenty lying around from yesterday evening

Due to drive to Kilkenny after 7 this evening, just wondering what the road conditions are likely to be, no snow has fallen here since yesterday evening but I'm more worried about what they'll be like once I get towards KK itself, any thoughts?

Well judging from some of the posts above, KK has quite a bit of snow. I don't know what the main roads are like, but coming from Galway, you're going to be travelling some dodgy roads.

Hells Belle

We've only had a small break from snow today, its been far worse than in January. I can usually see the city (Waterford) from where I am but its a white out :pac:

joe199

sunbabe08 wrote: »

lads has anyone seen the recent met eireann graphic?? is that system coming cork way??? cause it says waterford is currently experiencing ice pellets.

yep looks like cork could get a dusting shortly:D

enjoy