Snow Reports/ Chat - Potential Blizzards & Heavy Snow - 29/11/2010

premiercad

this stuff aint the big show, very light showers dying fast in the irish sea, the forecast is for later tonight and am tomorrow :cool: patience,...

glossy

oh well, its toped now,,, wait till the "big one" tonite

hope im still awake to see this event

ollie1

Temperature dropping fast here in DunLaoighre dropped 1 degree in half a hour but still 2.3

ntlbell

starting to fall in D 15 now

seamus

Been an ominous cloud sweeping slowly in from Dublin Northeast for the last 20 minutes. Looks like light sleety crap.

LookingFor

Snowing in d15 now.

Cionád

Where is the big stuff going to come from? Will the bands going past Newcastle get to us? http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

adox

Snowing again here in Blanch. Coming down heavier than a few minutes ago.

bosco9871

Heavy snow on Navan Road

greenpeter

seam to be a big melt on here, temp up and down big time

LookingFor

Cionád wrote: »

Where is the big stuff going to come from? Will the bands going past Newcastle get to us? http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

There is a front due to pass over the UK from the north sea tonight, and it's meant to swing around and come down over the eastern half of Ireland too. We'll see...

Heyes

Okay there definately seems to be a mixed bag of information going on here. With the increase in temperature, is there any chance of the crazy snow hitting south dublin ?

Sierra Oscar

Heyes wrote: »

Okay there definately seems to be a mixed bag of information going on here. With the increase in temperature, is there any chance of the crazy snow hitting south dublin ?

First off the temperatures are going to drop off this afternoon and into the evening . . . as per usual.

adox

Coming down heavy here now in Blanch. Large fluffy flakes:D

So, let me git dis straight, it will be much later tonight that we get the snowfest, yes???

Not

Hmm... big flakes now in South Meath and I notice the drip drip drip almost has stopped. Maybe we're on for something here after all.

Be the hokey, theres a few little flakes trickling by the window

smokin ace

very sorry if this sounds stupid but how can snow be predicted if nothing is showing on radar
there is loads of dark cloud cover coming towards me but nothing on radar about snow in it

ninebeanrows

Steady rain.

Significant thaw.

adox

Jake1 wrote: »

Be the hokey, theres a few little flakes trickling by the window

you are going to get it a lot hevier in a couple of minutes.

the groutch

flanzer wrote: »

If MET eireann is wrong, we should all march down to Glasnevin with our placards demanding a new set of employees!

if it didnt work at the Dail, what chances does it have of working there?

maquiladora

Heyes wrote: »

Okay there definately seems to be a mixed bag of information going on here. With the increase in temperature, is there any chance of the crazy snow hitting south dublin ?

Issued at 29 November 2010 - 11:40
WEATHER ADVISORY
Heavy snowfalls expected tonight, tomorrow and tomorrow night in east Leinster with accumulations of 5-10cm of snow in inland locations and 10-20cm in Counties Louth and Dublin and 15-25cm in County Wicklow.

Valid from: 18:0029/11/2010
to: 00:00 01/12/2010

Thats the official warning form the experienced and fully qualified professionals at Met Eireann.

lord lucan

Snowing in Lucan now,quite heavy. Temp jumped to 3c. Behind me,to the south(towards Clondalkin) looks clear with sun shining!

flanzer

Bucketing down extra large flakes at Dublin Airport!

glossy

it back the snow is back
much heavier now then before, think around the blanch center will come to a stand still if it carrys on like this

ninebeanrows

Weathercheck wrote: »

Steady rain.

Significant thaw.

Think this will set the scene for the night here in my opinion.

Steady thaw with sleety showers now and again and perhaps heavier sleet overnight

BEASTERLY

maquiladora wrote: »

Issued at 29 November 2010 - 11:40
WEATHER ADVISORY
Heavy snowfalls expected tonight, tomorrow and tomorrow night in east Leinster with accumulations of 5-10cm of snow in inland locations and 10-20cm in Counties Louth and Dublin and 15-25cm in County Wicklow.

Valid from: 18:0029/11/2010
to: 00:00 01/12/2010

Thats the official warning form the experienced and fully qualified professionals at Met Eireann.

Any reason why wexford is being totally left out?

I really need to go do some housework. Thing is, Im afraid to budge away from the boards, in case I miss anything. Takes aaagggges to catch back up

df1985

slowly starting in Leixlip, spitting at the minute.

maquiladora

smokin ace wrote: »

very sorry if this sounds stupid but how can snow be predicted if nothing is showing on radar
there is loads of dark cloud cover coming towards me but nothing on radar about snow in it

The forecast is not based on that radar image. The forecast is based on the output of computer weather models mixed with human forecaster experience.

Radar is only useful for tracking precipitation that already exists and that could impact you in the coming minutes or few hours. It is useless 12-24 hours in advance.