National: Severe Cold/ Snow Discussion (Thanks to all!)

96blsh

Nothing out in palmerston at the moment, sun shinning and blue skies.

crisco10

Snow has stopped in Stillorgan.....for now...

ninebeanrows

Think the winds may have shifted too far east for that shower for here tbh.

darkman2

Light flakes here now. I have a view of the broadmeadow estuary. Looks spectacular with snow crossing it (esspecially when it is headed my direction).

dacogawa

From M.T.'s forcast this morning:

Some chance of locally heavy snow streamers in the Dublin, Meath and north Wicklow coastal regions, although not starting until mid-morning or mid-day. Watch for updates.

Right on the money Sir!

darkman2

Weathercheck wrote: »

Think the winds may have shifted too far east for that shower for here tbh.

Heavy snow imminet - estuary completely white.;)

Tactical

ffarrell7 wrote: »

you mean if Cork got snow??? I haven't although I think I might as you did get over the 2 cm's I predicted but just about...hope you enjoyed it though.

Apologies, you're quite right. It was Cork you said, not Dublin

Lots of fun

I'm currently back in West Limerick and the snow that fell Friday is still here. Sun is shining but only having minimal impact

Oh, what I wouldn't give for more snow everywhere...:cool: Looking forward to the next event when ever it may be

Can anyone say whether these showers will move into West Dublin at anytime today or are they are destined to fizzle out?

Thanks.

kennyb3

darkman2 wrote: »

Light flakes here now. I have a view of the broadmeadow estuary. Looks spectacular with snow crossing it (esspecially when it is headed my direction).

please god! we got a dusting at half 9 last night but seemed to have missed alot of the action with streamers going either side

ninebeanrows

darkman2 wrote: »

Heavy snow imminet - estuary completely white.;)

Nah, latet radar shows what i feared, moving too far north for me, gonna brush me inland.

Ah well!:rolleyes:

Tactical

Jake1 wrote: »

Can anyone say whether these showers will move into West Dublin at anytime today or are they are destined to fizzle out?

Thanks.

Think they're scheduled for 3.38pm if South Dublin don't take any more than they're been allocated

delw

nothing here,sun shine,had a light shower about an hour ago
unless these showers beef up it looks like its going to be very localised with DM2 hogging it all :D

NIALL D

dacogawa wrote: »

From M.T.'s forcast this morning:

Some chance of locally heavy snow streamers in the Dublin, Meath and north Wicklow coastal regions, although not starting until mid-morning or mid-day. Watch for updates.

Right on the money Sir!

it was kind of visable all night that it was goin to happen... jus the winds were so slack it really took its time before hitting the coast...

lucernarian

paulocon wrote: »

Hi there, I see you are in Louth too..

Probably a stupid question but what factors cause the showers to hit North Dublin and not further North for example? Always intrigued as to how you guys can call pretty specific areas getting hit. I assume it's down to the wind direction but I would have thought an Easterly wind would expose the whole East coast to some risk. I have a very basic knowledge as regards the colder air coming across the warmer Irish sea and 'picking up' precipataion before depositing it on the leeward shores.

Any good places to read about these effects by the way?

It's very short range stuff, based on where the satellite imagery shows shower formation and the exact prevailing wind or any changes in its direction. Then looking at models like the ones from here (http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/expertcharts?LANG=en&CONT=euro&MODELL=gfs&VAR=prec) for short term movements.
Comparing the current model run and the previous one for differences.

What's useful in predicing wind movements for e.g. this afternoon is to look at the "850 hPa wind" or "700 hPa wind" charts for 6, 9 or 12 hours out. The clouds are at a higher altitude naturally so you need wind directions for where the clouds actually are. As for shower development, wind speed, a pressure below 1010 hPa, particularly colder upper altitude temperatures like -9 or less at 850hPa, and evidence of shower circulation on satellite or radar.

There are other parameters too, particularly with dealing with shower development and convection, but I wouldn't be so confident in explaining those. I can't think of any websites beyond what google would reveal. Try google for terms you read about here.

TDOie

Can we replace Met with M.T now? Why isn't this guy getting tax payer money?!

darkman2

Weathercheck wrote: »

Nah, latet radar shows what i feared, moving too far north for me, gonna brush me inland.

Ah well!:rolleyes:

Amazing to look at here - sun and heavy snow. Spectacular when you up. Everything very white now.

premiercad

Cloud cover generally still building over the irish sea especially between IOM and north leinster


http://www.sat24.com/gb

dave1982

It's amazing how huge blobs miss the south but the smallest one always hit the east coast:rolleyes:

ffarrell7

darkman2 wrote: »

Amazing to look at here - sun and heavy snow. Spectacular when you up. Everything very white now.

Darman, where are you? What location?

patneve2

Snow stopping now. Very heavy fall earlier with rumbles of thunder every now and again. About 2-3 inches where I am (East Dalkey). For once being on the coast isn't a curse Lets hope those showers off the coast beef up;)

NIALL D

dave1982 wrote: »

It's amazing how huge blobs miss the south but the smallest one always hit the east coast:rolleyes:

yeah its sum balls alright :mad:

DOCARCH

Snowing here for the last hour - still snowing now but sunny as well!

0.3c atm

percy100

In swords .... Ive never seen snow falling from blue skies like this before

darkman2

Coming down thick and fast near Malahide. Big flakes. 2cm's now I estimate.

ninebeanrows

darkman2 wrote: »

Amazing to look at here - sun and heavy snow. Spectacular when you up. Everything very white now.

Yea lovely white cloudscape to the northeast visible here.

Still sliding disappointingly to the north but i notice it is backing up slightly to the northeast too.

dap75au

light dusting starting in Bray again.....Very light

darkman2

Really heavy now.

kennyb3

darkman2 wrote: »

Coming down thick and fast near Malahide. Big flakes. 2cm's now I estimate.

Yes!! Are you on the swords side of malahide or the portmarnock side?

glossy

Jake1 wrote: »

Can anyone say whether these showers will move into West Dublin at anytime today or are they are destined to fizzle out?

Thanks.

thinking we might be in the shadow again :(:(

darkman2

kennyb3 wrote: »

Yes!! Are you on the swords side of malahide or the portmarnock side?

Swords side.