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

joe stodge

Juppie wrote: »

Anyone an update on what Meath is like at the moment?

County Meath (pronounced /ˈmiːð/; Irish: Contae na Mí or simply an Mhí) is one of the twenty-six counties of the Republic of Ireland and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. It is located in the province of Leinster. It was named after the historic kingdom and province of Mide (meaning "middle"), and is today also known by the nickname "The Royal County" due to its history as seat of the ancient High Kings of Ireland.[1][2][3] The population of the county is 162,831 according to the 2006 census.[4] Meath is the 14th largest of Ireland’s 32 counties in area and 9th largest in terms of population[5]. It is the second largest of Leinster’s 12 counties in size and third largest in terms of population. The county town is Navan, where the county hall and government are located, although Trim, the former county town, has historical significance and remains a sitting place of the circuit court. County Meath also has the only two Gaeltacht areas in the province of Leinster, at Ráth Cairn and Baile Ghib.:pac::pac::pac:

DominoDub

Light Flakes blowing in air on Pearse Street ....

It is crazy how localized these flurries of snow are I was out for a walk an hour ago ..not much snow around Dublin 2 but as soon as you cross over the Dodder to Ringsend there was lying snow. The seagulls are having fun ice skating in the semi frozen Grand Canal Dock.

compsys

Bucketing down in Blackrock. Almost white out conditions. So nice and unexpected as it wasn't really forecast. Really thought the East was gonna get nothing from this cold snap so delighted something finally came. The question now is how do I get home!!

WAPAIC

Light snow in Rathfarnham just now. I'm making very use of my day off:)

darkman2

About to start bucketing down here again. Nothing has melted. Still 4cm's or there abouts on the ground.

Eastcoastryan

patneve2 wrote: »

impressive, i can see it rolling in from the Howth direction

You reckon Bray will see anything from these streamers? not much so far today!

Cocoon

Malahide Estuary this afternoon

corsica

Light snow in D12:)

Not

Juppie wrote: »

Anyone an update on what Meath is like at the moment?

3 feet of snow and falling at the rate of 6 an hour :eek:





Not

A few light snow showers that didn't bother to stick, clear skies now. Very non eventful.

woop

darkman2 wrote: »

About to start bucketing down here again. Nothing has melted. Still 4cm's or there abouts on the ground.

where?

no snow in bray at the moment, 1.4 degrees(a high). Some melting on roofs etc but I feel there will be a drop as the sun goes down and this snow cloud hits. It will be interesting to see how it works out and if it gets this far seeing as its so localised.

4Sheets

dacogawa wrote: »

Love it, the met changes its picture a few hours after the snow has started to fall



Nice build up on the 15:15 radar

Nowcasting at its finest..all that high tec equipment and the window is still the most accurate predicator of snow!

ffarrell7

Heavy snow now in Portmarnock...a whiteout:D:D:D

Mental Mickey

joe stodge wrote: »

County Meath (pronounced /ˈmiːð/; Irish: Contae na Mí or simply an Mhí) is one of the twenty-six counties of the Republic of Ireland and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. It is located in the province of Leinster. It was named after the historic kingdom and province of Mide (meaning "middle"), and is today also known by the nickname "The Royal County" due to its history as seat of the ancient High Kings of Ireland.[1][2][3] The population of the county is 162,831 according to the 2006 census.[4] Meath is the 14th largest of Ireland’s 32 counties in area and 9th largest in terms of population[5]. It is the second largest of Leinster’s 12 counties in size and third largest in terms of population. The county town is Navan, where the county hall and government are located, although Trim, the former county town, has historical significance and remains a sitting place of the circuit court. County Meath also has the only two Gaeltacht areas in the province of Leinster, at Ráth Cairn and Baile Ghib.:pac::pac::pac:

PMSL

ardmacha

Plenty falling in South Dublin

ct5amr2ig1nfhp

Starting again very rapidly in Malahide.

ninebeanrows

snow has returned here, snowing moderately and complete cloud cover, the northeasterly tinge could bring a decent fall of snow for some lucky spots, some spots may get unlucky and just a passing shower.

Interesting evening afoot:D

Mental Mickey

ardmacha wrote: »

Plenty falling in South Dublin

Whereabouts is that? There hasn't been anything worth talking about here in Ballyfermot/Palmerstown. A bit of a shower earlier on. I think the main event(if there is going to be one?)will happen later tonight/early tomorrow?

flanzer

A bit skeptical about the snow about to hit Dublin. The wind along the coast is moving from the NW according to here http://www.irelandsweather.com ?

Will it push the sneachta along the coast missing the inland parts? Someone set me at ease please!

geetar

snow flakes the size of apples falling in dalkey!!! its mental:D:D:D

LookingFor

Looks like we're back to stuff only scraping the coast, at least for North Dub

Such a tease! Anyone have a scientific explanation for why this stuff isn't really moving inland like the streamers did in the last cold spell? Something to do with pressure holding it off, or..?

darkman2

woop wrote: »

where?

no snow in bray at the moment, 1.4 degrees(a high). Some melting on roofs etc but I feel there will be a drop as the sun goes down and this snow cloud hits. It will be interesting to see how it works out and if it gets this far seeing as its so localised.

Near Malahide - coming down again now. Nice big flakes.

Defcol

Weathercheck wrote: »

snow has returned here, snowing moderately and complete cloud cover, the northeasterly tinge could bring a decent fall of snow for some lucky spots, some spots may get unlucky and just a passing shower.

Interesting evening afoot:D

Are the streamers likely to increase once night falls and temps start to drop?

Steppes

Anything for anyone else in north Dublin suburbs or the city centre? Nothing here, although the clouds are fast obscuring the sunlight.

irelandspurs

why does it fizzle out soon as it hits land?

joe stodge

nothing in the d17/13 area im 5 mins from portmarnock and nothing at all!!!

TDOie

Heavy snow in UCD for the past 30mins!

patneve2

white out in dalkey. This day is turning out to be historic (weather-wise) for the furthest coastal fringes

gaoife

really heavy in sandyford

Jello

Quite heavy at UCD now

edit: beaten to it!

premiercad

Looks like we're back to stuff only scraping the coast, at least for North Dub

Such a tease! Anyone have a scientific explanation for why this stuff isn't really moving inland like the streamers did in the last cold spell? Something to do with pressure holding it off, or..?

Irish land mass extremely cold so those showers being pushed by v light winds take the easy option and skirt down the coast :rolleyes: