Thursday/Friday Snow Potential

davehey79

Lovely coating of white this morning in Longford half inch at a guesstimate

pebbles21

ITSSSS................CHRISSSSSSSSTMASSSSSS!!!!!

Ludo

leahyl wrote: »

Snowed in northside of cork city! I'm just up! Cara crawling down my road! I'm on a hill!

Was snowing this morning at 6 when I got up. Drove in to work from Rochestown to Bishopstown. Main roads were all fine but estates are deadly!!!!

Vudgie

Very light snow in dublin, light as in very small sleety flakes. Nothing sticking yet and probably won't, too wet and the flakes are too small. A break in cloud is evident at the moment so this may be short lived. It looks lovely at the same time and wont cause any disruption, though obviously we may be in for regular showers during the day.

Mitch Buchannon

Just stopped snowing at Dublin Airport. The TAF was ammended to update the weather to this:
FT 160813 AMD S 1606/1706 26015KT 9999 BKN003 BKN005
TEMPO 1608/1610 1200 SHSN
BECMG 1610/1611 BKN020
TEMPO 1610/1618 4000 SHRASN SHGS BKN018CB
BECMG 1613/1616 30015G25KT

Manchester airport is currenty closed due to snow.. should be open again in 1:30 - 2 hrs. Im going to have a very busy day...

DOCARCH

Vudgie wrote: »

Very light snow in dublin, light as in very small sleety flakes. Nothing sticking yet and probably won't....

Speak for yourself! Everything white here with a dusting of snow.

Vudgie

DOCARCH wrote: »

Speak for yourself! Everything white here with a dusting of snow.

Well don't let me spoil your fun.

rc28

Lovely covering here in neath. Unexpected snow is my favourite kind!

srocliffe

Where in Dublin are you Vudgie, because all white here also, you are the only report from Dublin I've seen that isn't for snow that is sticking?

irish1967

Raining steadily since I woke at 7. If temp would only drop slightly it would all be snow !! Roads deadly up here. Take care if you're out and about.

Tom Cruises Left Nut

The Man from Naas says SNOW

Sundew

Vudgie wrote: »

Very light snow in dublin, light as in very small sleety flakes. Nothing sticking yet and probably won't, too wet and the flakes are too small.

Don't know where you are vudgie but in Dublin 8 there is most certainly a very light dusting on the ground (nice and dry) and I have a great view of the city from my balcony. All the roof tops are covered. Of course as sson as the sun comes out I'm sure it will all disappear but for now it looks rather pretty

*eadaoin

Just woke up to a light dusting in Dublin 14, nice to finally see some snow

MayoForSam

About an inch lying around Knock / Kiltimagh in Co. Mayo, needless to say the roads were left untreated, so much for having a stockpile of salt waiting :rolleyes:

ednwireland

irish1967 wrote: »

Raining steadily since I woke at 7. If temp would only drop slightly it would all be snow !! Roads deadly up here. Take care if you're out and about.

snow above 50m, you need to get up the hill !

whiteandlight

Snowed in ballina last night on top of bad frost so the roads will be deadly out there

Dunny

Snowing in Dundalk:D

MiNdGaM3

Very icy around Cork city this morning. Have ended up on my backside once already with many near misses!
Be very careful out there.

sunbabe08

getting used to this, snow on the ground on the northside of cork,:D

leahyl

In the car now - just got out of our estate, just! The end of the hill onto the main road is lethal!!

kenmc

Wheeeeeeeeeee!
Sneeted the whole way in from Goatstown to Parkwest, some nice dusting along the edges of the road where the stupid cars hadn't melted it away. Happy to be back on the winter tyres on the Mountainbike! Bring it on all day!!!!!!!

Su Campu

Rain now at Dublin Airport.

The Met Éireann aviation chart for 1200 shows sleet and graupel showers, with occasional snow showers north of 54N. Freezing level 2000 ft (600 m).

For eastern Ulster, Isle of Man, northwest England and southwestern Scotland, occasional/frequent sleet and graupel showers, with occasional snow showers over land.

average_runner

I thought anything under 150m wasnt getting snow?

Did things change suddenly in the last 2 hours in dublin?

Su Campu

average_runner wrote: »

I thought anything under 150m wasnt getting snow?

Did things change suddenly in the last 2 hours in dublin?

It has snowed to lower levels than I thought. The clearer skies than were forecast last night allowed a more severe frost than I had anticipated, cooling the lowest layers more and allowing the falling snow to survive.

I would say it will be around 100 m during the day.

Strangegravy

average_runner wrote: »

I thought anything under 150m wasnt getting snow?

Did things change suddenly in the last 2 hours in dublin?

As someone mentioned above... NINJA SNOW!

Never underestimate its powers!!

ffarrell7

Was a whiteout in Dublin 15 (Castleknock) at around 8.20...quite heavy...lovely and white..a decent covering. When I arrived in Portymarnock...nothing but frost...:D:D:D

I cannot believe it snowed in Cork City though....good for you!

average_runner

Su Campu wrote: »

It has snowed to lower levels than I thought. The clearer skies than were forecast last night allowed a more severe frost than I had anticipated, cooling the lowest layers more and allowing the falling snow to survive.

I would say it will be around 100 m during the day.

Wasnt having a go at u Su.

Just i have to travel this weekend to Wexford in the car, so was kinda shock.

sunbabe08

ffarrell7 wrote: »

Was a whiteout in Dublin 15 (Castleknock) at around 8.20...quite heavy...lovely and white..a decent covering. When I arrived in Portymarnock...nothing but frost...:D:D:D

I cannot believe it snowed in Cork City though....good for you!

nice to wake up to, although now have to try to get off the hill of estate i'm living in:(

Tom Cruises Left Nut

Su downplays it cause he loves to see us kids all happy when ninja snow happens :pac:

irish1967

ednwireland wrote: »

snow above 50m, you need to get up the hill !

And some needs to get the weather station working !!

Tom Cruises Left Nut

How things look now:

Tom Cruises Left Nut

Midlands of UK is the place to be !

jonnyfingers

Drove from Surrey to Southampton and sleet most of the way. The midlands is indeed quite bad, as is Scotland and anywhere with high ground. Nothing down on the south coast as yet, but we are very close to the sea.

leahyl

ffarrell7 wrote: »

I cannot believe it snowed in Cork City though....good for you!

Well believe it baby!!:D

bcmf

Nothing but hard frost in Balbriggan,North County Dublin!

snaps

whats that band now heading into mayo? Snow or rain?

Tom Cruises Left Nut

snaps wrote: »

whats that band now heading into mayo? Snow or rain?

Could be lucky with some snow !

sunbabe08

been watching the radar for the last hour, there appears to be something coming to cork. more snow?

Tom Cruises Left Nut

sunbabe08 wrote: »

been watching the radar for the last hour, there appears to be something coming to cork. more snow?

Check this out, shows where things are going

http://www.sat24.com/en/eu?ir=true

DOCARCH

I'd say that anything that comes now will be rain or at best sleet (except of course to higher ground).

irish1967

Beware ! Don't look at your lightbulb and then glance at the radar... Thought there was a fecking hurricane about to hit !!

leahyl

DOCARCH wrote: »

I'd say that anything that comes now will be rain or at best sleet (except of course to higher ground).

Down with this sort of thing!:D

Ogie84

Only small amounts of snow during the night around the northside Cork City, a little heavier in the countryside heading north but the ice underneath was more of a concern this morning.

Mental Mickey

Small covering during the night in Palmerstown.

mojopolo

Were getting a few light flakes of snow now in Belfast - it looks like where I am is just on the edge of the cloud that's delivering it. Just hope it comes further south:)

Tom Cruises Left Nut

Whats with all the spam threads on here this morning

davidsr20

Light dusting here this morning in Craughwell Galway,ground white

WolfeIRE

My first snow since January 2010, believe it or not. Not exactly snowman making depths as you can see :rolleyes:



Air temp and dew point rising throughout the morning and any snow slowly beginning to melt.

Snow will be confined to above 200-250m in most places bar Ulster where the snowline could drop to 100m

Ludo

leahyl wrote: »

In the car now - just got out of our estate, just! The end of the hill onto the main road is lethal!!

Yet you are able to post here while driving on the ice ????? That takes skill...

Dunny

Who said leahyl was driving?