Cold Spell Discussion (Ireland): Cold/Frosty/Icy with Snow for some

leahyl

Snowing heavy again! College Road, Cork

Will any of this snow head down to South Wexford?

Any expert opinions appreciated!! Im so jealous reading the reports!!!

Mr. Larson

Mr. Larson wrote: »

It's raining in coastal Wicklow. Horrible, miserable rain.

Air Temperature 1.8°C (dropped 2 degrees from 3.8 at 7am)
Dewpoint 0.7°C (rose 1.5 degress from -0.1 at 7am)

Update - it's now snowing! Proper big beautiful flakes. Stick baby, stick! How quickly things can change

Fineout

Mid Kerry at 50masl.
Currently 0.5 degrees.

DOCARCH

MilanPan!c wrote: »

Still coming down in Rathfarnham. If the temps hold this could be pretty decent!

Coming down pretty heavy now! 0.3c DP -0.3c.

I smirked the other day in my local Centra when they were selling 'snow survival kits'. That smirk has now been wiped away!

patneve2

yet another graupel shower, some wet snow mixed in...radar looks decent enough

Washington Irving

cherryghost wrote: »

You may be in with a shout tonight when another front from the Atlantic pushes in. This may make more headway than last night's system.

Lalalalalala, can't hear you! What?

Don't get my hopes up, I don't think I could bare another let down. I've given up following this cold spell, at this stage even sleet (or rain) would be a welcome surprise.

paddy ocon

Anyone know what is the story for the rest of the day in Dublin.?
In fairness cant complain we did great and got a good bit here in Citywest

paddy ocon

Anyone know what is the story for the rest of the day in Dublin.?
In fairness cant complain we did great and got a good bit here in Citywest

average_runner

kenmc wrote: »

If raintoday is correct, Dublin is in for a pasting in the next couple of hours

Is the dew point still ok?

Tabnabs

average_runner wrote: »

Is the dew point still ok?

At sea level it's not looking good, but higher up in the suburbs it seems to be just low enough.

kenmc

average_runner wrote: »

Is the dew point still ok?

Reading -1.1 in back garden in D14

average_runner

So areas like lucan, city west etc is still looking ok?

Lagoona Blue

still coming down nicely in D24. just drove for a few miles .As much as I love the snow I had a few hairy moments :P. BMW's do not like snow. be careful on the roads folks .

weatherfiend

Chucking down here all morning. Drove to foxrock and a lot less there and 1 degree in car. 0 c back here at home. Allowed the kids to stay home from school - very bold!!!!

lucernarian

Reckless Abandonment wrote: »

Some nice streamers forming over the irish sea... hope the wind doesn't turn anymore northerly

Why would you want that?! Do you want to see sleet instead of snow? Also, what's going to happen over today will be mainly organised precipitation from that system in England giving them the snow yesterday. The IOM shadow won't be much of a problem, the direction of the low pressure system and the temperature/dewpoint wherever you are will be the main things to watch for.

homolumo

Any snow in West Waterford? I hear reports of snow in Dungarvan. Looks like the snow will reach to within a few miles of where I am in Co. Waterford. Close but.....

patneve2

yeah I agree about the Northerly wind comment, if it turns too northerly its game over

Heroditas

Nothing at all in by Houston Station. Just a bit of slush.
Traffic isn't too bad either. Slow but moving.
Doesn't appear to be widespread chaos in this far.

aurora 527

homolumo wrote: »

Any snow in West Waterford? I hear reports of snow in Dungarvan. Looks like the snow will reach to within a few miles of where I am in Co. Waterford. Close but.....

Nabber

WE got snow, yet I'm not excited about it.

it's just slush to me, cant go out and play with the kids as they will be drenched in 20 minutes. No crunch as you walk on it.

I said it before, 2010 has spoiled me.

I can't see much more cold air coming over. We are feeding of British cold pool, but that is not being replenished.

I await some dry snow. I'll wait 10 years if I have too

Reckless Abandonment

To_be_confirmed wrote: »

Why would you want that?! Do you want to see sleet instead of snow? Also, what's going to happen over today will be mainly organised precipitation from that system in England giving them the snow yesterday. The IOM shadow won't be much of a problem, the direction of the low pressure system and the temperature/dewpoint wherever you are will be the main things to watch for.

Sorry don't get you ... if the wind turns northley where is the precip going to come from??we need the Irish sea to produce streamers ...

DOCARCH

Snow gone very light now - looking at radar it might clear here soon.

Wouldn't be overly confident that the next batch over the Irish Sea will arrive as snow.

ravydavygravy

Snowing in Kilcullen, Co Kildare. Good amount falling, but not much sticking yet. We had a skiff overnight on roofs and cars.

Dave

Saganist

Serious melt on here. Have temps risen too much at this stage that any more precip will be more sleety than snowy.

McGrath5

Stopped here in Rathfarnham.

aurora 527

aurora 527 wrote: »

Please tell me that that Pink is heading Wexford way. Im after enough snow for a few days off!!!!

Woke up to snow in Dublin 15! Not currently snowing now but what's on the ground doesn't look like it's going anywhere.

lucernarian

patneve2 wrote: »

yeah I agree about the Northerly wind comment, if it turns too northerly its game over

For what part of the world are you talking about? For Dublin, it's the only hope for more precipitation. Most of the forecast ppn was bound for the northern half of Ireland if not further north again. But every subsequent model run and the radar observations suggest that LP is taking a more southerly course. Given that the LP centre looks like passing well to the south of the IOM, ensuring the precipitation is dragged as far south as possible is what I'd want to see if I wanted snow.

This is not about convection potential, which is inconsequential compared to the LP system heading our way.

Just started snowing in Galway city.