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

ZX7R

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

dropped 2.0c in a hour here now !

The colder air filtering through .

Went for a walk 20min ago sleet in the showers when there are at there heaviest (suncroft)

200motels

Snow queen Wexford wrote: »

Does anyone know will there be any chance of snow in the "sunny" south east?

I wouldn't hold out much hope.

fontenoy7

Seems like Dublin/Wicklow mountains are being bashed at the moment with up to 40/50 centimetres in places..not unusual for at all I know but I would have preferred if it had been snowing more at lower levels too..

Snow queen Wexford

200motels wrote: »

I wouldn't hold out much hope.

maquiladora

Issued at 18 January 2013 - 16:18

Weather Warning

Further heavy falls of snow will affect much of Ulster this evening and overnight, with drifting in places. But sleet and snow showers over north Connacht and parts of north Leinster this evening, should largely peter out later. A cold frosty night countrywide, with icy patches.

Valid until 0800 Saturday 19/01/13.

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heffoo

220 mtrs asl wicklow east side of lug pissin rain temp dropped to 3deg at the mo pelting snow a few miles up the road in augavanna hills all around me are white.what are my chances

Elmer Blooker

Birdnuts wrote: »

Its a pretty "odd" event in that respect. There is a very sharp temp gradient across the front as is evidenced by the massive contrast in temps and conditions between North Dublin and counties just south of Dublin.

Earlier today buoy M2 in the Irish Sea was 0.1c colder than where I am and someone posted a temp of 1.7c in Howth which was nearly a full degree colder than me. Extremely odd?

ThreeLineWhip

MUSEIST wrote: »

I take it that the chances of snow at my location over the next few days is very low, seems to be marginal further north. Not overly impressed by the models, nothing much exciting happening.

Sunday should see some snow for you.

Graupel

Snow queen Wexford wrote: »

Does anyone know will there be any chance of snow in the "sunny" south east?

Could see some Sunday/Sunday night.

Temp down to 5.9c here, 2c drop in an hour or so.

Kippure

Any snow around glencree area...pictures?

Birdnuts

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

Earlier today buoy M2 in the Irish Sea was 0.1c colder than where I am and someone posted a temp of 1.7c in Howth which was nearly a full degree colder than me. Extremely odd?

Its odd in that at this time of year you would expect land areas to be a good bit colder than air temps over nearby coastal waters.

mickger844posts

In the short term which i consider 72 hrs very encouraging output from all models today with -8 uppers imby from tomorrow evening. All we need now is the precipitation and we could see some decent falls. I'm a lot more confident than this time yesterday.

dave1982

Cork snow shield doing its job

Grim.

The river vartry in Ashford this evening.

Mr November

Snow on Three Rock (Dublin) earlier today... Pretty wild up there!

1) http://youtu.be/-86ti3_X7po

2) http://youtu.be/1_dvj9uGgRw

dacogawa

weatherfiend wrote: »

Didn't see you waving to us!!!

I didn't take the video, but I will wave at you tomorrow!

Gonzo

snowing heavy here again, not really sticking properly, just adding slush on top of slush.


edit, snow just turned back to rain/sleet:(

Trotter

Chilly but nothing uncomfortable tonight in Waterford. Enjoy the snow up there wherever you are!

I don't rate our chances this weekend here.

fontenoy7

I have never witnessed that situation before..i.e.e the coast being colder than inland. In 208/08/10 whilst there was very thick snow in Dublin 15 there was a lot less right on the coast or sometimes hardly any at all. However today it sleeted and snowed for most of the day....unusual really.

It appears that it will be much colder in Dublin tomorrow with snow showers...we will see.

As usual the OOOirish Press will by pass the massive snowfall in parts of Dublin and Wicklow and elsewhere in parts of the North and will concentrate on wales where there is not a chance they would have got the same dumping as Dublin/wicklow mountains ....the old colonial 'look over your shoulder' grovel syndrome.....unbelievable but true

snowstorm445

Snow drifts in Cork!

No but seriously its been a beautiful day here even if it isn't that cold. I don't really mind the mild as long as its not lashing rain and mist, like last night.

Some serious snow potential for Sunday into Monday if the models come of for all of Ireland. My iPod app has temps down to 4C tomorrow and even colder later on (lows of -4C) on Monday through to Wednesday. Checking Drogheda now on it and its zero with snow! I wish I was up there!

Not

Gonzo wrote: »

snowing heavy here again, not really sticking properly, just adding slush on top of slush.

Yup see some white flakes around here (south Meath) too, but there's a lot of rain still mixed in.

Kippure

141_Oscar_Mike wrote: »

Tempted to organize a trip up the Wicklow mountains. I need my fix already !:pac:

I,m tempted to buy a plane ticket back to Ireland...

DOCARCH

Have to take a long break now! Worn out watching the temperature hovering all afternoon between 1.5c and 1.8c with only bits of sleet.

Simon Gruber Says

Got word that the snow is sticking at sea level now on the NW Donegal coast. Too dark to get pictures though

shedweller

Went into Slane village with the camera, expecting some nice snowy pics. But alas, it was just wet. It is snowing where i am, 80 metres above sea level, but go down maybe 10 metres and it is not happening.

thegreatescape

I wouldn't trust the weather app on the iPod, it's apparently snowing here in north leinster until Tuesday. It's 0c outside but it's raining outside after hours of snowing with no sticking...

snowstorm445

thegreatescape wrote: »

I wouldn't trust the weather app on the iPod, it's apparently snowing here in north leinster until Tuesday. It's 0c outside but it's raining outside after hours of snowing with no sticking...

It usually shows snow on an iPod app if there's a chance of it, it doesn't mean the day itself will be entirely snowy. It could be anything from a minute long flurry to an all day blizzard.

Supercell

Temps on the rise here, currently 3.1C, highest of the day. Probably in the warm sector by now, hope its short lived

Gonzo

i get the feeling most of us will just experience this constant changing of rain-sleet-snow-sleet-rain-sleet-snow-rain. need a drop of at least 1.5C-2c for it to stay as snow allowing suitable sticking conditions.

dacogawa

Mr November wrote: »

Snow on Three Rock (Dublin) earlier today... Pretty wild up there!

1) http://youtu.be/-86ti3_X7po

2) http://youtu.be/1_dvj9uGgRw

Nice vids! Going to head up there in the morning, all the videos have 100% convinced me it's worth it, I hope the GF likes it, I don't fancy a "my feet are cold" morning lol