Snow Risk Western Ireland Jan 20-22

sunbabe08

that'll do although would like a blizzard, but that will enough of a fix for now

iFreeley

Anything for east mayo ? any chance at all?

kmoneill

what are the chances for snow in kerry tonight ??

touts

Turning into a lovely sunny day in Limerick. The one fecking day of the year there is no precipitation

Spindle

iFreeley wrote: »

Anything for east mayo ? any chance at all?

Very slim to non-existent chances for the north-west. I think the bit you saw this morning might be all you see from this cold spell.

kmoneill wrote: »

what are the chances for snow in kerry tonight ??

They are looking good, from around 8ish onwards there is another Atlantic system bringing in some precip. If you can keep the lying snow for the day then chances are even better. Just remember to boast about all the snow you have, it is not often the South-West has some of the best snow in Ireland

JanuarySnowstor

Well we got snow in Cork, esp for the higher ground as I Predicted
Tonight is very interesting, but may be only sleet in the City due to the possibility of an onshore wind. North and West Cork yet again look poised.
Will update this evening after the 12's
Anyone have access to what the NAE model is showing this evening??

noobsnow95

What about limerick for tonight?

Spindle

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

Well we got snow in Cork, esp for the higher ground as I Predicted
Tonight is very interesting, but may be only sleet in the City due to the possibility of an onshore wind. North and West Cork yet again look poised.
Will update this evening after the 12's
Anyone have access to what the NAE model is showing this evening??

Yeah last night was the best night for snow in Cork City but we never got the precip. With the onshore wind might be to much of a stretch to get snow in here, but further from the coast should be good.

Rebelbrowser

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

Well we got snow in Cork, esp for the higher ground as I Predicted
Tonight is very interesting, but may be only sleet in the City due to the possibility of an onshore wind. North and West Cork yet again look poised.
Will update this evening after the 12's
Anyone have access to what the NAE model is showing this evening??

See http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/expertcharts?LANG=en&MENU=0000000000&CONT=ukuk&MODELL=nae&MODELLTYP=1&BASE=-&VAR=prty&HH=42&ZOOM=0&ARCHIV=0&RES=0&WMO=&PERIOD= Its going with rain at the mo but them pinks are just a tiny bit away. I think if you factor in the snow fields in Kerry the system will pass over we could be in clover!

Rebelbrowser

Not sure who does the forecasts on Irish Weather Network but this looks promising again tonight....

"...During this evening, another band of rain, sleet or snow will affect southern counties and this will gradually move northeast towards the midlands where it dies out. Snow over higher ground in Munster and inland away from the coast. A few wintry flurries again possible towards east facing coasts and in Ulster. Clear skies will develop leading to icy stretches on roads and a sharp to severe frost forming with lows of 0 to -3C. Towards morning on Tuesday, a band of heavy precip will move into the southeast and push in across Leinster. This will likely give significant accumulations over the Wicklow mtns but may just be a wintry mix at lowers levels. Brighter skies will develop in most places by the afternoon which will lead to another very frosty night on Tuesday with fog patches first thing on Wednesday.

Wednesday will be mostly dry and bright with a few wintry showers towards eastern facing coasts...."

Met E say as follows...

"..Well scattered wintry showers or rain, sleet and snow tonight - mainly across Munster and Ulster at first and later across the midlands and east. Additional accumulations of snow likely on higher ground as well as some lower levels. Long dry spells too though, with cloud breaking to give sharp or severe ground frost and ice on untreated surfaces. Freezing fog developing in parts also, with just light southeast breezes. Lowest temperatures +1 to -4 degrees Celsius. ".

ChillyHilly

Snowing again in Ovens, Co.Cork now.

Rougies

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

Well we got snow in Cork, esp for the higher ground as I Predicted
Tonight is very interesting, but may be only sleet in the City due to the possibility of an onshore wind. North and West Cork yet again look poised.
Will update this evening after the 12's
Anyone have access to what the NAE model is showing this evening??

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/expertcharts?LANG=en&MENU=0000000000&CONT=ukuk&MODELL=nae&MODELLTYP=1&BASE=-&VAR=prty&HH=18&ZOOM=0&ARCHIV=0&RES=0&WMO=

marno21

Rihanna's "Stay" just came on the radio, maybe it would be no harm to sing it to the snow in the hope it would stay

Judging by the slushy sh*te that's on the roads, it will be treacherous on the roads tonight.

Mars Bar

Absolutely nothing of any note happening in Galway.

dr.bollocko

To_be_confirmed wrote: »

Snowflake allergy?!

Not me! Just my bleedin' car.

JanuarySnowstor

Well tonight's fun and games for the South is just nudging into the radar. Let's hope it's heavy and that it moves far enough North. To be fair last night's was very restricted to the extreme Southwest.
Will it snow ??
I think so and dewpoints are falling all the time

ketrab82

Cork city without the snow, but a lot of snow at the Cork airport . Photos from 1pm today

Birtles

Met Eireann seem to be only forecasting showers for SW while this bank of Precip looks a little more organised.
not too hopeful now......

noobsnow95

I think this band could possibly reach East tipp tonight, hopefully we get some here in Limerick city

DoneDL

North Donegal, 2oC and sleet/ snow, clouds look heavy

snaps

DoneDL wrote: »

North Donegal, 2oC and sleet/ snow, clouds look heavy

some real dark heavy clouds coming off the Atlantic......problem is the temp is rocketing. Was 2.1c at 14.00 now 5.4c. Thought my weather station was faulty, but car showing 5.5c.

Rooy

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

Well tonight's fun and games for the South is just nudging into the radar. Let's hope it's heavy and that it moves far enough North. To be fair last night's was very restricted to the extreme Southwest.
Will it snow ??
I think so and dewpoints are falling all the time

I didnt realise there was another band of precipation coming in ! , but it seems milder today , my desktop app is telling me 4c at the moment , temps didnt get above 2.5c on my weather station at home yesterday , we'll see though!

JanuarySnowstor

I find it quite hilarious the way people take Met Eireann's forecast as gospel when usually they are hours behind what's going on in here.

JanuarySnowstor

The 12z gfs has tonights ppn missing everyone to the South of the country so not good!!
Let's hope the UKMO is better

JanuarySnowstor

UKMO is the same so both models have us dry for the night.
Game over for snow, small chance the ppn might skirt the south coast

dexter647

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

UKMO is the same so both models have us dry for the night.
Game over for snow, small chance the ppn might skirt the south coast

snowstorm445

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

UKMO is the same so both models have us dry for the night.
Game over for snow, small chance the ppn might skirt the south coast

Game over? Last nights rainfall predictions were quite poor actually so what makes you think tonight's models will be gospel?

snowstorm445

Some nice snow here this morning, began to accumulate on cars and grass later on. Good enough for me anyway.

Spindle

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

UKMO is the same so both models have us dry for the night.
Game over for snow, small chance the ppn might skirt the south coast

NAE also showing no precip, heading south and only hitting sout-west Kerry, looks like we might miss out on this one, and with the dew points and temp forecast to be just right!

Rebelbrowser

General question - has the snow melted everywhere or can anyone suggest somewhere within 1 hr drive of Cork City that would have a lot of lying snow even this evening. Half thinking I'd drive my little son out to see it if so......