Snow Risk Western Ireland Jan 20-22

finlma · 20-01-2013 9:42pm

Doesn't feel cold enough in Galway. I can see this band only being a bit of drizzle or sleet at best. Not expecting much when I get up in the morning.

kopfan77 · 20-01-2013 9:43pm

Snowing now in Newcastlewest, Limerick

noobsnow95 · 20-01-2013 9:46pm

kopfan77 wrote: »

Snowing now in Newcastlewest, Limerick

How heavy? I hope it reaches Suburbs

Spindle · 20-01-2013 9:48pm

Snowing in Donoughmore which is about 25 km North West of Cork City. It is on high ground though around 300m.

dermiek · 20-01-2013 9:51pm

Weathercheck wrote: »

The only reason i am letting it slide is because Munster won, youse can have your moment. Snow and knocking Leinster out in one day!

We'd just keep reopening the thread.

:pac:

davidsr20 · 20-01-2013 9:51pm

finlma wrote: »

Doesn't feel cold enough in Galway. I can see this band only being a bit of drizzle or sleet at best. Not expecting much when I get up in the morning.

Not sure which Galway ur in , it's freezing hard!

kopfan77 · 20-01-2013 9:51pm

noobsnow95 wrote: »

How heavy? I hope it reaches Suburbs

Started off pretty light but picking up a bit now...good decent snow as well, none of that grauple ****e

dave1982 · 20-01-2013 9:51pm

The raintoday radar looks like we should be getting hammered by snow??:(

elvis99 · 20-01-2013 9:53pm

Band looks to be intensifying slightly still very slow moving
http://www.raintoday.co.uk

finlma · 20-01-2013 9:54pm

davidsr20 wrote: »

Not sure which Galway ur in , it's freezing hard!

The city - was out for a walk and no sign of frost and just didn't feel that cold. Maybe my blood is just warm this evening. Would love a bit of snow.

Stressica · 20-01-2013 9:56pm

its snowing now in Keryyhead/ Tralee and all around kerry by the sounds

not settling though

hope it does!

ch750536 · 20-01-2013 9:59pm

Sorry lads, kids needed 'correcting'. Driveway is white, can confirm driveway is white!

Spindle · 20-01-2013 9:59pm

dave1982 wrote: »

The raintoday radar looks like we should be getting hammered by snow??:(

The precip is just dying out just before Cobh. Anyway the temps being reported out by Roches Point make it likely to fall as rain maybe sleet.

finlma · 20-01-2013 10:01pm

Apparently snowing in Clifden now so good sign for Galway/Mayo.

force eleven · 20-01-2013 10:06pm

Back door security light watch in effect here near Moate. A few tiny flakes or more likely graupel in the slight breeze. Nothing to do with the 'front' down south. I expect nothing overnight, maybe a few flurries tomorrow.

dermiek · 20-01-2013 10:08pm

In the city. My sgs3 tells me its snowing in Galway. Looked out, could see stars!!!

elvis99 · 20-01-2013 10:09pm

finlma wrote: »

Apparently snowing in Clifden now so good sign for Galway/Mayo.

If the band nudges another 15 miles east towards Clonbur In Galway I may be in business :pac:

davidsr20 · 20-01-2013 10:10pm

I'm afraid too look outside!

irishgeo · 20-01-2013 10:15pm

accuweather revised down to 1-3in maybe because i set my location to castlebar

while i am it, how does a automatic weather stations tell the difference between rain, sleet and snow?

mrsoundie · 20-01-2013 10:21pm

Just been talking to my mother in Northampton and they have at least a foot on the ground. Lucky f*******.

Birtles · 20-01-2013 10:23pm

heavy Rain now. 2.5 degrees.
140m ASL.
mid Cork.

NO Snow tonight IMO

finlma · 20-01-2013 10:26pm

RTE weather said the snow will be mostly west of Galway city so Connemara in for some but the rest of us maybe not so good.

downwiththatsor · 20-01-2013 10:29pm

weisses wrote: »

Snowing here ... That's a while back seeing that

Still snowing? Sod all here for now

Rebelbrowser · 20-01-2013 10:34pm

Birtles wrote: »

heavy Rain now. 2.5 degrees.
140m ASL.
mid Cork.

NO Snow tonight IMO

I disagree. I think you'll be fine there. Just looking at the the latest NAE and GFS and I reckon Cork city's big problem will be lack of precipitation. Its mostly going south of us. IF there is precipitation around 3 to 8am we will get snow though looking at the uppers, dew points etc. That actually tallies with what ME and the NAE are saying. On balance I'd expect about 2cm in Cork suburbs by the morning, but no more.

Bondurant · 20-01-2013 10:37pm

Not confident at all about snow falling in Cork City or close by tonight for a number of reasons... I'm a few miles west of Ballincollig so watching the N22 NRA Weather Station near Macroom which is the closest I know to me.
As the temperature slowly drops (from 2.5 at about 5 this evening to current 1.7) the humidity has gone from 85% to 95% meaning dew point temperatures have actually risen.
So unless the rain which has been falling since about 5pm really intensifies (which will enable some Phase Change or Evaporative Cooling) then the drop in temperature needs to go below zero for snow to happen. Neither look likely to happen at the moment.

On the plus side is the fact that I'm far from an expert on all this and the rain could have changed to snow while I'm typing this ;-)