Risk Of Severe Wintry Conditions With Strong Winds. (High Risk-Ulster, Connaught)

Gonzo

not at chance of snow yet, its still 4C, temp needs to drop a good deal more before it turns to snow.

tomcosgrave

Heavy hail shower on the border of D13/D17 20 minutes ago. Was headed out of Tesco with the window in the car down as I was smoking. Got a right wallop of hail in my face! D'oh!

mickger844posts

Temp actually on the rise in Waterford City. Currently 7.0c. Would have expected it to be lower by now. Plenty of precipitation on the radar but feel it won't be the white stuff when it falls here.

fr wishy washy

Getting cooler here in West Wicklow

Keith96

Come on tempeatures drop!!!!!

Conrach

Harps wrote: »

It depends on a lot more than just the surface temp, the precip has to fall through 1000m+ of the atmosphere so if any significant part of it is above freezing then the snow will melt before it reaches the ground. Intensity is also important as heavier showers drag down cold air with them so the snowflakes can survive for longer. Same reasons it can snow above 0C and rain below it

Thanks for that explanation Harps.

Edit to add: We have snow, lovely big flakes.

Dotsie~tmp

Just caught cycling in that thing which hit NW Dublin. Very sudden onset of icy rain then tremendous hail hit like a hammer. Had to stop couldnt see. Abated to gusty freezing cold rain for last 3km. Sheer hand agony when i got off. Soaked to the bone.

Menas

tomcosgrave wrote: »

Heavy hail shower on the border of D13/D17 20 minutes ago. Was headed out of Tesco with the window in the car down as I was smoking. Got a right wallop of hail in my face! D'oh!

Helpful hint. Avoid getting blasted on your cheek by hail when smoking in the car .
Close the door window and open the sunroof.

rhonin

Falling as sleet and some flakes of snow in a gusty wind. Sticking to the windscreen of the cars. 1.4C
Collooney, Sligo.

eastmayo

Heavy shower of snow now kilmovee near knock airport

Min

Sleet so far.
DP of 0.3C so nearly there
2.4C air temperature with a wind chill of -2.9C.

tomcosgrave

Trigger Happy wrote: »

Helpful hint. Avoid getting blasted on your cheek by hail when smoking in the car .
Close the door window and open the sunroof.

No sunroof. It happened when I was on a roundabout, so I was okay in short order. Will not be letting it happen again though!

Nabber

IBMY 4c here in Dublin 4. I think with wind speed and direction we should see the temp drop a degree almost hourly. 1am is when i think any precip will fall as snow. But how much will make to the east? Who knows.

Mint Sauce

irish-stew wrote: »

More wind and hail in Sligo Town. Although forecasts for Snow fall has been pushed back till 2am, 50% chance at that, with a currently 80% chance at 7am, the way these forecasts are being pushed back, I'm gonna be driving to work in it.

5 minutes after making post had to go out. Wet snow falling, half of car and drive covered.

<switches off weather app, and reverts to lamp post watching>

average_runner

Nabber wrote: »

IBMY 4c here in Dublin 4. I think with wind speed and direction we should see the temp drop a degree almost hourly. 1am is when i think any precip will fall as snow. But how much will make to the east? Who knows.

Thought dublin wasn't to get any in all the forecasts

aboyro

full on west gale now. omfg!!!!!!!:eek::eek:

jo06555

Rain and very windy out here in waterford right now ...

dacogawa

irish-stew wrote: »

5 minutes after making post had to go out. Wet snow falling, half of car and drive covered.

<switches off weather app, and reverts to lamp post watching>

You know the rules, it didn't happen unless you've written your username in it & taken a photo!

irishfeen

-1.2 degC drop within the space of about 20min here, wind after calming down slightly.

Speak Now

jo06555 wrote: »

Rain and very windy out here in waterford right now ...

Some cracking showers alright!

whitebriar

average_runner wrote: »

Thought dublin wasn't to get any in all the forecasts

could you post a link to something to back up that statement?I suspect,it's your misunderstanding.

Showers are so far easily making their way east.
If they fall later as snow in the west,they'll do the same in the east.
Had 2 showers so far this evening that delivered the rain equivalent of an inch and a half of snow.

Harps

Heavy driving sleet in Galway, first wintry shower all day

Bejubby

Very windy here sw wexford and a rescent shower of softish hail.

Pangea

Crazy noise from hail here ,seen an opening aswell, nice big flash.

gugsy

Heavy showers with hail and sleety rain 1.4 degrees and falling

paddy ocon

dp finally o and tep 2.9

RuthieRose

Folks great up-date but any chance you can put in where your up-dating from for us using an iPhone as your location doesn't seem to show... For me anyway!!!

mickger844posts

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Some cracking showers alright!

Temp also has dropped from 7.0c to 4.9c in the last 45 mins.

irish1967

Temp 1c dp 0.6. Hail/ sleet laying now.

(Donegal Town)

whitebriar

Temp dropping in Arklow also.
Air 3.5c
dp 1.8c

sarah101

Snowing now in north kilkenny.

Bicycle

Wet and very windy here in Limerick City.

No sign of anything white here (bar the dog!!)

The_Shotz

Temp 4.9c

Dp 2.8

Waterford City

whitebriar

sarah101 wrote: »

Snowing now in north kilkenny.

On highish ground?

kkel

Snowing heavy now near knock airport...... At long last!!

noobsnow95

kkel wrote: »

Snowing heavy now near knock airport...... At long last!!

is it sticking ?:D

SnowDrifts

Guys for people reporting snow, try to get a photo of it if you can. Most people have phones with cameras now and its very simple to attach pics to your post.

joegriffinjnr

Ahh I hope Dublin gets a belt... Well at least Santry. Feck the rest of yeas!

kkel

noobsnow95 wrote: »

is it sticking ?:D

YEP

noobsnow95

kkel wrote: »

YEP

Getting excited now,any chance of a picture?

JanuarySnowstor

Sleet now in the showers here in Cork, 500 feet above sea level

whitebriar

kkel wrote: »

Snowing heavy now near knock airport...... At long last!!

On a point of information,Knock airport is about 800ft above sea level as far as I know,so certainly is high ground.

soccerc

Snowing here in Longford, 102m ASL

Pawack

2.7 degrees. Wet and windy in Howth.

peasant

Here in Sligo, at sea level, we've got 5 inches of hailstones ...




... on the windscreen of my car, piled up just above the wipers

kkel

noobsnow95 wrote: »

Getting excited now,any chance of a picture?

It's not much but it's what 5 mins of a shower left behind!

wilsixon

Snowing on and off over the last 30 minutes here in Ballina, 0m above sea level. Starting to stick

sarah101

whitebriar wrote: »

On highish ground?

Not very high. Not really sure but higher than Kilkenny city. Stopped now though:mad:

kingshankly

Starting to lie in south armagh

eastmayo

noobsnow95 wrote: »

is it sticking ?:D

Yes startin to stick.