Cold week ahead, change is on the way ............

patneve2

Latest radar looks good for a covering of snow over most of Dublin, hopefully preceded by graupel (nice base for the snow to stick)

DOCARCH

Rougies wrote: »

It's here!!!

Everything white already! Wooooooo!

Ditto. A fog of snow here! Everything white again....roads 'n all.

fontenoy7

Rougies wrote: »

It's still game on alright. Still bubbling away in the Irish Sea. But the radar is very misleading this evening, very hard to track when/where/how hard the showers hit.

The wind keeps alternating direction every so often too which makes things even more difficult to predict. And then there's a seemingly completely random tendency for them to completely disappear or sometime rapidly intensify as they hit land.

It's both very interesting and very frustrating at the same time

No snow in west or north dublin yet this evening...last blizzard was at 4 o'clock....... any reports of snow from north dublin??

BLIZZARD7

Back to light stuff now but have a nice coating ready for next shower





Dan

BLIZZARD7

DOCARCH wrote: »

Ditto. A fog of snow here! Everything white again....roads 'n all.

Told you it was heavy CHUCKING it down again!!!




Dan

chris2007

Light snow has started in dublin 5

Ronan

fontenoy7 wrote: »

No snow in west or north dublin yet this evening...last blizzard was at 4 o'clock....... any reports of snow from north dublin??

Coming down in Portmarnock right now.

tteknulp

Just started in D13 , getting a bit heavier

cruais

starting to build now in d9

Keith96

where is my road gone???? this is amazing

aurora 527

Thrilled for all those who are seeing snow tonight. Hope to see some here tonight but its looking doubtful but ya never know.

lucernarian

ZX7R wrote: »

Ile of man was defiantly casting a Shadow,you can really see it on the meto radar.co.uk

There's just no way it could be the Isle of Man this time around. If you look at the earlier radar shots from this afternoon, you could see the the Louth-bound streamers literally forming over the Isle of Man and increasing in intensity after they passed over the island.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/

If anyone looked at what's coming from Britain, the showers are passing to either side of the Lake District as they enter the Irish Sea. The gap in the shower bands is too wide to be accounted for by the IoM. This has been happening before in the previous cold spell, and I posted radar shots showing this. The sea is not as big a contribution to shower formation as it was in November 2010. The sea temperatures are much lower now. We're benefiting more from what's being carried over on the very long North Sea fetch.

What happened in December 2010 doesn't necessarily apply here.

ninebeanrows

Graupe/Snow pellets/Snow here but generally light, has left a whiteness on the cars and some surfaces.

Hopefully squeak some more overnight

ThaitaniumM

D15 yet to see a decent fall! In the meantime, here's a pic of this mornings barrage on the way to work, can't even see the pathway :pac: I wonder will tonights falls equal this! :P
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B.A._Baracus

No snow in D15.

ninebeanrows

To_be_confirmed wrote: »

There's just no way it could be the Isle of Man this time around. If you look at the earlier radar shots from this afternoon, you could see the the Louth-bound streamers literally forming over the Isle of Man and increasing in intensity after they passed over the island.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/

If anyone looked at what's coming from Britain, the showers are passing to either side of the Lake District as they enter the Irish Sea. The gap in the shower bands is too wide to be accounted for by the IoM. This has been happening before in the previous cold spell, and I posted radar shots showing this. The sea is not as big a contribution to shower formation as it was in November 2010. The sea temperatures are much lower now. We're benefiting more from what's being carried over on the very long North Sea fetch.

What happened in December 2010 doesn't necessarily apply here.

I disagree in so far as the showers affecting the Irish sea coasts are more intense than those affecting the English east coast indicating that infact the extra 2-4c SST is enhancing the shower intensity.

John.Icy

So Rougies and Docrach have both finally got their fix. Me? Still haven't got anything heavy or near heavy enough to stick to anything but the bin lid and a car or two!

The moon is stunning tonight though.

youknowwho

http://www.dublincity.ie/dublintraffic/

There are some promising scenes on the cameras. The M50 seems to be suffering a white out in some locations

paddy ocon

coming down here now my snow comes after Rougies lol

Saganist

Grapuel has left the place white

Mech1

just incase im jinxing it by putting out the "big optimistic ruler" Snowcam Knocklyon D16 is gonna stay "birdfeeder Cam" tonight, but still worth a look.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mech11

Rougies

Weathercheck wrote: »

I disagree in so far as the showers affecting the Irish sea coasts are more intense than those affecting the English east coast indicating that infact the extra 2-4c SST is enhancing the shower intensity.

He's saying not as big of a factor. Which is true.

What you are saying regarding North Sea vs. Irish Sea SSTs is also true. We are doing better because of the extra couple of degrees.

To_be_confirmed, I think you have a good point about the lake district, it has been visible today. But the IOM shadow itself has also been visible, so you can't discount it's influence either.

Basically we're all right and there's a combination of all effects at play today. It's been a very interesting couple of says radar watching I must say.

delw

We have the graupel sticking,cars & roads turning white

Rougies

Mech1 wrote: »

just incase im jinxing it by putting out the "big optimistic ruler" Snowcam Knocklyon D16 is gonna stay "birdfeeder Cam" tonight, but still worth a look.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mech11

That's it then. I'm gonna call it a night :P

acassells80

Cabinteely is a whiteout 2mins up the road and all I have in Blackrock is a dusting

Deank

Mech1 wrote: »

just incase im jinxing it by putting out the "big optimistic ruler" Snowcam Knocklyon D16 is gonna stay "birdfeeder Cam" tonight, but still worth a look.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mech11

Nice big flakes coming down there Mech

Daniel2590

acassells80 wrote: »

Cabinteely is a whiteout 2mins up the road and all I have in Blackrock is a dusting

Nothing falling in Cabinteely at the moment

lucernarian

Weathercheck wrote: »

I disagree in so far as the showers affecting the Irish sea coasts are more intense than those affecting the English east coast indicating that infact the extra 2-4c SST is enhancing the shower intensity.

That doesn't change anything in what I said though. The Irish sea is helping shower formation indeed, that's also clear on the radar. Look at what I said, it's the relative effect of the Irish Sea and the Isle of Man compared to convection over land and moisture picked up over the North Sea. I have been looking at radar shots from December 2010, they look quite different to now. Especially how well the showers can pass over Britain this time around. The Lake District is a far more formidable barrier than some island with a few puny hills surrounded by sea

Another way to tell is that any showers which come from Britain that hit the Isle of Man would be depositing lots of snow from orographic lift and would also be weakened immediately afterwards. This is basically not the case, if anything the opposite is happening.

fontenoy7

Deank wrote: »

Nice big flakes coming down there Mech

Heavy graupel and snow in Dublin 15 now!! Melting down..white out!

patneve2

radar looks good for wexford