SNOW Showers Tuesday - Friday, February 11-14th

shmaupel · 13-02-2014 12:41pm

Things are really quite brutal in south Donegal at the minute; very windy with horizontal sleet. A massive roll of thunder conicided with the power being knocked out briefly about half an hour ago. Must be damage somewhere as all the neighbours up the road are still out.

mountainy man · 13-02-2014 12:44pm

I am hearing lots of rumbles of thunder too, to the north of me.

Wine Goddess · 13-02-2014 2:37pm

Ah lovely to see pics of the aul white gold - for those of us who do not have.

Thanks for the pics and videos.

Enjoy - it'll be short-lived I reckon!

"Hello my name is Wine Goddess and I am a snow-holic.
It has been MONTHS since my last decent snow.
I may have to BURST soon with withdrawals."

Hooter23 · 13-02-2014 4:45pm

Bigger showers moving in from the west now more hail/sleet than snow id say...becoming very gusty as showers get closer.

Snowmaker · 13-02-2014 5:49pm

Wine Goddess wrote: »

"Hello my name is Wine Goddess and I am a snow-holic.
It has been MONTHS since my last decent snow.
I may have to BURST soon with withdrawals."

(everyone in the forum) "Hi Wine Goddess"
We feel your pain... Mother Nature can be a cruel mistress. She must be in cahoots with the snow-gods, who's noses are out of joint ... guess all that talk about getting a snow-machine didn't do us any favours...

Bring back the SAA (Snow Addicts Anonymous) thread!

snowstorm445 · 13-02-2014 5:58pm

Woke up to a dusting of snow this morning, the first (and probably only) accumulation of the 2013/14 winter! Very heavy snow showers right up until the late morning, but has since turned back to rain.

dave1982 · 13-02-2014 7:07pm

amber2 wrote: »

Wind turbine brought down by the winds in Rockchappel Co Cork yesterday.

They have turbines in Rockchappel??

dave1982 · 13-02-2014 7:13pm

amber2 wrote: »

Not any more they don't !!!

Haha!

Standman · 13-02-2014 7:48pm

There seems to be snow everywhere else except for Dublin ffs!

Gonzo · 13-02-2014 8:34pm

Standman wrote: »

There seems to be snow everywhere else except for Dublin ffs!

the east of Ireland has had a particularly bad snow winter in fairness, I think the West of Ireland definitely won the winter in terms of snow and even that was very small amounts, not a hint of an easterly all winter so no surprise, and even if there was an easterly it wouldnt do us much good anyway it's relatively mild all the way to Moscow.

Weathering · 14-02-2014 1:09am

STATUS YELLOW

Snow-ice Warning for Connacht, Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Kildare, Longford, Westmeath and Meath
A band of heavy rain is expected to move northwards during Friday, and is likely to be preceded by a spell of snow for a time in parts of Connacht, Ulster and north Leinster with accumulations of 3 cm in places. The snow will turn to rain later in the day and early Friday night and lying deposits should melt.

Issued:Thursday 13 February 2014 15:00
Valid:Friday 14 February 2014 10:00 to Friday 14 February 2014 17:00

AND

From the met office
An area of rain will move across the UK from the south on Friday afternoon and into the evening. As this rain arrives it will fall as snow above approximately 250 m over England and Scotland, but may fall to low levels for a time in the northern half of Northern Ireland and western Scotland. Temporary accumulations of 2 to 5 cm are possible in places, mainly above 250 m, with up to 10 cm possible over the highest routes in Scotland.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings/#?tab=warnings&regionName=ni&fcTime=1392336000

rilz · 14-02-2014 5:16am

Weathering wrote: »

STATUS YELLOW

Snow-ice Warning for Connacht, Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Kildare, Longford, Westmeath and Meath
A band of heavy rain is expected to move northwards during Friday, and is likely to be preceded by a spell of snow for a time in parts of Connacht, Ulster and north Leinster with accumulations of 3 cm in places. The snow will turn to rain later in the day and early Friday night and lying deposits should melt.

Issued:Thursday 13 February 2014 15:00
Valid:Friday 14 February 2014 10:00 to Friday 14 February 2014 17:00

AND

From the met office
An area of rain will move across the UK from the south on Friday afternoon and into the evening. As this rain arrives it will fall as snow above approximately 250 m over England and Scotland, but may fall to low levels for a time in the northern half of Northern Ireland and western Scotland. Temporary accumulations of 2 to 5 cm are possible in places, mainly above 250 m, with up to 10 cm possible over the highest routes in Scotland.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings/#?tab=warnings&regionName=ni&fcTime=1392336000

Well that makes sense the northern half of Northern Ireland.

Hehe

Oscar Bravo · 14-02-2014 12:11pm

Heavy snow and sticking- Castlebar

naughto · 14-02-2014 12:13pm

Ya there lots of it

Iancar29 · 14-02-2014 12:18pm

JEALOUS!!!

mountainy man · 14-02-2014 12:21pm

Iancar29 wrote: »

JEALOUS!!!

Meh 5 days of it here, enough now!

nuac · 14-02-2014 12:25pm

Snow in Westport for about half an hour has just turned to rain

Stay safe all.

However if you do have to be marooned anywhere this weekend, Westport is the place

11.23

Larbre34 · 14-02-2014 12:35pm

Moderate snow at IWAK, lucky sods. All will be gone by 3-4pm though, mild temps rushing up the Country, already 10C in Cork, expect 7-9 C in Mayo mid afternoon