Cold snap Jan 10th onwards: Wintry Showers, Snow Accumulations for some

ktulu123

redsky7 wrote: »

I am, no snow it's all either melted or been washed away but the roads were snowy til the top of the hill coming into bray roughly.

Traffic might be a bit crazy heading into Bray

patneve2

In my opinion the snowiest area of the country is the North-West, more precisely Northern Donegal and County Derry. They seem to get a decent snow fall every winter. Snow from the south-west, west, north-west, north and sometimes even the north-east (there is a decent fetch between Donegal and Scotland). The East coast probably gets the biggest/best events, but these are rare and occur once every 10 years (1982, 1987, 1991, 2001, 2010). If you want a decent snowfall (by this I mean 5-10cm or more) every year I would move to a place like Letterkenny or Derry, or possibly even inland Mayo/Sligo.

vistafinder

Just back from a lovely walk in the snow and the roads were freezing over an hour ago. West Cork

Graces 7 cats wont be able to walk in the morning.

pauldry

Some average pics sligo n collooney

Gonzo

vizualpics wrote: »

I hope this ends the debate about the east coast never getting any snow from the West!

not it wont, today's snow was still pathetic for most of us east of the midlands! few lucky spots got an inch or two. Most of the showers were over as soon as they started and melted within minutes.

In an easterly the snow trains can go on for an entire day with a decent 20-30cms by the end of one day.

weatherfiend

M50 busy both ways. Blizzard as we came home an hour ago from Foxrock to Sandyford. Really good covering of snow now and it's freezing

LEIN

Recent snow in Greystones north Wicklow.

Didn't stick.

LordNorbury

Gonzo wrote: »

not it wont, today's snow was still pathetic for most of us east of the midlands! few lucky spots got an inch or two. Most of the showers were over as soon as they started and melted within minutes.

In an easterly the snow trains can go on for an entire day with a decent 20-30cms by the end of one day.

Ah look, we are grateful for any snow that we get at all in this country, I wouldn't begrudge it, if there is a bit of proper snowfall on the Dublin Mountains then I'm happy. Ideally we'd have blizzards lasting all day, but at the end of the day, it is Ireland where we hardly get snow at all!

hadepsx

BTW if you're driving please give room to the car in front of you. I've had countless cars up my arSe in this snow. How stupid are you. Get home safe, not just on time.

AnotherYear

ThunderSnow Donegal. Flashes reflecting off the snow is something else

Pangea

Is there anything different to thundersnow and normal thunder?

sjb25

AnotherYear wrote: »

ThunderSnow Donegal. Flashes reflecting off the snow is something else

Ah now I normally love Wexford but FFS even sum sleet will do at this stage

Oneiric 3

Pangea wrote: »

Is there anything different to thundersnow and normal thunder?

Nothing really Pangea, same processes involved. Strong convection from a relatively warm surface (in winter, usually from the sea and often aided by encountering 'lift' on approach to higher ground) leading to heavy showers or thunderstorms. This is one of the reasons why today's showers tended to trickle away as they moved further inland, they just had no surface warmth to sustain them. And what did survive were aided by a strong upper level wind.

Kermit.de.frog

A half decent band of snow leaving Galway, will reach the midlands and may go further


http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp

pistolpetes11

Can report more of the white gold in Newbridge for the last 30 minutes

Pangea

patneve2 wrote: »

In my opinion the snowiest area of the country is the North-West, more precisely Northern Donegal and County Derry. They seem to get a decent snow fall every winter. Snow from the south-west, west, north-west, north and sometimes even the north-east (there is a decent fetch between Donegal and Scotland). The East coast probably gets the biggest/best events, but these are rare and occur once every 10 years (1982, 1987, 1991, 2001, 2010). If you want a decent snowfall (by this I mean 5-10cm or more) every year I would move to a place like Letterkenny or Derry, or possibly even inland Mayo/Sligo.

I think lots of people forget the terrible snow that was in East Ulster around two years ago, It was amazing how different one side of the Country could be. Thousands of livestock perished.

mickger844posts

Too much of a Westerly flow for Waterford City chances today as showers more or less died when they hit the Comeraghs. We may see a few flakes later but nothing significant

www.waterfordcityweather.com

Reckless Abandonment

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

Can report more of the white gold in Newbridge for the last 30 minutes

"White gold" the next snow tread should be called that

Mr_A

I am just going outside (to cycle home from work) and may be some time.

Gonzo

Easterly's are definitely becoming more of a rarity, I remember as a kid growing up in the 80s we seemed to get one almost every winter, sometimes 2 or 3 times in one winter. They weren't always huge events like the famous years listed but they were enough to shut the school down for a day or 2, sometimes a week.

Cold/mild battles from the Atlantic also seemed a bit more regular back then with heavy snow at first turning to rain later.

Now we find huge gaps between one easterly and the next. We got lucky in 2008,2009 and 2010 but since then nothing. Not all easterly's are major snow events, some can be just dry and frosty and of course the IOM plays a major factor into areas getting very little if any snow to an area 10 miles away with snow up to your knees.

Mr Bumble

One on the way in FI....Tuesday next week worth watchin

Darwin

Nice display of the 'ol boob cloud in Carlow earlier:



Which soon after lead to blizzard conditions for a while. Arriving home from work a small covering in the garden:



Hope temps rise overnight, don't fancy tackling those icy roads in the morning.

redsteveireland

Finally some snow - had to go out with the kids!

Mint Sauce

Another big fall in Sligo 2-3 hours ago, dumping an inch or so in about 10-15 minutes. Another dusting in the last hour or so as well.

Macy0161

From Mount Merrion circa 5pm.... Probably as much there than up here in the mountains.

Slashermcguirk

Amazing difference driving from Dublin city to South Dublin. Nice snow cover around Dublin 18. 0 degrees

Frostybrew

And so begins a night of lamppost watching.

Oneiric 3

Looks like a band of heavy showers just hitting the west Mayo coast now.

dacogawa

Frostybrew wrote: »

And so begins a night of lamppost watching.

I will be intermittently watching lampposts too but only when the radar suggests I should

Pretzill

Didn't realise it had been snowing the last while - curtains closed - just went out with the dogs and it's a winter wonderland nice blanket of powdery snow now in South Sligo - starry skies - lovely.