COLD SPELL Jan 28th Onwards: Wintry Showers/Frosty, Some Snow Accumulations

Nabber · 28-01-2015 11:33am

kingshankly wrote: »

Jesus it's only snow I'm sure you have seen it before
Google pictures of snow if it make you feel better

I made a commitment when this tread opened. Mans got to live by his word

Nabber wrote: »

If some one comes on and says 'loads of snow here'. ... without
1. Saying where 'here' is
2. No pictures
3. Saying winter is over now (when it stops)

I am going to hunt you down......

No photo, I can forgive in time, but no location? Has to be capital punishment!

sunbabe08 · 28-01-2015 11:39am

Pretty snow & horrid horrid wind chill

icesnowfrost · 28-01-2015 11:39am

Starting to snow again in drogheda

CarpeDiem85 · 28-01-2015 11:39am

Rosguill peninsula.

Fuh Q · 28-01-2015 11:40am

Big fluffy snowflakes falling in Navan, temp dropping again. (not a chance of it sticking)

Akrasia · 28-01-2015 11:40am

I'm sitting in a 4th floor office in Shannon looking north, I can see all these amazing looking squalls and clouds passing by to the north, and all we have here is wind and blue skies.

Rock Lesnar · 28-01-2015 11:43am

Fuh Q wrote: »

Big fluffy snowflakes falling in Navan, temp dropping again. (not a chance of it sticking)

Head out to wilkinstown rathkenny area,, place is white.

Frog Song · 28-01-2015 11:46am

sunbabe08 wrote: »

Pretty snow & horrid horrid wind chill

sunbabe08 wrote: »

Heads up cork city INCOMING

I'm in Cork city, I don't see no snow!

weatherfiend · 28-01-2015 11:46am

Nabber wrote: »

Snow sticking to the ground is not dependent on how moist it is. Ground temps need to be low to allow snow to settle.

Anyway that wind is drying up the ground nicely. Walking with the dogs the wind was going through me this morning. My little one now snuggled up in bed trying to get warm after being out.

icesnowfrost · 28-01-2015 11:47am

Stopped again big flakes nut it was more wet snow that anything. If temps drop a bit more it should be good

Rock Lesnar · 28-01-2015 11:50am

icesnowfrost wrote: »

Stopped again big flakes nut it was more wet snow that anything. If temps drop a bit more it should be good

Still a blizzard here, this should be heading to drogheda

icesnowfrost · 28-01-2015 11:53am

temps are getting nice and l

ow
and the dew points

Kermit.de.frog · 28-01-2015 11:55am

Morning all. We are on track today. Sleet and snow showers continuing through the day and later will get through to most places especially overnight. The winds were a bit stronger than expected this morning and should have got more prominence in the OP.

In relation to the weekend and next week - it's all part of the same cold snap but to avoid confusion and cross posting on more than one potential event, as is stated in the OP, it's best for the moment to take things a step at a time. We'll change the thread title and I will write a new OP regarding the weekend and in to next week tomorrow assuming the moderators agree that's a better way to go to keep the place tidy. The situation for that period is evolving and far from certain. The FI thread has all the info on developments for next week. Best not to get ahead of ourselves just yet

This is certainly orange category now for tonight for the northern half of the country this evening and tonight.

Snow shower passing just to my north here in north Dublin.

weatherfiend · 28-01-2015 11:56am

maquiladora wrote: »

That's really interesting Maq thanks because I didn't have a handle on how the two worked together

icesnowfrost · 28-01-2015 11:57am

snowing good now in drogheda but not sticking yet. still all good

it will stick at some point

weatherfiend · 28-01-2015 11:58am

Smidge wrote: »

Almost white out here(would post a pic etc except I dont know how:o)

Yeah I'm on the iPad and it won't allow me to attach a picture. Is it possible to copy an image and paste it into my post?

lucernarian · 28-01-2015 11:59am

weatherfiend wrote: »

That's really interesting Maq thanks because I didn't have a handle on how the two worked together

The key is having negative dewpoints. That's central to snowflakes not wanting to tend to change back to rain. As for whether it sticks, actual temperature comes into it. Tbh I've never seen snow that lasted more than 20 minutes with the air temperature nudging past 1.5 but it will look pretty while it lasts!

AnotherYear · 28-01-2015 12:01pm

Met office Amber snow warning released for the north. Comes in to play at 5pm. Yellow in force up until then. Been a while since they had an amber snow warning

"Strong and gusty winds will lead to drifting and blizzard conditions at times"

Fuh Q · 28-01-2015 12:06pm

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

Head out to wilkinstown rathkenny area,, place is white.

Put the kettle on..

icesnowfrost · 28-01-2015 12:07pm

met eireann not making much of it tomorrow or friday, using the word rain alot... personally i cant see them sticking to that forecast going by the weather models. its looking good to me.
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