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

redsteveireland

As promised, Mammatus clouds over Galway City around 14:45 after a heavy hail shower. The picture doesn't do it justice really.

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Pangea

Well no snow to speak of here at the moment, very squally though. Hope to get some snow later but I have a feeling its going to be a sleety mix along with these gusts.

maquiladora

Hmm, showers look pretty weak and scattered on the radar. Not as beefy as I was expecting for northwestern parts. Looking a bit underwhelming at the moment.

Strangegravy

Rain here in Limerick. Think we're just on the wrong side of the DAM lines. Will still keep an eye on it overnight.

Good luck to those of you further north, hope you wake up in the morning to a white one!

Reckless Abandonment

mothel wrote: »

It's gone very quiet in here! Are you all cooking dinner and waiting for RTE forecast?

nothing but a few fast moving showers at the moment,and don't see that changing to be honest. Plenty to keep the interest going over the next week or so but winds to strong and showers to small to make any real impact at the moment I'm afraid.

redsteveireland

A little bit late but this was from the previous event...

What could have been.

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Schadenfreudia

Wind seems to have picked up again...dry and windy, can see some clouds piled up behind the hills.

It's 1.9C and the snow cover is being eaten away by the wind!

Stealthfins

Just had a heavy hail/shleet shower in the Burren..

RuthieRose

We had some good showers here in Cavan throughout the day but it's like we have underfloor heating. It just disappears. The wind is calmer so here's hoping.

force eleven

Meh. Sleety wintry mix. Light showers in North Offaly. Not bothered about curtain twitching tonight....;)

ongarboy

Snow and sleet coming down fairly heavy and horizontally in Dublin 15 here now near Clonee!!:)

Edit more sleety really

gerrybhoy

Pissin down of snow in Castleknock

Supercell

Net weather snow radar looks pretty green in southern Ireland where there is precip.

kingshankly

Been snowing now for 5 hours on/off here in South armagh , very heavy at times

DellyBelly

Started snowing here now .

lubie76

DellyBelly wrote: »

Started snowing here now .

Where?

ongarboy

ongarboy wrote: »

Snow and sleet coming down fairly heavy and horizontally in Dublin 15 here now near Clonee!!:)

Edit more sleety really

hi Ongarboy, Im in Ongar, and its just sleety my end of street anyway

BorneTobyWilde

Could see some snow at Sheffied V Spurs Sky Sports2

ElizaT33

Snowing in North Meath for the past half hour - not sticking but very persistent!:). Glad to be off the roads and home safe!

BTW - great pics Graces7! Many thanks!

Clonmel1000

Windy cold night in South Tipp. In fairness we had a couple of flakes at lunchtime today. Wouldnt class it as anything other than a January night we occasionally get.

Find the earlier criticism of ME a bit hypocritical to be honest...

Pangea

Seems to be usually the case, everything looks promising on the golden snow charts but when push comes to shove there is alway other factors than make it a disapointment, still lots to play for tonight though.

ThaitaniumM

That last shower just produced some almighty gusts :eek: The loudest since last years storm

howlinwolf

showers really havent much about them and there travelling along at a rate of knots, dont see much change for the wee hours or am i missing something

tylercollins

Nothing while mad here in Derry yet, odd scattered shower and that's it.

FWVT

Current satellite shows that the coldest cloudtops are to the north and coincide perfectly with the pool of coldest 500 hPa and 700 hPa levels. Further south we are getting only shallow streamers with no upper support to offset the low-level modification, hence the mess in many low-lying parts.

Conditions for snow will peak at around 6-10 am tomorrow morning as the above pool of coldest upper levels crosses the country from the north. The 850 hPa level will be around 100 m lower than today (like Sunday's runs had forecast for today but it didn't work out), and at around the same temperature as today it will flip things the right side of marginal. Much better snow for many before marked warming and a rise in freezing level follows for the afternoon, turning showers to rain for many.

JCX BXC

In west Clare we have a nice warm 3.4c with frequent hail showers. Come on, fall you temperatures!!!

lucernarian

Far less precip here than the radar was suggesting, and the latest shot did show a big reduction in precipitation for some showers as they reached the eastern coast.

I'm very interested to hear what's going on in Dundalk or anywhere nearby right now.

mothel

Raining in D24

legomaniac

No snow in South Donegal. Even the mountains only have a light coating of sleet. The wind has been severe at times. A few very squally hail showers and a flash of lightening at 6pm. It's been another disappointing outcome for snow lovers and I'm not expecting anything tonight.

mickger844posts

Heavy rain/sleet shower now in Waterford City. Temp 3.5c DP 1.2c just on the wrong side of marginal.

www.waterfordcityweather.com