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

weatherfiend

Gorgeous frosty and calm walk this morning. Clouds from the east looked like they were coming towards us but nothing materialised yet.

Back home now and it's just hit 0c blue sky all round me just below 3 rock.

WheatenBriar

Proper snow streamers heading into Aughavanagh, Drumgough and onto lugnaquilla
Should be interesting
Place to go is mtn road heading uphill from glenmalure through Drumgough to Aughavanagh
public Road at its height is 500 mtrs asl near Lug
Warning top of that road is very snow covered and icy

Oneiric 3

Graces7 wrote: »

Is there please any relief in view from this bitter and shocking cold? It is getting unbearable for this old wan and for many of us in this situation.

Not to any great extent in the short term though may become a little milder next week, so hopefully it'll be a little easier to bare.

Schadenfreudia

The situation at my (slightly broken) weather station at 11.30am; -1.3C.

https://plus.google.com/u/0/110317003057911760130/posts/9c1WyfAUhBP?pid=6111580609776570898&oid=110317003057911760130

I'm still trying to figure how to put these up like the rest of you!

Graces7

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Not to any great extent in the short term though may become a little milder next week, so hopefully it'll be a little easier to bare.

Interesting typo in your last word.. need to close down as too ill today now with the cold. Fare thee well all..

WheatenBriar

Streamer is drifting SW a bit
Some flakes here even at times from it

Look out Hollister and tinahely

hollster2

WheatenBriar wrote: »

Streamer is drifting SW a bit
Some flakes here even at times from it

Look out Hollister and tinahely

haha was just posting to say its just over the hill looking good from here nothing yet

hollster2

Its creeping its way over

Villain

Streamer just dying out as it reaches the Carlow border:

https://twitter.com/carlowweather/status/562581863081209856

hollster2

It sure did nothing came of it here either

WallyGUFC

Nothing but rain in Claregalway. Very overcast now. Typical Winter's day

Oneiric 3

'Streamer' line taken at 11.30. With all the debate about the best model earlier this morn, it was, in fairness, the GFS that picked up on this potential for today more so than the ECM/HIRLAM.

WheatenBriar

Villain wrote: »

Streamer just dying out as it reaches the Carlow border:

https://twitter.com/carlowweather/status/562581863081209856

There's a definite weak streamers forming in the same line out to sea though
My view of Croghan moira is just disappearing again-Aughavanagh snow bunnies must be happy today

Lug is stunning now today real dulox
It's just disappeared too
All action in the hills just north of me in South mid Wicklow
Said hills are drying out the showers to the westof the hills
Drumgough is calling me
Maybe tonight

vistafinder

Can anyone see is there much snow on the reeks in Kilarney?

ongarboy

Some pix of my frost in West Dublin this morning where a local temp of -7 was recorded, my sister's snowfall in East Limerick this morning and my brother's "dusting" in Chicago yesterday! You'll know which is which!

Larbre34

It has been a bit of disaster really, I wasnt holding much hope out for the east in any case, but for the wesht to be denied much of what was a decent prospect is disappointing.

downwiththatsor

vistafinder wrote: »

Can anyone see is there much snow on the reeks in Kilarney?

Clouds are low enough but id say snow line is up at 500-600m
I'd say its deep enough above that as a few falls have built up now.

LordNorbury

Is there any snow expected for the east coast tonight?

Macy0161

WheatenBriar wrote: »

There's a definite weak streamers forming in the same line out to sea though

From height in Dublin 4, looking out to sea there's what looks like an impressive amount of cloud forming and drifting south.

Is the wind still expected to switch more easterly and strengthen later on?

Clonmel1000

LordNorbury wrote: »

Is there any snow expected for the east coast tonight?

No to be honest .

Kermit.de.frog

Macy0161 wrote: »

Is the wind still expected to switch more easterly and strengthen later on?

There is a better chance tonight of a few snow showers in say Dublin or Meath because the wind will go that bit more northeasterly but the wind won't be that much stronger. It will be very, very cold tonight as well similar to last night. Maybe just a degree up in the east.

q85dw7osi4lebg

I'm lucky enough to be heading off to the French Alpes on Saturday where they have been spoilt of late (170cm upper slopes, 80cm lower slopes), however the fact that i know there will definitely be snow makes it far less exciting than the prospect of 1 or 2cm of snow here! Half the fun is the chase / wait

Elmer Blooker

Theres an interesting looking anvil developing over the sea SE of here heading for S Wicklow/ N Wexford.
http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

Cornilius

There seems to be a lot of dark clouds to the distance

dacogawa

Here's that streamer passing down the Irish sea (from Sandymount beach)

WheatenBriar

dacogawa wrote: »

Here's that streamer passing down the Irish sea (from Sandymount beach)

Lovely photo
That streamer seems to be heading for Arklow now
Temp here is a ridiculous 6.3c though, so could someone go out and tell it we won't be ready untill after 8

dacogawa

WheatenBriar wrote: »

Lovely photo
That streamer seems to be heading for Arklow now
Temp here is a ridiculous 6.3c though, so could someone go out and tell it we won't be ready untill after 8

I'll pop back down now and let it know There's even sea ice on the tide line down there!

Trogdor

Little blob headed for Dublin maybe, won't be anything other than cold rain at the coast (if it brings any precipitation) though

Calibos

OK. Yes. I'm going to go there. Here we go......






Feck this...Roll On Spring!!

Kermit.de.frog

Trogdor wrote: »

Little blob headed for Dublin maybe, won't be anything other than cold rain at the coast (if it brings any precipitation) though

Lets all join in the hopeless straw clutching.:)


Some clouds coming on to the coast on the north side of Dublin.