Winter Weather 2015/16 : See Mod Note Post #1

cotton

Just started snowing in Greystones.

JanuarySnowstor

For Southern guys on here showers should kick off next couple of hours.
Though it's not forecast by the met I can see snow lying on the hills of cork by early this evening. Looks a coastal thing but worth watching the radar this afternoon

DOCARCH

Skies clearing here (in Dublin 16) from the north. Slushy stuff left on the ground from those showers. 2.9c atm.

kittyn

DOCARCH wrote: »

Another sleet/snow/graupel mix shower here in Dublin 16. 2.3c DP 1.0c atm.

After these showers push though, does not look like the Irish Sea is producing too many more showers (for the Dublin area) for the time being.

Is that it for us do you think? Due to the change in wind direction

DOCARCH

kittyn wrote: »

Is that it for us do you think? Due to the change in wind direction

Might be! Irish Sea, north/east of Dublin looking pretty clear now.

Alun

Soft hail / graupel / whatever in Bray here right now.

kittyn

DOCARCH wrote: »

Might be! Irish Sea, north/east of Dublin looking pretty clear now.

Typical ...... Mind you Mother Nature could surprise us

the 12 th man

Sun shining here in West Wicklow now short lived excitement.

acassells80

A few hail showers here over the past hour but no snow

arctictree

Heavy snow here. +1.2c. Starting to stick. Roundwood, Co. Wicklow. 250M ASL

patneve2

Sat looks very clear over the Irish sea, was expecting more instability. Hopefully we'll see a last bit of convection during the afternoon/evening before the upper flow turns northerly

Gonzo

nothing to report here, all the action is over south dublin and wicklow although that looks like its dying away to the south as well.

JFKIRELAND

Any decent snow around the Hellfire or Cruagh? Do not see any reports...thanks

WheatenBriar

Gonzo wrote: »

nothing to report here, all the action is over south dublin and wicklow although that looks like its dying away to the south as well.

Aye, quite an active celll zipped east to the north of Arklow
Winds here are now North East,with ample fetch but the instability is too weak at the moment, lets see what the next 10 hrs or so do with slightly colder 850's?

horsefarm

JFKIRELAND wrote: »

Any decent snow around the Hellfire or Cruagh? Do not see any reports...thanks

No I'm looking across at hellfire and there's nothing decent. Just a sprinkle

highdef

Oddly, a shower has developed inland n south Meath and I'd heading for north and north west Kildare. Easy to pick out on visible satellite. It's enlarging and increasing in intensity quite rapidly. Anyone know what is driving this?

WheatenBriar

highdef wrote: »

Oddly, a shower has developed inland n south Meath and I'd heading for north and north west Kildare. Easy to pick out on visible satellite. It's enlarging and increasing in intensity quite rapidly. Anyone know what is driving this?

Convergence maybe

john why

Very heavy graupel shower in d15

highdef

WheatenBriar wrote: »

Convergence maybe

Agreed, wind appears to be more northerly behind the developing band of precipitation. Would it be classed as a developing cold front as I'm guessing that the colder uppers are following it with a wind change to a more northerly component?

Clonmel1000

A nice winters day here. Its bright and dry and you can go outdoors. Mind you it's breezy and cold and my poor overgrown garden is in an awful state. When will a spring thread appear? March 1?

Reckless Abandonment

In Terenure. Can see a wall of what looks like snow to my north west. Pretty cool looking

pad199207

Black as the ace of spades in Naas now.

sryanbruen

Typical mild and wet weather the weekend. :mad:

finnharpsboy

Hail shower 10 mins ago in Dublin 10

Macy0161

Snow near Roundwood about an hour ago. Seems to have been quite localised. Laragh fine, but half way between laragh and Roundwood it was heavy enough - and obviously higher had more (had to collect the kids in Lough Dan).

Out the Bray side doesn't seem to have had as much. Still lying enough that the children are still able to be out playing in it, but its thawing on the road/drive.

RobertKK

Light snow falling on the Kilkenny hills.

WheatenBriar

highdef wrote: »

Agreed, wind appears to be more northerly behind the developing band of precipitation. Would it be classed as a developing cold front as I'm guessing that the colder uppers are following it with a wind change to a more northerly component?

It could be just a convergence somehow of the cold surface air well inland from last night with this mixed maratime layer coming in from the Irish sea
Its happening further south too,giving Robert kk his snow in Kilkenny
Another case of mother nature trumping our forecasters it seems including mt
It should be less of a feature later though, I think

DOCARCH

Another wintry mix (rain, sleet, snow, hail) shower just passed through here (in Dublin 16). 4.8c DP 1.8c atm.

Colser

Sunny and cold here in Cork..my feet are the only icy things around here.:(

the 12 th man

Snowing again for now (West Wicklow)