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

Graces7

Bitter mean north wind here in South Kerry.. 400 asl. The back mountain are impressively snowed , bright in the sun and spectacular clouds are banked high to the west.

Macy0161

Going to try a couple of attachments from Lough Dan, Wicklow from earlier. Chaps just in from building snow men, and thaw well on. Went to our favourite sledging spot the far side of the village when we got back to be met with green grass! Slaughter Hill from NewtownMountKennedy was impassable for a while apparently too.

RobertKK

https://twitter.com/Kilkenny_Met/status/698881876413571072

Sticking to certain surfaces.

Supercell

Went up for a spin though Roundwood and down to Rathdrum earlier this morning. Conditions were pretty bad at the time with snow and hail. Was beautiful though. Witnessed three accidents (low speed) on the way, mostly down to inexperience. One guy stopped his car in Roundwood village in the middle of the road to chat to someone and then couldnt move the car, some people gave him a push and he promptly floored it and veered off into parked cars on the side of the road, unbelievable stuff.
Felt sorry for the cyclists, all their faces were purple and must have been scared out of their wits cycling in those conditions.

joujoujou

Still sunny!

Few photos. Overall view to the north:



Ox Mountains at left:



Benbulben and Truskmore, straight ahead:





Keshcorran at right:

jprboy

Sounded like a clap of thunder here in North Tipp at approx 15.40

JonnyM

Roundwood earlier.

Comhrá

jprboy wrote: »

Sounded like a clap of thunder here in North Tipp at approx 15.40

This was probably the offending lightning stroke.



14th Feb at 15:45
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jprboy

tippman1 wrote: »

This was probably the offending lightning stroke.



14th Feb at 15:45
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Would say so.

The Met.ie radar for that time showed some development in the area and also in South Limerick and on the Cork/Limerick border

JCX BXC

Light snow shower just passed South Galway.

Pangea

How is it looking for Donegal tonight? I have to go through barnesmore gap in the morning.

sunbabe08

something is heading for cork city. not sure if its rain or snow. let it be snow please

Gee_G

A lovely day here in Cavan, cold but the sun is shining all day! (Not too often that happens!)

Oafley Jones

sunbabe08 wrote: »

something is heading for cork city. not sure if its rain or snow. let it be snow please

That'd be fairly heavy hailstone.

And gone.

munsterlegend

Oafley Jones wrote: »

That'd be fairly heavy hailstone.

Yeah just had a hail shower in north cork. Roads could be tricky in the morning if it freezes.

JanuarySnowstor

2nd line of ppn just moving in over mitchelstown may give cork something on the hills

power pants

was heavy snow in dublin for a minute or 2 in dublin around 12pm, stuck for a bit,but all gone now

blackbird99

galtees today

DOCARCH

Showers over Co. Down atm might have Dublin's name on them, in a couple of hours, now that wind has gone more towards the north. Still a slight easterly component to the wind, so showers moving SSW.

United road

DOCARCH wrote: »

Showers over Co. Down atm might have Dublin's name on them, in a couple of hours, now that wind has gone more towards the north. Still a slight easterly component to the wind, so showers moving SSW.

Was thinking the very same thing Docarch, keep pressing the button on ME radar to look back over the past 4 15min slots to try see if it lines up with south dublin!
Sad i know but when your snow starved you will try anything.

Rock Lesnar

Class evening, clear sky, and frost setting in after a very sunny day, better make the most of it tomorrow, back to crappy muck from the west on tuesday it seems

littlema

Meteorite58

Bright winter sun all day here near Tralee( apart from a few drops aboput 14.00 ) Got up to 7.9C and even felt warm inside the glass in the house. Cool in the ENE'ly breeze which has lightened off now.

4.6C atm, frosty night in store for much of the country.

power pants

quick question

what is the difference betweem snow and hail? ie why does one occur and not the other and vice versa?

power pants

quick question

what is the difference betweem snow and hail? ie why does one occur and not the other and vice versa?

JCX BXC

Hail is often associated with thunderstorm clouds. Upward convection winds of up to 130km/h drags cloud above the freezing level and freezes the water droplets, which then later fall as hail.

sryanbruen

power pants wrote: »

quick question

what is the difference betweem snow and hail? ie why does one occur and not the other and vice versa?

Snowfall doesn't bang you hard on the head like hailstones :rolleyes:

fletch

The top of Djouce today

patneve2

light/moderate graupel shower

horsefarm

Some family members in New Jersey tell me it was -26C last night. Incredible