Widespread Snow Showers Thurs 12th/Fri 13th Jan 2017

Rougies

shmaupel wrote: »

Very dark in Donegal Town. Heavy shower now, not entirely sure what graupel is but perhaps this is it.....

It's like soft fluffy hailstones.

Tim the Enchanter

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1567109466639212&set=a.255498311133674.83238.100000205213508&type=3&theater

Comeragh Mountains courtesy of Noel Browne

nacho libre

http://en.sat24.com/en/gb

well, with the last bit of the front finally clearing the south east coast, hopefully a more active and organized band of sleet and snow showers will come down over the country in the next couple of hours, resulting in snow showers for places that have not seen any snow yet.

Stealthfins

This is like Orsen Welles "The war of the world's"

Cantona's Collars

Wind direction eventually changing here in Wexford, it's been S Sw much of the day but is now veering W NW.

fraxinus1

South Donegal.... nothing but rain and some sleet on the hills. Cold miserable day. I have given up on seeing snow settling today. Grandchildren are bitterly disappointed yet again. Oh well that's Ireland for you. 2010 was the last proper snow and cold I experienced and I will probably be dead from old age or disease before the next freeze hits Ireland.

alchemist33

hotwhiskey wrote: »

The shower cell thats heading out of Cavan towards Meath has left the ground total white. It should hold together to reach the east.

Cavan? There's just been intermittent showers of snow in Omagh. It must have bypassed us

Rebelbrowser

Kamili wrote: »

Still very sunny but bitterly cold here in South Dublin. No sign of anything from the after 3pm predictions - holding out for the after 7pm ones now.

Damp Squib?

Hopefully not, another 16 hours or so window as I see it, BUT from post 1 in this thread we have said it could well turn out to be a damp squib - no one was misled!

I for one have enjoyed looking forward to this snow possibility and indeed looking out so far at the 3 snow showers we have had here in Cork city suburbs. After darkness hopefully they will start sticking.

dacogawa

Looking a bit more organised now coming from the north west, a few might make it to the east coast and give a slight dusting, and as others have said this is a "now cast" situation, my hope would be for a bit later on, not a lot but enough...



And it has got a lot colder out there with that wind chill

coconnellz

Very heavy snow now on the Cavan meath border roads are white

pedigree 6

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

Larbre34

coconnellz wrote: »

Very heavy snow now on the Cavan meath border roads are white

A mere 60kms from Dublin 15. Damn it.

davidsr20

Good heavy shower there east Galway but only lasted a few mins. Prob is there short bursts not settling

monster1

Heavy snow in roscommon, sticking

Donegal Storm

Plenty of showers piling in here in NW Donegal in the past couple of hours but nothing too interesting, just a sleety mess of rain, hail and snow. Said all week that a nw'erly never delivers around here and no change there by the looks of it

q85dw7osi4lebg

Donegal Storm wrote: »

Plenty of showers piling in here in NW Donegal in the past couple of hours but nothing too interesting, just a sleety mess of rain, hail and snow. Said all week that a nw'erly never delivers around here and no change there by the looks of it

Are you near the coast or inland?

Gonzo

pedigree 6 wrote: »

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

So far today's event is going as I imagined, fairly pathetic. These Atlantic based brief cold snaps rarely produce more than a dusting in some areas and sloppy mush in others. There is too much modification from Atlantic based cold spells. We may see enough snow to cause a dusting and tomorrow the mild trend starts. This is why I keep banging on about an easterly. They deliver the real deal, proper dry snow, often huge amounts of snow. Even the west can get snow from an easterly that results in very generous dustings that far exceeds what we've seen anywhere today so far.

nagdefy

fraxinus1 wrote: »

South Donegal.... nothing but rain and some sleet on the hills. Cold miserable day. I have given up on seeing snow settling today. Grandchildren are bitterly disappointed yet again. Oh well that's Ireland for you. 2010 was the last proper snow and cold I experienced and I will probably be dead from old age or disease before the next freeze hits Ireland.

Ah Christ man, get a grip, talk about First World problems :eek:

SEPT 23 1989

perfect ground conditions for snow in Dublin

so it wont snow

Oscar Bravo

Pelting down snow here at knock in a strong wind, almost gone dark

The_Shotz

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

perfect ground conditions for snow in Dublin

so it wont snow

Same here in Waterford after this mornings rain the place is lovely and dry now, temperature dropping and dew point down to 0.1c

Skies beginning to fill in with clouds, just need them to open up

coconnellz

Just cleared now we're low lying and shower left a couple of cm of snow here. it's heading towards dublin direction there's still hope for yous yet

4068ac1elhodqr

average_runner wrote: »

No one said at 3pm, they said after it and said there MAYBE

Agree, now looking like 17:00hrs as it's a slowing down a bit, which is good for any Accumulation

pistolpetes11

Posts moaning and or whinging have been deleted

marno21

Elliana Screeching Grape wrote: »

Agree, now looking like 17:00hrs as it's a slowing down a bit, which is good for any Accumulation

Which website are ye using for this radar?

martinsvi

I'm going to be happy either way - if it snows - yay, if it doesn't - good - shadowy parts of the garden are practically rotting away at this stage, I could really use a dry spell

Donegal Storm

Romina Fierce Velvet wrote: »

Are you near the coast or inland?

Right on the coast but there's not much snow on the hills either, lying snow/hail level is around 400m at a guess and even then it's fairly patchy

average_runner

I be running tonight, so be great if it lashes down on me when I am running!

4068ac1elhodqr

marno21 wrote: »

Which website are ye using for this radar?

take your pick, but http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=radar;sess= .The graphics aren't included, but they've just modified it to rain-snow instead of snow in the last 5 mins

Gonzo

marno21 wrote: »

Which website are ye using for this radar?

that large shower over Cavan is already dying a death over the Cavan/Meath border. doubt it will make it here.