Wintry spell with Snow and Ice warnings week of 20-3-17

JCX BXC

Knock reporting sleet at 4c and a dp of 2c at 12pm.

Meteorite58

Big temp drop here near Tralee down to 6.8C after the last rain/ hail shower ( 11.2C at 11.33 ). Getting into the colder airmass now.

pauldry

Sleet in Knock

Winter begins its bite

Hooter23

Sleet in Galway already!

Kermit.de.frog

munsterlegend

The regional updates at 12 midday on met.ie have sleet and hail with no mention of snow. Covering all options!

pilly

Went from a lovely sunny day to huge hailstones here in County Limerick.

Graces7

Clear, blue sky, chilling, fierce wind; washing almost all dry... Wonderful to be out in. Dry. Blissfully dry after all the rain and fog and damp.

West Connemara 400 ft asl.

dinorebel

5 minute Snow shower in Letterkenny just now.

Oneiric 3

Despite showing a temp of 8.8c currently, my Davis console is showing a snow symbol. Just a few light hail/sleet showers so far today.

Graces7

Dramatic hailstorm here; garden is white.

West Connemara; 400 asl

pad199207

Heavy Hail here in Kildare

Gonzo

brief hail and sleet shower just passed.

ryanch09

Just got a bit of sleet around Phoenix Park

Xenji

Squally wintry showers in Castlebar for most of the day, down to 4.4C now.

Oneiric 3

Dew point temp at around 270km off the west coast. Struggling so far to get below 0c:

JCX BXC

5.7c currently in West Clare, got to 4.7c in the last shower about 20mins ago.

Rock Lesnar

Was just cutting the grass there and we had a fairly sharp hailstone shower, feeling cold now

JCX BXC

5pm TAF out, valid from 6pm onwards.

Dublin has temporary moderate sleet showers from 11pm and a chance of snow showers from 3am-12pm.

Shannon has temporary moderate sleet showers from 6pm and temporary moderate snow showers from 9pm.

Cork has temporary moderate sleet showers from 3am and a chance of moderate snow showers from 4am-10am.

Knock has temporary moderate sleet showers from 6pm and temporary moderate snow showers from 1am.

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Overall, Shannon appears to be the most hopeful for snow!

JCX BXC

Just had a heavy mixed hail and rain shower, wind very strong, 2 minute average of 32knots and a gust of 38knotsm

pauldry

tops of mountains got dusted there in snow but sun came out again and temp went up from 3.8c to 7.1c and now slight dusting gone. tomorow theyl definitely be white but i fear low level wont be

pad199207

Models aren't really showing anything apart from sleet and wet snow showers in the west.

pad199207

Filter applied here to be fair. But the clouds are impressive today

JCX BXC

Gust of 41knots just there, sustained 2 minute wind speeds of 36 knots.

Temperature of only 3.6c and a dewpoint of 1.9c. Bitter evening.

No accumulations of hail here today.

pauldry

heavy sleet just now. more snow on hills

Meteorite58

Underneath some big cloud a short time ago with Mammatus directly above me.

Big showers this evening of mainly rain with some hail and sleet. 3.9C ( 3.2C a few minutes ago ). Blustery in the showers

Oneiric 3

Latest dew point readings:

Oneiric 3

Just looking out the back here, and the clouds look particularly menacing and 'lumpy'. More like you see before a summer evening downpour.

JCX BXC

Shannon and Knock both at 3c at 7pm.

Meteorite58

Nice Sat Pic from earlier today of all those showers being brought down in the Polar Maritime Air mass from Canada.