Snow and Ice Warning : Saturday(PM)/Sunday 9th/10th December - SEE MOD NOTE POST #1

Darwin

South West Laois, I'm just about inside the snow line according to that chart above.

ninebeanrows

Cold rain for Dublin :P as expected! But there is still a chance - but it will be down to precip intensity. We need to see some real nice echoes on the radar as this thing heads north.

RuthieRose

Is it not strange that the more southerly counties have a warning now and the northernmost counties don’t? I would presume the cold air to give us snow is coming from that direction??? NI still has a warning in place.

JCX BXC

Just studied the charts there (Mainly for selfish purposes)

I've noticed a definite move southwestwards, here in West Clare it looks to be on the wrong side of marginal but still very borderline. Really is a lampost event, unless you live in an area area stretching from East Mayo as far as West Kildare and down as far as north tipp, in which you're nearly guaranteed snow at this stage.

Anyone in Upland areas (I'm going to say 300m) except the far southwest, you'll be seeing snow if any precip arrives.

icesnowfrost

Massively disappointed is an understatement

George Sunsnow

MJohnston wrote: »

You can see how well the rain/snow boundary in the east aligns with where the sea winds start to lose influence:

Interesting ,that low near Rosslare could at the crucial time stop all sea winds altogether in South Wicklow north wexford and bring a land breeze? :eek:
That might be a party

Snowbiee21

icesnowfrost wrote: »

Massively disappointed is an understatement

Cheer up boi, still a chance , and hey it’s only a week into winter plenty of time for a real easterly !

kod87

RuthieRose wrote: »

Is it not strange that the more southerly counties have a warning now and the northernmost counties don’t? I would presume the cold air to give us snow is coming from that direction??? NI still has a warning in place.

The reason some of the northerly counties have gone off the warning list is because met eireann don't expect much precipitation to make it that far north ( at least not the heaviest precipitation )

Shane O' Malley

On the assumption that dublin and much of the east coastal areas are not going to see snow where might be easy to get to but suitable for sledges and kids.

BLIZZARD7

Shane O' Malley wrote: »

On the assumption that dublin and much of the east coastal areas are not going to see snow where might be easy to get to but suitable for sledges and kids.

Dublin/Wicklow mountains I'd imagine. When it has stopped falling on monday would be better though, less chance of getting into trouble.

grenouille1966

BLIZZARD7 wrote: »

Dublin/Wicklow mountains I'd imagine. Monday would be better though, less chance of getting stuck.

Kildare off the orange warning also. There could be a lot of changes between now and then.
Meath is still on it however. I still think that West Dublin will do ok out of this.

Neddyusa

Danno wrote: »

I've a feeling that this event will start off as rain/sleet away from high ground but will quickly turn to snow after an hour or two.

Just my 2c.

Would you say that the heavier the intensity of precipitation in a given location, the more likely it is to be snow?

RobertKK

The Met Eireann orange warning correlates to what was shown on the BBC weather, where the precipitation doesn't really reach Ulster or Louth.

Kermit.de.frog

Dublin is under yellow warning with rain and sleet but a risk of snowfall.

In relation to Kildare this should be orange. Meath is on orange but there is a better chance of Kildare having snow.

BLIZZARD7

STATUS YELLOW

Snow-ice Warning for Dublin, Louth, Wexford, Cavan, Monaghan, Leitrim, Sligo and Waterford
Rain and sleet overnight and during Sunday, with a risk of snowfall, especially away from coasts and on high ground. Risk of icy conditions also, especially later Sunday.

Issued:Saturday 09 December 2017 14:00
Valid:Saturday 09 December 2017 23:00 to Sunday 10 December 2017 23:00

Not sure where Kildare is, I'd have imagined it would be orange still.

Shane O' Malley

BLIZZARD7 wrote: »

Dublin/Wicklow mountains I'd imagine. When it has stopped falling on monday would be better though, less chance of getting into trouble.

Thanks for that. With the winds and high amount of uncertainty I would prefer to stick to the main roads on Sunday. Someone just suggested to me that the blessington area might be a good. Easy enough to get to without too much of a climb.

pad199207

Kildare is going to go Red Level

Danno

Neddyusa wrote: »

Would you say that the heavier the intensity of precipitation in a given location, the more likely it is to be snow?

Yes as the heavier precip brings down the colder air with it.

ninebeanrows

BLIZZARD7 wrote: »

STATUS YELLOW

Snow-ice Warning for Dublin, Louth, Wexford, Cavan, Monaghan, Leitrim, Sligo and Waterford
Rain and sleet overnight and during Sunday, with a risk of snowfall, especially away from coasts and on high ground. Risk of icy conditions also, especially later Sunday.

Issued:Saturday 09 December 2017 14:00
Valid:Saturday 09 December 2017 23:00 to Sunday 10 December 2017 23:00

Not sure where Kildare is, I'd have imagined it would be orange still.

Great- Explains the uncertainty and potential. Must be a good team in there today

ninebeanrows

pad199207 wrote: »

Kildare is going to go Red Level

You are ideally placed for this.

igCorcaigh

Lots of melted snow to fall on Cork tonight

munsterlegend

Though we might get a yellow warning for snow/ice in cork but tipp is as close as we get. Just the usual rain it seems except maybe for high ground.

ninebeanrows

It actually going by thresholds could be a red in places- but that is why the current scheme will be replaced with an impact based scheme in the coming years..

3. Snow/Ice Significant falls of snow likely to cause accumulations of 8 cm or greater below 250 m AMSL. Slippery paths and roads due to accumulation of ice on untreated surfaces; situation likely to worsen.

but putting a red alert out for 8cm of snow in a rural area on a Sunday seems unnecessary.

Rebelbrowser

Weathercheck wrote: »

Great- Explains the uncertainty and potential. Must be a good team in there today

From an imby point of view inclusion of Waterford but not Cork in yellow is v bad news. When the precipitation slides back south they obviously think it will miss Cork to the east. Horrible cold rain here at the mo btw......

kod87

So tipperary has gone from no warning at all straight to orange for snow/ice. Not sure I agree with that based on what the models have been showing this morning but we shall see

George Sunsnow

Weathercheck wrote: »

Great- Explains the uncertainty and potential. Must be a good team in there today

Is chief Ramper Evelyn head of forecasting now by the way?

Villain

Now much on Lug at min, that will change tomorrow though.

https://twitter.com/carlowweather/status/939497319564636161

redsteveireland

Neddyusa wrote: »

Would you say that the heavier the intensity of precipitation in a given location, the more likely it is to be snow?

Yes as there is more of a chance that it will pull down the temperature.

MayoForSam

I'm driving from Tuam to Swinford this evening for a night out then I'm meant to be coming home tomorrow morning - what are my prospects? Here in Galway right now it's 5 degrees and doesn't feel cold enough to snow but I presume that will change as the front edges northwards and the cold air comes down to meet the rain? I see it's already raining in Kerry and Cork.

Rock Lesnar

RobertKK wrote: »

The Met Eireann orange warning correlates to what was shown on the BBC weather, where the precipitation doesn't really reach Ulster or Louth.

Yep looks like the bbc will get it right again, their chart had no snow for my area, just rain.