Greenland Express: Snow showers possible from Monday night

Snowbiee21

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Incoming for Dublin in the next half hour.

Possibly the "main event" for us.

Yes, we could be in for a right pasting if it keeps moving in a south east flow

sryanbruen

sdanseo wrote: »

Had to re-upload the pictures, but last time North Co. Dublin had comparable snow was March 2016:

sryanbruen wrote: »

Before today, I hadn't had a flake of snow since 4th March 2016.

George Sunsnow

Dry in my area for the rest of the night pretty much I’d say going on the radar

Gaoth Laidir

Rebelbrowser wrote: »

All of what you say is correct but the gfs progged this event first and then progged the storm tomorrow first so on a macro level it did well. I think the value of the gfs precipitation charts for snow events is that it flags possible events. you then take that with a large pinch of salt until the high res models give it some support. Then ypu are sucking diesel. The gfs is a sort of early warning system in other words.

On a macro level, yes, but when it comes to snow, we're talking microlevel. Half a degree here, half a degree there. The GFS was suggesting a complete 2010 scenario in its snow charts, including only snow over the Atlantic and Irish Sea. The ECM did not, and was very consistent in showing a more realistic scenario, with some spots of snow embedded in the heaviest showers. I'd give it an 8/10, the GFS a 4/10.

Anyway, people are happy with what they got so that's the main thing. I'm not happy with this type of snow, but that's neither here nor there. I still hope for a northeasterly at some stage in February, which will being dewpoints and wbt several degrees lower. Thickness sub 516 dam, not the 519+ we have this evening. If that materialises then you'll see a thumbs-up from me :pac:

sdanseo

sryanbruen wrote: »

I actually missed that one, saw the post where you said you had no lying snow in 2016.

Mind you, snow falling is almost as good when we've been starved of it for a while!

highdef

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Incoming for Dublin in the next half hour.

Possibly the "main event" for us.

I beat you to it a few posts back :P:D

The Rape of Lucretia

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

I'm not happy with this type of snow, but that's neither here nor there.

Oh, I see, it was the wrong kind of snow ?

sryanbruen

sdanseo wrote: »

I actually missed that one, saw the post where you said you had no lying snow in 2016.

Mind you, snow falling is almost as good when we've been starved of it for a while!

Which is why I'm not complaining at all about today.

Yes, I had falling snow on 4th March 2016, with a severe frost to go along with it:

sdanseo

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Incoming for Dublin in the next half hour.

Possibly the "main event" for us.

Seems to be a few bits lining up behind it. Wind direction will be critical.

ongarboy

Snowing again in D15 so that radar is spot on!

Rougies

That's a juicy looking radar for Dublin alright. Any reports from Meath as what to expect?

Kermit.de.frog

Belting down now

Snowbiee21

Blizzard like conditions !

sdanseo

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Oh, I see, it was the wrong kind of snow ?

Absolutely. An easterly with -5c maxima and half a foot of snow each day is much more preferable.

Unfortunately only happens every couple of decades

patneve2

Knock up to 2C on latest reports. Still hovering around zero further East. Has the shower hit Dublin yet?

sdanseo

patneve2 wrote: »

Knock up to 2C on latest reports. Still hovering around zero further East. Has the shower hit Dublin yet?

Snowing sideways outside. Still light but intensify I'd say. We're 1-2km from Broadmeadow Estuary too so it's always that little bit warmer.

Annoyingly, the snow from 8pm on the car had thawed mostly, so temp must be about 1c.

gabeeg

Not much out in D16

Donegal Storm

sdanseo wrote: »

Seems to be a few bits lining up behind it. Wind direction will be critical.

It's just passing through here in North Kildare at the minute and not amounting to much, just some flakes blowing about with a few heavier bursts

Kermit.de.frog

Northside of Dublin, pretty severe at the moment.

Kermit.de.frog

Full on almost blizzard like conditions, everything going white

mickger844posts

We have done pretty well out of this is Waterford City with frequent heavy snow showers. Shame everything is so wet with nothing sticking but white gold is gold.
Current temp is 1.2c with a DP of -0.4c Live stream from Waterford City Suburbs on my Youtube Channel

www.waterfordcityweather.com

Gonzo

snowing here again, must be close to 2 inchs on the ground now.

temps seem to be rising across the west already.

antodeco

Horizontal snow falling again! (D10)

DOCARCH

Snow just arrived in Dublin 16.

Kermit.de.frog

Madness here.

Kermit.de.frog

It's so beautiful. *tear*

lolie

There is about two inches of snow on the grass here from the showers this evening and about half that on the concrete.
One thing i noticed was the smaller showers on the radar produced far more snow than the big ones which were a lot lighter.

esposito

Blizzard like conditions in D9!

gabeeg

antodeco wrote: »

Horizontal snow falling again! (D10)

Half an inch on the ground up here, and about two inches on the lamposts.

Gaoth Laidir

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Oh, I see, it was the wrong kind of snow ?

Marginally better than nothing for the 10 minutes it lasts, but give me continental snow any day.