Cold Spell - Snow & Ice Possible Thursday 8th / Friday 9th

pauldry

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

They're manned observations at this time.

Hey its snowing in sligo

Wet snow

But flakes nonethe less

East will defo get snow

Jim Gazebo

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

They're manned observations at this time.

They're probably away down the road sipping pints and switched the auto back on so they don't have to drive home! 😉😂

Neddyusa

Here in Roscommon radar would say it's been raining the past hour but flat calm, dry and feels quite mild.

A few light drops of rain now - don't expect this to wet the ground (thankfully) and the way it's looking now, I don't expect any snow tonight from it either.

Unless the front was to unexpectedly stall and intensify.

Jim Gazebo

Dry in Cork, clouded over. Pray

Gonzo

The band looks to be almost half way across the country, approaching the midlands. What's worrying is the lack of precipitation reports here and the latest reports on Met Eireann is mostly Mod.Drizzle in the west, 2 reports of rain shower and 1 report of snow grains.

pauldry

Gone from 4c to 1.6c in an hour

Class

nacho libre

A bit frustrating to be sure how this front seems to be decaying quicker than expected. Thursday's front will no doubt have more pep to it, but of course that will probably be rain at lower levels. Still at least some people will see snow from the showers later on tonight.

q85dw7osi4lebg

Looks to be intensifying, surely precip will beef up once it gets further east?

grenouille1966

Really cold now in Dublin 15... temperature barely above freezing....it will definitely snow but how much??? I expect a few centimetres of lying snow in Dublin/kildare.

snowstorm445

Front isn't expected to arrive here for a few hours yet, not really expecting to get more than maybe a cm given how low lying I am (basically sea level). About as much as the last episode, although over a few hours rather than about half an hour.

pauldry

6pm onwards weather reports will get more interesting

Oneiric 3

Jordy Immense Malaria wrote: »

Looks to be intensifying, surely precip will beef up once it gets further east?

Probably more a reflection on the crap coverage of the Shannon radar. Prep always looks to be getting more intense as it moves into the coverage of the Dublin radar. Anyway, slightly heavier rain here now (but still light by any standard), which, if falling as snow, would be noticeable. 2.0c.

hoody

Light wet snow in Loughrea

munsterlegend

This front is dying a death heading east. The colder air must be killing it or else it had very little in the first place. I think a drizzle is what we'll see here in north cork.

JCX BXC

Knock again reporting light snow but with low vis at 6pm, Temp and Dewpoint close to equal at 0c. TAF amded to reflect the snow, forecast to continue until 9pm, with snow showers forecast from 3am again through to tomorrow.

Down to -1c at Dublin airport, dewpoint -5c. Snow likely guaranteed if anything makes it that far!

George Sunsnow

Very Light sleety snow falling here near Arklow at the moment

highdef

Gonzo wrote: »

The band looks to be almost half way across the country, approaching the midlands. What's worrying is the lack of precipitation reports here and the latest reports on Met Eireann is mostly Mod.Drizzle in the west, 2 reports of rain shower and 1 report of snow grains.

But the forecast was/is for snow to fall on the eastern half of the country. If the front was not even half way across when you posted, we wouldn't be expecting many, if any snow reports.

Oneiric 3

A few of the headlines currently:



Looks pretty serious :eek:

Colonel Claptrap

as snow causes travel chaos

:rolleyes:

The Nutty M

Snowing in Kerrykeel

Neddyusa

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

A few of the headlines currently:



Looks pretty serious :eek:

Shnizzle and drizzle for most.

Won't be any scenes like those, except perhaps on very high ground.

Very very light wet snow here now. Front does seem to be dying out.

Oneiric 3

Mod sleet here now. About 50/50 rain/snow. Rate: 1.3mm/ph

Gonzo

highdef wrote: »

But the forecast was/is for snow to fall on the eastern half of the country. If the front was not even half way across when you posted, we wouldn't be expecting many, if any snow reports.

I was more concerned about the lack of precipitation. If it's mostly drizzle in the west, then most likely it will be very light dandruff type snow by the time it gets here, unless it intensifys. It is definitely cold enough here for snow, but how much of it falls is more of an issue.

George Sunsnow

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Mod sleet here now. About 50/50 rain/snow. Rate: 1.3mm/ph

Advance scouting party of flakes here near Arklow
They left the rain behind,it was scared
Quite the covert operation
Stopped now

Danno

Lads and ladies, the heaviest stuff has to arrive yet on the West coast

Dank Janniels

Its them sort of articles that adds to peoples criticism of Met Eireann whenever a warning is issued. Tabloids exxagerating then when nothing happens blame the meterologists

munsterlegend

Danno wrote: »

Lads and ladies, the heaviest stuff has to arrive yet on the West coast

Where is that heavy stuff now danno?!

pad199207

Wet Bulb below zero here in Kildare now

gimpotronitus

I hope Kermit is just having his din dins and hasn't gone into hiding

Soccarboy11

netweather showing the band of rain just coming over cork city, expecting the rain to start soon enough.

First time in quite a while that the roads are bone dry though!