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

kod87

munsterlegend wrote: »

Where is that heavy stuff now danno?!

it's certainly not visible on any radar, that's for sure

Glasfield

I'm located just outside Knock village in Co Mayo, wet snow has been falling since around 5pm, but in the last half hour or so, it has turned to bigger flakes of snow. Car beginning to get covered, with lawn also. Looking at the forecast and charts for the last few days, this front was only to produce rain here in Mayo and turn to snow the further East it went. Can only mean good things, as far as snow goes, for everyone living in the Midlands over to the East of the country imo

kod87

Soccarboy11 wrote: »

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!

net weather and met eireann radars show the precipitation over me for 30 minutes now, still bone dry out there, it must be evaporating before it hits the ground.

pnpweirdo

The band of rain is half way over us here in limerick and you could count the rain drops on the car.

JCX BXC

Glasfield wrote: »

I'm located just outside Knock village in Co Mayo, wet snow has been falling since around 5pm, but in the last half hour or so, it has turned to bigger flakes of snow. Car beginning to get covered, with lawn also. Looking at the forecast and charts for the last few days, this front was only to produce rain here in Mayo and turn to snow the further East it went. Can only mean good things, as far as snow goes, for everyone living in the Midlands over to the East of the country imo

Air Temperature at Knock now below 0c, so should be good for snow!

Kermit.de.frog

Howth temp 2.5c DP -3.1c

mountainy man

I'm just home from Carrick on Shannon where it was just slightly sleeting and sleet got gradually heavier through Leitrim village and Keadue and Ballyfarnon, proper snow from Geevagh up to the house snow settling from 100m ish, ground white already up here at 255m. 0.7 C and falling.

Reckless Abandonment

Glasfield wrote: »

I'm located just outside Knock village in Co Mayo, wet snow has been falling since around 5pm, but in the last half hour or so, it has turned to bigger flakes of snow. Car beginning to get covered, with lawn also. Looking at the forecast and charts for the last few days, this front was only to produce rain here in Mayo and turn to snow the further East it went. Can only mean good things, as far as snow goes, for everyone living in the Midlands over to the East of the country imo

You better not be taking are snow

JCX BXC

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Howth temp 2.5c DP 3.1c

Dewpoint higher than temperature?

RustyGate

George Sunsnow wrote: »

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

Same in Dunshaughlin the last half hour or so, but it still going. I remember same thing ahead a surprise frontal pasting about 25 years ago.

Colonel Claptrap

JCX BXC wrote: »

Dewpoint higher than temperature?

What does that mean?
Is that unusual?

pad199207

Colonel Claptrap wrote: »

What does that mean?
Is that unusual?

Its unheard of :eek:

George Sunsnow

pad199207 wrote: »

Wet Bulb below zero here in Kildare now

0.9c wb here dropping slowly
Snowed in Waterford at wb1.1 in early December so should be ok?
Guess we’ll all know by midnight anyway

Not expecting a whole lot here as the air temp is simply too high at 2.6c
But the northwesterly May drag in the mountain air fixing that
Jaysis you’d want a PhD and fluke when any of the values are above zero

JCX BXC

Sleet reported in Sligo airport at 6pm and 6:30pm which at a glorious elevation of 3m and right beside the sea, so surely that signifies good things!

Danno

The front is off the West coast, this is the occluded front passing over, the cold front will land on the west coast soon and move swiftly in land and merge with this occlusion.

munsterlegend

Colonel Claptrap wrote: »

JCX BXC wrote: »

Dewpoint higher than temperature?

What does that mean?
Is that unusual?

It's defies science.

Kermit.de.frog

Mistake, the DP is -3.1c


Sorry, didn't mean to upset your hearts.

beefburrito

I'm curious,if it's only meant to meet cold air from Tipperary eastwards...
How come it's snowing in Knock

JCX BXC

Colonel Claptrap wrote: »

What does that mean?
Is that unusual?

It's impossible, I'm sure Kermit means -3.1c

gabeeg

Danno wrote: »

The front is off the West coast, this is the occluded front passing over, the cold front will land on the west coast soon and move swiftly in land and merge with this occlusion.

Promise?

the2hurdys

First flakes of watery snow here in South Tipp

pad199207

beefburrito wrote: »

I'm curious,if it's only meant to meet cold air from Tipperary eastwards...
How come it's snowing in Knock

Knock Intl is at a decent elevation

munsterlegend

Danno wrote: »

The front is off the West coast, this is the occluded front passing over, the cold front will land on the west coast soon and move swiftly in land and merge with this occlusion.

I like your thinking but sceptical!

George Sunsnow

beefburrito wrote: »

I'm curious,if it's only meant to meet cold air from Tipperary eastwards...
How come it's snowing in Knock

Height above sea level
Knock is on a hill

Gonzo

still mostly clear here, current temp of -1, but feeling much colder than that.

Slutmonkey57b

I have to say, since the met brought in these weather warnings, I've seen precisely **** all dangerous or serious weather. Not expecting any snow off the back of this either.

nacho libre

George Sunsnow wrote: »

0.9c wb here dropping slowly
Snowed in Waterford at wb1.1 in early December so should be ok?
Guess we’ll all know by midnight anyway

This is all rather confusing. I though it can't snow if the wet bulb temperature is above zero?

Rock Lesnar

Gonzo wrote: »

still mostly clear here, current temp of -1, but feeling much colder than that.

Clouded over here and doesnt feel as cold as earlier

Villain

The Eagle is a gas man, “bit of snow that will clear to frost and icy conditions....tomorrow will be a day where you will be better off looking out than looking in”

Gas man

km79

Slutmonkey57b wrote: »

I have to say, since the met brought in these weather warnings, I've seen precisely **** all dangerous or serious weather. Not expecting any snow off the back of this either.

Maybe people are taking need of the warnings so and not driving like absolute morons when it's frosty out ??????
Or maybe met warning have out a hex over mother nature to keep us all safe