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

Snowbiee21

Snow wetting the ground ah here

Oneiric 3

lucernarian wrote: »

The radar is a better judge of how the front is moving though, and the front looks beefier with higher clouds near the back in that satellite image. That doesn't mean they'll dump much though and it's unfortunate for snow lovers in Dublin. Any stalling of the front looks more likely further south or north.

Over here there's plenty of adiabatic cooling going on which is great for low temperatures but not so good for precipitation.

Front is currently lying from W.Cork to N. Donegal. If you look at the met eireann radar sequence, you'll see that there is more prep developing just ahead of it (or on the back of the main prep band).

Kamili

Rain here, south Dublin.

Meh. I'm out. Going to bed. Not a chance of that sticking

Mobhi1

Light what looks like sleet/wet snow in D11. There is a very light covering on the car and on patio table but not on the patio or drive. It's 0.8/-1.4C.

screamer

Belting down snow south laois sticking to everything except the road which is very wet now. Lethal tomorrow if it freezes over that.

Mech1

redsteveireland wrote: »

Strangely satisfying to watch

Check it out in daylight if your interested in wild birds, its like a feckin zoo out there.

P.lane78

After two hours of non sticking wet snow /rain ...it's back misting rain outside cork city ....

lolie

Exactly an inch on the car roof now.
Surely if snizzle is a word then snist must be as well.
What's falling now is like a mist only it's snow, although any wetter and it's falling as rain

pistolpetes11

Still snowing away in Newbridge 0.07c and -1.7dp

trying to stick everywhere now , but for the moment , the paths / road is clear

xLANDRYNx

Haha few drops of snow in south dublin dont think its gonna be any more than that . If it will snow more its not gonna stick anyway . Its Ireland guys lets be honest , Im suprised that people still believe in news like this evan though 90 % of it is wrong .

sryanbruen

xLANDRYNx wrote: »

Haha few drops of snow in south dublin dont think its gonna be any more than that . If it will snow more its not gonna stick anyway . Its Ireland guys lets be honest , Im suprised that people still believe in news like this evan though 90 % of it is wrong .

You just wait to the next few Winters then you won't be laughing sonny.

BLIZZARD7

Kamili wrote: »

Rain here, south Dublin.

Meh. I'm out. Going to bed. Not a chance of that sticking

Where? Light but persistent flakes starting to leave a sugar dusting in D14.

George Sunsnow

Is that a squal line starting to develop north to south on the front

highdef

Snowbiee21 wrote: »

Heavy snow now suprisingly d17

That is very surprising :D:D;)

sryanbruen

Ok, the snow's starting to get its act together here at Grange now!

Snowbiee21

highdef wrote: »

That is very surprising :D:D;)

Yes, that’s why I said it. Back to light snow now

DellyBelly

Looks like we are getting lucky in Dublin 8 and missing the worst of it. Pretty cold all the same.

lucernarian

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Front is currently lying from W.Cork to N. Donegal. If you look at the met eireann radar sequence, you'll see that there is more prep developing just ahead of it (or on the back of the main prep band).

It's a thin band and moving that bit more quickly than the leading edge precipitation. There might be up to a half hours worth of more moderate snow. The Meteociel radar seems to have more granularity for this than the met Éireann one, especially as it can use the Met Office radar in NI.

BLIZZARD7

DellyBelly wrote: »

Looks like we are getting lucky in Dublin 8 and missing the worst of it. Pretty cold all the same.

My condolences.

highdef

screamer wrote: »

Belting down snow south laois sticking to everything except the road which is very wet now. Lethal tomorrow if when it freezes over that.

Fixed that for you

up for anything

sryanbruen wrote: »

You just wait to the next few Winters then you won't be laughing sonny.

Light cover of snow in Kilkenny on everything except the roads and pavements.

Sryanbruen, what do you mean about the next few winters?

dacogawa

Big wet flakes falling in D4, sticking to nothing yet...

derekon

Folks, the rain radar on ME shows the precipitation as very light and moving through quickly......is there another front after that? IS THIS IT?!!!!!!! If so, what a let down........

D

sryanbruen

up for anything wrote: »

Light cover of snow in Kilkenny on everything except the roads and pavements.

Sryanbruen, what do you mean about the next few winters?

The highest probability for cold Winters is around or after solar minimum like 1985 to 1987, 1995/1996, 2008-2010, 1976-79 etc.

pad199207

Still snowing away in Naas. Roofs, Cars, Grass and paths have a decent dusting now

0.0c

gabeeg

up for anything wrote: »

Light cover of snow in Kilkenny on everything except the roads and pavements.

Sryanbruen, what do you mean about the next few winters?

The forecast is good out to 2021

M.T. Cranium

It does look moderately encouraging on radar, the last half hour has seen some beefing up of the returns and "backbuilding" of returns indicating wider saturation of lower levels has begun, and while not capable of producing a squall line as poster was asking, there is a bit of convergence showing up now, the front has passed through an area of less favourable uppers and is beginning to make contact with the deeper cold air mass that seeped into east coast from Britain. There's still some chance of a decent outcome here like 2-3 cm at lower elevations and 3-5 cm on higher ground. Now to 0200h will be the best dynamics we get from this. An event like this is always going to have a weakish start as dry lower levels get slowly saturated (RobertKK who is a bit higher up was getting a better production rate at what I assume is about 300m).

pistolpetes11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzAysa7dLC0

Speak Now

gabeeg wrote: »

The forecast is good out to 2021

They can't forecast next weekend!

P.S snowing in Tramore

ZX7R

Suncroft snow