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

Danno

Roofs and grass covered here in south Laois - though probably less than 1cm. Roads and paths have a slushy mess.

ongarboy

About 1cm here in Ongar, west Dublin. The grass, tree branches, rooftops and cars all completely covered white and some footpaths and roads slowly starting to whiten too. It's a very unusual type of tiny wet snowflakes, almost glittery looking against the streetlights. Been snowing almost 2.5 hours now and getting heavier in the last 15 mins or so.

Edit, roads whitening more quickly now!

Speak Now

Lovely watching the snow fall without a hint of a breeze.

pauldry

So close in Sligo

Started off as snow and now rain but surprisingly its been snowing and raining for 7 hours non stop now.

It could have been epic

Speak Now

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Seems it is only the storms that actually happen now.

Hope over reality regarding snow now. But maybe when I wake up in the morning it will be a whiteout.

It will happen unexpectedly when the forecast is for sunny skies or something.

Sorry you have been disappointed again.

Seems to be exactly what Met Eireann forecast? No?

pistolpetes11

sryanbruen wrote: »

I'm not nearly as good as Redsunset was with regards to the quality posts on the topic, but I hope I've made them interesting enough to read.

Your only starting out , although Im nearly fully sure you will someday soon surpass his expertise on the matter :cool:

sryanbruen

I'm certainly not disappointed after seeing pistolpetes11's pics there, hot diggity dog!!

Danno

The radar is showing more returns over Munster again, I thought that would have more energy, but still remains to be seen. It seems to be the fragmented remains of front #2.

George Sunsnow

Getting heavier now near Arklow with bigger flakes
Flakes are powdery dry at the moment

gabeeg

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

Your only starting out , although Im nearly fully sure you will someday soon surpass his expertise on the matter :cool:

That said, if late Feb isn't 1947 part II you should ban him

Rock Lesnar

Well the place is white here, not as much as the last couple of times snow fell but sure its better then nothing

pistolpetes11

Getting heavier again in Newbridge , this is officially my best snow since 2010 , was going to head to bed at 12 , but no Im Sad Im going to stay up and watch it flowing down , then instead of the kids waking me first thing in the morning Im going to be into them , 3 and 5 years age and were going to make our first snowwomen tomorrow

gabeeg

or her

Snowbiee21

Meh not a bad photo

DOCARCH

Snow getting its act together now in Dublin 16, s bit more intensity and bigger flakes.

sryanbruen

gabeeg wrote: »

That said, if late Feb isn't 1947 part II you should ban him

Now now now, let's not get carried away.

snowbabe

Just the start of frost on the roofs of cars here in Nth Wicklow by the coast . Dry as a bone otherwise, glad some of you are enjoying the snow falling

Kermit.de.frog

Getting going near Santry, looking white outside now.

SEPT 23 1989

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

Getting heavier again in Newbridge , this is officially my best snow since 2010 , was going to head to bed at 12 , but no Im Sad Im going to stay up and watch it flowing down , then instead of the kids waking me first thing in the morning Im going to be into them , 3 and 5 years age and were going to make our first snowwomen tomorrow

That's what's it all about

It lets us be children again

Gaoth Laidir

UKMO aviation charts for 00Z and 06Z, showing the area of showers (A1) moving in with occasional snow and thundershowers by morning.

gabeeg

Snowbiee21 wrote: »

Meh not a bad photo

Ration your food. Burn books for heat if you have to.

Help is coming!

Bio Mech

The band of precipitation along the east coast has really filled in the last hour or so. Looks like some easterly push back even. Louth down to Wicklow should see some failing for quite a while yet.

NufcNavan

I'd say at least 2cms now in D15.

MJohnston

Gotta say, ARPEGE had this one fairly well nailed down from about 4 days back, it was maybe about 4 hours off in terms of arrival time, but the intensity and track was dead on. ECM had a great handle on the accumulations too, ie. barely any.

Holy Duck

Light dry snow in Rush

ninebeanrows

We just need it to stall now- with an unexpected pushback from the east...asking for much?

Rougies

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Dublin Airport
Air 0.0
Dewpoint -0.7
Wet bulb -0.3
SNOW

Casement
Air -0.3
Dewpoint -0.9
Wet bulb -0.5
SNOW

Tá sé ag cur fíor-sneachta...ar deireadh.

Is maith liom an bolgán fluich anois!

ninebeanrows

MJohnston wrote: »

Gotta say, ARPEGE had this one fairly well nailed down from about 4 days back, it was maybe about 4 hours off in terms of arrival time, but the intensity and track was dead on. ECM had a great handle on the accumulations too, ie. barely any.

Arpege showed it as rain when I looked last two days though?

Kermit.de.frog

Wasn't expecting this. Thick heavy snow settling on pavements now.

Snowbiee21

Heavy snow now real umph in it!