Severe Winter Weather, Snow/Ice - Sun 25th Feb (Onwards) ** READ MOD NOTE POST #1 **

JCX BXC

Fine RTE forecast there from a Clare woman

Blizzards on Thursday night/Friday, no mention of rain yet.

iLikeWaffles

The more I hear about this the more hilarious it is becoming.

esposito

I really hope Michelle’s forecast comes to fruition. Fantastic forecast.

jimbobaloobob

Having read the OP again and listening to RTE weather is this weather unlikely to effect western parts of the country as much as thought previous? Talking in specifics south west Galway. Any tuppenny s worth is welcome.

SleetAndSnow

Ramping it up!

spookwoman

Sever Frost & Ice

Ray Donovan

Snow tomorrow evening, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday according to the weather report after the news!

JCX BXC

jimbobaloobob wrote: »

Having read the OP again and listening to RTE weather is this weather unlikely to effect western parts of the country as much as thought previous? Talking in specifics south west Galway. Any tuppenny s worth is welcome.

Thursday/Friday looking like snowy.

George Sunsnow

JCX BXC wrote: »

Fine RTE forecast there from a Clare woman

Blizzards on Thursday night/Friday, no mention of rain yet.

I’ve a suspicion there won’t be any rain for most! Ergo quite a disruptive event

Nettle Soup

Honestly if there are blizzards on Thursday night, I am going to put on all my trekking gear, goggles and headtorch and just walk around for hours and hours soaking it all in. I will walk for miles!!!

ninebeanrows

JCX BXC wrote: »

Fine RTE forecast there from a Clare woman

Blizzards on Thursday night/Friday, no mention of rain yet.

West Clare?

leahyl

That was a great forecast in fairness...well for snow lovers anyway lol

SleetAndSnow

gfs pub run rolling out now

JCX BXC

Weathercheck wrote: »

West Clare?

Yup

Went to school in Kilrush.

munsterlegend

To be fair to met Eireann this Portuguese storm Emma is confusing the best weather minds in the UK as well. There will be changes right up to Thursday for good or for bad.

uck51js9zml2yt

Wait till we see this appear






my 7 year old loved the thought of it

sdanseo

iLikeWaffles wrote: »

The more I hear about this the more hilarious it is becoming.

Hilarious in the good sense, I hope. i.e. "this is such an absolute snowmageddon that I'm struggling to do anything but laugh"

knowall123

Why isn't it snowing yet tonight in Dublin. Are the upper temps not low enough or a problem with the wet bulbs!! I've been reading this now for days and fed up waiting, I've promised everyone I know huge snow!

sdanseo

knowall123 wrote: »

Why isn't it snowing yet tonight in Dublin. Are the upper temps not low enough or a problem with the wet bulbs!! I've been reading this now for days and fed up waiting, I've promised everyone I know huge snow!

Pressure too high, in 18-24hrs the fun starts.

snow_bunny

Nettle Soup wrote: »

Honestly if there are blizzards on Thursday night, I am going to put on all my trekking gear, goggles and headtorch and just walk around for hours and hours soaking it all in. I will walk for miles!!!

Me too!

jamo2oo9

I'm guessing there's a big event coming? :rolleyes:

DOCARCH

knowall123 wrote: »

Why isn't it snowing yet tonight in Dublin. Are the upper temps not low enough or a problem with the wet bulbs!! I've been reading this now for days and fed up waiting, I've promised everyone I know huge snow!

Did you read a weather forecast?

Go to page 1!

Cork Boy 53

JCX BXC wrote: »

Fine RTE forecast there from a Clare woman

Blizzards on Thursday night/Friday, no mention of rain yet.

Yes but she only forecast as far ahead as Fri morning. No mention at all of anything afterwards but I thought in her earlier forecast she had said that there would be a rise in temperatures later in the day.

MJohnston

knowall123 wrote: »

Why isn't it snowing yet tonight in Dublin. Are the upper temps not low enough or a problem with the wet bulbs!! I've been reading this now for days and fed up waiting, I've promised everyone I know huge snow!

Wasn't supposed to start snowing really tonight, it'll be tomorrow afternoon before flakes start falling in any quantity - I was actually surprised to see as many flurries today as I did.

knowall123

DOCARCH wrote: »

Did you read a weather forecast?

Go to page 1!

I've read every page, I've been reading non stop since last Sunday and every page of netweathers thread on this. I think reading about it not lasting through the weekend has put me off tonight. I was super excited

sdanseo

DOCARCH wrote: »

Did you read a weather forecast?

Go to page 1!

To be fair to him I asked a similar but less impatient and more detailed version of the same question not that long ago.

We had easterly, low enough temps and warm enough sea and I hadn't considered the pressure / dryness of the air and needed a nudge in the right direction :rolleyes:

D.Q

spookwoman wrote: »

Sever Frost & Ice

Tonights forecast... A FREEZE is coming

Casualsingby

Emma surprising name given the Portuguese Met named her.

Spanish Eyes

SEVER frost and ice.

That would be a spell check fail on the forecast mentioned above I hope, and not a severance of anything to come!

DOCARCH

knowall123 wrote: »

I've read every page, I've been reading non stop since last Sunday and every page of netweathers thread on this. I think reading about it not lasting through the weekend has put me off tonight. I was super excited

Basically, today, the air was too dry to produce a lot of snow (on it's own), pressure was a bit too high, and while it was cold, it was not cold enough for the Irish Sea to produce convection (i.e. make showers bubble up)....google 'lake effect snow'.

Form tomorrow parameters much better.

Pressure should be dropping and colder air, over the Irish Sea, will start producing convection (i.e. showers).

BTW, if you are in Dublin....an ENE wind is what's best too! We did not have that today either.