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

DellyBelly

Jpmarn wrote: »

My reading on the situation on Thursday night into Friday is persistent snow is set in from the south. It is looks like that there be near blizzard conditions over the southern half of the country as Storm Emma interacts with the bitterly cold airmass. This snow will work up northwards by Friday morning. The snow in the south will tend to change back to rain in the southern half country before it clears off during Friday afternoon. It looks like snowfall will persist for much of Friday in the northern half of the country. Any gale force winds on Thursday night into Friday morning should abate by Friday afternoon.

Yes it does like the South of the country is going to get hit the hardsest. It looks more likely that Dublin won't be as badly affected well I hope that is the case. It will be interesting to see how it pans out but the South looks to be the place if you like snow

Gonzo

Loughc wrote: »

Lovely and Sunny with blue skies as the clouds move away here in North Dublin

the Isle Of Man is doing it's job, not a flake here either all night because of it!.

kittyn

@DellyBelly ...... what charts are you reading to come to that conclusion?

John.Icy

dacogawa wrote: »

Who ordered a green patch? :pac:

Anyway, current wind direction suggests if there is an Isle of Man shadow it will be in this direction.

Roll on the afternoon

Won't be as NE once the front passes through - track the shower movement across the UK currently and that's your rough guide for later. Winds are at their most NE component right now; probably for the best seeing as the front ended up being a coastal slider and if there was sleet or rain involved at least it stayed mostly offshore.

D9Male

Weathercheck wrote: »

6z Harmonie shows between 12 and 24mm of liquid across Greater Dublin through from 00z to 15z

Do the math! Kildare and west Dublin the sweet spots as showers slow down.

This is for tonight into tomorrow afternoon, right?

languagenerd

Fian wrote: »

I'm curious what the prognosis is for the luas to run in snow? I know it stopped running in 2010.

I normally cycle but will not do so for the remainder of the week, I brought the bike in this morning even though I had planned not to, hope i can get it home.

Has anyone heard any word on whether the luas will continue to run if there is a red snow warning issued? plan to bring work home with me regardless, just in case.

The Luas actually wasn't too bad in 2010 - I only remember it stopping two or three times in the week. I know I was on a night tram on the Red Line on New Years Eve when the snow was coming down heavy and it stayed on til 3:30am that night. First thing in the morning, it took a while to run the full line, but once they got the tracks cleared, it tended to be far more reliable than the buses out in Tallaght.

I'm hopeful for a repeat of that, but I guess it depends how much falls on the lines and how quickly they can clear them.

Mr Bumble

Moderate snow in Delgany now so IOM shadow not impacting

Drumpot

There is Beautiful sunshine here in Bettystown.. Rabbits are happy hopping around the garden, Dogs barking at the local cats, Blissfully unaware of what is to come . .

Skedaddle

I would still have strong doubts that Cork City will see more than a few flakes. Although, I should probably stock up on some normal basics, just in case.

raspberrypi67

Any snow in Celbridge...?

grenouille1966

The cloud looks very light so far.....hence the precipitation being light also....big change this afternoon/evening.

abacus120

Absolutely lashing snow now in greystones,beautiful

munsterlegend

leahyl wrote: »

Rebelbrowser saying in technical thread that he thinks the snow will turn to rain in Cork

This will be in doubt down here until the day. This front will be unpredictable as to how far north it goes. The further the worse for Cork but if it stays south or stalls like some models think then snowfest time.

looksee

Is snizzle that stuff thats half way between graupel and snow? Because we have some in east Waterford on the coast.

George Sunsnow

Dinner plates in Arklow
Moderate continuous snow currently

dacogawa

John.Icy wrote: »

Won't be as NE once the front passes through - track the shower movement across the UK currently and that's your rough guide for later. Winds are at their most NE component right now; probably for the best seeing as the front ended up being a coastal slider and if there was sleet or rain involved at least it stayed mostly offshore.

Ah yes thanks John, windy is showing a more easterly shift around 2pm on ECM & GFS. Good thing if we miss that mucky patch at the front too. I guessed last week it would all kick off at 4pm Tuesday, it's looking very close to that time now.

Rooy

leahyl wrote: »

Rebelbrowser saying in technical thread that he thinks the snow will turn to rain in Cork

That has been my fear to being so close to the coast that it could be marginal for Cork City , probably a few twists in the forecasts yet in next 48 hours.

leahyl

munsterlegend wrote: »

This will be in doubt down here until the day. This front will be unpredictable as to how far north it goes. The further the worse for Cork but if it stays south or stalls like some models think then snowfest time.

Yeah and you know our luck when it comes to snow....:( leahyl is starting to lose faith a little....

eviltimeban

Am still amazed at the "ah sure it'll be grand" / "it won't stick" / "I don't believe the warnings" comments that I'm getting from people.

Me, I'm out of dodge at 1pm today. Collecting kids and battening down the hatches. No intention of moving till Friday.

errlloyd

I have some flights tomorrow, Dublin - Frankfurt - Hannover (with a two hour layover in Frankfurt). How do you guys feel my chances are? Is Germany a bit hairy too?

skeleton_boy

Skedaddle wrote: »

I would still have strong doubts that Cork City will see more than a few flakes. Although, I should probably stock up on some normal basics, just in case.

Perhaps not today or tomorrow but by Thursday evening we should see quite a bit!

leahyl

From Met Eireann...

"There is a level of uncertainty through the weekend with a complex area of low pressure to the south bringing further spells of wintry precipitation."

Rooy

leahyl wrote: »

Yeah and you know our luck when it comes to snow....:( leahyl is starting to lose faith a little....

I have a memory of being sent home from school , maybe about 85 , heavy snow forecast coming from south , waiting patiently for it to come as big black clouds built all afternoon and it poured rain instead !

SeaBreezes

munsterlegend wrote: »

This will be in doubt down here until the day. This front will be unpredictable as to how far north it goes. The further the worse for Cork but if it stays south or stalls like some models think then snowfest time.

I'm right on the south coast near kinsale and today is glorious!! Ready for snowmaggeden but will prob be the usual, cold rain.. icon has been leading the trend all week tho!

Mr Bumble

!!

sideswipe

George Sunsnow wrote: »

Dinner plates in Arklow
Moderate continuous snow currently

Same in Ashford further north. Swirling in a moderate breeze- Hypnotic to look at!

AnSliabhCorcra

Cork is glorious today! With all the hussle and bustle in the news about the 'Beast' and bloody 'Emma', I keep refreshing the news expecting to see reports of overturned passenger boats off the coast of Ireland! So far, it's a nicer and calmer day than your average day in Cork!

Ludo

http://www.wicklowcam.com/

There was a lovely view from this earlier...is it turned off? OR....?

roosterman71

In the past half an hour, the camera on Wicklow town has gone from being able to see the town, to being just grey.

http://www.wicklowcam.com/

Glebee

roosterman71 wrote: »

In the past half an hour, the camera on Wicklow town has gone from being able to see the town, to being just grey.

http://www.wicklowcam.com/

Oh fcuk its the start of the Snowpocalyspe. The beast is here.:eek::eek::eek: