Cold: Snow/Ice - Sat 17th March Onward - READ MOD NOTE POST #1

Xenji · 17-03-2018 4:43pm

Not expecting much snow action except a few light flurries over the weekend, but the DP is down to -4 in Castlebar.

mafc · 17-03-2018 4:44pm

Big streamer heading our way from Twickenham ðŸ‡®ðŸ‡ª

Villain · 17-03-2018 4:45pm

Some light snow now near Tullow

Pwindedd · 17-03-2018 4:48pm

Forwent the first half of the match to walk the dog and stock up on fevertree. Few flecks in the wind, which I might add would tear the fecking face off ya !!! Haven't felt a bite like that in a long while. Had to laugh at two lads breezing through the park in their lil skinny knee length shorts. No sense, no feeling.

yeahimhere · 17-03-2018 4:49pm

Had a wee flurry on the coast of louth, stopped now though. Ground conditions perfect if we do get a bit.

Artane2002 · 17-03-2018 4:50pm

The Irish Sea is starting to wake up. Looks like a streamer is trying to form roughly halfway between the Isle of Man and Anglesey. It might be headed for Dublin, a bit too early to tell.

Lepidoptera · 17-03-2018 4:51pm

Went out to refill the bird feeders and make sure they would have plenty to eat before the cold night ahead, and that wind is brutal! I thought my fingers were going to break off.

sryanbruen · 17-03-2018 4:58pm

Sunny now at Grange after a largely dull day, nothing special here.

Artane2002 · 17-03-2018 5:00pm

Not really sunny in Artane but the clouds are breaking up. I can see a lot of clouds to my east though.

Edit: spoke too soon, properly sunny now.

Four Phucs Ache · 17-03-2018 5:02pm

Bitterly cold and very light snow flurry here in north laois

EMPotatohands · 17-03-2018 5:04pm

I can see blue sky in ballyfermot *cryyyy*

M.T. Cranium · 17-03-2018 5:05pm

Expect moderate snow in north Leinster within an hour to 90 minutes, streamers will shift south gradually through the evening in several parallel bands, IOM shadow likely to set up during that phase, heaviest snow likely to be late evening, overnight, Sunday morning.

Radar showing more coverage in Britain than at peak of last event, so this could become heavy.

Our little contest (12 entries) has a consensus 30 cm peak snow cover and the first thunder to occur at 1824h (the average of the ten of twelve who thought there would be some, two picked "no reports" as their option). The range was something like 1330h to 2230h, nobody who expects thunder postponed it beyond midnight. The peak time for it appears to be late evening to about 0800h Sunday.

Also worth mentioning that our twelve guesses average --8.3 for the lowest temperature to be recorded any time up to Tuesday's minimum. The range was about -6 to -12.

Artane2002 · 17-03-2018 5:07pm

I wonder which unlucky place will be under the IOM shadow. Better not be me! I don't think I will be under it but I'm not going to get my hopes up just yet.

ZX7R · 17-03-2018 5:07pm

Had snow flurries on and off all day here suncroft kildare , when the activity really kicks off after midnight, I would not be surprised to see some areas waking up to red warnings by morning as the Irish sea is starting to burst into action

sryanbruen · 17-03-2018 5:11pm

https://twitter.com/metdesk/status/975040357850402821

wakka12 · 17-03-2018 5:18pm

Artane2002 wrote: »

I wonder which unlucky place will be under the IOM shadow. Better not be me! I don't think I will be under it but I'm not going to get my hopes up just yet.

Well south dublin was under it during last event..and set up is apparently very similar this time round..so

SleetAndSnow · 17-03-2018 5:20pm

One or two snow flurries in Cork City but that's about it, expecting much.

Artane2002 · 17-03-2018 5:20pm

wakka12 wrote: »

Well south dublin was under it during last event..and set up is apparently very similar this time round..so

I don't think you were, I'm pretty sure South Meath was for much of the time. You were just at the very edge of the streamers.

sryanbruen · 17-03-2018 5:20pm

wakka12 wrote: »

Well south dublin was under it during last event..and set up is apparently very similar this time round..so

Don't know how you were when north Dublin was getting plenty of snow.

Reversal · 17-03-2018 5:35pm

wakka12 wrote: »

Well south dublin was under it during last event..and set up is apparently very similar this time round..so

It wasn't. The Anglesey shadow came into effect in S Dublin briefly on the Wednesday afternoon. The wind would have to be proper NE for the IOM shadow to effect S Dublin.