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

rainyrun

I am due to drive to dublin in next hour from the west
Will road conditions be poor around maynooth, m50.

JanuarySnowstor

It's not really impressing me sofar though I know it's early days.
The wind is off shore so the south coast in general will avoid the streamers
Tomorrow looks better for places like Cork

Of course I don't mind being surprised by a blizzard overnight lol

Artane2002

John.Icy wrote: »

IOM shadow off up around Down/Louth for now. Think you're safe in Artane for now.

There is a gap in precipitation to my northwest extending northeast to the IOM.

Any reports from Dublin city centre? There seems to be very heavy snow there at the moment according to Netweather radar.

Edit: sorry, you are correct, I thought the wind was coming from the northeast at the moment, turns out it's closer to a straight easterly than northeasterly.

Chocolate

Any link to websites showing those streamers?

I want to know if I’ll be affected by the IOM shadow. A few years ago lots of you used to recommend raintoday.co.uk

However that seems to be subscription only nowadays.

sryanbruen

Dublin 14, courtesy of Vxlks.

BLIZZARD7

Snowing away in stillorgan.

Snowbiee21

A balls, seems where missing out in north Dublin

Below freezing now in Athlone, so expecting snow at any moment.

Kermit.de.frog

Things slowly but surely turning whiter near Santry.

monkey lover

Chocolate wrote: »

Any link to websites showing those streamers?

I want to know if I’ll be affected by the IOM shadow. A few years ago lots of you used to recommend raintoday.co.uk

However that seems to be subscription only nowadays.

https://www.netweather.tv/live-weather/radar

kittyn

Snowing away here nicely too ....... Car turning white

Amalgam

'bean bag pellets' up behind Dun Laoghaire, towards Mullins Hill. A bit of bounce to them. Settling on the road and coming down with some haste now.

Only active these past ten minutes or so.

Achasanai

Snowbiee21 wrote: »

A balls, seems where missing out in north Dublin

Missing D14 where I am too. Haven't seen anything since the occasional light flurries early today.

Kermit.de.frog

Beer - check
Lampost - check
Radar - check


I sacrificed my Paddies Night for this. Don't let me down!

Artane2002

Nice snow shower with big chunks of graupel D5.

Kamili

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Beer - check
Lampost - check
Radar - check


I sacrificed my Paddies Night for this. Don't let me down!

No bread?

Amalgam

Artane2002 wrote: »

Nice snow shower with big chunks of graupel D5.

graupel, now that's a word. Perfect. Bean bag pellets = graupel.

Graupel, also called soft hail or snow pellets, is precipitation that forms when supercooled water droplets are collected and freeze on falling snowflakes, forming 2–5 mm balls of rime. The term graupel comes from the German language.

thecretinhop

Grandslam - check!

Artane2002

Showers lining up nicely now for many parts of Dublin.

foxyladyxx

Oooh we have a storm brewing with heavy graupel falling and sticking Sandymount coast area.

sryanbruen

UPDATE to orange warning. Now 20:00 Saturday to 09:00 Sunday.

STATUS ORANGE

Snow-ice Warning for Dublin, Kildare, Louth, Wexford, Wicklow, Meath and Waterford
Scattered heavy snow showers overnight and Sunday morning will lead to accumulations in places and some drifting.

Issued:Saturday 17 March 2018 20:00
Valid:Saturday 17 March 2018 20:00 to Sunday 18 March 2018 09:00

Drumpot

sryanbruen wrote: »

UPDATE to orange warning. Now 20:00 Saturday to 09:00 Sunday.

STATUS ORANGE

Snow-ice Warning for Dublin, Kildare, Louth, Wexford, Wicklow, Meath and Waterford
Scattered heavy snow showers overnight and Sunday morning will lead to accumulations in places and some drifting.

Issued:Saturday 17 March 2018 20:00
Valid:Saturday 17 March 2018 20:00 to Sunday 18 March 2018 09:00

This annoys me. I’m living in east Meath (near Drogheda)but I reckon Louth forecast is more relevant for us. Also north Dublin is only up the road yet we prob won’t get any decent snow like the last time!. It’s like we are just in that Isle of Man shadow thing where all snow for our area has already been used!

FastFullBack

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

It's not really impressing me sofar though I know it's early days.
The wind is off shore so the south coast in general will avoid the streamers
Tomorrow looks better for places like Cork

Of course I don't mind being surprised by a blizzard overnight lol

Is the wind different to 2 weeks ago. I was hoping to streamers south of Wexford/Waterford would hit Cork again? Are they going to stay offshore

Artane2002

The snow shower at the moment reminds me of the last beast - horizontal snow.

DOCARCH

Snowing away in Dublin 16. Sticking.

Kermit.de.frog

Heavy graupel, snow.

JanuarySnowstor

Of course I don't mind being surprised by a blizzard overnight lol[/QUOTE]
Is the wind different to 2 weeks ago. I was hoping to streamers south of Wexford/Waterford would hit Cork again? Are they going to stay offshore[/quote]

Yes the last time it was more southeast meaning the showers were blown in off the coast. If you look at the radar it's more Northeast this time meaning the streamers are staying off shore.
Having said that the radar is picking up to our Northeast so we do have our chances

Artane2002

Stopped again... I'm not going to bed if I don't see anything more than a 2 minute shower

wakka12

Heavy snow/graupel D14..roads grass cars rooves all gone white

Daffodil.d

Snowing very heavily now in Waterford City. (East side). Big fat flakes. It looks very similar to what came with the last event. Lots of drifts tomorrow I'd say.