Snow Ice Warning for Ireland 29 Jan to 03 Feb 2019 *See Mod Note in OP *

Villain

munsterlegend wrote: »

For Thursday? So different to ECM.

Yep and yep, I've only seen it out to 12:00 Thursday though.

SleetAndSnow

Had our first bit of snow at around 12:20 here in cork city! Didn't last long though and was very wet , but still white!

munsterlegend

Heavy shower of hail stone here near Mallow.. Nasty to be out in.

Jimbob1977

Limerick City at 1pm

Dry and partly cloudy

No precipitation

munsterlegend

Villain wrote: »

Yep and yep, I've only seen it out to 12:00 Thursday though.

A lot of uncertainty.

SeaBreezes

stunning photo squarecircles, thank you

KingdomRushed

munsterlegend wrote: »

A lot of uncertainty.

Arpege is showing a very weak front for Thursday. Nothing along the lines of what ECM is suggesting but still in the southern half of the country.

I would not like to call it. Very uncertain, differing solutions on show.

munsterlegend

KingdomRushed wrote: »

Arpege is showing a very weak front for Thursday. Nothing along the lines of what ECM is suggesting but still in the southern half of the country.

I would not like to call it. Very uncertain, differing solutions on show.

I am sure one of the times ECM gets it wrong!!

Kamili

Everyone in work is going round saying we are gonna have March 2018 round two. I'm getting slated for laughing and rolling my eyes.

Dublin Based btw!

Captain Snow

Kamili wrote: »

Everyone in work is going round saying we are gonna have March 2018 round two. I'm getting slated for laughing and rolling my eyes.

Dublin Based btw!

That's not till the end of February tell them....:rolleyes::rolleyes:

adocholiday

Kamili wrote: »

Everyone in work is going round saying we are gonna have March 2018 round two. I'm getting slated for laughing and rolling my eyes.

Dublin Based btw!

And when the event doesn't happen they'll all be complaining about how Met Eireann got it completely wrong :rolleyes:

KingdomRushed

I’m currently on the train from Sligo to Dublin. Out the window there’s no lying snow below 300m. Some pockets of hail or graupel here and there. This several hours into a showery northwest flow

It really puts in to perspective what a toothless beast a north west sourced air-flow is in Ireland. Scattered wet cold.

Now, thinking back to Feb 2018, and the near relentless onslaught of powder snow streamers off the Irish Sea. There is no comparison. I cannot see Orange warnings coming of this set-up

Thursday is slightly different but I would err on the side of caution rather than the ‘boom, Ireland buried’ crap on NW forum. Exceptionally borderline

EnzoScifo

Snowing in Inniscarra again.

munsterlegend

KingdomRushed wrote: »

I’m currently on the train from Sligo to Dublin. Out the window there’s no lying snow below 300m. Some pockets of hail or graupel here and there. This several hours into a showery northwest flow

It really puts in to perspective what a toothless beast a north west sourced air-flow is in Ireland. Scattered wet cold.

Now, thinking back to Feb 2018, and the near relentless onslaught of powder snow streamers off the Irish Sea. There is no comparison. I cannot see Orange warnings coming of this set-up

Thursday is slightly different but I would err on the side of caution rather than the ‘boom, Ireland buried’ crap on NW forum. Exceptionally borderline

Probably won’t be until later today/tonight for any low lying snow. But yes it’s always measy from the north west.

SleetAndSnow

Snow just starting again in cork city

squarecircles

snowing gently,west mayo,seaside,sea level.

turdball

How likely is this turn to turn into a red alert?

Billcarson

KingdomRushed wrote: »

I’m currently on the train from Sligo to Dublin. Out the window there’s no lying snow below 300m. Some pockets of hail or graupel here and there. This several hours into a showery northwest flow

It really puts in to perspective what a toothless beast a north west sourced air-flow is in Ireland. Scattered wet cold.

Now, thinking back to Feb 2018, and the near relentless onslaught of powder snow streamers off the Irish Sea. There is no comparison. I cannot see Orange warnings coming of this set-up

Thursday is slightly different but I would err on the side of caution rather than the ‘boom, Ireland buried’ crap on NW forum. Exceptionally borderline

Indeed and given we are at the optimum time for cold being in late Jan just shows how pathetically poor polar martime cold is.
At the end of the day though trying to get proper cold into this country without northern blocking you may aswell be p***ing against the wind. Though there can be exceptions.

km79

I’d say we are gonna get a good dumping in athenry in the next hour

Franz Von Peppercorn

turdball wrote: »

How likely is this turn to turn into a red alert?

This, today? Sunny, wet snow for some, rain and sleet for most? Cant see it turning into any kind of alert beyond yellow.

outsourced_ire

Lots of snow in Hollyhill (Cork City)!!

km79

km79 wrote: »

I’d say we are gonna get a good dumping in athenry in the next hour

Just started

SleetAndSnow

Heavy enough snow shower too actually here, wet though I think but indoors so can't tell.

Franz Von Peppercorn

KingdomRushed wrote: »

I’m currently on the train from Sligo to Dublin. Out the window there’s no lying snow below 300m. Some pockets of hail or graupel here and there. This several hours into a showery northwest flow

It really puts in to perspective what a toothless beast a north west sourced air-flow is in Ireland. Scattered wet cold.

Now, thinking back to Feb 2018, and the near relentless onslaught of powder snow streamers off the Irish Sea. There is no comparison. I cannot see Orange warnings coming of this set-up

Thursday is slightly different but I would err on the side of caution rather than the ‘boom, Ireland buried’ crap on NW forum. Exceptionally borderline

Ive never seen a westerly or north westerly do anything for low ground in the East, no matter where sourced.

Atlantic systems in general don't bring snow east unless they come to the South of Ireland and are blocked, driving easterlies from the continent.

squarecircles

hail and thunder forecast for atlantic coasts on 1pm forecast

Muckka

Clouds fluffing into south Clare now....

ffarrell7

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

Ive never seen a westerly or north westerly do anything for low ground in the East, no matter where sourced.

Atlantic systems in general don't bring snow east unless they come to the South of Ireland and are blocked, driving easterlies from the continent.

Correct. West is a damp squib.

Maybe the East wind on Thursday may also deliver some streamers for Dublin/Wicklow regions.... It is possible for snow showers away from the coast..

average_runner

turdball wrote: »

How likely is this turn to turn into a red alert?

Not a chance, its a small bit of snow nothing major

Easterly Beasterly

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

Ive never seen a westerly or north westerly do anything for low ground in the East, no matter where sourced.

Atlantic systems in general don't bring snow east unless they come to the South of Ireland and are blocked, driving easterlies from the continent.

I tend to agree, Thursday is a bit different though. As the Low pressure system passes through, winds will swing to the East.

Acosta

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Snow just starting again in cork city

It's just the wet stuff. It's only snow when it sticks.