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

nuac

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

A white reek

Nice pictures.
Know a family who have gone skiing this week somewhere in France. Might be some action in the Mayo and Connemara mountains

irishfeen

munsterlegend wrote: »

Whiteout here near Mallow. Must be a blizzard where you are!

Roads are bad, very bad!

Snowbiee21

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SleetAndSnow

Here we go, that blob has reached us in bishopstown and looks to be sticking to the cars, even wet ones, already. Time to lampost watch!

highdef

leahyl wrote: »

God dammit would that big blob on the radar over north cork ever move further south :-P

Should be landing in the Cork Metropolitan area around now.....expecting lots of posts from Cork in the next half hour....and hopefully lots of pics.

SleetAndSnow

Woo it's starting to stick on the roads and footparhs! Getting heavy now

Ray Donovan

Practically nothing in South Offaly.

force eleven

Ray Donovan wrote: »

Practically nothing in South Offaly.

No schnow neither...

noobsnow95

Are showers expected to increase as the night goes on? Currently in East Limerick car reading 0.5c

Snowbiee21

noobsnow95 wrote: »

Are showers expected to increase as the night goes on? Currently in East Limerick car reading 0.5c

Hard to tell, but it looks as though right now there should be aband approaching limerick as we speak

Gonzo

Ray Donovan wrote: »

Practically nothing in South Offaly.

Showers are only really effecting the western third of the country, Very little is making it past the Shannon.

You will have a better chance of seeing snow on Thursday.

SleetAndSnow

Best shot of it falling I could get

missfarmer

Sleet and lightning ballydesmond /Knocknagree North Cork

missfarmer

Sleet and lightning ballydesmond /Knocknagree North Cork

davidsr20

Any updates on Thursday since guys?

Ray Donovan

Gonzo wrote: »

Showers are only really effecting the western third of the country, Very little is making it past the Shannon.

You will have a better chance of seeing snow on Thursday.

I’m right at the foothills of the Slieve Blooms so I’m hoping that will look resplendent at some stage during the week.

Snowbiee21

Gonzo wrote: »

Showers are only really effecting the western third of the country, Very little is making it past the Shannon.

You will have a better chance of seeing snow on Thursday.

Gonzo, do you think us in the east will see showers on Thursday or even tonight , met seem to speak of Leinster for Thursday but they could be speaking about midlands

Davaeo09

Had a good hours worth here NW Kilkenny. Since then the skies have cleared and the temps are dropping.

A night for the fire :cool:

Snowbiee21

davidsr20 wrote: »

Any updates on Thursday since guys?

Not really it’s a evolving situation

Mortelaro

noobsnow95 wrote: »

Are showers expected to increase as the night goes on? Currently in East Limerick car reading 0.5c

Pretty good illustration in this BBC tweet of a pounding of snow showers in off the Atlantic to affect western and southwestern counties, so yes

https://twitter.com/bbcweather/status/1090305985376342016?s=09

Thepillowman

Snowing fairly heavy in East Clare on the shores of Lough Derg grass and slates gone white.

force eleven

Gonzo wrote: »

Showers are only really effecting the western third of the country, Very little is making it past the Shannon.

You will have a better chance of seeing snow on Thursday.

Only way a North West type fetch works for Offaly, and the Midlands in general, is on a mobile flow, this one is pretty static unfortunately. Thursday, maybe a glancing blow only but we'll see.

davidsr20

Any updates on Thursday since guys?

Snowbiee21

Based upon the latest forecast models and my own calculations it appears as though parts of the Midlands, Inland Munster, Leinster and East Connacht could experience some substantial falls of snow, with the possibility of travel disruption in the affected areas.

Firstly we must deal with the risk of some accumulations of snow overnight tonight across the western half of the country, as heavy showers will continue to feed in off the Atlantic, falling predominantly as snow overnight. Lowest temperatures tonight of -3 degrees Celsius.

Following a dry day for most on tomorrow a deepening area of low pressure is set to move southeastwards across the country through the early hours of Thursday morning, with its associated fronts becoming stationary across much of the country, and persisting throughout the remainder of Thursday and into he early hours of Friday.

This low pressure system is expected to bring a mixture of rain and sleet to coastal areas, but its likely to deliver some really substantial falls of snow to inland areas, especially over higher ground. Snowfall accumulations generally could vary between 5-10 cm, though some areas could see snowfalls in excess of 15-20 cm.

Weather warnings are likely to be issued closer to Thursday with orange weather warnings likely, possibly increasing to red weather warnings by Thursday morning depending upon the track of the system and how low temperatures remain on Thursday morning.

Much of the details surrounding this forecast remain uncertain due to the very technical nature of such events. I will do my very best to keep you posted over the coming 36 hours.

Credit: midlands weather channel

irishfeen

So this is what the Metrogroup via the BBC are forecasting for Thursday - still keeping the front turning to snow just after hitting landfall... this is going to get interesting!

Ray Donovan

Snowbiee21 wrote: »

Based upon the latest forecast models and my own calculations it appears as though parts of the Midlands, Inland Munster, Leinster and East Connacht could experience some substantial falls of snow, with the possibility of travel disruption in the affected areas.

Firstly we must deal with the risk of some accumulations of snow overnight tonight across the western half of the country, as heavy showers will continue to feed in off the Atlantic, falling predominantly as snow overnight. Lowest temperatures tonight of -3 degrees Celsius.

Following a dry day for most on tomorrow a deepening area of low pressure is set to move southeastwards across the country through the early hours of Thursday morning, with its associated fronts becoming stationary across much of the country, and persisting throughout the remainder of Thursday and into he early hours of Friday.

This low pressure system is expected to bring a mixture of rain and sleet to coastal areas, but its likely to deliver some really substantial falls of snow to inland areas, especially over higher ground. Snowfall accumulations generally could vary between 5-10 cm, though some areas could see snowfalls in excess of 15-20 cm.

Weather warnings are likely to be issued closer to Thursday with orange weather warnings likely, possibly increasing to red weather warnings by Thursday morning depending upon the track of the system and how low temperatures remain on Thursday morning.

Much of the details surrounding this forecast remain uncertain due to the very technical nature of such events. I will do my very best to keep you posted over the coming 36 hours.

Thats the forecast on Midlands Weather Channel on Facebook.

Snowbiee21

Ray Donovan wrote: »

Thats the forecast on Midlands Weather Channel on Facebook.

Yes I no, I was passing it on for people who haven’t seen

barney 20v

Snowbiee21 wrote: »

Yes I no, I was passing it on for people who haven’t seen

What about those of us who don't want to see??

Snowbiee21

barney 20v wrote: »

What about those of us who don't want to see??

Well this is a weather forum, and the post is based on the upcoming spell of weather , so if your not interested this isn’t the thread for you

Jimbob1977

Limerick City still cold and dry.