Saturday/Sunday Wintry Potential

Pretzill

It's warmed up a little here. Light, persistent rain. Calm.

South Sligo
90m asl

(the thunder and hail last night was epic - is the yellow warning a day out?)

sicknotexi

Last Saturday night there was a real coldness to the air, don't feel that tonight. Will be surprised if snow falls overnight.

JCX BXC

Pretzill wrote: »

It's warmed up a little here. Light, persistent rain. Calm.

South Sligo
90m asl

(the thunder and hail last night was epic - is the yellow warning a day out?)

There was a yellow warning last night!

JCX BXC

Sleet here in West Clare. Very very heavy.

Thepillowman

Sleety rain here in East Clare fairly heavy at the moment.

lolie

Down to 3°c now and rain turning to sleet now.
Doesn't feel to cold out though.
S cavan.

GoneHome

Blustery/Sleety Rain here in South County Limerick

ninebeanrows

Hi All— it is I

cherryghost

Sleety_Rain wrote: »

Hi All— it is I

Hello.

GoneHome

Sleety_Rain wrote: »

Hi All— it is I

Great to see you down here in Limerick

SleetAndSnow

Temp is rising here in Cork City over the last two hours. Airport went from 5 degrees, to 6 and now 7. Thought last week it dropped by 5 degrees within half an hour when the wind changed.

tikkamark

Just lashing rain here in meath as I was driving home and van reading 3c i very much doubt there will be snow here tonight/tomorrow if there is it will be the wet drippy varient that doesn’t make for good skiing

pad199207

2.9c in Kildare now and rain is teeming down, some sleet mixed in.

Rossi IRL

Snowing at a slow rate here in the midlands

Kermit.de.frog

Snow level dropping now across parts of the midlands

Danno

Very heavy sleet in Durrow 2.6c

Tacklebox

Raining now in Clare

Gonzo

back to 100% rain here in Meath too.

An Ri rua

Rossi IRL wrote: »

Snowing at a slow rate here in the midlands

Yes, snowing in Mountmellick. Just started. Extremely wet, vertical drop stuff. No float to it.

Danno

Gone to wet snow here in Durrow

Kermit.de.frog

Danno wrote: »

Gone to wet snow here in Durrow

:pac:

JCX BXC

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Temp is rising here in Cork City over the last two hours. Airport went from 5 degrees, to 6 and now 7. Thought last week it dropped by 5 degrees within half an hour when the wind changed.

Up to 9c at 12:30.

GoneHome

Very windy here now in South Co Limerick in the past twenty minutes

JCX BXC

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Temp is rising here in Cork City over the last two hours. Airport went from 5 degrees, to 6 and now 7. Thought last week it dropped by 5 degrees within half an hour when the wind changed.

Up to 9c at 12:30.

Kermit.de.frog

JCX BXC wrote: »

Up to 9c at 12:30.

Mild sector - it will clear through soon.

Sharp enough temperature gradient.

RobertKK

Temperature starting to nosedive, went from 2.7C to 1.9C in 20 minutes, and I checked...snowing on the hills in Kilkenny.

hawkwing

Heavy sleet turning to wet snow,SE Tipp 150m asl

pad199207

Moderate to Heavy sleety rain in Kildare now.

Mount Vesuvius

Thanks Pad, Im not bothered to look out the window

SleetAndSnow

Sudden, strong gusts of wind hitting the house here in cork city now. Wasn't expecting any wind

Kermit.de.frog

Mount Vesuvius wrote: »

Thanks Pad, Im not bothered to look out the window

But the sleet!!!!!!!!

RobertKK

Car is white, snowing steadily 1.1C as the temperature continues to fall.

Tacklebox

Any chance of a lightshow tonight?

pad199207

Can’t keep my eyes open any longer to wait for this to change over to snow.

I do beleive it’s snowing quite nicely down at the ranch in Durrow.

bassy

Snowing here for the last hour in north kilkenny,not sticking due to wet roads.

RobertKK

bassy wrote: »

Snowing here for the last hour in north kilkenny,not sticking due to wet roads.

Temperature is still falling, so it will stick if it keeps snowing.
0.8C north east of Kilkenny city.

odonopenmic

Snowing and sticking. Roundwood 312m asl

hawkwing

RobertKK wrote: »

Car is white, snowing steadily 1.1C as the temperature continues to fall.

Same here--cars white,just under 1.5c.

RobertKK

Sticking to all surfaces here, its heavy...

SleetAndSnow

Woha! Massive drop on temp on cork city. Was 8 degrees half an hour now, now showing 2 degrees. Amazing

bassy

Turned to sleet now and temp 3.

JCX BXC

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Woha! Massive drop on temp on cork city. Was 8 degrees half an hour now, now showing 2 degrees. Amazing

Yup! Amazing reduction. 8°c at 1am and 2°c at 1:30am according to the cork airport METAR.

dermiek

Calm here in Galway City, no wind and not that cold, car temp says 5 degrees. Very light drizzle.

Kermit.de.frog

Occluded trough coming on shore now. This more likely to have snow in it to lower levels.

Kermit.de.frog

Turning to snow now readily across Ulster, North Connaught and North Leinster.

bassy

not a flake here in north kk for the last hour or so.

ZX7R

I can't see any laying snow anywhere by morning

pnpweirdo

I havent heard wind like that since storm Darwin in 2014 here in limerick. That rumble of a freight train out side.

Gaoth Laidir

Rain at all stations around the country so far, except for Glennane (161 m, near Newry), which started reporting snow at 6 am (temp 0.7, dewpoint-0.1). Everywhere is 1-2 degrees the wrong side of marginal.

ninebeanrows

Looks a few hours yet before the real cold air marches in from the west. Precip turning in most areas hy afternoon.

Could be slight covering in a few areas by early tonight.