Cold Spell - Feb 7th to 13th 2021 - Chat

Mam of 4

Danno wrote: »

Down to 0.3c now and surfaces gradually whitening. (South Laois).

Send some a few miles up the road please Danno!

Snowbie

Cold air advection in from the UK aiding with drier air and colder temps right by the sea. Its evident all up on down the eastern coastline with very low dewpoints and decreasing air temperatures also as the wind picks up drawing in that nice crisp air. There was never any doubt this would happen, my only fear is moisture and how much of it especially so close to the Wicklow range. Snow will be the outcome even on the beach, just hope air does not dry out too much though along the east coast.

Temp 1.4C
Dp -2.7C

Paso Fino

Fics wrote: »

Wind is crazy here on the meath coast, have east & south facing windows in the apartment walls / roof & windows creaking quite alot and the worst is yet to come on Sunday with simular wind direction?

It's fairly windy here in coastal Dublin too. I don't have any measuring equipment here, but Dublin airport is near enough and was reporting 20kt winds with 32kt gusts an hour ago

Oneiric 3

'Wet bulb' is actually falling a little here. was 1.0c at 11pm and now its 0.8c.

kegg

Place is slowly going white here. That mixture of graupel and snow. Wasn't expecting anything here till later on.
Foxford, mayo.

bassy

kegg wrote: »

Place is slowly going white here. That mixture of graupel and snow. Wasn't expecting anything here till later on.
Foxford, mayo.

down to the hideout

Kermit.de.frog

Radar looks OK so far for Dublin. The southeast steer of precipitation off the Irish Sea should mean we are OK here rather than being shadowed (just about).

Fics

Paso Fino wrote: »

It's fairly windy here in coastal Dublin too. I don't have any measuring equipment here, but Dublin airport is near enough and was reporting 20kt winds with 32kt gusts an hour ago

https://youtu.be/m2PMG7jCHCI

Took a quick video, worried the sheeting on the roof is going to come off!

Davaeo09

Very windy here now north-west kilkenny
Snow is not really sticking at all. V similar to the other day, probably too dry. Maybe it will change with heavier showers over the next hour.

I hope it picks up and those from north of here get some snow

RobertKK

Snow got a bit heavier recently and is sticking to all surfaces but nothing of note yet.

Neddyusa

kegg wrote: »

Place is slowly going white here. That mixture of graupel and snow. Wasn't expecting anything here till later on.
Foxford, mayo.

Not white yet here but wont be long.
Almost fully snow now and temp dropping rapidly.
Expect it to switch back to rain before dawn.

Danno

RobertKK wrote: »

Snow got a bit heavier recently and is sticking to all surfaces but nothing of note yet.

Same here over the border in South Laois. Snow is sticking to everything now and air temps have gone sub-zero!
Wind howling away and snow heavier.

DOCARCH

1.0c DP -3.0c now in Dublin 16.

Hitting the bed....getting under the duvet....hope to wake up with a blanket! :pac:

Neddyusa

Temp still dropping fast, down to 1.1C now while humidity up to 88%. Heavier stuff seems imminent.

sicknotexi

2021- The year it nearly snowed.

watlantic

It started to rain here near Westport a couple of hours ago, then the rain turned icy, later mixed with sleet, and now it's mostly snow again. It is sticking and all the surfaces where the snow had melted are white again.
The temp. has been dropping tonight from today's max. of +3.5ºC to +0.4ºC now (dew point now -0.1ºC ), it's blowing gale force E-SE.
The west is awake !

Squidvicious

In South Kilkenny. It's gone from 3 C an hour ago to 0.7 now. The rain has turned to snow and we have a covering. Unbelievable.

Oneiric 3

If the UK Met model is in anyway right, then snow reports over the next couple of hours will more likely to be coming in from the shaded regions on the map:

smallgarden

Snowing in Portlaoise

Coffee n chocs

Snowing for the last half an hour on Wexford / Kilkenny border. Just small wet flakes. Car is turning white but not sticking anywhere else.

Brendan offaly

Temp down at 0.c now in Tullamore.
Snow now heavier but still small flakes.
Finally starting to see some lying in the grass( just about)

Gaoth Laidir

Light snow in Athlone

SPECI EIAC 122335Z AUTO 13016KT 4700 -SN FEW021/// SCT036/// OVC045/// 01/M02 Q1021=

cyclops999

Blizzard like conditions in Athlone area now.

lolie

Still dry here and the temperature has dropped slowly all evening, down to 1c now.
Its a wild night out there.
Looking at the radar something is not to far away.
South cavan

aurora 527

Such a wild night here in Waterford, wind howling temp stubbornly not going lower than 1.6c DP between 0.3 and 0.5c and driving sleet

mountainy man

Starting to snow here and stick, and this is before the big blob arrives, have a little snow left from last night. Good luck everyone!

South East Sligo, 255m

Kermit.de.frog

It is quite an event once these fronts hit cold air like this. Sadly we don't get it more often.

Mam of 4

smallgarden wrote: »

Snowing in Portlaoise

Which side are you on ?
Only little intermittent bits of Styrofoam heading towards Mountmellick side

DOCARCH

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

It is quite an event once these fronts hit cold air like this. Sadly we don't get it more often.

I just hope it makes it over the mountains!

lolie

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

It is quite an event once these fronts hit cold air like this. Sadly we don't get it more often.

If only it would turn back just before the mild air gets in.