Colder this week, some wintry/snow showers, widespread frost and ice.

Kutebride

Great that fog last Monday shifted. Bright skies and freezing hard. Dublin on Wednesday had nothing white. Back in Meath paths, grass etc white.

First night in Meath tonight in many days above freezing 1⁰. No precip yet that I've noticed.

All I'm hearing about from Galway (family, friends) is how the roads are like sheet of glass tonight.

4Ad

It rained here in East Clare about 2 hours ago, now it's freezing..I haven't seen the roads this bad in a long time.....

Meteorite58

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120005607#Comment_120005607

After 18.00 the back roads here near Tralee were getting quite slippery, rained since , a short time ago it was 3.5C but icy out the back of the house, a lot of cold stored in the ground at the moment.

Danno

A train of precipitation containing many carriages approaches from the southwest. Will the cold here turn it to snow? Hovering between -1.5c and -0.5c. Dewpoint currently -1.5c.

Storm 10

Galway is like a skating rink roads are deadly

Definitely potentially dangerous driving conditions as the temperatures shift around until the cold surfaces are gone, which won't be until Sunday in some places.

SouthWesterly

Came out at 10 this evening in Tralee to wet roads. Got home and thr ice was gone off the car. It sat there all week under a layer of ice.

3C

JCX BXC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120005852#Comment_120005852

Absolutely deadly, it's bizarre, it's 4°c out yet all untreated paths and roads have frozen over, including puddles. Yet, no cars are frozen.

Very odd.

Absolute misery though. Many people here have posted wondering how you could enjoy the cold, I wonder how you can prefer the windy wet Atlantic drear to this.

Larbre34

You'll get sick of too much of anything I guess.

The ground is frozen to an unusual depth thanks to the last 8 days of below freezing conditions. The sheet metal and glass of cars are very poor conductors of temperature so they shed the cold that supports the ice far more quickly than the ground.

gameoverdude

My dad took a shine to my shoe ice spikes.

Snow next week.

Graces7

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120004411#Comment_120004411

There was a Christmas Eve like that in the early 2020s. I had but recently moved to a mountain in Leitirm. I was just about to set out for Midnight Mass when snow started. Rethought my plans. The road uo to there was hard enough going without snow..

Graces7

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120005383#Comment_120005383

Actually EDs are swamped just now. Waiting times for beds are appalling as a result. And many old folk struggle with bills etc.

BLIZZARD7

Few spots of sleety rain there in D14. Temp 3.5c and DP -1c. Ground still frozen solid.

Gonzo

Temperature now 8C in parts of Kerry and just one station left (Moore Park) with a sub zero reading. Temperatures across the country now generally between 2 and 5C. A big change already on the past week or more.

Danno

Freezing rain/sleet in south Laois just kicked off. Looks like there's fog coming down also. Temp is +0.1c with a dewpoint of -0.6c

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120005900#Comment_120005900

It's residual cold patches. It's not warm enough yet to get rid of them. Think about how long it takes to defrost something by leaving it in the fridge.

Oneiric 3

As intense as this cold is, it is a very shallow cold. If you threw a stone up in the air, that stone would likely go through a few degrees of temp on its way up an down again.

Even so, you'd need to get temperatures above about 5ºC for a while to thaw some of the sheltered patches over a few hours. Otherwise they'll take a while, particularly in places that saw temperatures significantly below zero.

Danno

Freezing rain. Thankfully its rare!

snowgal

Still white and frosty here near Trim, will hang on as long as we can!

Dazler97

Wet and windy here in firhouse the ice is still lethal

.Donegal.

Just one very very tiny patch of snow left. The roads and paths are full of ice again.

Neddyusa

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120005348#Comment_120005348

I'm convinced a lot of this welcoming of the "mild" conditions is an "East Coast Bias" thing!

In fairness I think I'd probably welcome it too, if I lived in Dublin and wouldn't get a fraction of the sideways cold rain and muck that we've to endure in the West.

Oscar Bravo

Charlestown Co.Mayo. Truck slide into Pharmacy. A lot of cars in ditches along with a few council gritters.

Cw85

So much drama over a week of frost in winter, mild weather here now to stay for the foreseeable as per usual winters in Ireland.

nacho libre

Foggy. The landscape still white from the heavy frost and rime. All of it will be gone by tonight sadly.

Graces7

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120006405#Comment_120006405

Ouch

davidsr20

Place is a mess cars in ditches everywhere

Graces7

As always a reconnoitre as soon as the light was full. All the same as these last days -except that the moon is a glowing sideways smile.

The snowline on the mountains is stable and all is blissfully at peace.

Would love a walk but although the mind is willing. the body is not... need a scooter.

A fair fine winter day. Stay safe all.

Donegal Ken

Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim & Mayo is the worse it's been in years. Roads surfaces and pathways are just solid ice. Freezing rain this morning is causing havioc.