Wintry spell with Snow and Ice warnings week of 20-3-17

Oscar Bravo · 21-03-2017 9:48pm

Nice and white (Knock airport)

jambofc · 21-03-2017 9:56pm

Rain here in Kilkenny City temp 5c no snow here for now anyways

Meteorite58 · 21-03-2017 9:57pm

Looking very windy in some Eastern counties tomorrow morning and windy across the country later. Mostly wet precipitation, any snow would make it Blizzard like perhaps although not sticking for long I would think. Be careful on the Wicklow mountains if tempted to go hiking, looks like it is going to be fairly treacherous up there in those winds and heavy snow. Would expect a yellow wind warning for tomorrow.

mickger844posts · 21-03-2017 10:07pm

Light rain here in Waterford City. Temp 4.8c. Can't really see any snow falling here, maybe sleet for a time.

The stream on my site may be worth a look later

www.waterfordcityweather.com

Rougies · 21-03-2017 10:23pm

mickger844posts wrote: »

Light rain here in Waterford City. Temp 4.8c. Can't really see any snow falling here, maybe sleet for a time.

The stream on my site may be worth a look later

www.waterfordcityweather.com

Temps will drop a few degrees in the next few hours, will still be borderline at low levels though.

RuthieRose · 21-03-2017 10:25pm

Just had a look and MT has upgraded to Alert ðŸ˜¬
It's freezing here in Cavan. It's 1degrees but feels colder.

LEIN · 21-03-2017 10:29pm

Heavy rain here @ 5C

Snowbiee21 · 21-03-2017 10:33pm

Clear and calm here in Dublin 17 temp around 4°c not hopeful of much tonight but whatever happenes happens!

March11 · 21-03-2017 10:36pm

Snowing here now between Youghal and Dungarvan.

RobertKK · 21-03-2017 10:37pm

220m asl 7 miles north east of Kilkenny city:
Temperature: 2.9C
Dewpoint: 2.0C
Rainfall rate: 1.2mm/hr

Temperature has gone down by 0.4C over the past half hour.

acassells80 · 21-03-2017 10:41pm

Any chance of snow reaching South Dublin?

JCX BXC · 21-03-2017 10:49pm

acassells80 wrote: »

Any chance of snow reaching South Dublin?

Unlikely.

JCX BXC · 21-03-2017 10:50pm

Update to Met Eireann warning

"STATUS YELLOW

Snow-ice Warning for Ireland
Update
Cold overnight, with sub-zero temperatures and scattered wintry showers.
But a band of rain and sleet developing over Leinster and will fall as snow in places. Some snow will extend into parts of north and east Munster also. 2 or 3 cm of snow are likely, with larger amounts on high ground. But in eastern and southeastern coastal districts, with onshore breezes, the precipitation is likely to stay as rain or sleet.

Issued:Tuesday 21 March 2017 20:42
Valid:Tuesday 21 March 2017 20:00 to Wednesday 22 March 2017 10:00"

pad199207 · 21-03-2017 10:52pm

Temperature is falling here now , but no precip uet

3.6c
DP 1c

www.naasweather.com

acassells80 · 21-03-2017 10:55pm

JCX BXC wrote: »

Unlikely.

Typical!

uck51js9zml2yt · 21-03-2017 11:00pm

My Amazon Echo is saying its 3C in Dublin with showers tonight

MJohnston · 21-03-2017 11:02pm

Maddux Flaky Dune wrote: »

My Amazon Echo is saying its 3C in Dublin with showers tonight

Alexa unfortunately uses AccuWeather though!

mickger844posts · 21-03-2017 11:10pm

Temp has dropped to 4.0c with pure rain still falling. 3.4mm recorded so far.

www.waterfordcityweather.com

Gaoth Laidir · 21-03-2017 11:12pm

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Nice and white (Knock airport)

2 cm of patchy wet lying snow were reported at 7 and 8 pm

AAXX 21201 03973 41465 73403 10005 21006 39762 40020 51006 78582 879//
333 41002 83712 86650 85919==

BLIZZARD7 · 21-03-2017 11:39pm

Rain coming down here in D14.

DOCARCH · 21-03-2017 11:55pm

Rain here too in Dublin 16. 4.8c DP 2.5c atm.

arctictree · 22-03-2017 12:02am

2.3c here (roundwood), heavy sleet.

mirrorwall14 · 22-03-2017 12:10am

JCX BXC wrote: »

Update to Met Eireann warning

"STATUS YELLOW

Snow-ice Warning for Ireland
Update
Cold overnight, with sub-zero temperatures and scattered wintry showers.
But a band of rain and sleet developing over Leinster and will fall as snow in places. Some snow will extend into parts of north and east Munster also. 2 or 3 cm of snow are likely, with larger amounts on high ground. But in eastern and southeastern coastal districts, with onshore breezes, the precipitation is likely to stay as rain or sleet.

Issued:Tuesday 21 March 2017 20:42
Valid:Tuesday 21 March 2017 20:00 to Wednesday 22 March 2017 10:00"

Feck. Can anyone interpret this for North Kildare, we're supposed to have 700 odd students outside at around 1130am tomorrow :eek::eek:
If 2-3cm of snow fall will it be gone? I assume it'll be bloody cold

Danno · 22-03-2017 12:16am

Mostly rain here in south Laois (89mASL), though a splatter or two of sleet when the heavier bursts get going. 1.5mm from the front so far which is flowing down the storm drains now. Peak rates of 3mm/hr. Currently 3.4c with a 2.2c DP.

Danno · 22-03-2017 12:20am

Interestingly, a few stations out across west Tipp are reporting conditions suitable for snowfall: https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=IHRABSTW2
and
https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=ITIPPERA8

Anyone just east of Lough Derg on here???

horsefarm · 22-03-2017 12:22am

mirrorwall14 wrote: »

Feck. Can anyone interpret this for North Kildare, we're supposed to have 700 odd students outside at around 1130am tomorrow :eek::eek:
If 2-3cm of snow fall will it be gone? I assume it'll be bloody cold

I had a reasonable fall of snow last night (S.Dub 260m). 7am child 1 up and out making snowman, 8am child 2 up and playing in 50%less snow. By 9am it was gone

Rougies · 22-03-2017 12:25am

mirrorwall14 wrote: »

Feck. Can anyone interpret this for North Kildare, we're supposed to have 700 odd students outside at around 1130am tomorrow :eek::eek:
If 2-3cm of snow fall will it be gone? I assume it'll be bloody cold

At best it will be very cold, windy and wet. Sleet or wet snow is likely, possibly accumulating snow. Miserable guaranteed!

Danno · 22-03-2017 12:27am

Interesting chart from the Euro4 --> shows mostly rain up until the small hours.

Danno · 22-03-2017 12:30am

The 6am accumulated chart... the 9am is similar with just a little more.

Hal1 · 22-03-2017 12:36am

Blizzard like conditions up at sally gap, just looking at the nw radar there.

Mountainsandh · 22-03-2017 12:36am

Having a good bit of snow here, West co Waterford, 190 masl.

We only had little snow/sleety showers here and there yesterday. Tonight is pretty solid in comparison, but just as MT said, it is wet snow, sticking very well on the grass, but less so on the driveway.
Long shower though, still going good with real fluffy flakes

Best thing is I'm off work tomorrow so might just grant the kids a snowday if it's still there in the morning. I'd expect it'd be gone by lunchtime but hey...

edit : I'm at the foot of the Knockmealdowns.

Meteorite58 · 22-03-2017 12:42am

Danno · 22-03-2017 12:44am

Flatlined at 3.4c and 2.2cDP for almost an hour while the rain tipples down.

pad199207 · 22-03-2017 12:46am

Moderate Sleet in Kildare now

Meteorite58 · 22-03-2017 12:53am

Be it rain, sleet or snow that is a big accumulation of precipitation in the next 24 hrs. Met Eireann saying flooding likely on parts of the East coast.

RobertKK · 22-03-2017 12:53am

RobertKK wrote: »

220m asl 7 miles north east of Kilkenny city:
Temperature: 2.9C
Dewpoint: 2.0C
Rainfall rate: 1.2mm/hr

Temperature has gone down by 0.4C over the past half hour.

currently:
Temperature: 2.2C
Dewpoint: 1.5C
Rainfall rate: 0.8mm/hr

acassells80 · 22-03-2017 12:57am

Lashing rain in South Dublin

not even sleet possible

pad199207 · 22-03-2017 1:03am

Sleet getting blown against the windows here now. Temperature dropping 3.2c

highdef · 22-03-2017 1:08am

2.9c in N Kildare with light to moderate rain

Mountainsandh · 22-03-2017 1:11am

I got better quality pics for the snow bunnies.
The size of the flakes is ridiculous !
There's an obligatory impressive car bonnet one, because you'd have to have it.

These are the last ones, promise. For tonight. If I have 3 feets of snow outside tomorrow I might just take another one

edit : the pics are not from February, they're from now. We didn't get snow in Feb, or at all this winter for that matter. Not like that anyway.

emo72 · 22-03-2017 1:20am

wesht dublin checking in. nothing to report but miserable rain. best of luck chaps.

pad199207 · 22-03-2017 1:24am

Increasing sleet in the precip now 2.6c

March11 · 22-03-2017 1:27am

Just woke there, velux is covered full of snow again. Between Youghal and Dungarvan, we are up high though.

highdef · 22-03-2017 1:30am

north Kildare, near Enfield. Some snow mixing in with the moderate rain at times. Temp now down to 2.4c.

Periscal · 22-03-2017 1:33am

Rain now turning to sleet as well in Hollywood village, bang on at 200asl,about a degree away from a massive snow event,a pity

highdef · 22-03-2017 1:41am

Periscal wrote: »

Rain now turning to sleet as well in Hollywood village, bang on at 200asl,about a degree away from a massive snow event,a pity

I would be very optimistic that you will get a lot of snow there tonight. The hills and mountains are literally beside the village. You're in as good a spot as you could hope for tonight.

pad199207 · 22-03-2017 1:47am

Turning to Wet Snow in Kildare now

Periscal · 22-03-2017 1:49am

I wish but just don't have that feeling tonight, according to Yr.no, EURO4 and GFS the most likely chance would be between now and 6AM, this is more like a wasted synoptics, looking at how close we are to snow and how much would have accumulated over next 24 hours,we had a lot of wrong marginal events this winter,wish we could live at elevations between 500 and 700m, somewhere up the Wicklow Gap, I mean like a proper village rather than an isolated cottage

quote="highdef;102988393"]I would be very optimistic that you will get a lot of snow there tonight. The hills and mountains are literally beside the village. You're in as good a spot as you could hope for tonight.[/quote]

Danno · 22-03-2017 1:54am

Cashel in Tipp is 0.6c: https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=ICOTIPPE2

Surely snowing there as the radar is lively enough across Tipp.

Wintry spell with Snow and Ice warnings week of 20-3-17

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