White Xmas 2004

bennyx_o

Snow is belting down here in Killester. Lets hope it's like this for the night.

Scubadevils

Nice white covering now on the road and cars!

bennyx_o

Snow isn't sticking on the roads here, just on the cars.

Gonzo

thers an extra inch on the ground in hte past half hour here in dunshaughlin, no grass to be seen anywhere, everythings covered... snow is now light tho but it cud get heavy again any moment. this looks like the heaviest snow ive seen since 2001 definitely but it was an easy target we've had hardly any snow since then anyway.

Danno

Photos this morning around 9am!

Supercell

DMC wrote:

That 1700 radar of longfields shows that North Meath is getting hammered....
Not in this corner it aint..... only spitting light stuff atm...

Radar doesnt deal with snow to well sometimes, intensities are often exaggerated ...its really just an indication that there is stuff falling from the sky when its snow..generally brighter echos indicate heavier falls..but sometimes its wrong in wintery weather.

-ADREN-

absolutly nothing in limerick

Am I going to see any at all weathercheck?

ninebeanrows

ye most snow since 01' here although it doesnt take much!

Trotter

Hey Weathercheck... Just to say a massive well done. Next time I want to have an outdoor barbeque or anything weather permitting, I'll be in touch fr info. I might even send ya up a burger. I do a good bit of hot air ballooning down here in Waterford so Ill try get in touch early in 05 to get some good sites for really accurate forecasting.

Could you do me a favour and look through your latest stuff there for a 24 hour snow forecast for Waterford? The kids here are glued to the windows checking for it.. and Im just as bad!

Cheers!

Wertz

Ah the partypooper; sleet and wet snow now falling in NE Louth after a very heavy snow shower which was lying until the sleet started

Scubadevils

Snow stopped now in Lusk and what was on the ground is quickly melting:(

Supercell

Unfortunately the dewpoints are rising to the north and moving south , it seems that even if more precipitation reaches us it will be increasingly sleet then rain
Ahh well was nice while it lasted.

Trotter

Where abouts are you longfield??

mike65

Snow in Waterford!!!!!! Okay not much (as in a few flakes) but hey it snowed.:) Then it froze on the windscreen :mad:

Mike.

Supercell

Trotter wrote:

Where abouts are you longfield??

Rathgar, SW Dublin.
Its still snowing lightly but the dewpoints to the north are saying game over to me, still the best snowfall in years here

ninebeanrows

I wouldnt be soo pessimistic keep an eye on your temps and
dewpoint, minor rises in temperatures in the north are associated with
a warm core but this will move out into the Irish sea soon
so i'd expect at least sleet from the comin showers and i think
they'll be of snow although probably not lying

Scubadevils

snowing again here.

I have a dilemma - due to drive from Lusk up to Bettystown shortly to visit my mother, anyone have any thoughts as to if I should or not? Is the snow likely to keep falling? Will also have my wife and 3 month old baby in the car

ninebeanrows

The snow will keep coming probably through until
the early hours, you make up your own mind i wouldnt
want to decide especially with a young child in the car

Supercell

Weathercheck wrote:

I wouldnt be soo pessimistic keep an eye on your temps and
dewpoint, minor rises in temperatures in the north are associated with
a warm core but this will move out into the Irish sea soon
so i'd expect at least sleet from the comin showers and i think
they'll be of snow although probably not lying

Don't agree m8, unless its a really heavy shower, is most likely that showers from around 21:00 roughly will be of sleet ..turning to rain towards morning (in Dublin), hope i'm wrong

Supercell

Felixdhc wrote:

snowing again here.

I have a dilemma - due to drive from Lusk up to Bettystown shortly to visit my mother, anyone have any thoughts as to if I should or not? Is the snow likely to keep falling? Will also have my wife and 3 month old baby in the car

Untreated roads are very likely to be slippery, would think hard about driving outside tonight, maybe tomorrow would be a better idea when you have a wife and kid to consider.

Scubadevils

Good point - unfair to ask others to make up my mind!

Had better go, mother on her own up there and cant wait to see us!

Cheers

Tazzle

Really heavy snow showers in Irish terms out in Ballincollig west of Cork, stuck on the road and grass, plenty for a few large snow men in my garden (yes I'm a little kid at heart, it was for my little brother!) Never seen such heavy snow fall. Made my Christmas, especially seeing as it started just as we opened presents.

Trotter

Longfield wrote:

Rathgar, SW Dublin.
Its still snowing lightly but the dewpoints to the north are saying game over to me, still the best snowfall in years here

The game never started down here in tropical Waterford :cool: . Still, if that manky cold rain is what yer after, this is the place to be!!! Doubt I'll make any money from that ad lol

DMC

The view from my front lawn around noon today.

Doing nowt at t'mo.

I'll answer that for you trotter.
Very little snow likely down there tonight.
Tomorrow is to get mild with rain tomorrow night.

Temp has risen here in the past half hour to +2 (its gas prior to that everything was frozen)and it's been snowing lightly for about a half hr, its very wet snow though and if the tem rises any further I expect it to turn to rain here.

Trotter

Cheers Earthman.. I'll have to find some other entertainment so!

Supercell

Trotter wrote:

The game never started down here in tropical Waterford :cool: . Still, if that manky cold rain is what yer after, this is the place to be!!! Doubt I'll make any money from that ad lol

Ironically i spent four of the best years of my life down there and saw more snow there in most years in Dublin , maybe I was just lucky though .. or making snow angels with a nurse from the regional hospital kind of stuck in my mind as a more memorable snowfall than any other

ninebeanrows

Still snow here anyway

Supercell

Sleet here now..lets hope we get a proper easterly in January or Feb ..then Dubs see real snow

Gonzo

still snowing here about 3 inchs on the ground but its definitely getting milder.... ive a feeling it'll be raining here soon:( which is weird coz it was sunny at 2pm and freezing hard.... i would dearly love to see an easterly in january too with proper full on snow storms with minimum 6 inchs of snow lasting over a week like we used to get yearly back in the 80s, early 90s....