It's snowing!

Sulmac

Just started snowing here in Omagh, Co Tyrone! Also, it's sticking about on the ground - not melting as soon as it hits it. :cool:

Current temperature: 0.9ºC 0.7ºC (keeps falling :pac:)

star-pants

so jealous....

arctictree

Well done Sulmac - First confirmed snow report of the year!!

Big Tone

arctictree wrote: »

Well done Sulmac - First confirmed snow report of the year!!

Wasn't it snowing there back in February?

ninebeanrows

Heavy snow being reported in Belfast and across NI, could be some flakes in Dublin around midday

rockdrummer

Ya know he means first report this winter...

dont be soooo stupid !

homersimpson

Just after a big snow shower here in Killybegs,Co Donegal

forkassed

Showers look to have banded together and are moving down the country now.

Those showers are likely to hit the Dublin area alright but the southern arm of them is weak enough so they'll be under pressure in Wicklow.
Definitely some snow above 800ft (Possibly starting as sleety rain at that elevation and wet snow above 1500ft with a combination before full wet snow on elevations inbetween) there though if the precipitation arrives intact I think.

enda1

rockdrummer wrote: »

Ya know he means first report this winter...

dont be soooo stupid !

Its Autumn.

JanuarySnowstor

The band of showers look like weakening out as they travel South.
By the time they hit Cork I'd say we'll be lucky to get snizzle:D
Keep up the reports

forkassed

White out conditions on some of the northern most scottish traffic cams

http://www.trafficscotland.org/lev/index.aspx

Sulmac

Well it stopped snowing here at around half ten and got sunny. Most of the snow melted. However it's starting to cloud up and looks like it might start again...

Temperature at 2ºC now.

JanuarySnowstor

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

The band of showers look like weakening out as they travel South.
By the time they hit Cork I'd say we'll be lucky to get snizzle:D
Keep up the reports

The band in question thats been affecting Ulster and North Leinster is going nowhere near Cork.
It's sliding into the Irish sea with it's southern most point at Bray or Greystones I think.

What you will see are atlantic showers that are much smaller (though they may grow) and they are very unlikely in my opinion to be delivering sleety snow to anywhere that isn't well inland or above 600ft.

Have a look at this for the track

http://www.sat24.com/frame.php?html=homepage

nacho libre

Sleety rain here so far. The clouds look snowy to the north now. So, I think there will be a shower of wet snow before the shower activity dies out.:D

Snowbie

As expected the trough has fragmented overland as they usually do. To my west and east it's dark while it's partly sunny here. The Blessington area might get something wintry as it is still showing signs of something heavier over Kildare and moving SE. Wicklow mtns should sponge the rest of the moisture out of the trough.

Supercell

Barely a drop here, even so the temp pummeted by a degree, which isnt bad for a bit of drizzle, a proper shower could easily drop the temp towards zero I reckon..until the winds go NE I fear a bit of drizzle is all thats likely here though.

forkassed

Aaargh..wheres my feckin snow

How about this for friday midnight...more potential?

http://91.121.93.17/pics/Rtavn661.png

http://91.121.93.17/pics/Rtavn663.png

Snowbie

Snowbie wrote: »

As expected the trough has fragmented overland as they usually do. To my west and east it's dark while it's partly sunny here. The Blessington area might get something wintry as it is still showing signs of something heavier over Kildare and moving SE. Wicklow mtns should sponge the rest of the moisture out of the trough.

It seems the windward side of the mtns has aided the trough with orographic lift. The trough or whats left of it has intensified on NW and west side of the Wicklow mtns.

arctictree

forkassed wrote: »

Aaargh..wheres my feckin snow

How about this for friday midnight...more potential?

http://91.121.93.17/pics/Rtavn661.png

http://91.121.93.17/pics/Rtavn663.png

Thats Thursday midnight, and yes, definitely potential there!

Supercell

Snowbie wrote: »

It seems the windward side of the mtns has aided the trough with orographic lift. The trough or whats left of it has intensified on NW and west side of the Wicklow mtns.

Sucking the life out of in the process, barely anything here on the eastern side of them.
Sky is brown to the west - a sure sign of wintry precipitation.

Snowbie

Snowbie wrote: »

It seems the windward side of the mtns has aided the trough with orographic lift. The trough or whats left of it has intensified on NW and west side of the Wicklow mtns.

Theres a shower approaching here actually now with a white spray from the clouds about half way down and a rainbow.I expect a bit of rain/hail shortly.

Did I say rain?

No rain in this shower as it's a
Heavy hailstorm

copacetic

very dark clouds in sandyford, sleety sideways rain at the moment

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

9 degrees here in Berlin and sunny. Am a little jealous.

copacetic

copacetic wrote: »

very dark clouds in sandyford, sleety sideways rain at the moment

*pedantic moment*

That is probably a soft hail rain mix not sleet [unless you can see wispy flakes in it].
Same here.

Temp has took a tumble to 5.4c

copacetic

Deleted User wrote: »

*pedantic moment*

That is probably a soft hail rain mix not sleet [unless you can see wispy flakes in it].
Same here.

Temp has took a tumble to 5.4c

sleet 'y', it was the y that I threw in there than covers a multitude of sins!

Gadjodilo

Vile, gooey, sleet turning to rain in Cavan. Maximum misery effect.

Yoda

Seemed to be a dusting of snow on Croagh Patrick about an hour ago. It's certainly chilly enough!

Mobhi1

Yoda wrote: »

Seemed to be a dusting of snow on Croagh Patrick about an hour ago. It's certainly chilly enough!

Well, Knock report for 1200 was Recent Snow!

nilhg

Snowbie wrote: »

As expected the trough has fragmented overland as they usually do. To my west and east it's dark while it's partly sunny here. The Blessington area might get something wintry as it is still showing signs of something heavier over Kildare and moving SE. Wicklow mtns should sponge the rest of the moisture out of the trough.

Started as hail here then changed to wet snow/sleet and finished up as cold rain, there was a noticable drop in temp during and after it.

Cornilius

Interesting drive this morning to Ballygowan Co Down 7miles east of Belfast. Left Kilcock this morning at 8ish car frozen solid! Glorius sunshine all the way as far as Dundalk! There were dark clowds over the border where we met driving icy sleety rain, but as soon as we reach the Banbridge dual-carriageway the sleet turned to big fluffy flakes! It was blizzard white-out condition, everything was white except the road. There was intermittent snow on and off till we finally reached our destination. There was still a nice dusting of snow on the ground when we finally reached Ballygown at 11ish.

ninebeanrows

Just had the first 10 flakes of snow of the season:D:pac:

Daniel O Donnel

Hi folks ,
New on here . Can anyone give a run down on how to show photographs. Have a few of the snow this morning in Donegal.
thanks.

Snowbie

Daniel O Donnel wrote: »

Hi folks ,
New on here . Can anyone give a run down on how to show photographs. Have a few of the snow this morning in Donegal.
thanks.

Hi, welcome to the forum.(Have you got a weather station)

Using the [img][/img] image tags, insert the copied url inside these tags by way of third party software like photobucket.:)

nacho libre

from met.ie:


Around dawn on Wednesday, rain will arrive in western counties and will then spread eastwards to all areas during the morning. Some sleet or snow will occur for a time ahead of the rain, especially over high ground in the east and north. Outbreaks of rain will persist for much of the afternoon but will clear in the evening to isolated showers. Breezy and less cold for a time; highest temperatures 5 to 10 degrees Celsius.

so those in the east and North could be happy tomorrow morning and possibly on thursday too. The weekend will be fine. Then we can probably all look forward to mild south westerlies for the start of next week. I hope we don't have to wait another two months before we get a wintry snap after this.

Daniel O Donnel

Daniel O Donnel

Cant get the link from photobucket to the image things on here:(

Will delete above if it is to big.

Mothman

I saw one snowflake couple hours ago. Temp was 5C, but DP -2C at the time. A few small snow grains/pellets/soft hail......(whatever you want to call them) along with the flake.
If I 'm pushed to it, I'll admit that this does not belong to a "Its Snowing" thread.........but I don't care!!

Snowbie

Congrats MM, everyone should see snow at least once a year:D

nilhg

Looking across from the west, this evening it seemed to me that the top of Lugnaquilla was white, can anybody closer confirm?

arctictree

nilhg wrote: »

Looking across from the west, this evening it seemed to me that the top of Lugnaquilla was white, can anybody closer confirm?

Yes, it has a snow covering now. See the 'Current Weather Conditions' thread for more info...

Danno

Hail-Sleet shower in Portlaoise after 3pm today. Quite cool.

kerry1960

Joining the club now ,:D sleety/soft hail shower atm .