Snow in the west of ireland

gobbles

What are the chances of snow in the west of ireland this week??

nacho libre

very good for thursday. we may get something in the early hours of Tuesday too.

Mc Love

Thursday!?!

Honestly i cant see it happening! We are living in an invisible forcefield!!

dloob

They have snow in Spain and Morocco and still the Galway snow shields remain impenetrable, it's impressive.
No doubt if anything gets though it will have turned to rain.
Thursday I fly out to florida for two weeks so it will probably snow here then

Lumi

nacho libre wrote: »

very good for thursday. we may get something in the early hours of Tuesday too.

you might be right - this is starting to look promising no??http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/index.html

MayoForSam

No way we're going to get anything much from the east, Thursday does look promising as the wind shifts to the north, just hang in there .

Mc Love

I am trying SamForMayo

nacho libre

MayoForSam wrote: »

No way we're going to get anything much from the east, Thursday does look promising as the wind shifts to the north, just hang in there .

oh really;)

because there is light snow here beginning to turn heavier now:D:D:D:D
wohoo!!

IMBACKLATER

eastern parts of connaught should see some snow late tonight,

but no one will really care, all the fun at the moment is on the east coast,

and as you can see from the other thread they are gone into overdrive,

if such a snow event happened in the west

there wouldn t be as much interst on here or in the media

due to our low population density and media centralisation phenomem in dublin.

Mc Love

Yeah looks like the eastern part of Connacht will get some! As for the south and south west, you can forget about it

nacho libre

IMBACKLATER wrote: »

eastern parts of connaught should see some snow late tonight,

.

true. in this setup we never get precipitation as heavy as folks further east do, however, i'm confident nonetheless that many parts of east mayo, north and east galway, dongeal, leitrim, and roscommon will see at least a dusting of snow by morning.

but thursday is when the fun will hopefully begin. we should see troughs thursday night which should lead to decent accumulation for Friday morning. of course Jim Fahy will be on the job no matter how adverse the conditions are:)

kerry1960

sparkysrovers wrote: »

Yeah looks like the eastern part of Connacht will get some! As for the south and south west, you can forget about it

And what makes you think that then:p just back from work and more interested in bed right now , but heres the proof;).

ch750536

Good fall last night & still snowing.

MayoForSam

Well, woke up this morning to find it raining :rolleyes:. Roads were fine, no frost. Warm front had pushed in and temperatures have risen a few degrees.

Patience, patience........

ch750536

Snowing heavily just now

http://picasaweb.google.com/ch750536Pics/030209?feat=directlink

nacho libre

ch750536 wrote: »

Snowing heavily just now

http://picasaweb.google.com/ch750536Pics/030209?feat=directlink

yes we get it- the east trumps the west:p

thanks for the pictures

ch750536

huh?

nacho libre

ch750536 wrote: »

huh?

:o
sorry, i thought you were located in the east of Ireland.

Edgedinblue

i want snow
woke up to rain this morning, not fun!!

nacho libre

by the look of this sky if it was summer time we'd definitely have thunder out of any showers. still snowing lightly but darker clouds are rolling in. come on snow!

kerry1960

Just had another light snowfall , still light covering in my own location.

Robxxx7

i'm a bit west of Killorglin here and we are getting just rain

Jumpy

Heavy in Limerick.

Mc Love

Yeah its awesome!!!!

sillybird

Woo hoo its pegging the stuff down here in Galway

sean555

where are you in galway

bennyc

Sun is splitting the f$%king rocks in Sligo was raining this morning. Cold last night but not freezing.

MayoForSam

Yup, snowing heavily in Galway, I'm on the coast just beyond Spiddal so very unusual to see the white stuff. I doubt if it'll stick as the ground's too wet.

gobbles

And if it does snow this week, what are the chances of it actually sticking??
More so in the sligo coast area...

nacho libre

frustrating times so far...!! very light snow on and off...
everytime it looks like i could get a decent fall the cloud keep breaking up yet, 20 miles away they are having continous showers by the looks of things.

sillybird

sean555 wrote: »

where are you in galway

Corofin bout 7 miles from Tuam on the City side. Snow has eased off a bit but there are more dark clouds on the way

Lumi

Just outside Moycullen
Heavy snow and starting to stick :D:D

4.55 PM Nothing in town though - strange!

nacho libre

Fionagus wrote: »

Just outside Moycullen
Heavy snow and starting to stick :D:D

congratulations. good things come to those who wait:)

minxie

nacho libre wrote: »

frustrating times so far...!! very light snow on and off...
everytime it looks like i could get a decent fall the cloud keep breaking up yet, 20 miles away they are having continous showers by the looks of things.

not fair i want snow....

nacho libre

gobbles wrote: »

And if it does snow this week, what are the chances of it actually sticking??
More so in the sligo coast area...

your best chance of lying snow is Thursaday night.

minxie

well i hope so. i wanna build a snow man

ilovecars

it is snowing here in county limerick..

Mc Love

Think you are getting the snow we had a while ago in the city

fozzle

Bah, could see snow in Leitrim, Roscommon and up on Benbulben on the way to work today, but still no snow for me!

nacho libre

finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
a proper snow shower here now - the snow is falling at a very decent rate

wohoo!!!!:D:D:D

and it's sticking!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lumi

nacho libre wrote: »

finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
a proper snow shower here now - the snow is falling at a very decent rate

wohoo!!!!:D:D:D

and it's sticking!!!!!!!!!!!!

Enjoy !!
Starting up here again too and it freezing hard out so its sticking :D:D

kerry1960

lol so many threads , im sticking with this on for the sw also , if thats ok mods .

Been snowing on and off since 4 this evening , all sticking here , looking at the radar looking like a train of showers heading for the sw overnight , i could be completely wrong , but mabye worth watching .

nacho libre

it has cleared up here now. the wind has picked up quite a bit in the last 10 minutes.

nacho libre

http://212.100.247.145/viewimage.pbx?type=hiradar;file=radaraltv4_1855;sess=b427140e61ceaff425e2eb50851c715c


could be interesting...:)

kerry1960

Local forestry 3km from me @5.30 pm

Chong

Still shag all in Limerick, snow was impressive today but it melted instantly as ever unless your on the Gallows Hills.

schween

It snowed in north Galway city at about 3am this morning...everything on the street outside was white. Although it was all gone oddly enough when I got up at 8am

nacho libre

kerry1960 wrote: »

Local forestry 3km from me @5.30 pm

now that is one smart dog:) he knows how to enjoy the finer things in life;)

sean555

snow in galway city last 20 mins every place all white, graupel snow

peasant

Sligo is still snow proof up to now.

There was snow last night, but it turned to rain and never saw the light of day except for the mountain tops. Then it drizzled/rained all morning. Then the temperature suddenly dropped and there was a brief flurry of snowflakes around noon, only for the clouds to clear for a sunny, chilly afternoon.

Any precip on any radar always evoporates just before it's supposed to hit Sligo.

Ronan|Raven

Snowing now in Roscommon, falling very steadily.