Cold Spell Discussion: Widespread Snow Expected Overnight/Tuesday

thetonynator

Rackstar wrote: »

I find this site great for checking the conditions!!

http://homepage.eircom.net/~osprey/irish_mesomap.html

Pity Newbridge is down at the moment!

Good site!!!

Rougies

Rackstar wrote: »

I find this site great for checking the conditions!!

http://homepage.eircom.net/~osprey/irish_mesomap.html

Pity Newbridge is down at the moment!

Wow, that's a blast from the past Check out their new and improved map
www.irelandsweather.com

naughto

lashing rain here aswell

Scubadevils

linguist wrote: »

Hi all. I've been loitering around here for most of the evening. Enjoying the observations and the banter. I would have thought it should be clear that the rain is following on from the initial warm front with the snow accompanying the cold front which isn't far behind. That's what all the charts have been showing, or am I mistaken?

At any rate, it's clear that something's going to happen. I'm in Donabate, north Co. Dublin, and as of now things seem to be overcast and I'd venture to suggest a little warmer than when I last ventured out for a walk about teatime. That would tally with the Dublin Airport observations anyway.

Here's hoping we'll get some of the white stuff anyway, and maybe even a few centimetres over the next day or so.

On a broader note, is anyone else reckoning the schools mightn't re-open as planned on Thursday if this does come to pass? Already the housing estates are treacherous enough and I'd imagine there'll be huge problems with heating and burst pipes in schools.

I'm in Lusk so a little further north, I'll let you know what falls when it arrives here!

opr

Just started snowing quite heavy in Dundalk.

Opr

thetonynator

miseagustusa wrote: »

hope so thetonynator:D

even though we just ran out of oil n my car just died on me:o a bit of snow wud cheer me up big time:P

might be a cold couple of days for you when it arrives!!

thetonynator

naughto wrote: »

lashing rain here aswell

where is here???

squonk

Is the front breaking up on it's western edge or just not being registered properly by the Dublin radar bEcause it's out of range? I think it's the latter but wondering if anyone can confirm?

Slugs

How likely is Snow in South Cork?

linguist

Felixdhc wrote: »

I'm in Lusk so a little further north, I'll let you know what falls when it arrives here!

Very good of you, but I can't really wait up. Besides, lots more fun to be had tomorrow methinks!

miseagustusa

might be a cold couple of days for you when it arrives

my lecky bill will b sky high cause i've oil rads plugged in everywhere:rolleyes:

why does everything seem 2 go wrong at d sametime

Scubadevils

Maybe its the wine (I'm still off till the 11th :P ) but I can't help feeling that "This is the One"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aqY-8cMVdg

dm09

Huge Snowflakes in Dundalk, Haven't seen snow this heavy in Years!!!

Cul a cnoic

Cul a cnoic wrote: »

Raining with a little sleet here in Annagry, West Donegal for the last 3 hours, on top of ice and the roads are tretcherous. 3 degrees now.

The hail has landed now

Rackstar

Rougies wrote: »

Wow, that's a blast from the past Check out their new and improved map
www.irelandsweather.com

Ahh!! Still like the look of the old site though! Maybe the new one will grow on me!! Thanks!

Cosmo Kramer

snow ghost wrote: »

According to NRA website it's snowing in Charlestown, if they are getting the same amount of precipitation we are getting as rain here they could be getting quite a fall. Anyone down that part of the county???

My bad it's saying it's heavy rain - but snow on the road. I'm slightly confused.

Was on the Charlestown bypass earlier and theres still a bit of lying snow from that south-westerly front a few days ago. Maybe that's what they are referring to? Charlestown and particularly the airport are always more likely to get snow because they're a bit higher up.

There's been a lot of snow lying at the airport for days but when you're up there and look into the distance (you can see for miles from up there) you see the snowless lower areas all around you.

Shelga

COME ON MY SNOW!!! :D:D:D *waves snow banner*

nacho libre

the rain has turned to humongous flakes of wet snow now

Murphdog94

dm09 wrote: »

Huge Snowflakes in Dundalk, Haven't seen snow this heavy in Years!!!

Hopefully a sign of things to come here in Dublin!

lucernarian

What depths of snow are people receiving??

Especially the ones in Louth:D

Slippin Jimmy

nacho libre wrote: »

the rain has turned to humongous flakes of wet snow now

Where are you based?

Rougies

To_be_confirmed wrote: »

What depths of snow are people receiving??

Especially the ones in Louth:D

lol, it only started a few minutes ago in Louth

dm09

To_be_confirmed wrote: »

What depths of snow are people receiving??

Especially the ones in Louth:D

About 1cm after 20mins, nice dry snow too!!!

Caza

brill site! well done
Very foggy here in trim meath hopefully we will get something never really do!

howlinwolf

we had a nice little snow shower down here in carlow bout 7 ish the radar on met.ie didnt show a thing at that time so personally i would take there rader wiyha pinch of salt:)

snow ghost

nacho libre wrote: »

the rain has turned to humongous flakes of wet snow now

Nice one nacho! :pac: Tell it to do that here wud ya!!! :cool:

Scubadevils

Feckin M2 buoy reading 3c / 1.8dp, how does that leave us in Dublin for Snow? - I suppose, it is in the Irish sea.

http://www.met.ie/latest/buoy.asp

SpitfireIV

Is this warm sector immediately preceeding that band of showers? Because my DP has just hit 0c now and is rising rather than falling. Air temp 1.1c. Can I expect these to drop as the precip begins to fall?

bernardo mac

Will hardly be as bad as 1982:snow on beaches,drifts the height of telephone poles,schools shut for a week in Wicklow/North Wexford.:cool:

Rougies

CroppyBoy1798 wrote: »

Is this warm sector immediately preceeding that band of showers? Because my DP has just hit 0c now and is rising rather than falling. Air temp 1.1c. Can I expect these to drop as the precip begins to fall?

Yes and yes....basically