Cold Spell & Snowfall Discussion Tuesday/Wednesday (5/6 January 2010)

ninebeanrows

Heavy snow likely to fall in the north and northwest during through till early Evening.

>10cm in places.

Winds to veer Northeast this afternoon and towards nightfall.

Heavy snow showers pushing onto the east coast from 6pm.

Accumulations significant in places. (5-15cm)


Snow risk continues overnight and through Wednesday in the east and north coast, while things dry up gradually in the west as winds veer ENE at first.

Turning drier everywhere Friday/ Saturday with just scattered wintry showers. Some really deep frosts and lows perhaps below -10c.

Staying bitterly cold past the weekend.

Davo D

Anyone in north Co.Dublin see any snow at the moment?

Snowaddict

Winds already beginning to swing into the Northeast now, visible on the very latest Radar imagery..

SA

snow ghost

Anyone else in Mayo getting this snow???

Tom Cruises Left Nut

Weathercheck, am I wrong in thinking the winds are Northeasterly at the moment ?

It looks like that from the radar images

glossy

Snowaddict wrote: »

Winds already beginning to swing into the Northeast now, visible on the very latest Radar imagery..

SA

meaning good news for us on the east?

Dr Galen

Davo D wrote: »

Anyone in north Co.Dublin see any snow at the moment?

we've had snow here overnight. haven't been out to look yet, but doesn't look like a huge amount. roads are dodgey enough in places, but gritting has been a lot better this time.

If we get even some of the falls predicted by others later on today it could get nasty pretty quick. Bear in mind though I'm right out on the coast, and that may have had some bearing on things

DOCARCH

Snowaddict wrote: »

Winds already beginning to swing into the Northeast now, visible on the very latest Radar imagery..

SA

Yes, good stuff! M2 bouy now north, 4c/-1c.

ninebeanrows

Looks like a big Anvil heading towards the City.

Looks snowy up there

Gonna slip south of here though.

Pete M.

About 1cm has fallen in Sligo town in the past hour.

There was even a bit at home, very little, before I left for work and OH says it was coming down there too after I left, which is the first since before Xmas.

Yes they've gone light NNE here in the past few minutes.

DP and air is rising though.

Irishmarinelife

There was a very light dusting in Southwest Mayo last night, yesterday evening was the mildest night in two weeks due to the NW breeze off that (relatively) warm warm Atlantic. Heavy clouds are now visible in the far Northeast over the Newport area.

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Heroditas

Beautiful clear sky in Lucan at the moment.
Temperature currently reads -2C.
We had a small dusting of snow last night and it was enough to make the roads in the housing estates treacherous again.

ninebeanrows

t|nt|n wrote: »

Weathercheck, am I wrong in thinking the winds are Northeasterly at the moment ?

It looks like that from the radar images

There is a small circulation around North Wales.

NW winds to the south of it, NE winds above it.

Cosmo Kramer

snow ghost wrote: »

Anyone else in Mayo getting this snow???

Ya, it's throwing it down here now, gets heavier every time I look out the window - this has the makings of a serious dumping!:D

The wind change is a bit late for the showers in the Irish sea at the moment for most of the East unless you live in south wexford..in which case look east north east-theres a baby passing through in an hour or two.
It may be too far out to see to only just graze wexford town/rosslare though.

Pangea

[quote=irish1967]Pangea, Isn't it absolutely beautiful !! And by the looks of the raintoday radar which has been spot on all morning there is loads more to come this morning[/quote]
Sure is! Its lovely to look at , its good and thick here now, proper snow!! , i moved away some of the snow and under it is an inch or two of ice. Thats in places where there was no ice last night!

Theres a good stretch of water in my field the last 3 weeks that has been frozen solid, and the ice is like 8 or 9 inches thick by now, This weather is incredible. My driveway also has been an ice rink since mid december

ninebeanrows

I wonder will that clump in Kish head into Wicklow, could be close.

Defcol

Can anyone hazard a guess if it's likely to snow Navan/Dunshauglin area with these coming bands? Took me 3 hours to drive from Navan to Blanchardstown this morning and i'd like to determine if i should head home early today and what conditions are likely tomorrow? Cheer!

irish1967

Heres a few more pic that were posted by DeerHunter over in the Donegal Forum a few mins ago

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=63800175&postcount=131

Gonzo

from post in other thread

''Can anyone hazard a guess if it's likely to snow Navan/Dunshauglin area with these coming bands? Took me 3 hours to drive from Navan to Blanchardstown this morning and i'd like to determine if i should head home early today and what conditions are likely tomorrow? Cheer!''


Unlikely to see further snow in Dunshaughlin/Navan for most of today, maybe a chance of some snow showers later 2night and 2moro.

Snowaddict

Deleted User wrote: »

Yes they've gone light NNE here in the past few minutes.

DP and air is rising though.

Thanks for the update BB.

Hopefully you will see a drop now fairly soon as the much colder 850mb Temperatures set in..

SA

joes girls

woke up to all white again this morning, only frost, should i go on my snow watch down here in wexford again???
would love it back,

WolfeIRE

Is that subtle shift in wind direction not going to affect the flow of that precip along the West? It was initailly forecast to hit north galway at best but latest satelitte runs has seen it take a more SSW run.

Redsunset

Hey lets ramp it up abit by adding possible east/south east whiteout to thread title:D

Drag00n79

snow ghost wrote: »

Anyone else in Mayo getting this snow???

Nothing in Ballina yet apart from a light sprinkling overnight. It's gone very dark now though.

steamjetjoe

redsunset wrote: »

Hey lets ramp it up abit by adding possible east/south east whiteout to thread title:D

What time roughly:)

wushu

Weathercheck wrote: »

I wonder will that clump in Kish head into Wicklow, could be close.

Looking out over the Irish sea there is a huge anvil forming:) not sure it will make landfall here in Wicklow though the showers seem to be traveling along the coast some miles out to sea still :rolleyes:

jambofc

irish1967 wrote: »

Heres a few more pic that were posted by DeerHunter over in the Donegal Forum a few mins ago

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=63800175&postcount=131

wow,can only hope an pray for some of that

DOCARCH

Looking at the Met E radar, it looks like the edge of that ppn will just hit the coastal fringe of Dublin? Definitely looks to be moving almost SW.

-1.0c here DP -1.4c

Pangea

By the way how did that polar low fair out , what happened to that little beauty?

Tom Cruises Left Nut

Im just on the coast in North Dublin at the moment, you can see the change in direction of the cloud now.

DOCARCH

Can see that anvil to my NE now.

eskimocat

this is what fell here earlier, in about 40mins, and now it is snowing again!!

Cosmo Kramer

Is there a reason why nobody's getting excited about that big red lump heading south from the Western Isles on raintoday at the moment? It's showing over 'Stanton Banks' at the moment and tracking straight for the Mayo/Donegal coast. Or is it just because it's not heading for Dublin?!

Davo D

Looking at that precipitation from Dublin 3 at the moment, looks like it's breaking up.

DOCARCH

Cosmo Kramer wrote: »

Or is it just because it's not heading for Dublin?!

Probably!

Danno

Todays sat image showing some snowfields...

typhooner

the big event right now is the snow train hitting the NW, not an anvil 20 miles off shore the east coast

Cosmo Kramer

Cosmo Kramer wrote: »

Is there a reason why nobody's getting excited about that big red lump heading south from the Western Isles on raintoday at the moment? It's showing over 'Stanton Banks' at the moment and tracking straight for the Mayo/Donegal coast. Or is it just because it's not heading for Dublin?!

Well you're getting excited about it aren't you?
I'd hate to see area specefic threads here-it has ruined netweather.
I'm glad that the NW is see'ing lots more snow.

Obviously like a lot of imby people I want it in my back yard too.
Lots of Dubs here,they are after all a quarter of the population and more likely to have internet where they work etc

M.T. Cranium

Just saw the 00z UKMO run, mesoscale low drifts southwest across Cornwall and pulls in a strong northeast gradient overnight for Wicklow-Wexford.

This could get very interesting, massive sea effect is pivoting just offshore and any slight change in wind direction would bring it onshore soon after 1200, however, best chances for heavy snow would come after 1500h and there is potential here for 10-20 cms in these counties: Dublin, Wicklow, Wexford, Kildare, Laois, Carlow, Kilkenny, and (I'm not sure if international treaties allow me to say this) Waterford. Amounts obviously higher in east-slope districts of Wicklow and Wexford, higher parts of Dublin.

The GFS was also fairly bullish for snow on its 06z run.

Turn those winds ... and ye shall have snow.

ninebeanrows

Looks like central southern England could be seeing totals of up to 40cms tonight :eek::eek::(

I'll be happy with 10cm snow god:D

super_furry

These threads, as interesting and entertaining as they are, always seem to end the same way. There's massive optimism, everyone (including me) gets their hopes up but it ends in a bit of a damp squib. I dunno, I wouldn't be surprised if the New Years Day snow is the best it get - at least in Dublin.

Su Campu

24 hour TAFs (valid from 12pm today)

(DUBLIN)TAF COR EIDW 051100Z 0512/0612 33012KT 9999 FEW010 TEMPO 0512/0520 FEW018CB BECMG 0520/0523 01015KT TEMPO 0520/0612 3000 -SHSN BKN005 SCT018CB TEMPO 0523/0603 02020G30KT BECMG 0603/0606 02020G30KT TEMPO 0606/0609 02024G35KT= LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS FROM 8PM TONIGHT TO 6AM WEDNESDAY

(SHANNON)TAF EINN 051100Z 0512/0612 34010KT 9999 SCT020 TEMPO 0512/0517 FEW018CB PROB30 TEMPO 0513/0516 4000 -SHSN BKN007 SCT018CB BECMG 0516/0519 01012KT BECMG 0522/0601 01015KT TEMPO 0605/0612 02016G26KT= SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS FOM 1PM TO 6PM TODAY

(CORK)TAF EICK 051100Z 0512/0612 33014KT 9999 FEW010 PROB30 TEMPO 0516/0519 3000 -SHSN BKN007 SCT018CB BECMG 0600/0603 01015KT TEMPO 0606/0612 01017G28KT= SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS FROM 4PM TO 7PM TODAY

(CONNAUGHT)TAF COR EIKN 051100Z 0512/0612 33012KT 9999 SCT010 SCT018CB TEMPO 0512/0524 1500 SHSN BKN003 BKN014CB BECMG 0521/0524 01015KT BECMG 0606/0609 36010KT= MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS FROM 12PM TO MIDNIGHT

(BELFAST/ ALDERGROVE)TAF EGAA 051104Z 0512/0612 36009KT 9999 FEW025 PROB30 TEMPO 0520/0524 2000 SHSN BKN008= SLIGHT CHANCE OF MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS FROM 8PM TO MIDNIGHT


9 hour TAFs (valid from 12pm to 9pm)

(CASEMENT (BALDONNEL) (MIL))TAF EIME 051115Z 0512/0521 32012KT 9999 FEW010 TEMPO 0512/0521 FEW018CB= NO SNOW FORECAST
(BELFAST/ CITY)TAF EGAC 051107Z 0512/0521 36010KT 9999 SCT025 PROB30 TEMPO 0520/0521 3000 SHSN BKN012= SLIGHT CHANCE OF MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS FROM 8PM TO 9PM
(LONDONDERRY/ EGLINTON)TAF EGAE 051107Z 0512/0521 35012KT 9999 FEW015CB SCT020 PROB30 TEMPO 0512/0518 3000 SHSN BKN008 TEMPO 0518/0521 1200 SHSN BKN004= SLIGHT CHANCE OF MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS FROM 6PM TO 9PM


Local Area Forecasts (valid from 10am-7pm)

GALWAY (CARNMORE))EICM LOCAL AREA FORECAST VALID 051000/051900 WIND 34012KT TEMPO 1014 34014G24KT BECMG 1417 01014KT VISIBILITY 9999 TEMPO 1019 5000 PROB40 TEMPO 1019 1200 WEATHER TEMPO 1019-SHRA -SHRASN PROB40 TEMPO 1019 SHSN CLOUD FEW018CB SCT020 SCT030 TEMPO 1019 BKN010 SCT018CB PROB40 1019 BKN005 SCT015CB CLOUD HEIGHTS GIVEN ABOVE MSL= NO SNOW FORECAST TO 7PM

(DONEGAL)EIDL LOCAL AREA FORECAST VALID 051000/051900 WIND 01017G28KT TEMPO 1012 32017G28KT TEMPO 1219 02020G32KT VISIBILITY 9999 TEMPO 1019 5000 PROB30 1019 2000 WEATHER -SHRA -SHRASN TEMPO 1019 SHRA SHRASN PROB30 1019 SHSN CLOUD FEW018CB SCT020 SCT030 TEMPO 1019 BKN008 SCT018CB PROB30 1019 BKN005 SCT015CB CLOUD HEIGHTS GIVEN ABOVE MSL= SLIGHT CHANCE OF MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS FROM 10AM TO 7PM

(KERRY (FARRANFORE))EIKY LOCAL AREA FORECAST VALID 051000/051900 WIND 36010KT TEMPO 1418 33013KT VISIBILITY 9999 PROB40 TEMPO 1218 5000 PROB30 TEMPO 1218 2000 WEATHER -SHRA -SHRASN PROB40 TEMPO 1218 SHRA SHRASN -SHSN PROB30 TEMPO 1218 SHSN CLOUD FEW018 SCT030 TEMPO 1018 FEW017CB PROB40 TEMPO 1218 BKN010 SCT017CB PROB30 TEMPO 1218 BKN005 SCT015CB CLOUD HEIGHTS GIVEN ABOVE MSL= MEDIUM CHANCE OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS FROM 12PM TO 6PM

(SLIGO)EISG LOCAL AREA FORECAST VALID 051000/051900 WIND 35012KT TEMPO 1114 32013KT VISIBILITY 9999 TEMPO 1019 5000 PROB30 TEMPO 1019 2000 WEATHER -SHRA -SHRASN TEMPO 1019 SHRA SHRASN PROB30 TEMPO 1019 SHSN CLOUD FEW018CB SCT020 SCT030 TEMPO 1019 BKN010 SCT018CB PROB30 1019 BKN005 SCT015CB CLOUD HEIGHTS GIVEN ABOVE MSL= LOW CHANCE OF MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS FROM 10AM TO 7PM

(WATERFORD)EIWF LOCAL AREA FORECAST VALID 051000/051900 WIND 34012KT TEMPO 1619 34015G25KT VISIBILITY 9999 WEATHER NSW CLOUD FEW018 SCT030 CLOUD HEIGHTS GIVEN ABOVE MSL= NO SNOW FORECAST

linguist

Morning! It's clouding over in Donabate now.

DOCARCH

Deleted User wrote: »

I'd hate to see area specefic threads here-it has ruined netweather.

Just had a look in there this morning for the first time in yonks - what a disaster!

cherryghost

anyone looking at the huge clump of snowfall in scotland? it looks like its gonna hold and move south westerly towards us.

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

EDIT: it actually looks likes its intensifying as it moves south westerly :P

Pangea

typhooner wrote: »

the big event right now is the snow train hitting the NW, not an anvil 20 miles off shore the east coast

Cosmo Kramer wrote: »

Is there a reason why nobody's getting excited about that big red lump heading south from the Western Isles on raintoday at the moment? It's showing over 'Stanton Banks' at the moment and tracking straight for the Mayo/Donegal coast. Or is it just because it's not heading for Dublin?!

We are too busy enjoying the snow , we forgot to look at the radars :pac::pac:
Sweet!!

DOCARCH

Dublin AP reporting 'showers in the vicinity' at 1130 - that shower must have landed?

irish1967

Hearing reports of blockage near Dunkineely between Donegal Town & Killybegs.

ciaran67

Clouds seem to be passing Wicklow still. Pic taken looking straight out to sea. Sea looks very rough.



Sorry pic not great from mobile camera.