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

Min

We got about an inch of snow, oh well won't see any bills in the post for a while....

Graces7

That was... interesting...

Not too well today so was working with the curtains closed; knitting baby hats and booties ready for the spring and summer markets. I reckon that after a winter like this there will be a small baby boom.:)

So intend to be well stocked.;)

Went to let the dogs out, to find three to four inches of the best kind of snow.... Soft and crisp atop the old iced stuff.

Every tree and bush was coated, and visible showers still surging in around blue sky.

Breathtaking; some has blown of now so I caught it at just the right moment.

Have filled the camera once more..

wushu

Huge snow shower about 10 miles off the coast ... so near yet so far:rolleyes: they seem to be staying out to sea and nothing to suggest them hitting wicklow at least for the time being..

ffarrell

Someof those showers in the Irish sea are very ominous but will not move inland to Dublin and Wicklow unless there is a change in wind direction. It needs to turn North - Easterly or the game is up. They are being blown lover to Wales.:rolleyes:

Peter

Still snowing here but much lighter, got about 2cm now

wushu

ffarrell wrote: »

Someof those showers in the Irish sea are very ominous but will not move inland to Dublin and Wicklow unless there is a change in wind direction. It needs to turn North - Easterly or the game is up. They are being blown lover to Wales.:rolleyes:

yep looks that way .. maybe if we all get our vacume cleaners out and face them towards the snow showers we can pull them to the coast!!:D

Storm 10

Nice snowwwwwwww in Galway City now :D:D

Figuramatyi

Now it has become VERY dark here in Galway City... expecting the snow to last for at least half an hour more
Pretty impressive stuff. Bit mild though, not sticking everywhere yet-

Edit: ok, not it IS heavy.

typhooner

proper big flakes floating down now, ground still frozen so it should settle

mollzer

The drizzle that fell last night frooze over and nothing since in Carrickmacross.

IMBACKLATER

wet snow falling by the coast near westport.

Zzippy

Snowing hard in Galway City but of course the sun had thawed everything so its not settling. Yet!

irish1967

OK.. so I think that we can still take it that what we get up here will make it at least to Galway. Takes about 2 hours to make it that far. Hmm better go back and check whats coming from Scotland:)

thetonynator

any chance that this lot could make a short detour inland for an hour or so???

Please???

DOCARCH

thetonynator wrote: »

any chance that this lot could make a short detour inland for an hour or so???

Please???

Seriously doubt it.

irish1967

ffarrell wrote: »

Someof those showers in the Irish sea are very ominous but will not move inland to Dublin and Wicklow unless there is a change in wind direction. It needs to turn North - Easterly or the game is up. They are being blown lover to Wales.:rolleyes:

nacho libre

the sun is peeking through now. still cloudy all around. so hopefully there is more to come.

jenzz

Back northerly now - seems to be inching ever so slowly from w to nw to n so hopefull ne then e in the afternoon

Lumi

Zzippy wrote: »

Snowing hard in Galway City but of course the sun had thawed everything so its not settling. Yet!

I'm just outside of the town & it's sticking here:D:D:D
If it keeps falling at this rate it will start to stick in town too.

Deep Easterly

Taken about 5 mins ago:



Has eased up big time now with just a few rogue flakes in the wind. Remains cloudy with temp at a steady 0.5c.

maquiladora

Happy for you DE. Looks like you are getting some good stuff there! :pac:

skelliser

heavy snowfall in galway city now

WolfeIRE

the one day the bloody Shannon radar decided to go wonky!

Irishmarinelife

It has passed over and remained a sleet and rain event just inside the coast in Southwest Mayo. I am mildly jealous of all those without the presence of mild Atlantic air, now with an inch or two of snow outside their houses



Here is a useful webcam for those who wish to look at the snow in Claremorris in East Mayo. http://www.irishtrivia.com/clarecam.htm

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http://irishmarinelife.com

Figuramatyi

Can anyone put up pics from Galway city, showing intensity nicely? Folks at home don't believe me when I'm saying "heavy snow" here

Deep Easterly

maquiladora wrote: »

Happy for you DE. Looks like you are getting some good stuff there! :pac:

Thanks Maq! A little bit too short for my liking, but sweet nonetheless.

Su Campu

Belmullet reported recent thunderstorm at 1200

cherryghost

I still think that clump from scotland is going to make way somewhere here. It still hasnt lost intensity and moving nicely. Been following it for the last 2 hours.

Chicken Run

tiny, weeny bit of dandruff-y type snow falling in East Clare now....

Defcol

I hope so!! Might get something in Navan afterall!:D

cherryghost wrote: »

I still think that clump from scotland is going to make way somewhere here. It still hasnt lost intensity and moving nicely. Been following it for the last 2 hours.