Snow watch - Waterford City

Trotter

We've been lucky (or unlucky if you love snow) to miss the worst of the snow this week. With the grey clouds closing in, I wonder are we about to get our share of it?

All the forecasts say no for Waterford seemingly. The adult in me says I hope it stays away, but in reality Im hoping for a little bit.

The sattelite imagery on this site www.raintoday.co.uk shows the snow just stops at the new bridge by the looks of it!

Has anyone seen any snow in the city so far?

mike65

No, we are the only part lf the country apart from Cobh not to see serious ice or snow, lets keep it that way!

anplaya

snowing now anyway

south

snowing out the dunmore road

Trotter

It doesnt seem to be the sticky variety.. token snow.

Hells Belle

just had a shower of snow by Slieverue/Ferrybank, stopped now though

mike65

Damn, its snowing!

Stokolan

Hells Belle wrote: »

just had a shower of snow by Slieverue/Ferrybank, stopped now though

Seems to be back again.

J-Fit

Where is all this snow you speak of? I haven't seen so much as a flake!

EDIT: Now I see it!

merlante

It's the outlying part of what's come down from Dublin and is probably currently over Wexford. It's heading south and will probably be gone in an hour or two. What is it about Waterford and no snow? Maybe the Comeraghs block it from the west and north-west, and the sea air warms things up on the south and east?

JPA

merlante wrote: »

It's the outlying part of what's come down from Dublin and is probably currently over Wexford. It's heading south and will probably be gone in an hour or two. What is it about Waterford and no snow? Maybe the Comeraghs block it from the west and north-west, and the sea air warms things up on the south and east?

North Atlantic Drift might play a part in keeping things that degree or 2 higher. Or something like that.

mike65

Thats it I think, we have a micro-climate in the east of the county.

I used to travel lot from east to west and back again across the country in the same day, the difference in shower activity was notable as I came back towards Waterford on a wet day. In Tralee it might dump every 10 mins at lunchtime, by Waterford in late afternoon the first and only shower of the day was ready to fall. We get away with a lot here.

sorrywhat

They are not very big snow flakes. Just little ones. And not the kind to stick. Me, Im very disappointed. I really wanted a bit of snow!

JPA

It's kinda sunny now.

JPA

Woo, it's back and heavier.

mike65

Yep we'll be breaking out the snowploughs by morning!

JPA

mike65 wrote: »

Yep we'll be breaking out the snowploughs by morning!

I've got the skis on standby.

jonnyfingers

Nice bit of snow falling here in the industrial estate. Doesn't look like it will stick though.

nkay1985

Snowing away outside Bausch & Lomb and seemed to be getting heavier about 10 minutes ago.

ziedth

its sunny in UCC

Daysha

Small drops here and there on the Dunmore Road, nothing major.

Hells Belle

Starting again down here in East Waterford, the sky is a lot darker this time and its sticking in places.

sorrywhat

jonnyfingers wrote: »

Nice bit of snow falling here in the industrial estate. Doesn't look like it will stick though.

Thats where I am and its coming down fairly fast now. Its not heavy enough to stick though

maquiladora

I wouldnt expect much more snow in Waterford now.

Looking ahead, from Saturday evening onwards there might be another chance but not likely before then.

decies

Hells Belle wrote: »

Starting again down here in East Waterford, the sky is a lot darker this time and its sticking in places.

I didn,t know we had a east waterford

Hells Belle

ha ha neither did I till I until after I posted! I'm as far east as you can get without actually being in South Kilkenny, I was excited and my brain is mushy, its stopped now though (snow & brain)

Car Mad

decies wrote: »

I didn,t know we had a east waterford

Course we have an east waterford i would always class dungarven cappa and such as the whesht Ya a bit of snow around kilmeaden too not stickin though:(

Mickdots

nkay1985 wrote: »

Snowing away outside Bausch & Lomb and seemed to be getting heavier about 10 minutes ago.

id **** back inside the door or else u will be made redundant

mike65

Light covering of snow thats seems to be sticking.

JPA

That was a fair dose of it there. The place is covered.

Trotter

If we get little showers like that during the night then the roads will be bad in the mornin.

Paddy@CIRL

The roads in the estate here (Rockenham) are treacherous ! Been watching cars sliding down the hill all evening and others turning around and heading back trying to come up it !

seanybiker

bit hear in hillview. I left me bike at me mates last night. Think ill have the leathers on later for when I slide down me hill.

looksee

Thin covering in Tramore - it won't need much for the roads to be dangerous tomorrow.

maquiladora

Showers have died out now, thats all the snow there will be for a few days.

South Kilkenny got it a lot worse, couple of inches in places, roads are lethal up there.

Trotter

maquiladora wrote: »

Showers have died out now, thats all the snow there will be for a few days.

South Kilkenny got it a lot worse, couple of inches in places, roads are lethal up there.

Ya reckon we'll get a bit more later in the week?

maquiladora

Trotter wrote: »

Ya reckon we'll get a bit more later in the week?

Yeah, could be snow in these parts again Sat/Sun/Mon, hard to know for sure yet but its looking possible now. They will probably mention it on the forecast after the news.

stick-dan

I've travelled from carlow im on the train to waterford at the moment and kilkenny to carlow is unbelievably dangerous, if any blaa natives were thinking of heading there tonight on travels, don't think of your safety and others, its just too dangerous, kilkenny south has the couple of inches from what my work collegues have told me, if snow freezes on roads tonight it will be so hazardous. anyway main point of interest, dont travel tonight outside waterford, it is too dangerous outside waterford

roryq

Ballyhale to Kilkenny was lethal on the way home this evening. That was at around 5 tho. They've closed some out of the roads of kilkenny city due to the snow..

summer10

Does any one know if any of the primary schools in the city are open or closed tomorrow Thursday 7th January 2010

xFROSTY Gx

summer10 wrote: »

Does any one know if any of the primary schools in the city are open or closed tomorrow Thursday 7th January 2010

Theres already a thread for that http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055789640

deisemum

My lads are hoping for more snow and have been out in it this evening. Ballygunner NS is closed until Monday and De La Salle is closed tomorrow and we'll find out tomorrow what's happening on Friday.

Black Dog

Very icy roads late last night and this morning. The main streets in town, the Quay, Parnell St. etc are perfectly fine but I turned into John's St. and onto the Waterside and it was treacherous. Catherine St was a little better but it was imperative to drive slowly and carefully.

Main streets are fine, side streets are not.

My own road has four inches of ice in places and long stretches of this, very dangerous. Managed to salt my own drive early this morning and was able to get out and back in again.

mike65

I'm out of bread and milk so will have to venture out later, hopefully the sun and traffic will have slushed the snow by lunchtime

decies

Whats it like outside mike? Housing estates up by st otterans not good.

snuggles09

my whole front is still covered in snow as i'm in the shade..my back is the same..it's not even slushing yet. on saying that i brought the kids to school and once i pulled out of the actual estate the roads themselves were ok. bit slippery but nothing you couldnt manage if you were to drive that bit slower.

mike65

decies, its snowy! I haven't been outside the front door but others have and seem to have driven away successfully.

Did it snow last night?

decies

Got a two day old car ,think it stays in driveway today

maquiladora

mike65 wrote: »

decies, its snowy! I haven't been outside the front door but others have and seem to have driven away successfully.

Did it snow last night?

There was a heavy snow shower that lasted about 10 mins just before 6pm, just the tail end of a heavy snow shower that came over Wexford from the Irish Sea. Thats what gave the dusting/covering that there is now.

jo06555

up on carrickphierish , blackberry fields ect still have the coat of snow like most other estates so if it snows later on it may get thicker around city but im not to sure we will see more snow today.:( or depending on your stance

Aquos76

Very little if any snow forecasted for the remainder of today and tomorrow, however the South East region could be in for a few showers of snow over Saturday & Sunday