Snow/sleet REPORTS - 23/11/2010 onwards

Trogdor

I'm going to open this thread now just to try and keep the forecasting dicussion about the upcoming wintry spell separate from the actually reports. As things get colder and reports become more plentiful i will try and open a new thread for reports every day so that things don't get to clustered.

Post any reports of snow/sleet/hail or any other current weather reports relevant to the cold spell here.

ps Don't forget to add your location to your profile (or post where you are reporting from) so people know where you are;)

Harps

We've had a few heavy hail showers here in Letterkenny, had a bit of sleet mixed in this morning but its just been rain & hail since then.

irish1967

(just a request. When posting here could you actually state location. I and I'm sure others follow this on my mobile and the mobile version doesn't show a posters location. Thanks 67 )

John mac

Snow on top of Neiphin Latitude: 54.013289 Longitude: -9.368352 806 metres

A dusting.

Iancar29

A dusting on the dublin mountains , dunno which one buts its the one with the radio tower on it

HellFireClub

Iancar29 wrote: »

A dusting on the dublin mountains , dunno which one buts its the one with the radio tower on it

Is that Three Rock Mountain you reckon or Kippure Mountain?

Iancar29

HellFireClub wrote: »

Is that Three Rock Mountain you reckon or Kippure Mountain?

Kippure i think, that would be the one further to the right wouldnt it.

I live in finglas and checked from my window this morning with d oul binoculars.

snowstreams

Yep thats Kippure alright.
It had large patches of snow last year from december right through to early April. It was great for snowboarding on until mid march.
Im hoping for something similar to happen this year. It should go white this weekend and fingers crossed should stay that way till march

Iancar29

Cool, planning on goin up there with the lidl snow boards as soon as they are on sale ( hopefully soon enough! )

And just checked , kippure is roughly 740 m asl... so id say its around 0 o C up there if im correct?

snowstreams

Yeah its 757m officially. So roughly 5 degrees colder up there. Maybe 6c because the city tends to be warmer than countryside too. It could be 6c and raining in Dublin and snowing on top of Kippure. All depends on the upper temps too though.
This is a thread from last year about snow in wicklow.
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055776034&page=9
You can see the patch that built up during the cold spell, that didnt melt till April. Its the most accessible high mountain near Dublin I reckon.

TheFairy

Just in the middle of a sleet shower at the moment here in Fermanagh. Can clearly see little bits of ice on the window. Totally unscientific car thermometer showing 7 C.

Iancar29

snowstreams wrote: »

Yeah its 757m officially. So roughly 5 degrees colder up there. Maybe 6c because the city tends to be warmer than countryside too. It could be 6c and raining in Dublin and snowing on top of Kippure. All depends on the upper temps too though.
This is a thread from last year about snow in wicklow.
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055776034&page=9
You can see the patch that built up during the cold spell, that didnt melt till April. Its the most accessible high mountain near Dublin I reckon.

Awh now i definitely want to go up as soon as a good bit of snow falls up there , if lidl dont hav that sale on would u know a good place to buy a cheap enough board or even skis?

Iancar29

TheFairy wrote: »

Just in the middle of a sleet shower at the moment here in Fermanagh. Can clearly see little bits of ice on the window. Totally unscientific car thermometer showing 7 C.

take a picture or video

ninebeanrows

Reports beginning to come in of falling snow in Northeastern England down to low levels.

Mountains apparently had a few inches last night.

snowstreams

Iancar29 wrote: »

Awh now i definitely want to go up as soon as a good bit of snow falls up there , if lidl dont hav that sale on would u know a good place to buy a cheap enough board or even skis?

Im not too knowlegable about snowsports equipment. I got that lidl board purely for snow in Ireland though cause it was cheap enough. I had snowboard boots already which cost as much as the board.
Maybe check the snowsports forum, for good 2nd hand prices.
I got my boots off this place http://www.irishsnowboards.com
Might have some decent boards there too.

Iancar29

snowstreams wrote: »

Im not too knowlegable about snowsports equipment. I got that lidl board purely for snow in Ireland though cause it was cheap enough. I had snowboard boots already which cost as much as the board.
Maybe check the snowsports forum, for good 2nd hand prices.
I got my boots off this place http://www.irishsnowboards.com
Might have some decent boards there too.

Thanks, hopefully lidl will hav boards on sale

kn2k10

Meath:
Monday - Rain
Tuesday - Rain
Wednesday - Sunny/Cold.

No snow yet. :pac:

Pangea

Roads are like a bottle here in Donegal, all the rain from this evening is frozen solid on the cars etc.
Just had a shower of hail/sleet there, thought it was snow for a second.

kn2k10

Pangea wrote: »

Roads are like a bottle here in Donegal, all the rain from this evening is frozen solid on the cars etc.
Just had a shower of hail/sleet there, thought it was snow for a second.

Just give it 'till 29 of November.

irish1967

Is it just me or is this thread a little confusing given that we have a current weather conditions sticky? Just saying.

Trogdor

irish1967 wrote: »

Is it just me or is this thread a little confusing given that we have a current weather conditions sticky? Just saying.

It's just to try and keep the discussion thread from getting too clogged up, as when the white stuff starts to fall many members from other parts of the site with begin to report and ignore the current conditions thread:p If people find it confusing though i can close it down either:)

Pangea

I can confrim that there is snow on the hill here in donegal
I could see the white stuff even in the dark. A good dusting.

irish1967

20 miles south of ye Pangea and it raining heavy. Heavy enough to mess with the satellite TV.

Pangea

irish1967 wrote: »

20 miles south of ye Pangea and it raining heavy. Heavy enough to mess with the satellite TV.

20 miles east you mean :pac:
No snow here in lower levels ,had sleet earlier though.
Roads are very icy out there. Flashbacks to last winter.

talkabout

Slight drizzle around Ballybofey, roads very slippery

Harps

Sleet and hail here in Letterkenny, the hail isnt melting in places and most parked cars are all white from it. Roads and pavements have been frozen since before 7pm which I think is the earliest so far this year

kenmc

nothing to report in,goatstown d 14, but cars are freezing over

hotwhiskey

Just to confirm it snowing lightly here at the moment.:)

Harps

Not sure what we're having here exactly, it looks like snow at first glance in the way it blows around in the wind but then when you go out in it its more like a very light hail

Had another heavy but brief shower of it there, dont think we're going to get much more than that tonight so off to bed I think

Pangea

Just had a shower of wet snow here in Donegal.

mountainy man

First snow of the winter here in sligo although i'm quite high up here , just a good old dusting !:D

fred funk }{

Snowing in Arklow.

Pangea

It said on BBC news that there is reported snowfall in Northen Ireland.

fred funk }{

fred funk }{ wrote: »

Snowing in Arklow.

Yes I can confirm this.
Currently snowing here in Arklow

shiibata

Pangea wrote: »

It said on BBC news that there is reported snowfall in Northen Ireland.

Closer to home Pangea, see cars coming from Fintown direction have a good bit of snow on them.

yogidc26

Its snowing in Wicklow just out side the town

Mothman

Yes got big flakes just a little north of town

shiibata

"They seek snow here,
they seek snow there,
those Boardies seek snow everywhere.
Is it in Arklow, does anyone know?
That damned elusive snow."

arctictree

No snow here. Looks like a coastal affair. I can see big clouds to my east..Temp at the moment exactly 0.0c

Harps

Lots of snow in central Donegal last night as mentioned above, the Fintown area seems to have gotten quite a bit

Think we had a shower or two here overnight as theres a bit of slush on top of my bin but nothing worth noting

kenmc

yogidc26 wrote: »

Its snowing in Wicklow just out side the town

No fair. Clear blue skies here in Goatstown, a few little wisps is all

miseagustusa

Great fun with the little snow shower we had in Arklow earlier:D Kids were all excited going off to school;)

At the moment its a lovely sunny brisk day:) i've just been down on the beach in arklow, looking out to sea theres lovely snowy clouds hopefully they will blow inland:rolleyes:

Whats the chances of that????

Iancar29

Some pictures of Kippure mountain that i took from my window a few minutes ago, doesnt seem to be snow on it 2day as ther was on it this time yesterday.

Took 4 to show how far i am from it ha.


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Winger_PL

Defo no snow on the Dublin side of Wicklow Mountains today.
But the streamers heading south over the Irish Sea are impressive, if only the wind direction changed to E we'd be in heaven...





Kind Regards,
Winger_PL

Iancar29

Hey Ark, did u take them with ur new camera?
Is it good?

Found this video on youtube, only recorded yesterday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08alk-8RAuY

Winger_PL

Iancar29 wrote: »

Hey Ark, did u take them with ur new camera?
Is it good?

[OT]
Yup, it's perfect, although it will take some time for me to learn how to shoot great pictures. Hence, I hope for an extreme winter. BTW I think I found your gloves under the seat in the car, seems you left them after the Carmen chase?
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Iancar29

Winger_PL wrote: »

[OT]
Yup, it's perfect, although it will take some time for me to learn how to shoot great pictures. Hence, I hope for an extreme winter. BTW I think I found your gloves under the seat in the car, seems you left them after the Carmen chase?
[/OT]

Ah cool, hopefully ill get my new one around christmas for the month of January .
Ah dont worry , there only gloves, i can get them in work cheap .
SO if it snows are ya gonna be chasing it up the mountains with snow chains on the car? haha

az2wp0sye65487

Iancar29 wrote: »

Some pictures of Kippure mountain that i took from my window a few minutes ago, doesnt seem to be snow on it 2day as ther was on it this time yesterday.

Took 4 to show how far i am from it ha.

I used to go to that school!!

Elmo5

Snow/hail/icey mix on the roads of belfast this morning!

Winger_PL

Iancar29 wrote: »

SO if it snows are ya gonna be chasing it up the mountains with snow chains on the car? haha

I don't have snow chains, if you can get some we can do this :cool: I wouldn't risk driving through Wicklow without them after I nearly got stuck for good near the Sally Gap last year :pac: Anyways, enough as we've strayed OT.

HellFireClub

I swear I won't be believed but there is a very very light snowy dust falling in Lucan village right now.