Significant Snow Risk Friday 7th/Saturday 8th January discussion

JanuarySnowstor

Bumble32 wrote: »

Where in North Cork, pissing down here in Carrigaline.

Rain or snow?

Wild Bill

Watching the Dublin traffic cams I see snow lying in Rathcoole:

http://www.nratraffic.ie/cams/default.asp?CamId=1000042&available=true&filename=Rathcoole_snap.jpg&cameraname=N7%20/%20Rathcoole

...and Citywest.

...and Firhouse

GoneHome

p.oconnor wrote: »

about 10 miles south west of Mallow, Road impassable to Mallow, had to turn round about half 9, starting to slow down now do

Still pelting down with snow here about 10 miles north west of Mallow.

delw

delw wrote: »

yum,il have my warm with jam&cream

thats what Im having.

kimberlite

little frosting in maynooth

p.oconnor

GoneHome wrote: »

Still pelting down with snow here about 10 miles north west of Mallow.

were sending that up to ye send a bit back!

Vudgie

Relatively heavy sleet in D16, pure wet stuff though everywhere is soaking.

Chicken Run

was at Shannon Airport at 2130 and there was a covering of snow.....whipped back up the N18 and......stuff-all at home

srocliffe

Still raining here and has been since this afternoon, but temperatures dropping rapidly the last couple of hours, so hoping for sleet / snow soon.

Dublin airport now temp +1 / dew point +1

Both these were +4 a few hours back.

The only worry is that the main heavy band is drying up on the radar, so temperatures may go negative just when the precipitation stops.

Wild Bill

Vudgie wrote: »

Relatively heavy sleet in D16, pure wet stuff though everywhere is soaking.

Tragedy.

We were 1 degree from a magnificent event.

Vudgie

Wild Bill wrote: »

Tragedy.

We were 1 degree from a magnificent event.

Yep not much happening in the way of snow, but it has been raining/sleeting since about 5pm. We get hammered up here from the Irish Sea so you can't win 'em all I suppose.

There may be a bit come morning but it will be minimal I'd say.

Wine Goddess

I named us well......
Light dusting of SNOW in Firhouse or Snowdonia as I now call it!
Temp is 1.6C and dropping (Captain!)

actually now sleeting really.......

derekon

Wild Bill wrote: »

Tragedy.

We were 1 degree from a magnificent event.

That two foot of snow in Dublin over the past number of weeks along with a temp of -15oC must have been in my dreams.

I mean really, did Dublin have to have snow tonight that would melt anyway in the morning.

I think not and there is more than a wee chance of colder air later Jan and into Feb or so the boardies here are saying so there will be other opportunities in the run up to March. Fear not my friend and let our compatriots down south enjoy their bit of snow.

Wild Bill

Vudgie wrote: »

There may be a bit come morning but it will be minimal I'd say.

I think minimal is overstatement!

Wild Bill

Wine Goddess wrote: »

I named us well......
Light dusting of SNOW in Firhouse or Snowdonia as I now call it!
Temp is 1.6C and dropping (Captain!)

Goddess - you merely rub salt into our wounds. It is only 1.1C here and still a very rainy sleet. :mad:

No dusting of any sort.

thomasj

Nice Heavy flurry of snow falling in blakestown d15 now but the ground is too saturated for it to stick except on grass

paddymc1

Coopaloop wrote: »

Nearly broke my foot jumping off the couch to look out the window when I saw this post and when I got there it was......raining! Again.

Hey Coopaloop there huge flakes now :D:D:D

Oscar Bravo

Lets head over to Met Eireann for the latest....RTE Radio 1....and tonight its David Rogers.

thetonynator

what a let down, non event! was so marginal all day, but nothing . . .:( and as soon as it gets cold enough, there wont be a drop of anything around . . .

Coopaloop

paddymc1 wrote: »

Hey Coopaloop there huge flakes now :D:D:D

Woohoo-thanks Paddy!

Elmer Blooker

thetonynator wrote: »

what a let down, non event! was so marginal all day, but nothing . . .:( and as soon as it gets cold enough, there wont be a drop of anything around . . .

I thought your inland area would have got something?
No let down for me, I knew days ago that all I was going to see was rain.

irish1967

I guess it remains now to be seen whether our event during the night turns out to be anything more than rain. Should know about 4am (needless to say I ain't waiting up for that)

irishmotorist

There's a bit of sleety crap falling in Lucan the last while. Car windscreens have a bit of a buildup of watery solidy substance here. It's basically rain that's eaten too much over Christmas. Fat rain.

The Little Fella

Snow already starting to melt.

Aquals

Will it become cold enough in Dublin tonight for the water on the ground to freeze, does anyone know?

Harps

irish1967 wrote: »

I guess it remains now to be seen whether our event during the night turns out to be anything more than rain. Should know about 4am (needless to say I ain't waiting up for that)

Certainly cold enough at the moment, -5.6C here, DP -7.1C.

I'd expect it to rise once the showers show up but surely they cant rise by that much as to make it fall as anything other than snow

lalee17

Hopefully this rainwater will freeze overnight, then tomorrow we get the real snow!

chris2007

Temp down to 0c and Dew Point 0c in Dublin 5 from the weather app on my iphone

dubal

Had some marginal sleet earlier, but its really rain

Still 2.4 with 91% humidity

Regards
Dubal

Mr Tim Buktoo

oh boohoo, dublin hasnt got some snow. after all the snow they got already.
idiots!