Sleet and Snow showers in the West and North - Possible Wednesday March 7th

darkman2

Hi all,

Just to say that snow showers will affect the North and West over the next 72 hours. Accumulation of snow likely Saturday night. Snow showers more widespread Sunday night for a time before dieing out. Frost and Ice likely.

BEASTERLY

Above 300m though yea?

Sponge Bob

And this is what MT says in his daily forecast today.

I think I'll not bother getting excited .....as usual.

SUNDAY ... Morning sleet or snow possible near east coast and over parts of the south, variable cloud elsewhere with isolated wintry showers, followed by a general clearing trend, chilly, highs 5-8 C. Winds northerly 20-40 mph in eastern counties, 15-30 mph west.

Can you explain to us why you say west and north while MT says east and south Darkman???

ZX7R

We have had some major hail showers a bit of tunder too.The tempature has droped over 5 degrees in the last hour (suncroft kildare)

nacho libre

Sponge Bob wrote: »

And this is what MT says in his daily forecast today.

I think I'll not bother getting excited .....as usual.



Can you explain to us why you say west and north while MT says east and south Darkman???

Well met eireann seem to be of the view that there will be wintry showers in the north and west tonight and tomorrow, albeit any snow being confined to high ground. Also the BBC precipitation charts last night did show some snow showers in the north and west.

Sponge Bob

nacho libre wrote: »

Well met eireann seem to be of the view that there will be wintry showers in the north and west tonight and tomorrow, albeit any snow being confined to high ground.

ah yes, Met eireann say

http://www.met.ie/

Tonight, showers will continue in Western and northwestern coastal counties, some of hail and sleet, with snow over high ground. There is also a risk of thunder. Some heavy showers of rain and sleet are possible for a time later this evening and early tonight in parts of Munster and Leinster, with snow over high ground, but most parts will become dry and clear later in the night. Very cold everywhere, with widespread sharp to severe frost and a risk of icy patches. Mist and fog patches also, as winds slacken. Minimum temperatures 0 to minus 3 Celsius.

Nothing unusual about flurries of muck on high ground in March. However 95% of the population does not live on High Ground.

I think that wintry showers could occur absolutely anywhere save on the south coast myself and I still wonder why the west and north are being picked on here

nacho libre

Sponge Bob wrote: »

ah yes, Met eireann say

http://www.met.ie/



Nothing unusual about flurries of muck on high ground in March. However 95% of the population does not live on High Ground.

I think that wintry showers could occur absolutely anywhere save on the south coast myself and I still wonder why the west and north are being picked on here

I'm well aware that most of us don't live on high ground. However,
there is always the possibility that snow may make it to lower ground at times in these situations when its not forecasted to. I recall this actually happening earlier this winter , believe it or not!

Any showers will most likely die out in most other places over night on Saturday. Showers do look more widespread on Sunday, though.

nacho libre

actually there has been a slight upgrade to the met eireann forecast:

Cold this evening and tonight with clear spells and showers. Some showers heavy and possibly thundery and turning to hail and sleet in places overnight. A few snow showers also, mainly on high ground. Lowest temperatures plus 1 to -3 C., with a hard frost, icy patches and possibly some patches of fog at dawn.

not likely there will be any disruptive snow lower down, but at least the possibility of snow at lower ground is being mentioned.

Redsunset

Ah perhaps we could get some surprise snow but I'm not holding my breath. Its spring now and even though in the past we have experienced some harsh cold, I'm in warm mode now and a scorching summer with ferocious thunder storms would be gladly welcomed.

glossy

redsunset wrote: »

Ah perhaps we could get some surprise snow but I'm not holding my breath. Its spring now and even though in the past we have experienced some harsh cold, I'm in warm mode now and a scorching summer with ferocious thunder storms would be gladly welcomed.

:D oh yeah !!!!!

darkman2

Sponge Bob wrote: »

Can you explain to us why you say west and north while MT says east and south Darkman???

There is alot of chopping and changing that comes with marginality in certain events. MT is correct that there could be some sleet and snow for a short time in the East (at low levels too) later tonight as an occlusion crosses the country pepping up activity but most shower activity will be in the West. There won't be much snow in the East and it looks to be mostly rain. Back edge snow. Needless to say most of the sleet and snow on higher ground but lower ground at times too.

Very marginal

TheFairy

The **** flinging by certain members at other members on this forum is now beyond a joke. If someone makes a judgement and it differs from another poster why should they have to quantify it? Used to be a great place to get an idea on the weather, but now its an ePeeing ground!

Sponge Bob

darkman2 wrote: »

Back edge snow. Needless to say most of the sleet and snow on higher ground but lower ground at times too.

Very marginal

Exceedingly marginal. It is 6c or so out there now so it could happen I suppose. But it was a 25% possibility all along.

I'll report first hand accumulation data from 40mASL in the West tomorrow morning shall I???

12z GFS. Not that different from 00z shown below.



Saturday 00z GFS for same timeframe. This would have been the latest operable around thread start time.

pauldry

snow borderlineish but it is a cold night. a lot of cloud here and 3.8c almost constantly since 9pm so doesnt seem to be getting colder. id say there will be hail and ice patches here.

Iancar29

Sleet/snow In Tuam right now..

Oscar Bravo

Met Update 2242-Rain over eastern parts will clear after midnight, followed by clear spells. Showers of rain, hail and sleet over the west and north will spread further east overnight and some will reach the east coast. On high ground, a few snow showers are likely also. Lowest temperatures of plus 1 to -3 degrees, with a widespread sharp or severe frost, icy patches and possibly some patches of fog at dawn as winds ease.

darkman2

Showers turning increasingly to sleet and snow from the West atm - that will continue through the night. A decent chance a good few of us will see a few flakes if nothing else and this would be particularly the case in heavy showers. Some accumulation in the west is also likely later in the night.

H2UMrsRobinson

Last chance saloon for a wee bit if snow watching and it looks like we'll have to wait up till the small hours. Blooming typical. Can I really be bothered ?

ednwireland

driving from sligo to donegal at the moment 3 degrees clear skies

pauldry

living in sligo but its 1.6c and clear. no showers at all and sky is pretty clear.

any showers later will stick to cold roads especially in country even sleety mush will look like snow but it will be graupel

tartetatin

Snowing heavily near Blessington, Wicklow. Little hope of it sticking after a lot of rain this evening. Such a shame.

tartetatin

Snowing heavily near Blessington, Wicklow. Little hope of it sticking after a lot of rain this evening. Such a shame.

snaps

nice covering here in ballinrobe. As soon as that sun comes above the horizon it will melt away. Good to see temperatures below 0 for only about the 4th time this winter. Currently -0.3!

sunbabe08

it snowed a little in cork city gone now

chilipepper

Snow on the ground in east clare.
Good call darkman.

Iancar29

chilipepper wrote: »

Snow on the ground in east clare.
Good call darkman.

CLARE?!.... :eek:

So WOLFY might have actually seen some too!?! ... SHOCKING! haha!

Sponge Bob

Nothing near me save for occasional enthusiastic flurries of hail and sleet. Temps will start to drop sharply quite shortly.

Iancar29

Sponge Bob wrote: »

Nothing near me save for occasional enthusiastic flurries of hail and sleet. Temps will start to drop sharply quite shortly.

I'll take them anyday compared to nothingness thank you very much! :pac:

Wild Bill

Some light rain last night around midnight; didn't leave a trace of anything here at 120m asl or on the hilltops 2km west of here (500m asl).

How high is "high ground"? :cool:

snowstreams

Wild Bill wrote: »

Some light rain last night around midnight; didn't leave a trace of anything here at 120m asl or on the hilltops 2km west of here (500m asl).

How high is "high ground"? :cool:

I was in mayo today and there was very little snow on the south facing slopes of the mountains. Maybe only on the tops at about 700m or so. But the north facing slopes had plenty of snow down to 400m or lower, so the sun was having a big effect.

Id say the dublin mtns had snow down to about 250m but it would have melted very very quickly in any sunshine today.

Wild Bill

snowstreams wrote: »

Id say the dublin mtns had snow down to about 250m but it would have melted very very quickly in any sunshine today.

Well, it managed to melt before sunrise on Three Rock! (if it was ever there, which I seriously doubt as the temp was +4c during the showers last night at 120m asl) :cool:

Iancar29

Possible to change thread title to Wednesday - Thursday ?





I'll go for some sleet and hail showers in the west and north Wednesday morning as the cold front passes through and then Eastern areas too towards evening , with possible snow accumulations above 300m ( problem would be ground being already saturated from the night before )


Id gladly be happy with some sleet and hail showers though at this stage.


THoughts people?

cherryghost

At the risk of getting beat down by snow lovers, I reckon that'll change in the next 2/3 runs. Doesn't seem right as all the charts previously were slowly zoning out that cold air mass.

Then again, I've seen stranger things :pac:

Iancar29

cherryghost wrote: »

At the risk of getting beat down by snow lovers, I reckon that'll change in the next 2/3 runs. Doesn't seem right as all the charts previously were slowly zoning out that cold air mass.

Then again, I've seen stranger things :pac:

I agree , I didn't even go look previous runs ha! Just went by the one run. Shall be home from college later and I'll look at the ECM aswell as others and include the 18z .

I just want some more beefy hail showers to go photographing ! Ha

Wild Bill

Any graupel on the horizon? :rolleyes:

delw

Wild Bill wrote: »

Any graupel on the horizon? :rolleyes:

not even a bit of snizzle

Conrach

I heard a bit of the weather forecast on BBC newsline earlier. All I heard was a "return to wintry weather at the weekend."
I checked the UKMO and nothing there. Just that after a changeable week it will be more settled.

The rumours have started about the Snow word though. Heard it from a few people while out and about today.

My first chance to get on here today...So will it or wont it?? My crystal ball is broke. :D

ednwireland

Wednesday:

A cold and breezy day with showers these mainly falling across Derry and County Antrim and falling as snow even to low levels. Mainly dry and sunny across Armagh. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

from

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/ni/ni_forecast_wind.html

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Becoming cloudy with rain on Thursday, turning milder. Mainly dry but rather cloudy on Friday. Dry and bright with light winds on Saturday

Wild Bill

Move along now...nothing to see here :cool:

snaps

snowing here quite heavy this morning. Bit of a suprise.

tylercollins

Sleet now in Strabane, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland!

Harps

Nice heavy hail shower half an hour ago, clear since then, nice to wake up to a bit of weather for a change

Edit: Heavy wet snow now, strong wind making for some impressive showers

redsteveireland

Wild Bill wrote: »

Move along now...nothing to see here :cool:

Care to take that back?:)

Iancar29

pictures Pictures.... PICTURES!!! ......

Pangea

Some real heavy downpours of hail, sleet and wet snow here too. 3C at present

Sponge Bob

All Hail Galway!

ednwireland

snow line qas at 590m (just the very top of the the hills here (couldnt see any snow anyway on them anyway) 920m now

redsteveireland

Hail and wet snow here, it's something i guess.

Harps

Still only 4.4C here with significant wind chill, a downpour of hail at the moment. Some impressive sheets of hail as the showers pass by

sunbabe08

downpour of hail happening in cork. ok 20 seconds of it. bah

MiNdGaM3

Yep, brief heavy hail shower in Cork. Nice while it lasted!