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

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!

Deep Easterly

Galway around 10.30 this morning:



Showers not remotely heavy and pass through in seconds. Chilly wind though which makes me long for a hot summer all the more.

Edit Rainfall accumulation map showing where the heaviest showers have occurred over the last 12hrs:

Image Source: Netweather

Not exciting in itself but gives a nice idea as to how showers affect the country under polar westerlies at this time of year. What will be just as interesting to monitor is how similar set ups later in the spring and summer affect the shower distribution across the country. The heaviest showers then are more likely to affect the very areas that are seeing the least at the moment due to the increased convective potential overland as things begin to heat up. (or mild up at least!)

Pangea

Snowing here at the moment with strong winds.

sunbabe08

of course it is, you guys get all the luck

Iancar29

Pangea wrote: »

Snowing here at the moment with strong winds.

PICTURES!!!!

NIALL D

few heavy hail showers and snow showers earlier .....

Darkman called this one right again

Iancar29

Iancar29 wrote: »

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?

NIALL D wrote: »

few heavy hail showers and snow showers earlier .....

Darkman called this one right again

Sorry? :rolleyes:

Sponge Bob

Iancar29 wrote: »

Sorry? :rolleyes:

All Hail Darkman.

Iancar29

.... * walks out head lowered... kicks can on the way ... *

ha

Diamond Dust

Iancar29 wrote: »

Sorry? :rolleyes:

Thats the problem with name changing the threads, I think it makes it very messy.

Oscar Bravo

Recent Snow reported on the 1500hr Reports at both Knock(with a Gust of 45kts and a temp of 3 Degrees-RAW!!) and Belmullet.