Potential for Snow Showers this Week, 8-12th Dec

Smidge · 12-12-2014 12:07am

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

Still lashing rain here in the north east, to any potential snowflake thinking of falling later on, i say, dont waste your time, you will drown in the tears

Fixed that for ya

HighLine · 12-12-2014 12:08am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_wwayh4S4o

JCX BXC · 12-12-2014 12:11am

HighLine wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_wwayh4S4o

You will need to wipe your deck chair before you go sun-bathing.

horsefarm · 12-12-2014 12:14am

numilus cimbus wrote: »

probably looking at a snowline of about 1500ft still in S Dublin, it should halve soon though
Can't think where you'd be in S Dublin at that height but at a guess,it's rural not sub urban and near enough to the straight line from three rock over to Kippure westwards? Or near but above the blue light
If so I'll eat my hat if it's not snowing there overnight if the precipitation stays

Near enough to three rock Clouseau ;-)

clownface95 · 12-12-2014 12:15am

Any chance of snow ? 57 meters above sea level , limerick southwest , all I here is rain !

JCX BXC · 12-12-2014 12:18am

Met Eireann yet again changed the forecast:

Heavy rain clearing southwards with some sleet or wet snow likely on higher ground for a time.
Frosty, icy conditions following as skies clear from the north with lowest temperatures of +1 and -3 degrees C. Scattered wintry showers ( mix of hail, sleet and snow) will affect parts of the west and north affect parts of the west and north by morning.

They removed the words northwest

JCX BXC · 12-12-2014 12:19am

clownface95 wrote: »

Any chance of snow ? 57 meters above sea level , limerick southwest , all I here is rain !

I hear you. Not so pretty here in clare either.

JCX BXC · 12-12-2014 12:21am

There is a Rain Shower in finner at 23:00 according to Met Eireann

Smidge · 12-12-2014 12:33am

Netweather are telling porkypies.
Its showing a lovely pink blob where I am and all I have is rain

highdef · 12-12-2014 12:35am

Smidge wrote: »

Netweather are telling porkypies.
Its showing a lovely pink blob where I am and all I have is rain

Where might this place be? I'm guessing west of Mullingar or north west of Drogheda

redsteveireland · 12-12-2014 12:37am

A snowy Dundrod from Twitter- https://www.twitter.com/dunmurrydental/status/543138443791196160/photo/1

smashey · 12-12-2014 12:40am

I drove from Dublin to Donegal tonight and there was a pretty impressive snow shower on the A5 between Ballygawley and Omagh. It was settling nicely there too but it is relatively high ground.

Oneiric 3 · 12-12-2014 1:03am

Dosen't mean anything of course but a snowflake symbol has just popped up on my Davis console.

Carnacalla wrote: »

They removed the words northwest

Would say that area is included by them using 'north & west'.

Gonzo · 12-12-2014 1:07am

I think most of us in Leinster at least can forget about getting anything from this tonight, still 5C and looks like it's starting to die out from the north.

From Sunday into most of next week is looking very mild, still early days yet tho. Hopefully we will get something decent after Christmas day.

Macy0161 · 12-12-2014 1:12am

Macy0161 wrote: »

If I were at home, I've a maplin's station! I'm only a little above the village, and quote often below the snow line in these situations though. Earlier in the week, we had none at around 230m asl, but I'd guess 240m asl had a dusting!

As of 10 minutes ago, it was showing a temp of 4.3, dew point 2.3.

AnotherYear · 12-12-2014 1:13am

Started snowing 5 minutes ago. Proper big flakes, snow settling on grass and cars. Needs to keep going to get a dusting but looking at the radar I reckon it will be short lived. Donegal. Either way I reckon it will be white come morning

acassells80 · 12-12-2014 1:15am

I take it there's no snow forecast for South Dublin?

M.T. Cranium · 12-12-2014 1:23am

Would expect a gradual transition to sleet then wet snow in some central counties overnight, urban heating and elevation issues will probably limit accumulating snow in all larger cities but would expect to find a coating of wet snow by morning in some other parts of central Leinster, north Munster and much of inland Connacht. Then that will disappear rather quickly mid-morning, temps will rise to about 5 or 6 mid-day, and another round of possible snow showers will then develop tomorrow night and Saturday morning as the coldest air aloft arrives.

All told, not a big snow event but one or two places could see 3-5 cm. I imagine that most will be asleep before this changes over to snow but we'll keep a record of observations for you to see in the morning if stations start to report snow around 0300 or 0400.

JCX BXC · 12-12-2014 1:24am

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Would say that area is included by them using 'north & west'.

Not my point. The update could signify that they expect more than the Northwest to get snow.

JCX BXC · 12-12-2014 1:26am

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

Would expect a gradual transition to sleet then wet snow in some central counties overnight, urban heating and elevation issues will probably limit accumulating snow in all larger cities but would expect to find a coating of wet snow by morning in some other parts of central Leinster, north Munster and much of inland Connacht. Then that will disappear rather quickly mid-morning, temps will rise to about 5 or 6 mid-day, and another round of possible snow showers will then develop tomorrow night and Saturday morning as the coldest air aloft arrives.

All told, not a big snow event but one or two places could see 3-5 cm. I imagine that most will be asleep before this changes over to snow but we'll keep a record of observations for you to see in the morning if stations start to report snow around 0300 or 0400.

North munster? Yes please

Im off to sleep, I will see what is around in the morning.

AnotherYear · 12-12-2014 1:26am

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

Would expect a gradual transition to sleet then wet snow in some central counties overnight, urban heating and elevation issues will probably limit accumulating snow in all larger cities but would expect to find a coating of wet snow by morning in some other parts of central Leinster, north Munster and much of inland Connacht. Then that will disappear rather quickly mid-morning, temps will rise to about 5 or 6 mid-day, and another round of possible snow showers will then develop tomorrow night and Saturday morning as the coldest air aloft arrives.

All told, not a big snow event but one or two places could see 3-5 cm. I imagine that most will be asleep before this changes over to snow but we'll keep a record of observations for you to see in the morning if stations start to report snow around 0300 or 0400.

Snow showers for the NW tomorrow morning too