Cold snap Jan 10th onwards: Wintry Showers, Snow Accumulations for some

Hooter23

ffarrell7 wrote: »

If you look at the weather warning MTE.IE mention showers becoming widespread tonight oover midlands and East.

I don't buy it. The updated regional forecast mention the word 'isolated' for Leinster and are even downplaying shower activity in North and North west.....

I think it is game on for the east on Sunday and Monday/Tuesday ok but not tonight or tomorrow.:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

The latest forecast on BBC still showed showers starting in the west by evening then widespread by night.....

hotwhiskey

Hooter23 wrote: »

The latest forecast on BBC still showed showers starting in the west by evening then widespread by night.....

I have to say the weather forecast at 1.30 was really poor on RTE. No mention of widespread showers for tonight only said for coastal regions. But when you look at there website its there in black and white. BBC covered it very well with a small frontal system moving down from the NW and temperatures across snow fields in the north on Monday going as low as -11. Anyway properly nick picking I am Met Eireann do a good job but sometimes the presenters need to focus on the weather instead of talking about Operation transformation which will be held across in some regions or another. Rant over. Sunny here dark clouds gathering still lying snow on the ground mostly in fields and shaded areas on the road.

AnotherYear

Heavy snow atm. Snow remains on grass roofs etc from this morning but thawed on footpaths

Iancar29

hotwhiskey wrote: »

I have to say the weather forecast at 1.30 was really poor on RTE. No mention of widespread showers for tonight only said for coastal regions. But when you look at there website its there in black and white. BBC covered it very well with a small frontal system moving down from the NW and temperatures across snow fields in the north on Monday going as low as -11. Anyway properly nick picking I am Met Eireann do a good job but sometimes the presenters need to focus on the weather instead of talking about Operation transformation which will be held across in some regions or another. Rant over. Sunny here dark clouds gathering still lying snow on the ground mostly in fields and shaded areas on the road.

Looking at the NMM hi-res I don't expect anything widespread later tbh , Western and northern coastal counties for some isolated showers yeah.

Nice to see some snow cover on the sat loop over Ireland... when was the last time we saw that aye? :cool:
http://www.sat24.com/en/gb

Tom Cruises Left Nut

Iancar29 wrote: »

Looking at the NMM hi-res I don't expect anything widespread later tbh , Western and northern coastal counties for some isolated showers yeah.

Nice to see some snow cover on the sat loop over Ireland... when was the last time we saw that aye? :cool:
http://www.sat24.com/en/gb

Its just in the wrong places :pac:

munsterlegend

Iancar29 wrote: »

Looking at the NMM hi-res I don't expect anything widespread later tbh , Western and northern coastal counties for some isolated showers yeah.

Nice to see some snow cover on the sat loop over Ireland... when was the last time we saw that aye? :cool:
http://www.sat24.com/en/gb

Have to agree don't see much either. Have ME more info than we do though?

Thargor

Like a Summers day in Bray looking out our office window :mad:

Lots of snow on the mountains to the west though, think a walk up Djouce and over to the Sally Gap to get my fix is in order tomorrow...

weatherfiend

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Iancar29

Iancar29 wrote: »

Tonights snow possibilities looking good for the NW moving down to the midlands by morning. Some instability around the coast again so some thundersnow is not out of the question.


Again I can't see much making its way into the Dublin region , knowing my luck it will reach Ashbourne in Meath and then fizzle out. :rolleyes:

Latest Modis imagery..

Gonzo

there was a frost like dusting of snow here this morning.

Unfortunately next week is looking far less exciting than it was for snow in the east, looking very, very marginal now. Starting to get very disappointed with this winter and the overall lack of snow once again in my area.

Hopefully the charts will upgrade for Monday onwards and deliver some much needed snow for the east.

highdef

Iancar29 wrote: »

Latest Modis imagery..

LOL, good one!!!! Incidentally, where can you access those high res sat images? I had a look on the MODIS website but can't find images such as the one you have posted for today.....it looks like you cropped it but the original must be great resolution.

Iancar29

highdef wrote: »

LOL, good one!!!! Incidentally, where can you access those high res sat images? I had a look on the MODIS website but can't find images such as the one you have posted for today.....it looks like you cropped it but the original must be great resolution.

I couldnt stop laughing when I saw it , it was actually like the snow was trolling me! lol

I was the same trying to find the Ireland images ..
Thanks to Rooy over on the chat thread

this might help ;
Updated daily , usually around 1-2 PM , obviously at the mercy of cloud cover with a satellite image , but today is a good day to view.
http://lance-modis.eosdis.nasa.gov/i...016.terra.500m

that takes you directly to 500m image for Jan 16 , this link will take you more to a starting point of 'today' and allow navigation/different images.
http://lance-modis.eosdis.nasa.gov/i...ingdom_Ireland

hotwhiskey

UK met office just issued beware weather warning for snow for NI later today into Saturday.

Reiketsu

Heavy snow here in Dungiven, Derry. A couple of centimetres already.

legomaniac

A few sleety snow showers on the coast here in South Donegal. Nothing settling at my place but I am near sea level. Disappointing to see the massive downgrade regarding snow next week. I am heading up to Dublin to visit the son and grandchildren and was looking forward to a bit of snow fun with them. Looks like they will all miss out now. I'm beginning to think that the best way to deal with the continuous disappointments with irish weather is to just not follow forecasts and see what each day brings.

Elmer Blooker

Iancar29 wrote: »

Looking at the NMM hi-res I don't expect anything widespread later tbh , Western and northern coastal counties for some isolated showers yeah.

Think so? The UKMO has what looks like an organised band of precipitation crossing the country tonight.

midnight:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/data/CoreProductCache/SurfacePressureChart/Item/ProductId/21643821
(see hotwhiskey's post above)

snowstreams

Is that low cloud over the wicklow mountains too? Or is the white just pure snow Ian.
If its just snow it looks like they are plastered!

AlanS181824

No more snow at all then it seems?

Iancar29

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

Think so? The UKMO has what looks like an organised band of precipitation crossing the country tonight.

midnight:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/data/CoreProductCache/SurfacePressureChart/Item/ProductId/21643821
(see hotwhiskey's post above)

Yeah seems to be more ppn on 06z charts actually , heres that occluded front heading across tonight.. still don't expect to see much here in Dublin though lol

JB81

Having to go for a spin later, would really appreciate any feedback on the state of roads conditions
M7, M50, M1, ardee, carrickmacross, blaney, monaghan to Ballygawley roads?


Thanks a Million

JB

ongarboy

New Snow ICE weather warning for ALL of Ireland! Do the experts here concur with this?

STATUS YELLOW

Snow-ice Warning for All of Ireland
Wintry showers will continue throughout the warning period across Ulster, leading to accumulations of snow on hills and mountains.

Wintry showers will become widespread in Connacht and West Munster Friday evening, extending eastwards in to Leinster Friday night.

Issued:Friday 16 January 2015 11:00
Valid:Friday 16 January 2015 12:00 to Saturday 17 January 2015 15:00

A Dub in Glasgo

Heavy shower here for the last 20 minutes

hotwhiskey

JB81 wrote: »

Having to go for a spin later, would really appreciate any feedback on the state of roads conditions
M7, M50, M1, ardee, carrickmacross, blaney, monaghan to Ballygawley roads?


Thanks a Million

JB

Main routes are clear. Some secondary roads are bad with snow especially in shaded areas. But roads very wet and frost will set in shortly. Just noted Met Eireann have just tweeted this: Wintry showers in the west & north becoming more widespread overnight with falls of snow in places.Cold & frosty with lows of -2 to +1C

Upgrade from 1.30 weather forecast!

Graces7

Utterly still up here in my mountain South Kerry fastness... A glorious day and the mountains.. I was to Killarney and then to Killorglin.. Usually I drive home then via Ballaghbeama but today doubled back. Still snow etched and dramatic. Bright sun but bitter cold and temp dropping for the night now. Let it do what it will now; abundant fuel etc.. Lovely day and to see the sun on snow wonderful.

Graces7

lolie wrote: »

Nice bit of snow fell here in southeast cavan this morning, wasn't expecting much after a shower falling as sleety rain few hours earlier. Better when it's a surprise.
Should keep the nieces and nephews happy.

Lovely dogs! Thank you

Graces7

JB81 wrote: »

Having to go for a spin later, would really appreciate any feedback on the state of roads conditions
M7, M50, M1, ardee, carrickmacross, blaney, monaghan to Ballygawley roads?


Thanks a Million

JB

AA roadwatch is good and National Roads Authority for any major concerns

Oscar Bravo

1 degree now at Knock and the dew point is -1 so a nice shot of snow up there, if the showers play ball.

weatherfiend

Really clear sunny day all day after a wet snow shower at 8.30 this morning in sandyford. Though it was 7.4c earlier it felt bitterly cold and temp has dropped to 3.1 in the last hour - very fast drop. At least if we have nice crisp / frosty days it's better than nothing (trying to boost the morale here)!!

ffarrell7

fiend wrote: »

Really clear sunny day all day after a wet snow shower at 8.30 this morning in sandyford. Though it was 7.4c earlier it felt bitterly cold and temp has dropped to 3.1 in the last hour - very fast drop. At least if we have nice crisp / frosty days it's better than nothing (trying to boost the morale here)!!

The highest the temperature got today in Dublin 15 was 3.5 degrees so your thermometer must be defective as Sandyford is enen higher up than Castle knock and colder.

Rebelbrowser

It'll update soon but the 6z Euro 04 was interesting...