COLD SPELL Jan 28th Onwards: Wintry Showers/Frosty, Some Snow Accumulations

guitd · 29-01-2015 9:49am

Rain in galway City as normal so much for the forecast earlier in the week that the west coast were in for a "Pasting" of snow this week

BLIZZARD7 · 29-01-2015 9:51am

Light Rain in South Dublin now- had that short burst of snow about 40 mins ago.

red_bairn · 29-01-2015 9:51am

tylercollins wrote:

Ye can't say that and not give more details ï¿¼

Read the FI thread...you'll understand.

ninebeanrows · 29-01-2015 9:52am

tylercollins wrote: »

Ye can't say that and not give more details :eek:

I am so used to character limits that I like to keep my forecasts broad and with little detail:D

Two feature possible next week..

A shortwave drops down the country on Monday, potentially giving a spell of snow... There will be a snow-rain boundary somewhere in the southwest.

Then just after this a trough/polar low type feature is expected to drop south. Exact detail on this is very difficult, but it is a very interesting feature.

lucernarian · 29-01-2015 9:52am

For those on mobile data with bills to pay, can we all post lovely links and attachments instead of IMG tagged photos?!

Thanks in advance!

hollster2 · 29-01-2015 9:54am

icesnowfrost wrote: »

Wow 10 min ago nothing then look out window

Where are you icesnowfrost?

maquiladora · 29-01-2015 9:55am

Weathercheck wrote: »

Looks like there will be one of the most major snow events in last few years (barring 2010) on Monday/Tuesday.

That's a brave call! Looks like mostly rain apart from hills/mountains on the ECM to me.

kenmc · 29-01-2015 9:56am

kenmc wrote: »

gutted. winter tyres went on mountain bike last night in anticipation. maybe later. have to go disappoint a sleeping 2 year old now

Imagine the joy then at 8:20 when we opened the front door to go to work/creche.
"SNOOOOOW SNOW YUM YUM CYCLE CYCLE CYCLE CYCLE"

#definitelymine

Kermit.de.frog · 29-01-2015 9:56am

Weathercheck wrote: »

I am so used to character limits that I like to keep my forecasts broad and with little detail:D

Two feature possible next week..

A shortwave drops down the country on Monday, potentially giving a spell of snow... There will be a snow-rain boundary somewhere in the southwest.

Then just after this a trough/polar low type feature is expected to drop south. Exact detail on this is very difficult, but it is a very interesting feature.

You will wish you were here for the next few hours:D

Rock Lesnar · 29-01-2015 9:56am

hollster2 wrote: »

Where are you icesnowfrost?

Drogheda

ElizaT33 · 29-01-2015 9:57am

Keyla Damp Mocha wrote: »

North Louth. Stuck in the house, quite rural, due to two road accidents in one direction and an impassable hill covered in slushy snow in the other. No worries in that fuel supplies would cover 3 months and food is good for at least 2 weeks - not that this won't be gone very soon. It's now snowing again and windy. Not overly cold - as often happens with snow.
The south west were hunkering down but we got the weather!
I'm glad that snow lovers got what they wanted but, as someone in his seventies, my concern is to ensure I don't fall and to figure the handiest way of clearing the paths and driveway

Take care Keyla Damp Mocha - us Snow Lovers can forget how dangerous these conditions are for some - keep warm!

Mooro · 29-01-2015 9:57am

Bucketing down snow in Tullamore. Can't post pics as I don't have enough posts.

flynny50 · 29-01-2015 9:58am

Woke up to heavy snow in Cavan town.
At least 3cms on the ground & still coming down.

yorlum11 · 29-01-2015 9:59am

Snow shower just now in Westport. Heavy and way better than anything yesterday. Near the coast.

Pretzill · 29-01-2015 9:59am

Snow in south Sligo - stuck to the ground and all!

pistolpetes11 · 29-01-2015 10:00am

The White Gold is falling in Newbridge

Annnnnd its stopped .....

Lenny5 · 29-01-2015 10:00am

Fairly heavy shower in castlebar last 15 mins
BgY9PKX

Rikand · 29-01-2015 10:02am

Woke up to heavy snow falling in Athlone - it's only just stopped there now. Sadly it hasn't really stuck

ninebeanrows · 29-01-2015 10:03am

maquiladora wrote: »

That's a brave call! Looks like mostly rain apart from hills/mountains on the ECM to me.

Track is still very much up in the air. Even with that chart though, there is snow on the eastern side of the low. A rain/sleet mix to the west. (not my opinion, EC precip type prediction!)

FWVT · 29-01-2015 10:05am

lucernarian wrote: »

I'm not sure what exact "Ballyhaise" report you're referring to, but it's an unmanned station. Presumably for statistical and QC purposes, it can't record snow unless its a physical certainty.

I'm surprised by the +2/-2 example as it really has always snowed with such conditions and would stick, excepting roads. I still maintain that from what I've read, dewpoint is still the most critical factor in whether it snows. Wet bulb comes into it for me to see how it will accumulate or not. Its I suppose a pedantic point but certainly snow will be the precipitation with any kind of negative dewpoint in virtually any case with air temp below 3 degrees.

In other news, there has been a very healthy snow shower here in south Louth which has taken a tufty inconsistent 1cm covering to 3cm now. Looks beautiful in a gentle westerly breeze.

I was referring to Hotwhiskey's post at 23.42 last night. I see now that he said he was there at about 4 pm. At that time temp/Dp were +1.6/+0.6, meaning the wbt was around +1.3. Check the hourly reports from and you will see that snow was reported at wbt of below +0.5.

WBT determines the lowest cooling around the surface of a melting snowflake, so if it is much above zero then the flake will melt for longer.

sliabh beagh · 29-01-2015 10:06am

just measured 8cm snow on car roof. showers still coming through here.

Strangegravy · 29-01-2015 10:06am

Weathercheck wrote: »

Looks like there will be one of the most major snow events in last few years (barring 2010) on Monday/Tuesday.

Looks like it could be a west/east divide for that one if it happens as currently predicted. Being in the west I won't get too excited yet. Something to keep an eye on though, as we get closer.