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

DOCARCH · 29-01-2015 11:02am

Light sleet has turned to light snow (but big flakes) here (in Dublin 16).

Calina · 29-01-2015 11:04am

Snowing in Dublin 9. Not sure it will stick but it's definitely coming down now.

davidsr20 · 29-01-2015 11:06am

Aerohead wrote: »

Snow in Galway

Mmm briefly and not sticking

irelandspurs · 29-01-2015 11:07am

Still coming down in tullamore

maquiladora · 29-01-2015 11:08am

Looks like rain on Monday on the 06Z GFS apart from NI and high ground. Chance of some snow showers again later /Tuesday though.

gfs-2-96.png?6?6

tylercollins · 29-01-2015 11:08am

I really wish we could have 2 threads for these events, one for people to say it's snowing, post pictures etc, and another for more detailed discussion around the models! So annoying having to shift through half of the it's "snowing here".

Rock Lesnar · 29-01-2015 11:09am

Showers seem to be dying out now from the west, i expect the snow here to be gone fairly quickly

lucernarian · 29-01-2015 11:10am

Most of ye reporting snow arriving have got a cm and yet ye are already offering sacrifices on the altar for polar maritime air. I'm looking at you WB! A true easterly will give colder air masses for the whole country as well as streamers like we saw today and really cold air makes sliding lows possible. But I admit that what I'm saying is spiced with personal preference and there is plenty to look forward to with northwesterlies or even northerlies.

Gonzo · 29-01-2015 11:12am

WheatenBriar wrote: »

Where is Gonzo when you need him to pronounce NW snow is no good

it's snowing here now but it's still not really great! mostly light, very small flakes what we have so far and not really sticking, needs to be much heavier to start sticking on the very wet ground!

Still it's nice to see that there are some flakes coming down and all the way from the west. Doesn't change the fact that Im hungry for something from the continent!

Oneiric 3 · 29-01-2015 11:15am

Posted on the Irish Weather Online FB page just now. Snow in Cavan.

WheatenBriar · 29-01-2015 11:15am

tylercollins wrote: »

I really wish we could have 2 threads for these events, one for people to say it's snowing, post pictures etc, and another for more detailed discussion around the models! So annoying having to shift through half of the it's "snowing here".

Just book MarK a link to show all posts by the posters that explain and forecast and you're sorted
That's what I do

Only sleet here in S Wicklow now being only on the bottom edge of the preciip train running through this county

snowstorm445 · 29-01-2015 11:17am

On-and-off snowing/sleeting here in South Dublin for the past quarter of an hour or so.

WheatenBriar · 29-01-2015 11:21am

lucernarian wrote: »

Most of ye reporting snow arriving have got a cm and yet ye are already offering sacrifices on the altar for polar maritime air. I'm looking at you WB! A true easterly will give colder air masses for the whole country as well as streamers like we saw today and really cold air makes sliding lows possible. But I admit that what I'm saying is spiced with personal preference and there is plenty to look forward to with northwesterlies or even northerlies.

Ha
I'd prefer north easterlies here too but only with lower than -8 850 temps better fetch
Dublin and Meath/S Louth are actually in my experience the only parts of the East with a long enough fetch in an easterly

Temps will have to drop by 2c for an event Mon tuesday not to be confined to high ground/well inland

Raining in Arklow now

AnotherYear · 29-01-2015 11:22am

More organised band of showers approaching the NW coast travelling SE

wicklowdub · 29-01-2015 11:23am

Light snow falling in Greystones. Not sticking.

weatherfiend · 29-01-2015 11:24am

Snowing constantly here (Sandyford) for the last half hour. Very small flakes but constant. As my 11 year old says it's really trying!! Temp 1c. 3rock well covered before the cloud came down. Keep the faith guys

Gonzo · 29-01-2015 11:24am

snow a bit heavier now, decent sized flakes at last!

Riesen_Meal · 29-01-2015 11:24am

Snow in Balrothery/Balbriggan not sticking though....

Macy0161 · 29-01-2015 11:29am

WheatenBriar wrote: »

Temps will have to drop by 2c for an event Mon tuesday not to be confined to high ground/well inland

Kinda an imby question, but what's looking like the definition of "high ground" for Monday and Tuesday? 200m+, 250m+ or higher again?

For what it's worth, around 8.30 this morning, the snowline was around 250m asl. Roundwood was clear, but it was sticking to the roads out on Calary (near the Sugarloaf).

DOCARCH · 29-01-2015 11:30am

Macy0161 wrote: »

Kinda an imby question, but what's looking like the definition of "high ground" for Monday and Tuesday? 200m+, 250m+ or higher again?

Usually 200m+

Light snow here atm (in Dublin 16). 1.4c atm.

hollster2 · 29-01-2015 11:32am

Snowing again in Tinahely just not constatnt enough to stick nice flakes too

Saganist · 29-01-2015 11:35am

Snowing in Dublin CC. Bursts of heavy stuff mixed with light stuff. Coming down pretty well but not sticking.

q85dw7osi4lebg · 29-01-2015 11:35am

Snowing constantly now in D3 for near 20 minutes. Melting away.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 29-01-2015 11:36am

Just took a walk through the fields beside the house - 165m up - the muffled silence was awesome. The soft crunch of fresh snow, the pure air. It's not that cold. The dog had great fun bounding through the snow. This is what snow should be. Dry, soft and fresh. The slush, ice and dirt by the road is a different matter and I pity anybody who has to drive in it.