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

FWVT

Some areas in the south and east will get almost no precip while the Atlantic coast will get pasted. This is water-equivalent precip total (mm) from today up to 12Z Saturday. The brightest blue in the south relates to just 1 mm of precip. This would equate to a max of around 2 cm of snow if it all fell as snow. Tens of cms in along the Atlantic, however.

mickger844posts

For those in the South East obviously we are not in the best location when it comes to a North Westerly but with winds near gale force i would be relatively confident of a least some shower activity. A very similar set up in Feb. 2013 delivered a few cm's of lying snow in Waterford City. Wednesday evening should make for interesting radar watching.

www.waterfordweather.com

Saganist

Interesting view on the 3d GFS model of the cold airmass approaching us.

Click anim on the left when the 3d model loads.

http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/gfse_3d.php?lat=53.9&lon=-7.65&ech=6&zoom=3.4

space2ground1

mickger844posts wrote: »

For those in the South East obviously we are not in the best location when it comes to a North Westerly but with winds near gale force i would be relatively confident of a least some shower activity. A very similar set up in Feb. 2013 delivered a few cm's of lying snow in Waterford City. Wednesday evening should make for interesting radar watching.

www.waterfordweather.com

Count me in!

hollster2

http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare/?cam=tsrobo3 coming down strong now in NewYork wow!

munsterlegend

FWVT wrote: »

Some areas in the south and east will get almost no precip while the Atlantic coast will get pasted. This is water-equivalent precip total (mm) from today up to 12Z Saturday. The brightest blue in the south relates to just 1 mm of precip. This would equate to a max of around 2 cm of snow if it all fell as snow. Tens of cms in along the Atlantic, however.

That's brought us all down back to earth! can it be hard to predict how far inland the shower activity gets?

Iancar29

munsterlegend wrote: »

That's brought us all down back to earth! can it be hard to predict how far inland the shower activity gets?

Yeah it depends on how strong the trough is to keep showers active as they cross the country , this time round its looks to be alot better than last few chances imo , but still will come down to radar watch i think for us in the East and further south.
:cool:

guitd

I have an outdoor event at noon on Wednesday foe about 2 hours in Galway city what would the experts on here forecast what it will be doing around that time dry/rain/snow ???? tks

Iancar29

guitd wrote: »

I have an outdoor event at noon on Wednesday foe about 2 hours in Galway city what would the experts on here forecast what it will be doing around that time dry/rain/snow ???? tks

borderline sleet/snow showers as its the middle of the day , will all depend on the temp/dewpoint spread.

munsterlegend

Iancar29 wrote: »

Yeah it depends on how strong the trough is to keep showers active as they cross the country , this time round its looks to be alot better than last few chances imo , but still will come down to radar watch i think for us in the East and further south.
:cool:

We got a lot of snow recently and only a dusting forecast. Will be all
radar watching from Wednesday afternoon on. I think we'll do ok though. We usually do from the north west here.

nacho libre

While not likely to be as epic as December 2010, this still looks like a great event to experience. I would love to be there for it!

ken76

Any update with these charts on the outlook for Dublin? I'm not sure what I'm looking at 😯 many thanks

yorlum11

Interesting few days ahead. Faster and more potent than the last N/W outbreak, I would expect NI and down the Western seaboard to fare the best but nowhere to be ruled out. Radar watching and reports on here is the order of the day on this. Enjoy the ride!

Redsunset

For those living east and South east. The North and West is best folks in these set ups. Dublin nearly always needs a raw easterly to experience copious amouts of snow. Not saying you won't see any but will be alot less than what others will experience so non event for many.

maquiladora

Donegal will be the place to be!

JCX BXC

Now, hows clare looking?

Kermit.de.frog

Redsunset wrote: »

For those living east and South east. The North and West is best folks in these set ups. Dublin nearly always needs a raw easterly to experience copious amouts of snow. Not saying you won't see any but will be alot less than what others will experience so non event for many.

It's definitely an event for the west and north, no doubt about that. I think most will see some snow though through this period.

This is the first phase of a cold snap that is open ended for the moment. Plenty of chances to come for everyone over the next 5 days at least.

coconnellz

maybe i might use the 8 euro bus eireann direct ticket to donegal

smallwonder

maquiladora wrote: »

Donegal will be the place to be!

When do you think this event will hit us? Will it be early or late on Wednesday?

icesnowfrost

yeah i think on this one the and north and west will do well but i can see the midlands and northeast getting a good dusting.
but so far this winter has been great for the north and west.

maquiladora

smallwonder wrote: »

When do you think this event will hit us? Will it be early or late on Wednesday?

Rain turning to snow before noon.

joe199

Heading to Manchester friday morning lads till Sunday eve how's the likelyhood of seeing some of the white stuff?

Nabber

Couldn't have made it any better than this

joe199

Heading to Manchester friday morning lads till Sunday eve how's the likelyhood of seeing some of the white stuff?

maquiladora

Latest HIRLAM showing snow showers reaching further inland by late Wednesday though still falling as rain (green) in parts of the west and southwest.

JCX BXC

Redsunset wrote: »

For those living east and South east. The North and West is best folks in these set ups. Dublin nearly always needs a raw easterly to experience copious amouts of snow. Not saying you won't see any but will be alot less than what others will experience so non event for many.

Another non-event screamer. We shall see if its a non event afterwards. I respect your point about the easterlies,but everything is not focused on the east coast and their is nothing stopping Dublin getting snow.

May I add, when Dublin did get an easterly, all I heard was aload of depressed calls to Joe Duffy:)

vizualpics

I reckon there will be some streamer activity off the Atlantic in the North West aswell with the strong winds and temp difference. We got some great streamers back in the 2010/2011 event, coming in through Killala Bay, North Mayo. Will be interesting to watch!

Oneiric 3

GSM precipitation forecast for Wednesday midnight:



With the scale of those showers ramming up against those western & northern hills we hopefully will see some nice lightning displays during the night.


Image from Vedur.is

Kristopherus

Did anyone notice the summary graphic on the RTE weather forecasts shows the winds on Tueaday to Saturday as howling from the EAST !!!!!

JCX BXC

Kristopherus wrote: »

Did anyone notice the summary graphic on the RTE weather forecasts shows the winds on Tuesday to Saturday as howling from the EAST !!!!!

I did actually. I was wondering if it was an error or what.