Wintry spell with Snow and Ice warnings week of 20-3-17

pauldry

A lot of this snow will get lost in the irish sea IMO.

maybe icebergs:p

arctictree

Hard to know if Roundwood will get hit tonight. I have a lot of young lambs out in the fields so hopefully it wont be too bad!

jambofc

been out in the yard with just a t-shirt on got chilly half n hour ago been dry here.
Kilkenny City

Booms

jambofc wrote: »

been out in the yard with just a t-shirt on got chilly half n hour ago been dry here.
Kilkenny City

:eek:

JCX BXC

Moderate snow and 1c being reported at Knock Airport.

BLIZZARD7

arctictree wrote: »

Hard to know if Roundwood will get hit tonight. I have a lot of young lambs out in the fields so hopefully it wont be too bad!

I would think there's a good chance of a decent covering in roundwood - hard to know lower down, will likely depend on how much of an onshore breeze develops. Further inland in the east I'd expect snow to low levels.

mickmackey1

'Widespread sharp frost' on the Met Eireann forecast but total cloud cover here and cloud/drizzle everywhere on the 6pm reports. Joke of a forecast.

JCX BXC

Snowing constantly for the past two hours at Knock. Anyone in that part of Mayo? It must be covered in snow!

chris2007

How bad will Dublin get hit?

JCX BXC

chris2007 wrote: »

How bad will Dublin get hit?

Not bad, if at all. Should be mostly rain/sleet.

pad199207

chris2007 wrote: »

How bad will Dublin get hit?

A rain and sleet mix for Dublin. Further inland, Meath, Kildare, West Wicklow should see snow

Captain Snow

chris2007 wrote: »

How bad will Dublin get hit?

:D:D:D

eastmayo

JCX BXC wrote: »

Snowing constantly for the past two hours at Knock. Anyone in that part of Mayo? It must be covered in snow!

Iam beside knock.was heavy enough for 10min or so was starting 2 stick..but lightened off after that...shower was slow moving..lasted over an hour.

Larbre34

Id say a 250/300m snow line in Wicklow / South Dublin mtns will be the order of the day, probably some mixed showers to reduce visibility in rush hour, but unlikely to be any lying snow on the arterial routes into Dublin. Not that that wont stop an apocalyptic panic. My advice, leave earlier for work, be grand.

JCX BXC

Currently 2.5c here in West Clare with a dewpoint of 1.6c, precipitation agonisingly close, hopefully the temperature continues to drop and the precipitation moves in.

JCX BXC

Cork airport now reporting sleet and 2c, Shannon now reporting rain and 2c, Knock reporting snow and 1c.

Temperature here 2.4c.

highdef

Larbre34 wrote: »

Id say a 250/300m snow line in Wicklow / South Dublin mtns will be the order of the day, probably some mixed showers to reduce visibility in rush hour, but unlikely to be any lying snow on the arterial routes into Dublin. Not that that wont stop an apocalyptic panic. My advice, leave earlier for work, be grand.

And what you estimate the snow line will be at a bit further inland, beyond the Liffey or a bit further inland again?

Larbre34

highdef wrote: »

And what you estimate the snow line will be at a bit further inland, beyond the Liffey or a bit further inland again?

Theres not a whole lot of high ground above 300m outside the Liffey, north of the Wicklow mtns, but local overnight temps and dew points could see lower snow in sheltered spots. Id expect the early dawn to offset any problems on the main roads

JanuarySnowstor

Heavy sleet here now

Meteorite58

Looks like a fair bit of precipitation this evening into tomorrow ( more so in the E and SE ) with that low stalled in the Irish sea. Going through all the major models and not seeing the low temperatures as forecast by Met Eireann? Possibly due to the cloud cover. 850hpa Temps -5C to -7C so plenty of snow on high ground / mountains it would seem. If the cloud cleared you would expect a sharp frost in places under clear skies but doesn't seem to be widespread IMO. Wicklow Mountains look to get a right pasting.

Meteorite58

Oscar Bravo

Nice and white (Knock airport)

jambofc

Rain here in Kilkenny City temp 5c no snow here for now anyways

Meteorite58

Looking very windy in some Eastern counties tomorrow morning and windy across the country later. Mostly wet precipitation, any snow would make it Blizzard like perhaps although not sticking for long I would think. Be careful on the Wicklow mountains if tempted to go hiking, looks like it is going to be fairly treacherous up there in those winds and heavy snow. Would expect a yellow wind warning for tomorrow.

mickger844posts

Light rain here in Waterford City. Temp 4.8c. Can't really see any snow falling here, maybe sleet for a time.

The stream on my site may be worth a look later

www.waterfordcityweather.com

Rougies

mickger844posts wrote: »

Light rain here in Waterford City. Temp 4.8c. Can't really see any snow falling here, maybe sleet for a time.

The stream on my site may be worth a look later

www.waterfordcityweather.com

Temps will drop a few degrees in the next few hours, will still be borderline at low levels though.

RuthieRose

Just had a look and MT has upgraded to Alert 😬
It's freezing here in Cavan. It's 1degrees but feels colder.

LEIN

Heavy rain here @ 5C

Snowbiee21

Clear and calm here in Dublin 17 temp around 4°c not hopeful of much tonight but whatever happenes happens!

March11

Snowing here now between Youghal and Dungarvan.