Cold Spell - Snow & Ice Possible Thursday 8th / Friday 9th

mickger844posts

Some nice breaks starting to appear in the clouds here in Waterford City. Temp 4.3c DP -1.3c Wet Bulb 2.3c. Still feel we are well placed to see a covering of sorts later. Knife edge stuff though as usual

dacogawa

Just had a look out into Dublin bay there and the cloud is starting to break up also it is thinning out above (noticeably brighter)

Nice dew point in Dun Laoghaire now -5.2, a good place to start if we want the fall in temp from the east

http://www.dlhweather.com/current-details/

ninebeanrows

A nice NMM run.

Snow arriving into Dublin ~ 10pm



Clearing ~ 4am

George Sunsnow

mickger844posts wrote: »

Some nice breaks starting to appear in the clouds here in Waterford City. Temp 4.3c DP -1.3c Wet Bulb 2.3c. Still feel we are well placed to see a covering of sorts later. Knife edge stuff though as usual

-10 850’s overhead though?
I don’t think so
Models are shoite lately

5.1c here

(At least it’s dropping again)
Dp back down to -2c
Wet bulb 2.5c
Very marginal

RobertKK

2.8C on the hills north east of Kilkenny city.
2.1C in Kilkenny city but they started from a lower temperature due to a more severe frost.

stooge

about 50-100km further west would be nice

KingdomRushed

I still haven’t woken to a fall of snow in Dublin 3 since December 2010. I see a moderate chance of it tomorrow morning going on the model outputs - short range - it would even appear as good a chance as there has been. But for some reason it doesn’t feel ripe for snow. It doesn’t feel like proper cold is in place. But sure we will see. Hope to get my young fella out in it. He’s six and wasn’t even born in 2010.

mickger844posts

George Sunsnow wrote: »

-10 850’s overhead though?
I don’t think so
Models are shoite lately

5.1c here

(At least it’s dropping again)
Dp back down to -2c
Wet bulb 2.5c
Very marginal

Always marginal for us though isn't it. That's what makes it so elusive. Never an easy road to the White Gold. When darkness falls we will have a better idea of where we stand.

Nettle Soup

No wonder Shackleton and Crean went south so often...

Calibos

pad199207 wrote: »

It will be interesting to see how far inland snow will settle

.....or how close to the seafront.

Harry Palmr

Grand morning here, a bit of overnight frost which quickly vanished. Bright and dry on the cote d'deise.

JCX BXC

Another warning in effect for entire country once the band clears

Met Eireann wrote:

STATUS YELLOW

Snow-ice Warning for Ireland
Snow showers likely to give accumulations of less than 3cm on Tuesday. The showers most frequent in the west and north of the country. Slippery roads and paths due to accumulation of ice on untreated surfaces.

Issued:Monday 05 February 2018 12:00
Valid:Tuesday 06 February 2018 04:00 to Tuesday 06 February 2018 23:59

Mobhi1

Still cloudy and pretty calm in D11. It,3.9C now and the DP is now negative at -1.1C.

Periscal

Guys I really hope we will see some snow overnight on the east coast, my wife sent me a picture of our town in Slovakia this morning,



snow totals in CM

onmebike

Interesting turn of events in Lucan. Dew point has started dropping.

dacogawa

Lots of sun and blue skies in Dublin South City now, dew point at Dun Laoghaire is down to -5.7, let's hope this is the start of the cooling...

DOCARCH

dacogawa wrote: »

Dew point at Dun Laoghaire is down to -5.7, let's hope this is the start of the cooling...

Doubt it?

DP -0.8c in Dublin 16.

dacogawa

DOCARCH wrote: »

Doubt it?

DP -0.8c in Dublin 16.

The weather station on the pier says so...

http://www.dlhweather.com/current-details/

Edit, now -5.2

Villain

Live image for last 24 hrs from my station near Tullow in County Carlow.

Temp has increased but dew point has dropped nicely to -0.9c now

JCX BXC

Dublin airport has a DP of -4c so not exactly unbelievable

redsteveireland

Its positively balmy in Galway city at around 6.0c with a slight breeze and overcast skies.

Current DP's. Dublin/Wicklow in particular looking promising at the moment.

sparrowcar

Blue skies last half hour in swords.
DP nose diving.
Had a nap a while ago in preparation for a long night ahead

Mad to see temp at 4c and DP at -4c.

Alun

Nettle Soup wrote: »

No wonder Shackleton and Crean went south so often...

No need for that, just get out of Dublin and up into the hills. It was snowing above about 500m on Wednesday, and on Saturday only half way up the Wicklow Gap road from Laragh. The top of Tonelagee was a complete whiteout on Saturday too.

DOCARCH

JCX BXC wrote: »

Dublin airport has a DP of -4c so not exactly unbelievable

True...

I think I was just comparing to my own. DP -1.1c atm in Dublin 16.

Mobhi1

Sun is out now in D11. It's 4.3C and the DP is falling,at -2.2C now.

Nettle Soup

Alun wrote: »

No need for that, just get out of Dublin and up into the hills. It was snowing above about 500m on Wednesday, and on Saturday only half way up the Wicklow Gap road from Laragh. The top of Tonelagee was a complete whiteout on Saturday too.

Yeah I am an avid winter climber. Very fond of Galtymore (917m) for good deep beautiful snow. Hard to get much on the western hills though.

George Sunsnow

DOCARCH wrote: »

True...

I think I was just comparing to my own. DP -1.1c atm in Dublin 16.

Aye my dp is pretty much the same
Cloudy here in Arklow and 4.4c
Very marginal but just about doable when the wind swings NW later here especially as there’s obviously mountains to the NW of Arklow

I would like a 3c drop in all temp values but I doubt it

For all the talk of easterlies
We are actually relying on a westerly for snow

George Sunsnow

And lol the cloud here is now producing a light snow shower
Talk about the athmosphere telling me to feck off with my pessimism

pauldry

There wont be snow in Sligo town today. Maybe tomorrow morning. 4c and feels mild.

Though i think Sligo county will see snow the town will be disrupted by warmer sea air.