Severe Weather Snow / Ice Weds 28 FEB ( Onwards ) ** READ MOD NOTE POST#1**

Doyler99

Very fine powdery snow, coming down in heaps in Dublin 16 with decent accumulations. Hopefully this is just the starter before the main course later on tonight!

Claire6

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

The road which had thawed outside my house is basically all white again in Cork City. Sign of things to come?

All the roads that were slush where I am (south side) have frozen. Definite drop in temp I think?

King of Spades

Heavy fine snow and very strong winds for past hour and a half here in Tara, Meath. A few cms added so close to 17/18 cm now. Snow drifting too.

Artane2002

Madness. Proper snow in Dublin 5!

d'Oracle

Daniel2590 wrote: »

I'm in D18 too, absolutely not rain here, the roads have turned white after being slush all day

Absolutely Rain here.

pistolpetes11

Gaoth knows his apple from his oranges ;););)

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

What's falling here anyway seems like wet sleet on your face but it's actually very fine snow grains, which are the like the frozen form of drizzle. Formed because the upper layers (higher than 850 hPa) have warmed since yesterday, limiting convection to a fairly shallow layer.

Warnings of heavy snow out now for the two Dublin airports and Cork. Don't remember seeing these before.

EIDW AD WRNG 03 VALID 011800/020600 SNOW HVY > 10CM FCST =
EIME AD WRNG 04 VALID 011800/020600 SNOW HVY > 10CM FCST =
EICK AD WRNG 03 VALID 011700/020600 SNOW HVY > 10CM FCST =

Shannon has a warning for 3-5 cm.

aurora 527

spookwoman wrote: »

Can second that.

Keep the faith people...

Itssoeasy

irishfeen wrote: »

Very strange here in Cork - front coming in from the south with light snow but for all the world outside the snow seems to be blowing from the north .... WTF??

It was said that it would hook around to the west so maybe that's why it seems like from the north. I've no idea what's happening on the south side of the city but I can't see it now.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

greenpilot wrote: »

Ballaghaderreen Area:

Bright and sunny all day. Temps didnt get above -1. Calm until about 2 hours ago. Tiny amount of snow fell a couple of days ago, but none since then. All businesses closed today at 1pm, which was odd considering the almost perfect, and quite normal winter weather we are having. Farmers and Urban customers of ours scratching their heads bewilderment at the National Red warning all day. It is almost like the East coast is on an entirely different planet. Work closed today purely for insurance reasons. Basically if anyone had an accident during the Red Warning, either travelling to work or in work, you can guarantee the insurance firms would not cover you. Just in from a walk with the dog. A bit windy, but no snow. In fact, the temps have risen a bit. Looking at the charts, It is doubtful we are going to get anything tonight or tomorrow.
As some folks here are saying, due to the overkill on the warnings, they have a danger of not being heeded going forward.

Gas thing is I'm in the same county (south Ros) and we have 7 inches of snow outside my back door.

Creative83

There is a vicious wind at the moment in Malahide... very fine snow but sticking everywhere... and the real storm has yet to come :eek:

JanuarySnowstor

irishfeen wrote: »

Very strange here in Cork - front coming in from the south with light snow but for all the world outside the snow seems to be blowing from the north .... WTF??

It's been like that last 2 days easterly winds but blowing from the North....I honestly don't know why

ZeroSum76

_Dara_ wrote: »

Calibos wrote: »

Forget about whether it will turn to rain tomorrow on the south coast. Can anyone explain why reports are starting to come in from some boardies that rain is falling. Cobh in Cork and Walkinstown in Dublin are two examples?

Dark Sky earlier was saying rain would fall. I asked about that on these forums and it was thought that it would be snow, not rain. The snow is very fine. Maybe people think they are seeing rain?

Feels like rain but its a strange frozen type that coats the surfaces. With that said it does need to turn to something beefier if its going to lead to anything accumulating.

Itssoeasy

irishfeen wrote: »

Very strange here in Cork - front coming in from the south with light snow but for all the world outside the snow seems to be blowing from the north .... WTF??

It was said that it would hook around to the west so maybe that's why it seems like from the north. I've no idea what's happening on the south side of the city but I can't see it now.

igCorcaigh

irishfeen wrote: »

Very strange here in Cork - front coming in from the south with light snow but for all the world outside the snow seems to be blowing from the north .... WTF??

The wind is coming from the North East.

sdanseo

Creative83 wrote: »

There is a vicious wind at the moment in Malahide... very fine snow but sticking everywhere... and the real storm has yet to come :eek:

I opened the window there to maybe halfway and it shot out of my hand

Amazed it didn't come off it's hinges. No more fleece-based precipitation tests for me!

Artane2002

Back to the fine snow in Dublin 5. I'm amused by how excellently it's sticking!!

eigrod

Nice steady fall of snow in Greystones this last half hour

Claire6

Steopo wrote: »

Not often you see this !!

What does the red indicate? Cold temp / snow?

Yggr of Asgard

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

If Siobhan Ryans latest forecast is anything to go by we will very soon be getting that and a lot more besides.

I believe it when I see it, right now it's not even 0 degrees.

cameramonkey

Just had a look out the door in Sandymount D4.

Its not snow but it looks like freezing rain. Its not melting the snow.

pad199207

Anybody doing a timelapse?

Johann.

sdanseo wrote: »

I opened the window there to maybe halfway and it shot out of my hand

Amazed it didn't come off it's hinges. No more fleece-based precipitation tests for me!

Jesus you'd of had a bigger problem on your hands if that had happened :eek:

hawkwing

Artane2002 wrote: »

Back to the fine snow in Dublin 5. I'm amused by how excellently it's sticking!!

That's growzel for you:)

_Dara_

ZeroSum76 wrote: »

Feels like rain but its a strange frozen type that coats the surfaces. With that said it does need to turn to something beefier if its going to lead to anything accumulating.

Yeah, it’s been snowing all day here but there’s been no further accumulations in the last 12 hours.

irishfeen

igCorcaigh wrote: »

The wind is coming from the North East.

Now see thinking about it that makes sense

Ninthlife

A very fine snow being blown about here Sth Kildare. Snowed on and off but had a good bit of a thaw this afternoon.

Im hoping for more snow but whatever happens the laughs and smiles on my kids faces while we played in the snow and bulit Olaf the snowman will last a life time

Chong

I cant believe how these snow grains as Gaoth puts it have built up in the past 25 mins in Swords having filled in footsteps properly on our driveway.

tteknulp

Very Fine Snow Dublin 13 , Temp -1

ninebeanrows

It is strange that the 'rain' has managed to cover the car tracks that were visible 30 minutes ago!

adam240610

sdanseo wrote: »

For what it's worth, my window is soaking wet.

One side of it is is -2 degrees

The other side is +21 degrees.

The air in between the panes can only do so much, it's not going to stay frozen.

It is here somehow These are rooftop ones, slowly getting quite hard to see through