Storm Ciara - Reports/Chat/Non Technical

ffarrell7

d51984 wrote: »

Woohoooooooooo, sleet turning to large chunks of snow in Dublin 17. We have lift off!!!!

Heavy graupel and snow in Portmarnock, Co Dublin.

q85dw7osi4lebg

Sleety / Wet Snow in Drogheda, ground soaked however. A degree colder than it was at 9am.

Mortelaro

https://twitter.com/craiglewispga/status/1226866592711086081?s=19

DOCARCH

Rain/sleet/snow mix in Dublin 16. 3.9c atm.

antodeco

Snowing here in Lucan!

ameee

Snowing in Dublin 15 now , no hope of sticking unfortunately because the ground is too wet

ninebeanrows

Slight deposits now in Swords

Bigger flakes, air cooling

Scubadevils

First time I've had the opportunity to say this in quite a while - snowing in Lusk Sticking to cars, grass etc but roads and path too wet. Nice to see.

ChikiChiki

ameee wrote: »

Snowing in Dublin 15 now , no hope of sticking unfortunately because the ground is too wet

Its absolutely torrential rain in D2. Not a hope whatever follows will stick. Rain is gusting sideways.

Vudgie

Very wet in Dublin 2

kittyn

Sleet/snow/graupel mix in Dublin 2 ..... Not a day for working outside .......

lawred2

Coming down heavy in DCC but very wet sleet/snow

tscul32

I'm outside school in Swords. Snow is easing off now. Another 20 mins until the kids are out and they'll be sick if it's all over by then.

ffarrell7

Nice and white in Portmarnock!

BLIZZARD7

Wet Icy mix with some snow that appears to be easing off again , Temp down to 2.0c from 4.1c in 12 minutes.

DOCARCH

BLIZZARD7 wrote: »

Wet Icy mix with some snow that appears to be easing off again.

Ditto in Dublin 16. Attempted snow! Clearing now.

John.Icy

ChikiChiki wrote: »

Its absolutely torrential rain in D2. Not a hope whatever follows will stick. Rain is gusting sideways.

False. Snow will stick if conditions are correct regardless of ground wetness.

Probably the biggest myth that persists when it comes to snow!

torres9kop

Will the snow stick in D4 tonight? Anyone?

DOCARCH

John.Icy wrote: »

False. Snow will stick if conditions are correct regardless of ground wetness.

Yip. Have seen very wet ground turn white in a couple of minutes.

ongarboy

John.Icy wrote: »

False. Snow will stick if conditions are correct regardless of ground wetness.

Probably the biggest myth that persists when it comes to snow!

Agreed! More often then not, I've only seen settling snow fall on previously wet ground so don't understand why this myth prevails.

YanSno

Swords Co Dublin 60m ASL.

Nqp15hhu

Warm sector is filtering in now annoyingly.

pad199207

Roundwood

RoisinD

Hail has turned to snow flurries in latest band.


NW Clare coast

nacho libre

John.Icy wrote: »

False. Snow will stick if conditions are correct regardless of ground wetness.

Probably the biggest myth that persists when it comes to snow!

Indeed. The evening of December 16th 2010 is a prime example, within 10 minutes of the rain, that had been falling all day, turning to snow it began to stick readily on the wet ground.

Unfortunately today conditions are not right for the snow to stick, but hopefully that changes after dark!

Oneiric 3

nacho libre wrote: »

Indeed. The evening of December 16th 2010 is a prime example, within in 10 minutes of the rain, that had been falling all day, turning to snow it began to stick readily on the wet ground.

Unfortunately today conditions are not right for the snow to stick, but hopefully that changes after dark!

Place was white here earlier after an intense thunder/hail storm, and even that melted rapidly.

BLIZZARD7

Gone very dark again in D14, some evaporative cooling in the last shower brought the temp down to 1.8c, back up at 2.9c now.

Oneiric 3

John.Icy wrote: »

False. Snow will stick if conditions are correct regardless of ground wetness.

Probably the biggest myth that persists when it comes to snow!

Witnessed that myself just a few weeks back. Snow will cool the outer surface very quick if heavy enough, but would have a better chance of sticking around longer if near or below freezing temps were more entrenched beneath the surface.

DOCARCH

BLIZZARD7 wrote: »

Gone very dark again in D14, some evaporative cooling in the last shower brought the temp down to 1.8c, back up at 2.9c now.

A light hail/graupel shower here now in Dublin 16. 3.7c atm.

Edit: Which briefly turned heavy...quick coating of icy balls!

pad199207

Belting down Hail in Kildare. Place is covered now