Snow showers, 27th/28th

Graces7

I have just ventured out to check what is out there. Never knew such sheer penetrating bitter cold.

At the back the ocean is heaving with white breakers and all the mountain tops are shrouded in dark grey clouds at a uniform level.

Iced wind piercing clothing.

Weather inimical to human life...Time to load the fire/stove and stay safe.

All precipitation fell as just rain - unless the tops say differently when they emerge


The sun is breaking through now.

West mayo offshore

pad199207

Heavy snow in Omagh

https://twitter.com/omaghweather/status/1343179610956197888?s=21

Danno

Here is a handy tool to have in this kid of weather set-up: https://www.weather.gov/epz/wxcalc_rh

dzsfah2xoynme9

My sister just sent me a video of her place in rural Tipp near Nenagh. Pelting down snow..

Pretzill

A snow shower here - we had one earlier too - it's Baltic out

South Sligo
90m asl

Oneiric 3

Snowing pretty heavily in Galway and it still 2.0c.

torres9kop

Any snow for Dublin later?

Nqp15hhu

pad199207 wrote: »

Heavy snow in Omagh

https://twitter.com/omaghweather/status/1343179610956197888?s=21

Must be at least 100 metres. Certainly not at low level.

People need to state their altitude when they say “snowing”.

pad199207

Nqp15hhu wrote: »

Must be at least 100 metres. Certainly not at low level.

People need to state their altitude when they say “snowing”.

Being inland always helps compared to near coastal areas.

Gonzo

torres9kop wrote: »

Any snow for Dublin later?

a very small chance, most of the showers are breaking up before they get here. Showers may become more organised later but remains to be seen if they will make it into Meath/Dublin etc.

Oneiric 3

Nqp15hhu wrote: »

Must be at least 100 metres. Certainly not at low level.

People need to state their altitude when they say “snowing”.

Do they? and why is 'snowing' in inverted commas?

Just stopped, some wet stickiness on bins and oil tanks and that's about it. Snow surprisingly feathery towards end of shower.

YanSno

Nqp15hhu wrote: »

Must be at least 100 metres. Certainly not at low level.

People need to state their altitude when they say “snowing”.

Omagh is approximately 80m asl, dew point is around 0.5 to 1c currently It would suggest that was wet snow for sure even at low levels

ninebeanrows

Gonzo wrote: »

a very small chance, most of the showers are breaking up before they get here. Showers may become more organised later but remains to be seen if they will make it into Meath/Dublin etc.

I'd be hopeful you'll get something with that feature later this evening, early tonight @Gonzo.... You are usually near the end of them showers, they dont usually make it into Dublin but it is possible.

pad199207

Gonzo wrote: »

a very small chance, most of the showers are breaking up before they get here. Showers may become more organised later but remains to be seen if they will make it into Meath/Dublin etc.

Don’t ya know well it will be scraps

giveitholly

Snowing in tipp,big dinner plate flakes,lovely to see fall

mickger844posts

Sleet Snow Rain mix now in Waterford City, Temp 2.8c, DP 2.0c

https://www.waterfordcityweather.com

Samsgirl

Bucketing down snow here in South Tipp. At least its got the minions away from the karaoke machine.

redsteveireland

Decent fall of snow here in Galway, albeit on the wet side. Slight accumulation on the grass, shed roof and cars. Nice to watch but just making a mess really.

Gonzo

shower clouds are making it as far as south Meath but there is very little precipitation left in them, have had a few brief seconds of drizzle here and there.

munsterlegend

Snowing in parts of north cork but on the higher ground such as Bweeng and Banteer.

Snowbiee21

Slight snizzle here in D5 very light

tails_naf

Wet snow at the base of the galtees in tipp, another degree lower and it might stick

RandomViewer

Just cold here, very heavy rain last night

heffoo

Heavy snow near knockananna co Wicklow last 40 mins nearly 2cm stuck so far 260 Mtra asl

joujoujou

Some snowfalls @ Mayo/Roscommon border, 130m amsl. First video shot approx 2 hours ago, second, an hour later.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB0aJSoJmIQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NglygJKEhU

Traces of snow on Benbulben and Ox Mountains, a bit more on Keshcorran:

Oneiric 3

Where the UKmet hi res model has that first band of potential sleet & snow at 7pm this eve:



Moves through quickly but the model has it turning to sleet and snow from about west Sligo to west Kerry eastwards.

Gonzo

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Where the UKmet hi res model has that first band of potential sleet & snow at 7pm this eve:



Moves through quickly but the model has it turning to sleet and snow from about west Sligo to west Kerry eastwards.

looks very fragmented for much of Leinster, I wonder will it even make it intact to the east coast.

Oneiric 3

Gonzo wrote: »

looks very fragmented for much of Leinster, I wonder will it even make it intact to the east coast.

I wouldn't worry too much about the specifics on that map.

redsteveireland

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Where the UKmet hi res model has that first band of potential sleet & snow at 7pm this eve:



Moves through quickly but the model has it turning to sleet and snow from about west Sligo to west Kerry eastwards.

Based on the current conditions there's a good chance we will see snow from this, IMO.

Captain Snow

Alot of snow higher up in Wicklow.

Sallys Gap just had snow at the sides of the road.

Kippure got pasted but thats at 760 Metres approx.

This winter is only beginning, I would'nt worry about not getting snow this winter.

Theres a blizzard or 2 coming.:)

cnocbui

We had a few flakes about half an hour ago, her in Tipp. There is a light dusting hanging around on the hill tops.

Oneiric 3

redsteveireland wrote: »

Based on the current conditions there's a good chance we will see snow from this, IMO.

If so, it'll be intensity induced. Cold air being dragged down from the clouds as the the air here on the surface just too wet and warm to sustain anything in its own right. It's nice to see the snow, but this is crap weather. Cold, but not cold enough. Wet, but not remarkably so. Windy, but just annoyingly so. What a pisspot of a place when you think about it.

mountainy man

We have about 3 inches of lying snow most of which has fallen since mid morning in heavy showers, had a few showers of graupel during the night not amounting to much. Showers have petered out now.

South east Sligo, 255m

Gaoth Laidir

Lough Fea station in Northern Ireland (225 m) was reporting moderate snow at 1 pm, wbt 0.0 °C.

Crept up to 0.5 °C now at 3 pm but no weather type being reported. Measured snow depth is 2 cm.

Latest wbt at 3 pm. Ballyhaise is 0.9 °C.

sean555

Between Oughterard and Casla, Connemara at 1.30 this afternoon.

Meteorite58

A good few reports of snow around the country

https://twitter.com/CorkSafetyAlert/status/1343191908806516736?s=20

https://twitter.com/Arklowweather/status/1343212938996424706?s=20

https://twitter.com/DonegalWeatherC/status/1343214907995660288?s=20

https://twitter.com/DolDeBie/status/1343188220532510721?s=20

https://twitter.com/JimboWings/status/1343184626572025858?s=20

https://twitter.com/audsgreene/status/1343209659633688577?s=20

TTLF

Raining D14

Not surprised though Dublin tends to do badly in these setups typically

booferking

Earlier today cookstown Tyrone.

Gaoth Laidir

Based on the UKMO aviation chart for midnight tonight.

Meteorite58

The next occluded front making its way on to the coast, nice cold cloud tops, another good dump inland on the way looks like.

cnocbui

Meh...



East Clare.

Goldfinch8

The snowy top of Nephin in Co.Mayo was nicely illuminated by a bit of late December sunshine this afternoon.

Meteorite58

Looks like the Mountains around Killarney are getting a good pasting atm.

daniel_t1409

What's it looking like for snow in the south east? Doubt it will snow here.

Nqp15hhu

circadian wrote: »

Where are you? I've noticed localised rain/hail/sleet in Derry on a regular basis, you could be driving down the Buncrana road in the rain and suddenly it stops and the ground is dry. I wouldn't even be surprised to see Scalp mountain covered in snow with Eskaheen next to it bare.

I often notice that the letterkenny area does exceptionally well in these westerlies with lying snow whilst everywhere east is 3c and rain, even on the hills. It’s a little odd as they are far closer to the Atlantic.

Kermit.de.frog

daniel_t1409 wrote: »

What's it looking like for snow in the south east? Doubt it will snow here.

Less likely now. I wouldn't be expecting snowfall in Dublin.

davidsr20

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Less likely now. I wouldn't be expecting snowfall in Dublin.

Anything possible east Galway Kermit Craughwell/Loughrea area.

Nqp15hhu

Can hear heavy rain at work..extra elevation did very little. Not sure how people are getting lying snow they must be up exceptionally high if it is raining at 100 metres

Nqp15hhu

Rain has turned to snow lol

Oscar Bravo

Heavy band of sleet moving down from the north now over Castlebar.Hopefully some further east get it as snow as its very heavy.