Snow Red alert

Villain

Leixlip, snow has stopped and thawing rapidly, I'm surprised at how quick it melted.

Let's just hope these showers build up over the Irish sea and bring a good dumping over night, although I think it may be tomorrow afternoon before we see the best of the showers.

kleefarr

Kilkenny city outskirts (E).

Not snowing now. Brightening up.

Danno

Nice covering here in south Laois, still snowing, but thawing is underway too, how's all over in Mountrath Darwin?

Ray777

Very heavy sleet here in North Wicklow now.

ninebeanrows

The latest runs show the prospect of beefy showers on Irish sea
coasts from later this afternoon

Danno

Stopped snowing now, temps up to 2.6c

Danno

WOW! There are some temp variations! Looks like 20 miles west of Laois was all rain... http://www.nra.ie/RoadWeatherInfo/Map/data/htm/WeatherTable.htm

Lucky, I think I called it right???

probability that they would fall as snow=high

Temp on the m2 buoy is 3.4 whereas yesterday it was higher yet Irish sea showers fell as snow.

It is a sure sign of an easterly snow snap when the usually balmy Rosslare harbour is reporting snow and 1 c

Villain

Weathercheck wrote:

The latest runs show the prospect of beefy showers on Irish sea
coasts from later this afternoon

How far do you reckon those showers will come in, what % would you give on me waking to a covering of snow in carlow tomorrow morning?

Danno

Danno wrote:

WOW! There are some temp variations! Looks like 20 miles west of Laois was all rain... http://www.nra.ie/RoadWeatherInfo/Map/data/htm/WeatherTable.htm

Lucky, I think I called it right???

Danno all the nra stations report rain
they cant record snow so the snow precip is shown as rain

The Arklow one in the middle of a blizzard reported heavy rainfall for instance.

Danno

I know.

ninebeanrows

Trying to eat as much food as possible and type

Shrs should go around 30miles inland

Danno

3.1c now.

Villain

Weathercheck wrote:

Trying to eat as much food as possible and type

Shrs should go around 30miles inland

Ah feck that!!!

30 miles is not far enough to reach me!

Danno

Temps falling again, 2.9c

Mothman

The western and south western ststions are reporting 9C. Big difference between west and east,

And irish1, you may move

Danno

30 miles is enough to reach Tullow.

Get your radius tool out in Autoroute.

Mothman

And wind is veering, most stations recording wind that is partly easterly.

Still north with me.

Danno

Snowing again in South Laois!

billy the squid

Liveline might be worth a listen today they going to be discussing the current weather conditions, well at least that is what the insert at 12.30 said anyway.

Danno

Raindrops and snow flakes evenly falling. Wierd :eek:

Gonzo

this easterly will have to get a good bit colder if anywhere stands a chance of seeing lying snow lasting thoughtout the day, at the moment as soon as the snow stops falling it melts rapidly. We really do need temperatures to stay at 1c maximum throughout the day to pevent any major thawing and i dont think they are gonna stay that low especially if the sun comes out.

Is it gonna get alot colder with this easterly or is this as cold as its gonna get during daytime?

kleefarr

Kilkenny City outskirts (E)

Dull again now. Has started snowing lightly again, medium size flakes.

Gonzo

Gonzo wrote:

this easterly will have to get a good bit colder if anywhere stands a chance of seeing lying snow lasting thoughtout the day, at the moment as soon as the snow stops falling it melts rapidly. We really do need temperatures to stay at 1c maximum throughout the day to pevent any major thawing and i dont think they are gonna stay that low especially if the sun comes out.

Is it gonna get alot colder with this easterly or is this as cold as its gonna get during daytime?

It's likely to get 2 or 3 degree's colder than currently I think.

Remember this is not the cold air believe it or not.

So you are talking by wenesday of temps potentially 1 or 2 c at their max in the East and colder during snow showers.
Its close to march so the sun when out will thaw lying snow but the athmosphere will be plenty cold enough to ensure the showers are of hail or snow.
I'm expecting the best action through tuesday night wenesday and thursday as thats when the air sourced over western Russia will be here and thats when it will be causing a heavy build up of showers over the Irish sea.

Again it will be a hit or miss as it will be a showery pattern.
Some will get a lot and some might get none.
But you must be nearish the East coast for action.

Very heavy snow here again now just west of Arklow and this is a shower in off the Sea.
I can see the white hills to my west it should be with them shortly-they are going to get hammered out of this given whats falling here

kleefarr

Kilkenny City outskirts (E)

Bigger flakes and heavier snow now. Seems to be getting heavier as time goes on. Wonder how long it will last.

highdef

Temps are currently at 2C with a DP of 2c also - Is this not bad for snow fall? Do DPs not have to be below 0C for a good chance of snow, particularly lying snow. Earthman, do you reckon DPs (and temps) will fall as the day progreses? There was a light/moderate shower about 15 mins ago which lasted about 3 minutes. Consisted or rain with a bit of sleet and the odd snow flake. Snow line in Howth is rising now, snow line up to about 250 ft. If anyone is interested, I can put a camera on my window sill pointing towards Howth hill and I can post snapshots every hour or so so people can get an idea of where the snow line is. ANyone interested in that idea? Oh, a few showers now beginning to move in off the sea now - one to my northeast and one to the southeast.

The wind is due east here now so I think the bottom end of that front which is off southwest wales is going to head this way so potentially some more wet snow on and off in south Leinster for a while from that.

Given that the stuff coming in off the sea here now is of snow with mixed hail pellets,I'm increasingly thinking that whats served up from the sea when the air gets very much colder from tomorrow will be a winter wonderland...

And Irish1 I do think it will wing its way to tullow, it just might be near exhausted by then.

Chances of snow cover are high this week in coastal counties from Louth to Wexford.

Danno

Sunshine at 2.3c in Laois at the moment.

ntl Technical

ntl Technical wrote:

Temps are currently at 2C with a DP of 2c also - Is this not bad for snow fall?

normal circumatances are not applying here , by normal i mean what we have had to put up with for more than a decade.

Dewpoints and Temps will drop from this evening.
I actually dont have my equipment up and running here yet so I'm working off a prehistoric thermometer but a reliable one.

I notice mothmans dp is 1.2 with a temp of 2.2, that combined with an increasingly colder athmosphere ( the infamous by now 528 dam line ) will tend things to snow as the evening progresses.
It's already doing that down here.

Dry here again now-there was a lot of hail among the flakes in that last snow shower which is indicative of it getting colder.
Temp is about 1.5 here now - plenty cold enough for snow in this feed ( clearly )