Snow Red alert

Danno

Looks like a big clear spell to the NE.

Danno

http://www.met.ie/recentweather/ <<< 10c in Mayo!

Danno

Danno wrote:

Looks like a big clear spell to the NE.

Give it time that will change

It was bound to be near zero once snow was falling thats always the case and a rise when it stops.
Especially since the really cold air is not here yet.
But its on its way.
from the NRA Arklow bypass at 203 reflecting that heavy snowshower we just had.
Again the NRA site says rain because it records all precipitation as rain, its incapable of distinguishing snow.

I'm off now guys-back to work -ye will have w.check back here shortly after 4 no doubt in full ramp mode
N11 Arklow Bypass
Date Mon, Feb 21
Time (24hr) 14:03
Air Temp 1.9° C.
35.4 ° F.
Humidity 94%
Avg Windspeed 10.1 km/h
Wind direction Easterly (80º)
Road Surface Temp 4.3° C.
39.7 ° F.
Road State Wet
Precipitation Medium rainfall

RE*AC*TOR

sleety / rain in UCD

kleefarr

Kilkenny City outskirts (E)

Sun out. Snow gone. No rain.

Villain

Sleety wet snow shower in leixlip

highdef

Snow almost gone from Howth now!!!

Danno

Snow all thawed away here in South Laois. The hills around are white above say 150 to 200m.

Temperature of 2.2c. Cloudy.

@kleefar: I had that sunshine spell around an hour ago, it lasted for 20 minutes or so.

bennyx_o

Hail falling in Dublin 5.

Gonzo

nearly 2 inchs fell at home i believe, as soon as it stopped it melted in about an hour or less

Heavy hail and snow here now

DapperGent

Ow my head.

Danno

2.0c overcast.

Danno

Snow shower on the way, looks like Abbeyleix is getting a pasting at the moment.

1.9c now!

Mothman

Temp got to 3.8C, then hail then temp fell to 3.4C started sleeting, now 3C Dp 0C.
Nothing falling now.

highdef

Snow line @ Howth at about 15:00:

This corresponds to about 120m - It was almost down to sea level about 2 hours ago

Looking NE around the same time:


Not really looking too good at the moment so!

Danno

Drats, that show shower got cought up over the Castlecomer Pleatau. Very overcast here, quite dark. Still 1.9c.

I think I'll go for a drive soon!

Must find the digital camera...

highdef

Well it's very sunny now here on the east coast - All the snow on Howth has now melted. Blue skies and fluffy clouds. The nearest thing to a shower is this thing to the north which is not coming this way.

If anything appears to be approaching in the next while, I'll post a pic. Will be off to the gym around six though so something better happen in the next 90 mins!!!

Apologies for the tiny pics I'm posting but the cable for the stills camera is missing so I am taking stills with a video camera

DapperGent

DapperGent wrote:

Ow my head.

Were ya out in the hail (suspects something else caused your sore head...)

We are into mostly cloudy skies with some blue patches here now with sleety showers - a mix of hail, rain and wet snow in them. They come in throw a few drops of sleety rain, then big flakes of snow and then hail all of them now are coming in off the sea.

Danno

Still cloudy and quite dark here... now 1.7c

DapperGent

Earthman wrote:

Were ya out in the hail (suspects something else caused your sore head...)

Just hail this time.

ninebeanrows

And now begins a synoptic we havent seen in years

Already at this early stage showers hugging the coasts of south
Dublin and Wicklow expect to see some colours in the Irish sea
overnight heading ashore, well unstable at 1011hpa.

Nice puffy cumulus heading in the wrong direction

Only a matter of time until some juicy showers beef up,
as the very cold airmass has some fun with the high
SST's in the Irish sea

magpie

If I don't get to build a snowman this week I'm going to start a petition in feedback to change Weathercheck's name to 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf'.

ninebeanrows

Present indications suggest the cold spell is likely to last through
the weekend and possibly beyond

Weathercheck

Weathercheck wrote:

Already at this early stage showers hugging the coasts of south
Dublin and Wicklow expect to see some colours in the Irish sea
overnight heading ashore, well unstable at 1011hpa.

Nice puffy cumulus heading in the wrong direction

Only a matter of time until some juicy showers beef up,
as the very cold airmass has some fun with the high
SST's in the Irish sea

Yes and come wenesday/Thursday the air will be colder still,I'll be disappointed if that doesnt bring some even more huge showers to bear on the coast from the Irish Sea-in theory it should-provided pressure doesnt rise however.

Danno

Big mass of cloud pushing in from Holland, towards E England. Will that hit here tomorrow morning???

Could be interesting if it arrives DURING or AFTER our overnight frost...

ninebeanrows

What a beautiful skyline the clouds towering high i's say there's
some CB's already with snow shower to my north and big massive
clouds bobbing in off the sea, would be surprised if many didnt
see a decent dollop of snow tonight

Mothman

Having problems getting through on dial-up, so updates to website are unreliable.

Now +4C with -1.5C dewpoint, with grass temp down to +1.1C

Just had a bit of sunshine.

Most of snow has melted with snowline up to about 250m.

Mothman

Mothman wrote:

Most of snow has melted with snowline up to about 250m.

From here I can see a lot of snow from Ballycoog in co wicklow right across to kilenerin in North Wexford-that suggests a snow line of about 500ft.
From there across is very white.
Croghan looks like mt everest

I can concur with w.check there are some huge towers of clouds bubbling up and blowing in from the Irish sea suggesting that the cold air is doing its work.
Expect fun in the coming days and nights down along the Eastern seaboard

ninebeanrows

Clouds a building and i like the look of the Irish sea
on the latest satellite plenty of forming showers

O.K i want a frost in the next 2-3 hours and then the snow
showers to pile on in

I have my eys on one forming north of wales, could
be a beast when she gets here although i most
likely will be wrong

3.1c and dropping steadily