Snow Red alert

Scubadevils

whats the likelyhood of any heavy stuff between now and around 10pm? - have a class to go to in Artane then would be heading back to Lusk around 10pm. Trying to decide if I should go

houseoffun14

temp 4.5 in Drogheda and dropping some hail falling to

Mothman

Earthman wrote:

a snow line of about 500ft.

And I'll concur with that. It is lower than the 250m I mentioned, perhaps 180m

Valentia is still at 8C, with Cork Airport at 1C

Showers in the SE. Wind is now NE nearly everywhere.

super_furry

So what's the prognosis for tonight lads?

Gonzo

there doesnt look like theres much if anything in the irish sea atm, all the action is over south east england. any chance of these showers making it over here?

ninebeanrows

Snow showers from the Irish sea

Although there aint too many now there is one mamma
building up with red echoes the one that i was talking
bout earlier heading for dublin

Gonzo

ive looked at more charts and it looks like getting alot colder from tonight till thursday then milder again for the weekend but still cold, however from tuesday 3rd march there seems to be really bitterly cold weather from sweden heading its way back here with blues and purple colours not far off? could this be another cold snap in the making to give us proper snow during first week or two of march? http://www2.wetter3.de/animation.html

Gonzo

weathercheck, that shower your talking about, any chance of that hitting meath or am i do far north?

Villain

Cold in Carlow, wishing and hoping that a few showers will this far inland, oh how I would love to wake to a carpet of snow.

Weathercheck, at this stage maybe you could give us the overall outlook for the next 3 days?

ninebeanrows

O.K i'll give it a go..

Showers affecting eastern areas through this evening and tonight
leaving 2-3cm's of snow in some areas.
Tuesday will see more snow showers affecting the east through
the day perking up in the morning and spreading further inland.
Wednesday looks likely to be the snowiest day early morning
a band of snow will push in from the east and cross the country.
Later in the day another trough will affect the east.

Overall eastern coounties could have upto 10cm's lying on Wednesday
although if the sun comes out a rapid thaw will commence.

More later when i watch this vicious looking shower..

Gonzo it's heading for Dublin possibly south meath but probably not.

It could land anywhere between south Meath and north Wicklow

Scubadevils

weathercheck, could you give a guess as to what time it might hit tonight?

thanks for outlook btw

Weathercheck

Weathercheck wrote:

It could land anywhere between south Meath and north Wicklow

If thats the one half way between the isle of man and anglesea, its going for north Dublin and into meath then.

ninebeanrows

Felix it aint anything special just something im watching for
development.. there's a few heavy showers in Louth and north
Leinster just as good as it

Showers will affect the coasts all night
This one maybe 1930
Although dont expect anything

Scubadevils

thanks, will stick to plans for tonight so.

By the way , the proper cold air still isnt here yet.
The temp at the m2 buoy is up at 5.4c with a sea temp of 8.4 but with a dew point now of -0.5 c

Basically its a tad on the warm side out there for snow at the moment.

mike65

Its snowed here about lunchtime..then melted quickly. Plenty on the Commeraghs....

Mike.

Aquos76

Some very heavy snow falling outside here in Waterford at the moment. My Car is almost covered

dasa29

What is the chance of good fall of snow for mullingar during the rest of the week thanks.

Trotter

Yep.. same here Leonard (Superquinn Area).
I was surprised how heavy the snow showers were today, and equally as surprised at how quick it melted!!

At last .. Waterford and Snow in the same sentence. Something to tell the Grandchildren in 2030 when its 30degrees all the time lol

Supercell

Hmm , nice to see the Irish sea showers starting to pep up. May have some decent showers tonight with small coverings a few miles inland, tomorrow night is truely game on though, probable snow lying down to sea leval

Supercell

dasa29 wrote:

What is the chance of good fall of snow for mullingar during the rest of the week thanks.

A "good" amount ..slim , a small amount pretty high late Tuesday into Wednesday.

yup Game on longfield.

Have you noticed that theres no end in sight to this :eek:

And met Éireann have dropped the notion that its breaking down on friday due to high pressure coming down from the north

I had to inform someone today who thought that this was to last untill wenesday that wenesday thursday and friday could be a lot worse

ninebeanrows

Shower now approaching Dublin has exploded into action

Trotter

I challenge Earthman and Weathercheck to give us complete met wannabees a quicky guide to what websites to look at and how to do the basic interpretations of how to see what weather is on the way!! (Probably like me saying.. tell me the gist of science!!) ..but lets see


By the way.. Snow in Waterford has now turned to hail.. as its batterin down my chimney and landing in the living room lol :rolleyes:

Supercell

Earthman wrote:

yup Game on longfield.

Have you noticed that theres no end in sight to this :eek:

And met Éireann have dropped the notion that its breaking down on friday due to high pressure coming down from the north

I had to inform someone today who thought that this was to last untill wenesday that wenesday thursday and friday could be a lot worse

Have to say I was indeed suprised by the 12z ensembles, it looks likely to last until Saturday at least now and tbh that F.I anyhow so the breakdown is by no means certain.
Would be great if some properly cold air arrived, this morning was a little dissappointing but not unexpected in terms of stuff lying, that said I'd bet money that on Wednesday even at sea leval there may be some snow settling early and late at sea level, with a thaw inbetween abeit not as quick as there was today in areas that had it lying.
All in all, its the kind of weather that keeps an armchair meteorologist like me happy .
I'll be going hiking in the mountains one way or another this weekend camera at the ready !!

Supercell

Interesting change in the tafs...(seems like an possible upgrade in heavyness of the showers later)...though bar the one shower weathercheck has mentioned earlier, i dont see any sign of that.

EIDW 211800Z 211904 05012KT 9999 SCT020 TEMPO 1904 07015G26KT 4000 -SHSN SCT005 BKN016CB PROB30 TEMPO 1904 2000 SHSN SHGS BKN005 BKN012CB=

EIDW 211600Z 220018 05012KT 9999 SCT020 TEMPO 0018 06015G26KT 5000 -SHSN SCT010 BKN018CB PROB40 TEMPO 0018 2000 SCT003 BKN005 BKN012CB=

ninebeanrows

Rain :mad:

kleefarr

Kilkenny City outskirts (E)

Clear skies, not too cold, no snow or rain.

Supercell

If anyone wants to learn how to read Metars and Tafs (weather reports and forcasts) , I would recommend this excellant site.


Irish Stations that you might be interested in looking up the latest Metars And Tafs
include (use the four letter abbreviation in the search box ..eg "eidw" for Dublin Airport)...

CORK ARPT/CORCAI EICK
DUBLIN AIRPORT EIDW
CONNAUGHT APT EIKN
SHANNON AIRPORT EINN

So lets have a look at the current Taf for Dublin Airport issued at 18:00 this evening....

EIDW 211800Z 211904 05012KT 9999 SCT020 >> Beween 19:00 and 04:00 tonight, winds are expected to be northeasterly at about 12 Knots , Visibility is unlimited, and scattered clouds at 2000 feet

TEMPO 1904 07015G26KT 4000 -SHSN SCT005 BKN016CB >> Temporary forcast for beween 19:00 and 04:00 specifically, winds are expected to have a more east-north-east component, averaging 15Knots but gusting in light snow showers to 26Knots, during snow showers visibility will drop to about 4000 meters, cloud cover during this time frame is scattered at 500 feet , there is Cumulonimbus (anvil shaped showerclouds ..can be heavy precipitation sometimes) covering a lot of the sky at 1600 feet.

PROB30
TEMPO 1904 2000 SHSN SHGS BKN005 BKN012CB >> There is a reasonable probability (probabilites only go to 40 before having their own line as above) that between 1900 - 04:00 , visibility will drop to 2000 meters and the showers will be moderate in intensity, they may be of snow or of small hail, almost overcast at low levals (500 feet) and similarily at 1200 feet where will be lower Cumulonimbus clouds (lower CD clouds means lower dew point and often means heavier snow for our consideration in this type of weather.

I hope this info was useful to you guys..so go out and read the Metars and Tafs and get the most up to date forecast you can find !!!

Edit:Fixed metar url.

super_furry

It's hail-stoning in Tallaght at the moment.