The return of snow watch -

ninebeanrows

Hey hey all you who think that last week was the end of winter

I dont use that smiley lightly ... ok i do

Well the coming week is one where it has the possibility of turning out
very very snowy. Much more precipitation will be about then there was
last week with plenty of chances for widespread snow.

Monday for example poses a severe challenge for any weather organization
and has the chance of dumping alot of snow to higher levels above
400m throughout the day.

A warm front moves down the country from the north on Monday afternoon
giving some snow to areas above 400 - 500m.

Sorry had to reboot the computer..

Later on Monday is when the fun begins.. a cold front tracks south
meanwhile very cold air is undercutting the front which should
turn the rain to snow even to low levels later into Tuesday morning.

Tuesday morning and Tuesday will be bitterly cold with northeasterly winds,
heavy snow showers will affect northern and eastern
facing coasts with significant accumalations in places especially on
higher ground and during darkness.
Temperatures will range from 4c in the east to about 5-6c in the west
but with a much colder atmosphere those temperatures will plummet
under any showers.

Wednesday will continue bitter with heavy snow showers across the
north and east with further accumalations..

A few charts to ponder over
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn241.gif
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn361.gif
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn481.gif
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn601.gif
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn721.gif
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn841.gif

Snow chart 0z Tuesday
http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/geturl/daten/profi/en/basis06.27022005/rart_05030100_2706.gif?cc171c8405119f78276c905c0b2123ed

6z Tuesday
http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/geturl/daten/profi/en/basis06.27022005/rart_05030106_2706.gif?a868348988dc3b61f8340300b776fb4d

12z Tuesday
http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/geturl/daten/profi/en/basis06.27022005/rart_05030112_2706.gif?bcb9d29a64c41d64d6877ef7c49d3f31

18z Tuesday
http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/geturl/daten/profi/en/basis06.27022005/rart_05030118_2706.gif?df99c79ba35e4d2fc316533773e9e894

00z Wednesday
http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/geturl/daten/profi/en/basis06.27022005/rart_05030200_2706.gif?e3ce9f2a750f063db01b51b2a656a68a

06z Wednesday
http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/geturl/daten/profi/en/basis06.27022005/rart_05030206_2706.gif?1b004a55982936fc5ec16502dc07702b

12z Wednesday
http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/geturl/daten/profi/en/basis06.27022005/rart_05030212_2706.gif?bfc2ced05dcc81d7fca844919f802785

i could go on but im getting tired

littlejay

well the last 3 patricks day/mid march. was quite warm
i just hope we get a little warm weather soon
im living up in the hills and its freeezin here.
im not cut out for the cold weather.

Weathercheck

Weathercheck wrote:

Monday for example poses a severe challenge for any weather organization
and has the chance of dumping alot of snow to higher levels above
400m throughout the day.

Population in areas above 1200ft asl are actually quite small in Ireland.
Take Roundwood for instance reputedly the highest village in Ireland, it's only 800ft asl or so.
It's actually quite common for wet snow to fall at ASL's of 1200ft or higher without settling and for that event to go both un noticed and un forecasted basically because very little people get to see it-except perhaps people who work in coillte woods, but then they get their own private forecasts for that event anyway.
Snow events for people who live at altitudes of 600ft to 900ft though would involve a lot more people and its those that are the subject generally of warnings for snow on high ground.

The likelyhood of settling snow or disruption at sea level this week is slim.

ninebeanrows

I disagree Earthman i agree that on Monday distruption at low levels
are slim but not on Tuesday or Wednesday..

It will be just as cold on Tuesday and Wednesday as it was on
Tuesday and Wednesday of last week

I actually think that there is a higher possibility of distruption
this week due to the amount of precipitation around

Gonzo

at this stage now id like the buildup for a long, hot, sunny summer to begin:) but looks like we have to wait another week at least with temperatures around 5c all this week at sealevel. I seriously doubt dublin will see any snow as it has to be almost 0c for snow to fall in dublin, dublin rarely gets snow but during cold snaps you only have to drive 16km away from the city centre to see the snow appearing.I took thursday off college because we had nearly 4 inchs of snow thursday morning and when i explained the situation in college on friday morning they didnt believe me.. 'there was no snow here' lol. Rte gave a chance of snow for this week but our temperatures are gonna be that bit milder than the uk so im not sure.

ninebeanrows

HJere's a fax chart that might provide some confidence for
Earthman

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/brack2a.gif

I also like this one on Tuesday 00z
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/brack1.gif

Weathercheck

Weathercheck wrote:

I disagree Earthman i agree that on Monday distruption at low levels
are slim but not on Tuesday or Wednesday..

Have you not learned anything at all from last week w.check?
Brilliant snow synoptica and how much did you get in Portmarnock?

Those charts look lovely but so did the ones from last week and we uhm saw a lot of Rain.

ninebeanrows

We were unlucky here Earthman and the pressure was too high in
hindsight

Last week we were looking at the pressure hovering around 1020hpa
this week here it will be hovering around 1005hpa

And the temps were?
Thats right only really Borderline cold enough for snow at night time-gone by day and often gone by night too

ninebeanrows

It shows how spoilt we've been in the last few weeks
when a chart at 42hrs like this gets no mention :eek:

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn421.gif

oh I forgot to mention, your friend the eagle did mention, that the greatest risk of snow for the East was on Tuesday or wenesday.

Given that last week , he was hard set to mention snow at all-you can make of that what you will.

And you're right it is a marginal event-I certainly wont be oiling up my sleigh for use anywhere other than on high ground or well inland-it could go either way-risk of disruption due to large quantities of snow if it falls to sea level or on the coast which it probably will at times-minimal.

billy the squid

Weathercheck wrote:

Hey hey all you who think that last week was the end of winter

I dont use that smiley lightly ... ok i do

Well the coming week is one where it has the possibility of turning out
very very snowy. Much more precipitation will be about then there was
last week with plenty of chances for widespread snow.

Monday for example poses a severe challenge for any weather organization
and has the chance of dumping alot of snow to higher levels above
400m throughout the day.

A warm front moves down the country from the north on Monday afternoon
giving some snow to areas above 400 - 500m.

Sorry had to reboot the computer..

Later on Monday is when the fun begins.. a cold front tracks south
meanwhile very cold air is undercutting the front which should
turn the rain to snow even to low levels later into Tuesday morning.

Tuesday morning and Tuesday will be bitterly cold with northeasterly winds,
heavy snow showers will affect northern and eastern
facing coasts with significant accumalations in places especially on
higher ground and during darkness.
Temperatures will range from 4c in the east to about 5-6c in the west
but with a much colder atmosphere those temperatures will plummet
under any showers.

Wednesday will continue bitter with heavy snow showers across the
north and east with further accumalations..

A few charts to ponder over
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn241.gif
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn361.gif
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn481.gif
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn601.gif
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn721.gif
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn841.gif

Snow chart 0z Tuesday
http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/geturl/daten/profi/en/basis06.27022005/rart_05030100_2706.gif?cc171c8405119f78276c905c0b2123ed

6z Tuesday
http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/geturl/daten/profi/en/basis06.27022005/rart_05030106_2706.gif?a868348988dc3b61f8340300b776fb4d

12z Tuesday
http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/geturl/daten/profi/en/basis06.27022005/rart_05030112_2706.gif?bcb9d29a64c41d64d6877ef7c49d3f31

18z Tuesday
http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/geturl/daten/profi/en/basis06.27022005/rart_05030118_2706.gif?df99c79ba35e4d2fc316533773e9e894

00z Wednesday
http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/geturl/daten/profi/en/basis06.27022005/rart_05030200_2706.gif?e3ce9f2a750f063db01b51b2a656a68a

06z Wednesday
http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/geturl/daten/profi/en/basis06.27022005/rart_05030206_2706.gif?1b004a55982936fc5ec16502dc07702b

12z Wednesday
http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/geturl/daten/profi/en/basis06.27022005/rart_05030212_2706.gif?bfc2ced05dcc81d7fca844919f802785

i could go on but im getting tired

see i told you it would be mild during the weekend with a return to cold mid week but did you listen, no see see see.

actually seriously though one or two of those charts look colder than the last week, but then they havent been verry reliable this year so will wait until tomorrow to say for sure what will happen.

Gonzo

the temperatures just haven goten low enough country wide to cause proper distruption from snow especially in and around Dublin, the current on-going cold spell isnt even a cold spell by 80s, early 90s standards, those numerous cold spells back then brought sub zero temperatures nationwide 24 hours a day and often lasted for a week solid even in coastal parts of dublin where its normally very mild. The daytime temperatures were often -4 during snow and then when the sun came out they wud still be around -2 or -1 and nothing wud melt. Sure we had some snow last week but as soon as it stoped the temperatures rose fast and the snow melted within hours in most parts...

Wisteria

Weathercheck wrote:

Hey hey all you who think that last week was the end of winter

I dont use that smiley lightly ... ok i do

Well the coming week is one where it has the possibility of turning out
very very snowy. Much more precipitation will be about then there was
last week with plenty of chances for widespread snow.

Monday for example poses a severe challenge for any weather organization
and has the chance of dumping alot of snow to higher levels above
400m throughout the day.

A warm front moves down the country from the north on Monday afternoon
giving some snow to areas above 400 - 500m.

Sorry had to reboot the computer..

Later on Monday is when the fun begins.. a cold front tracks south
meanwhile very cold air is undercutting the front which should
turn the rain to snow even to low levels later into Tuesday morning.

Tuesday morning and Tuesday will be bitterly cold with northeasterly winds,
heavy snow showers will affect northern and eastern
facing coasts with significant accumalations in places especially on
higher ground and during darkness.
Temperatures will range from 4c in the east to about 5-6c in the west
but with a much colder atmosphere those temperatures will plummet
under any showers.

Wednesday will continue bitter with heavy snow showers across the
north and east with further accumalations..

A few charts to ponder over
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn241.gif
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn361.gif
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn481.gif
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn601.gif
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn721.gif
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn841.gif

Snow chart 0z Tuesday
http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/geturl/daten/profi/en/basis06.27022005/rart_05030100_2706.gif?cc171c8405119f78276c905c0b2123ed

6z Tuesday
http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/geturl/daten/profi/en/basis06.27022005/rart_05030106_2706.gif?a868348988dc3b61f8340300b776fb4d

12z Tuesday
http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/geturl/daten/profi/en/basis06.27022005/rart_05030112_2706.gif?bcb9d29a64c41d64d6877ef7c49d3f31

18z Tuesday
http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/geturl/daten/profi/en/basis06.27022005/rart_05030118_2706.gif?df99c79ba35e4d2fc316533773e9e894

00z Wednesday
http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/geturl/daten/profi/en/basis06.27022005/rart_05030200_2706.gif?e3ce9f2a750f063db01b51b2a656a68a

06z Wednesday
http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/geturl/daten/profi/en/basis06.27022005/rart_05030206_2706.gif?1b004a55982936fc5ec16502dc07702b

12z Wednesday
http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/geturl/daten/profi/en/basis06.27022005/rart_05030212_2706.gif?bfc2ced05dcc81d7fca844919f802785

i could go on but im getting tired

GARBAGE, Grow up Weathercheck.

Danno

Hmmm, looking good, better too that the Hpa is down lower...

Danno

Wisteria wrote:

GARBAGE, Grow up Weathercheck.

Those snow charts he quoted are actually quite accurate. They got Dec 25th bang on.

ninebeanrows

A wee chance of snow tonight..watch those temperatures..
4.1c here now..

Tuesday and Wednesday could prove to be a pleasent surprise
i dont want to jinx what could be something abit special

So no more for the moment from moi

20% chance of snow to low levels tonight

ninebeanrows

3.7c ... come on ye good thing ye

ninebeanrows

Cold front broke up over the East last night didnt leave a single drop here..

Im watching the wrap round of the LP which is forming it is currently
giving heavy snow to Glasgow and the atmosphere here in Dublin and
along the east coast supports snowfall from the feature. It's tracking
very slowly south and my estimate for arrival in Dublin 1500hrs

If it's later the better

Villain

Snow showers reported in Donegal this morning.

March of Many weathers is upon us.

I dont think its going to amount to much though, unless a sustained easterly gets going again and so far that air has retreated back to Kent and the South East of England.

Other than that, its a case of after dark sleety snow at sea level followed at daytime by rainy sleet.

There *might* be enough Irish sea activity tomorrow to bring in some hail sleet and snow showers and it will be colder-but as for winter, its just dragging its heels now-roll on summer tbh

Kaskade

A customer just told me its snowing in Castlebar so maybe we'll be getting hit in Galway soon

FuzzyZoeller

I see an advance weather warning of heavy snow has just been issued by the british met office. I wonder if any of that will head this way????

www.metoffice.com/weather/europe/uk/warnings.html

nah
you might have some showers tonight but its too warm at daytime for anything significant.
Showers in the East tomorrow might produce something at lower levels, but height is what you need.

ninebeanrows

The atmoshphere would support snow if we got our hands
on precipitation.. just had a few flakes of ice in the wind

ninebeanrows

Heavy hail shower left a nice pile of wet ice around the place
no chance of going out now :rolleyes:

Hopefully twill cool things down and ice over

ninebeanrows

1.8c in the wake of that hail squall and dropping

hmmm...
Should be rising with you now...
Heres a report from further inland of you and not on the warmer coast

M1 Dublin Airport
Date Tue, Mar 01
Time (24hr) 20:03
Air Temp 3.3° C.
37.9 ° F.
Humidity 84%
Avg Windspeed 16.6 km/h
Wind direction North-westerly (330º)
Road Surface Temp 4.9° C.
40.8 ° F.
Road State Moist
Precipitation No recent rainfall

ninebeanrows

Smeggin Rleet :rolleyes: A mix of rain 60% Hail 30% and 10% Snow

2.4c when i checked 5 mo's ago

Gonzo

i think the chance of snow almost minimal, certainly nothing that will settle, even if it does its gonna turn milder from thursday with temperatures back into double figures by the weekend, at this stage i want the buildup for summer to begin too, hopefully seeing temperatures of 14c, 15c next week and 16c, 17c by the end of the month.

ninebeanrows

Double figures by the weekend??

Fraid not Gonzo no more than 7c in Dublin on Saturday and Sunday

In relaity it is meant to be 6c on Saturday and 5c on Sunday

ninebeanrows

Infact i dont think temperatures will hit double figures in Dublin
for at least 10 days

Gonzo

shame coz the current cold weather is annoying, its not cold enough for snow most days and but its still feels cold to most us standing outside waiting on buses each morning and evening:) i want it to end:)

Scubadevils

Yeah, bored of semi cold weather, roll on summer! - and then next winter for more snow prospects - it WILL happen next year

Mothman

Whiteout

Snow much heavier than last week and settling. 1cm

Where is everyone, Dublin should be getting this as well. Temp here is +0.7C.

stopping now. At that temp, it won't hang around for long, but probably will get more showers.

Mothman

Stopped at moment. Temp up to +0.9C. Is now thawing a little.

ninebeanrows

Woke up to tyhe biggest snow in years

Not much but around 2cm's and lashing it down :eek: :eek:

Mothman

Temp rising a little more. can see shower to my north. Should be heading this way.

Mothman

That shower is here, hail atm. Looking north, it doesn't look like this shower is going to come to much.

ninebeanrows

Cant feel my hands buy hey..

Just had thundersnow :eek: :eek:

Completed objective 1 of snow day plan - Build snowman

Objective 2 is to built igloo


- Can confirm thunder and lightning and snow

Mothman

Sferic showing up here

Looks like a good feed of showers into Dublin area

Mothman

Snow starting again. Light at moment

Temp is +1.4C

ninebeanrows

Ha ha

Hd to clear 2 cars and then one came back, apparently the roads
are real bad :eek:

Another snow shower approaching

ninebeanrows

And just noticed that the cover was made from soft hail i think

Still a decent 2cm covering everywhere there was a drift
if i can call it that of 10cm's by the wall

Now hailing/snowing again

Mothman

Sun is out. Rapid thaw.

ninebeanrows

Thawing here too but less so with cloud cover and sporadic bursts
of snow

Truth is it's March 2nd

ninebeanrows

This must be a very localised thing, havent heard anything
on the radio so there must be nowhere near what's here
in the city center?

Mothman

Weathercheck wrote:

This must be a very localised thing, havent heard anything
on the radio so there must be nowhere near what's here
in the city center?

You're listening to wrong radio

Loads on radio. Cars, lorries getting stuck everywhere.(edit:-agree, everywhere is a slight exaggeration ) Latest is ballinteer area of M50. N11 bad with vehicles getting stuck in Kilmacanogue area. Roads bad around Roundwood, the list goes on.

Villain

11 Car pile up on the N11 apparently, colleague said he came across thunder showers near swords.

Mothman

irish1 wrote:

11 Car pile up on the N11 apparently, colleague said he came across thunder showers near swords.

Pile up doesn't surprise me. Hopefully not too serious.

NRA reporting snow at Sandyford. No treating of roads in eastern areas. ie N11 & M50. Temps are not very low. If roads were treated then there wouldn't be the huge problems that there are now.

Calibos

2-3cm of snow mixed hail in Bray! Kids having snowball fights. Our two west highland terriers are loving it. They are only 1 year old and Its their first snow. They are having a ball. :D:D