Cold Spell - Snow & Ice Possible Thursday 8th / Friday 9th

Heaviest snow so far in Donegal Town now 4:51pm

Best part of the snow was my cats reaction to it. Complete fascination with it. She was 2 when she last say snow in 2010.

pad199207 wrote: »

Nearly went on my ear in Train Station Car Park in Sallins.

Ground is already freezing over

Thanks for the warning. I will be there in an hour. I don't know how that car park kept the snow this morning while others were clear.

About 2/3 degrees in Cork City and dropping. No ice when we woke this morning, was raining all night it looks like. Bitterly cold wind all day making it feel colder then it was (5/6 degrees) made my ears feel like they were gonna freeze!

One of the clearest evenings in a while, beautiful sunset coloured sky. Very winterish feeling!

The usual rubbish in Galway....when its cold enough for the showers to be snow we hardly get any....and when its cold enough for only hail/sleet we get tons of showers:mad:

A very poor event overall....who wants this bitter cold without some snow..
Another over ramped event beyond all reason really.
Anyone who grew up in the 80s like I did would scoff at this mundane spell

Hooter23 wrote: »

The usual rubbish in Galway....when its cold enough for the showers to be snow we hardly get any....and when its cold enough for only hail/sleet we get tons of showers:mad:

I feel your pain,IV watched all the snow showers side step me most the day,sliding down the coast out to sea,or moving in towards Westport,in any event the February sun comes out in between them and it all turns to slop.Its a dissapointing cold spell when one thinks back to that glorious 18z gfs run a couple of nights back that had everyone feverish with excitement.apart from the frontal event last nite,it's a very messy picture.I had imagined a week long cold with ice days. The Atlantic spoiling things on and off for the rest of week with mild incursions,a pity given the elusive -10 isotherm was loitering about so close.If the SSW Does deliver later won't it just be too late in the winter,what with the sun's power.I just wish we could get a countrywide frontal snow event that would paste everyone and we all could move on with our lives.

Temperatures ranging 6 - 9 just doesn't do it for me.

squarecircles wrote: »

I feel your pain,IV watched all the snow showers side step me most the day,sliding down the coast out to sea,or moving in towards Westport,in any event the February sun comes out in between them and it all turns to slop.Its a dissapointing cold spell when one thinks back to that glorious 18z gfs run a couple of nights back that had everyone feverish with excitement.apart from the frontal event last nite,it's a very messy picture.I had imagined a week long cold with ice days. The Atlantic spoiling things on and off for the rest of week with mild incursions,a pity given the elusive -10 isotherm was loitering about so close.If the SSW Does deliver later won't it just be too late in the winter,what with the sun's power.

Temperatures ranging 6 - 9 just doesn't do it for me.

It's never too late in March, blizzards happened in 1947. Even in March 2013, Northern Ireland were snowed under.

Was surprised to see that it is snowing quite heavily when I looked out the window. Sticking easily.

''Tis snowing big fat flakes here in S Sligo.. 152mtr asl

22 March 2017

pilly wrote: »

I've seen snow on St Patrick's Day near Dublin Mountains, don't remember the year.

I think it was March 2006 or 2005 there was snow on paddys day. Distinctly remember being up the Wicklow Mountains and there was a covering of snow.

I can remember riverdance being on RTE Radio 1 in the car.

VERY light snow in Galway now, nice to look at but such a waste.

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Was surprised to see that it is snowing quite heavily when I looked out the window. Sticking easily.

Looks like there's more on the way to you.