Severe Weather Snow / Ice Weds 28 FEB ( Onwards ) ** READ MOD NOTE POST#1**

We got a light dusting of snow yesterday around 1430 in Ballaghaderreen nothing since. -5°c on my car this morning with a blue sky. Hopefully we don't get any more snow.

South East still set for a pelting?
North wex

ZeroSum76 wrote: »

The stretch of Kilmacanogue down to Gorey missed out completely due to Anglesea. Lots of disappointed kids. Only a bit of graupel fell 24 hours ago but it didn't accumulate at all. As with others I have lowered expectations completely and don't expect Bray/Kilcoole/Rathnew/Wicklow/Arklow to get much of anything from the Beast. I am hoping the storm will make the Anglesea thing moot but confidence is shot now! Does anyone know technically why the shadows might not be a factor? I just don't see snow in these areas based on what's been happening. Anyone any thoughts?

To put it simply, the snow up till now has been lake effect snow, where cold upper airmasses travelling over warmer water creates massive convection of moisture from the Sea generating intense Snow Clouds that tuck in behind each other like cyclists slipstreaming each other. These streamers can be hit and miss, so even if they are coming in your direction they might still miss you by a mile or two where you get nothing but just up the road from you gets tonnes of snow. If you are lucky enough to be under a streamer for decent amount of time, Streamers can give you massive amounts of snow in a very short time.

The other problem with Streamers though is that they need a certain length of sea track to form the streamers. The distance from Liverpool to Dublin for example is long enough but the distance between the Western Coast of Wales and the Eastern Coast of Wicklow/Wexford is not long enough. In a North Easterly wind Wicklow has a long enough sea track from up beside the Isle of man but unfortunately for us this time the wind turned due east after Tuesday nights snow putting us in the Wales Snow shadow.

The Thursday/Friday snow event is different, that has nothing to do with lake effect snow and is simply a big wet storm coming up from the south and meeting very cold air blowing at us from the east and all the rain in the storm falling as snow instead.

Waking up, looks like south dublin didn't really get that much snow last night, just a slight bit of accumulation overall. Guess ill have to wait for tonight's snowstorm!

Dial Hard wrote: »

I'm just the other side of the Ballycullen Road in D24 and slept with my blind tipped last night. Every time I looked out (which was a lot!) it was snowing. Was expecting much more on the ground than there was when I got up earlier. I think the wind was blowing it away faster than it could accumulate.

Been snowing very lightly since, but, again, not a whole lot of it is actually making it to the ground.

I have to say, having read MT's forecast for today, I'm a little bit disappointed; it doesn't seem like we're going to get the snow I was hoping to see today at all.

I did the same last night, and was bitterly disappointed this morning.

I absolutely think this event has been completely overhyped, Wet snow later, and less than what we have had in the last 24 hours - doesn't instill confidence.

I get that we are in a shadow of Isle of Man/Wales or whatever, but it still sounds like today's predicted storm has had a downgrade.

Corofin Co Galway 01/03/18

pp_me wrote: »

Waterford is getting absolutely pasted all morning.

It's belting down and does not look like it's about to stop either does it ...

IS Emma now it's as bad as first predicted?
Or just as bad still?....

Mr.Boots wrote: »

South East still set for a pelting?
North wex

Very southeast here have had light snow falling since I got up around 7.30 but it's just not what I expected,
I think Cork robbed all our Snow:D

Stephen Hawkins football boots wrote: »

So the blizzards are now going to be wet Snow? What a non event

No not 'Wet' snow. 'Wetter' snow. ie. Better snow for making snowballs and snowmen. Actually sticks together rather than crumbling to Snow dust in your hand.

Another 5cm added to the blanket last night in east Cavan, virginia area. About 7 inches of snow and high drifts in places. And it it just starting to snow again. -4.5 degrees