Cold: Snow/Ice - Sat 17th March Onward - READ MOD NOTE POST #1

degsie wrote: »

Congratulations to those who are celebrating black ice. I'm sure you will be delighting in the subsequent road accidents.

No we won't be happy about accidents but we can still like snow

degsie wrote: »

Congratulations to those who are celebrating black ice. I'm sure you will be delighting in the subsequent road accidents.

Would never celebrate black ice and to suggest that anyone is doing so is veering on the side of slander! A good driver can foresee black ice. Firstly, the car thermometer will give a good indication. Then the actual weather conditions followed by common sense by the driver based on the above.

Cork snow shield on the blink again

https://twitter.com/CorkSafetyAlert/status/975159056427044866

mickger844posts wrote: »

Waterford City doing very well already in this event. Plenty of heavy showers with accumulations. Amazing to think how snow starved we were up to a few weeks ago and now two events in a short time frame.
For the record temp is -1.0c at my station

www.waterfordcityweather.com

What’s your thoughts on us getting a lot of snow during the night?

In North Wexford and was a bit disappointed half an hour ago going to pick up my old man from the pub and everything was clear. 10 minutes later I was driving in what felt like a mini blizzard. By the time I arrived home there was a cm-ish on the ground and still coming down hard. Must of caught a streamer here in North Wexford for a change.

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Is it just coincidence or some technical explanation as to why snow falls at night most often? Or is heaviest at night

Although this is not a prime example, winter is more night than day so that's one reason (Dec 2010 comes to mind, 8 hours daylight and 16 hours darkness).

Another factor to consider is that daytime (weak) heating can reduce snow accumulation, not a factor at night so much.

Third possible reason specific to Ireland, it takes a while for streamers to build up so if there are good uppers in daytime the snow is likely to come mostly the following night. Perhaps the distance of Ireland west of a source region for cold air favours a daytime arrival (and night-time snow).

I lived in snow country for many years and came almost to the opposite conclusion, that the peak time for snow was afternoon and evening, maybe that was because the Great Lakes get deeper shots of cold air and can process them faster. However, in that part of the world, travelling lows and their snow can arrive pretty much round the clock and a frequency distribution outside a lake effect snow belt might look quite random, I would imagine.

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Co Meath, North Co Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford all seem to be doing reasonably well at the moment.

Dublin stuck in the middle.

I'm out in the Dublin city centre with a load of camera gear Kermit, can't see any charts/radar properly, taking ages to even refresh the forum? should I just dodge into a boozer and wait or call it quits...

Nothing of interest here in North Kildare today, just some brief showers of snow grains blowing about all day and no more than a patchy dusting out there at the minute. Haven't really been following this event but saw mention that Harmonie was suggesting 40cm+ around here by tomorrow, safe to say we won't be getting anywhere near that

Last 2 or 3 frames of radar have got better for the dublin region anyway.. hopefully 12 hours of this ahead.

Was out moving our delivery vehicle and there was a very bright blue white flash behind me from the seafront direction (E) in Bray. So bright in fact that I thought it was a car with improperly fitted Xenon headlights, but when I turned there were no cars. Waited for the Thunder but it never came.

Who would have thought this thread would be so dead tonight of all nights. Combination of Snow fatigue after the recent event, ME not making a big deal of it and thus not as many people aware...and a lot of sore heads already in bed given the Day it is.