Snow Ice Warning for Ireland 29 Jan to 03 Feb 2019 *See Mod Note in OP *

pc7 wrote: »

Those lucky enough for the white stuff, can you post pics please

https://photos.app.goo.gl/gVAgTXMqWHNFaHeS6

Location: Coolowen townland, Co. Cork (between Blarney and Whitechurch). Similar elevation to Cork airport - 150m asl i believe.

Work out how to upload a picture. Back of house, east longford country side

Macroom co cork

guil wrote: »

Hardly just in the last few minutes? I drove through mass just before 5am and there was no sign of anything.

You might want snow a lot but NO driving through mass!

Main road at the front of the house. East Longford countryside

With all these depths surely an Orange Snow warning should have been effective...

Isnt greater than 3cm Orange

Brings into question warnings once more

Family rang in from Cork and said they’ve been snowed in, just outside of Rochestown. Not too deep but they live quite high up so the roads would be fairly lethal in this weather.

Not a flake fell in Dublin overnight I’d imagine but the charts this morning are still divided over tomorrow, the GFS/GFSP and some of the short range models still go for some sleet/snow reaching Dublin and the east coast later on but Harmonie has a very weak front crossing the country before it fizzles out.

Outside Whitechurch Cork. Roads lethal.

Beautiful sky out there this morning, snow won't last long when the sun rises.

First year I haven't appreciated it...

Just looking at BBC weather there and it looks like tomorrow evening could be interesting for Wicklow, bands of showers coming in from the sea. Hard to tell exactly as she was standing over most of southern half of the country. A lot of snow forecast for the Wales and southern England tomorrow.

I also found that forecast a little confusing but I think they meant what I am saying here in my forecast ...

Wednesday, 30 January, 2019

Forecasts for Ireland



TONIGHT ... Increasing cloud, very cold in most areas, temperatures rising towards morning in southwest. Lows near -4 C in most inland districts and -1 C around coasts and larger cities. Rising to about 3 C in strong southeast winds near Kerry and west Cork coastlines. Rain or sleet by morning there.

THURSDAY ... Snow or sleet will spread inland during the morning, turning to rain in some southern counties and near the east coast. Strong east to southeast winds will eventually back to northeast 50 to 80 km/hr, with locally stronger winds in parts of Munster as an intense core of this storm, tracking southeast, moves through Kerry and Cork. Snowfall amounts will probably be greater at higher elevations for most but cannot rule out a few places at lower elevations getting significant falls especially towards end of the day as it turns slightly colder again. Temperatures will rise very slowly in most places to around 2 to 4 C in the mixed sleety precipitation. It seems likely that conditions will vary from one hour to the next and over short distances, as conditions are going to be right on the borderline of rain and wet snow. But hilly areas particularly in Munster and Connacht will likely see 10 to 20 cm falls. Eventually this will develop over Leinster hills also. Some parts of Ulster will not see much if any precipitation and may stay partly cloudy during the day.

THURSDAY NIGHT ... Windy, raw and possibly winter storm conditions in some areas as the rain-snow balance turns more to snowfall in strong northeast winds 50 to 80 km/hr. Temperatures steady near 1 C or lower, but as cold as -2 C in parts of Ulster. Snow may begin to accumulate at lower elevations than during the daytime previously.

FRIDAY ... Snow or sleet becoming more confined to isolated streamers feeding in from Irish Sea (into Leinster) and North Atlantic (into Mayo and west Galway). Some sunshine in other parts of the country, very cold, strong northeast backing to north winds 50 to 80 km/hr. Highs about 4 C. Some local accumulations of snow possible again.

SATURDAY ... Mostly sunny, cold. Sharp to severe frosts to start the day, lows near -6 C inland to -3 C coastal and urban areas. Daytime highs about 5 C. Winds not as strong, northwest 30 to 50 km/hr at times. Isolated snow flurries.

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(the above is an excerpt for the same time frame as the discussion, you'll have to go over and read the forecast if you want to see what I said for today but I am not expecting much more by way of accumulating snow today, the scattered activity is dying out as a weak ridge ahead of the Atlantic storm drifts across Ireland later today)

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So in other words, I think what they meant was the mixed precip bands move in, first mostly snow and sleet then more rain, but turning back to snow when the winds back to northeast again later on tomorrow, and that will generate the snowfields etc. It did sound a bit mysterious about the sequence being snow to rain to snowfields, think they left out a step there perhaps. But they only have a small staff and budget compared to Boards. (I jest)