Storm Ciara - Strong Winds & Potential Snow TECHNICAL DISCUSSION

Kermit.de.frog · 09-02-2020 04:06AM

The snow gets going tonight (Sunday night) in the west with showers widespread and turning to snow elsewhere later in the night.

On Monday more prolonged snow effecting the southern half of the country (perhaps more sleety in some southern counties for a time).

JanuarySnowstor · 09-02-2020 04:12AM

Do you think we will get a snow warning Kermit? Looks borderline sleet for Cork area though the heavy ppn might swing it...

Cork Lass · 09-02-2020 04:18AM

The wind is really wild in Cork city now. Rain not too heavy yet.

Graces7 · 09-02-2020 04:24AM

After a few hours of calm silence, back to high winds and heavy rain out here.

Kermit.de.frog · 09-02-2020 04:45AM

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

Do you think we will get a snow warning Kermit? Looks borderline sleet for Cork area though the heavy ppn might swing it...

It's more marginal further south because it's nearer the warm sector of those fronts, could be rain and sleet but probably only for a time.

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Nowcast.

Not sure a warning is warranted just yet.

JanuarySnowstor · 09-02-2020 04:52AM

If I was picking a sweet spot over the next few days I would go with somewhere like Millstreet

Slieve Gullion · 09-02-2020 04:54AM

Biblical downpours in Limk city. Unreal rain that woke me out of my sleep. Thunder but no lightening. Very gusty with serious blasts of thunder.

pad199207 · 09-02-2020 05:13AM

Massive crack of thunder just after waking me up in Kildare. Didn’t know what the hell it was

JanuarySnowstor · 09-02-2020 05:18AM

Met Eireann have just updated their text for today and tomorrow. Quite wintry mentions snow lying overnight in the West and North. The cold gets going proper tomorrow though!!

pad199207 · 09-02-2020 05:19AM

Huge flash of lightning

KildareP · 09-02-2020 05:25AM

Frequent lightning in North Kildare/Offaly border now

GusGus · 09-02-2020 05:26AM

The rain and wind in kildare is as bad as Iv seen in a very long time ! Thunder too . So bad I’m awake !

dropzone · 09-02-2020 05:28AM

Lightning and thunder in Dublin now

HeidiHeidi · 09-02-2020 05:29AM

Big rumble in Dublin just now, first I've heard. Hammering down rain.

harr · 09-02-2020 05:29AM

Lots of lighting on the kildare/Laois border , thunder woke me up about 20 minutes ago. Torrential down pour.

esposito · 09-02-2020 05:30AM

1 flash of lightning and 1 clap of thunder in Dublin 16 there. Will there be more I wonder (probably not)

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 09-02-2020 05:31AM

pad199207 wrote: »

Huge flash of lightning

Same here just now in west Dublin, it startled me!

pad199207 · 09-02-2020 05:33AM

Some very close strikes here in Kildare. Gunshot thunder

theballz · 09-02-2020 05:35AM

Big flash of lighting over Dublin with a huge bang. South west Dublin 5.30am

thebostoncrab · 09-02-2020 05:35AM

We are getting some light show in Newbridge, Kildare. I haven’t seen lightening like this in a long time, even longer if we are only talking about Ireland.

typhoony · 09-02-2020 05:37AM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

The snow gets going tonight (Sunday night) in the west with showers widespread and turning to snow elsewhere later in the night.

On Monday more prolonged snow effecting the southern half of the country (perhaps more sleety in some southern counties for a time).

Gfs showing the cold air digging in until around 6am Monday morning, not sure if we'll get snow tonight.

otherfrog · 09-02-2020 05:37AM

Yeah, add me to the list of people woken by loud cracks of thunder and flashes of lightning.

Heavy rain here in Naas and strong gusts - I'm just glad that I'm not facing a commute into work in this