Snow showers, 27th/28th

I am fully expecting showers to turn to snow at 2am-3am, as this airmass has a sharper gradient.

The system that brought snow to Scotland the other day brought some graupel and a dew point of -2c. I was quite surprised as that was not forecast.

Met office Warning 1:

“ Following clearance of heavy rain this evening, colder conditions will lead to ice forming on untreated surfaces across many parts of the warning area. There will also be showers which will turn increasingly to snow on high ground: parts of western Scotland look likely to see a few cm above about 200 m elevation, with a slight cover at low levels in heavier showers. Over Northern Ireland, southern Scotland and northern England, any snow cover will be mostly restricted to high level routes, above around 300m, where the odd cm may accumulate during Sunday.”

Met Office Warning 2(more promising):
“ A band of rain, sleet and snow followed by wintry showers will move south across Scotland and Northern Ireland on Sunday evening and into parts of northern England and north Wales early on Monday morning. Localised accumulations of 1-3 cm are possible to lower levels but higher accumulations are likely over higher ground. Above 250 metres, accumulations of 5-10 cm are possible. Whilst skies are expected to clear from the north overnight, icy patches are likely to develop and persist through to Monday morning.”

BFS has snow in their TAF

“EGAA 261704Z 2618/2718 23020G35KT 9999 FEW015 SCT025 TEMPO 2618/2623 6000 RA BKN014 TEMPO 2618/2620 23028G45KT PROB40 TEMPO 2618/2623 4000 +RA RADZ BECMG 2620/2624 24014KT TEMPO 2700/2709 BKN007 PROB40 TEMPO 2700/2716 25017G27KT 1500 SHRASN -SHSN BKN003 TEMPO 2716/2718 0800 SHSN BKN000”

Temps gradually coming down. It will be interesting to see if there is any snow on the hills in the morning.

Snowing on glenshane pass already. https://trafficwatchni.com/twni/cameras

There seems to be negative dew points west of me but my dew point is stubbornly sticking to 2c.