Colder this week, some wintry/snow showers, widespread frost and ice.

brianthomas · 08-12-2022 10:46PM

They are (or at least were) planning to start gritting around 5am tomorrow. Neighbour of mine does it

goose06 · 08-12-2022 10:46PM

D12

stephenjmcd · 08-12-2022 10:47PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119973228#Comment_119973228

M50 gritters out since 8pm tonight

DOCARCH · 08-12-2022 10:48PM

More sleety rain in Greystones now.

craicdood · 08-12-2022 10:49PM

Ballycullen, heavy at first but went back to moderate. Sticking easily. Roads have a good pasting but seems to be turning to rain 100m asl.

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EMPotatohands · 08-12-2022 10:49PM

Woke my kid up for half an hour in the snow her pals next door were out too, she’s absolutely delighted 😁 ❄️

Rougies · 08-12-2022 10:49PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119973172#Comment_119973172

The models picked this up about 48 hours ago right? I remember you posting charts and thinking "nahhh, way to far out."

Kinda incredible really.

stephenjmcd · 08-12-2022 10:50PM

Snowed away for a while north wicklow / south dublin, basically sea level, anything that stuck is gone now. Grounds soaked from it so I'd imagine the morning will be a bit iffy with the black ice

dasdog · 08-12-2022 10:53PM

Hasn't really stopped in D14

John.Icy · 08-12-2022 10:53PM

Some very decent coverings there.

After a good start, this fizzled out for my area. Doesn't really bode well for over the weekend as the cold pool won't exactly deepen so any switchbacks in the wind to more NE'rly Sat/Sun probably won't fall in my favour again, especially seeing as we had offshore winds tonight which gave us the best chance - though it was a close thing!

Drizzly rain continuing here in D9, occasionally turns to something more wintry but the sticking snow has passed, for now.

Meteorite58 · 08-12-2022 10:54PM

A right mix of wintry conditions over the next few days . Snow showers , freezing rain, hail , some isolated thunderstorms possible tomorrow into Sat, fog and freezing fog becoming more evident inland.

Went down to -1.9C here near Tralee tonight and paths are icy around the house being still damp after this mornings rain and fog. I see rain is expected here again early tomorrow morning but might be able to get to school and work before it arrives, an early commute before the traffic starts I reckon.

With the low day time temperatures roads will only get worse over the coming days, talking to a bus driver that got a skid today and he saw a truck skid too, got away without damage so lucky.

Kaisr Sose · 08-12-2022 10:56PM

Very wet snow in Stepaside. Much warmer than earlier. Clearing sky now to make it nice and crunchy for the morning.

jds0ur · 08-12-2022 10:57PM

Snowing now in swords

Meteorite58 · 08-12-2022 10:58PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119973249#Comment_119973249

Yeah they were spot on with timing too, impressive.

DellyBelly · 08-12-2022 10:59PM

One of the best summers in Dublin ever and now snow here as well....Dublin feeling very European these days....

kittensmittens · 08-12-2022 11:00PM

Flakes the size of dinner plates fell here in D24. Was glorious 🙌

Really heavy shower around 10.30 and left a decent covering. Stopped the last 10 minutes or so

stephenjmcd · 08-12-2022 11:02PM

Raining away now unfortunately as I've arrived back into Bray. Slim margins, 10 mins up the road slightly higher they've had a decent covering

BLIZZARD7 · 08-12-2022 11:03PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119973094#Comment_119973094

I'm closer than that to the coast and also have a decent covering, I'm D14 side of UCD so usually fairly exposed to the sea effects vs further inland Dublin. A mix of snow and graupel here, the snow is fairly wet but stuck to every surface. Back to just a few flakes falling now.

Very impressed with the high-res models, will be keeping a close eye on them for streamer potential.

Great start to the cold spell anyway! I would say it bodes well for the weekend/next week.

Danno · 08-12-2022 11:04PM

Latest Buoy Reports - Met Éireann - The Irish Meteorological Service Online

At 10pm the M2 Buoy is reporting winds backing more towards the northeast, bodes well for more of the east coast. It was 13deg at 9pm, then 33deg.

08-12-2022 11:06PM

Great to see snow even just for the hour or so. Nice to look out at.

John_Rambo · 08-12-2022 11:06PM

Sheetty late nineties Russian dash cam weather here in Dublin Bay. Crap sleet & muck.

kittensmittens · 08-12-2022 11:07PM

Heavy again now in D24!

Proper decent flakes, going to be an interesting drive in the morning 😁

Sky overhead is full of snow as well so I'd imagine more to come

Danno · 08-12-2022 11:09PM

Oh! These are pushing inland a bit now fingers crossed 🤞 they stay going!

arctictree · 08-12-2022 11:09PM

Snowing heavily here now a few km east of Roundwood. Temp up to -0.3c. Looks like we caught a streamer as the radar is empty a few km south.

random_banter · 08-12-2022 11:12PM

A magical hour of snowfall in Stillorgan. Huge flakes. The inner child had a great time.

The adult in me is not looking forward to the early start and 5 hour drive ahead of me tomorrow morning down south, my car is not really suitable for ice and snow conditions. Praying the gritting is done well.

08-12-2022 11:13PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119973321#Comment_119973321

Stay at home. Seriously.

Clareman · 08-12-2022 11:16PM

I'm always amazed of the difference in a hundred miles.

Absolutely lovely here in Clare, bit cold but nothing major.

JCX BXC · 08-12-2022 11:17PM

I bet there are a few posters avidly avoiding boards right now!

Kaisr Sose · 08-12-2022 11:18PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119973282#Comment_119973282

Proper seasons at last!

Larbre34 · 08-12-2022 11:22PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119973329#Comment_119973329

What?

There will be about 2 cms of lying snow in Dublin and Kildare and dry and frosty on gritted roads beyond that.

Nobody should be changing any journey plans tomorrow, just leave some extra time to allow for the generally poor standard of driving in poor weather in Ireland.

Come to think of it, its poor in good weather too.

Colder this week, some wintry/snow showers, widespread frost and ice.

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