1st January 2025 - 8th January Snow Potential, Freezing Conditions - Discussion

Cheers.

Dark clouds moving into north ros now, will see if it’s cold rain or wintry

Looks similar to November in terms of how far north the front goes…when it clears South we might get the scraps.

Do you know what its a beautiful cold crisp evening out with plenty of brightness still out west approaching 5pm. Do ya good . Threw out a bit of food to the Robin. Hes happy out

As Someone said yesterday, the only way was downgrades from yesterday's charts. West Dublin here praying for a snowfest (for the kids of course 😉)

The timing of this event is perfect (whatever happens) in that it takes the edge off returning to work after Xmas. The crisp blue sky days will be nice and snow will be a bonus.

Long time watcher 1st time poster. The models at the moment are they suggesting any snow for the tallaght area can anyone tell me ? Maybe be too early to ask but just a query on what the models are showing now. Love the snow and live for this type of weather 😀

That would be a big 'If'. I don't expect it to be too much different to the GFS. No matter what the models say the weather will do what it wants anyway. Some places on this island will see snow Saturday and Sunday.

I think I’ve given up on cork getting anything now! Aperge is what we need down here. I might get something as I’m in north cork but we shall see

I tend to agree with the more pessimistic assessments. Its far more likely to be a significant upland event, marginal in the hours of darkness elsewhere and will be completely dependent, overall, on the stall line for that LP.

Alan O'Reilly is putting it very well in his latest update, by referencing the certainty that whatever precipitation falls - and we will all see something - its going to freeze rock hard and not thaw for about 5 days, which in a lot of ways is worse than snowfall, for infrastructure and road safety.

Anywhere it does snow, its going to be wet and thick, and when that freezes on transmission lines and trees, it is going to being some of them down.

So, irrespective of snow or no; stock up on extra food and some 5L waters, have plenty of solid fuel and oil in, check on the elderly, check the coolant anti-freeze in the car and replace your washer bottle contents with undiluted screenwash. Get your animals corralled and feed stations brimmed, including insulating drip tanks with fodder and straw if necessary.

And good luck with the return to school on Monday!

Met Éireann

“At the moment, it’s looking like there could be some significant accumulations in some counties.....Where exactly those counties will be that get the significant accumulations is tough to call at the moment, but it’s looking like it’ll be most likely the midlands and northwest.”

Ireland has its own sort of fermi paradox. Perfectly positioned to be absolutely marginal all the time. The Earth couldn't just shift us a bit more northerly could it 😁

Don't rule out a more elongated low just yet. We had New Year's Day Storm modelled 48-72 hours out just last weekend.

Looks about right going on what latest models are showing.

What would an elongated low bring to the table? M