Jan 2025 - Snow & Freezing Conditions - Discussion PART II

I've just measured temperature and wet-bulb both 2.5 °C here in Celbridge. There's around a 5% splodge factor in the rain now.

And its begun. Carrigaline, Co. Cork. About 40 mins ago. Only sticking in parts. Up to an hour ago and since early AM yesterday its been continuous torential rain .. near 36 hrs of it

Few more shots for you.

The roads were quite clear and passable below viewpoint, access to the upper Mountains are rightfully closed. If there are to be issues before sun sets, it's due to drivers behavior rather than conditions.

As mentioned by others, bad parking (abandoning!) and aggressive driving.

Cruagh woods carpark was slushy but usable, mo issues parking or moving once you know how to drive in snow but it will be hectic once the sun sets and starts to freeze.

All in all, don't go.

Had I known how many people were there, I wouldn't have went.

Limbs coming down now.

where were you on the comeraghs?

I'm about 5km from Rathdrum but crucially in this setup about 120m lower in altitude. We had a decent accumulation last night of about 5cm but it's been raining steadily here since the morning which has washed quite a bit of it away.

Getting heavier here in south tipp.

Chucking it down with snow and sticking quite nicely now in west cork, lovely, and then I remember the other half has to drive to the city first thing 😩

Dungarvan to Carrick to Killkenny

Just skirted the side

Plenty people will be stuck there

Non stop snow in Carlow town since 12pm

back to light, sleety snow now in cork city

Frequency of ice in the rain increasing a lot in greystones currently, another hour and it could get interesting

Tertiary roads around Whitechurch, Co. Cork passable but good covering now (1-2cm). Still snowing lightly.