Jan 2025 - Snow & Freezing Conditions - Discussion PART II

Nice covering now in Sallins

12 inches now west limerick. I reckon we will be snowed in for days. Never seen anything like it

Depends how low the temps get when the skies clear. The precipitation will be gone from Cork in the next few hours.

Stopped in N Tipp and now its melting fast, even with my 140m or so alt. Clearly above 0°.

I think the excitement of seeing so much snow is starting to be replaced with crap we aren't going anywhere for awhile 😬

Around 10cm in North Tipp but falling really lightly now.

Not that hard to believe, it was forecast as rain all along.

Dublin has to be amongst the worst places in the country for snow, too far east for anything from the west or north west, too far south for a northerly and any time we get a setup like this marine layer mixing will always make it marginal at best.

The only real way for Dublin to get reliable snowfall is a direct easterly but they're rare as hens teeth and even when we do get them they're often accompanied by high pressure which supresses showers from forming

It has finally stopped here , Portlaoise. Live on a back road, it's extremely slippery as it is , without any frost . This was the windscreen on the car a few hours ago 😳

Met Eireann have it zero to - 5 tonight down here in Munster though do mention showers later in the night for the west of the province.

This is my fear. If the precipitation makes it well inland via troughs you can be sure mild sectors will turn things into a wintry mix rather than showers being all of snow. If that's how it pans out then I'd rather it stay cold and dry and have an ice day. Frost persisting on trees all day make for a great photo.

Not surprised after all the heavy snow.

https://x.com/GardaTraffic/status/1875939114677395631

90 mm (9 cm) of wet snow on Kerry Airport runway (16:21).

Looks like a heavier burst of precipitation heading towards Cork city for between 6pm and 8pm, hopefully it’s snow!

Only light dusting here south of Cork city, temp was at 0.7C but gone up to 1.2C, hopefully the heavier precipitation will bring the temperature back down again.

A yellow low temperature warning for Ireland ⚠️ has been issued from this evening till Thursday midday, I wouldn't be surprised to see an orange low temperature warning especially over snow fields-10c is possible , my attention has been moved to tomorrow night as hopefully I will get snow ❄️ in that north westerly airflow , my heart goes out to those that are currently without power because it's vital in this situation to stay warm. Hope you have gas , batteries , and candles to keep you going

Good news for the kids