Jan 2025 - Snow & Freezing Conditions - Discussion PART II

Despite some good falls of snow today nothing further accumulated in Rathdrum. Temps were too high for it to stick and what had fallen overnight is well melted now particularly on the roads and footpaths. Light rain here now and the hi-res models are showing us to remain above freezing tonight so hopefully all will be good for the commute tomorrow morning.

I'm in Clondalkin, and as of around 6PM, there is no sign of snow.

I work in Blessington, but it looks like I will be working from home tomorrow. I presume that the N81 is a no-go road, so it's best to play things safe. At least I brought home the laptop on Friday in case.

Yellow from our saviour

Please don't.

Well cleaned up when we landed.

PS. 33 minutes from Dublin to Cork!

Fun times today, left a thawing rainy South Kildare to drive to The Osprey in Naas. Really nothing to speak of in Naas, just constant rain. Then during the meal it turned to sleet & then to snow. By the time we left if had gotten heavy, road leaving the hotel & back to M7 was very sketchy, 2 cars ahead of me skidded at red lights.

Reached the M7/M9 & took an hour to drive South in a blizzard with nothing but 2 blackened lines to guide the wheels. Got overtaken a few times which I thought was mental, outside lane pure white. Saviour for me was the regen breaking on the electric car so I never had to touch the brakes. Only trouble I had was being unable to get the car back on the drive I'll have range anxiety tomorrow.

just in case, I wasn’t posting negatively. I’m absolutely delighted as I wasn’t expecting anything to get up near us. Just trying to guess about school for the kids tomorrow now as I didn’t think we’d have any snow but now we do and if it freezes… well that’ll be miserable!

One of the biggest non events for North leinster in years...the most we got in Dublin 15 was wet snow for about an hour and then heavy rain and sleet for the preceding 24 hours....many other places in the north Midlands were the same .…

Nice to see places like Kerry and Clare and Limerick get some snow though as it is very rare down there at low levels.

Enjoy it!!

Walked half a mile to the Centra in Portlaoise. 3 young pups 16/17 started throwing snowballs at me on the way in and out. I stepped towards them and they ran away. But I'd turn to walk home and they'd run back, then run off etc. I'd love to give them a few clips but we all know where that would end up!

No rearing.

Absolutely. I am quite close to Casement so pretty inland ( for Dublin) and decent height also and we normally do quite well here for snow. But jez I have to say that was probably the most depressing 27 hours weather I can remember. Never got above 3 or below 2 C. Rained constantly all through and the long dark nights at this time of year just topped it off.

There appears to be a slight thaw on for now in my part of N Tipp.

Temperature has risen a little from 0 to 0.8 since the snow stopped.

Haven’t seen so much rain in ages in D10. “Delighted” for those who got snow…ah no any snow in the country gives me hope!!

Yes, and the worst thing that can happen is for freezing rain where the temperatures are cold enough to produce an ice storm. Then you can expect massive power outages, and falling of trees, and damage to infrastructure.

I lived through the Quebec Ice storm in 1998, and we were without power for a week, some in rural areas went without for weeks.

I suppose it is possible for Ireland to experience this type of event if sustained rainfall coupled with a long enough cold spell arises. I hope not!

Yeah every model or site I look at says 1 or 2 degrees. Areas with snowcover can have lower than forecasted temperatures though.

We are far from finished with snow, tomorrow showers look quite prolonged and uppers fall away so quite a few will get a top up!

What night will there be a freeze up is the big question?