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Was snow near Santry about an hour a go. More sleety now. Light dusting.
Snowing in Portlaoise again now, big flakes ❄️❄️
Prolonged spell of misty sleet/snow grains, turning to rain in D9 for the last 20 or so minutes.
Nothing on radar, part of the trough must be over head.
We had an hour of brightness or so before dark at home today. Some pics, South East Laois, 336m asl.
light snowfall and starting to stick a little in very NCD. am only 71ft ASL so surprised we got any
Heavy snow maynooth.
A mild sector has pushed into most areas, so most of what falls in the next hour at least will be sleet/rain.(dew points also not supportive)
Yes already here
Interesting that both last night and tonight Met Eireanns minima have been well off the mark!! 0 to -5 is not factual and these mild sectors were picked up by weather apps yet paid professionals can't pick it up. Of course roads are icy but there icy at temps hovering around 0 not -5
yeah, my duck has been broken. Sleet here. Though 1.5m temp is 0.8c, dew point and upper air not helping. It is freezing all the while so the roads will be dicey and any salting of roads will have been washed away.
As regards depth, I've a pic of myself from March 2013. I'm 6ft 3in and you can see how far over the wellies the snow is 6th Jan 2025.
Its incredible how bright it is outside with light from the half moon reflecting off the snow. A clear sky in west Waterford. Absolutely magical.
Yeah lowest yesterday was -2c and probably again tonight.
You and I can see that but Harmonie model must say -5c so they have to stick to that.
How long is this mild sector to last? All night? Or will any snow eventually hit the NW? Nothing on Met Eireann about mild sectors or the great detail you get on boards.
Why are the experts here better than the paid professionals there?
Is the mild sector going to last until the wind dies down I.e. 12 hours. Surely they should have mentioned mild sector in their forecast.
Heavy enough snow shower now in dublin 24 sticking too
Deadly ❤️ any pictures
Okay now it's actually snowing despite NW radar having nothing D14 Churchtown
Dry almost icy pellets falling now in Rathdrum, blowing in flurries in the wind would cut the face off you! Just a small passing shower although plenty of it stuck
Can you even consider it a mild sector at this stage given colder air doesn't look like returning till Thursday? The kink in the isobars tonight bringing these organised troughs has really just done a number on the cold air to our north.
Still sleeting away here, some sporadic periods of snow. I'd say "if it was a little colder", but at the same time, without the troughs that brought the less cold air feeding down this organised precipitation, it would have been bone dry here.
So much on the radar heading for Galway City, and all of it icy icy rain.
Footpaths had partially frozen earlier before the rain and were fairly slippy, but that's all melted now with the driving sleet.
So the mild sector in the cold spell will last for the duration of the cold spell?
I'm hugely confused Ted
Just to note, Netweather radar (and all other non met.ie radar pages) doesn't include Dublin radar info. Only met.ie radar page does. Which is a pity, because I agree Netweather radar page is excellent in terms of readability/colours/controls etc.
Met.ie's radar page is, to put it bluntly, shite.
Showing again here in Carlow. Nice big flakes too
close enough
#Isurvivedthe2025coldspell
Heavy snow . Stuck to everything. Rathcoole. Co dublin
Nice dusting here in Tinahely
Had a snow shower here in Tara, Meath that covered everything nicely about 2 hours ago which was clearly visible on the radar. However, despite nothing showing on radar now, it’s been snowing moderately for the last 30 mins. Have about 2 cms of fresh snow altogether as well as the patchy snow from y’day.
Heavy snow to sleet and then a fine heavy snizzle as it cleared here on the Kilkenny-Laois border at 90m ASL. Temperatures around 1c. Notably windy and gusty.
Dublin 7 and freezing in the footpaths.
I won't be going out for a few day.
I feel sorry for everyone without electric and water that are in worse situation than me.
Edit :, actually it has started melting with wind from the west.
My original entry was mean for a soccer forum posted here in error. Anyway back on topic. I hope those who must travel in the next few days are spared the misfortune of an accident. Sounds like the roads across the country will by treacherous.
😂
That ARPEGE is probably the worst of the lot in fairness. Harmonie and ICON bring back some colder air tomorrow.
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