Jan 2025 - Snow & Freezing Conditions - Discussion PART II

Was snow near Santry about an hour a go. More sleety now. Light dusting.

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.

light snowfall and starting to stick a little in very NCD.
am only 71ft ASL so surprised we got any

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)

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

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.

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.

Deadly ❤️ any pictures

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

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.

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.

close enough

#Isurvivedthe2025coldspell

Nice dusting here in Tinahely

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.

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.