Risk Of Severe Wintry Conditions With Strong Winds. (High Risk-Ulster, Connaught)

JanuarySnowstor · 03-02-2013 09:39PM

18z firms up on whiteout conditions tomorrow night
A tad colder, am thinking it may not be just a hills event!!
Several cm's of lying snow for the Western 2/3rds of the country seem likely

ninebeanrows · 03-02-2013 09:42PM

GFS 18z ramps up the precip tomorrow night. Good signs.

Some really deep convection set to fire over the Atlantic and push inland.

Going to be some could satellite/radar watching!

JanuarySnowstor · 03-02-2013 09:47PM

Tuesday afternoon remains marginal though so a lot of the snow monday night looks like getting washed away on Tuesday.
Quite odd to see such a mild sector in a Northerly flow

noobsnow95 · 03-02-2013 09:53PM

Can anyone provide a link to the 18z ?

downwiththatsor · 03-02-2013 09:59PM

noobsnow95 wrote: »

Can anyone provide a link to the 18z ?

http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/gfse_cartes.php?ech=6&code=0&mode=1

DanRu · 03-02-2013 10:05PM

Looks like a whiteout to me.

brianthomas · 03-02-2013 10:06PM

East coast (DUBLIN HERE) gonna miss out on the fun then? Dont get me wrong, we had a BLAST in 2010 but im just looking for an idea of what to expect?

ty in advance.

Brian.

DanRu · 03-02-2013 10:09PM

brianthomas wrote: »

East coast (DUBLIN HERE) gonna miss out on the fun then? Dont get me wrong, we had a BLAST in 2010 but im just looking for an idea of what to expect?

ty in advance.

Brian.

Currently looks as if the big smoke may see a dusting. Then a quick thaw.

davidsr20 · 03-02-2013 10:12PM

The big smoke always get it, now it's the wests turn

Gonzo · 03-02-2013 10:13PM

brianthomas wrote: »

East coast (DUBLIN HERE) gonna miss out on the fun then? Dont get me wrong, we had a BLAST in 2010 but im just looking for an idea of what to expect?

ty in advance.

Brian.

not sure what Dublin or the east coast counties will get till the time comes, usually the snow showers batter Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Letrim, Sligo and Donegal and die out past Athlone/Mullingar leaving dazzling sunshine by day/clear skies by night in the extreme east. IN all my experiences of these north-westerly-north events we usually end up with nothing but sometimes we have been lucky and received a dusting if the showers make it all the way across. It will take a polar low or organised band of showers to make a proper impact on Louth, Meath, Dublin etc, we just have to wait and see will this happen.

barney 20v · 03-02-2013 10:16PM

I can't help but notice a new more realistic view being shown by many posters on the various weather forums lately...

downwiththatsor · 03-02-2013 10:16PM

Looks promising for a few cms at least http://www.weatherweb.net/tvweather/uksnow42.gif

delw · 03-02-2013 10:23PM

DanRu wrote: »

Looks like a whiteout to me.

But it's pink

Oscar Bravo · 03-02-2013 10:24PM

A 2221 update from Met Eireann....Short and Sweet lol

Windy tonight with scattered light showers.
Lowest overnight temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees.

Tomorrow
Monday: A very windy day with a mixture of sunny spells and passing heavy, wintry showers.
Feeling cold with highest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees in strong to gale force westerly winds

Pangea · 03-02-2013 10:30PM

Just seen the BBC NI forecast, not great really, He did mention that its hard to tell which places will get snow. Up to 10cms on some hills. In other news its got very noisy here with the wind! If tomorrow is windier it should be interesting with the cold air around.

Min · 03-02-2013 10:33PM

There is going to be a horrible wind chill effect, which will be far worse than any snow.

maquiladora · 03-02-2013 10:35PM

Pangea wrote: »

Just seen the BBC NI forecast, not great really, He did mention that its hard to tell which places will get snow. Up to 10cms on some hills. In other news its got very noisy here with the wind! If tomorrow is windier it should be interesting with the cold air around.

Yep, some hills should see snow alright. Could be nasty conditions up there with the winds too. On low levels then a mix of rain, hail, sleet, and in places maybe turning to snow for a while before turning back to rain later.

downwiththatsor · 03-02-2013 10:39PM

Min wrote: »

There is going to be a horrible wind chill effect, which will be far worse than any snow.

Will feel bitter for sure http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=cold

acassells80 · 03-02-2013 10:52PM

Have to travel from Dublin to mayo by car on Wednesday afternoon , love the snow just hate driving in it

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Speak Now · 03-02-2013 10:57PM

acassells80 wrote: »

Have to travel from Dublin to mayo by car on Wednesday afternoon , love the snow just hate driving in it (

You should be fine, unlikely to be too much snow settling at low levels especially during day light hours.

downwiththatsor · 03-02-2013 10:58PM

acassells80 wrote: »

Have to travel from Dublin to mayo by car on Wednesday afternoon , love the snow just hate driving in it (

I think your trip should be safe enough at these temps :pac:
http://cdn.nwstatic.co.uk/gfsimages/gfs.20130203/18/69/ukmaxtemp.png

talkabout · 03-02-2013 11:06PM

Its very windy here at the moment (Ballybofey, Co Donegal), stronger than any day last week.

Weathering · 03-02-2013 11:16PM

maquiladora wrote: »

Yep, some hills should see snow alright. Could be nasty conditions up there with the winds too. On low levels then a mix of rain, hail, sleet, and in places maybe turning to snow for a while before turning back to rain later.

Have to disagree with u Maq,I reckon up here in Donegal we will get lots of snow tomorrow evening. I'm 40m above sea level so I'll let u know either way

Mr Cumulonimbus · 03-02-2013 11:20PM

18Z GFS and NAE have decent dew points for snow overnight Mon/Tues. But by midday Tues they have risen to plus 3 and plus 4 in many northern and western parts. Not good.

Xenji · 03-02-2013 11:31PM

Wind is picking up here in Mayo now, nice strong gusts, hoping for some snow tomorrow night here.

Oscar Bravo · 03-02-2013 11:41PM

Wasnt expecting the wind to be this strong tonight!! (Castlebar)

downwiththatsor · 03-02-2013 11:44PM

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Wasnt expecting the wind to be this strong tonight!! (Castlebar)

Met eireann 3 hour forecast map shows pretty strong winds off the north west coast
http://www.met.ie/weathermaps/3hr-wind.gif

Geomy · 03-02-2013 11:47PM

It's getting strong in Clare too and seems to coming from a northern direction...

And down the chimney

eskimocat · 03-02-2013 11:53PM

Its really picking up here too.... love the sound of the wind howling! Nice! (Dromahair)

pauldry · 04-02-2013 12:00AM

here too . a taster before the madness of the first half of the week

Risk Of Severe Wintry Conditions With Strong Winds. (High Risk-Ulster, Connaught)

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