Cold week ahead, change is on the way ............

Super-Rush · 26-03-2013 4:40pm

pad199207 wrote: »

Nothing for your area on radar:rolleyes:

I stopped using the met eireann radar weeks ago. Far too unreliable.

Daniel2590 · 26-03-2013 4:40pm

The cold is hanging around until 3rd of May on the CFS... :pac:

Larbre34 · 26-03-2013 4:43pm

jds0ur wrote: »

The Isle Of Man got plastered :eek:

http://imgur.com/gallery/5vYQa

Utter shenanigans on the first and last of those pics.

Larbre34 · 26-03-2013 4:45pm

ktulu123 wrote: »

What are the chances of North Wicklow getting some snow over the next few days? Sorry, don't have time to look through the thread

At its very best tonight and early tomorrow, extent will depend on elevation and coastal proximity. Say 70% chance of a couple of inches that will melt during the afternoon tomorrow.

whitebriar · 26-03-2013 4:45pm

Super-Rush wrote: »

I stopped using the met eireann radar weeks ago. Far too unreliable.

Rain today and meteo etc are over egging though as much as M.E are under egging.

patneve2 · 26-03-2013 4:47pm

whitebriar wrote: »

Well I'm working outside all day with just a phone for boards but thankfully in a toasty tractor cab.
The dynamics are visible in that the breeze here is ene but the upper flow is mainly East.
Its not enough for wexford fetch currently, it was earlier(just) Arklow is catching the very edge of the shower trains (just)

Tonight will be interesting but the form horse bar a wind change is greystones north and points inland subject to local topography etc

Yeah was thinking that Bray may be the Southernmost limit for tonights convection. Anyways, will boil down to the nowcast.

Snowmaker · 26-03-2013 4:48pm

Larbre34 wrote: »

Utter shenanigans on the first and last of those pics.

How come the Isle of Man doesn't get an 'England/Scotland Shadow??!"

Keith96 · 26-03-2013 4:48pm

I am like a 4 year old at christmas,the thought of waking up to a white blanket tomorrow is too much

BLIZZARD7 · 26-03-2013 4:49pm

Light snow here now after another torrential graupel shower.

Dan

Trogdor · 26-03-2013 4:51pm

Snowmaker wrote: »

How come the Isle of Man doesn't get an 'England/Scotland Shadow??!"

The snow there fell from the front last weekend which dropped the snow in the North and England/Wales etc. The shadow effect is only a problem for the convective showers that we have at the moment

kleefarr · 26-03-2013 4:51pm

Has been snowing off and on most of the day Kilkenny City Outskirts. Mainly light stuff but a few minutes of slightly heavier now and again.
Temperature has dropped 2c in last hour and is down to 1.5c and will still drop I suspect.

Seems it will be cold tonight and if the snow that is forecast happens over night it should stick. It hasn't been so far.

Super-Rush · 26-03-2013 4:53pm

whitebriar wrote: »

Rain today and meteo etc are over egging though as much as M.E are under egging.

Meteo seems to be ok regarding the speed of the showers as they pass by.

Larbre34 · 26-03-2013 4:56pm

Snowmaker wrote: »

How come the Isle of Man doesn't get an 'England/Scotland Shadow??!"

Frontal snow did that (the bit that wasnt photoshopped). Shadow comes into play more if a land mass reduces the potential for convection and the 'lake effect'. Last weeks heavy snow in N England, S Scotland, NI and IOM was a weather front. I paraphrase heavily.

Also, maybe the fact that the neck of England is at its narrowest on a north east track to the IOM means that the IOM still benefits from the north sea fetch.

pad199207 · 26-03-2013 4:56pm

Prolonged shower here now providing a slight dusting and dragged temps down

flickarius · 26-03-2013 4:56pm

I'm driving from Louth to Galway tomorrow morning, hope it won't be a whiteout!

acassells80 · 26-03-2013 5:10pm

snowing lightly in Dublin City Centre

lucernarian · 26-03-2013 5:11pm

http://expert-images.weatheronline.co.uk/daten/proficharts/en/nae/2013/03/26/basis12/ukuk/z700/13032621_2612.gif

Lower -700 hPa heights are making their way somewhat closer to us and this will be the case until tomorrow lunchtime/afternoon. This will also help slightly with the development of showers.

Keith96 · 26-03-2013 5:12pm

heavy graupel turning everything white

Larbre34 · 26-03-2013 5:12pm

Eureka.

I know why the weather is unusual to say the least. Simple Minds are playing in Dublin.

25th July 1985 anyone?

acassells80 · 26-03-2013 5:16pm

no whiteouts in Dublin: http://www.dublincity.ie/dublintraffic/

lucernarian · 26-03-2013 5:18pm

There's just been a 1 minute long whiteout near the Pearse St. camera on the DCC traffic site. It's dwindled to the odd flake now...

highdef · 26-03-2013 5:20pm

Heavy shower that has left a dusting on crass and against walls but the road surfaces are too warm from surface heating for anything to stick more than a few minutes. Had this shower been in 3 hours or more later, it would have left a nice dusting. Perhaps there will be more

Slashermcguirk · 26-03-2013 5:21pm

Some guy being interviewed live from Manchester on sky news and didn't seem to be any lying snow there and weather looked quite bright. Maybe a big thaw by day in uk since the big snowfalls or was that part of UK just not hit?

Larbre34 · 26-03-2013 5:24pm

acassells80 wrote: »

no whiteouts in Dublin: http://www.dublincity.ie/dublintraffic/

Yeah as a snapshot, things are very dry and benign Localised heavy graupel here in Dun Laoghaire and on the bay at moment

Deank · 26-03-2013 5:26pm

Larbre34 wrote: »

Eureka.

I know why the weather is unusual to say the least. Simple Minds are playing in Dublin.

25th July 1985 anyone?

Ah stop it now, I remember it like yesterday, that fork lightning was spectacular:o

Macy0161 · 26-03-2013 5:27pm

Slashermcguirk wrote: »

Some guy being interviewed live from Manchester on sky news and didn't seem to be any lying snow there and weather looked quite bright. Maybe a big thaw by day in uk since the big snowfalls or was that part of UK just not hit?

Manchester has high ground to the north, but the city centre and south are low lying. Not unusual for the likes of Bury and Oldham to have a lot of snow, and Sale/ Stretford/ Chorlton to have none.

cherryghost · 26-03-2013 5:28pm

Whiteout in the city centre now. Sticking to roads.

Rougies · 26-03-2013 5:30pm

Getting more persistant here now, snowing lightly with moderate bursts for the past hour. The Irish Sea looks lively the past couple of frames!

Vudgie · 26-03-2013 5:34pm

cherryghost wrote: »

Whiteout in the city centre now. Sticking to roads.

It is?

There is nothing sticking to the roads in Dublin 2 as of yet.

Bertser · 26-03-2013 5:35pm

Surely we deserve a bit now, basically everywhere in Britain seems to have gotten a nice bit, still huge flakes falling in Blessington, Co. Wicklow but not sticking yet.

Cold week ahead, change is on the way ............

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