Cold Spell & Snowfall Discussion Tuesday/Wednesday (5/6 January 2010)

Weathercheck, am I wrong in thinking the winds are Northeasterly at the moment ?

It looks like that from the radar images

Davo D wrote: »

Anyone in north Co.Dublin see any snow at the moment?

we've had snow here overnight. haven't been out to look yet, but doesn't look like a huge amount. roads are dodgey enough in places, but gritting has been a lot better this time.

If we get even some of the falls predicted by others later on today it could get nasty pretty quick. Bear in mind though I'm right out on the coast, and that may have had some bearing on things

Beautiful clear sky in Lucan at the moment.
Temperature currently reads -2C.
We had a small dusting of snow last night and it was enough to make the roads in the housing estates treacherous again.

snow ghost wrote: »

Anyone else in Mayo getting this snow???

Ya, it's throwing it down here now, gets heavier every time I look out the window - this has the makings of a serious dumping!:D

[quote=irish1967]Pangea, Isn't it absolutely beautiful !! And by the looks of the raintoday radar which has been spot on all morning there is loads more to come this morning[/quote]
Sure is! Its lovely to look at , its good and thick here now, proper snow!! , i moved away some of the snow and under it is an inch or two of ice. Thats in places where there was no ice last night!

Theres a good stretch of water in my field the last 3 weeks that has been frozen solid, and the ice is like 8 or 9 inches thick by now, This weather is incredible. My driveway also has been an ice rink since mid december

Can anyone hazard a guess if it's likely to snow Navan/Dunshauglin area with these coming bands? Took me 3 hours to drive from Navan to Blanchardstown this morning and i'd like to determine if i should head home early today and what conditions are likely tomorrow? Cheer!

woke up to all white again this morning, only frost, should i go on my snow watch down here in wexford again???
would love it back,

By the way how did that polar low fair out , what happened to that little beauty?

Is there a reason why nobody's getting excited about that big red lump heading south from the Western Isles on raintoday at the moment? It's showing over 'Stanton Banks' at the moment and tracking straight for the Mayo/Donegal coast. Or is it just because it's not heading for Dublin?!

Just saw the 00z UKMO run, mesoscale low drifts southwest across Cornwall and pulls in a strong northeast gradient overnight for Wicklow-Wexford.

This could get very interesting, massive sea effect is pivoting just offshore and any slight change in wind direction would bring it onshore soon after 1200, however, best chances for heavy snow would come after 1500h and there is potential here for 10-20 cms in these counties: Dublin, Wicklow, Wexford, Kildare, Laois, Carlow, Kilkenny, and (I'm not sure if international treaties allow me to say this) Waterford. Amounts obviously higher in east-slope districts of Wicklow and Wexford, higher parts of Dublin.

The GFS was also fairly bullish for snow on its 06z run.

Turn those winds ... and ye shall have snow.

These threads, as interesting and entertaining as they are, always seem to end the same way. There's massive optimism, everyone (including me) gets their hopes up but it ends in a bit of a damp squib. I dunno, I wouldn't be surprised if the New Years Day snow is the best it get - at least in Dublin.

Morning! It's clouding over in Donabate now.

Clouds seem to be passing Wicklow still. Pic taken looking straight out to sea. Sea looks very rough.



Sorry pic not great from mobile camera.