Turning cold with Frost/ Ice and some Snow (Thursday night/ Friday/ Saturday)

Harps · 09-12-2011 5:17pm

Hail and sleety snow showers here again today, nothing too exciting

The garden is still white from this morning but I suspect that's just because of all the hail last night. Heavy wet snow shower just passed with a temp of 2.7C

Tom Cruises Left Nut · 09-12-2011 5:21pm

If only it would come down here

mountainy man · 09-12-2011 6:42pm

pauldry wrote: »

light snow near geevagh

am on carran hill behind geevagh and had two inches of snow overnight and no melting during today, had some showers of hail and snow today also.

MiNdGaM3 · 09-12-2011 7:15pm

Very light sleet in Cork about half an hour ago. Nice to see a few flakes falling though.

Pangea · 09-12-2011 7:50pm

NIALL D wrote: »

just mountain snow ?
are you high up or near sea level ???

I'm only 35metres above sea level and I had no snow, but the snow wasn't confined to the mountains, the road from Glencolmcille to Killybegs was dodgy enough with snow this morning I heard. The mountains are all white aswell though obviously.

Ahorseofaman · 09-12-2011 8:03pm

Caitriona wrote: »

Ah, streamers. Good times! I don't think I got any work done for weeks.

Just had a flurry of white cotton wool here, lovely fluffy stuff, but it stopped very quickly. Still, hopefully if anything else comes this way today it'll be the same!

Caitriona this is your employer.Thanks for letting us know.YOUR SACKED

DOCARCH · 09-12-2011 9:36pm

I see Met E forecasting tonight....a few wintry showers could also break out in some Midland and Eastern parts towards morning.

Maybe we may see a few flakes here on the east coast (not the choclate ones!

)?

Newtown90 · 09-12-2011 10:00pm

Just walked down to close the gates!

Few light flakes of snow falling here in North Kerry...

Was very peaceful!!

Mint Sauce · 09-12-2011 11:33pm

Some dustings of snow on road around drumkeen on way into Letterkenny this evening, and the odd wintery shower failing since.

irish1967 · 09-12-2011 11:40pm

Ok. So we have mInus temps and dp's now all we need us a few showers. Looking at sat24.com there is some thicker cloud about 1.5-2 hrs out to the west of us. Guess its a waiting game.

Villain · 09-12-2011 11:41pm

-2.5 Air and grass is -4.4c

faktisperminute · 10-12-2011 12:06am

irish1967 wrote: »

Ok. So we have mInus temps and dp's now all we need us a few showers. Looking at sat24.com there is some thicker cloud about 1.5-2 hrs out to the west of us. Guess its a waiting game.

Hope some of it would come to our way!! , WOULD BE A NICE SNOW WATCHING NIGHT

snow ghost · 10-12-2011 12:16am

faktisperminute wrote: »

Hope some of it would come to our way!! , WOULD BE A NICE SNOW WATCHING NIGHT

Would be a great snow watching night, nice and calm, would be nice to see the flakes fluttering down silently. Not that I'm expecting any myself.

faktisperminute · 10-12-2011 12:19am

snow ghost wrote: »

Would be a great snow watching night, nice and calm, would be nice to see the flakes fluttering down silently. Not that I'm expecting any myself.

doesn't look too good on the radar at the moment

dfbemt · 10-12-2011 12:21am

Glenviewjf wrote: »

Just walked down to close the gates!

Few light flakes of snow falling here in North Kerry...

Was very peaceful!!

Idyllic. What is it that makes falling snow seem so peaceful that momentarily takes all your troubles away?

Sounds like Christmas has come early for you. Enjoy.

Villain · 10-12-2011 12:27am

Just hit -3c

Harps · 10-12-2011 12:37am

A few showers showing up again and the temp has gone back up above freezing, 1.1C again. Hopefully with surfaces still frozen the snow might not melt

john t · 10-12-2011 12:39am

dfbemt wrote: »

Idyllic. What is it that makes falling snow seem so peaceful that momentarily takes all your troubles away?

Sounds like Christmas has come early for you. Enjoy.

I too love falling snowflakes and it does have a relaxing effect too calm you..its a case of enjoying winter and smiling with the perfect white winter....but if it overstays it becomes a nuisance ..

irish1967 · 10-12-2011 12:39am

Villain I just had a flashback when u typed that. Wasn't the magic number somwhere round -21.7 that famous night ?

Steopo · 10-12-2011 12:46am

:):) First Snowman of the year today, unfortunately it was my wife that took the photo it as she was up in Monaghan with the kids - should have made that trip:(

waytoowarm · 10-12-2011 1:38am

air temp at the moment is -7.......

redsteveireland · 10-12-2011 1:48am

waytoowarm wrote: »

air temp at the moment is -7.......

Which country are you in?

Pangea · 10-12-2011 1:46pm

A lot of deaths on the roads last night,
Of course I don't know the cause of the crashes but the roads were very slippy last night.
The downside of having frosty conditions.

WolfeIRE · 10-12-2011 2:29pm

Ireland and UK from space yesterday, along with a closeup of the northern half of Ireland. Snow cover on high ground has been circled (orange)

smallwonder · 10-12-2011 4:33pm

A wee pic of the roads yesterday at 9am in Falcarragh. Sorry but I don't know how to load pics!

patters · 10-12-2011 4:53pm

Hi, can someone please tel me why this winter isn't no where as cold as last year?

ltdslipdiff · 10-12-2011 5:11pm

patters wrote: »

Hi, can someone please tel me why this winter isn't no where as cold as last year?

We're getting more of an Atlantic type weather-flow this year due to a very strong W/E jet stream, which is blocking the ingress of the beautifully cold and crisp cooler air to our north.

(This is a guess..the more learned here will correct me I'm sure

)

Deep Easterly · 10-12-2011 5:17pm

ltdslipdiff wrote: »

We're getting more of an Atlantic type weather-flow this year due to a very strong W/E jet stream, which is blocking the ingress of the beautifully cold and crisp cooler air to our north.

(This is a guess..the more learned here will correct me I'm sure )

I don't think they would, since you are pretty much spot on.

Turning cold with Frost/ Ice and some Snow (Thursday night/ Friday/ Saturday)

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