Spotted snow on a car- horrific! :)

gurramok · 17-03-2012 9:57pm #1

While driving on the N2 northbound from Dublin, I spotted snow on the back on a KE reg car.

I was horrified(i'm a mildy:))..so was there snow somewhere today? Perhaps up in the mountains?

redsteveireland · 17-03-2012 10:00pm

Are you sure it wasn't hail? There was plenty of hail around today.

gurramok · 17-03-2012 10:26pm

redsteveireland wrote: »

Are you sure it wasn't hail? There was plenty of hail around today.

Perhaps. Its was quite thick on the back window, I just couldn't believe it. You're right in that a bucket load of hail could be mistaken for snow on a car, hmm was there any reports of snow on higher ground at all or was it all hail?

glossy · 17-03-2012 10:32pm

had heavy hail storm here in and around D15,for a good half hour,which in fairness one would of mistaken it for snow as the ground was covered. Thunder & lighting in the mix

Joe Public · 18-03-2012 2:24am

A heavy hail shower closed Lucan golf course at around 12.30 yesterday. It left a 2" covering that looked like snow.

Wild Bill · 18-03-2012 10:28am

There was rain here last night for a few hours with a temp of 4C; if the car had been in the mountains it's possible it was snow.

Ooops....

Strike that - I'm a day late!

Trogdor · 18-03-2012 2:10pm

I was driving through heavy sleet/wet snow for a time around 12ish last night between Roundwood and Kilmac so there was definitely some around, i'd say it may well have been sticking further up as well.

vickers209 · 18-03-2012 4:43pm

Was driving up m50 yesterday at 2.30ish and the hard shoulders and grass verdge was white around lucan turn off may have been hail but looked like snow went futher up towards finglas and there was sleet mixed with hail falling there temp was 5.c

Su Campu · 18-03-2012 9:03pm

vickers209 wrote: »

Was driving up m50 yesterday at 2.30ish and the hard shoulders and grass verdge was white around lucan turn off may have been hail but looked like snow went futher up towards finglas and there was sleet mixed with hail falling there temp was 5.c

It was 100% hail. I heard reports on the radio that people had reported snow throughout the city...it was definitely hail

Cionád · 19-03-2012 4:15pm

Yeah, it was very heavy hail. and the ice stayed around quite a while. This is around an hour after it stopped.

Wild Bill · 19-03-2012 4:43pm

Great shot!

Now if only it was a tad smaller.

Joe Public · 19-03-2012 4:51pm

Wild Bill wrote: »

Great shot!

Now if only it was a tad smaller.

It was a big shower!

PixelTrawler · 19-03-2012 5:45pm

Nice covering of hail on the mountains in Mayo...

Croagh Patrick, mweelrea were completely white near the top. Thats the sheefry hills in the picture

Spotted snow on a car- horrific! :)

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