Cold Snap,Frost,Ice,Snow Showers - Saturday December 14th -16th

Kermit.de.frog · 15-12-2019 9:51am

Tell your boss you are snowed in

Say it's life and death and you'll have to let some of the children go

Mickeroo · 15-12-2019 9:52am

Nothing in Castlebar, apparently Achill got a bit of a dusting though going by pics I saw from last night

Kermit.de.frog · 15-12-2019 9:53am

Is no one awake in Limerick at 9 in the morning? It's snowing.

73bc61lyohr0mu · 15-12-2019 9:57am

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Is no one awake in Limerick at 9 in the morning? It's snowing.

I'm looking out the window here near the Dock Road in Limerick city and I don't see any snow..

Comhrá · 15-12-2019 10:02am

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Is no one awake in Limerick at 9 in the morning? It's snowing.

It's raining - as usual.

Kermit.de.frog · 15-12-2019 10:07am

Snooze you lose.

Strangegravy · 15-12-2019 10:11am

Rain in Limerick unfortunately - east of the city

Kermit.de.frog · 15-12-2019 10:18am

Is it like Angela's Ashes?

Rock Lesnar · 15-12-2019 10:19am

Just reading through the posts and Kermie, go to bed, youv'e had a long night

Strangegravy · 15-12-2019 10:31am

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Is it like Angela's Ashes?

Even more depressing...

Graces7 · 15-12-2019 10:33am

Nothing outside the dwelling - then I went to the gate and the whole horizon is ringed with white mountains. Very atmospheric.. alas my camera has lost battery power and cannot get it to recharge..... Ah well...there are times when having no money....

Kermit.de.frog · 15-12-2019 10:33am

Right so, i'm taking Rock Lesnar's advice and taking my leave now.

Ah well, plenty of opportunities ahead

Leonita · 15-12-2019 10:35am

Bridget White Vogue wrote: »

I'm looking out the window here near the Dock Road in Limerick city and I don't see any snow..

Same here not a flake of snow or drop of rain in sight. Near city centre.

Mortelaro · 15-12-2019 10:42am

Currently 0.4c in Arklow
Dew point -2c
A lot of ice
Sugar coated nearby hills
Lugnaquilla and Croghan moira plastered

ltdslipdiff · 15-12-2019 10:43am

Rain in Waterford County unfortunately

Gaoth Laidir · 15-12-2019 10:50am

I think it's clear that the coloured radar that Kermit showed is not that useful in pinpointing snow. It's very elevation-dependent, with reports from low levels all saying rain when the radar said snow.

Kerry Airport is reporting light rain from that blob on the radar, temp/dp 2/1.

ninebeanrows · 15-12-2019 10:55am

Important to remember unfortunately with the rise iof automatic weather stations, and the marginal type snow we get in this country- rain will often be observe when is infact a wintry mix.

Scanning through roadside webcams, a scattered dusting on the grass is apparent in the west and north of country .
Snow looks thickest around Knock.

The northern portion of this precip moving north could turn to snow later today.

Kermit.de.frog · 15-12-2019 11:05am

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

I think it's clear that the coloured radar that Kermit showed is not that useful in pinpointing snow. It's very elevation-dependent, with reports from low levels all saying rain when the radar said snow.

Kerry Airport is reporting light rain from that blob on the radar, temp/dp 2/1.

I never used the radar :eek: I used current obs for the region. If you look at the time of my post containing the radar image...

:cool:

Gaoth Laidir · 15-12-2019 11:21am

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

I never used the radar :eek: I used current obs for the region. If you look at the time of my post containing the radar image...

:cool:

But which obs? People in Limerick said it was raining. I've not seen any snow reports from that area for that time.

Mortelaro · 15-12-2019 11:31am

Sleety_Rain wrote: »

Important to remember unfortunately with the rise iof automatic weather stations, and the marginal type snow we get in this country- rain will often be observe when is infact a wintry mix.

Scanning through roadside webcams, a scattered dusting on the grass is apparent in the west and north of country .
Snow looks thickest around Knock.

The northern portion of this precip moving north could turn to snow later today.

Aye
Ballyvourney just outside macroom on the Cork Killarney road has had snow

Meteorite58 · 15-12-2019 11:54am

Heavy showers of sleet /rain here near Tralee overnight and this morning with 6.2mm recorded so far.

2.5C

Danno · 15-12-2019 11:57am

Snizzle in Durrow. 1.4c/-0.1cDP

Storm 10 · 15-12-2019 11:58am

Rain in Galway typical after all the forecasts of snow temp 5.6 degrees

Oscar Bravo · 15-12-2019 12:04pm

Light shower of Snow at knock @11am. Temp 0,dew point -1

cnocbui · 15-12-2019 12:18pm

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Is no one awake in Limerick at 9 in the morning? It's snowing.

No, what would you want to get out of a warm bed for, it's chilly?

East Clare, after the coffee sorted. One of the most desperate snow photos I have ever lowered myself to take, but 4 pages of photoless pages calls for desperate measures.

Happy, now I'm finally up?

Mortelaro · 15-12-2019 12:20pm

Moderate sleety rain in Arklow despite an air temp of 1 Celsius and a few point of almost minus 2 Celsius

Davis console attached

Dp of -1.7c rounded up to -1c

As I type,a lot of flakes in it

Gaoth Laidir · 15-12-2019 12:22pm

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Light shower of Snow at knock @11am. Temp 0,dew point -1

An even 1-cm covering of lying snow being reported there. Exact temp/dp -0.3/-0.6 °C, station pressure 962 hPa.

pnpweirdo · 15-12-2019 12:37pm

Also east clare and not a single snow flake

anacc · 15-12-2019 12:38pm

Heavy rain/sleet falling here near Kinsale now. Just saw a very faint flash in the sky to the south as well.

Hoodie88 · 15-12-2019 12:51pm

Rain in Cork city, Wilton at the moment...

Chris_5339762 · 15-12-2019 1:03pm

Absolutely awful day in Cork. Wind, heavy rain, 5º.

pauldry · 15-12-2019 1:05pm

Snow above 100m in Sligo

All montains white

Even roof has snowflakes on it

So close!

Kutebride · 15-12-2019 1:15pm

Doing well in Meath
No precip in waking hours last few days.
Dry, cold, overcast in Hill of Tara. Started put with blue skies earlier this a.m.

Rock Lesnar · 15-12-2019 1:36pm

Kutebride wrote: »

Doing well in Meath
No precip in waking hours last few days.
Dry, cold, overcast in Hill of Tara. Started put with blue skies earlier this a.m.

Yeah any day with no rain is a good day

Oscar Bravo · 15-12-2019 1:41pm

Knock still at 0. Most other station above freezing, some now well above.

ednwireland · 15-12-2019 1:43pm

car has frozen in the last 2 hours weird. temp has dropped from 1.2 at 9am to zero now.

coconnellz · 15-12-2019 1:54pm

Bit of a flurry of wet snow nothing stuck tho here near the cavan meath border stopped now

Graces7 · 15-12-2019 2:06pm

It has gone almost totally dark out here. If that lot up there drops down here we may be lost forever … :eek:. Totally and eerily still

west mayo offshore island

arctictree · 15-12-2019 2:25pm

Was snowing in Laragh/Roundwood earlier. Most of it melted now. Snow line seems to be at about 300M.

lolie · 15-12-2019 2:44pm

Light rain falling here, s cavan 3°c.
No sign of any sneachta.

cnocbui · 15-12-2019 2:55pm

Well it's certainly sticking a bit on the hiils in N Tipp. Taken at 13:35. I have managed to overcome the shock of getting out of bed, thanks to two espressos, and have actually bestirred myself to go outside to grab the photo. Stuff that, time for another espresso.

Slashermcguirk · 15-12-2019 3:40pm

Looks to be a lot of snow on the Dublin and Wicklow mountains

Donegal Storm · 15-12-2019 5:04pm

Beautiful day in Letterkenny today with unbroken sunshine all day and not a breath of wind.

We seem to have had some freezing rain overnight as my car is encased in ice which didn't melt all day. Going to try and thaw it out now to save some pain in the morning

Graces7 · 15-12-2019 5:12pm

Dark all day here , but blessedly silent now as darkness and peace merge into night. Snowy mountains and clouds merge and meld on the far horizon. Dwelling is finally warm; the weather takes over life in so many ways

This was first light today.

Very atmospheric!

babybrian · 15-12-2019 5:17pm

Slieve bloom mountains this morning

Hooter23 · 15-12-2019 5:22pm

Snowed in..Galway :rolleyes: I dreaming of a white Christmas because thats all it will ever be:rolleyes:

Gonzo · 15-12-2019 7:31pm

nothing here in Meath, not even rain, but at least we've had 2 dry and sunny days. Tonight looks like another dry, clear and possibly frosty night.

Jimbob1977 · 15-12-2019 8:21pm

I don't think Limerick will even see a frost.

Not that cold, unless temperatures fall considerably.

GoneHome · 15-12-2019 8:27pm

Jimbob1977 wrote: »

I don't think Limerick will even see a frost.

Not that cold, unless temperatures fall considerably.

Jesus I don't know what part of Limerick you're in but I'm here in rural South Limerick and there's a good hard frost on the windscreen of the car already

Pretzill · 15-12-2019 8:37pm

According to my weather app it's lightly snowing but it's more like fine rain.

South Sligo
90m asl

Cold Snap,Frost,Ice,Snow Showers - Saturday December 14th -16th

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