Snow watch until Sunday 24th (N,W,SW most at risk)

Mount Vesuvius · 20-01-2021 5:16am

Latest HARMONIE,

MET ÉIREANN
WEDNESDAY 20TH JANUARY
On Wednesday, rain will continue in Leinster and east Munster. It will be heavy at times and will turn to sleet or snow in parts of Leinster in the afternoon, especially on high ground. It will be brighter in Ulster and Connacht with sunny spells and scattered showers, some wintry. Highest temperatures of 3 to 6 degrees with moderate northwest breezes.

Mount Vesuvius · 20-01-2021 6:02am

Leading edge of band approaching south

Updated MET ÉIREANN forecast
05:07

TODAY - WEDNESDAY 20TH JANUARY
Rain in many areas early this morning and continuing today in Leinster and Munster. It will be heavy at times and will turning to sleet or snow in parts of east and south Leinster this afternoon, especially on high ground. Sunny spells and scattered showers following from the northwest. Highest temperatures of 3 to 6 degrees with moderate northwest breezes.

Mount Vesuvius · 20-01-2021 6:25am

Humberto Salazar · 20-01-2021 6:57am

42mm of rain in 36 hrs or so. Spring, hurry up, need the warmth of the sun on my back. This wishy washy will it won't it sleety rainy snow event, is of zero interest.

Mount Vesuvius · 20-01-2021 7:06am

Humberto Salazar wrote: »

42mm of rain in 36 hrs or so. Spring, hurry up, need the warmth of the sun on my back. This wishy washy will it won't it sleety rainy snow event, is of zero interest.

Wishy washy is what drives this forum

DOCARCH · 20-01-2021 8:58am

Status Yellow - Snow/Ice warning for Wicklow

Falls of sleet and snow today with significant snow accumulations on hills and mountains.

Valid: 10:00 Wednesday 20/01/2021 to 19:00 Wednesday 20/01/2021

Issued: 07:00 Wednesday 20/01/2021

Villain · 20-01-2021 9:01am

Gardai will be busy with fines around Wicklow again

Tyrone212 · 20-01-2021 9:10am

Enjoy Wicklow

Supercell · 20-01-2021 9:20am

artictree charge up that phone/camera, we want pics later!

bazlers · 20-01-2021 9:30am

From reading MTCs forecast this morning we are very lucky to have him on this forum.
Im not saying his outlooks will always come to fruition but his grasp and understanding of the complex dynamics
Of whats going up there is quiet impressive .
His ability to put what he sees into words and make it easy for anyone to compute is also quiet special.

20-01-2021 10:37am

Steady rain in Arklow
5.3c but dropping
Dewpoint is 2.4c
Wetbulb 3.8c
Flat calm

I'd say it's snowing on Lugnaquilla already from experience, there's going to be some total up there before the day is out

ninebeanrows · 20-01-2021 10:58am

A nowcast day, the precip has taken a notable push north over Munster in last few frames, indicating a bit of a wave on the front, this could extend the rain-band a little further north and west than on some of this morning's runs, certainy further north and west than the latest ICON output.

ninebeanrows · 20-01-2021 10:59am

I wouldn't rule out a few surprises today, hopefully it will at least snow at Roundwood and our correspondent up there can provide some pictures!

mickger844posts · 20-01-2021 11:04am

Moderate rain with temps falling to 4.4c here in Waterford City. 7.9mm recorded so far today. The Comeraghs should do well out of this with a wintry mix to lower levels i would say.

https://www.waterfordcityweather.com

Oneiric 3 · 20-01-2021 11:10am

Temp still slowly dropping here probably due to that small wave passing over the SE.

catrat12 · 20-01-2021 11:12am

Will Dublin mountains get any of this ?

mallards · 20-01-2021 11:14am

Light mizzle currently near the Wicklow gap

esposito · 20-01-2021 11:17am

Sleety_Rain wrote: »

I wouldn't rule out a few surprises today, hopefully it will at least snow at Roundwood and our correspondent up there can provide some pictures!

I think places like Glencullen, Enniskerry etc could get a nice surprise later. Inland Wicklow looking good I reckon but we shall see.

Rebelbrowser · 20-01-2021 11:22am

Turning sleety now actually in Cork city...

Macy0161 · 20-01-2021 11:24am

Supercell wrote: »

artictree charge up that phone/camera, we want pics later!

It could be one of those times that him slightly higher than me has it and we don't. If ye get frustrated with the marginal set ups in general, it's common enough that the snow line is just a couple fields higher up than me!

pad199207 · 20-01-2021 11:24am

Rebelbrowser wrote: »

Turning sleety now actually in Cork city...

Oh well if that’s the case that could well bode well for the east later.

DOCARCH · 20-01-2021 11:25am

catrat12 wrote: »

Will Dublin mountains get any of this ?

I would think the higher ones should see some.

Light rain now in Dublin 16. 4.3c atm.

20-01-2021 11:33am

Raining and 5.1c in Arklow, a very slow drop
Wind at 10kmh is NE though off the sea here
If that sets in,it will bring the snow line locally up above 2000ft
I WAS NOT expecting a north east wind today

Super-Rush · 20-01-2021 11:35am

Noticeable ice in among the raindrops in north Carlow. Temps have dropped from 6 to 3° in the last hour.

CirrusBusiness · 20-01-2021 11:54am

Super-Rush wrote: »

Noticeable ice in among the raindrops in north Carlow. Temps have dropped from 6 to 3° in the last hour.

Can confirm with this. Ice falling with the rain.

North side of Carlow.

catrat12 · 20-01-2021 11:54am

DOCARCH wrote: »

I would think the higher ones should see some.

Light rain now in Dublin 16. 4.3c atm.

Glencullen probably not high enough

heffoo · 20-01-2021 11:57am

AuntySnow wrote: »

Steady rain in Arklow
5.3c but dropping
Dewpoint is 2.4c
Wetbulb 3.8c
Flat calm

I'd say it's snowing on Lugnaquilla already from experience, there's going to be some total up there before the day is out

Knockananna rain turning to sleet

munsterlegend · 20-01-2021 11:58am

Rebelbrowser wrote: »

Turning sleety now actually in Cork city...

Thought that myself looking out the window near Mallow. Bodes well for the east/south east later on.

DOCARCH · 20-01-2021 12:01pm

catrat12 wrote: »

Glencullen probably not high enough

Might be, but it's knife edge stuff (...as usual!).

20-01-2021 12:01pm

heffoo wrote: »

Knockananna rain turning to sleet

Keep it coming and have the camera ready
Rain is heavy now in Arklow
I'd expect yours to be getting snowy by afternoon or earlier

Davaeo09 · 20-01-2021 12:08pm

CirrusBusiness wrote: »

Can confirm with this. Ice falling with the rain.

North side of Carlow.

Hailstones mixed with rain here beside Tullaroan NW Kilkenny
A noticeable change in the temperatures over the last hour!

TTLF · 20-01-2021 12:14pm

rain getting heavier in D14. Evaporative cooling could work out here.

Cw85 · 20-01-2021 12:14pm

Currently 4.6 degrees at my station in Carlow town with a dewpoint of 3.4. Hard to see even sleet for the front coming in later unless there is a substantial drop. Total precip accum for past 24 hours 3.56mm

Villain · 20-01-2021 12:15pm

My station near Tullow down to 3.7c but Dew Point of 3.1c with just rain!

I think heffoo you should be in luck later in a great part of the country

Danno · 20-01-2021 12:17pm

Temperatures dropped by 0.6c here since 10am when the cold rain got going here.

Currently 3.4c in south Laois.

Temperature dropping more quickly now in a NNW breeze.

Nqp15hhu · 20-01-2021 12:20pm

TTLF wrote: »

rain getting heavier in D14. Evaporative cooling could work out here.

Not in this system. Temps will remain stable

Kermit.de.frog · 20-01-2021 12:21pm

A little further north than was being anticipated. Actually if you're wondering why your temperature may be more reluctant to fall or may even be rising in the far southeast it's because there is actually milder air skirting along there atm which was thought would remain off shore.

In terms of who gets what obviously height will help but clearly Wicklow and higher parts elsewhere are favorite. For lower levels there is no point in forecasts now, you may get some flakes you may not. It's one of those very marginal things.

adocholiday · 20-01-2021 12:23pm

Bucketing down near Rathdrum now not a hint of snow or sleet even

mallards · 20-01-2021 12:23pm

Raining steady now near the Wicklow gap with a little sleet in it.

arctictree · 20-01-2021 12:25pm

Sleet/Snow here in Roundwood. Fairly heavy. +1.5c

Macy0161 · 20-01-2021 12:30pm

Yep, was just about to post, also near Roundwood. Circa 350m - 400m seems to be the snow line from what I can see? Snow seems to be becoming more of the mix.

highdef · 20-01-2021 12:34pm

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Despite what this radar sequence is showing, there hasn't been anything more than a few drops of rain yet in North Kildare, SE of Enfield. The wintery precipitation aloft may be deceiving the radar however the Met Eireann radar imagery looks to be a lot more accurate, as it often is.

ednwireland · 20-01-2021 12:35pm

sun out SW donegal after a foggy start beautiful day

DOCARCH · 20-01-2021 12:38pm

highdef wrote: »

Despite what this radar sequence is showing, there hasn't been anything more than a few drops of rain yet in North Kildare, SE of Enfield. The wintery precipitation aloft may be deceiving the radar however the Met Eireann radar imagery looks to be a lot more accurate, as it often is.

Yeah....I think that radar is 'off'/map no aligned properly.

Moderate rain in Dublin 16. 4.4c atm. Snow symbol is up on Davis now.

Reversal · 20-01-2021 12:47pm

DOCARCH wrote: »

Yeah....I think that radar is 'off'/map no aligned properly.

That’s not very likely. It is quite common for the radar to see precipitation that doesn’t make it to the ground.

In this case it seems to giving the illusion that the front is making it further north than modeled, when that may not be the case at all.

Danno · 20-01-2021 12:49pm

Temperature drop in south Laois has flat-lined.

Currently 3.3c with moderate rain (1.8mm since 9am). Dewpoint ~2.4c

20-01-2021 12:52pm

Danno wrote: »

Temperature drop in south Laois has flat-lined.

Currently 3.3c with moderate rain (1.8mm since 9am). Dewpoint ~2.4c

Dropping here in Arklow
Down almost a degree in the last hour
Currently 4.4c
Wb 3c dp 1.6c

pad199207 · 20-01-2021 12:52pm

Evaporative cooling setting in here in Kildare. Gone from 3.6c down to 2.5c with bits of sleet falling .

heffoo · 20-01-2021 12:56pm

Villain wrote: »

My station near Tullow down to 3.7c but Dew Point of 3.1c with just rain!

I think heffoo you should be in luck later in a great part of the country

Hopefully so, often saw on your weather page you take the trip up here when it snows too if I’m thinking if the right person

mallards · 20-01-2021 12:56pm

Sleet turning to snow near wicks gap. I'm at 267m

Snow watch until Sunday 24th (N,W,SW most at risk)

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