Turning Colder Thursday - Wintry Showers/Snow to High Ground

Donegal Storm · 03-12-2020 1:09am

Nqp15hhu wrote: »

The temperature is steady at 3.8c, WB is 2.8c.

I am not very hopeful, I don’t think it is going to happen tonight. It is a very “weak” cold spell for this time of the year, normally we would see snow fall by December.

I need to build a house at 2,000 feet.

I think I can probably count on one hand the number of times I've ever seen any real snowfall by December and I live in Donegal.

Lots of hail showers here all day today but just the bog standard stuff we always get at this time of year, not particularly heavy and no thunder. I can't say the prospect a bit of wet slush fills me with excitement so no plans on staying up for anything, would be nice to wake up to a dusting

pauldry · 03-12-2020 1:31am

If the cold spell stays with us for the next 2 weeks we may see some snow before we are done.

Nqp15hhu · 03-12-2020 2:13am

We are making progress gradually. WB is 1.5c.

Graces7 · 03-12-2020 5:48am

Nqp15hhu wrote: »

There was large clumps of icy rain in that last shower which bodes well for later considering how high the dew point is.

Grateful to be reminded where you are please? Thank you

Graces7 · 03-12-2020 5:54am

A ferociously wild and loud night. Waves crashing on the rocks, heavy rain? hail ? on the roof and windows, and the howling wind.

Very little rest to be had.

No idea what like it is out there until light deigns to bless us. The drive is clear as I have had to let cats in and out.

But yes, very very cold. Wrapped up like a Christmas parcel here.

After a quiet spell, a heavy, quieter shower now but the wind has eased. Still sounds like "just rain" .

West Mayo offshore

Graces7 · 03-12-2020 6:39am

Ferocious rhythmic noise from the nearby shore; still over an hour to high tide.

The wind has dropped and a pause in precipitation.

I will inspect at first light and check the far mountain tops

met ie forecast for Connacht is fierce. Time to lag the gas pipe etc... The week ahead is a bitter one.

Wrap up warm, folks!

Inspector Dhar · 03-12-2020 7:31am

Graces7 wrote: »

Ferocious rhythmic noise from the nearby shore; still over an hour to high tide.

The wind has dropped and a pause in precipitation.

I will inspect at first light and check the far mountain tops

met ie forecast for Connacht is fierce. Time to lag the gas pipe etc... The week ahead is a bitter one.

Wrap up warm, folks!

I love your posts, Grace. Stay safe & warm.

highdef · 03-12-2020 7:40am

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Since Met Éireann won't allow posting of their aviation charts, I've made up my own version. Valid at 00Z.

The black dashed lines show the freezing level, in feet. A showery trough lies across Ulster and the northwest, moving eastwards at 20 knots. An occlusion further north moves southeastwards at 20 knots.

The weather shows the coverage of showers and the visibility on the first line, with the types of showers in the second line.

OCNL=Occasional
ISOL=Isolated

+SHRA=heavy rain showers
-SHRA=light rain showers
SHRASN=moderate sleet showers
SHRAGS=moderate rain/small hail showers
TSRA=thunderstorms with rain, etc...

Just looking at satellite imagery and there's a developing area of defined comma shaped cloud moving south, possibly slightly east of south. It's current position is well south of Iceland and a few hundred kilometers northwest of scotland. In your well made chart from yesterday evening (above), you have an occlusion in a similar position to the area of cloud currently heading south but over 6 hours earlier @00:00, moving south east at near 40km/h. Is the area of cloud in the satellite imagery (below) this morning the same occlusion but very delayed or is it something else? Based on your chart from yesterday, I would expect the occlusion to be overland by now.

Graces7 · 03-12-2020 7:42am

[QUOT E=Inspector Dhar;115497067]I love your posts, Grace. Stay safe & warm.[/QUOTE]

Thank you. I have waited literally decades to live islanded like this and am blessed by it..

Heavy rain out there. Waiting for daylight to see what is what. The tide is about to turn.

Pangea · 03-12-2020 8:52am

Glen Gesh Pass in Donegal is white but passable at the moment so I hear. First reported snowfall?

Supercell · 03-12-2020 9:07am

Work colleague in Glasgow sent this just now..
He hates it, life's not fair!

03-12-2020 9:14am

Top of a mountain somewhere near Barnesmore Gap, Donegal. About 10 mins ago.

Graces7 · 03-12-2020 9:27am

Breathtakingly snowy mountains and a long way down the sides. It is still falling atop and clouds draped thereon. Eerie ….

The most I have seen in my years here. Dramatic.

There is a strange roaring over the ocean and a deep chill.

I will try for photos later when the light is better; but any more serious falls now will come to lower levels

Not too far away....

Hoping this spreads! ENJOY!

West Mayo offshore.

screamer · 03-12-2020 9:30am

Wet snow fall about 2 miles further up the plateau here, it didn't stick but lovely to see, I must check the ASL height, but it's really high up there, with 5 counties on view. kilkenny/laois border

Gaoth Laidir · 03-12-2020 9:34am

highdef wrote: »

Just looking at satellite imagery and there's a developing area of defined comma shaped cloud moving south, possibly slightly east of south. It's current position is well south of Iceland and a few hundred kilometers northwest of scotland. In your well made chart from yesterday evening (above), you have an occlusion in a similar position to the area of cloud currently heading south but over 6 hours earlier @00:00, moving south east at near 40km/h. Is the area of cloud in the satellite imagery (below) this morning the same occlusion but very delayed or is it something else? Based on your chart from yesterday, I would expect the occlusion to be overland by now.

The 06Z chart had that occlusion still lying along the northern Hebrides but the 12Z chart has it lying over the country, from Northern Antrim to Athlone to Valentia. There is another one followijg behind to the west of the Hebrides, moving southeastwards at 20 kt.

The 2000-ft zero line shifts further south to lie just along the southern Cork coast. The 1000-ft line still lying NE-SW along 60N 15W.

The weather still only gives rain/hail/sleet showers, with heavy snow showers only in the Scottish mountains.

I will draw that and the 18Z chart later.

03-12-2020 9:49am

Himself has sent me a better one!

lawred2 · 03-12-2020 9:59am

Fairly standard morning in Dublin

CountNjord · 03-12-2020 10:20am

Cold sleety raininy wet here in East Clare, no sign of any sneachta on the hills back towards east of the M18.

I thought Gallows hill would have a sprinkle, but nothing to see.

Throughout the day it might get colder and it'll change colour...

highdef · 03-12-2020 10:28am

Dublin Airport appears at first glance to be very close to snow territory. Both the 08:00 and 09:00 reporting a temperature of 2c and DP of 1c.

Of course, there is currently a lack of precipitation to go with that.

Pangea · 03-12-2020 10:39am

It's snowing here in SW Donegal , proper flakes

Stop the count...

Rodar08 · 03-12-2020 10:46am

Mountain road Carndonagh Donegal ❄️❄️❄️ I’m not on it but my sister is. Small flakes of sleety rain falling in Buncrana now. Could this be the winter we’ve been waiting for ðŸ˜¬ðŸ˜¬ðŸ˜¬

redsteveireland · 03-12-2020 10:58am

Snow reports from low lieing areas of Galway, Turloughmore, Monivea. Some sticking but turning lighter again.

redsteveireland · 03-12-2020 11:08am

This bodes well if we continue to get showers, as temperatures are set to drop further, although shower activity looks like it will reduce as the day goes on.

Nqp15hhu · 03-12-2020 11:12am

Well guys that was a flop. We had a frost but all the showers cleared away when it got cold enough for snow.

You can see the localised effect of this event. The hills to my south have nothing on them but to my north do.

I have gone hiking. There is a thin covering above 700 feet. Bitterly cold in wind.

Waste of time event.

Nqp15hhu · 03-12-2020 11:15am

It is trying to snow right now

Cluedo Monopoly · 03-12-2020 11:16am

Nqp15hhu wrote: »

Well guys that was a flop. We had a frost but all the showers cleared away when it got cold enough for snow.

You can see the localised effect of this event. The hills to my south have nothing on them but to my north do.

I have gone hiking. There is a thin covering above 700 feet. Bitterly cold in wind.

Waste of time event.

Where are you hiking?

Nqp15hhu · 03-12-2020 11:16am

Snow

Nqp15hhu · 03-12-2020 11:17am

Snow shower

Nqp15hhu · 03-12-2020 11:19am

Snow shower

Nqp15hhu · 03-12-2020 11:22am

I think it’s -1c

CrowdedHouse · 03-12-2020 11:23am

Where?

03-12-2020 11:27am

Snow shower in north Sligo.

Nqp15hhu · 03-12-2020 11:30am

I got up at the crack of dawn thinking this snow would melt but it’s actually frozen solid and crunchy underneath.

highdef · 03-12-2020 11:33am

Nqp15hhu wrote: »

Well guys that was a flop. We had a frost but all the showers cleared away when it got cold enough for snow.

You can see the localised effect of this event. The hills to my south have nothing on them but to my north do.

I have gone hiking. There is a thin covering above 700 feet. Bitterly cold in wind.

Waste of time event.

Why has it been a flop and waste of time? Snow was only forecast on high ground, as per the title of this thread. Anything at low levels would likely be rather localised. The forecast has been pretty much spot on so far. You've travelled to high ground to get your snow fix.....the high ground where snow was forecast to fall and stick, above 200m in your case, in your part of the country wherever that is.

You're probably one of only a few people in the country who is going for a walk on lying snow yet you also seem to be saying that it's a waste of time.

Snow line is dropping and there are some beefy showers that should arrive in from the Atlantic with the west and north getting the lion's share. I can only assume that you are in the north or west. Can you give any indication as to what part of the country you are in.....the name of the nearest town or mountain at time of posting would be very much welcomed by readers here who only know that you are over 200m ASL somewhere in Ireland.

Graces7 · 03-12-2020 11:33am

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

Where?

Been asking this for days!

Graces7 · 03-12-2020 11:36am

We have " snail".. an icy mix of snow and hail all along the path here.

The ocean is still making a roaring sound...

West Mayo offshore

Goldfinch8 · 03-12-2020 11:37am

Nephin and some of the Mayo hills woke up to their first dusting of the season this morning.

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ednwireland · 03-12-2020 11:39am

my field this morning, just stopped snowing again now sw donegal

Supercell · 03-12-2020 11:40am

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

Where?

I think he/she is near/in Derry.

squarecircles · 03-12-2020 11:43am

Snow

Xenji · 03-12-2020 11:57am

Some brief sleet showers in Castlebar in the last half hour.

gordongekko · 03-12-2020 11:57am

Snow in Mayo

amen · 03-12-2020 11:57am

Snow flurries in Athenry but not sticking :-(

Oscar Bravo · 03-12-2020 12:04pm

Status Yellow - Snow/Ice warning for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo

Met Éireann Weather Warning

Wintry showers today (Thursday) and overnight (Thursday night) with falls of hail, sleet and snow. Icy stretches and accumulations of snow in some areas.

Valid: 10:00 Thursday 03/12/2020 to 07:00 Friday 04/12/2020

Issued: 10:00 Thursday

Nqp15hhu · 03-12-2020 12:18pm

ednwireland wrote: »

my field this morning, just stopped snowing again now sw donegal

The event is VERY localised. I have never seen anything like it. There are hills two miles a part, one with two cm, another with nothing.

You must be at a relatively high elevation.

Nqp15hhu · 03-12-2020 12:20pm

highdef wrote: »

Why has it been a flop and waste of time? Snow was only forecast on high ground, as per the title of this thread. Anything at low levels would likely be rather localised. The forecast has been pretty much spot on so far. You've travelled to high ground to get your snow fix.....the high ground where snow was forecast to fall and stick, above 200m in your case, in your part of the country wherever that is.

You're probably one of only a few people in the country who is going for a walk on lying snow yet you also seem to be saying that it's a waste of time.

Snow line is dropping and there are some beefy showers that should arrive in from the Atlantic with the west and north getting the lion's share. I can only assume that you are in the north or west. Can you give any indication as to what part of the country you are in.....the name of the nearest town or mountain at time of posting would be very much welcomed by readers here who only know that you are over 200m ASL somewhere in Ireland.

I think it was the marginality and the saturation that was the issue. Temps sat at 2c for hours last night but did not fall to 0c until the morning after the showers had cleared.

The snow line is around 700 feet but the frozen snow line, as in the snow that won’t melt today is about 1,000 feet.

I don’t think there will be any low level snow showers today. It is warming up.

Donegal Storm · 03-12-2020 12:32pm

Supercell wrote: »

I think he/she is near/in Derry.

Coleraine perhaps..

The hills are all white in the distance here in Donegal but nothing more than some sleety showers locally, lying snow level looks to be around 300m

redsteveireland · 03-12-2020 1:04pm

Donegal Storm wrote: »

Coleraine perhaps..

The hills are all white in the distance here in Donegal but nothing more than some sleety showers locally, lying snow level looks to be around 300m

If you know, you know

Graces7 · 03-12-2020 1:20pm

Al the mountains now are thick with heavy snow -heavy clouds.. it that filters down lower.

Gaoth Laidir · 03-12-2020 1:33pm

Nqp15hhu wrote: »

I think it was the marginality and the saturation that was the issue. Temps sat at 2c for hours last night but did not fall to 0c until the morning after the showers had cleared.

The snow line is around 700 feet but the frozen snow line, as in the snow that won’t melt today is about 1,000 feet.

I don’t think there will be any low level snow showers today. It is warming up.

Why the big mystery about your location? You were kindly asked several times where your reports are from, yet you deliberately refuse to say. Not sure what your thinking is but it's certainly not appreciated.

Turning Colder Thursday - Wintry Showers/Snow to High Ground

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