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Snow-ice Warning : Wednesday 27 Dec. 2017 21:00 to Fri 29 Dec 10.00

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  • #32
    JanuarySnowstor
    Registered Users Posts: 2,881 ✭✭✭JanuarySnowstor


    Their initial warning was way over the top.
    This one sounds about right.
    Any risk of snowfall looks like being in the south west only aka Cork......lol


  • #33
    Pretzill
    Registered Users Posts: 4,683 ✭✭✭Pretzill


    Had hail on and off today which has left a white frost underfoot. Very icy out - and really cold can see the predicted snowfall here - there should at least be an ice warning I'd imagine the backroads will be treacherous in the morning.

    South Sligo
    90m asl


  • #34
    pad199207
    Registered Users Posts: 7,115 ✭✭✭pad199207


    Glad I didn’t get excited with that earlier Warning from Met Eireann


  • #35
    George Sunsnow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,043 ✭✭✭George Sunsnow


    Yeah for a start southeasterly winds whipping in the milder air more quickly
    It’s awful difficult to cover bases


  • #36
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,097 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    No mention of snow in any of the just issued TAF's in Ireland.

    Dublin and Shannon only mention rain, Knock and Cork have a mention of sleet.


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  • #37
    Gaoth Laidir
    Registered Users Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    Aerodrome warnings. Severe ground frost at Cork

    Shannon EINN AD WRNG 01 VALID 271900/281100 FROST FBL GND DEPOSITIONS LIKELY BECMG 2300Z MOD GND and FBL Air FCST =

    Casement EIME AD WRNG 01 VALID 271800/281000 FROST FBL GND DEPOSITIONS LIKELY BECMG 0000Z MOD GND and FBL Air FCST =

    Cork EICK AD WRNG 01 VALID 271800/281100 FROST FBL GND DEPOSITIONS LIKELY BECMG 0000Z SEV GND and MOD Air FCST =

    Dublin EIDW AD WRNG 01 VALID 271800/281100 FROST FBL GND DEPOSITIONS LIKELY BECMG 0000Z MOD GND and FBL Air CHECK TEXT NEW ENDING ADDED EIDBYBYX=

    Knock EIKN AD WRNG 02 VALID 271800/281100 FROST FBL GND DEPOSITIONS LIKELY BECMG 0000Z SEV GND and MOD Air FCST =


  • #38
    ZX7R
    Registered Users Posts: 3,426 ✭✭✭ZX7R


    Looks like a lack of perception rather than lack of cold caused the change in met eairann yellow warning


  • #39
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users Posts: 6,143 ✭✭✭munsterlegend


    JanuarySnowstor wrote: »
    Their initial warning was way over the top.
    This one sounds about right.
    Any risk of snowfall looks like being in the south west only aka Cork......lol

    Kerry would fit that description as well. Probably same old story with snow confined generally to higher areas.


  • #40
    pad199207
    Registered Users Posts: 7,115 ✭✭✭pad199207


    George Sunsnow wrote: »
    Yeah for a start southeasterly winds whipping in the milder air more quickly
    It’s awful difficult to cover bases


    This island is cursed when it comes to winter


  • #41
    barney 20v
    Registered Users Posts: 979 ✭✭✭barney 20v


    pad199207 wrote: »
    This island is cursed when it comes to winter

    Snow is a pain in the a## after the initial fun involved .

    I love the novelty of it but it causes great hardships and danger for people living in rural communities.

    Be thankful for our ( normally ) mild & wet winters.


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  • #42
    pad199207
    Registered Users Posts: 7,115 ✭✭✭pad199207


    2010 was absolutely amazing and I willl never forget it, but has it raised our expectations of every following winter?

    Every winter since has been absolute torture


  • #43
    redsteveireland
    Registered Users Posts: 3,033 ✭✭✭redsteveireland


    barney 20v wrote: »
    Snow is a pain in the a## after the initial fun involved .

    I love the novelty of it but it causes great hardships and danger for people living in rural communities.

    Be thankful for our ( normally ) mild & wet winters.

    Thats fighting talk around here.
    I would welcome a decent snowfall, people always figure out a way to deal with difficult situations. It's called life, you have to get on with it as you sure as hell can't do anything about it.


  • #44
    fraxinus1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 240 ✭✭fraxinus1


    Yet again the initial weather warnings were way over the top. People becoming immune. I was talking to the brother earlier and as they all know I’m always talking about the weather and when I said there was a chance of some snow tomorrow and a warning issued, he just rolled his eyes. And true to recent form, warnings have been withdrawn.

    Why would a warning for less than 3cm of snow even be necessary?


  • #45
    degsie
    Registered Users Posts: 8,727 ✭✭✭degsie


    redsteveireland wrote: »
    Thats fighting talk around here.
    I would welcome a decent snowfall, people always figure out a way to deal with difficult situations. It's called life, you have to get on with it as you sure as hell can't do anything about it.

    Just think for a moment about farmers and people in the emergency services who have to deal with difficult snowy conditions. While you are gleefully building your snowman they are dealing with less than optimal conditions.


  • #46
    pauldry
    Registered Users Posts: 6,872 ✭✭✭pauldry


    Just drove through snow covered ungritted roads from Kilkelly to Tubbercurry. It took me an hour to do 30 miles.


  • #47
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users Posts: 23,434 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    hirlamuk-1-21-0.png?28-04

    Some inconsistency on how far north the precip/snowfall gets and intensity.


  • #48
    Villain
    Registered Users Posts: 15,944 ✭✭✭✭Villain


    Hit -4.6c at my station in Tullow


  • #49
    UpTheHillFrom
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭UpTheHillFrom


    -0.9 at 8am in North Wexford


  • #50
    tupenny
    Registered Users Posts: 1,439 ✭✭✭tupenny


    -2 north Kildare
    Praying for snow


  • #51
    Villain
    Registered Users Posts: 15,944 ✭✭✭✭Villain


    Peaked at -4.9c


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  • #52
    Gaoth Laidir
    Registered Users Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    https://twitter.com/MetEireann/status/946303067410051072


  • #53
    Gaoth Laidir
    Registered Users Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    Of the 12 airports on the island of Ireland, only Knock and Kerry mention sleet in their TAFS. The others have rain.

    The 12Z aviation chart shows the front lying across Kerry, moving E at 10 kts, with moderate rain and isolated sleet (snow on mountains).


  • #54
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users Posts: 6,143 ✭✭✭munsterlegend


    Gaoth Laidir wrote: »
    Of the 12 airports on the island of Ireland, only Knock and Kerry mention sleet in their TAFS. The others have rain.

    The 12Z aviation chart shows the front lying across Kerry, with moderate rain and isolated sleet (snow on mountains).

    Judging by the lack of reports on here further west it must be rain/sleet. Cloudy and cold in north cork but probably the usual rain.


  • #55
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users Posts: 23,434 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    According to Hirlam model the rain currently in to the southwest should be transitioning to snow early this afternoon but remaining as rain on Atlantic coasts.

    hirlamuk-42-12-0.png?28-04


  • #56
    Captain Snow
    Registered Users Posts: 600 ✭✭✭Captain Snow


    Here comes the Snow.....

    psvt2.png


  • #57
    Gaoth Laidir
    Registered Users Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    According to Hirlam model the rain currently in to the southwest should be transitioning to snow early this afternoon but remaining as rain on Atlantic coasts.

    hirlamuk-42-12-0.png?28-04

    That's possible alright. The airports are all mostly around the coastal counties. Current inland temp/dp/cloudbase suggest good scope for evaporative cooling inland, though the aviation chart suggests not.


  • #58
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users Posts: 6,143 ✭✭✭munsterlegend


    It should be raining/sleet here in north cork going by the radars but nothing at all at the moment.


  • #59
    ednwireland
    Registered Users Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    Roads gritted at 6pm in the rain no sign of the until after 8am this morning. Do they even know how grit works.

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



  • #60
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,097 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Gaoth Laidir wrote: »
    Of the 12 airports on the island of Ireland, only Knock and Kerry mention sleet in their TAFS. The others have rain.

    The 12Z aviation chart shows the front lying across Kerry, moving E at 10 kts, with moderate rain and isolated sleet (snow on mountains).

    Cork airports TAF has sleet.

    Currently 2.8c and raining here in West Clare, overnight low of 1.6c . Shall temperatures drop here later?


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  • #61
    George Sunsnow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,043 ✭✭✭George Sunsnow


    Overnight low here near Arklow of -2.7c
    Rising rapidly enough now in beautiful rising sun and a slight NW breeze
    Currently 1.5c dewpoint -0.9c

    If the precip reaches here later,I’m expecting rain in a SE breeze but if it’s still westerly maybe something more wintry
    I think the latter unlikely though


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