Heavy Snow - Midlands, West, North 5 - 15cm+

downwiththatsor · 23-02-2010 10:06pm

Heavy Sleet / Wet snow in Kerry at the mo, BBC graphic shows rain turning to snow tomorrow night over the south, for all those further north and away from the east coast getting snow tonight this heavier stuff might be a sign of heavier stuff to come

Harps · 23-02-2010 10:07pm

Still waiting..

Looking at raintoday it seems to reach teh Donegal border then just break up for some reason. Slowly getting closer but I've got to get up tomorrow so it best be here before 12 at the latest!

danni2 · 23-02-2010 10:13pm

Been snowing here since around 2 today, mainly light to moderate snow with a few heavy burst, but sadly it looks like the snow is slowly coming to an end here, snow is starting to get wetter with some rain mixed in now and the snow on the ground is beginning to thaw:(. However im delighted of the outcome today and I have to say Evelyns forecast was pretty much spot on for today.

One more thing is i'm heading to London tomorrow so I won't be here if the snow returns over the next few days. Congrats to all who got snow today and hopefully there will be more to come:)

snow ghost · 23-02-2010 10:14pm

nacho libre wrote: »

same here too. hard to see that 3-5 cm accumulation warning being accurate for lower ground unless there is a band of heavier snow to come.

I'm just getting rain now for the last while, tonight's looking like a bit of a damp squid to be honest, unless something changes radically and I'm not confident it will. You might be lucky inland.

On a positive note it looks like the North may be in for a good blast... at least someone will get it!

irish1967 · 23-02-2010 10:14pm

Harps. If ye read back at my posts it's been sitting there for flipping hours. I am being to think it will not get to us at all !

wild handlin · 23-02-2010 10:15pm

Hi all,

Been trying to snow here outside Enniskillen for the past hour or so, some flakes blowing about in the wind - wouldn't call it "snowing" though!! Any of the flakes which have hit ground have melted on impact!!

I will report here if things improve!!

irish1967 · 23-02-2010 10:25pm

Yesssssssssssssssssssssss!

Those here all day knows what that means

nacho libre · 23-02-2010 10:29pm

snow ghost wrote: »

I'm just getting rain now for the last while, tonight's looking like a bit of a damp squid to be honest, unless something changes radically and I'm not confident it will. You might be lucky inland.

On a positive note it looks like the North may be in for a good blast... at least someone will get it!

just very light grains of wet snow here. i can't see it getting heavier here and if it does it's due to turn back to rain soon enough anyway. perhaps it will intensify the further north it goes. irish1967 deserves it for his patience:) anyway it was nice to see snow fall here, especially when last night it looked like there would be none at all!

Oscar Bravo · 23-02-2010 10:31pm

snow/sleet in Castlebar,1c,grass,cars covered.roads-fine.knock airport is covered in snow,then again its over 600ft.

irish1967 · 23-02-2010 10:33pm

Very light here also. But all I wanted was 1 flake and I got it. Very small and I called him Bosco in memory of Eugene Lambert who died today !

snowjon · 23-02-2010 10:34pm

wild handlin wrote: »

Hi all,

Been trying to snow here outside Enniskillen for the past hour or so, some flakes blowing about in the wind - wouldn't call it "snowing" though!! Any of the flakes which have hit ground have melted on impact!!

I will report here if things improve!!

At least you have snow! It's sleet here at best :rolleyes:

wild handlin · 23-02-2010 10:36pm

snowjon wrote: »

At least you have snow! It's sleet here at best :rolleyes:

Oh dear, well I doubt it's goin to get much heavier here to be honest. Been a few flakes floating round in the wind - none of whoch are sticking to the ground.
Mine you - still have snow here from last week's 6 1/2 inch down-pour in 4 hours!! :pac:

Not · 23-02-2010 10:37pm

On way back up form Cork this evening, I stopped in Port Laoise for half an hour, leaving there a little over an hour ago. As I was there the heavy sleet I had been driving through for the previous hour which had showed no signs of sticking on the roads, turned to snow and started accumulating quickly on the roads, even on the M7. A few miles north, it was back to non stick sleet, and nearer Dublin rain. It seems the blue on the radar is rain/sleet, and the yellow is snow capable of accumulation.

nacho libre · 23-02-2010 10:38pm

gerry murphy just committed to milder weather next week. it's interesting he committed to it so far out. i wonder will that mean milder due to a hp sitting over us or milder due to the jet stream pushing back up over us??

anyways it looks game over for lieing snow here tonight, as the heavier precipitation seem to be more to the north midlands and is now pushing north.

John mac · 23-02-2010 10:52pm

irish1967 wrote: »

Very light here also. But all I wanted was 1 flake and I got it. Very small and I called him Bosco in memory of Eugene Lambert who died today !

Quick break out the cam again. Get the flood lights on.

Min · 23-02-2010 10:53pm

nacho libre wrote: »

gerry murphy just committed to milder weather next week. it's interesting he committed to it so far out. i wonder will that mean milder due to a hp sitting over us or milder due to the jet stream pushing back up over us??

anyways it looks game over for lieing snow here tonight, as the heavier precipitation seem to be more to the north midlands and is now pushing north.

This is not having a go at Met Eireann as I have a lot of respect for them. They have given longer range predictions in the past only for things to change and it is indeed interesting Gerry Murphy committed to it so early.

snaps · 23-02-2010 10:53pm

its snowing at old trafford!lovely snow there!

irish1967 · 23-02-2010 10:54pm

Lol. Been here on the iPhone for the past 2 hours. No cam I'm afraid.

Harps · 23-02-2010 10:56pm

Started here as well, only pathetic little thinks that barely class as snowflakes but at least its a start:D

nacho libre · 23-02-2010 10:59pm

Min wrote: »

This is not having a go at Met Eireann as I have a lot of respect for them. They have given longer range predictions in the past only for things to change and it is indeed interesting Gerry Murphy committed to it so early.

he has access to data we can't see so he must see some sign of things changing, but one thing is for sure he wouldn't commit to it getting colder this far out based on one run.

wild handlin · 23-02-2010 10:59pm

Harps wrote: »

Started here as well, only pathetic little thinks that barely class as snowflakes but at least its a start:D

Been the same here for the past 2 hours or so in Enniskillen!! :rolleyes:

Not · 23-02-2010 11:07pm

Did Naas or Newbridge see snow out of that precip band, or was it only Port Laoise ? There seems to a suspicious lack of snow reports from areas north of Port Laoise.

pistolpetes11 · 23-02-2010 11:14pm

Not wrote: »

Did Naas or Newbridge see snow out of that precip band, or was it only Port Laoise ? There seems to a suspicious lack of snow reports from areas north of Port Laoise.

Sleet when I was looking out about half an hour ago, Il stick the head out now

Newbridge got nothing but sleet and rain

irish1967 · 23-02-2010 11:17pm

Very light small sleet here now. Can still see the moon so cloud really hasn't reached here at all yet.

wild handlin · 23-02-2010 11:18pm

irish1967 wrote: »

Very light small sleet here now. Can still see the moon so cloud really hasn't reached here at all yet.

Not really much to reach you irish1967 by the looks of what we got here in Enniskillen. Looked out there, and it's now raining with some snow-flakes thrown in!!

Gonzo · 23-02-2010 11:26pm

the heavy rain of the past few hours has just turned back to sleet here with the odd very wet snowflake coming out of it. If it does turn back to full snow not a chance of it sticking, everywhere is soaking wet and partily flooded.

IrishHomer · 23-02-2010 11:33pm

Gonzo wrote: »

the heavy rain of the past few hours has just turned back to sleet here with the odd very wet snowflake coming out of it. If it does turn back to full snow not a chance of it sticking, everywhere is soaking wet and partily flooded.

anything is possible.

You obviously don't remember Paddys eve night in the 1980's?

I went to bed on a night exactly like this one with pissing heavy rain and no mention on the forecasts of snow.

Next morning got up early to see a full blown blizzard with 3ft drifts and roads cut offf!

I foget which year exactly but i think it was about 1980

elainee40 · 23-02-2010 11:42pm

Pic of snow in portlaoise at about 8.30 this evening.

Heyes · 23-02-2010 11:47pm

IrishHomer wrote: »

anything is possible.

You obviously don't remember Paddys eve night in the 1980's?

I went to bed on a night exactly like this one with pissing heavy rain and no mention on the forecasts of snow.

Next morning got up early to see a full blown blizzard with 3ft drifts and roads cut offf!

I foget which year exactly but i think it was about 1980

I'd love if it was like that when i got up. At the moment its soaking wet outside after all the rain.

Quail · 23-02-2010 11:47pm

Some comments on radar coverage suggest that people need to be careful when viewing the scans.
1. The radar signal in its original form is an analog signal so there can and are noticeable differences between adjacent radar sites at the interface region. Further information is required if you are to conclude which radar site is "correct" i.e. its raining in the interface region and one radar reports rainfall and the other doesn't.
2. When the Irish data is fed to the UK network it can be "adjusted" to give incorrect data. This can be seen today if you compare the UK radar data for 1630 on the UKMO site with the Met.ie site for 1630 where there are no red echoes but are on the UK network.
3. Always use radar data with caution and use other information before concluding anything.

Vizual Pics · 24-02-2010 12:32am

Snow in Mayo has been abit of a non event, not living up to the predictions from charts/Met E, etc...it seems to have drifted further east than was expected? Cant see it swinging back into the Northwest now at this stage....

delw · 24-02-2010 12:35am

irish1967 wrote: »

Yesssssssssssssssssssssss!

Those here all day knows what that means

congrats irish1967,long day for u,hope its works out to b a good event for uz all,rain here all nite:mad:

irish1967 · 24-02-2010 12:39am

Donegal here complete non event so far. Just light spitting rain. At this stage it would appear that all sources except the accuweather app on my phone were wrong and not just slightly.

nacho libre · 24-02-2010 12:44am

light sleet here now. a non event really. as there was never any heavy snow at any stage here. i hope those further north get some decent falls overnight.

faktisperminute · 24-02-2010 12:53am

I live 15 min away from knock airport got nothing special so far had a light sleet shower for 30 min then stopped is that all?

:eek:

nacho libre · 24-02-2010 1:01am

faktisperminute wrote: »

I live 15 min away from knock airport got nothing special far had a light sleet shower for 30 min then stopped is that it? :eek:

knock airport is suppose to have a nice covering but then again it's 600 foot above sea level. this situation is certainly a letdown compared to the snow we got to end the so called "big freeze", which was meant to turn quickly back to rain.
i had 13 hours of snow that day!

djhaxman · 24-02-2010 1:12am

Snowing hard here in Monaghan and has been for the last 90 mins or so. Ground nicely covered.

faktisperminute · 24-02-2010 1:12am

nacho libre wrote: »

knock airport is suppose to have a nice covering but then again it's 600 foot above sea level. this situation is certainly a letdown compared to the snow we got to end the so called "big freeze", which was meant to turn quickly back to rain.
i had 13 hours of snow that day!

same here , yeah it was great !:D

snow ghost · 24-02-2010 1:12am

I have to say this was personally the most disappointing non-event of non-events.

That said I still keep the faith that Mother nature could turn around and suprise me at any moment... so my glass remains half-full - even if it is half-full of bloody rain water!

irish1967 · 24-02-2010 1:17am

snow ghost wrote: »

I have to say this was personally the most disappointing non-event of non-events.

That said I still keep the faith that Mother nature could turn around and suprise me at any moment... so my glass remains half-full - even if it is half-full of bloody rain water!

+1

nacho libre · 24-02-2010 1:18am

proper big flakes now:D. far too wet to stick, but nice to see proper snow for the first time today.

K-9 · 24-02-2010 1:48am

irish1967 wrote: »

+1

BBC NI Map seems to be putting it from about 6 on, now!.

BBC Weather | Londonderry

pistolpetes11 · 24-02-2010 2:05am

Lashing rain in newbridge, with a dp of 1.8 not much more can be expected , temp is 2.8!

Did someone mnetion something about Friday being a day to watch

snaps · 24-02-2010 6:32am

snowing very heavy with big flakes here. not really sticking on the ground as its too wet now. A nice covering on the car though.

irish1967 · 24-02-2010 8:03am

Not a sausage!!

green all around.

ch750536 · 24-02-2010 9:01am

Si I had a couple of inches fall yesterday, after lunch. Last night it was raining heavy but the snow is still there.

Slightly less, I'd say about an inch of snow on the ground, no ice either...

Like the rain didn't happen but it definately did.

hotwhiskey · 24-02-2010 9:02am

I woke up around half 4 looked out about 2in on the ground and snowing. I got for work at 7.30 look out it raining and melting fast.

nacho libre · 24-02-2010 9:20am

still snowing here. there would have been decent accumulations if it all stuck.

pistolpetes11 · 24-02-2010 10:06am

MT's report for the next few days does not look too bad ,

Every week I think to myself thats it now , back to our usual mild muck but it just keeps tipping on with this cold trend .

Hopefully the next few days provide us with our last hurrah

force eleven · 24-02-2010 10:13am

Someone said the bould Gerry Murphy was going for milder weather next week...

http://www.wzkarten3.de/pics/MT8_Dublin_ens.png

Ensembles beg to differ...below average throughout.

Heavy Snow - Midlands, West, North 5 - 15cm+

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