Wintry spell with Snow and Ice warnings week of 20-3-17

Lumi · 21-03-2017 1:04am

redsteveireland wrote: »

Some heavier stuff enroute by the looks of it.
Roads will be dodge in the morning, thankfully I'm off work. OH has her driving test though, that should be fun!

Yep - heavy snow now & sticking

Best of luck to your OH tomorrow - if it's the city test routes the gritters are out in force so it'll be grand.

JCX BXC · 21-03-2017 1:04am

Lumi, you're a mod, you know the rules, pics please

Gaoth Laidir · 21-03-2017 1:09am

Snow showers overnight in the Sligo TAF

TAF EISG 202300Z 2100/2109 25018G28KT 9999 FEW010 SCT030
TEMPO 2100/2109 4000 SHRASN BKN010 SCT018CB
PROB40 TEMPO 2100/2109 3000 SHSN BKN008=

Also, pretty windy now at Donegal Airport

METAR EIDL 210000Z AUTO 28036G47KT 9999 -RA FEW021/// BKN028/// BKN071/// 04/M00 Q0997=

Rougies · 21-03-2017 1:12am

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Met Éireann snow warnings for Knock and Shannon.

Knock EIKN AD WRNG 02 VALID 210100/211400 SNOW FBL 1 TO 3CM FCST =

Shannon EINN AD WRNG 02 VALID 210000/211000 SNOW FBL 1 TO 3CM FCST =

My TAF decoding abilities are limited so I had to look up "FBL".

It stands for "faible" which is the French word for "feeble".

I found that amusing.

JCX BXC · 21-03-2017 1:15am

Temperature now 2.9c here in West Clare, dew -0.5 and no precip.

If the Net Weather radar is to be believed then there should be large amounts of snow around the country at the moment.

jimbobaloobob · 21-03-2017 1:19am

Travelled west out of Galway tonight through many heavy snow and hail showers hope its not as forecast, on the road early in the morning.

Gaoth Laidir · 21-03-2017 1:24am

Rougies wrote: »

My TAF decoding abilities are limited so I had to look up "FBL".

It stands for "faible" which is the French word for "feeble".

I found that amusing.

In that case here are some more for you...

-EICK AD WRNG 01 VALID 202300/210800 FROST FBL GND DEPOSITIONS LIKELY BECMG 210400 FBL GND and Air FCST =

-EIKN AD WRNG 01 VALID 202300/210900 FROST FBL GND DEPOSITIONS LIKELY BECMG 210200 FBL GND and Air CHECK TEXT NEW ENDING ADDED EIDBYBYX=

-EINN AD WRNG 01 VALID 210200/210500 FROST FBL GND AND FBL AIR DEPOSITIONS LIKELY FCST =

-EIDW AD WRNG 01 VALID 210100/210700 FROST FBL GND DEPOSITIONS LIKELY FCST =

-EIME AD WRNG 01 VALID 210100/210700 FROST FBL GND AND FBL AIR DEPOSITIONS LIKELY FCST =

redsteveireland · 21-03-2017 1:28am

Lumi wrote: »

Yep - heavy snow now & sticking
Best of luck to your OH tomorrow - if it's the city test routes the gritters are out in force so it'll be grand.

Thanks, heavy and sticking here but the wind is playing havoc again, blowing it every which way but down.
Actually the first time I have heard a snow shower approach with the sudden increase in wind.

RobertKK · 21-03-2017 1:29am

car, roofs and grass are now white here from snow, north east of Kilkenny City.
Only a dusting, but it looks like it will accumulate over night.

Xenji · 21-03-2017 1:39am

First light dusting of snow in Castlebar, sticking but the shower did not last long, dp - 0.7C.

Oscar Bravo · 21-03-2017 2:34am

Wow! What a shower of hail!! Castlebar

Graces7 · 21-03-2017 6:48am

Battered and bruised by gales and squally gusts but not a snowscene in sight at the front, and still too dark and dreadful to venture round the side of the cottage. I think there was a flake or two in the air as I forced the door closed against the rush of air ..

"On such a night as this..." Getting too old for this, I really am. :eek:

DOCARCH · 21-03-2017 6:55am

Light snow shower here in Dublin 16. 1.9c DP -0.5c

Lucreto · 21-03-2017 7:14am

A light dusting in Naas overnight.

Lumi · 21-03-2017 7:16am

A dusting of snow on roofs and cars in Galway city
Temp 2.0C
DP 0.4C

Graces7 · 21-03-2017 7:55am

A faint, slight dusting atop the mountains here, mostly to the north. Bitter icy wind and those odd navy blue clouds scudding in from the south .

Mint Sauce · 21-03-2017 8:02am

Proper snow fall on Sligo Town.

It's fecking March!!

pad199207 · 21-03-2017 8:10am

Half an inch to an inch on the cars and grass here in Naas

Soccarboy11 · 21-03-2017 8:12am

0 down here in Cork, just wet+ice

. Well that's depressing

Gaoth Laidir · 21-03-2017 8:26am

Light snow shower at Aldergrove but recent freezing rain. Conditions right on the limit.

METAR EGAA 210650Z 23016G26KT 9999 -SHSN SCT008 01/01 Q1000 REFZRA=

pad199207 · 21-03-2017 8:46am

A good inch and a bit on the car this morning in Naas

JCX BXC · 21-03-2017 8:49am

Wet and 3.8c here in West Clare this morning.

Graces7 · 21-03-2017 9:03am

Incredibly lovely out there when viewed from the window.. Scattering of snow in bright sun, fragile wisps of cloud climbing the steep slopes, sky a pattern of blue, cloud, sun, shadow.

LEIN · 21-03-2017 9:03am

Very light dusting in Dublin CC. Mainly on roof tops.

cnocbui · 21-03-2017 9:09am

Started snowing while I was cooking breakfast - Tipp.

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uck51js9zml2yt · 21-03-2017 9:11am

My son came in and told me there was snow in D7.
There was more snow in my freezer than on the car!

konman · 21-03-2017 9:14am

Nothing to report here 5 miles south of tuam. Should have known better. Just don't seem to get snow here when met eireann forecast it.

JCX BXC · 21-03-2017 9:16am

konman wrote: »

Nothing to report here 5 miles south of tuam. Should have known better. Just don't seem to get snow here when met eireann forecast it.

Same story here in West Clare

Mint Sauce · 21-03-2017 9:17am

Looking out the window in Sligo, roof tops, cars and gardens are white. Paving and roads clear. Still could be a fun drive later though.

Pretzill · 21-03-2017 9:55am

Good sustained snowfall coming down here.

South Sligo
90m asl

Gonzo · 21-03-2017 10:40am

absolutely nothing here, not even frost.

pilly · 21-03-2017 10:41am

Pretzill wrote: »

Good sustained snowfall coming down here.

South Sligo
90m asl

Any pics?

Hooter23 · 21-03-2017 10:55am

Hail/Snow and thunder Galway

rabjoshu · 21-03-2017 11:25am

Hooter23 wrote: »

Hail/Snow and thunder Galway

Heavy snow now.

km79 · 21-03-2017 11:49am

Heavy snow shower for last 10 minutes in east galway

Hooter23 · 21-03-2017 11:57am

We must be the only country where we dont get snow all winter but we then get it in spring

only in ireland sure:pac:

redsteveireland · 21-03-2017 12:02pm

Thunderhail in Loughrea!!!

km79 · 21-03-2017 12:04pm

redsteveireland wrote: »

Thunderhail in Loughrea!!!

Missed us in athenry
Just snow

KrakityJones · 21-03-2017 12:05pm

redsteveireland wrote: »

Thunderhail in Loughrea!!!

I thought I imagined that - knew I saw a flash out the corner of my eye. Heard a rumble but it was the same time as a feckin bin truck passed.

Turning white out there now

Kamili · 21-03-2017 12:07pm

give us snow starved dudes and dudettes on the east coast some pics

Sunny and bright here in Dublin 16. Cold and breezy. Washing hanging out and drying nicely.

redsteveireland · 21-03-2017 12:12pm

Proper heavy snow now in Loughrea! Driving test cancelled!

KrakityJones · 21-03-2017 12:19pm

Here ya go (sorry tried embedding but didn't work)

https://ibb.co/nA1uBF
https://ibb.co/cbXedv

Samsgirl · 21-03-2017 12:22pm

Glen of Aherlow, Co.Tipp

highdef · 21-03-2017 12:23pm

KrakityJones wrote: »

Here ya go (sorry tried embedding but didn't work)

https://ibb.co/nA1uBF
https://ibb.co/cbXedv

Great pics.....radar returns are showing that area of precip to be rather large and very heavy in places. You seem to be doing well. Do you know what height above sea level you are at?

KrakityJones · 21-03-2017 12:31pm

highdef wrote: »

Great pics.....radar returns are showing that area of precip to be rather large and very heavy in places. You seem to be doing well. Do you know what height above sea level you are at?

Around 85/90M ASL I think. Still going here, longest snow shower I can remember in a long time

pauldry · 21-03-2017 12:33pm

snowed this morning in Sligo for our usual 1 hour morning Winter/Spring fall.

Still snow possible anywhere in next 2 or 3 days though less likely in West than East

The East Coast could get snowfall tonight especially Wicklow

I dunno how to put pics on here. Why cant you just share like other sites.

Anyways my one pic is on my site http://weathergossip.blogspot.com

Others have me kids in them so I left them out

highdef · 21-03-2017 12:36pm

KrakityJones wrote: »

Around 85/90M ASL I think. Still going here, longest snow shower I can remember in a long time

Exact same elevation as me so that means there is still hope. How's it looking now?

The precip is arriving in Mullingar now so will be interesting to hear back what's falling (and hopefully sticking) there.

dinorebel · 21-03-2017 12:43pm

Intermittent heavy snow showers here in Letterkenny for the last hour.

blast06 · 21-03-2017 12:43pm

That big blob over the midlands on the rainfall radar is snow. Ground white in Athlone. Meath and Louth should get an hours worth from it

KrakityJones · 21-03-2017 12:45pm

highdef wrote: »

Exact same elevation as me so that means there is still hope. How's it looking now?

The precip is arriving in Mullingar now so will be interesting to hear back what's falling (and hopefully sticking) there.

It's still going but much lighter now, sky starting to brighten up also so think that's the end of it for now. It's starting to melt already from the road but still on the grass. Ah well, was nice while it lasted, hopefully we'll get a bit more later

Wintry spell with Snow and Ice warnings week of 20-3-17

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