Snow Red alert

Danno · 21-02-2005 2:44pm

Raindrops and snow flakes evenly falling. Wierd :eek:

Gonzo · 21-02-2005 2:44pm

this easterly will have to get a good bit colder if anywhere stands a chance of seeing lying snow lasting thoughtout the day, at the moment as soon as the snow stops falling it melts rapidly. We really do need temperatures to stay at 1c maximum throughout the day to pevent any major thawing and i dont think they are gonna stay that low especially if the sun comes out.

Is it gonna get alot colder with this easterly or is this as cold as its gonna get during daytime?

kleefarr · 21-02-2005 2:49pm

Kilkenny City outskirts (E)

Dull again now. Has started snowing lightly again, medium size flakes.

21-02-2005 2:51pm

Gonzo wrote:

this easterly will have to get a good bit colder if anywhere stands a chance of seeing lying snow lasting thoughtout the day, at the moment as soon as the snow stops falling it melts rapidly. We really do need temperatures to stay at 1c maximum throughout the day to pevent any major thawing and i dont think they are gonna stay that low especially if the sun comes out.

Is it gonna get alot colder with this easterly or is this as cold as its gonna get during daytime?

It's likely to get 2 or 3 degree's colder than currently I think.

Remember this is not the cold air believe it or not.

So you are talking by wenesday of temps potentially 1 or 2 c at their max in the East and colder during snow showers.
Its close to march so the sun when out will thaw lying snow but the athmosphere will be plenty cold enough to ensure the showers are of hail or snow.
I'm expecting the best action through tuesday night wenesday and thursday as thats when the air sourced over western Russia will be here and thats when it will be causing a heavy build up of showers over the Irish sea.

Again it will be a hit or miss as it will be a showery pattern.
Some will get a lot and some might get none.
But you must be nearish the East coast for action.

21-02-2005 3:01pm

Very heavy snow here again now just west of Arklow and this is a shower in off the Sea.
I can see the white hills to my west it should be with them shortly-they are going to get hammered out of this given whats falling here

kleefarr · 21-02-2005 3:04pm

Kilkenny City outskirts (E)

Bigger flakes and heavier snow now. Seems to be getting heavier as time goes on. Wonder how long it will last.

highdef · 21-02-2005 3:09pm

Temps are currently at 2C with a DP of 2c also - Is this not bad for snow fall? Do DPs not have to be below 0C for a good chance of snow, particularly lying snow. Earthman, do you reckon DPs (and temps) will fall as the day progreses? There was a light/moderate shower about 15 mins ago which lasted about 3 minutes. Consisted or rain with a bit of sleet and the odd snow flake. Snow line in Howth is rising now, snow line up to about 250 ft. If anyone is interested, I can put a camera on my window sill pointing towards Howth hill and I can post snapshots every hour or so so people can get an idea of where the snow line is. ANyone interested in that idea? Oh, a few showers now beginning to move in off the sea now - one to my northeast and one to the southeast.

21-02-2005 3:11pm

The wind is due east here now so I think the bottom end of that front which is off southwest wales is going to head this way so potentially some more wet snow on and off in south Leinster for a while from that.

Given that the stuff coming in off the sea here now is of snow with mixed hail pellets,I'm increasingly thinking that whats served up from the sea when the air gets very much colder from tomorrow will be a winter wonderland...

And Irish1 I do think it will wing its way to tullow, it just might be near exhausted by then.

Chances of snow cover are high this week in coastal counties from Louth to Wexford.

Danno · 21-02-2005 3:18pm

Sunshine at 2.3c in Laois at the moment.

21-02-2005 3:20pm

ntl Technical wrote:

Temps are currently at 2C with a DP of 2c also - Is this not bad for snow fall?

normal circumatances are not applying here , by normal i mean what we have had to put up with for more than a decade.

Dewpoints and Temps will drop from this evening.
I actually dont have my equipment up and running here yet so I'm working off a prehistoric thermometer but a reliable one.

I notice mothmans dp is 1.2 with a temp of 2.2, that combined with an increasingly colder athmosphere ( the infamous by now 528 dam line ) will tend things to snow as the evening progresses.
It's already doing that down here.

Dry here again now-there was a lot of hail among the flakes in that last snow shower which is indicative of it getting colder.
Temp is about 1.5 here now - plenty cold enough for snow in this feed ( clearly

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Danno · 21-02-2005 3:25pm

Looks like a big clear spell to the NE.

Danno · 21-02-2005 3:30pm

http://www.met.ie/recentweather/ <<< 10c in Mayo!

21-02-2005 3:31pm

Danno wrote:

Looks like a big clear spell to the NE.

Give it time that will change

It was bound to be near zero once snow was falling thats always the case and a rise when it stops.
Especially since the really cold air is not here yet.
But its on its way.
from the NRA Arklow bypass at 203 reflecting that heavy snowshower we just had.
Again the NRA site says rain because it records all precipitation as rain, its incapable of distinguishing snow.

I'm off now guys-back to work -ye will have w.check back here shortly after 4 no doubt in full ramp mode

N11 Arklow Bypass
Date Mon, Feb 21
Time (24hr) 14:03
Air Temp 1.9° C.
35.4 ° F.
Humidity 94%
Avg Windspeed 10.1 km/h
Wind direction Easterly (80º)
Road Surface Temp 4.3° C.
39.7 ° F.
Road State Wet
Precipitation Medium rainfall

RE*AC*TOR · 21-02-2005 3:42pm

sleety / rain in UCD

kleefarr · 21-02-2005 3:51pm

Kilkenny City outskirts (E)

Sun out. Snow gone. No rain.

Villain · 21-02-2005 3:58pm

Sleety wet snow shower in leixlip

highdef · 21-02-2005 4:12pm

Snow almost gone from Howth now!!!

Danno · 21-02-2005 4:15pm

Snow all thawed away here in South Laois. The hills around are white above say 150 to 200m.

Temperature of 2.2c. Cloudy.

@kleefar: I had that sunshine spell around an hour ago, it lasted for 20 minutes or so.

bennyx_o · 21-02-2005 4:24pm

Hail falling in Dublin 5.

Gonzo · 21-02-2005 4:27pm

nearly 2 inchs fell at home i believe, as soon as it stopped it melted in about an hour or less

21-02-2005 4:29pm

Heavy hail and snow here now

DapperGent · 21-02-2005 4:31pm

Ow my head.

Danno · 21-02-2005 4:36pm

2.0c overcast.

Danno · 21-02-2005 4:40pm

Snow shower on the way, looks like Abbeyleix is getting a pasting at the moment.

1.9c now!

Mothman · 21-02-2005 4:46pm

Temp got to 3.8C, then hail then temp fell to 3.4C started sleeting, now 3C Dp 0C.
Nothing falling now.

highdef · 21-02-2005 4:46pm

Snow line @ Howth at about 15:00:

This corresponds to about 120m - It was almost down to sea level about 2 hours ago

Looking NE around the same time:

Not really looking too good at the moment so!

Danno · 21-02-2005 4:55pm

Drats, that show shower got cought up over the Castlecomer Pleatau. Very overcast here, quite dark. Still 1.9c.

I think I'll go for a drive soon!

Must find the digital camera...

highdef · 21-02-2005 5:11pm

Well it's very sunny now here on the east coast - All the snow on Howth has now melted. Blue skies and fluffy clouds. The nearest thing to a shower is this thing to the north which is not coming this way.

If anything appears to be approaching in the next while, I'll post a pic. Will be off to the gym around six though so something better happen in the next 90 mins!!!

Apologies for the tiny pics I'm posting but the cable for the stills camera is missing so I am taking stills with a video camera

21-02-2005 5:16pm

DapperGent wrote:

Ow my head.

Were ya out in the hail

(suspects something else caused your sore head...)

We are into mostly cloudy skies with some blue patches here now with sleety showers - a mix of hail, rain and wet snow in them. They come in throw a few drops of sleety rain, then big flakes of snow and then hail all of them now are coming in off the sea.

Danno · 21-02-2005 5:18pm

Still cloudy and quite dark here... now 1.7c

DapperGent · 21-02-2005 5:20pm

Earthman wrote:

Were ya out in the hail (suspects something else caused your sore head...)

Just hail this time.

ninebeanrows · 21-02-2005 5:27pm

And now begins a synoptic we havent seen in years

Already at this early stage showers hugging the coasts of south
Dublin and Wicklow expect to see some colours in the Irish sea
overnight heading ashore, well unstable at 1011hpa.

Nice puffy cumulus heading in the wrong direction

Only a matter of time until some juicy showers beef up,
as the very cold airmass has some fun with the high
SST's in the Irish sea

magpie · 21-02-2005 5:34pm

If I don't get to build a snowman this week I'm going to start a petition in feedback to change Weathercheck's name to 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf'.

ninebeanrows · 21-02-2005 5:38pm

Present indications suggest the cold spell is likely to last through
the weekend and possibly beyond

21-02-2005 5:40pm

Weathercheck wrote:

Already at this early stage showers hugging the coasts of south
Dublin and Wicklow expect to see some colours in the Irish sea
overnight heading ashore, well unstable at 1011hpa.

Nice puffy cumulus heading in the wrong direction

Only a matter of time until some juicy showers beef up,
as the very cold airmass has some fun with the high
SST's in the Irish sea

Yes and come wenesday/Thursday the air will be colder still,I'll be disappointed if that doesnt bring some even more huge showers to bear on the coast from the Irish Sea-in theory it should-provided pressure doesnt rise however.

Danno · 21-02-2005 5:41pm

Big mass of cloud pushing in from Holland, towards E England. Will that hit here tomorrow morning???

Could be interesting if it arrives DURING or AFTER our overnight frost...

ninebeanrows · 21-02-2005 6:03pm

What a beautiful skyline the clouds towering high i's say there's
some CB's already with snow shower to my north and big massive
clouds bobbing in off the sea, would be surprised if many didnt
see a decent dollop of snow tonight

Mothman · 21-02-2005 6:16pm

Having problems getting through on dial-up, so updates to website are unreliable.

Now +4C with -1.5C dewpoint, with grass temp down to +1.1C

Just had a bit of sunshine.

Most of snow has melted with snowline up to about 250m.

21-02-2005 6:31pm

Mothman wrote:

Most of snow has melted with snowline up to about 250m.

From here I can see a lot of snow from Ballycoog in co wicklow right across to kilenerin in North Wexford-that suggests a snow line of about 500ft.
From there across is very white.
Croghan looks like mt everest

I can concur with w.check there are some huge towers of clouds bubbling up and blowing in from the Irish sea suggesting that the cold air is doing its work.
Expect fun in the coming days and nights down along the Eastern seaboard

ninebeanrows · 21-02-2005 6:32pm

Clouds a building and i like the look of the Irish sea
on the latest satellite plenty of forming showers

O.K i want a frost in the next 2-3 hours and then the snow
showers to pile on in

I have my eys on one forming north of wales, could
be a beast when she gets here although i most
likely will be wrong

3.1c and dropping steadily

Scubadevils · 21-02-2005 6:33pm

whats the likelyhood of any heavy stuff between now and around 10pm? - have a class to go to in Artane then would be heading back to Lusk around 10pm. Trying to decide if I should go

houseoffun14 · 21-02-2005 6:46pm

temp 4.5 in Drogheda and dropping some hail falling to

Mothman · 21-02-2005 6:48pm

Earthman wrote:

a snow line of about 500ft.

And I'll concur with that. It is lower than the 250m I mentioned, perhaps 180m

Valentia is still at 8C, with Cork Airport at 1C

Showers in the SE. Wind is now NE nearly everywhere.

super_furry · 21-02-2005 6:53pm

So what's the prognosis for tonight lads?

Gonzo · 21-02-2005 7:03pm

there doesnt look like theres much if anything in the irish sea atm, all the action is over south east england. any chance of these showers making it over here?

ninebeanrows · 21-02-2005 7:07pm

Snow showers from the Irish sea

Although there aint too many now there is one mamma
building up with red echoes the one that i was talking
bout earlier heading for dublin

Gonzo · 21-02-2005 7:08pm

ive looked at more charts and it looks like getting alot colder from tonight till thursday then milder again for the weekend but still cold, however from tuesday 3rd march there seems to be really bitterly cold weather from sweden heading its way back here with blues and purple colours not far off? could this be another cold snap in the making to give us proper snow during first week or two of march? http://www2.wetter3.de/animation.html

Gonzo · 21-02-2005 7:08pm

weathercheck, that shower your talking about, any chance of that hitting meath or am i do far north?

Villain · 21-02-2005 7:11pm

Cold in Carlow, wishing and hoping that a few showers will this far inland, oh how I would love to wake to a carpet of snow.

Weathercheck, at this stage maybe you could give us the overall outlook for the next 3 days?

ninebeanrows · 21-02-2005 7:19pm

O.K i'll give it a go..

Showers affecting eastern areas through this evening and tonight
leaving 2-3cm's of snow in some areas.
Tuesday will see more snow showers affecting the east through
the day perking up in the morning and spreading further inland.
Wednesday looks likely to be the snowiest day early morning
a band of snow will push in from the east and cross the country.
Later in the day another trough will affect the east.

Overall eastern coounties could have upto 10cm's lying on Wednesday
although if the sun comes out a rapid thaw will commence.

More later when i watch this vicious looking shower..

Gonzo it's heading for Dublin possibly south meath but probably not.

It could land anywhere between south Meath and north Wicklow

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