Cold snap Jan 10th onwards: Wintry Showers, Snow Accumulations for some

snowinwinter · 10-01-2015 3:29pm

Well thats fair enough, i'm quite surprised by those readings because its snowing to sea level here and very dry snow at that.

Maybe in the light showers its rain.

FWVT · 10-01-2015 3:31pm

snowinwinter wrote: »

Well thats fair enough, i'm quite surprised by those readings because its snowing to sea level here and very dry snow at that.

I thought you said 50 m? :pac::D

Maybe in the light showers its rain.

Which is what I've been saying all along!

snowinwinter · 10-01-2015 3:32pm

um yea thats my elevation but its snowing at sea level here. If only I could get my iPhone charger to work.

Northern Chaser · 10-01-2015 3:32pm

I think there is still a chance yet....if the showers pick up and when the temps drop we could get something.

snowinwinter · 10-01-2015 3:33pm

Northern Chaser wrote: »

I think there is still a chance yet....if the showers pick up and when the temps drop we could get something.

where about do you live? It snowed here not long ago and it was quite heavy and started to stick on the grass and tops of cars but then melted as soon as it stopped, I think we could get a light dusting tonight for sure if this goes on.

Northern Chaser · 10-01-2015 3:37pm

I'm in Maghera. The warm air isn't to arrive late into the morning so there is still plenty of time. I'm not expecting anything big but even a few cm would be possible this evening

barney 20v · 10-01-2015 3:40pm

What's the story up north??? Any snow accumulations to report???

Lumi · 10-01-2015 4:02pm

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munsterlegend wrote: »

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legomaniac wrote: »

A very unfair comment. I have a good mind to report you to the mods for bullying....

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DOCARCH · 10-01-2015 4:09pm

Looks like something a lot more organised approaching the NW/NI/Scotland now. http://www.sat24.com/en/eu

AnotherYear · 10-01-2015 4:16pm

Update from met office for NI this evening
Frequent blustery sleet and snow showers continuing with further accumulations mainly on higher ground. Staying windy although gales easing along the north coast. Icy patches developing on untreated surfaces, Minimum Temperature 0C.

marno21 · 10-01-2015 4:20pm

Had 20 minutes of light snow earlier here in north Cork, now hailtstone. 198m ASL

Northern Chaser · 10-01-2015 4:33pm

I see that area of organised clouds moving into NI on sat24. Very interesting and one to watch as it becomes visible on the radar

ninebeanrows · 10-01-2015 4:33pm

A lot of the stations are now automatic which in these situations find it difficult to correctly determine precip type.

Northern Chaser · 10-01-2015 4:37pm

I take those weather stations reports on rain/snow with a pinch of salt. Even the net weather chart has shown rain over here but its been full snow and only 100 asl too

AnotherYear · 10-01-2015 4:40pm

Northern Chaser wrote: »

I those weather stations reports on rain/snow with a pinch of salt. Even the net weather chart has shown rain over here but its been full snow and only 100 asl too

Yes netweather have said that "green" doesn't mean sleet as most people would think. It actually means it's rather raining or snowing so not great ha. Wunderground can sometimes give a better indication I've noticed.

10-01-2015 4:42pm

Lots of Snow and greyish White clouds in Roscommon at the moment, too wet to settle and temps have dropped to 0c

Oneiric 3 · 10-01-2015 4:48pm

Nothing but light rain showers in Galway. 40 m asl. Td 2c currently.

FWVT · 10-01-2015 4:48pm

Weathercheck wrote: »

A lot of the stations are now automatic which in these situations find it difficult to correctly determine precip type.

They are well able to distinguish between rain and snow, but in cases of uncertainty they report "Unidentified Precipitation", or in met.ie speak "Showery Precipitation".

Both Belfast airports are reporting rain with similar dewpoints, and these are manual observations.

I's say if the autos were now reporting snow there would be no questioning them! ;-)

Baggy Trousers · 10-01-2015 5:01pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Nothing but light rain showers in Galway. 40 m asl. Td 2c currently.

Yes I thought it had got warmer in the past couple of hours.

Iancar29 · 10-01-2015 5:01pm

DPs rising above freezing in the north as i said earlier warm air filtering back in now. T500s back above -30 bringing down lapse rates.

EDIT : Sferics detected just south of Derry , hopefully someone has an official thundersnow report!

snowinwinter · 10-01-2015 5:07pm

I just drove to 200m and snow is lying. +0c

Currently snowing here but stopping, temp at my house is 1.0c.

Oneiric 3 · 10-01-2015 5:08pm

In my own experience of these type of set ups, snow is more likely fall at lower-levels (below 70m asl) during the night time hours. For what it's worth, the raw GFS 06z output has a better chance of snow showers later Monday and into Tuesday.

snowinwinter · 10-01-2015 5:08pm

barney 20v wrote: »

What's the story up north??? Any snow accumulations to report???

Yes a dusting at 200m. +0c.

snowinwinter · 10-01-2015 5:10pm

FWVT wrote: »

They are well able to distinguish between rain and snow, but in cases of uncertainty they report "Unidentified Precipitation", or in met.ie speak "Showery Precipitation".

Both Belfast airports are reporting rain with similar dewpoints, and these are manual observations.

I's say if the autos were now reporting snow there would be no questioning them! ;-)

Well it has rain over the high hills here so its not very accurate.

Iancar29 wrote: »

DPs rising above freezing in the north as i said earlier warm air filtering back in now. T500s back above -30 bringing down lapse rates.

EDIT : Sferics detected just south of Derry , hopefully someone has an official thundersnow report!

ERm? no they are not, the temp has dropped to 1.0c here. If you look on xcweather even Donegal airport is freezing dew point.

Northern Chaser wrote: »

I'm in Maghera. The warm air isn't to arrive late into the morning so there is still plenty of time. I'm not expecting anything big but even a few cm would be possible this evening

Well the met office have a warning I think. I really think if the temps drop tonight and the showers keep coming we could get a covering because the temp is close to freezing.

FWVT · 10-01-2015 5:24pm

More rain at Belfast Aldergrove (81 m), temp 3.4, d.p. -1.2 °C. That trained observer there really needs to get retrained...

snowinwinter · 10-01-2015 5:26pm

FWVT I promise you it is really snowing here. I am not sure what Iancar is talking about mild air for, I have just looked at the Euro 4 and at 6am the 850pha temps are -6c and the dam is 526.

eastmayo · 10-01-2015 5:27pm

First shower of sleet now,was snow showers upto an hour ago,near knock airport

ronnie3585 · 10-01-2015 5:30pm

Intermittent sleet and snow in Galway all day. Bitingly cold too.

Here's a nice looking CB that was over the bay in the last hour;

FWVT · 10-01-2015 5:32pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

In my own experience of these type of set ups, snow is more likely fall at lower-levels (below 70m asl) during the night time hours. For what it's worth, the raw GFS 06z output has a better chance of snow showers later Monday and into Tuesday.

Agreed. I expect to see one or two of those rain reports turn more wintry in a few hours before the activity dies away.

snowinwinter · 10-01-2015 5:33pm

Really watching that massive cloud off donegal? Is that all rain or it just clouds?

Cold snap Jan 10th onwards: Wintry Showers, Snow Accumulations for some

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