Saturday/Sunday Wintry Potential

dsmythy · 10-03-2019 12:09pm

Quick squall of pellets passed through North Dublin.

Gonzo · 10-03-2019 12:10pm

quick 5 minute heavy snow shower at Dunshaughlin. it tried to stick but just didn't last long enough.

stevek93 · 10-03-2019 12:11pm

Blizzard of hail in Dublin 5 here now and back to sun...

jamo2oo9 · 10-03-2019 12:13pm

Sun to hail back to sun in less than 60 seconds.
Dublin 1

SleetAndSnow · 10-03-2019 12:13pm

Light drops of sleet in cork city now, surprising since the airport is reporting 7 degrees but it's sleet. Slightly blowing in the wind. Small drops though. Was very sunny earlier

dsmythy · 10-03-2019 12:16pm

dsmythy wrote: »

Quick squall of pellets passed through North Dublin.

Another quick one right behind it. More light sleet/snow this time.

Kermit.de.frog · 10-03-2019 12:17pm

Light sun snow at Dublin Airport.

Slashermcguirk · 10-03-2019 12:17pm

Sneaky hail / snow shower in dublin 5 a few minutes ago

pauldry · 10-03-2019 12:24pm

Hailed for 2 minutes then dry again. Showers not long lived at all in Sligo

Been dry n windy most of the time

Pretzill · 10-03-2019 12:26pm

Just on and off flurries here now and a wind that would slice you.

South Sligo

MidMan25 · 10-03-2019 12:27pm

Stunning morning in East Cork. Had one heavy shower pass through quickly around 9am but it's been clear blue skies since. Feeling very pleasant out of the wind too.

typhoony · 10-03-2019 12:27pm

Very heavy hail shower here in South galway

Tacklebox · 10-03-2019 12:29pm

Heavy sleet in North Clare now, there goes my day up the coast.
No way will i chance a drive, can get treacherous on some of those roads after heavy hail etc

daheff · 10-03-2019 12:29pm

munsterlegend wrote: »

But what’s the weather like?

its nice & sunny. windy & cold

one short sleet shower... back to sunny & wind

cnocbui · 10-03-2019 12:34pm

I went for a short walk outside with the camera and it feels colder than the last snow event. The wind is fierce and goes right through you. My hands were in pain after just 5 minutes.

SleetAndSnow · 10-03-2019 12:40pm

Cork airport TAF now forecasting light snow showers from 4pm, first time there hasn't been rain next to it. Oooh

munsterlegend · 10-03-2019 12:49pm

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Cork airport TAF now forecasting light snow showers from 4pm, first time there hasn't been rain next to it. Oooh

I would be surprised if it snows down here but wait and see.

Jimbob1977 · 10-03-2019 1:07pm

Driving hail outside Limerick City

An Ri rua · 10-03-2019 1:12pm

Heavy hail near Mountmellick. Would be tricky driving conditions. Weather quite erratic.
Snow flurries last night around 1230, after heavy sleet. Snow flurries again at 830am.
Slieve Bloom moderately covered in snow.

An Ri rua · 10-03-2019 1:18pm

An Ri rua wrote: »

Heavy hail near Mountmellick. Would be tricky driving conditions. Weather quite erratic.
Snow flurries last night around 1230, after heavy sleet. Snow flurries again at 830am.
Slieve Bloom moderately covered in snow.

Addendum:-

Squally snow now

GoneHome · 10-03-2019 1:20pm

Very blustery here in South Co Limerick, there's a fierce wind chill with it, the sky looks to be threatening some sort of precipitation whatever form that will take as the day goes on

Mam of 4 · 10-03-2019 1:22pm

An Ri rua wrote: »

Addendum:-

Squally snow now

Same here in Portlaoise now .

Oscar Bravo · 10-03-2019 1:26pm

Midday, very windy.

Mace head gusting 55 knots
Finner gusting 49 knots
Casement gusting 46 knots

aisling86 · 10-03-2019 1:32pm

munsterlegend wrote: »

I would be surprised if it snows down here but wait and see.

Friend driving from Macroom to Millstreet, it's snowing up Mushera.

SleetAndSnow · 10-03-2019 1:33pm

Nicely raining in cork city.. sigh

munsterlegend · 10-03-2019 1:37pm

aisling86 wrote: »

Friend driving from Macroom to Millstreet, it's snowing up Mushera.

I meant on lower levels. Can’t see anything sticking anyway.

GoneHome · 10-03-2019 1:42pm

Very light snow flurries here now in South Limerick

pistolpetes11 · 10-03-2019 1:44pm

Blustery white gold shower in Newbridge

mallards · 10-03-2019 1:48pm

Snowing constantly now near the Wicklow gap. Graupel type snow, turning the place white with the wind behind it. Only the mountain tops above 300m were covered this morning. That's changing rapidly.

pad199207 · 10-03-2019 1:49pm

It’s snowing and it’s 5c so that’s grand

Cw85 · 10-03-2019 1:49pm

Thunder and heavy hailstones in Carlow Town

aidanodr · 10-03-2019 1:49pm

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Cork airport TAF now forecasting light snow showers from 4pm, first time there hasn't been rain next to it. Oooh

As per this:

https://www.wxcharts.com/?panel=default&model=gfs,gfs,gfs,gfs&region=europe&chart=overview,850temp,wind10mkph,snowdepth&run=12&step=027&plottype=10&lat=51.500&lon=-0.250&skewtstep=0

Scroll to 3pm .. ( horizontal scroll bar under map )

Samsgirl · 10-03-2019 1:50pm

Snowing now in South Tipp

Cw85 · 10-03-2019 1:54pm

Cw85 wrote: »

Thunder and heavy hailstones in Carlow Town

Has now turned to light snow and its 7 degrees

munsterlegend · 10-03-2019 1:56pm

Cw85 wrote: »

Has now turned to light snow and its 7 degrees

Science going out the window!!

Cw85 · 10-03-2019 1:57pm

munsterlegend wrote: »

Science going out the window!!

Most definitely, very strange

pad199207 · 10-03-2019 1:58pm

Those big convective cells really dragging down the precipitation. Snowing at stupid temperatures.

Cw85 · 10-03-2019 2:01pm

Big snow flakes falling in Carlow town now the ground is very wet after all the hail showers so not sticking as of yet

Elmer Blooker · 10-03-2019 2:02pm

If only we could get a direct northerly blast rather than a watered down WNW'ly.

All those charts than Sryan posted in the statistics forum show that in past winters even an average winter (1950s and 60s) could deliver potent northerlies but it seems those days are gone, we haven't seen winter high latitude blocking in years as the Arctic ice shrinks and as ridiculous as this might sound I would almost write off next winter already. It seems to me that as the Arctic warms North America winters are getting more severe which of course fires up the North Atlantic. I feel that we need to see a recovery of Arctic ice in order to get an old fashioned winter!
Moan over and time to turn on the telly to get an update on Tuesday's storm on the week ahead forecast.

vickers209 · 10-03-2019 2:07pm

gone very dark here and a mix of wet hail snow sleet falling
Ashford co wicklow

Donegal Storm · 10-03-2019 2:15pm

I think a wintry mix best describes today in Letterkenny, hail, graupel, sleet and snow at various intervals. Nothing too interesting other than the brief downpours of large hail

lawred2 · 10-03-2019 2:18pm

lawred2 wrote: »

Clear skies and sunny in Dublin. Cold and blustery obviously.

Hope the skies stay clear long enough to wrap up rugby training

Didn't get through training. Had to call it. Horizontol snow is no fun for kids..

(Or adults)

Ronan|Raven · 10-03-2019 2:20pm

A fun drive across the country from wicklow to galway. Every type of weather encountered along the way. Beautiful clear skies followed by severe gusts and blinding sleet. About to do the return trip. Should be fun.

Mortelaro · 10-03-2019 2:22pm

Sleet with wet flakes and some hail in Arklow trying to turn to snow as I type
3.6c
Dew point is -0.1c
Almost full snow now
Temp dropping like a stone
Wind gusting to 61kmh
Its like an episode of fortitude

cnocbui · 10-03-2019 2:23pm

In Tipp, it was dark one minute with horizontal snow, sleet and rain in a fierce wind and a minute later it was sunny.

Mortelaro · 10-03-2019 2:30pm

Temp at my station in Arklow has dropped 4.7c since 1250pm
That's in 40 mins
Currently 2.9c and snowing like mad
Dp is -0.2c

sryanbruen · 10-03-2019 2:31pm

Bar one quick wintry shower, it has been sunny all the way with variable amounts of cloud in my part of Dublin.

mickger844posts · 10-03-2019 2:38pm

Heavy Hail/Sleet the last 10mins in Waterford City. Temp dropped from 7.9c to 2.9c in that time

www.waterford-weather.com

Hooter23 · 10-03-2019 2:41pm

Sun snow shower in Galway...

JCX BXC · 10-03-2019 2:47pm

One of the most intense hail showers I've seen in a good while, place temporarily coated white! Temperature went from 5.2c to 3.6c in just a few minutes. West Clare.

Severe gusts.

Saturday/Sunday Wintry Potential

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