Storm Ciara - Reports/Chat/Non Technical

ffarrell7 · 10-02-2020 3:08pm

d51984 wrote: »

Woohoooooooooo, sleet turning to large chunks of snow in Dublin 17. We have lift off!!!!

Heavy graupel and snow in Portmarnock, Co Dublin.

q85dw7osi4lebg · 10-02-2020 3:10pm

Sleety / Wet Snow in Drogheda, ground soaked however. A degree colder than it was at 9am.

Mortelaro · 10-02-2020 3:10pm

https://twitter.com/craiglewispga/status/1226866592711086081?s=19

DOCARCH · 10-02-2020 3:11pm

Rain/sleet/snow mix in Dublin 16. 3.9c atm.

antodeco · 10-02-2020 3:11pm

Snowing here in Lucan!

ameee · 10-02-2020 3:12pm

Snowing in Dublin 15 now , no hope of sticking unfortunately because the ground is too wet

ninebeanrows · 10-02-2020 3:12pm

Slight deposits now in Swords

Bigger flakes, air cooling

Scubadevils · 10-02-2020 3:13pm

First time I've had the opportunity to say this in quite a while - snowing in Lusk

Sticking to cars, grass etc but roads and path too wet. Nice to see.

ChikiChiki · 10-02-2020 3:14pm

ameee wrote: »

Snowing in Dublin 15 now , no hope of sticking unfortunately because the ground is too wet

Its absolutely torrential rain in D2. Not a hope whatever follows will stick. Rain is gusting sideways.

Vudgie · 10-02-2020 3:15pm

Very wet in Dublin 2

kittyn · 10-02-2020 3:15pm

Sleet/snow/graupel mix in Dublin 2 ..... Not a day for working outside .......

lawred2 · 10-02-2020 3:15pm

Coming down heavy in DCC but very wet sleet/snow

tscul32 · 10-02-2020 3:17pm

I'm outside school in Swords. Snow is easing off now. Another 20 mins until the kids are out and they'll be sick if it's all over by then.

ffarrell7 · 10-02-2020 3:20pm

Nice and white in Portmarnock!

BLIZZARD7 · 10-02-2020 3:21pm

Wet Icy mix with some snow that appears to be easing off again , Temp down to 2.0c from 4.1c in 12 minutes.

DOCARCH · 10-02-2020 3:22pm

BLIZZARD7 wrote: »

Wet Icy mix with some snow that appears to be easing off again.

Ditto in Dublin 16. Attempted snow! Clearing now.

John.Icy · 10-02-2020 3:23pm

ChikiChiki wrote: »

Its absolutely torrential rain in D2. Not a hope whatever follows will stick. Rain is gusting sideways.

False. Snow will stick if conditions are correct regardless of ground wetness.

Probably the biggest myth that persists when it comes to snow!

torres9kop · 10-02-2020 3:24pm

Will the snow stick in D4 tonight? Anyone?

DOCARCH · 10-02-2020 3:25pm

John.Icy wrote: »

False. Snow will stick if conditions are correct regardless of ground wetness.

Yip. Have seen very wet ground turn white in a couple of minutes.

ongarboy · 10-02-2020 3:27pm

John.Icy wrote: »

False. Snow will stick if conditions are correct regardless of ground wetness.

Probably the biggest myth that persists when it comes to snow!

Agreed! More often then not, I've only seen settling snow fall on previously wet ground so don't understand why this myth prevails.

YanSno · 10-02-2020 3:28pm

Swords Co Dublin 60m ASL.

Nqp15hhu · 10-02-2020 3:34pm

Warm sector is filtering in now annoyingly.

pad199207 · 10-02-2020 3:38pm

Roundwood

RoisinD · 10-02-2020 3:46pm

Hail has turned to snow flurries in latest band.

NW Clare coast

nacho libre · 10-02-2020 3:47pm

John.Icy wrote: »

False. Snow will stick if conditions are correct regardless of ground wetness.

Probably the biggest myth that persists when it comes to snow!

Indeed. The evening of December 16th 2010 is a prime example, within 10 minutes of the rain, that had been falling all day, turning to snow it began to stick readily on the wet ground.

Unfortunately today conditions are not right for the snow to stick, but hopefully that changes after dark!

Oneiric 3 · 10-02-2020 3:58pm

nacho libre wrote: »

Indeed. The evening of December 16th 2010 is a prime example, within in 10 minutes of the rain, that had been falling all day, turning to snow it began to stick readily on the wet ground.

Unfortunately today conditions are not right for the snow to stick, but hopefully that changes after dark!

Place was white here earlier after an intense thunder/hail storm, and even that melted rapidly.

BLIZZARD7 · 10-02-2020 4:05pm

Gone very dark again in D14, some evaporative cooling in the last shower brought the temp down to 1.8c, back up at 2.9c now.

Oneiric 3 · 10-02-2020 4:08pm

John.Icy wrote: »

False. Snow will stick if conditions are correct regardless of ground wetness.

Probably the biggest myth that persists when it comes to snow!

Witnessed that myself just a few weeks back. Snow will cool the outer surface very quick if heavy enough, but would have a better chance of sticking around longer if near or below freezing temps were more entrenched beneath the surface.

DOCARCH · 10-02-2020 4:11pm

BLIZZARD7 wrote: »

Gone very dark again in D14, some evaporative cooling in the last shower brought the temp down to 1.8c, back up at 2.9c now.

A light hail/graupel shower here now in Dublin 16. 3.7c atm.

Edit: Which briefly turned heavy...quick coating of icy balls!

pad199207 · 10-02-2020 4:13pm

Belting down Hail in Kildare. Place is covered now

Danno · 10-02-2020 4:13pm

Hail and sleet in Portlaoise.

Danno · 10-02-2020 4:22pm

Massive rumble of thunder in Portlaoise just now.

Mam of 4 · 10-02-2020 4:23pm

Danno wrote: »

Massive rumble of thunder in Portlaoise just now.

Cane on to post that also !

Thunder snow or more rain/hail ?

Danno · 10-02-2020 4:25pm

Impressive cell over Mountrath... moving towards Portlaoise. Expect it to downpour hail or something.

Danno · 10-02-2020 4:27pm

Mad wind and blowing hail/graupel/snow mix in Portlaoise. Lightning and thunder also!!!

Daffodil.d · 10-02-2020 4:29pm

Sunny with showers of cold rain here in Waterford city. We had some sleet but nothing exceptional.

Danno · 10-02-2020 4:30pm

Lights dipped for a moment in Portlaoise. Don't know whether its lightning related or wind related. Snowing.

Kermit.de.frog · 10-02-2020 4:31pm

Should get some snow from that as the cold air is just north of that rain band. Everything north of that is sleet or snow mainly.

giveitholly · 10-02-2020 4:33pm

Can see the snow drifts been blown across the top of the galtees and down into one of the lakes,quite impressive

Darwin · 10-02-2020 4:35pm

Went out in the car had to pull in the hailstones were hitting the windscreen so hard. That squall like feature that is going through Laois right now is packing some unbelievable gusts.

Mortelaro · 10-02-2020 4:41pm

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Should get some snow from that as the cold air is just north of that rain band. Everything north of that is sleet or snow mainly.

Near Avoca Co Wicklow
About 5 miles from Arklow

Oneiric 3 · 10-02-2020 4:42pm

Good discussion here on what ground conditions are need for snow to stick:

https://www.iweathernet.com/educational/warm-snowstorms-and-atlanta-biggest-snowfalls-on-record

Abstract:
Sufficient conditions for snow or sleet to accumulate:
(1)The temperature of surfaces upon which the precipitation falls must be subfreezing;
(2)If surfaces are above freezing, the precipitation rate must exceed the melt rate;
(3)Melting snow/sleet can cause the temperature of surface to drop rapidly due to the latent heat of melting (very efficient)

Cw85 · 10-02-2020 4:45pm

Thunder and lightening in Carlow, lights flickered but still have electricity. After heavy snow earlier the sun came out and it all melted. Sky has now turned very dark, hoping it's more snow

Cw85 · 10-02-2020 4:50pm

The black sky has only produced hail in Carlow

Calibos · 10-02-2020 4:52pm

Caught the edge of a shower in Bray the last 20 minutes with mixed precipitation down here on the Seafront. Bit o’ shleeet, bit o’ graupel, bit o’ hail, bit o’ rain. A mm of slush on car roofs. Getting bright again so thats the end of it. Mortelaro in Arklow should be doing well out of the current precipitation band that was just a bit too far south for me in Bray such that we only caught sections of the edge of it.

Cw85 · 10-02-2020 4:56pm

Cw85 wrote: »

The black sky has only produced hail in Carlow

Now sleet

Cw85 · 10-02-2020 5:07pm

Cw85 wrote: »

Now sleet

and back to sun

Drumpot · 10-02-2020 5:12pm

Don’t suppose anybody has a summary of what we are looking at over the next 24 hours?

I’m on east coast just down from Drogheda , seems like we’ve gotten off pretty lightly.

piplip87 · 10-02-2020 5:18pm

Some big show showers here in Cavan today. One was outrageous with the wind but nothing sticking.

Here's hoping they keep coming though

Mortelaro · 10-02-2020 5:27pm

Blizzard in Arklow
Full on

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