Sleet and snow showers - Thursday to Saturday morning (18th - 20th)

mikeecho wrote: »

Cork city, 1°c , and rain... lots of rain

I reckon there will be slushy snow on cars and grass when we wake in the morning

Today around 4 pm and its mostly hail.

Not me in the video and i would recommend muting it.

Impressive though.

https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=Sh30nFO3d44

Cars totally frozen here in cork, can't tell the temperture but must be in the - figures. Road is wet too so expecting some dangerous conditions tomorrow

Soccarboy11 wrote: »

Cars totally frozen here in cork, can't tell the temperture but must be in the - figures. Road is wet too so expecting some dangerous conditions tomorrow

Same here in Portlaoise , it's like a skating rink outside at the minute

Well the BBC forecast, on just now, is talking about a trough feature in the early hours, possibly leading to prolonged snow showers, so perhaps a few more people further inland will have a dusting of snow tomorrow morning when they wake up.
Then on friday night a rain band moves in from the south west, but it looks to be snow for high ground in the south east(Wicklow Mountains) only.
After that i can't summon the energy to talk about- lets just hope the models do a flip to a colder outlook(beasterly cold) within the next 11 days.

A polar low formed here perhaps? (polar low of the mesoscale variety as opposed to the tabloid variety)



500 hPa temps in the area would support the idea.

Everything frozen over here in Galway, decent fall of graupel/snow mix here now has turned the place white. Commute should be fun on untreated roads...

Some heavy bursts of snow likely in higher parts of Donegal and Derry, moving towards Antrim, up to 5 cm locally. Mixed wintry showers closer to sea level in these counties.

Otherwise snow becoming a little less widespread for the rest of today, and increasingly confined to higher terrain. Some may return with passage of a slow-moving frontal trough tonight, once again more likely above 250m in west Munster and other parts of the south later.

Snowing heavily near the Wicklow gap. Ground is white.

Also snowing in south Sligo - there's a light dusting now.

90m asl

Started snowing again. Sky has that grey leaden cast to it that doesn't appear to be changing. Temperature 0.5c. Little or no wind.

North Cork / Limerick Tipperary border.

The Dench wrote: »

Quick opinion wanted please :

Two young nephews, 4 & 5, haven't experienced a snow event in their youthful lives.

Was thinking of bringing them up the Dublin mountains on Sunday - Lough Tay towards Sally Gap area.

What is the likelihood of there being any snow left in the area given that the forecast for late Saturday and Sunday is for a thaw to set in.

Thanks.

The Dench

Forget about Sunday. Even if there is any left up there go as early as possible on Saturday before temperatures rise as a band of rain approaches from the west. I can't see any snow from my attic window but there might be some around the Sally Gap?
No harm in taking a spin up there but in my opinion there would be very little, the problem is that temperatures got up to near 10c for a few hours on Wednesday night and thats why I think there is very little left.
Keep an eye on the Met.ie radar today and see if any showers get as far as the east coast, its only 2c so any precipitation will fall as snow on high ground.

Heavy snow outside Dungannon, Co Tyrone, this morning. Heavy showers on and off every 20 mins or so. Will be a fun trip home.