Cold: Snow/Ice - Sat 17th March Onward - READ MOD NOTE POST #1

Look at all that snow in the Irish sea, that has to be serious snowfall for some.

Snowing heavily here in gorey, starting to get a light covering.

Is worst still yet to come in Dublin o?

aurora 527 wrote: »

Snowing here in Waterford City for the past while but Met radar is not showing like we are getting any..everything covered inc roads

The radar coverage for Ireland is highly ambiguous. Met.ie radar is terrible for the far NW and SE due to range and terrain (Blackstairs mountains impede the Shannon radar for example), and all the other sites are terrible for Dublin because they don't seem to use Dublin radar data at all.

Rougies wrote: »

The radar coverage for Ireland is highly ambiguous. Met.ie radar is terrible for the far NW and SE due to range and terrain (Blackstairs mountains impede the Shannon radar for example), and all the other sites are terrible for Dublin because they don't seem to use Dublin radar data at all.

Thanks for the explanation Rougies, it was the same in the last event..can't believe we are seeing two snow events so close together here..

It's a complicated messy situation with these background trends -- heavier snow is likely to develop south of Dublin mostly around coastal counties but with some patchy hit or miss accumulations inland southeast too. Then while that snow is moving southwest mid-day, heavier streamer bands will once again develop and move inland either north of Dublin or through Dublin and this activity will also move southwest.

I think the most likely range of further accumulations is generally 7 to 12 cms with local 20 cm potential, but some coastal falls may be tainted with freezing drizzle or sleet.

Nothing is going to be too well organized in this cluster of snowfall areas rotating around an upper low that is sliding southwest today. It's very probable that no obvious themes will be found in the reports we get, with some talking about significant snow and a few miles away it could be patchy light snow or brief clearing.

Winds are also likely to be more moderate than strong but would also expect variations from location to location and hour to hour as ripples of energy develop then fade out.

Some will think they have had quite a wintry blast and others will be saying that it missed their locale (not meaning the far west where this was expected).

Around mid-day the south coast snow may start to push as far west as Kerry and south Limerick, but it does not appear likely that Clare, most of Galway or Mayo will see very much if any snow.

There may be occasional light to moderate streamer snow tonight and first half of Monday but it will tend to diminish steadily to extinction by late Monday. The emphasis will be increasingly on bitter cold overnight lows by Monday and Tuesday.

Waterford..my back garden ...

Good morning everyone,

St.Patrick mixed up his colours and brought us white instead of green last night :

Just measured 6cm outside my front door here in Hollywood co.Wicklow and we are under constant heavy powdery shower, if the intensity keeps going another few hours we may get to 10cm which is very good going.

A truly memorable march which has surpassed 2013 re.snowfall with ease.

Cheers

Jules

It's eased off here in Courtown but it was mental an hour ago

Oh snow you are lovely but go away!!

Nothing at all here in Douglas Cork