ronan

Its been a long time since i seen a blizzard but we have one now. Serious strong wind!

Showers seem to be dying off a bit on radar. Going by Meto forecast for my area then it will be after midnight before the heavy stuff sets in. Heavy stuff at the minute seems to be splitting north or south of me.

On to our 6th page since yesterday! Epic stuff!! Lol.

Snowing away here now. Trying to stick but very wet out.

Hold your phone long ways when taking pic and that will sort it.

Good stuff! Hopefully that will be the case for us all in the next few hours! Just had the heaviest hail shower of the day, winds really gusty during the shower!

You beat me to it MS. Things definitely pepping up.a bit on the radar.

I'm up on a hill and have had quite a few snow showers blowing through with hail mixed through. Yeah things will intensify from 4 on.

Sparky where in Derry are you?

Cheers Sparky. Lol. I've just dusted off my snowmobile.

Just seen that! Going to be a very interesting week ahead!

Snowing away here now. Not expecting anything to lye till tonight. By the sounds of things it could get interesting.

How reliable is this saying that it's changed so.much since yesterday?

Haven't even looked out the window yet. Lol. Had a later night watching Breaking Bad. Amber warning from Met now issued and valid from 5pm.

Looking at those Euro 4 charts it looks like the Southern half of NI looks the best place to be.

Mine hasn't. Sleet and some snow showers but no heavy snow. Am doomed. Maybe i'll miss out all together. Lol. Imagine that. I would be hard to stick!

Lol. I blame me to! Wait till tomorrow night. I reckon we could hit 130 pages in the next couple of weeks if things keep going the way they are. I see the BBC website hasn't update with Barras forecast. Hes really making a name for himself today anyway. Your not far behind me on the post count either Pom. Lol

Also BBC forecast finally updated on the BBC site and note that she does mention that its difficult to pinpoint where the most snow will be and not one mention of rain! http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/

The automated forecasts have changed. Nothing else! All of the below can't be wrong!! http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=news;storyid=6421;sess= http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings/#?tab=warnings&regionName=ni&fcTime=1422403200 http://www.met.ie/forecasts/ Northern Ireland Weather Liked · 2 hrs · Edited · Amber & Yellow warnings of Heavy Snow, Blizzard conditions, high winds and Low Temperatures have been issued for Northern Ireland. Warnings valid from: 8.00am 28/01/2015. And will be valid until further notice. This warning replaces the earlier amber warning. As a cold front moves southeast across the country overnight it will introduce much colder conditions behind across all parts and from tomorrow morning, frequent and heavy showers are expected widely across the country, these starting as rain to low levels but will turn readily to sleet and snow, not just on the hills but to low levels throughout the day. The sleet and snow showers are expected to continue throughout Wednesday, overnight and into Thursday, becoming frequent & very heavy at times and could possibly merge into longer spells of snow. Widespread accumulations are likely, although some areas are likely to get more snow that others. Donegal Weather Channel 19 hrs · Edited · ORANGE WEATHER WARNING IN PLACE FOR HEAVY SNOW, BLIZZARDS & ICE ----------------------------------------------------------------- Issued : Tuesday 27/1/15 -10:00am come into effect for : Wednesday 28/1/15 - 9:00am Warning ends : Thursday 29/1/15 - 9:00pm ----------------------------------------------------------------- ORANGE WARNING IN PLACE FOR - ULSTER : Donegal, Fermanagh, Derry, Tyrone, Antrim, Cavan, - Monaghan ,Armagh & Down. - CONNACHT : Sligo, Letrim, Mayo, Galway & Roscommon. - LEINSTER : Longford, Westmeath & Offaly. A Orange weather warning is in place for Heavy snowfall and blizzard conditions. The north, west and midlands can expect accumulations of snow between 10cm and 20cm with up to 30cm on high ground. With this cold front there will also be strong winds creating blizzard conditions along with big snowdrifts, gusts of 50km/hr to 90km/hr can be expected. Road networks and other travel networks look like the will be effected by these weather conditions causing dangerous driving conditions. the power grid may also be effected due to build up of snow on some wires along with drifting. It is important that you stay tuned to the weather forecast over the next few hours as there may be further changes to this warning. YELLOW WEATHER WARNING ALSO IN PLACE FOR SNOW AND ICE LEINSTER & MUNSTER

Barra Best must have put out the forecast then. Take no heed of the automated forecasts on their website!

Lol seen it. He's a joke of a forecaster. Sorry Barra but it's true.

http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=weather-alerts;reg=2;sess=

Think the problem is that any showers coming in are coming on a very strong wind so will just rattle on through but where the showers merge, which is very hard to forecast then that will be the areas that will do really well. Think that's what happened in my area last week, we were just on the right line for showers and at times they merged and gave quite lengthy spells of snow. Just really a case of keeping an eye on the radar tomorrow.

Jello so am i! Lol. Angie on forecasting 3cms whilst Carol on the BBC news weather saying 5-10cms, Met Eireann going for 3cms. Donegal Weather Channel and Northern Ireland Weather saying up to 20cms with maybe 30cms in places. Definitely confusing! In an unstable flow like we are going to get i don't think any of them really know. Will be now casting at its best over the next day or 2.

Hows it going Soother. Anywhere really will pick up showers but the further north and west you are increases you chances of lying snow.