Ireland Cold Spell Discussion

[Matty M]

Heaviest snowfall i have ever witness there.

Flakes at one stage were the size of small plates.

1.5 inches lying on top of a soaking wet ground in 30 minutes.

A nice freeze over tonight and the morning should look nice and festive

[kold weather]

Radar does show a little area of precip that did strengthen right over Dublin so looks like you copped it somewhat, no doubt the strength of the precip helped to drag the temps down and so whilst you did have a wet flow, the snow was heavy enough to help the snow to settle due to slightly lower temps.

Well done to you guys!

[cold snap]

Snow stopped.half hour ago.

Thaw setting in.not complaining.

Those snowflakes were huge.if that had gone on for another few hours.would of been the dumpings of all dumpings.

Edited February 21, 2010 by cold snap

[jello]

Northern Ireland: Co Antrim Co Armagh Co DownHeavy Snow & Widespread Icy Roads0100 Sun 211000 Sun 21Outbreaks of locally heavy snow now pushing up into Armagh and County Down, but will also reach southern parts of County Antrim, are expected to give accumulations of 2 to 6 cm in a few hours, but 10 cm is possible in a few places. This area of snow will move away east through Sunday morning.

With cold temperatures already over Ireland, widespread ice is expected to form with the snow.

The public are advised to take extra care and refer to TrafficWatchNI.com (operational hours 07.00 to 21.00 Mon to Fri and 09:00 to17:00 on Saturdays) for further advice on road conditions.

Issued at: 0026 Sun 21 Feb

[Jayfromcardiff]

Northern Ireland: Co Antrim Co Armagh Co DownHeavy Snow & Widespread Icy Roads0100 Sun 211000 Sun 21Outbreaks of locally heavy snow now pushing up into Armagh and County Down, but will also reach southern parts of County Antrim, are expected to give accumulations of 2 to 6 cm in a few hours, but 10 cm is possible in a few places. This area of snow will move away east through Sunday morning.

With cold temperatures already over Ireland, widespread ice is expected to form with the snow.

The public are advised to take extra care and refer to TrafficWatchNI.com (operational hours 07.00 to 21.00 Mon to Fri and 09:00 to17:00 on Saturdays) for further advice on road conditions.

Issued at: 0026 Sun 21 Feb

Nice guys enjoy it, you deserve it after the long wait for snow.

[BIG LAD]

had snow there for about 2 hours and its left about 2 inches. nice dry snow.

anyone else gettin snow?

[shrike]

Well this is a suprise - it is snowing heavy down on the east coast!

LoL look at radar talk about local! Bout time some precip hit me. Stranraer looks like gettin the worst!

Edited February 21, 2010 by shrike

[shrike]

Complete whiteout at sea level - Snow is heavy! Ballygally beach is white - Must be gettin a good dumping up the aul shanes hill

[shrike]

Snow still fallin heavy on east coast! May end up with heaviest snowfall of year if this keeps up! Wee pic must be 10cm by now!

[frostyjoe]

Complete whiteout at sea level - Snow is heavy! Ballygally beach is white - Must be gettin a good dumping up the aul shanes hill

ugh lucky you i miss out again!

[Baltic Regions]

It's snowing quite heavily here. Got about an inch at present. good fluffy proper snow too!

Radar shows this could hang about a while!

[mountain shadow]

Happy days, Heavy snow... :lol: :lol:

[Intrepid]

A nice covering here this morning but raining now so dont think it will last too long

[Baltic Regions]

A nice covering here this morning but raining now so dont think it will last too long

Thats good! I don't need to go out and brush the driveway clear and salt the street. Quite tired this morning and dosed with manfluenza! Had it since last Monday Morning.

Wednesday is shaping up to be quite the day! Thursday looks to be very windy and wintry with it. Lets see how things progress as we get closer.

[The watcher]

Woke up to a couple of inches here at least, still snowing as I speak.

Must have rained slightly as there is a tiny bit of melt, hope the cloud remains though, keep that warmer sun from totally diminishing it all early. Want to take the little on out for a bit.

[stormforce 10]

cold frosty and foggy here.

outside temp 0.3c

overnight min of -1.5c.

good luck to all you people who got snow.

[BornFromTheVoid]

I can report that there is no snow in Cork, though it did rain a few times during the night!

All ye guys are lucky.

Has the snow in Dublin melted? Thought I would have seen some reports on the "traffic chaos" caused if it hadn't...

[LochGarman]

Only got sleet here last night. No big surprise really.

Will be driving to Armagh tuesday night and up to Antrim on Wednesday..shall be interesting!!

[stormforce 10]

a very cold day here, snow and ice did not melt. max temp today 1.8c.

current outside temp -0.5c under cloudy skies!! i would like to see what temps drop to if cloud clears.

[The watcher]

Wednesdays event downgraded?! Looks like warmer uppers have filtered in on the snow forecast.

[stormforce 10]

another bitterly cold night here.

dense fog and severe frost.

outside temp -3.6c

overnight min -6.5c

[The watcher]

Got to about -2c here, good frost this morning and small patches of snow. Clear skies with cumulus out to the West.

Currently -0.1c

[ronan]

Morning everyone. Its a cold dull frosty morning here in Derry. Whats everyones thoughts on wednesdays event? I'm taking it with a pinch of salt after there was advisories issued at the end of last week for Sunday but this never happened except for Co Down and Armagh. Can we expect the snow that the Meto are advising on or is it gonna be a marginal event?

Just seeing the the Meto have now issue a watch for thursday aswell. Will hight matter for this or should we all see something wintry?

[somofagun]

I think this is gona be another let down. Will be headin up to derry on wed myself if it does happen it will make the jounery interesting

[The watcher]

Wednesday and Thursdays event looks tight, it will be marginal for most areas so wether you see 2 days of snow/sleet/rain, depends on the pockets of upper air.