Ireland Regional Discussions 17th January 2013 onwards

[Rocheydub]

Everything frozen solid here this morning after a hard frost. A bank of cloud moving slowly in off the Irish Sea... Could make things interesting!

[Lucan snow]

Met Eireann Redcar showing snow showers Wicklow dublin region could be a bit of interest

[patneve]

light snow shower left a very slight dusting here. I think that might be it for this cold spell!

[SnowJon]

Heavy snow here now!!

[sundog]

A hard frost here,well if i cant get much snow a frost is the next best thing. Coldest night ive recorded so far this winter ,over night low -2.8c,currently partly cloudy with a temp of -1.9c.

[markok]

snowing lightly here in Dublin. freezing out.

[snowydog]

Snowing heavy here in Castlereagh.

Took the day off work because I'm really not well and have no energy to attempt to tackle the snow in the car.

[mountain shadow]

Heavy snow in Carryduff again.

'Working from home' thankfully.

[mountain shadow]

Heavy snow in Carryduff again.

'Working from home' thankfully.

[snowydog]

I love that you put working from home in quotations ... I would have been 'working from home' too only I have this cold/throat thing so I'm not doing any work at all - movies and bed

Starting to brighten up here ... few spits of snow, not much though - however it was snowing heavy most of the morning...

Looked on rain today and there could be some more heavy snow after lunch if the temperatures stay down .. What do you guys think? I don't really know an awful lot but just going by the rain today radar, those are my suspicions ..

[stormforce 10]

a very cold morning here. overnight tempof -2.7c. everything frozen.

[The watcher]

lying slush here again, must have had snow right to coast this morning.

[snowydog]

Think it's raining here now

Still lots of snow lying on the ground but sound of rain hitting my roof now ... ah well, fun while it lasted! Mustn't be cold enough

[SMU]

http://forum.netweather.tv/topic/75703-competition-prize-how-long-will-the-snow-pile-last/

Have a read & place your bets

S

[snowmore]

Snow starting to fall in Lucan, Dublin :-)

lasted all of 5 mins :-(

Edited January 22, 2013 by jamesd

[markok]

couple of showers now forming on the irish sea.. wonder were they'll end up..

[snowydog]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-21135436

Video on bbc website features Ballygowan Road next to my street and Four Winds area ...

[mountain shadow]

Had a lovely afternoon outside clearing the snow with the neighbours. Some whom ive never even spoken to before.

Given that most of the worlds Political hotspots appear to be in desert regions, my solution to world peace is snow.

[skywatcher]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-21135436

Video on bbc website features Ballygowan Road next to my street and Four Winds area ..

nice one, snowy. shows it like it was and still is tonight, the only difference being it's not snowing, at least yet. Been out allday so not really caught up but I can see some showers heading onto the east coast. Edited January 22, 2013 by skywatcher

[snowydog]

nice one, snowy. shows it like it was and still is tonight, the only difference being it's not snowing, at least yet. Been out allday so not really caught up but I can see some showers heading onto the east coast.

Yeh it did...

It was snowing really heavy this morning - but went through a period of rain this afternoon (I've been up here all day - off work with flu) - so strange ..

Do you see those showers from rain today? How do you determine if these will be snow or rain? Dew point? Dew point where? I'm very limited in my knowledge lol ..

[gingercat]

Current temp 2.5 and a thaw

[skywatcher]

Snowy _ in answer to yr query. Hopefully, one of the more knowledgeable members will pop online and be able to help you more directly _ I'm crawling off to bed having had almost no sleep last night _ but till then, look in the learning zone. John Holmes ha a good guide on what to look for if it might snow. dew points you can find on sites like www.xcweather.co.uk. Come back with questions yr sure to want answering_the more you learn the more questions you have.

[Rocheydub]

Yeh it did...

It was snowing really heavy this morning - but went through a period of rain this afternoon (I've been up here all day - off work with flu) - so strange ..

Do you see those showers from rain today? How do you determine if these will be snow or rain? Dew point? Dew point where? I'm very limited in my knowledge lol ..

Many things effect snow falling.

Firstly, temperatures! A good guide is when you have upper air temps (on charts as T850) of -8 or more is the best way, however, a continental flow of -5 or even -4 is often good enough.

Thickness is also important... Look for the 528 dam line, if it's there about or lower, that's a good sign too.

Dew points below -1 are also favourable...

When you have all these, then precipitation is the final ingredient!!!

You can get snow when some of these figures are marginal, however, if as suggested, we get a Greenland high pressure cell setting up, look for a deep set northerly flow, with -8/-10 upper air temps, and a sub 528 dam line and you should be game on!!!

Here's hoping February brings this to us all...

[sundog]

Someone correct me if im wrong but i think another problem could be the fact that we have had a slack airflow which means many of the showers that have developed over the irish sea have been given more time to take some heat from the sea when they are developing. A stronger airflow would mean less modification.

[snowydog]

Woa thanks skywatcher, rocheydub and sundog - I'll go off and read about what you guys have talked about! Will get me started anyway

Here's hoping to more snow at some point throughout the rest of the winter