spring Ireland Regional Discussions 21/03/13

[ronan]

Heavier stuff incoming for Donegal/Derry!

[ronan]

By no means heavy but settling on the cars and grass! You are all very quiet!

[BIG LAD]

heavy sleet/wet snow here for last hour or so. temp is 1.6c.deffo gonna be a major event to rival march 2010 for upland areas.

[ronan]

Putting the snow aside!! Really feel for the people in Cork!! Not good!

[BIG LAD]

snow falling across bragan mountain at the minute in north monaghan, parents were traveling back from enniskillen

welcome to the forum! which part of the mountain did they travel over? will be crazy up round carricknabrock after this!

[dgilbokid]

welcome to the forum! which part of the mountain did they travel over? will be crazy up round carricknabrock after this!

From Clogher to tydavnet! Just rain here outside the town unfortunately

[The Eagle]

Thanks for the updates folks. Not expecting snow here till maybe Saturday morning. Heavy rain and windy till then. Looks like the north (Ulster, far north Leinster) is going to get hammered next 36 hours particularly high ground. This is an event. I expect headlines from it whether snow or floods. Keep posting pics if yeh can! Keep us updated, And also any flooding elsewhere. Take care, brutal night.

Edited March 22, 2013 by The Eagle

[ronan]

This first front is moving through pretty quickly! Doesn't seem to be a while pile of precip behind it! Horizontal snow here now, just wish it was a bit heavier!

Outages already!! This could get quite serious!

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[BIG LAD]

From Clogher to tydavnet! Just rain here outside the town unfortunately

ah yeah that road reaches about 170mts asl. one of the higher roads over bragan reaches 340mts!

[dgilbokid]

ah yeah that road reaches about 170mts asl. one of the higher roads over bragan reaches 340mts!

Is that the one through mullaghfad forest! Takes you out to Fivemiletown

[BIG LAD]

Is that the one through mullaghfad forest! Takes you out to Fivemiletown

no its the one over the top of the mountain from bragan crossroads. near the penal cross!

[mac_]

Very heavy snow in Antrim town (25m asl)

Edited March 22, 2013 by mac_

[jello]

Some awesome photos of snow already on NIW,

[ronan]

Snow still falling here but is really light! Pepping up again on the radar! This could be a long night! Maybe just go to bed and hope that we have lying snow by morning.

[SnowJon]

The snow is starting to settle here!!

[The Eagle]

Sandyknowes Belfast live camera

Edited March 22, 2013 by The Eagle

[ronan]

Lights flickering away here! I remember when i was young in the late 80's there used to be plenty of power cuts. Remember my mum making the tea with an old pot on the fire! Lol!

[Beaufort12]

Lights flickering here too,blizzard outside

[Bonjangle]

From Wales ere , enjoy the Snow .. you will get a good lot of it as its piddling down here and heavy .

Piddling i meant rain btw ...

[cue_killar]

Its an exciting night at work tonight with the lights doors and checkouts turning on and off.

[The Eagle]

Is it snowng there in Belfast?

Edited March 22, 2013 by The Eagle

[Mixer 85]

Best of luck to all you guys up north, but most importantly stay safe as this is looking like it could turn out to be quite a severe event.

Wind howling here and lights flickering, rain has eased a bit after bucketing for the past few hours.

Not expecting any snow here till the front stalls and falls back south but I'm still very excited by the evolution of this rare event. Great posts on here tonight too, thanks for keeping us all informed.

Anyway stay safe and ENJOY!!!!

[be cause]

oh happy days .. heavy rain turning to heavy snow .. been out ..it's snow .. will be fun on high ground ..good night . And God bless the sheep and their lambs ....

[ronan]

Heavy driving snow and blizzard conditions here now. Hopefully it will start to lye a wee bit more through the night. Its going that fast that its not getting a chance to lye properly!

[snowydog]

Is it snowng there in Belfast?

Yeh it is where I am ... Castlereagh hills in outer East Belfast ...