Ireland Regional Weather Discussion

[emmett garland]

earlier on it was 14 degrees in casement airport just west od dublin   and 4 degrees in knock airport,about 92 mlies plus extreme rainfall in dublin area in the region of 52 mm so far today. knock is currently coldest at 3 degrees but I cant honestly see any heavy snow accumulation due to warm atlantic temperatures

[ForeverPomeroysnow]

Noticeably a lot cooler leaving work as opposed to this morning.  Much excitement in the model thread I note 

[mountain shadow]

Getting colder and colder but still  a bit to go before proper snowy cold appears. 

At least the outlook is very dry which is good news for my bog of a garden

 

[Sperrin]

The pinks are showing up now, MS!

[mountain shadow]

Hopefully some will see the white stuff over the next few days.

Personally, I would rather wait until further into December for the good stuff.

[ronan]

There is a dusting of snow on the Donegal hills this morning. Definitely feeling more seasonal this morning.

[Weegaz]

Few snow showers heading in presently.

metO warning for ice tonight so cold night ahead.....lovely

[ForeverPomeroysnow]

She's definitely a nippy one (weather that is)

[BIG LAD]

decent snow shower here an hour ago. big flakes but just too wet to lay properly. promising start all the same.

[bobbarley]

Ground white, but mostly hail here

[Sperrin]

47 minutes ago, BIG LAD said:

decent snow shower here an hour ago. big flakes but just too wet to lay properly. promising start all the same.

That shower moved through here earlier but wasn't cold enough for snow. More sleety.

Some good charts popping up for the next 48 hrs in the NW.

[mountain shadow]

I'm off to bed now, but the radar looks lively to the NW.  Seems to be a streamer forming 

Somewhere might get a covering overnight. 

[Sperrin]

We've just had our first proper snow shower there. Nothing major but left ground white. Serious frost out there, although there are somepretty cool ice patterns all over the cars.

[ForeverPomeroysnow]

Decent frost this morning, anyone get any snow overnight? 

[Weegaz]

42 minutes ago, ForeverPomeroysnow said:

Decent frost this morning, anyone get any snow overnight? 

No snow here pom but fantastic frost this morning......hopefully get some of the white stuff over the next 24 hrs.

I'd say up around the NW got a bit last night. More pink showing on the radar this morning again.

[mountain shadow]

You know Winter has arrived by the smell of anti-freeze in the morning. 

Great frost up here.

The BBC weather forecast for the next couple of days looked non to shabby either.

[mountain shadow]

That's a heavy band working down from the NW, is it rain, sleet or snow?

[Sperrin]

Surely we'll all get something with this....

Edited November 24, 2017 by Sperrin

[Sperrin]

Just checked out the window to my NW to be met with this great sight of snow band approaching lit up withthe pinks of dawn...photo doesn't do it justice.

[mountain shadow]

Pink sky to the NW of Belfast although I feel this band will only be rain in the city  centre. 

[booferking]

Pink sky approaching awaiting result

[Sperrin]

4 minutes ago, booferking said:

Pink sky approaching awaiting result

It very slow moving! Im off work today so patiently waiting it's arrival. 

[ronan]

Heavy sleet here just outside Derry. Few cars past me this morning with a layer of anow on them so i would say areas with a bit of height getting some snow this morning.

Edited November 24, 2017 by ronan

[Sperrin]

Snowing lightly here for half an hour. Radar looking great too!

@knocker hope you don't mind me sharing your update here in our thread. Sounds great for us in the North

Over the next couple of days the UK in an unstable north westerly airstream, courtesy of a deep low around the Norwegian Basin, giving frequent squally showers in the west which in N. Ireland and Scotland will be very frequent and often of snow even down to low levels. In these areas there will also be quite strong winds, The exception to this early on will be the SW & S of England which will be cloudy with sporadic rain. Feeling cold in the blustery wind particularly the further north you go.

So on to this morning's gfs

Sunday a much quieter day as a ridge pushes in from the west but this is very transitional as by Monday 00 a front and wave depression have already impacted the north west (the low tracking a bit further north than yesterday) accompanied by rain Over the next 24 hours the front traverses the country south east as the low deepens and tracks east into southern Norway. Simultaneously another low has swept in from the north west, phases in with the main trough to the north east, and is over Scotland by Tuesday 00 and this time should dump a fair bit of snow on the high ground, and even lower fround, in N. Ireland and Scotland.

[Weegaz]

Looking good sperrin.