Ireland Regional Weather Discussion 16/01/2018 Onwards

[Weegaz]

MetO automated still going for snow this evening for my location.

Good reports coming in overnight folks, good covering again here this morning, hopefully it lies today and we get a top up this evening.

[snowydog]

Melted very slightly overnight. Still had snow but must have heated up slightly. Cold again and no signs of more melting. Roads in my development are still packed with snow. Not many cars have been out of development. 

Just enough to let me out this morning tho required some tough driving. Hopefully gets topped up tonight. 

[Rocheydub]

Mostly melted here! Kids were upset... secretly I don’t care, I got my fix! ?

[ronan]

All melted here except higher parts.

[Juuyoku]

A slight thaw here. Will have to see what tonight brings. 

[Nqp15h]

51 minutes ago, bobbarley said:

Great when it lasted, melted a bit overnight unfortunately!

Wonder what the snowline was?

[Nqp15h]

1 hour ago, BREIFMAN11 said:

What a failure last night and yesterday was. Little lying snow during day and evening and a melt overnight. Not hopeful for tonight either will just fall and melt again, thats if it falls here 20m asl lol.

Actually we're the prime spot.

[bobbarley]

Snow to sea level in ballycastle last night

Edited January 17, 2018 by bobbarley

[Baltic Regions]

Snowing again.

 

going to get out and clear the driveway and roads....

 

again.

[Nqp15h]

Looks like the mild sector affected North West England too.

Temperature of 2c here.

[Weegaz]

Snowing heavy again here now, lying also

[SP1986]

3 minutes ago, Nqp15h said:

Looks like the mild sector affected North West England too.

Temperature of 2c here.

The mild sector always affects NW England. it was 6C earlier on the coast. May as well emigrate to the Mediterranean I'll see more snow there! ?

Edited January 17, 2018 by SP1986

[Nqp15h]

Just now, SP1986 said:

Yes it did.. it was 6C earlier. May as well emigrate to the Mediterranean I'll see more snow there! ?

Yeah, we go hit too! It came out of nowhere, wasn't forecast 6 hours before!

Pretty weak one mind, snow above 150 metres.

[SP1986]

1 minute ago, Nqp15h said:

Yeah, we go hit too! It came out of nowhere, wasn't forecast 6 hours before!

Pretty weak one mind, snow above 150 metres.

It'll move on.. probably some latent warmth pushed ahead of the low/wave moving in tonight

Edited January 17, 2018 by SP1986

[Nqp15h]

6 minutes ago, SP1986 said:

It'll move on.. probably some latent warmth pushed ahead of the low/wave moving in tonight

Fingers crossed! If we can get 10cm+ out of this low, i'll stay happy! 

Edited January 17, 2018 by Nqp15h

[Sparky72]

Not be cold enough for front to turn to snow in most places in north west tonight. High ground only.

[Nqp15h]

7 minutes ago, Sparky72 said:

Not be cold enough for front to turn to snow in most places in north west tonight. High ground only.

Are you sure? It's a 9 hour event with no wind, so it should allow eavporative cooling to sea level.

Temperatures will be 2c before the low hits, which is already cold enough in my book.

Edited January 17, 2018 by Nqp15h

[Weegaz]

2 minutes ago, Nqp15h said:

Are you sure? It's a 9 hour event with no wind, so it show allow eavporative cooling too sea level.

I mean temperatures will be 2c before the low hits, which is already cold enough in my book.

Whats precipitation amounts looking like?

[Nqp15h]

4 minutes ago, Weegaz said:

Whats precipitation amounts looking like?

Quite decent according to the EURO4. Although the EURO4 makes it a north NI event only, unfortunately.

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/expertcharts?LANG=en&MENU=0000000000&CONT=ukuk&MODELL=euro4&MODELLTYP=1&BASE=-&VAR=t925&HH=24&ARCHIV=0&ZOOM=0&PERIOD=&WMO=

 

Edited January 17, 2018 by Nqp15h

[mountain shadow]

GFS 6z is not good i'm afraid for anywhere in Northern Ireland i'm afraid.

The trough is further North and all precipitation is rain or a sleety mix, dew points are above freezing for all.

Can't see it being wrong at such a short range,

 

[Nqp15h]

To me the GFS seems to be taking the same path as the EURO4.

I don't think the mild air reaches us in the north, it appears to run from Omagh to Ballymena.

Edited January 17, 2018 by Nqp15h

[mountain shadow]

2 minutes ago, Nqp15h said:

To me the GFS seems to be taking the same path as the EURO4.

I don't think the mild air reaches us in the north.

Look at the dew points, all above zero, there will no low lying snow based on that, where ever you are.

 

[Hegzyy]

ay short range your better watching bbc/lookin at euro4, gfs/ecm be a complete mess when looking at percipitation charts etc as its lower resoloution, its gona be a check the radar event

[Nqp15h]

3 minutes ago, mountain shadow said:

Look at the dew points, all above zero, there will no low lying snow based on that, where ever you are.

 

I'm going to trust the EURO4 more since it picked up the Warm Sector, and the GFS did not.

I reckon we will know by 6Z EURO4.

Edited January 17, 2018 by Nqp15h

[mountain shadow]

Just now, Nqp15h said:

I'm going to trust the EURO4 more since it picked up the Warm Sector, and the GFS did not.

EURO4 might show falling snow, doesn't mean it will settle.