Winter 2011/2012

http://www.donegaldaily.com/2011/11/28/snow-on-the-way-to-donegal-this-week/

Great to see a bit of hope with the cold spell coming (it better come :P )

Hopefully we might be even able to put of a hat and scarf in the morning!

Sick of this unseasonable weather this Winter, roll on the cold temps!



P.S. would be very excited if i were in Donegal http://www.donegaldaily.com/2011/11/28/snow-on-the-way-to-donegal-this-week/

Su Campu wrote: »

I moved that post to this one as there's certainly no point in starting another thread, especially when the quote is the Donegal Daily!!!

A fine upstanding publication ! :pac:

Just throwing this out there, make of it what you will.

Himself has an uncanny ability to predict events based on "gut feeling"... and for about 3 weeks he has been saying not to worry about winter sucking, because it will all change and get good on the 11th of December. (Good = I'm a snow lover)

Make of that what you will, it is based on nothing but "gut feeling" and no science whatsoever. I'll be curious to see how it plays out given his kind of strangely accurate predictions about life in general. Probably as valid as half of the long-range forecasts out there! (With no offense to lrf's out there!) :rolleyes:

El Horseboxo wrote: »

Believe me none of you would love a "1947" type event. I lived in one for much of my teenage years. Right up in northern Minnesota where severe lake effect snow regularly occurred. It's great craic initially. But not cool when your electricity is gone and then only comes back sporadically. Also having to get up 2 hours earlier than normal to try clear your drive way in what seemed like a pointless effort as the snow falling was more than you're shoveling. It gets very old very quick.

I still love snow but if this country had 4 months of constant snow i reckon even the biggest enthusiast would grow tired.

i guarantee you i wouldnt grow tired of it, but i still wouldnt wish for a 1947 event because of all the hardship it caused the country when it happened.

weathermaiden wrote: »

See, the one problem with that is, he can only predict money-related stuff like lotto numbers moments before it's called. Like if we're watching the lotto numbers being called, he will get 4 of them right but if we try to do it the day before, we might get 1. It's the Kryptonite.

Plus, I am so UNlucky with that stuff, we would end up breaking even anyway. :cool:

shedweller wrote: »

Probably covered here already but if not, here is a link to an arctic oscillation site in NOAA:http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/daily_ao_index/ao_index.html
Thats the highest its been in a wee while. Not conducive to snow at all!

It could break records being so high it a plus 4 iv not seen it this high in years itgoing to cause some very cold air at the pole
Question is what happens if it dips low and the cold air moves down south
I think colder air then last year of course the ao nao may not dip

Apologies if this has been posted before....

The Great Blizzard of 1947 in Boyle, Co Roscommon

http://homepage.eircom.net/~greenst/blizzardof47.html

For us simpler folk with little knowledge of charts or trends

ARE THINGS LOOKING POSITIVE FOR SNOW-LOVERS AT LAST?

Figure that some of the snow bunnies here who are rocking an Android phone might appreciate this new Live Wallpaper.:)

https://market.android.com/details?id=ru.gonorovsky.kv.livewall.snowmood#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDIxMiwicnUuZ29ub3JvdnNreS5rdi5saXZld2FsbC5zbm93bW9vZCJd

bb1234567 wrote: »

i guarantee you i wouldnt grow tired of it, but i still wouldnt wish for a 1947 event because of all the hardship it caused the country when it happened.

Thing is you can't if you've never experienced it. You can't guarantee you'll like something if you've never had to endure the hardships it caused. I love storms but living in Kansas wrecked my head eventually due to the constant need to react to even the slightest possibility of tornadoes. When your quality of life gets affected you begin to see things a little differently. Same way i still love snow. But after Christmas i always wished it would ease up. Come the following November i'd be dying for it. But you get tired of it when it enters the 4th month and you're still getting up 4 hours before your work or school start time. It's why snow birds exist.

Mitch Buchannon wrote: »

Sitting down to the computer in work and Im checking the forecast for tomorrows operation and Im get this.... Yay... :):D


SA 281900 S 19015KT 9999 -RA FEW012 BKN018 BKN040 13/11 Q1004 NOSIG

FC no data available

FT VALID FOR ETD/ ETA
FT 281700 S 2818/2918 17017G27KT 9999 SCT020 BKN030
BECMG 2819/2821 19018G28KT -RADZ BKN010 BKN016
TEMPO 2821/2910 4000 RA BKN008
BECMG 2910/2912 27018G28KT BKN020
TEMPO 2912/2918 SHRASN SCT020CB

Now if only the nice people in the aviation met office in snn would only put the forecast temps on the tafs!!

was just noticing that Su.

looks as if there will be a few of these borderline episodes in December.

Still if you live on the mountains happy days