Bring on the snow

Lets be having it then

Mothman

Earthman wrote:

The biggest cluster of them seems to be just east of mothman actually.

Hanging around to see if I can put today (2nd) down as a snow day

Temp staying about -3C, grass temp has been below -10C. I'm sure a new station record when I check in morning, though only going back to 2002.

Heading to the hills tomorrow

LookingFor

Updated: http://saturn.unibe.ch/rsbern/noaa/dw/realtime/current/n1bcurr.jpg

You can see those irish sea showers a lot better now. But hopefully the wind will change such to usher them on land.

I wouldn't even hazard a guess what's happening off scotland, i'll let you experts decipher that

Mothman

And a brighter echo has just appeared on the radar.... NE of me.

ninebeanrows

On the 50euro laptop now.......

OK from now until 6am it looks like mini showers will skirt onto eastern
coasts from louth to wexford with some flurries and maybe a dusting
by morning (in Dublin for example).

Tomorrow cloud will spread from the north and heavy and possible
prolonged snow showers will affect Ulster, much of Lesinter and
connacht as a band of snow pushes south.

Eastern areas may be affected by the back edge of a possible
polar low feature towards evening...

Over much of Leinster especially eastern areas seeing 3-5cm's of snow
through tomorrow..

Ulster upto and over 10cm's and Midlands and west 3-8cm's

Meanwhile shower is nearly overhead here now:D

darkman2

LATEST FAX!:eek:

Thats a pretty good cluster just East of you now mothman and possibly extending south enough to maybe flurry here.

I've been hovering between -1.8 and -2 all evening by the way.

Danno

-2.5C here.

Our man in Havana

I am in London from tomorrow till Sunday, looks like I shall miss the fun.

-4.5 in Errill atm.

Scubadevils

darkman2 wrote:

LATEST FAX!:eek:

What does it say??? Please

darkman2

Felixdhc wrote:

What does it say??? Please

SNOW SNOW SNOW SNOW:D

Mothman

Temp has made a mad dash downwards, down 0.7C in ten minutes and currently at equal lowest of night at -3.7C which is lowest of winter. Grass temp just above 10C

ninebeanrows

stunning fax chart:eek:

This is shaping up to be the best cold spell since 2001 if tomorrow
comes off!!!!!!!!!

Amazing fax chart !!!!!!

Snow Felix basically

Scubadevils

darkman2 wrote:

SNOW SNOW SNOW SNOW:D

So it might finally be the big pay off! We deserve this big time

ninebeanrows

should start to flurry any minute:D

Mothman

Have the showers just shrunk

SpitfireIV

darkman2 wrote:

SNOW SNOW SNOW SNOW:D

Good interpretation Darkman2, haha

PauloMN

So....ermm....to the uninitiated child-at-heart....is it going to snow in Dublin tomorrow?

darkman2

In a word - YES;)

Danno

-4.5 in Errill? Hmm. That is interesting.

My thermometer was out for much of last night. I wonder if it is a new battery required...

Typical, potentially the coldest night of the year (2006) so far and it is giving out. I wonder if my computer's CMOS would complain about loosing it's battery for tonight...

What is that on the radar over Laois?

Danno

http://www.met.ie/forecasts/3hour.asp <<< predicted for 2AM - the first part of the Polar Low hits Northern Ireland.

Mothman

Mothman wrote:

Have the showers just shrunk

I wouldnt advise staying up all night anyway for anaprop

Just been outside and theres clear sky overhead and no cloud with a NW breeze so I'm not expecting those showers to head in,they'll probably hug the coast and head south.


The NW version of the radar shows them more extensively than the latest actual MO radar so I dunno.
Anaprop would be sad.

darkman2

What is anaprop?:rolleyes:

LFCFan

I've said it before and I'll say it again. We are going to see loads of :mad: and and tomorrow when all these fronts and troughs etc you are all talking about take a turn for the worst and decide they don't want to visit Ireland anymore because they've heard all about the rip off prices and the rioting idiots and realise that they'd be better off staying in the UK because they can get a drink for a reasonable price. All this of course will result in yet another No Snow! Guaranteed!!!

Mothman

Earthman wrote:

I wouldnt advise staying up all night anyway for anaprop

Off to the leaba, temp up to -2.8C grass temp above -8C

SpitfireIV

No snow for you LFCFan! .....ah no, maybe just a bit then :v:

darkman2

darkman2 wrote:

What is anaprop?:rolleyes:

Anaprop is a false radar image.
It shows up as light precip which doesnt exist ie a radar error.

Scubadevils

LFCFan wrote:

I've said it before and I'll say it again. We are going to see loads of :mad: and and tomorrow when all these fronts and troughs etc you are all talking about take a turn for the worst and decide they don't want to visit Ireland anymore because they've heard all about the rip off prices and the rioting idiots and realise that they'd be better off staying in the UK because they can get a drink for a reasonable price. All this of course will result in yet another No Snow! Guaranteed!!!

ah, you might just have snow on your face tomorrow evening Then again, you may be right.

kaizer

fax chart looks good - hope u lads down south get a good wallop of the white stuff.
Met Office released a new warnin for up here -- Bring er on!!

Widespread Icy Roads & Heavy Snow
Affecting Co Antrim, Co Armagh, Co Derry, Co Down, Co Fermanagh & Co Tyrone
Heavy snow showers, some prolonged, are expected to feed down from the north during Friday morning, continuing into the afternoon. Snow accumulations of up to 5 cms are expected widely with 10 to 15 cms possible in places, especially over high ground in the north. Gusty winds with those showers may cause some reduction in visibility due to drifting or blowing snow, and surfaces will become icy. The public are advised to take care, especially during the morning rush hour, and refer to the DRDNI 'Road Traffic Watch' for further advice on road conditions.

Snowbie

at last snow,well flurries,ok a few flakes then,not amounting to much but finally a few to talk about.Not far from howth on the coast,temp -1.3 down from -1.5 which gave me the impression something was happening.:)

Gonzo

i dunno bout snow but its definitely getting cold enough for it.. its now -6 in Clones and a balmy -4 where I am... some parts of Ireland could see -8 or even -9 by the end of the night.

Danno

MULLINGAR(P) N 02 - n/a - -6 92 0.0 1001

And it's only the midnight reading! Brrrr...

The lakes in the lake county must be frozen over!

Some intense radar echoes showing up W of Scotland now...

Danno

Mullingar and Casement trade places on the table for 1am,

CASEMENT -6 down 1c
MULLINGAR -5 up 1c

CHARLESTOWN MAYO is at -6.6c at 12am on the NRA Website.

Danno

NRA 1am Update:

CHARLESTOWN MAYO -6.9c
REAGHSTOWN LOUTH -6.9c

Gonzo

sky news gave the west of ireland -12 for tonight.... dont think they'll get that tho

Gonzo

yahoo weather is reporting -7 for Clones

Danno

Met Eireann website is down!

They might be launching their new site for Spring! was supposed to be launched for Winter 2005.

Danno

http://www.metoffice.com/satpics/latest_uk_ir.html

W Scotland is looking nice on that pic...

ninebeanrows

215 checkup

Prolonged stuff should be into NI by 6am..

Some shower preceeding it..

All moving very well:)

Danno

Anyone else having trouble viewing the BBC Weather sites?

ninebeanrows

British MetO calling for "significant snow" in Northenr Ireland through the morning:D

Talkign about widely 5cms locally 10-15!

Mothman

Got close to station record and may still get there.

-4.7C places it 3rd on all time list behind -5.1C on 1st Jan 2002, but now at -4.3C and falling....

Grass temp -10.6C is a station record, but recording commenced during 2002 so missed out on winter 00/01

Can see those clouds clearly over the sea

ninebeanrows

OK im going to make a few predictions.. snow into Dublin by around 12-2pm

Moderate and sporadic periods of snow.. slowly accumalating..

Snow to keep going through the evening..

3-5cms to be on the ground by evening with 3cm after 6pm;)

Overall depth in the Dublin regions should be around 2inches with bigger
drifts.. some possible very heavy snow for the east of North Leinster
as the wrap around brushes ashore;)

Mothman

Anyway, some low temps from last night up to 6am.

Casement -7.5
Mullingar -7.2
Claremorris -6.9
Birr -6.7
Clones -6.4
Dublin Airport -4.8
Belmullet -4.4

Cold for March but it got colder everywhere in early March 2001. I haven't checked in depth, but certainly coldest at Belmullet since Mar 2001 and perhaps at other stations.

billy the squid

everywhere except here

its bloosy freezing though.

Mothman

Since my last post, its got colder at Birr, -8C (rounded)

Up to -2.4C with me and sun is shining. It has got above the clouds over the sea

SpitfireIV

Good morning guys, looks like a damn cold one out there today, the place is white...........with frost!

Anyway, just been looking at the met office rainfall radar and see that the body of precip has made landfall up north, but whats so different about this one? Doesnt seem very large, how do ye know it wont fizzle out over the north?

And what about that polar low, any updates on that as of yet?

Cheers..

lucernarian

Have been busy lately but I kept up with developments. I'm in a very good position should the LP take a track further out east. I'm somewhat exposed to the north as well as east thanks to Dundalk Bay:)

What is the most likely path for this to take? Latest MetE 3 hr chart has the snow approaching Mayo

I like WC's use of east parts of north Leinster:D

Will be back this evening to report on progress if any. If I dont reply you can take it that the electricity cut out from heavy snow;)

ninebeanrows

Im heading soon but i wont be going back to *cough* for the afternoon:D

Expect a bank of cloud to push down from the north.. Should brew up
over the irish sea and be heavy along eastern coast.. snow elsehwere
too.. Expecting snow to arrive in Dublin by 12;)

Currently -2.2c here

Some nice anvilsjust nudging the coast,I doubt they'll come in but I can actually see the precip falling from them.

Gerry Flemming wasnt ramping this morning on radio one.
He said the snow showers were to push south today but there was nothing about prolonged snow or a wrap around in the East tonight.
In fact he said it would be dry and frosty by evening with the showers confined to the north west.