Current Weather Conditions - December 2008

Wertz

V. Heavy icy rain in Dundalk currently..started about an hour ago...bloody freezing too, 34F on the dashboard.

kleefarr

Getting warmer here..

Temperature: 40.5 °F / 4.7 °C
Dew Point: 40.1 °F / 4.5 °C

mike65

Wet, windy, mild (relativly speaking)

Mike

Deep Easterly

Very loud rain outside now. Deadly.

nacho libre

watching the bbc weather was very frustrating:mad::mad:
we need to move Ireland up to where Scotland is.

crappy rain now with a temperature of 5.3 c

Danno

It is frustrating allright Nacho, but the trend of weather so far this winter (still only 3 days old) is very encouraging. The ability of the cold to dig in so early this year certainly bodes well for the remaining three months of the season. The cold of the north is impressive and in just two weeks we should see the continent freeze as well. When that happens we will have plenty of potential. A sacndy high IMHO looks very very possible for the latter third of December with a re-run of Christmas 95 on the cards... watch this space.

Gonzo

Rain, 4C, double figures now in parts of the west for the first time in over a week.

Badabing

Heavy rain here in Tallaght on and off since 7.

ch750536

Really really heavy rain

CianRyan

Still coming down in Tallaght, if the clouds clear during the night (doubtfull) and the temp drops again, could get very icey.

kerry1960

Alot of thunder rumbling to my NW atm

5.6c here
no snow , pletty of rain though.

LEIN

Very windy atm with no rain.

DOCARCH

Normal Service has Resumed!

5.0c atm. 19.2mm rain overnight - just imagine if that was snow:rolleyes:

Max. of 7.0c at about 4am - the highest temp. in exactly a week here (last Thursday! Not bad.

Pressure 978mb down 26mbs in 24 hours!

ch750536

Just got back from town, so incredibly dark.

Lots of roads flood damaged, must have happened during the night.

rhonin

Dull and wet. 5.2C

mike65

Twas a dark and stormy night!

Followed by a gusty but dry, bright morning.

nacho libre

a balmy 8 degrees with prolonged showers of rain

Gonzo

Sunny, 5C but feeling much colder than that in the bitter wind

Deep Easterly

nacho libre wrote: »

a balmy 8 degrees with prolonged showers of rain

As above. Quite heavy too at times.

Supercell

Pleasant enough here, fair and breezy with a current temp of 5.8°C
Frost unlikely tonight due to the wind. No snow on the mountains that I can see which is a shame. Anyone with a view of the mighty Lug, is there anything left on it?

ch750536

ch750536 wrote: »

Just got back from town, so incredibly dark.

Lots of roads flood damaged, must have happened during the night.

Just been to see a friend, roads torn up, his garden wall washed away & a bit of a mess.

Sierra Oscar

We have been getting heavy showers on and off all day - localised flooding in areas.

LEIN

On the northside of Dublin for the night tonight and its cool with broken cloud.

barnicles

Current conditions as of 1900 hrs

Heavy rain
+4.0c | STEADY
Calm

barnicles

227 replies in 4 days.

This is going to be big.

barnicles

Current weather conditions as of 1950 hours

Dry with 40% cloud cover
+4.5c|RISING SLOWLY
Breeze

4.9c dropping slowly
DP 2.7c
SW 9mph
975.9mb steady
Partly cloudy

Dry since morning.

mike65

Bright and a bit windy.

The Black Oil

Bright and sunny.

highdef

I'm in D8 at the moment and we've had a moderate shower. If temps are going to be as cold as forecast, would there be a very major risk of seriously icy roads later on??

arctictree

Cold and showery here. 5.6c here ATM

DOCARCH

.......................tumbleweed rolling through.........................:D

(post snow threat - UK getting snow depression???)

2.8c here atm. Max. today of 6.6c.

According to forecast, a very cold night ahead and it looks like some people may gat another ice day tomorrow.

If you can't have snow - frost and fog is pretty good winter weather imo.

Supercell

Despite that theres about 6 octas of low stratus in the sky the current temp is 0.6°C and falling slowly. Pretty frosty out, might just about make an air frost before sun up.

DOCARCH

-1.4c here atm. The ground is still wet from showers yesterday - very, very icy out!

Supercell

DOCARCH wrote: »

-1.4c here atm. The ground is still wet from showers yesterday - very, very icy out!

Ditto! just back in from my mornings jog and it was more a skate than a jog, the roads are an utter disaster area, totally iced over.

shamwari

It's -1C here and feels bitter cold. Sky is clear and the rising sun is clearing the rooftops.

mike65

Cold - a bit!

CianRyan

Was -2 when i hopped into the car today, black ice everywhere, had a rugby match but was called off because the pitch was frozen solid.
Thawed off, and then froze again in a matter of minutes.
Crazy stuff.

Ice starting to melt away now, sun shining bright and clear skies.

DOCARCH

Clear and sunny all day.

3.5c atm, falling fast as the sun dissapears. Max today of 5.1c. Going to be another frosty one early tonight.

Snowbie

Max of 4.8C
4.3C atm and falling away.

Mullaghteelin

Peaked at 6.4C,
now 1.9C and falling rapidly.
Wind SW @ 2mph.

highdef

It's going to be seriously icy out in a few hours time!!! Northwood in Santry was like an ice rink right upto lunchtime today. Will be the same tonight. Already down to 2c at Dublin airport at 4pm :eek:

shamwari

I was in Maynooth earlier and the canal was frozen. There was serious frost in the shade too. Looks like tonight will be leathal :eek:

rc28

Ground and puddles remained frozen all day. -6c forecasted for tonight and -1c in Carlow already. Certainly a much frostier start to Winter than in recent years.

highdef

And temp at Dublin airport is down to 0c as of 17:00. Was about 5c at the same time yesterday - not a night to be driving. And I'm stuck in work till god knows when!!!

Just wondering, with temperatures dropping so quickly and with pressure also rising and also that the winds are virtually calm, is there a much higher risk of (freezing) fog tonight?

Mullaghteelin

highdef wrote: »

And temp at Dublin airport is down to 0c as of 17:00. Was about 5c at the same time yesterday - not a night to be driving. And I'm stuck in work till god knows when!!!

Just wondering, with temperatures dropping so quickly and with pressure also rising and also that the winds are virtually calm, is there a much higher risk of (freezing) fog tonight?

Its definately a much higher risk than last night for this part of the country. Ild say its almost a certainty.

Currently 0.6C

mike65

Damn cold, 100% Clear and calm.

cgf

According to NRA Weather table Nenagh air temp was -1.8c at 18.02.

http://www.nra.ie/RoadWeatherInfo/Map/data/htm/WeatherTable.htm

DOCARCH

-1.0c here now.

The damp/wet on the ground from yesterdays showers never got a chance to dry out today - just back from the shops and you can the ice on the roads already.