Cold Spell Discussion (18/12/09) (Cold, Ice and Snow now arriving)

ninebeanrows

Continue here folks..

Don't want to have a mammoth thread, at this rate we will probably need one every day!

At the moment here its cold, breezy with flakes of snow floating around.

leahyl

Jaysus i can't keep up with these threads!! LOL!

Met Éireann has issued a weather warning for this weekend and early next week.

Showers of sleet and snow are forecast in many areas with widespread severe frosts leading to icy roads.

The Road Safety Authority is urging road users to take extreme care.

From RTE website!

force eleven

From a purely selfish perspective, this kind of set up doesn't bode well for snow for well inland places. The east and north coastal counties look favoured best for the next 48 hours, maybe northwest and west then. I know it is going to be a bit milder tomorrow before that cold front makes its way south - this will make or break any possible snowfall here....hopefully will get a few flakes. It is bitter cold this morning for sure, with that northeasterly breeze.

munsterlegend

force eleven wrote: »

From a purely selfish perspective, this kind of set up doesn't bode well for snow for well inland places. The east and north coastal counties look favoured best for the next 48 hours, maybe northwest and west then. I know it is going to be a bit milder tomorrow before that cold front makes its way south - this will make or break any possible snowfall here....hopefully will get a few flakes. It is bitter cold this morning for sure, with that northeasterly breeze.

yeah tomorrow evening is touch and go i'd say. it will become obvious later today/tomorrow how far south this cold front precipitation will come and also the timing of it.

Light snow flurries here this morning.
Only a dusting has settled.
Lots of cars on the road with a couple of inches on them.
The snow is blanketed about 4 miles west of here from the base of the hills around croghan right up to the mountain top.

current temp 1.4c
dewpoint -2.2

And cloudy in a fresh NE breeze with the occasional burst of flurries.

eskimocat

lol I got lost there for a minute!! wondered where everyone had gone ,

Yeah might be good ldea to have new thread daily, us snowbies love to talk I have noticed!!

leahyl

munsterlegend wrote: »

yeah tomorrow evening is touch and go i'd say. it will become obvious later today/tomorrow how far south this cold front precipitation will come and also the timing of it.

Oh no don't rain on my parade!!:(

leahyl

eskimocat wrote: »

lol I got lost there for a minute!! wondered where everyone had gone ,

Yeah might be good ldea to have new thread daily, us snowbies love to talk I have noticed!!

Me too! I kept clicking refresh and nothing was happening! Then i saw the closed sign at the end of the thread.....:o

maquiladora

Temp 3C
Dewpoint -3C

maquiladora

GURTEEN(A) -6

Brrrrrr....

Deep Easterly

maquiladora wrote: »

Temp 3C
Dewpoint -3C

Where do you live Maquiladora? even the mild west coast is around freezing at the momemt..

Valentia: 1c
Mace Head: 0c.
Shannon -4c
Claremorris: -3c

http://www.met.ie/latest/reports.asp

Gurteen down to -6c! :eek:

Deep Easterly

leahyl wrote: »

Oh no don't rain on my parade!!:(

I really hope that it snows on your parade Leahyl! You deserve it.

leahyl

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Where do you live Maquiladora? even the mild west coast is around freezing at the momemt..

Valentia: 1c
Mace Head: 0c.
Shannon -4c
Claremorris: -3c

http://www.met.ie/latest/reports.asp

Gurteen down to -6c! :eek:

Maquiladora is in Waterford! I know where everyone lives now.....muhahaha!

Scubadevils

Have to get me a weather station, I say it every year when there is a threat of snow, ice etc. Generally clear skies in Lusk, I expect the snow shield for this area to be fully operational during this spell but will definitely hunt down any mountain snow nearby! :pac:

I can't bring myself to take a look over on Netweather this morning, I would just get too jealous!

maquiladora

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Where do you live Maquiladora? even the mild west coast is around freezing at the momemt..

Valentia: 1c
Mace Head: 0c.
Shannon -4c
Claremorris: -3c

http://www.met.ie/latest/reports.asp

Gurteen down to -6c! :eek:

Waterford, yeah, a real no snow zone! :P Will be further north for the weekend so hopefully will see some snow then... :pac:

Deep Easterly

maquiladora wrote: »

Waterford, yeah, a real no snow zone! :P Will be further north for the weekend so hopefully will see some snow then... :pac:

I am surprised that is is (relatively) mild there, as I thought in NE'rly it would be one of the colder spots in this set up. But there ya go, what one assumes about the Irish Climate is never near the truth!

leahyl

Deep Easterly wrote: »

I am surprised that is is (relatively) mild there, as I thought in NE'rly it would be one of the colder spots in this set up. But there ya go, what one assumes about the Irish Climate is never near the truth!

Tis bloody freezing in Cork i can tell ya!:D

Scubadevils

Yay... sneachta in Lusk, the shield must be faulty again! Light but snow none the less

Edit - think its a mix of hail, sleet and snow, but I'll accept it...

maquiladora

leahyl wrote: »

Tis bloody freezing in Cork i can tell ya!:D

It feels a lot colder than 3C!

Down to 2C now actually...

munsterlegend

maquiladora wrote: »

It feels a lot colder than 3C!

Down to 2C now actually...

any good chart updates this morning maquiladora?

leahyl

maquiladora wrote: »

It feels a lot colder than 3C!

Down to 2C now actually...

Well it was freezing this morning when i was going to work - but i presume it's the same now! Just looking out at blue sky and sun now:mad:

maquiladora

06z GFS still looking good for Saturday night.

leahyl

maquiladora wrote: »

06z GFS still looking good for Saturday night.

For Munster?

eskimocat

maquiladora wrote: »

Temp 3C
Dewpoint -3C

Apologies if I ask the dumbest question about the above, Does that mean snow or frost most likely???
thanks

Deep Easterly

maquiladora wrote: »

It feels a lot colder than 3C!

Down to 2C now actually...

You'll make it yet Maq . -2.7c here in Galway, rising a little. :mad:

:pac:

holly1

Leahyl, I think you will get a pasting over the weekend and we in the East just frost:mad:,and I know you will enjoy it:D

maquiladora

leahyl wrote: »

For Munster?

For most places it seems yeah.

leahyl

maquiladora wrote: »

For most places it seems yeah.

Leahyl hyperventilates* WOOHOO!!! *Jumps up and down ecstatically - well not really - I AM in work:D But i want to!!

munsterlegend

maquiladora wrote: »

For most places it seems yeah.

oh stop building up her hopes(and mine)!. i know i should be positive but have a bad feeling it won't reach us or that it will be of rain/sleet !

leahyl

munsterlegend wrote: »

oh stop building up her hopes(and mine)!. i know i should be positive but have a bad feeling it won't reach us or that it will be of rain/sleet !

You better shut that hole in your face! (joking!) Jeepers i think i need anger management classes on top of everything else!:D

munsterlegend

i hope this thread won't all turn to bitterness! it could be messy.

leahyl

munsterlegend wrote: »

i hope this thread won't all turn to bitterness! it could be messy.

Oh you aint seen NOTHING yet Munsterlegend;)!

francosp

Latest radar showing most of the showers off the southeast coast.

Woke up this morning to a thin coating of snow on cars, none of note sticking on the ground.

Bloody freezing though

Deep Easterly

leahyl wrote: »

You better shut that hole in your face! (joking!) Jeepers i think i need anger management classes on top of everything else!:D

Here is a pic of a tree in snow to keep you calm and peaceful for the time being



-2.5c now, the rise continues. Not near my Davis V2 and am depending on an old portable car thermo hanging out the window at the moment, but still very frosty out there.

kingshankly

Just south of Dundalk here no snow not even a bit of frost
all in all a beautiful day

pickarooney

Any idea if inbound flights will be affected. Flying in next Tuesday...

WolfeIRE

-2c in Ennis. Beautiful clear day. People wearing scarfs and hats that haven't seen the light of day since 1982 snowfalls. Dear Lord....is that a Wham hat?

Snowing lightly and continously here west of Arklow for the past 20 minutes or so.

WolfeIRE

Here is the snow report from Morning Ireland with MET Eireann warning for Ireland

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1218/weather_av.html?2670743,null,209

JackieChan

A few flakes falling in D8..plenty more in that sky!

Deep Easterly

WolfeIRE wrote: »

-2c in Ennis. Beautiful clear day. People wearing scarfs and hats that haven't seen the light of day since 1982 snowfalls. Dear Lord....is that a Wham hat?

Even more strange in Tuam at the moment. Took this pic a few mins ago outside my window.



It's fecking Soviet out there...:D

force eleven

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Even more strange in Tuam at the moment. Took this pic a few mins ago outside my window.



It's fecking Soviet out there...:D

That picture is a blatant lie. It was actually Main St, Moate on Paddy's day last year....;),

Deep Easterly

LOL F11! :D:D

WolfeIRE

force eleven wrote: »

That picture is a blatant lie. It was actually Main St, Moate on Paddy's day last year....;),

I thought it was SIPTU rally when I first saw it.

force eleven

Evelyn Cusack on Gerry Ryan at the mo....she reckons not a white Christmas, milder air from the south - but she did say things can change this far away....

Wow, she totally dissed Ken Ring lol!

200motels

Clear and sunny here, temp 2.1c

WolfeIRE

force eleven wrote: »

Wow, she totally dissed Ken Ring lol!

why does gerry keep telling yer man to speak up???

Did Evelyn say much about where snow is going to fall Force Eleven?

Deep Easterly

force eleven wrote: »

Evelyn Cusack on Gerry Ryan at the mo....she reckons not a white Christmas, milder air from the south - but she did say things can change this far away....

Wow, she totally dissed Ken Ring lol!

Damn, not near a radio at the moment! Evelyn always make for interesting listening when she is talking weather.

force eleven

WolfeIRE wrote: »

why does gerry keep telling yer man to speak up???

Did Evelyn say much about where snow is going to fall Force Eleven?

No, mostly the north and north west she was saying,but this weekend would be tricky for drivers. Unfortunately, being Gerry Ryan, no intelligent questions were put to her.

He should have asked her about the merits of GFS v ECM modelling, plus the science behind polar low pressure systems. Ah well, maybe next time.

ninebeanrows

Very light bits of snow falling on and off here all morning, obviously nothing on thr ground barring afew snow pellets!

force eleven

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Damn, not near a radio at the moment! Evelyn always make for interesting listening when she is talking weather.

Yep, she certainly has opinions on Mr Ring! Practically called him a charlatan for taking money off people for using his 18 year cycle method. She said if that was true, why would we need weather forecasters...given all the public sector problems, perhaps she should have kept a bit quieter. If Mr Lenihan gets wind of this, he might start asking questions lol....