Potential Snowfall & Cold Spell Discussion (Wednesday/Thursday 30/12/09)

Min

ragg wrote: »

RTE say definite snow :eek:

Gerry Murphy usually afraid of the word 'snow' too......

inabina

why does Gerry Murphy breath so heavily at the end of his slot

ragg

ragg wrote: »

RTE say definite snow :eek:

Did they say for where

Deep Easterly

Rougies wrote: »

Ooops, missed the forecast, what did he say this time??

Sn sn snnnnnnnn snnnnnnnnnnnn snooooooow! Mostly in the southern half of the country tonight with wintry showers for the weekend in the east.

Rougies

inabina wrote: »

why does Gerry Murphy breath so heavily at the end of his slot

Because uttering the words "snow" or "wintry" takes an awful lot out of him. They'll have the oxygen mask ready for him on the sidelines.

Rougies

Rougies wrote: »

Because uttering the words "snow" or "wintry" takes an awful lot out of him.

LOL thats funny

Cosmo Kramer

Jake1 wrote: »

Did they say for where

Tonight: anywhere south of Mayo

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Dublin

Tomorrow onwards: Anywhere north of Galway

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Wexford that's near a coast.

Im in a fog here. mentally will snow, wont snow, will snow wont snow... Im exhausted from hope.

inabina

Rougies wrote: »

Because uttering the words "snow" or "wintry" takes an awful lot out of him. They'll have the oxygen mask ready for him on the sidelines.

is gerry flemming permanently off the TV? he still works in the met

Iancar29

Ye he seems to think highly for snow 2moro nite and friday nite
Would be a good start to the new year!

This storm at the moment is gettin on my nerves , non-stop rain and a biig huge tree just fell down out my back....Crazyness...............R.I.P MR BIG TREE

jenzz

wow - DP finally moving 2.2 temp 3.9

HashSlinging

Just went for a drive to glenmalure from rathdrum through the back roads, sort of a triangle route and if it was too bad loads of roads to take me back..

The difference a couple of feet makes is unreal, we have nothing but rain and sleet but there is a lot of proper snow a little bit further up, and tons of slush on the roads with snow in the bushes...didnt need to go further to know its probably very thick up there.. Will be taking a trip up tomorrow in the light though..

Oh and the full winter tires coped very well with the slush, very pleased.

Pangea

What a boring forecast from murphy, no emotion, not like eagleton who probably will have a scarf , pair of gloves and a cup of hot choclate the next time hes presenting the weather to show us his enthusiasm! lol

Rougies

inabina wrote: »

is gerry flemming permanently off the TV? he still works in the met

Not sure, maybe they think he's too old for the camera now.

Su Campu

Jake1 wrote: »

Hi Su. Im up the road in Lucan. I was wondering if you could tell me two things, one, do you think I might get snow here? also, if so, do you have any idea of the time? is it between now and 3.00? Im not familiar with charts so not sure if thats the time Im reading. Thanks

That's the $64,000 question! ME reckon there probably will be periods of sleet or snow between 9pm and 3am, and give a small chance that some of it will be "moderate". They haven't given this warning for Dublin airport, which is only a few miles away, probably because Casement is a little further inland, 150ft higher up, and more influenced by the Dublin mountains, which could cause turbulent downdrafts to slam snowy precipitation down from higher levels. Usually the forecasts for the two are almost identical.

So to answer your question - there will probably be a bit of snow in west Dublin tonight, but nothing that's going to cause any disruption!

houseoffun14

Howling gale, and lashing rain in Drogheda

Supercell

HashSlinging wrote: »

Just went for a drive to glenmalure from rathdrum through the back roads, sort of a triangle route and if it was too bad loads of roads to take me back..

The difference a couple of feet makes is unreal, we have nothing but rain and sleet but there is a lot proper snow a little bit further up, and tons of slush on the roads with snow in the bushes...didnt need to go further to know its probably very thick up there.. Will be taking a trip up tomorrow in the light though..

Oh and the full winter tires coped very well with the slush, very pleased.

Why not drive up through Laragh - Annamoe - Roundwood if you are in the area? Proper snow here

Takeshi_Kovacs

Supercell wrote: »

Pics tomorrow morning , if you think i'm going out into that blizzard and taking pics you is crazy!!

What if the blizzard has no brakes!?

Rougies

HashSlinging wrote: »

The difference a couple of feet makes is unreal, we have nothing but rain and sleet but there is a lot of proper snow a little bit further up.

Yeah it's quite suprising how quickly it changes as you drive up. Did the same here in the Dublin mountains earlier. About 5mins drive to go from cold rain to having to turn around because of heavy snow!

Mobhi1

Looking at the GFS it doesn't look as if everything will be in place here until 6am tomorrow just as the precipitation moves away -> 0C DP, -5 850HPa, 528 dam thicknesses (?).

munsterlegend

Su Campu wrote: »

That's the $64,000 question! ME reckon there probably will be periods of sleet or snow between 9pm and 3am, and give a small chance that some of it will be "moderate". They haven't given this warning for Dublin airport, which is only a few miles away, probably because Casement is a little further inland, 150ft higher up, and more influenced by the Dublin mountains, which could cause turbulent downdrafts to slam snowy precipitation down from higher levels. Usually the forecasts for the two are almost identical.

So to answer your question - there will probably be a bit of snow in west Dublin tonight, but nothing that's going to cause any disruption!

do you think it will snow in the southern half of the country? i can't see how given current temps unless they are going to fall?

Cosmo Kramer

Rougies wrote: »

Not sure, maybe they think he's too old for the camera now.

Too much winking cost him his gig, he was creeping people out!

Guuuuuuuuuuuuudddddd Nightayaaaaaa.

Deep Easterly

Cosmo Kramer wrote: »

Too much winking cost him his gig, he was creeping people out!

Yep, that was his sig alright. The wink always gave you the impression that he was telling you more than he was saying.

inabina

Cosmo Kramer wrote: »

Too much winking cost him his gig, he was creeping people out!

Guuuuuuuuuuuuudddddd Nightayaaaaaa.

its alot better than all the swallowing Jean Byrne does in her slot:eek:

Rougies

inabina wrote: »

its alot better than all the swallowing Jean Byrne does in her slot:eek:

Wow, I'm not even going to go there....

Pangea

Just looked outside there, still stormy, the sky is all cloudy and is a very bright white , was like that last night too.

peasant

inabina wrote: »

its alot better than all the swallowing Jean Byrne does in her slot:eek:

oooh, errr.... missus

Sierra Oscar

The wind is really picking up here again now.

Su Campu

munsterlegend wrote: »

do you think it will snow in the southern half of the country? i can't see how given current temps unless they are going to fall?

It's looking like you may get some snow at low levels in the south early tomorrow morning as the cold front crosses the south coast. It may be very short lived though as it picks up speed southwards. in any case I don't think there'll be enough to stick at low levels.

inabina

peasant wrote: »

oooh, errr.... missus

sorry boss, but she does actually have some serious saliva issues when she delivers he forecast :P