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Cold Spell & Snowfall Discussion Part 2 (Eagle says Polar Low) Wednesday/Thursday
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recession every where in Ireland and while north leitrim may not have cash for luxuries, we have plenty money for our snow shield!!!the minute Gerry's chart came on i was glued and each seg that passed showed our shield working hard!!!
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Can't see it been too marginal inland maybe on the Coast alright
I dunno, winds will be SE going by the current charts. I just have horrible memories of the new years snow even that gave 48 hours of heavy heavy sleet here. That totally sucked.
That said England and Wales have effectively 100% snow coverage by now which should help.
These events really are nowcasts, impossible to be confidant at less than t+24 or less.
The next 24 hours looks bad/good enough here
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Snowaddict wrote: »Very well put there Maq
There will be a rise in 850mb temperatures, but with snowcover and an embedded cold pool at lower levels, these factors are often very important in determining the type of precipitation. We will have to await the 850mb temperatures but if we look through historical charts & analogues, it is events such as these that give a huge dumping of snow.
Equally, as you say though, this could change in subsequent runs.
SA
Can you say... '1947' ? Plenty of examples from that year, and since. 0 -
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Gerry was careful to say precipitation on Sunday which may be wintry. Its going to be marginal as ever.
He is being careful in his wording because everyone is so focused on the weather at the moment that if he said it was a guaranteed snowfall event panic could even ensure in some areas at this point!
For what it's worth, UKMO Guidance has 850mb temperatures of -8 to -9 at T+72, with the precipitation well inland over the southern half of the country. At the very edge of coastal areas it could always be marginal, but if it doesn't snow in 850mb temperatures like those I don't know what to say. He said falls of sleet and snow, they are threading very carefully at the moment.
However, they obviously foresee significant potential to have updated their online forecast and mention drifting and heavy snowfall & to be warning of a potential event 3+ Days out.
This of course could all very possibly downgrade but it will be very serious if it develops as modelled this evening.
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So I guess it's safe to say that the Eagles "polar low" amounted to nothing more than a bit of dark cloud that spoiled the otherwise lovely shunshine.
Mods, this is all your fault for making this thread the official cold spell - snow watch thread, chapter xyz.
Ye jinxed it!
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Slightly off topic, but why did they use a cardboard cutout of John Gormley in that report? Did anyone else notice that!?!?
Maybe its the cardboard cutout that will be in charge of the co-ordination of the emergency response... well at least I feel a bit more confident now that it may not actually be Gormally himself! 0 -
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Snowaddict wrote: »He is being careful in his wording because everyone is so focused on the weather at the moment that if he said it was a guaranteed snowfall event panic could even ensure in some areas at this point!
For what it's worth, UKMO Guidance has 850mb temperatures of -8 to -9 at T+72, with the precipitation well inland over the southern half of the country. At the very edge of coastal areas it could always be marginal, but if it doesn't snow in 850mb temperatures like those I don't know what to say. He said falls of sleet and snow, they are threading very carefully at the moment.
However, they obviously foresee significant potential to have updated their online forecast and mention drifting and heavy snowfall & to be warning of a potential event 3+ Days out.
This of course could all very possibly downgrade but it will be very serious if it develops as modelled this evening.
SA
850's of -8 or 9 are not marginal here at all, if there is precip with those uppers its nailed on wintry. There is only so many snow days i can take before my boss starts to get pissed
Hmm, I may stay with the folks down in Dublin if its still looking dodgy on Saturday, assuming I can get there.Have a weather station?, why not join the Ireland Weather Network - http://irelandweather.eu/
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850's of -8 or 9 are not marginal here at all, if there is precip with those uppers its nailed on wintry. There is only so many snow days i can take before my boss starts to get pissed
Hmm, I may stay with the folks down in Dublin if its still looking dodgy on Saturday, assuming I can get there.
I'm not sure if you are welcome in Dublin any more!
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