The Big Freeze ( Saturday 9th January 2010 )

haines35

Just want to say a big thanks to all the forecasters here - I don't post much but I read it all and am learning more with each passing day and with each thing I learn, little as they might be, it just gets more and more interesting.
The two most important lessons I have learnt so far are 1) it's very difficult to predict exactly what the weather might do and 2) no amount of wishful thinking, impatience or frustration will ever it make it snow! You've just got to hope for the best and let the weather do what it's going to do. Anyway, thanks to you all for all the really great and interesting discussions.[/quote]

+1

Rushah

Light snow shower Rush, Co Dub

Rougies

zenno wrote: »

enlighten me.

Hmmm, do you read this forum at all, or do you just concentrate on making sure you get no snow?
Reports of snow in Swords about 5mins after you said no snow in dublin today :rolleyes:
I'm not going to bother explaining anything else becuase you probably won't read it!

irish1967

To_be_confirmed wrote: »

I cannot believe this, reports of "slow mo snow":D and the radar...

This sounds exactly a convergence zone, but over land?? O wise forecasters, comment on these developments!

I had been watching 2 banks of clouds coming together to the south of me. Don't know if this is what you mean.

thetonynator

South east snow shield seems to be up and running:(

DDigital

t|nt|n wrote: »

Big flakes falling in Naas again

Where? Im in Naas. Can't see any.

leahyl

Hi guys! Just came back from cork city centre myself and there was no snow! Was looking back over some of the posts and someone said it was snowing in cork city around the time I was in there - em no!

To_be_confirmed

To_be_confirmed wrote: »

It's already been snowing here today and the precipitation, although light enough, is amplifiying in occurrence and area as we speak. Check the radar, it's showing the growth of showers too.

Yeah straight easterly is much better for your area-seatrack length wise all the way from liverpool.

zenno

haines35 wrote: »

Really starting to kick off here in louth now,good strong snow in stiff easterly breezw with black skies over the irish sea bang on time!!

nice one.

lucernarian

haines35 wrote: »

Really starting to kick off here in louth now,good strong snow in stiff easterly breezw with black skies over the irish sea bang on time!!

Whereabouts roughly??

sushisushi

That train of snow showers has started tracking over D13 in the last half an hour - it looks really odd, because there are a number of big dark dirty-looking clouds heading by, but the sun is still shining brightly in between them. We've only caught a 5 minute flurry from them since it stopped this morning, but they do look like they are precipitating like mad.

wheres darkman2 by the way?

zenno

Rougies wrote: »

Hmmm, do you read this forum at all, or do you just concentrate on making sure you get no snow?
Reports of snow in Swords about 5mins after you said no snow in dublin today :rolleyes:
I'm not going to bother explaining anything else becuase you probably won't read it!

i always read it dude. go easy man. but this is what i have seen nothing. just because it is slightly snowing in main street swords doesn't mean it's snowing in rivervalley. you see. the clouds are isolated very isolated.

munsterlegend

leahyl wrote: »

Hi guys! Just came back from cork city centre myself and there was no snow! Was looking back over some of the posts and someone said it was snowing in cork city around the time I was in there - em no!

there have been flurries here but nothing more really. maybe the same there.

Rougies

zenno wrote: »

i always read it dude. go easy man. but this is what i have seen nothing. just because it is slightly snowing in main street swords doesn't mean it's snowing in rivervalley. you see. the clouds are isolated very isolated.

Ok, but just because it's not snowing in rivervalley doesn't mean it's not snowing in Dublin!
Anyway....enough of that...back to the snow

snaps

haines35 wrote: »

Really starting to kick off here in louth now,good strong snow in stiff easterly breezw with black skies over the irish sea bang on time!!

So the wind is picking up is it now? Its so still and calm here.

leahyl

munsterlegend wrote: »

there have been flurries here but nothing more really. maybe the same there.

Ya I think the words "it's snowing" are used if someone sees one flake falling!:D I'm trying to remain patient:)

Ginny

Not main St.Swords, I'm up near the manor, and there was a big enough snowfall this morning and 7:30, that did hit main st.
Oh and its snowing again here now,seems to be 5 min showers, very small flakes though.

Bloody*Mary

Light flurries in Swords again now - wind really seems to have picked up. Hopefully this'll mean some heavier snow

munsterlegend

john 1994 would be great to have around from here on in especially tomorrow. any sign of him at all lately?

Ludo

It snowed in rochestown on and off for an hour. Really pathetic amount though.

leahyl wrote: »

Hi guys! Just came back from cork city centre myself and there was no snow! Was looking back over some of the posts and someone said it was snowing in cork city around the time I was in there - em no!

munsterlegend

leahyl wrote: »

Ya I think the words "it's snowing" are used if someone sees one flake falling!:D I'm trying to remain patient:)

yes try to! its not easy i know..a little flurry here now again...very cloudy here..how about there?

Rougies

munsterlegend wrote: »

john 1994 would be great to have around from here on in especially tomorrow. any sign of him at all lately?

I think he went to Netweather. Poor guys.....

leahyl

munsterlegend wrote: »

yes try to! its not easy i know..a little flurry here now again...very cloudy here..how about there?

More or less clear blue sky with a few fluffy White clouds which the sun has gone behind now:)

Alicat

Damn I wish I was in work today so I could've seen the snow in Swords this morning :pac:

Well....not really... *takes another sip of hot tea and cuddles up in the blankets on the couch*

ninebeanrows

12z GFS indicates there will be alot of snow for much of the country from beginning in the east later tonight.

It could however perhaps be marginal along eastern and southern coasts but this will be a nowcast situation.

For a large portion of the country though snow will be persistent through the day with moderate and at times heavy falls.

Could be some big accumulations.

Then as the Atlantic attempts to tackle in during Tuesday/Wednesday there is another chance of very heavy snowfall.

EKRIUQ

Kilkenny sunny and no sign of snow since morning when approx .75cm fell in total now about 3cm since Monday

zenno

Rougies wrote: »

Ok, but just because it's not snowing in rivervalley doesn't mean it's not snowing in Dublin!
Anyway....enough of that...back to the snow

lol good point. but waiting as i am for it.

Ronan|Raven

Snowing steadily now here. Roscommon County.

ninebeanrows

12z GFS will worry the forecasters.

Could be ALOT of snow.