Cold Spell Forecasts and Synoptic Forecast Discussion - 26/11/1020 onwards

Iancar29

This is what we want again people !

ninebeanrows

Thaw is on here now.

think things are gonna turn marginal from now on as the breeze kicks up, hopefully we have succession of snow showers to top things up

Still a 3 inch covering all over.

premiercad

cloud has developed over dublin already so some convection happening

Musicman2000

Thaw allready? are you on the coast?

ollie1

Gone very dark and cloudy in south Dublin no snow yet though.

GavinH

A good site for wind directions

http://magicseaweed.com/msw-surf-charts2.php?chart=1&res=500&type=wind&starttime=1290902400

Gonzo

no thaw on here, starting to get a bit bored of this cold spell now. The snow which we had Friday night/Saturday is now nothing more than 2 inchs of frozen ice and it's been dry and sunny/frosty since Saturday evening. Still no signs of anything exciting approaching, perhaps yet another South Dublin, Wicklow, Wexford event tomorrow?

PauloMN

Gonzo wrote: »

no thaw on here, starting to get a bit bored of this cold spell now. The snow which we had Friday night/Saturday is now nothing more than 2 inchs of frozen ice and it's been dry and sunny/frosty since Saturday evening. Still no signs of anything exciting approaching, perhaps yet another South Dublin, Wicklow, Wexford event tomorrow?

I'm with ya, in Trim here. Saturday's snow is still here, nothing new though since. The forecast seems to suggest that showers could cross the country though tonight so we might see something yet:
http://www.met.ie/forecasts/

Danbo!

Clouds over dublin now, looking NNE from bottom of dublin mountains (d24)

Harps

Bit of a thaw started here as well, still about 3 inches everywhere and even where the sun is shining its still thick with snow but I can definitely see a difference. I can see the top of the kerbs along the driveway for the first time since Friday but its not going to melt for quite a while yet.

Lots of showers still north of here but doesnt look like any will make it this far south. That seems to be our last chance for the week judging by the charts so I'm all for the snow melting on the road and fotpaths. The street here has been literally impassable since this time yesterday, not a sign of a gritter anywhere so anyone relying on a car is stranded

fitefuaite

Very exciting....

Weather Warning

Issued at 29 November 2010 - 11:40
SNOW WARNING
Heavy snowfalls expected tonight, tomorrow and tomorrow night in east Leinster with accumulations of 5-10cm of snow in inland locations and 10-20cm in Counties Louth and Dublin and 15-25cm in County Wicklow.

Valid from: 18:00 29/11/2010
to: 00:00 01/12/2010

http://www.met.ie/forecasts/warnings.asp

maquiladora

fitefuaite wrote: »

Very exciting....

Weather Warning

Issued at 29 November 2010 - 11:40
SNOW WARNING
Heavy snowfalls expected tonight, tomorrow and tomorrow night in east Leinster with accumulations of 5-10cm of snow in inland locations and 10-20cm in Counties Louth and Dublin and 15-25cm in County Wicklow.

Valid from: 18:00 29/11/2010
to: 00:00 01/12/2010

http://www.met.ie/forecasts/warnings.asp

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

8 inches of snow for Dublin? Media meltdown imminent...

anoble66

and even Limerick might see some of the action tomorrow

fitefuaite

It's going to be a snow whopper!!!

Loving this thread btw. Very addictive!!!

Shane O' Malley

fitefuaite wrote: »

Very exciting....

Weather Warning

Issued at 29 November 2010 - 11:40
SNOW WARNING
Heavy snowfalls expected tonight, tomorrow and tomorrow night in east Leinster with accumulations of 5-10cm of snow in inland locations and 10-20cm in Counties Louth and Dublin and 15-25cm in County Wicklow.

Valid from: 18:00 29/11/2010
to: 00:00 01/12/2010

http://www.met.ie/forecasts/warnings.asp

4 to 8 inches for Dublin.? Damm !!!

cherryghost

Interesting forecast by Accuweather. Seems to point that the snow will be intense enough to carry SW and carry through to Kerry for snow by 6am onwards

munsterlegend

anoble66 wrote: »

and even Limerick might see some of the action tomorrow

where do you see that from?! seems an east coast event!

mickger844posts

fitefuaite wrote: »

Very exciting....

Weather Warning

Issued at 29 November 2010 - 11:40
SNOW WARNING
Heavy snowfalls expected tonight, tomorrow and tomorrow night in east Leinster with accumulations of 5-10cm of snow in inland locations and 10-20cm in Counties Louth and Dublin and 15-25cm in County Wicklow.

Valid from: 18:00 29/11/2010
to: 00:00 01/12/2010

http://www.met.ie/forecasts/warnings.asp

Very unusual for Met Eireann to come out with such a county specific warning. Will be interesting to see what happens.

Cassidy28

This is very exciting,dublin and along the east coast is going to get some dumping:):D;):D

Harps

25cm in one night :eek:

It was nice not being jealous yesterday for a change but back to the usual tonight it seems

anoble66

the weather forecast on rte, looks to me very much like that snow will come over the midlands tomorrow afternoon / evening. fingers and toes crossed

munsterlegend wrote: »

where do you see that from?! seems an east coast event!

maquiladora

mickger844posts wrote: »

Very unusual for Met Eireann to come out with such a county specific warning. Will be interesting to see what happens.

And their estimates are usually on the conservative side.

munsterlegend

anoble66 wrote: »

the weather forecast on rte, looks to me very much like that snow will come over the midlands tomorrow afternoon / evening. fingers and toes crossed

well you see to have three counties covered! noticed accuweather as well which is encouraging though not sure if any human input into that. fairly impossibe to predict with any great accuracy as to how those showers will react overland.

Cantona's Collars

My better half reckons I'm being smug because I got the forecast from here and it was 100% correct,the amount of people I met that said the snow was unexpected.

anoble66

keep the faith man, it will happen - that's what I have convinced myself :pac:

munsterlegend wrote: »

well you see to have three counties covered! noticed accuweather as well which is encouraging though not sure if any human input into that. fairly impossibe to predict with any great accuracy as to how those showers will react overland.

lucernarian

I can only assume that Met Eireann are covering their bases due to the risk involved if it happened. This weather could still end up being heavy sleet with the models suggesting it will be a borderline event on the coast.

nacho libre

A bit annoying for those of us in the west that there will be no decent frontal snow event on Thursday/ Friday. Still on the positive side at least there is no real sign of milder weather on the cards at the moment.

rhonin

nacho libre wrote: »

A bit annoying for those of us in the west that there will be no decent frontal snow event on Thursday/ Friday. Still on the positive side at least there is no real sign of milder weather on the cards at the moment.

True but I'm just glad its not the horrible rain and rather mild weather we often get.
Still it would be nice to get a nice heavy snowfall here in the west and north west before this cold spell ends

bkelly86

Any chance of seeing more snow in Laois over the next few days?

Gonzo

I love the way they mention Louth, Dublin and Wicklow in the snow warning and leave out Meath! I would love to see one decent dumping of snow here and then be done with the cold spell come the weekend coz this will outstay it's welcome as the day's go on.