Big Freeze Continues - Discussion here ( All Ireland ) - 3/12/2010 onwards

irish1967

Don't forget the icebergs

smokin ace

Mech1 wrote: »

http://thedailyedge.thejournal.ie/cowen-croons-a-moving-apology-to-the-irish-people-kind-of-2010-12/

please no politics in here it was a total breath of fresh air to get away from listening about the imf cowan budget the mess of the economy bla bla bla bull siht
please lets leave it only as a weather thread and no mention of politics

Irish Steve

At last, it's possible to walk away from the computer to do some work and not have to spend half the evening catching up on what's been going on in the thread:D

If I get REALLY lucky, I might be able to get up on the roof this weekend to take the weather recorder down from the chimney so that I can get rid of the cobwebs ( I think...hope) that have recently stopped the rain recorder from operating, and replace the duct tape on the wind direction indicator that is holding the vane extension on. Some light oil on the wind speed indicator probably won't do any harm either.

Steve

Iancar29

Jaysus ... I hav to say , all these girls that are mad into the weather! , how come none live near me? Ha ,All my friends just laugh at how often I talk about the weather, even when in college (studying CLIMATE SCIENCE) ther wasn't many people as interested in actualy weather events as me! So ye ... We should all meet up some time!! Haha...

Iancar29

Iancar29 wrote: »

Jaysus ... I hav to say , all these girls that are mad into the weather! , how come none live near me? Ha ,All my friends just laugh at how often I talk about the weather, even when in college (studying CLIMATE SCIENCE) ther wasn't many people as interested in actualy weather events as me! So ye ... We should all meet up some time!! Haha...

New chat up line for ye Ian,' wanna go back to mine and look at the radar ?'
Swoon

Elmer Blooker

nacho libre wrote: »

The temperature hovered close to zero and below in some parts all day, and
with some places forecasted to get snow tonight, it is premature to say the cold spell has fizzled out.
It will get that bit milder tomorrow, but in normal winters we'd be describing temperatures of 2- 4 degrees throughout much of the country as cold weather.

But it's 2-4c now and that's at night, what will it be tomorrow? I'd say around 8c in the west and 5-6c in the east. This thread should be closed NOW if you ask me. The unusually early arrival winter 2010/11 is history now and something to tell our kids/grandkids about someday maybe.

nacho libre

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

But it's 2-4c now and that's at night, what will it be tomorrow? I'd say around 8c in the west and 5-6c in the east. This thread should be closed NOW if you ask me. The unusually early arrival winter 2010/11 is history now and something to tell our kids/grandkids about someday maybe.

met.ie:
Frosty and icy Saturday morning with freezing fog. Further showery rain and sleet over the southern half of the country with some snow in places inland and on higher ground. Brighter weather in northern areas will extend to all areas during the afternoon. Highest temperatures of 0 to 3 degrees generally, but up to 6 or 7 near west and southwest coasts.

Iancar29

Jake1 wrote: »

New chat up line for ye Ian,' wanna go back to mine and look at the radar ?'
Swoon

No no .... If anything it would be.... "So, .... Wanna come back to mine to look at my weather station? , ...., complete wit thermometer, wind vane and rain gauge. " . Hahaha...

Iancar29

Iancar29 wrote: »

No no .... If anything it would be.... "So, .... Wanna come back to mine to look at my weather station? , ...., complete wit thermometer, wind vane and rain gauge. " . Hahaha...

Ah, now, if you said that to a girl , youd better be prepared to put a ring on it

I keep looking at raintoday radar, and codding meself more snow is moving across the country. I really need to get treatment for snow addiction.
:eek:

Elmer Blooker

nacho libre wrote: »

met.ie:
Frosty and icy Saturday morning with freezing fog. Further showery rain and sleet over the southern half of the country with some snow in places inland and on higher ground. Brighter weather in northern areas will extend to all areas during the afternoon. Highest temperatures of 0 to 3 degrees generally, but up to 6 or 7 near west and southwest coasts.[/QUOTE
I'd love to agree with you but I've just been outside and it seems to be thawing even more than it was during daylight hours. There seems to be even more puddles and dripping going on.
Some of the charts I've seen today showed a little warm sector over the south of the country, it has probably moved further north than expected.

TFK

Jake1 wrote: »

I keep looking at raintoday radar, and codding meself more snow is moving across the country. I really need to get treatment for snow addiction.
:eek:

I noticed tonight I still walk by the front door and peer out at the lamp post........I think I need help!

davemc6832

The backgarden last night about 12ish. That's either God or ET glowing down the end. Or the neighbours gaf whatever

Iancar29

Jake1 wrote: »

Ah, now, if you said that to a girl , youd better be prepared to put a ring on it

Ehhhhh... Huh? ... Ha

Right Ok next full moon is the 21st , I really want to look into the effects of full moons on weather. I'll hav a look on Met Ed ...

Jake1 , I know how u feel, I couldve gone mad at the RADAR ( ) seeing the front coming in from the west breaking up just as it hit the east coast , specifically north Dublin! Ha

Iancar29

Iancar29 wrote: »

Ehhhhh... Huh? ... Ha

Right Ok next full moon is the 21st , I really want to look into the effects of full moons on weather. I'll hav a look on Met Ed ...

Jake1 , I know how u feel, I couldve gone mad at the RADAR ( ) seeing the front coming in from the west breaking up just as it hit the east coast , specifically north Dublin! Ha

Not long now anyway till MT's forecast of possible wintry storm 21 dec-ish

bring it.

del88

Jake1 wrote: »

I keep looking at raintoday radar, and codding meself more snow is moving across the country. I really need to get treatment for snow addiction.
:eek:

I feel your pain......it's start off with odd weather forecast after the news and before you know it your waking in the middle of the night and checking the dp on the m2 buoy off howth on met.ie......think we should start a 12 step programe.......keep well brother.

TFK

Does anyone know a reliable temp for Clondalkin at the moment? Outside is very slushy and I'm afraid of it freezing over. It was hard enough walking on the paths in snow, icy snow is asking for trouble.

Im away to my leaba to catch up on all the lost sleep due to the aul snow addiction

Wake up to a bitterly cold day :eek::eek:

K-9

Rabble Rabble wrote: »

Apparently the only place in Ireland with no snow whatsoever is Coleraine :-(

Never thought I'd say it but I missed owenc around the place.

Are we there yet, are we there yet?

nacho libre

@ Elmer Blooker
Well Dublin has its heat island effect so it maybe warmer than anticipated there. in any case even a slight rise in temperature in the capital will increase the rate of thaw. Across much of the country, except for the west and southwest, temperatures are hovering close to zero or well below in some places.

fizzycyst

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

nacho libre wrote: »

met.ie:
Frosty and icy Saturday morning with freezing fog. Further showery rain and sleet over the southern half of the country with some snow in places inland and on higher ground. Brighter weather in northern areas will extend to all areas during the afternoon. Highest temperatures of 0 to 3 degrees generally, but up to 6 or 7 near west and southwest coasts.[/QUOTE
I'd love to agree with you but I've just been outside and it seems to be thawing even more than it was during daylight hours. There seems to be even more puddles and dripping going on.
Some of the charts I've seen today showed a little warm sector over the south of the country, it has probably moved further north than expected.

its frosty in Waterford city.

lucernarian

Completely off topic but I don't miss anyone or anything who disrupts the forum with childish rants and nagging questions...:o

Also, I really hit the message about the M2 buoy home too hard! I was using it as a guide to when showers were going to turn wintry again in Dublin city centre over Monday and Tuesday, and it was a pretty reliable short-notice gauge of when the transition to snow was going to happen:p

Spending ages looking at NAE and ECMWF and GFS models took up so much of my time, and as for the radar and sat24... :eek:

sillybird

Raining in Galway

Redsunset

Jake1 wrote: »

Im away to my leaba to catch up on all the lost sleep due to the aul snow addiction

Wake up to a bitterly cold day :eek::eek:

yeah feckin wrecked meself,tis worth it though.

And yes i too am surprised at all the ladies mad into weather.maybe there in hiding outside of this safe haven:D

psycho-hope

well looks like things are starting to thaw here, thermometer saying 2 degrees but feels a hell of a lot colder

zuroph

jaysus. us western folk sat here all week chatting to the dub folk about ur snow, and now as soon as theres a little thaw, you're all up and leaving us! Its still gonna be icy for days yet, ye'd swear the forum was shutting down the way ye're all saying goodbyes!

je55ie

Raining very heavy here in Kerry

JanuarySnowstor

A point that I think Met Eireann are failing to get across is the fact that you can still have ice with temps several degrees above zero. A lot of newer cars now have temp gauges and people assume if its reading 2 or 3C that they are quite safe. Like last year cold is now gone deep into the ground and it will pbly take a day or two of temps above 8C to get a proper thaw. Therefore for the foreseeable we will have to endure likely frozen paths and back roads by day and by night.

Of course the opposite is also true, we got rain today in Cork with a start temp of -3. We know the reason why but the general folk must be very confused.

Cork is fully frozen over tonight be interesting to see what happens after the rain falls again later

TFK

zuroph wrote: »

jaysus. us western folk sat here all week chatting to the dub folk about ur snow, and now as soon as theres a little thaw, you're all up and leaving us! Its still gonna be icy for days yet, ye'd swear the forum was shutting down the way ye're all saying goodbyes!

I'm still here I just didn't want to drift (geddit???) off without saying thank you

Iancar29

TFK wrote: »

Does anyone know a reliable temp for Clondalkin at the moment? Outside is very slushy and I'm afraid of it freezing over. It was hard enough walking on the paths in snow, icy snow is asking for trouble.

Well according to my WEATHER STATION it's 1.7 C , so ye wet snow/ice .. Quite the sleepy indeed