Severe weather: Snow and Ice and sub zero temperatures from Thursday

HellFireClub

I bear gifts and pay homage to MT Cranium, the Greek Mod of Snow! :D:D

Iancar29

laurence997 wrote: »

Man, is it almost that time already?:eek: Times flying here:D

I know its crazy... so much for my studying!

After the forecast i shall "try" turn this off for and hour or 2 ..

50maths questions plan to do... hopefully get half done before the late runs come out!

laurence997

Iancar29 wrote: »

I know its crazy... so much for my studying!

After the forecast i shall "try" turn this off for and hour or 2 ..

50maths questions plan to do... hopefully get half done before the late runs come out!

You cant turn off weather

snow ghost

laurence997 wrote: »

Finally getting snow in the west are we, or was it just Clare and Cork left out in the big freeze.:P Really hoping for a nice scattering of snow now, if only for a small few days :rolleyes:
So from reading MT's posts would I be right in saying that the snow wont fall till Friday? Also, does anyone know where it'll hit heaviest?

I think it was mostly Clare and Cork that got left out, we got some here at the beginning that hung around.

Should be some snow in North and North West Thursday as front arrives.

I suspect - but be aware of my extreme bias and wishful thinking - that the entire West of the Shannon could become cut off by a wall of snow from the rest of the country, in a way not seen since the 1600's when there were no land crossings over the Shannon. :eek: Well we should see some white stuff anyway.

IrishHomer

Think this was just posted on met.ie:

Warnings


Weather Warning

Issued at 14 December 2010 - 18:41
Weather Advisory
Weather Advisory for severe cold weather and snow over the coming days.

Very cold wintry weather will develop across Ireland during Thursday, sweeping down from the north, and leaving a severe frost and ice on Thursday night. Through Friday and the weekend afternoon temperatures will be in the range zero to plus 3 C, with night time temperatures typically minus 3 to minus 8 C.
Snow is expected to return. Through Thursday, Friday and Saturday this will be mainly in coastal counties of the north and west (although isolated snow showers could occur anywhere), with a more widespread mix of rain and snow following for Sunday and Monday. Roads will become icy each night wherever they are wet.

Regular updates will follow.

Elnin09

IrishHomer wrote: »

Think this was just posted on met.ie:

Warnings


Weather Warning

Issued at 14 December 2010 - 18:41
Weather Advisory
Weather Advisory for severe cold weather and snow over the coming days.

Very cold wintry weather will develop across Ireland during Thursday, sweeping down from the north, and leaving a severe frost and ice on Thursday night. Through Friday and the weekend afternoon temperatures will be in the range zero to plus 3 C, with night time temperatures typically minus 3 to minus 8 C.
Snow is expected to return. Through Thursday, Friday and Saturday this will be mainly in coastal counties of the north and west (although isolated snow showers could occur anywhere), with a more widespread mix of rain and snow following for Sunday and Monday. Roads will become icy each night wherever they are wet.

Regular updates will follow.

Just as i thought......East might not see much if any in the way of snow this time round

Snowman10

Elnin09 wrote: »

Just as i thought......East might not see much if any in the way of snow this time round

Excellent I dont want it, it will upset my beering plans over xmas

Iancar29

Woo! go on the Eve... OMG POLOAR LOW!! SHED SAID THE PL !! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D

carlmwan

They said polar low on rte weather forecast :eek:

ro_chez

She said POLAR LOW!!

WooooooooooooooooooooooooooooHoooooooooooooooooooooooo:D

peasant

Iancar29 wrote: »

Woo! go on the Eve... OMG POLOAR LOW!! SHED SAID THE PL !! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D

she did, didn't she

Her smile/grin at the end looked just like this fella -->

gally74

rocking forcast

MetLuver

Iancar29 wrote: »

Woo! go on the Eve... OMG POLOAR LOW!! SHED SAID THE PL !! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Good old Evelyn, she's never afraid to speak the truth!!:D:D

irish1967

She said POLAR LOW !!!

Elnin09

North , West & Midlans to see heavy snow :mad: East and South to miss out

AntiRip

Is it just me or did she seem quiet nervous in that forcast?

snow ghost

Iancar29 wrote: »

Woo! go on the Eve... OMG POLOAR LOW!! SHED SAID THE PL !! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Even more telling was her enigmatic grin throughout the forecast.

Pangea

Is this the same "fake" polar low that Eagle mentioned last year ?
Great forecast ,although no sign of snow on thursday by that forecast.
She said artic spell looks to be with us till at least 23rd december

maquiladora

But we all knew about the low coming down from polar regions for days...why the sudden excitement?

Mayo Exile

POLAR LOW!!!!!!!

ro_chez

maquiladora wrote: »

But we all knew about the low coming down from polar regions for days...why the sudden excitement?

I suppose you dont expect ME to actually say it!

MetLuver

AntiRip wrote: »

Is it just me or did she seem quiet nervous in that forcast?

She's always a bit off these days especially, Hope nothings wrong in her life.

irish1967

A low from polar regions ok... But she used the magic 'polar low' phrase. Are they the same??

Supercell

Its not a polar low in the sense people talk about here. True polar lows are nowcast events, they cannot be forecast days ahead, lets not loose the run of ourselves here.

WolfeIRE

WEATHER ADVISORY from Met Eireann: http://www.met.ie/forecasts/warnings.asp

Iancar29

maquiladora wrote: »

But we all knew about the low coming down from polar regions for days...why the sudden excitement?

Coz no1 dared to mention the PL words!

MetLuver

maquiladora wrote: »

But we all knew about the low coming down from polar regions for days...why the sudden excitement?

Because Evelyn said it!!;)

Pangea

AntiRip wrote: »

Is it just me or did she seem quiet nervous in that forcast?

I think she was just jumping up and down on the inside dying to tell us snowmaggadon was on the way ,and calm and collected on the outside with grins

thetonynator

It's not a true polar low don't get over excited!

Supercell

irish1967 wrote: »

A low from polar regions ok... But she used the magic 'polar low' phrase. Are they the same??

No.

From ..http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_low

Polar lows are very difficult to forecast and a nowcasting approach is often used, with the systems being advected with the mid-tropospheric flow

Its a low, originating in polar regions she is forecasting, a very different beast to a polar low.