National: Severe Cold/ Snow Discussion (Thanks to all!)

vektarman

BEASTERLY wrote: »

Delighted to wake up to this:


Two and a half weeks ago...:o

Giant ice-cold coconut creams yummmm.....

irish1967

Looking at raintoday I could be about to get more snow. I'll keep ye posted

laurence997

Funny. The band of cloud almost right over me isn't showing up on any of the radars. Is that in any way unusual?

Slidey

irish1967 wrote: »

Looking at raintoday I could be about to get more snow. I'll keep ye posted

It looks like that alright.

Anyone from Carndonagh on here? Whats it like there atm?

BEASTERLY

laurence997 wrote: »

Funny. The band of cloud almost right over me isn't showing up on any of the radars. Is that in any way unusual?

It might just be cloud, no snow it.

laurence997

BEASTERLY wrote: »

It might just be cloud, no snow it.

Dont say that :eek: But you're probably right At least it'll help stop the 2cm on the ground melting;)

NIALL D

fairly disapointed in all the weather forecasts and predictioins... we were told they would be snow thursday friday and today , and theres nothing...
and by the looks of sky news weather theres not goin to be any snow any time soon.......... next year maybe

Gonzo

NIALL D wrote: »

fairly disapointed in all the weather forecasts and predictioins... we were told they would be snow thursday friday and today , and theres nothing...
and by the looks of sky news weather theres not goin to be any snow any time soon.......... next year maybe

If we didnt get all that snow 2 weeks ago I would be really annoyed right now, judging by all the forecasts it's game over for the east already and I dont really mind. Most of us would rather be going out socialising getting on with the run up to Christmas rather than being house-bound cabin fever during Christmas which would be no fun at all.

A Dub in Glasgo

NIALL D wrote: »

fairly disapointed in all the weather forecasts and predictioins... we were told they would be snow thursday friday and today , and theres nothing...
and by the looks of sky news weather theres not goin to be any snow any time soon.......... next year maybe

Go for now casting as these things change quite a bit - doesn't usually happen when it rains though. Go a light snow shower this morning. Looking at Rain Today, Southern and Central England are getting plastered.

I hope the wind changes to an easterly then the streamers coming off the North Sea might hit us (as happened 3 weeks ago)

BLIZZARD7

Gonzo wrote: »

If we didnt get all that snow 2 weeks ago I would be really annoyed right now, judging by all the forecasts it's game over for the east already and I dont really mind. Most of us would rather be going out socialising getting on with the run up to Christmas rather than being house-bound cabin fever during Christmas which would be no fun at all.

Ehh hows it game over for the east?? we will get snow streamers tonight, tomorrow, monday and tuesday off the irish sea. Thats how i see it anyway. Also possibly some snow this evening.

Temp here is now upto -1.0C.

sunbabe08

pretty trees

Mayo_Boy

Hey guys, is mayo gonna get hit by this band of cloud showing on www.raintoday.co.uk

laurence997

Out of interest, how many here have full cloud cover now?

sunbabe08

laurence997 wrote: »

Out of interest, how many here have full cloud cover now?

none here in cork, but was expecting that

smokin ace

BLIZZARD7 wrote: »

Ehh hows it game over for the east?? we will get snow streamers tonight, tomorrow, monday and tuesday off the irish sea. Thats how i see it anyway. Also possibly some snow this evening.

Temp here is now upto -1.0C.

i really hope your right as i have €10 bet with the local shop keeper that we will get at least 2 inches by the end of tuesday

Gonzo

BLIZZARD7 wrote: »

Ehh hows it game over for the east?? we will get snow streamers tonight, tomorrow, monday and tuesday off the irish sea. Thats how i see it anyway. Also possibly some snow this evening.

Temp here is now upto -1.0C.

im just going by sky news and bbc which show nothing for us for next few days. They were right all along so far, BBC had no show forecasted for east Ireland over past few days while all the other forecasts were predicting loads. Met Eireann seem to be just guessing every few hours.

snickerpuss

It's nice and sunny in North Dublin so I'm off to Howth for brunch! Take that 'snowmageddon'!

MayoForSam

About 12-15cm in total lying here in NE Galway, sun is out but very watery looking, not much strength in it to melt anything but then it is almost the winter solstice.

kopfan77

Whiteout here from 2pm to 5pm yesterday and some further light dustings overnight have left us with approx 3 inches here, deeper in the fields etc. ABSOLUTE HEAVEN!!!
Its mad cos only 15-20miles away only received a cm or 2

CiaranC

Lovely sunny day in Dublin. Weather "forecasting" is just guessing

NIALL D

Gonzo wrote: »

im just going by sky news and bbc which show nothing for us for next few days. They were right all along so far, BBC had no show forecasted for east Ireland over past few days while all the other forecasts were predicting loads. Met Eireann seem to be just guessing every few hours.

haha , guessing is right id say sky news weather seems to be the best , they'r fairly acurate;)

BLIZZARD7

Gonzo wrote: »

im just going by sky news and bbc which show nothing for us for next few days. They were right all along so far, BBC had no show forecasted for east Ireland over past few days while all the other forecasts were predicting loads. Met Eireann seem to be just guessing every few hours.

I agree about met eireann but to be honest i dont think any of them have a clue at the moment, things are changing even at just 6hrs out, that means snow is almost impossible to forecast for any one area at the moment. I just think that the easterly wind will bring showers in off the irish sea over the next few days and i wouldnt rule out anything more organised just yet.

The models are all over the place at the moment. The GFS is performing very badly short term, the ECM is flipping all over the place as to when we will see a breakdown, last night it showed cold until new years, today its showing a breakdown from the sw by christmas. The ukmo is showing cold north-easterleys for the next while and so im starting to get very confused. Hopefully things become clear soon.

I will remain optimisticl.

BLIZZARD7

smokin ace wrote: »

i really hope your right as i have €10 bet with the local shop keeper that we will get at least 2 inches by the end of tuesday

mmm this for wexford? if so i would make this bet now myself.

laurence997

looks like a nice shower is forming off the west coast and heading right for me. Yay . But knowing my luck it'll break down just off shore or something :rolleyes:

smokin ace

BLIZZARD7 wrote: »

mmm this for wexford? if so i would make this bet now myself.

its possible if the wind changes direction and streamers start building up in the irish sea

faktisperminute

cloudy here for the last 40 minutes and nothing falling :mad: 14cm isn't enough for me

Brenireland

I think weathercheck should have an update thread!,he seems to be on the ball alot,considering he questioned the snow fall amounts etc...

So competition is needed & for now Im siding with Weathercheck knows his stuff.:D

Green Back

Blizzard conditions here in London
Hope you guys get some soon

ciaran67

s_carnage wrote: »

What part of Mayo? Have to travel down this evening so wondering what the roads are like. Anyone know what it is like around East Mayo?

Crossmolina Mayo not too bad. Had about an inch or two over last two days. Been snowing a lot but not really sticking as bad as it looks.

Ali Babba

According to met.ie more snow on the way for us www.met.ie/forecasts/warnings.asp