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

maquiladora

Warnings


Weather Warning

Issued at 16 December 2010 - 11:19

Update on Severe Weather

Very cold wintry weather will start today and will continue into next week with ice by day and by night.
Snow showers developing this afternoon and continuing tonight and Friday morning. These falling mainly over Ulster and Connacht initially, but some showers will reach parts of west Munster, the Midlands and north Leinster later.
Total accumulations up to Friday lunchtime
5 to 10 cm over Ulster, and Connacht, worst on high ground, with possibly some drifting, but totals of 2-5 cm elsewhere.

A second more significant snow event is expected to occur during Friday afternoon, Friday night and for a time on Saturday. A band of heavy snow is expected to spread across the country from the west and northwest.
Further totals of 10-15cm possible, with all areas at risk.

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

leahyl

maquiladora wrote: »

Warnings


Weather Warning

Issued at 16 December 2010 - 11:19

Update on Severe Weather

Very cold wintry weather will start today and will continue into next week with ice by day and by night.
Snow showers developing this afternoon and continuing tonight and Friday morning. These falling mainly over Ulster and Connacht initially, but some showers will reach parts of west Munster, the Midlands and north Leinster later.
Total accumulations up to Friday lunchtime
5 to 10 cm over Ulster, and Connacht, worst on high ground, with possibly some drifting, but totals of 2-5 cm elsewhere.

A second more significant snow event is expected to occur during Friday afternoon, Friday night and for a time on Saturday. A band of heavy snow is expected to spread across the country from the west and northwest.
Further totals of 10-15cm possible, with all areas at risk.

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

WOW - sounds very promising from ME there!

Flyer1

MGMTea wrote: »

It's Begun (epic music plays). But not for Dublin yet

It's aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalways about dublin :rolleyes:

irish1967

Hows this for a county monopolising the percip !

privateBeavis

good link here to see the temperature/precip amounts moving south:

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk//cgi-bin/aktframe?TYP=wetter&ART=loop&RUBRIK=akt&JJ=2010&MM=12&TT=16&TIME=1100&KEY=UK&LANG=en

tin79

Flyer1 wrote: »

It's aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalways about dublin :rolleyes:

:rolleyes: Yes except for all the posts about cork and limerick etc do you have a problem with them too?. Here is a shocker for you "Dublin people concerned about the weater in Dublin". Go take that chip off your shoulder.

Dry and bright in North Dublin at the moment and still windy.

maquiladora

leahyl wrote: »

WOW - sounds very promising from ME there!

ME don't use the GFS model, that explains the difference between people's reactions here this morning and ME's latest warning there.

Now if the 12Z ECM is a downgrade later today then expect ME to downgrade things too.

sunbabe08

i need snow

Harps

Nothing too interesting here now considering how good raintoday looks, light and persistent snow but its still not sticking so guess I'll just have to wait until this evening

maiden

Dry and bright in Ennis

Duiske

Harps wrote: »

Heavy snow in Letterkenny!

Not sticking but I wasnt expecting it this early so cant be a bad sign

As models go, the GFS has done a great job with regards this cold front.
I posted this last Sunday after seeing the 18z.

Duiske wrote:

Just from a quick look at the latest charts, Donegal is going to get some serious falls of snow from about midday Thursday.

Only 35 minutes out.

Pity it was not as accurate with regard to the low pressure areas though.

davehey79

Brenireland wrote: »

Im just praying now that we get any kind off snow here in the midlands!:D

same as that Longford got bypassed except for a dusting last time out

Lumen

icom at 11:15 wrote:

Heavy snow in Ballybofey now

met.ie at 11:19 wrote:

Very cold wintry weather will start today

Meanwhile the boffins at met.ie are using the latest in "forecasting" technology.

boards.ie...F5...F5...F5...F5...F5...

rhonin

Heavy rain with sleet mixed in.
Its damn cold out there with the wind. Much much colder than at 9am this morning.

moogester

Proper snow now!!!!

Donie75

The NRA website has a weather page. It had two links on it up until the last bad snow/freeze but one was removed. The one removed was a map with links to all the NRA weather stations. I had saved the link as a favourite. This is the actual link and it's a handy way to see temperatures around the country.
http://www.trafficweather.info/roadWeather/rwisMap.jsp?client=208

Mental Mickey

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Mental Mickey is Calm :P

Gerroff lol

decies

Met eireann bird Joan was on waterford local radio 5 mins ago,said the south eastern area should escape any significant snowfall till friday night ,sat morning.

dsmythy

decies wrote: »

Met eireann bird Joan was on waterford local radio 5 mins ago,said the south eastern area should escape any significant snowfall till friday night ,sat morning.

Sounds about right. That's when most of us should get a little bit. (Or a lot).

nacho libre

A tugboat sank in the Saginaw River near the mouth of Saginaw Bay (Lake Huron) and it became completely encased in ice after that

davidsr20

and where is that ment to be

roryc1

maquiladora wrote: »

Warnings


Weather Warning

Issued at 16 December 2010 - 11:19

Update on Severe Weather

Very cold wintry weather will start today and will continue into next week with ice by day and by night.
Snow showers developing this afternoon and continuing tonight and Friday morning. These falling mainly over Ulster and Connacht initially, but some showers will reach parts of west Munster, the Midlands and north Leinster later.
Total accumulations up to Friday lunchtime
5 to 10 cm over Ulster, and Connacht, worst on high ground, with possibly some drifting, but totals of 2-5 cm elsewhere.

A second more significant snow event is expected to occur during Friday afternoon, Friday night and for a time on Saturday. A band of heavy snow is expected to spread across the country from the west and northwest.
Further totals of 10-15cm possible, with all areas at risk.

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

That’s got we are really not sure where the snow will fall written all over it,
I think this low is causing them some problems too

sunbabe08

davidsr20 wrote: »

and where is that ment to be

U.S. state of Michigan

Gonzo

funny that its was only this morning and last night that it got mild enough here for the last of our remaining snow to finally melt from the last cold spell altho there is still mounds of snow in places from where snow was dumped up due to clearing.

DominoDub

Donie75 wrote: »

The NRA website has a weather page. It had two links on it up until the last bad snow/freeze but one was removed. The one removed was a map with links to all the NRA weather stations. I had saved the link as a favourite. This is the actual link and it's a handy way to see temperatures around the country.
http://www.trafficweather.info/roadWeather/rwisMap.jsp?client=208

http://www.nratraffic.ie/weather/default.asp?RegionId=0

Watch those temps drop !

munsterlegend

davidsr20 wrote: »

and where is that ment to be

its a lake on the shannon up near leitrim.

Irish Steve

So, perhaps we should run a poll on how many people here nearly either had a coronary, or alternatively broke open a very expensive bottle of something when they read MT's forecast for today, and saw the words that are almost breathed in God like format

POLAR LOW:D:D

I have to admit that when I read MT's forecast, I took in a slightly deeper breath than normal and thought, "praps I did do the right thing in getting those snow chains for my vehicle", and given that it's a 4 x 4 and I got 2 sets, that wasn't an instant decision, but was based on the experiences of the last few weeks, and the thought that the NRA have had to restrict the availability of salt for road clearing. I've not needed chains in over 25 years, but this year is getting my attention, and April is a long way away yet.

Like others have reported, the cats here ( we have 2) are spooked by the way the weather is behaving, they were spooked when we had the last fall of the previous session, and are not acting normally today, the one that is usually outdoors a lot is in and out like a yoyo at the moment.

So. all you fans of extremes, are you celebrating, glued to your computers and hopping between here, raintoday.co.uk and your favourite forecast sites, or glued to the window and waiting breathlessly for the weather to change in ways beyond your wildest dreams?

Whichever, Be careful out there and if you can, take pictures, this might be a record breaking winter that ends up being recorded in places like Wikipedia for the future.

Steve

WallyGUFC

Rain recently enough in Galway (note Galway is not Dublin.)

leahyl

Irish Steve wrote: »

So, perhaps we should run a poll on how many people here nearly either had a coronary, or alternatively broke open a very expensive bottle of something when they read MT's forecast for today, and saw the words that are almost breathed in God like format

POLAR LOW:D:D

I have to admit that when I read MT's forecast, I took in a slightly deeper breath than normal and thought, "praps I did do the right thing in getting those snow chains for my vehicle", and given that it's a 4 x 4 and I got 2 sets, that wasn't an instant decision, but was based on the experiences of the last few weeks, and the thought that the NRA have had to restrict the availability of salt for road clearing. I've not needed chains in over 25 years, but this year is getting my attention, and April is a long way away yet.

Like others have reported, the cats here ( we have 2) are spooked by the way the weather is behaving, they were spooked when we had the last fall of the previous session, and are not acting normally today, the one that is usually outdoors a lot is in and out like a yoyo at the moment.

So. all you fans of extremes, are you celebrating, glued to your computers and hopping between here, raintoday.co.uk and your favourite forecast sites, or glued to the window and waiting breathlessly for the weather to change in ways beyond your wildest dreams?

Whichever, Be careful out there and if you can, take pictures, this might be a record breaking winter that ends up being recorded in places like Wikipedia for the future.

Steve

Great post:)!

s_carnage

Sun gone in here in Galway and gone very dark.