New Years Day/Monday Snow Discussion

Su Campu

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darkman2

I have some followers

"Sunday night will be cold and frosty with icy patches and some sleet, hail and snow showers in places" - Met Éireann

Then again they may be just drinking heavily.:P Hail comes before sleet normally.

davidsr20

darkman2 wrote: »

I have some followers

"Sunday night will be cold and frosty with icy patches and some sleet, hail and snow showers in places" - Met Éireann

Then again they may be just drinking heavily.:P Hail comes before sleet normally.

I see ye say that the risk of snow depends on the height u live in but how can u find out this as most are slightly higher than see level!so is it people over 150m are better or have more chance?
I don't know much about weather so this is why I ask!

Thanks in advance
David.

Su Campu

davidsr20 wrote: »

I see ye say that the risk of snow depends on the height u live in but how can u find out this as most are slightly higher than see level!so is it people over 150m are better or have more chance?
I don't know much about weather so this is why I ask!

Thanks in advance
David.

Earthtools.org is a very good site.

The higher you are the better. The majority of the population lives between sea level and 150 metres, but some lucky ones live higher so they would be the preferred ones.

Su Campu

There is a slightly colder trend in the models over the past 24 hours, with the Hirlam now showing slightly lower thete-e values reaching the country than the GFS had. The NAE also has theta-w values almost a degree lower than the GFS. These, coupled with a slightly better chance of a cold layer forming near the surface, would mean snow may now survive to lower levels than the GFS was hinting at, with the snowline down to 50-100 amsl over land during tonight and for a time tomorrow morning, with some flurries surviving to sea level.

davidsr20

Su Campu wrote: »

There is a slightly colder trend in the models over the past 24 hours, with the Hirlam now showing slightly lower thete-e values reaching the country than the GFS had. The NAE also has theta-w values almost a degree lower than the GFS. These, coupled with a slightly better chance of a cold layer forming near the surface, would mean snow may now survive to lower levels than the GFS was hinting at, with the snowline down to 50-100 amsl over land during tonight and for a time tomorrow morning, with some flurries surviving to sea level.

Sounds good

maquiladora

Met Eireann

Weather Warning

Issued at 01 January 2012 - 12:11
Weather Warning
Cold tonight with occasional wintry showers, some of snow mostly in western and northern counties and especially on higher ground but some at lower levels also.
Frost developing also with some icy conditions.

Valid to 11hrs Monday 2/1/2012

Coles

davidsr20 wrote: »

Sounds good

Is there a risk of snow?

Villain

Coles wrote: »

Is there a risk of snow?

Higher ground in the West and North could certainly see snow and perhaps at lower levels for a time, depends on the track of the storm really.

tzfrantic

well we had sleet a few mins ago so we could have snow tongiht and tomorrow

mountainy man

its snowing here , its got quite gusty all of a sudden too

Hooter23

Sleet showers here in galway

eyesquirm

Su Campu wrote: »

There is a slightly colder trend in the models over the past 24 hours, with the Hirlam now showing slightly lower thete-e values reaching the country than the GFS had. The NAE also has theta-w values almost a degree lower than the GFS. These, coupled with a slightly better chance of a cold layer forming near the surface, would mean snow may now survive to lower levels than the GFS was hinting at, with the snowline down to 50-100 amsl over land during tonight and for a time tomorrow morning, with some flurries surviving to sea level.

Checked earthtools.org, thanks for that link Su.
Anyway, I live at 31m.

Damn. Damn. Damn.

weathermaiden

eyesquirm wrote: »

Checked earthtools.org, thanks for that link Su.
Anyway, I live at 31m.

Damn. Damn. Damn.

There is also an app if you're an iPhone person... it uses GPS, I used that to figure out my altitude outside my front door. :cool:

km79

What's the app called

je55ie

weathermaiden wrote: »

There is also an app if you're an iPhone person... it uses GPS, I used that to figure out my altitude outside my front door. :cool:

Do you know the name of the app?

Thanks

weathermaiden

km79 wrote: »

What's the app called

Oops, kind of an important detail :P Mine is called "My Altitude"
Full disclosure: I sometimes check my altitude in various locations when I'm out and about, just to see if those areas are more likely to get sn*w than me. :rolleyes: The first step is admitting you have a problem.... :pac:

thomasj

weathermaiden wrote: »

eyesquirm wrote: »

Checked earthtools.org, thanks for that link Su.
Anyway, I live at 31m.

Damn. Damn. Damn.

There is also an app if you're an iPhone person... it uses GPS, I used that to figure out my altitude outside my front door. :cool:

For android users there is an app call "get altitude" can be downloaded from the market.

I checked am at 60m! So a little bit of hope but not holding out much!

davidsr20

thomasj wrote: »

For android users there is an app call "get altitude" can be downloaded from the market.

I checked am at 60m! So a little bit of hope but not holding out much!

U need an iPhone much much better

thomasj

davidsr20 wrote: »

thomasj wrote: »

For android users there is an app call "get altitude" can be downloaded from the market.

I checked am at 60m! So a little bit of hope but not holding out much!

U need an iPhone much much better

Have a galaxy nexus probably the best phone i have ever had and i have had an iphone 3gs and an iphone 4.

Though thats an argument for another forum!

davidsr20

thomasj wrote: »

Have a galaxy nexus probably the best phone i have ever had and i have had an iphone 3gs and an iphone 4.

Though thats an argument for another forum!

Apple sales speaks for itself but ye an other topic

So I hope it snows soon lol

Nabber

Shame this thread went the way it did. Handle quite well by Su and Darkman, respect for that.

GFS fot Tuesday night


UKMO has alot of precip movinging with the system


If it does snow at sea level, it will quickly melt. I can't see Leinster and Munster getting any snow at all (at sea level) The main event is going to be the winds and how much the low bombs before it hits us. GFS has it hitting Ulster.

sunbabe08

no snow coming any where near munster

Iancar29

Haily sleet here in N Dublin.

irishdub14

Heavy rain with a small bit of hail! wow, so excited... :rolleyes:

hotwhiskey

First report of snow shower at Knock Airport.

MET EIREANN

KNOCK AIRPORT(P) W 11 Gust 24 RECENT SNOW 1 92 0.5 995

davidsr20

How are we looking for this snow tonight

Vanbis

Just heard its snowing in Roscommon now.

Harps

Extremely heavy hail shower here with some snow mixed in, ground is all white

Iancar29

Vanbis wrote: »

Just heard its snowing in Roscommon now.

Ye rain/snow showing up on radar now. Nothing fully snow as of yet though.