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COLD SPELL Jan 28th Onwards: Wintry Showers/Frosty, Some Snow Accumulations
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I actually remember this, as I was heading out that night and recall snow (not very heavy) blowing around despite the fact temps at the 850 hPa level were only 0c are even a little above. This analysis chart for New Years Day 1996 at 00z shows the situation at the time (from Vedur)
Aye thanks, 850s were rising alright as that system was pushing them away
But we did have a 6day bitter northerly prior to that with ice you could walk on and the surface cold air created 5 to 12 hrs of snow Iirc the further north you were
There was a strong demarcation on the ground even at sea level,rain in Arklow for example but snow until 4 the next day only 5 miles up the road
My point being, is this cold spell cold enough to convert a push in of an Atlantic front
One things for sure,it ain't boring
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Rebelbrowser wrote: »Actually using the GFS 6z, you are one of the few places in the country that would see snow on Monday morning but still subject to huge change.
See
I just looked at snow acc for Tuesday looks like alot of country could see some!
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On my commute to work this morning in the very north of the country it was +6C and no one single bit of snow left on the roads. Yes a bit windy but nothing of any note.
So the polar vortex brought 24hrs of a few cm's of snow and some high winds.
Honestly, why do us Irish and indeed the Brits, get so worked up over the weather. Others around the world would laugh at the hype we put on it. Compare what snow parts of the US are getting to what we had, yet you'd think the end of the world was coming here listening to yellow and orange alerts etc.
Even the title of this thread sounds so dangerous "Level 1 weather alert - be aware". Honestly folks!Yeah I was driving on snow on secondary roads, but if you adjust your driving and take it easy, we rarely get weather that makes driving overly hard.
I feel that many Irish drivers panic when they see snow. Often you are in traffic jams with people driving far too slowly for the conditions.
Of course we had some people lose power, that happens. And of course you'll hear the odd story of someone getting stuck in a car or skidding off, but the VAST majority of people manage to survive and get on with their lives, irrespective of any coloured warnings.
Its only a few years ago that even we had extremely harsher conditions with the big freeze of 2010/11. Now they were difficult conditions and many times more dangerous than what we are having now, yet even 4yrs ago there wasn't the hype we are getting now about a few cm of snow.It was all over the media last week.
It came just after the previous 'weather bomb'.
No-one can argue that the weather isn't being overhyped these days, blown out of all proportions. Cos it is. Fact.
I'll hazard a guess and say that you are in the wrong thread for thoughts like this
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we are a small country with a huge death rate from road accidents farm accidents etc,our whole infrastructure is completely different to new York as is our weather. They can give out alerts warnings what ever they like it may just save someone from undue hardship or even death.Streetwalker wrote: »It is rather pathetic alright. Lived in NY for years and always giggle when I hear these yellow snow alerts at home.
so nothing pathetic about these services to me.cheers 0 -
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