Winter Weather 2016/17 - General Discussion

DOCARCH

A new thread for a new Season. I hope the season brings everybody weather joy and happiness!

Good enough start to Winter here in Dublin 16. -0.7c atm.

JCX BXC

-0.4c here in West Clare, no fog, slight frost.

jambofc

-4 in KK city for the start of winter

ronnie3585

-2 in Galway city with dense fog and a decent hoar frost.

Villain

A nice start to the season with a low of -5.8c this morning.

mickger844posts

Overnight min -3.7c the coldest temp since 2010 here. Looks like we will have to enjoy these frosts while we can as next week in looking a lot milder overall and less dominated by High Pressure

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screamer

Yep freezing one for sure -6 here this morning carlow/laois/ kilkenny borders high in the hills!

fraxinus1

After a bright sunny and frosty start in west Dublin it's turning increasingly misty. Nearly dense enough to be classifies as fog. Temp at Casement at 9am is still -4°

Jimbob1977

The mercury in County Limerick was shifting between -4c and -5c at 8.00am

pad199207

Low of -5.0c in Kildare

DOCARCH

Only managed a low of -1.1c here in Dublin 16.

As for this Winter so far, safe to say that it will get warmer from here on! :pac:

q85dw7osi4lebg

Perfect first morning of Winter. Windscreen required defrosting, I'll take that :pac:

Stealthfins

Like a winter wonderland here in the Burren.
The valley is like it was in 2010

pedigree 6

It's 4.5c here in wexford atm. It got down to -3 last night.

The 12.00 met report shows that
Dunsany, meath is 0c
Mt Dillon, Roscommon is -1
and Oak Park, Carlow is -2

I wonder will Oak Park stay below freezing all day?

q85dw7osi4lebg

Has there yet been a day in the past week / recently when temps at a station have not gone above freezing?

Danno

Overnight low of - 6.9c in South Laois in the Stevenson Screen. Grass temperatures dipped to a numbing - 9.1c.

squarecircles

'Baby its cold out there,and its getting colder'

https://www.flickr.com/photos/98324789@N06/31356034585/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/

JCX BXC

Met Éireann short range forecast has temps of -6c and below for a large part of the midlands by midnight tonight.

pedigree 6

pedigree 6 wrote: »

It's 4.5c here in wexford atm. It got down to -3 last night.

The 12.00 met report shows that
Dunsany, meath is 0c
Mt Dillon, Roscommon is -1
and Oak Park, Carlow is -2

I wonder will Oak Park stay below freezing all day?

Oak Park got to 1c and Dunsany got to 1c.

However Mt Dillon got to ........ 0c.:eek:

Roll on tomorrow, can we get a station to stay below freezing all day?:pac:

snubbleste

It was predicted to be 6c in Galway today, but the fog did not fully lift, it did not even hit 1c.
No rain and no wind, so it's glorious.

pedigree 6

Hot off the press Mt Dillon is back to -1c at 16.00.

Gonzo

despite only reaching 1C here today, it was a glorious day and didn't even feel as cold as that. Infact there has often been wet, damp, mucky days reaching 12C that have felt far colder.

GreyRock Lass

Stealthfins, Would that be the Caher Valley?? Burren sure was fab looking today!

pad199207

Gone below freezing here in Kildare now

Villain

-1.8c and dropping quick

https://twitter.com/carlowweather/status/804375382136909824

h7nlrp2v0g5u48

Lovely frosty morning across the fields this of North Tipp this morning. Temps were showing -4 and it looks like the same or even lower tonight.

pad199207

Down to -2.3c in Naas now. It's going to be a cold one!

pedigree 6

Villain wrote: »

-1.8c and dropping quick

https://twitter.com/carlowweather/status/804375382136909824

That's a great satellite picture of Ireland. The fog shows perfectly the rivers, lakes and canals of Ireland.
If anyone ever wondered where fog came from or how was formed, that's a perfect picture to show them that the moisture in the fog comes from said rivers, lakes and canals or bogs of Ireland.
Especially in our current weather conditions.

pad199207

Not a single breath of wind was recorded at my station today

Oscar Bravo

STATUS ORANGE

Fog Warning for Ireland

Dense fog over much of the country this evening, overnight and Friday morning.

Valid:Thursday 01 December 2016 13:00 to Friday 02 December 2016 12:00.

(fog did not lift in Castlebar all day, now thick again. -1.5) grand to see the winter thread up and running

Jimbob1977

Temperature in Limerick seems to be rising as clouds congregate

Around +3c at 6.00pm

Harry Palmr

Typical Ireland - winter is declared and the temps start to rise! :pac:

Jakey Rolling

Was -6.9 here last night in clear skies on the north side of the Knockmealdowns.

Currently -1.2C but a bit of cloud cover so unlikely to drop so low tonight?

Meteorite58

Big Temp difference across the country tonight, 7.0C here near Tralee

Meteorite58

Good time to calibrate Barometers ! 1028.6 hPa Steady here near Tralee

Xenji

Nearly zero visibility in Castlebar with fog at -2.3C, the fog settled in early yesterday morning and has not lifted since.

JCX BXC

Temperature has risen here by 1c over the past 2 hours, 5.6c now making it the days high. No fog since Wednesday morning either.

Samsgirl

My car thermometer showed -8 this morn in Aherlow Co Tipp.

Oneiric 3

Temps in Tomb over the last 24hrs. Barely managed a 4.0c max today and below freezing again with a current reading of -2.6c.

MissMoc

-5.5 in Tullamore now

JCX BXC

MissMoc wrote: »

-5.5 in Tullamore now

11.2c warmer in West Clare!

Temp rising all evening, +5.7c now!

Oneiric 3

Derek Easy Block wrote: »

Has there yet been a day in the past week / recently when temps at a station have not gone above freezing?

Met station in Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan recorded a max of just -0.3c last Friday.

Hooter23

-2 in Galway ice very widespread already

fryup

any chance of winter 2010 being repeated ??

squarecircles

fryup wrote: »

any chance of winter 2010 being repeated ??

I doubt it,there could be slightly colder than average periods,moderated by milder periods,but I don't think it will be as severe as 2010 or entrenched cold.

Next week minima could be a balmy 13 degrees.
Pity though,I'd have liked the seasonal weather continue through the beginning of December.

Eamondomc

It's currently -3 here in my part of Longford, fog lifted here just after dark. Back roads are dampish after the fog, will be dangerous in the morning.

q85dw7osi4lebg

Cars and grass frozen solid since 8pm, East Meath.

Quite a long time since frost has set in by 8pm in my location. I'll blame the fog!

JCX BXC

squarecircles wrote: »

I doubt it,there could be slightly colder than average periods,moderated by milder periods,but I don't think it will be as severe as 2010 or entrenched cold.

Next week minima could be a balmy 13 degrees.
Pity though,I'd have liked the seasonal weather continue through the beginning of December.

Markably similar to 2010, cold spell lasted until the 6th then and was back with a bite at the 16th.

fryup

does anyone know it the Aurora is visible up north at the moment??

mickger844posts

Frost hung around in sheltered spots all day yesterday but cloud cover moved in late afternoon which held temps above freezing. Temp continued to rise overnight and is currently a frost free 4.3c. Pity this spell is coming to an end but the general feeling is for reload of cold conditions before Christmas. The overall set up is a lot more favourable than the last few Winters for sure.

www.waterfordweather.com

NIMAN

There was a news article yesterday about complaints received re: weather coverage. Some about its accuracy.

Got to agree on this. Last night was a prime example and not sure just how they can get it so wrong?

Driving home from work at 8pm I heard the forecast on RTE say "the far North would experience a hard and sever frost, with temps dropping as low as -5". Admittedly the main roads were also heavily gritted at the same time, so assumed it was going to be a fairly accurate forecast.

Put on my windscreen cover last night, and came out this morning at 6am expecting to have to defrost the car. Nothing. Zilch. Got into the car and the temp read +6C. Thats 10-11 degrees of an error.

How?