Winter Weather 2016/17 - General Discussion

Oscar Bravo · 27-02-2017 1:36am

Even though there's some heavy showers along the coast its dry and clear here in Castlebar in fact very clear skies , great night for those who like star gazing(not the Oscars

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Graces7 · 27-02-2017 2:19pm

Well, the snow was glorious to see at daylight today. mountains and garden and even the car coated in pure iced white,,

And now it has all but gone, and the sunshine, warm enough to sit out in and close the eyes and soak in the heat, is glorious too..

The mountains are still slightly frosted, but not for long..

A lovely episode that will be remembered..

West Connemara

Gonzo · 27-02-2017 4:26pm

finally a dry day after a clear and slightly frosty night. Welcome change after all the rain of the past few weeks.

Doctor Shivering · 27-02-2017 4:44pm

We've just had a hail shower down here in S Wicklow and the long shower at 5am that whitened the hills resoaked the ground here goodo
Looks wet in the coming week so nature sure is making up for lost time

Harry Palmr · 27-02-2017 5:16pm

Waterford City had an amazing hail shower last night, really intense and still on the ground at breakfast.

IMBACKLATER · 27-02-2017 5:27pm

this low keeps poping up on the GFS,potential for strong winds in the West wednesday night.

h7nlrp2v0g5u48 · 27-02-2017 6:24pm

I'm down here in Kilarney and the mountains are covered in snow. Wet snow showers here all day. I'll take that any day.

catrat12 · 27-02-2017 6:28pm

Just had snow shower glencullen nice big flakes stopped now

q85dw7osi4lebg · 27-02-2017 6:46pm

Kippure and one or two hills west of it looking white.

Meteorite58 · 27-02-2017 6:46pm

this low keeps poping up on the GFS,potential for strong winds in the West wednesday night.

Been watching this for the last few days also and trying to make sense of it with the models changing a lot with each run in both track, timing and intensity. The ARPEGE goes more for a series of lows it would seem and one in particular deepening as it passes over the country. This low looks almost bombogenesis in nature as it crosses land from the SW and over the southern part of the country on its way across the UK ( the GFS has a similar LP but much lower off the coast and crossing the UK and deepening in the North Sea ). I have seen before where the models were showing one large area of LP as in the GFS only to show up as 2 or more areas of LP in runs nearer the time. Is the ARPEGE on to something? This run then goes on to show that second LP crossing the West later in the evening as it fills.

One to watch.

q85dw7osi4lebg · 27-02-2017 6:47pm

Also Cooley mountains in Louth white going by social media..

JCX BXC · 27-02-2017 9:54pm

Met Eireann warning.

STATUS YELLOW

Wind Warning for Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo
West to northwest winds will reach mean speeds of 50-65km/h with gusts of 90-110km/h.

Issued:Monday 27 February 2017 20:00
Valid:Tuesday 28 February 2017 05:00 to Tuesday 28 February 2017 13:00

Clonmel1000 · 27-02-2017 11:12pm

Our winter arrives just as our Spring is supposed to start.

Boggy Turf · 27-02-2017 11:13pm

How is Thursday afternoon looking for flights from Dublin?

Oneiric 3 · 27-02-2017 11:36pm

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Our winter arrives just as our Spring is supposed to start.

I always find Spring, and particularly the months of March & April, to be the most tedious, yet cruellest of months weatherwise. Nearly always feels colder than winter. For me, the only 'true' spring month is May.

q85dw7osi4lebg · 28-02-2017 12:18am

A cold night here in East Meath.

Buffalobill29 · 28-02-2017 12:19am

Are we getting snow? How's that even possible at this stage?

q85dw7osi4lebg · 28-02-2017 12:20am

Another for good measure. Feel free to enlighten me as to why this happens!

JCX BXC · 28-02-2017 12:22am

Rain freezing on car?

q85dw7osi4lebg · 28-02-2017 12:24am

Yeah one of the cars roofs. We had a shower or two here at 5pm but you have to admire Mother Nature with these creations! The detail

Rougies · 28-02-2017 1:11am

Derek Easy Block wrote: »

Another for good measure. Feel free to enlighten me as to why this happens!

It's probably a combination of nucleation and fractals. Looks awesome.

Microscopic peaks and valleys in the surface of the paint, maybe caused by rubbing a waxing cloth over it would provide a nucleation line "trunks" and the "branches" causes by the fractal nature of ice.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleation
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/IceFractal.html

Graces7 · 28-02-2017 6:11am

Gale rocking the cottage here and squally sudden deluges.

I am sure this was not forecast until late? met ie date the marine gale warning 23 hrs.

Cancelled today's going out; far too rough out there.

met.ie Galway admit to NW strong...

Lost some of my washing!

West Connemara. 400 ft asl

kingshankly · 28-02-2017 6:27am

Buffalobill29 wrote: »

Are we getting snow? How's that even possible at this stage?

It has snowed it may before

NMB · 28-02-2017 8:26am

Record Snow in Reykjavík

"The thickest blanket of snow to cover the capital since 1937, or 51 cm (20 in). The record from January 18, 1937, is 55 cm. This was also the largest snow accumulation on record for February in the capital area."

http://icelandreview.com/news/2017/02/27/record-snow-reykjavik