Cold: Snow/Ice - Sat 17th March Onward - READ MOD NOTE POST #1

m17

annagh hill Co Galway 20/03/18 as the sun goes down on the cold weather over the past few weeks it's going to be 10℃ here in Galway thanks to everyone for the pics and updates it's been magic

SweetCaliber

Based on your expert opinions, can anyone tell if there is a high chance to flight disrupting snow forecast for next weekend (end of march), supposed to be heading to Manchester for a game and just hoping it doesn't become affected.

Loughc

SweetCaliber wrote: »

Based on your expert opinions, can anyone tell if there is a high chance to flight disrupting snow forecast for next weekend (end of march), supposed to be heading to Manchester for a game and just hoping it doesn't become affected.

I'm not an expert but I reckon the chances of any flights being disrupted are slim to none.

The snow of the beast was a quick snowfall and that was it, IF anymore snow arrives here it'll thaw almost immediately, so public transport won't grind to a hault.

weisses

Just a heads up ....There is no yellow warning relating to this event anymore ....

JCX BXC

SweetCaliber wrote: »

Based on your expert opinions, can anyone tell if there is a high chance to flight disrupting snow forecast for next weekend (end of march), supposed to be heading to Manchester for a game and just hoping it doesn't become affected.

People may have good abilities to read charts here, but we're not magicians and fortune tellers!

Gonzo

if we do get heavy snow showers around easter, it won't take them long to melt if anything sticks. The snow melt last Sunday was very impressive, it would be even more aggressive by Easter. It's rare to see proper lying snow for more than a few hours after mid March unless there is excessive amounts of snow and very low temperatures. I'm kinda hoping were done with snow and cold till next November at this stage.

gabeeg

The guys are right - thaws will set in hard and fast at this time of year.
But if we get a prolonged period of snow, there could easily be some delays or cancelations while it's falling.

Bit far out to say with any certainty what's going to happen though

jArgHA

Can someone tell me is the speed of the thaw at this time of the year mainly down to the ground/soil temperatures, or is there a bit more to it relating to the power of the sun. I noted someone posted a few days back how 3 degrees celsius in March is very different to 3 degrees celsius in January and wondered what was mean by this.

Presumably as we are closer to the sun now than 2 months ago, so the power of solar radiation is increased and contributes to the speed of the thaw?

Gaoth Laidir

jArgHA wrote: »

Can someone tell me is the speed of the thaw at this time of the year mainly down to the ground/soil temperatures, or is there a bit more to it relating to the power of the sun. I noted someone posted a few days back how 3 degrees celsius in March is very different to 3 degrees celsius in January and wondered what was mean by this.

Presumably as we are closer to the sun now than 2 months ago, so the power of solar radiation is increased and contributes to the speed of the thaw?

The sun's rays are about 10% stronger now than at the start of the month, plus daylight is almost an hour longer. The sun's shortwave radiation is absorbed by the ground, surfaces, etc., and gets to heating these rapidly. That's why the thaw is much faster this time round, regardless of air temperature. Of course the warming mechanism above then causes these surfaces to heat the air, so we also see air temperature respond that much quicker now than 3 weeks ago. Just look at yesterday's morning heating of a good 10-15 degrees on a few hours.

Working class heroes

Could be worse
“THE WICKLOW AVALANCHE OF 1867 THAT KILLED A FAMILY OF SIX.
This Friday the 23rd of March marks the 151st anniversary of the avalanche the sadly claimed the lives of a whole family in south County Wicklow.
Meteorological records show days of heavy snowfalls across Ireland in late March 1867. Newspaper reports of roads and tracks in Wicklow were impassable due to snow drifts. A partial thaw set in on the 23rd of March and later that night further heavy snowfalls occurred.
At some stage during the night the partially melted snow on the hill overlooking the Mulhall homestead could not sustain the weight of the newly fallen snow and an avalanche occurred.
The villagers in nearby Askanagap heard a sound like the distant rumble of thunder.
A newspaper report of that time goes on to state: "not having made their appearance by noon, the neighbours fearing something had happened, made a search"
The bodies of James Mulhall, his wife Kate and their children,
Brian aged 7, Peter aged 5, Mary aged 3 and baby James aged 14 days were discovered and are interred in nearby Preban graveyard outside of Aughrim in County Wicklow.
May they rest in peace.”