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Winter 20/21 - General Discussion

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    #662
    daniel_t1409
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    Another wet and windy day here in wexford


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    #663
    odyboody
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭odyboody


    Here you go Snow porn from Japan.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySY9ulHi9r8


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    #664
    NickNickleby
    Registered Users Posts: 1,817 ✭✭✭NickNickleby


    odyboody wrote: »
    Here you go Snow porn from Japan.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySY9ulHi9r8

    Ha! My son used to live there(its in the north of Japan), and one winter the olive oil in his kitchen cupboard FROZE. The cupboard was on an outside wall.

    (I'd say it probably just solidified, but he preferred the more dramatic description)


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    #665
    circadian
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    NickNickleby wrote: »
    Ha! My son used to live there(its in the north of Japan), and one winter the olive oil in his kitchen cupboard FROZE. The cupboard was on an outside wall.

    (I'd say it probably just solidified, but he preferred the more dramatic description)

    Yeah I've spent a bit of time around there and Hokkaido, having several times the amount of usual snowfall is a lot, like more than what we had March a few years back.


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    #666
    Slashermcguirk
    Registered Users Posts: 1,980 ✭✭✭Slashermcguirk


    There is snow and then there is this !!! check out the video. 2 metres of snow in some parts of Japan in 72 hours !!

    https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-55361003


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    #667
    Slashermcguirk
    Registered Users Posts: 1,980 ✭✭✭Slashermcguirk


    sorry didnt see somobody had posted already


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    #668
    nacho libre
    Registered Users Posts: 16,677 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-52629503

    This has given me an idea if we do get any snow within the next two weeks. I'll save some for a snowball fight during the summer months.


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    #669
    DOCARCH
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    nacho libre wrote: »
    https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-52629503

    This has given me an idea if we do get any snow within the next two weeks. I'll save some for a snowball fight during the summer months.

    Snow Groomer! I'd like to be a Snow Groomer when I grow up! :)


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    #670
    gerrybhoy
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    Seen this elsewhere


    Heavy snow has been falling across Japan and several snowfall records have been broken including Fujiwara which saw 176cm of snow in 48 hours, Interesting that the previous record was from 2010


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    #671
    Supercell
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    Took this screengrab from a report on huge snow in Japan on the BBC website.

    Does anyone have any idea what's causing the snow shelves in the surrounding fields - perhaps tiered paddy fields or something?

    536508.PNG
    https://www.loughlinstown.ie

    Have a weather station?, why not join the Ireland Weather Network - http://irelandweather.eu/



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    #672
    Gaoth Laidir
    Registered Users Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    It's been a perfect sea-effect setup for the north-facing coast of Japan. Sea still around 10-14 °C but 850-hPa temperatures around 30 degrees colder. Absolute tonnes of moisture just waiting to get dumped over the mountains, leading to scenes like the old favourite, the Snow Canyon.

    https://twitter.com/AmitripsTravel/status/572858358144757762


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    #673
    Clonmel1000
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    Typical winter thread here this week. Whilst Ireland basks in temps about 4 degrees below what they were in July snow bunnies are watching videos from Japan and the US. Whilst I’m one of those people who if they never saw snow again it would be too soon as a sun lover I feel your pain regarding the utter blandness of this climate.


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    #674
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,785 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    Bah humbug....


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    #675
    daniel_t1409
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    Raining for at least the last 36 hours here. Extremely heavy right now.


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    #676
    Billcarson
    Registered Users Posts: 1,514 ✭✭✭Billcarson


    Got up to 14.6c here today,my warmest dec day since 2016. Rotten Atlantic muck.


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    #677
    Donegal Storm
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    Billcarson wrote: »
    Got up to 14.6c here today,my warmest dec day since 2016. Rotten Atlantic muck.

    Further to Clonmel's point, the 18th of July had a max of 14.6C here in Donegal!


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    #678
    daniel_t1409
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    Today was yet another dreary wet day here in Wexford. Was planning to put on my boots and do some winter gardening but the rain only stopped by the time the sun had long since gone down. The good thing is the wind has died down since this morning. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.


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    #679
    Graces7
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    daniel_t1409 wrote: »
    Today was yet another dreary wet day here in Wexford. Was planning to put on my boots and do some winter gardening but the rain only stopped by the time the sun had long since gone down. The good thing is the wind has died down since this morning. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

    It was and is wet and very windy here but never dreary.

    Lovely by the fireside listening to the weather singing.

    Very wild out here all the night long. Been up for hours. Plenty to do … Hard heavy rain borne on a mighty breeze. All is good.

    West Mayo offshore.


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    #680
    daniel_t1409
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    A sunny, windy morning in wexford.


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    #681
    daniel_t1409
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    Wind has picked up a lot here, very surprised they only issued a marine warning. Then again I am pretty close to the coast .


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    #682
    Slashermcguirk
    Registered Users Posts: 1,980 ✭✭✭Slashermcguirk


    In fairness Europe has had sod all snow full stop this winter, not just an Irish situation. The likes of Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, krakow have been getting rain and are still well into + temp figures . USA getting super snow but nothing unusual about that. Places like New York always get hot summers and snowstorms in winter.

    I have actually found this December colder than recent years
    Clonmel1000 wrote: »
    Typical winter thread here this week. Whilst Ireland basks in temps about 4 degrees below what they were in July snow bunnies are watching videos from Japan and the US. Whilst I’m one of those people who if they never saw snow again it would be too soon as a sun lover I feel your pain regarding the utter blandness of this climate.


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    #683
    Clonmel1000
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    Slashermcguirk wrote: »
    In fairness Europe has had sod all snow full stop this winter, not just an Irish situation. The likes of Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, krakow have been getting rain and are still well into + temp figures . USA getting super snow but nothing unusual about that. Places like New York always get hot summers and snowstorms in winter.

    I have actually found this December colder than recent years

    The difference being I guess Europe will get a dinner and some semblance of a winter anyway.


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    #684
    Graces7
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    Clonmel1000 wrote: »
    The difference being I guess Europe will get a dinner and some semblance of a winter anyway.

    A dinner?

    Intensely wet here. I do not remember in my years here the path being all but impassable so long. Not just showers.. deluges.

    West Mayo offshore


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    #685
    Slashermcguirk
    Registered Users Posts: 1,980 ✭✭✭Slashermcguirk


    Traditionally yes but look what happened in continental Europe last winter
    Clonmel1000 wrote: »
    The difference being I guess Europe will get a dinner and some semblance of a winter anyway.


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    #686
    Clonmel1000
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    Slashermcguirk wrote: »
    Traditionally yes but look what happened in continental Europe last winter

    Edit that should read summer not dinner.


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    #687
    Thelonious Monk
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    Slashermcguirk wrote: »
    Traditionally yes but look what happened in continental Europe last winter

    Its like you get personally offended by people giving out about the weather here. That's what we do in Ireland because it's generally awful weather.


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    #688
    Graces7
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    Clonmel1000 wrote: »
    The difference being I guess Europe will get a dinner and some semblance of a winter anyway.
    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    Its like you get personally offended by people giving out about the weather here. That's what we do in Ireland because it's generally awful weather.[/QUOTE]

    No it isn't … How about try living up in Orkney! Now we have terrible weather up there.

    Ireland has grand weather for Ireland. It is not the Far East etc; it is IRELAND.


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    #689
    Slashermcguirk
    Registered Users Posts: 1,980 ✭✭✭Slashermcguirk


    No it’s just so greatly exaggerated how bad the weather is. What do people expect? If you live in Ireland or Britain you are going to get a lot of rain and less in the way of snow vs continental Europe.

    It’s the constant negativity when people know what our climate is. Do we get a lot of snow? No we don’t but we have had a few really good snow events the past decade. It’s the constant moan fest on here that’s unbearable, we live in north west Europe. You want snowy winters every year, move to Russia, Canada, USA. You are not going to get them in north west Europe
    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    Its like you get personally offended by people giving out about the weather here. That's what we do in Ireland because it's generally awful weather.


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    #690
    icesnowfrost
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    Nothing is better than snow on your doorstep. Looking outside into your street and town covered in a blanket of snow.
    That’s why people get excited for it and get very upset when it doesn’t come. Going to a snowy country is fine but there’s nothing better than snow at home.


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    #691
    Little snowy old me
    Registered Users Posts: 420 ✭✭Little snowy old me


    Just looking thorough the technical thread and it looks like the chances of a cold snowy outbreak are decreasing. Not good news for us snow lovers.


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