Winter 20/21 - General Discussion

lolie · 12-01-2021 12:13am

Reckless Abandonment wrote: »

. That must be serious rain up north west today. Radar looks very heavy . Imagine if that was snow

I'm afraid imagine is all we can do.
12mm here so far this evening so i could've been snowed in by now.

Rock Lesnar · 12-01-2021 1:16am

9mm in the bucket from this system, was a truly awful day here in meath

Nqp15hhu · 12-01-2021 2:32am

4.7mm here

carltonleon · 12-01-2021 8:41am

Mild and rainy here in Swords this morning... horrible morning weatherwise .. Atlantic Muck !!!

gerrybhoy · 12-01-2021 8:54am

Thon pissy rain that gets you every angle,rotten morning

Tyrone212 · 12-01-2021 9:05am

Temperature dropping here down to 1c. Might scrape an air frost

pad199207 · 12-01-2021 9:21am

These seem to be getting ready. Do Volvo know something we don’t?

OneEightSeven · 12-01-2021 9:24am

It's so dark this morning, the nightvision for my IP camera only switched off a minute ago. Any way of finding out how thick the cloud cover is?

Gaoth Laidir · 12-01-2021 10:26am

OneEightSeven wrote: »

It's so dark this morning, the nightvision for my IP camera only switched off a minute ago. Any way of finding out how thick the cloud cover is?

You can use the cloud base heights (above ground level) from here and the cloudtop heights (above sea level) from here to get a rough guess of the thickness.

Nqp15hhu · 12-01-2021 10:31am

Crisp and clear morning. 0c.

Glad not to be in the mild damp weather further south.

highdef · 12-01-2021 12:18pm

Nqp15hhu wrote: »

I wouldn’t pay attention to Spain, it’s on a plateau.

From my own recollection of multiple visits to Spain and Portugal I have not experienced the plateau extending all the way to the coast so I would definitely pay attention to coastal parts of Spain, which are currently experiencing temperatures not dissimilar to southern coast temperatures in Ireland right now.

highdef · 12-01-2021 12:23pm

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

You can use the cloud base heights (above ground level) from here and the cloudtop heights (above sea level) from here to get a rough guess of the thickness.

For the cloud base heights link, what is the unit of measurement? It doesn't seem to be stated. For example, it's 0.2 at Dublin at the moment. Is that 200m?

Thelonious Monk · 12-01-2021 12:26pm

Got out for a run at about 8am in Dublin, actually kinda nice, not too cold and the rain had stopped, and there's like zero wind. Bright out now, I like days like this, calm.

Nqp15hhu · 12-01-2021 12:32pm

highdef wrote: »

For the cloud base heights link, what is the unit of measurement? It doesn't seem to be stated. For example, it's 0.2 at Dublin at the moment. Is that 200m?

Hundreds of metres.

Little snowy old me · 12-01-2021 12:34pm

Before anyone has a go at me, I am only passing on what I was told this morning by reliable family member source.

County Council management has told their appropriate section to check that all gritters, snow ploughs and grit stocks are ready to be activated as they MAY be needed next week.

I'm sure they send this message out a few times each season but it's interesting that it coincides with possible cold and snow next week. Also, my source informed me that some essential works on roads on higher ground are under review pending forecasts.

We will see.....

mcburns07 · 12-01-2021 12:35pm

Seems prudent given the possibility of snow and ice in the next few months

daniel_t1409 · 12-01-2021 12:40pm

A mild, dull, damp atlantic day. wexford.

Gaoth Laidir · 12-01-2021 12:52pm

highdef wrote: »

For the cloud base heights link, what is the unit of measurement? It doesn't seem to be stated. For example, it's 0.2 at Dublin at the moment. Is that 200m?

It's km, so that's 200 metres.

Pangea · 12-01-2021 1:20pm

Cold here in Donegal just 3c, there was sharp frost this morning

Cluedo Monopoly · 12-01-2021 1:30pm

Little snowy old me wrote: »

Before anyone has a go at me, I am only passing on what I was told this morning by reliable family member source.

County Council management has told their appropriate section to check that all gritters, snow ploughs and grit stocks are ready to be activated as they MAY be needed next week.

I'm sure they send this message out a few times each season but it's interesting that it coincides with possible cold and snow next week. Also, my source informed me that some essential works on roads on higher ground are under review pending forecasts.

We will see.....

I remember back in 2009/2010 when the government and councils got dog's abuse for not having enough salt or having 'old' salt. The government stockpiled loads after that and we had fierce mild winters for several years.

Nqp15hhu · 12-01-2021 1:31pm

Pangea wrote: »

Cold here in Donegal just 3c, there was sharp frost this morning

Yes back in the cold air today.. glad to be out of that mild gunk!

12-01-2021 2:08pm

Joe Bastardi is predicting it to get very cold again in a week or two right through February for this part of Europe, some potential for some severe cold too, according to the models he use it looks like it could be bad enough.

Cluedo Monopoly · 12-01-2021 2:14pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Joe Bastardi is predicting it to get very cold again in a week or two right through February for this part of Europe, some potential for some severe cold too, according to the models he use it looks like it could be bad enough.

Have you a link? Is he generally accurate?

12-01-2021 2:17pm

Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »

Have you a link? Is he generally accurate?

Can’t post it now but you’ll find his video clip on weatherbell.com think it was from Saturday, yeah he’s usually pretty good. He was bang on about the recent cold snap too, I’ve been following him since before the big freeze in 2010.