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Amber Snow Alert

[Deleted User] · 2005-02-17 08:29:05

Hi everybody. I'm temporarally closing the current indications thread so all discussion on the now imminent cold snap to be had in here. Discuss away to your hearts content. Amber alert *may* be raised to Red before the end of the w/end

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#272 19-02-2005 6:41pm
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According to the radar (http://www.metcheck.com/premium/precipitype.asp?lat=53&lon=-7&locationID=302) There was snow falling in West Dublin or NE Kildare around 16:45

Anyone to verify this???

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#273 19-02-2005 6:42pm
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The world has gone mad :eek:

It's raining in Greenland :eek:
http://www.nic.gl/webcam/telecam.jpg

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#274 19-02-2005 6:54pm
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According to http://www.met.ie/recentweather/ there was a recent shower @ Dublin Airport around 1700. Temps 4c.

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#275 19-02-2005 7:11pm
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For the life of me i never thought i's see such
fax charts at such range :eek:

http://64.246.48.81/wz/pics/brack1a.gif

http://64.246.48.81/wz/pics/brack2.gif

Another case of print print print

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#276 19-02-2005 7:30pm
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Another shocker from the MetO im beginning to wonder
what their taking

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#277 19-02-2005 7:31pm
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hehe
cat among the pidgeons

Met Éireanns news forecast
warmer monday max of 7 and rain

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#278 19-02-2005 7:34pm
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Honestly Earthman they're leading us up the creek,
People are probably looking at that forecast and
laughing at me!

I tells you come back here on Tuesday morning and laugh at me

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#279 19-02-2005 7:36pm
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The lovely Jean Byrne said that it'll be warmer on Monday, but the summary afterwards suggested highs of only 4C on Tuesday and showed snow showers for the east.

I think people here will be disappointed and much of the predictions here seem to stem more from over-enthusiastic, wishful thinking than anything else. I used to be like that, before I got all bitter & cynical...

:cool:

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#280 19-02-2005 7:39pm
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As i say save the criticism for after the event because
im 100% confident that there wont be any!

Appalling from the MetO appalling!

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#281 19-02-2005 7:42pm
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I'm starting to wonder now too re. monday anyway, our national weather getting it that wrong in this space of time? - surely they look at the charts etc too???

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#282 19-02-2005 7:42pm
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Weathercheck wrote:

im 100% confident that there wont be any!

There won't be any snow???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek:

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#283 19-02-2005 7:52pm
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Carefull Ray or you'll give w.check a seizure and it will cost us money because we'll have to fly him to the top of the french alps for a recovery

The MO have downgraded their analysis of mondays weather since this morning from snow in places to Rain given what they updated their website with this morning...

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#284 19-02-2005 7:54pm
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Lads, lads. I just looked out of the window and guess what, it's...

Not snowing yet!!

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#285 19-02-2005 7:54pm
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maybe there is just part-time staff there today

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#286 19-02-2005 7:56pm
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They certainly over killed tomorrows temperatures tomorrow
3-4c maxima nationwide apart from western fringes imo

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#287 19-02-2005 7:57pm
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Frustrating to have such an appalling forecast being aired
to the nation! :mad:

We deserve better

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#288 19-02-2005 7:59pm
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Weathercheck wrote:

Frustrating to have such an appalling forecast being aired
to the nation! :mad:

We deserve better

It is appalling, to an extent. Appalling that we're going to be disappointed. Again, I hope I'm wrong...

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#289 19-02-2005 8:01pm
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If you live in the east coast you WONT be let down
O.K let time win this for me

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#290 19-02-2005 8:02pm
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rte are prolly just being cautious, its has happened in the past that it snows all over the uk including northern ireland but as soon as the cloud cross's the border into the republic it suddenly turns to rain:)

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#291 19-02-2005 8:03pm
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I cant wait until Monday when the snow is packing up on the ground

Then i'll be proven right and i expect remorse from all my doubters

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#292 19-02-2005 8:06pm
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Weathercheck wrote:

I cant wait until Monday when the snow is packing up on the ground

Then i'll be proven right and i expect remorse from all my doubters

I hope you are right. If you are, I'll be full of remorse

Although, I think that if RTÉ were being cautious, they'd be forecasting loads of snow, so that the country won't be caught out...

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#293 19-02-2005 8:07pm
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maybe they are just holding out till tomorrow to see how it looks then.

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#294 19-02-2005 8:08pm
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Sky news charts show snow for the east coast of england and scotland, they reckoned an inch of lying snow on monday, but their charts showed no precip for Ireland!

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#295 19-02-2005 8:14pm
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the bbc currently have snow precip for eastern ireland on monday, tuesday and wednesday with rain over the midlands and west,

as for Greenland well they are seeing quite remarkable temperatures at the moment, some places are sunny and 14C (57F) while other places are slightly cooler with rain, also most of Iceland is around 5C at the moment with rain. check out yahoo weather for exact temperatures.

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#296 19-02-2005 8:14pm
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Ray777 wrote:

It is appalling, to an extent. Appalling that we're going to be disappointed. Again, I hope I'm wrong...

Ray disregard that weather front-it was always a maybe event and still is.
It *could* produce some snow.
There is absolutely no doubt about what comes in its wake.
Wcheck says now that he's100% convinced that the front would produce snow, but a few posts back here he is being more realistic...

The fact of the matter is regarding snow on monday, the only dead cert for it to my mind is higher ground (above 600ft) anything to lower ground consider a bonus.
It is so unpredictable and borderline that the Met may even be saying something different again tomorrow night

As regards after that take snow as a given.

Irish1 all UKMO output down plays Irish sea "lake effect" snow unless its going into wales.
This time it has no choice but to head into Ireland.

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#297 19-02-2005 8:17pm
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My poor faithless friends...have faith in me this time

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#298 19-02-2005 8:18pm
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So is it actually likely?

I haveto say it hasn't seemed particularly colder today than any other day. I did but a wooley hat in case though

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#299 19-02-2005 8:18pm
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I'm beginning to lose faith myself after that forecast on RTE - Even if it ends up 3 or 4C colder than is predicted, it'll be still way too warm for snow, never mind snow that'll settle!!! And as Earthman said, there'll be snow over 600ft from Monday, I'll have to go up to the top of Howth Head @ 561ft - That's my only hope!!!

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#300 19-02-2005 8:20pm
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Weathercheck wrote:

My poor faithless friends...have faith in me this time

So I take it that means yes ? :rolleyes:

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#301 19-02-2005 8:21pm
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syke wrote:

So is it actually likely?

I haveto say it hasn't seemed particularly colder today than any other day. I did but a wooley hat in case though

The cold air, the really cold stuff syke from monday night right through untill friday at least.

The air from monday night is easterly and increasingly from western Russia in origin.
The stuff now is just a maratime northerly which is cold but not cold enough.

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