Extreme cold weather from Feb 25th on, and now St. Patrick's Day on...

roosterman71 wrote: »

Usually do my shopping on a Monday after work. Popped in today for the weekly ritual, and the car park was damn near full. And the amount of trolleys loaded to the gills was mental. If ya did yer usual weekly shop, ya'd probably survive the finest. Maybe a bit extra for lunches or something if yer housebound. After that, it's a bit much.

I'm hoping myself for a savage amount of snow and be stuck in the house for a few days! Just to see what a savage amount of snow is like more than anything :pac:

We keep stocked with four types of flour, milk, eggs and tea, never be hungry.
We keep powdered milk in the press, it’s handy in an emergency and I add it to smoothies too.

Today's update from M.T. Cranium

Tuesday, 27 February, 2018

Forecasts for Ireland

ALERT for 5 to 15 cm of snow later today in parts of Leinster, east Ulster, and spreading at times to eastern Connacht and Munster where 3 to 10 cm a more likely total. ADVANCE ALERT for severe cold tonight and tomorrow, and for snow and blowing snow with blizzard conditions likely in some parts of Leinster, 10 to 25 cm snowfalls possible (5 to 15 cm away from main snowfall areas of south and central Leinster), and also ADVANCE ALERT for severe snowstorm conditions Thursday-Friday possibly spreading to all counties from the south, merging with heavy snow streamers further north.

TODAY ... Variable cloud, becoming rather windy and very cold, with outbreaks of snow (possibly starting as rain or sleet right along the east coast but changing to snow, and a start as snow more likely any distance inland), potential for 5 to 15 cms in Leinster, 3 to 10 cms in south and east Munster, traces to 3 cms further west and north. Highs -1 to +3 C, mildest near south coast, with significant wind chill by afternoon (-3 to -5 C), with temperatures likely to drop during snowfall to -1 C. Snow may be accompanied by thunder this afternoon especially near east coast. The snow is expected to be sleety and rather light in general this morning but heavier by afternoon and evening. Some parts of west Ulster and north Connacht could have sunny spells. Winds generally northeast 20-40 km/hr this morning increasing to 40-60 km/hr by afternoon.

WEDNESDAY ... After a very cold start (lows -11 to -5 C, coldest in west Ulster and inland Connacht, north Tipperary) becoming very windy with outbreaks of heavy snow likely, thunder possible, accumulations of 10 to 25 cms in parts of Leinster could be disruptive to travel, 5 to 15 cms in parts of Munster and east Ulster, tapering to trace amounts near west coast (but some bursts of heavier snow could reach as far west as Galway and Limerick). Highs only -4 to -1 C, feeling like -10 C in the wind which will be easterly 50 to 90 km/hr. This is likely to become a "red alert" situation both for cold and snowfall.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY ... A severe winter storm appears very likely, although those conditions may already be occurring by Wednesday in parts of Leinster. This storm is likely to spread to all parts of Ireland with strong east winds 70 to 120 km/hr in exposed coastal south and southwest, more like 50 to 80 km/hr elsewhere), heavy snow, blowing snow and blizzard conditions especially over open rural and higher terrain. There is potential for 20 to 50 cms of snow during this period. Temperatures will be steady in the range of -2 to +1 C. The strongest winds in the southwest should occur after snow ends but it could be ongoing in higher parts of Kerry and west Limerick, inland Cork. By Friday afternoon, somewhat milder air may have pushed into the south coast and across most of Kerry, parts of Limerick and Cork, with temperatures there rising to 4-6 C near sea level, and downsloping across higher ground in Kerry the very strong southeast winds could be damaging in exposed locations. Further north the wind will not be as extreme and any milder trend could be either muted or non-existent depending on how strong the resistance of cold air is to this glancing blow. Some guidance continues to suggest no incursions of rain or milder air at all so the somewhat milder scenario is perhaps a 2:1 favourite from the guidance available now.

OUTLOOK ... The weekend of 3-4 March appears likely to continue rather cold with the risk of further snow that could continue to be heavy in some northern and perhaps central counties, but details are very "low confidence" at this point. One or two more lows could attempt to do what the first one was trying to do, and perhaps with similar results (less extreme in general though). The best bet at this point seems to be overcast, mixed sleety precipitation, and temperatures 2 to 5 C with moderate winds. Then into the following week, colder air may actually make a return from the north with temperatures staying quite cold and further chances for snowfalls developing. Some guidance suggests much milder air will begin to arrive late in that week (around 9th March). It seems equally possible that this will be held back though.

My local weather (all around the region as we had a day trip) was partly cloudy with brief showers of snow or pellets, and highs between -1 and 4 C depending on elevation.

I will probably issue an update this afternoon or early evening once we have some new guidance available for the end of the week scenario.

Stay safe and (especially Wednesday to Friday) avoid unnecessary travel.
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Reggie. wrote: »

Nope

Bread and milk duty in Aldi?