Winter 20/21 - General Discussion

ninebeanrows · 07-02-2021 09:15AM

Temperature dropping steadily at Howth this morning, now 3.8/1.4, the cold air is not far offshore.

07-02-2021 09:37AM

ninebeanrows wrote: »

Temperature dropping steadily at Howth this morning, now 3.8/1.4, the cold air is not far offshore.

4.8/0.6 in Arklow
Wind E gusting 35kmh
Cloudy dry
No rain since midnight here

appledrop · 07-02-2021 09:44AM

Slashermcguirk wrote: »

Dry overnight and this morning in Dublin, breezy but very pleasant

Wet here in NCD but hopefully it clears up later on.

gerrybhoy · 07-02-2021 09:44AM

My garden was resembling a swamp past few days,dried up nicely over night

gerrybhoy · 07-02-2021 09:46AM

Slight drizzle here in D15

Kutebride · 07-02-2021 10:13AM

Raining Meath. I feel like I'm back in the West, the forever rain lately.

pad199207 · 07-02-2021 10:22AM

Sleety shower in Kildare

redsteveireland · 07-02-2021 10:23AM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Ah yeah I know, different strokes, but they're fretting over it like a bunch of bored people waiting for cocaine to arrive at a party or something.

That's a bit harsh. The excitement is in the chase, the reward is if it does turn out as forecast.
Not expecting any snow myself in Galway, I am a storm and snow lover and this event gives me neither, but I will be happy with a few dry days.
Sun days are as rare as snow days in my part of the country.

DOCARCH · 07-02-2021 10:27AM

pad199207 wrote: »

Sleety shower in Kildare

That passed through here in Dublin 16.

Sort of encouraged that despite wind being due east, there is a little bit of a north of east flow pushing the showers.

3.0c now in Dublin 16.

pad199207 · 07-02-2021 10:52AM

Dewpoint gone sub zero here in Kildare with increasing flakeyness in the showers

Donegal Storm · 07-02-2021 12:23PM

Two full weeks of greyness now, at least the ground has dried up with the wind

nacho libre · 07-02-2021 01:40PM

Very blustery here now, not too cold yet, just as well with that breeze.The ground is drying out nicely.

Brianmeath · 07-02-2021 01:44PM

nacho libre wrote: »

Very blustery here now, not too cold yet, just as well with that breeze.The ground is drying out nicely.

Noticed that also, ground is drying all morning. First time in weeks. Bite to the wind now.

nacho libre · 07-02-2021 01:49PM

Yeah, places away from the east coast should have little problem with snow sticking come tomorrow. I just hope this breeze keeps up as it will drive showers well inland too.
It will stay dry here, but hopefully it means more places can see snow before Thursday.

Gonzo · 07-02-2021 01:51PM

the ground is drying so quickly, I've spoken plenty of times about my disaster of a garden and the constant squelchy sounds over the past few weeks. I have never seen such saturated soil dry out so quickly in a short space of time. We still had some random bursts of heavy rain here last night and the ground looks like it hasn't rained in a few days. This should help with snowfall if we get some decent showers between tomorrow and Wednesday.

leeash10 · 07-02-2021 02:13PM

Cold wind here now, 2c feels colder in exposed places. Mullaghcleevaun at 849 meters has a snow covered top, ground drying here at 220 meters West Wicklow but not as quickly as other places. Grey skies looking ominous.

Davaeo09 · 07-02-2021 02:19PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNskc7NN-OA

BBC mentioning the Thursday event

sryanbruen · 07-02-2021 09:28PM

Only noticed that RTÉ archived this broadcast from February 1991 (30 years ago now) today. One for the Corkians it seems.

https://www.rte.ie/archives/2021/0118/1190407-big-freeze-set-to-continue/

Meteorite58 · 07-02-2021 09:55PM

Great drying here in Kerry the last few days ( even with the showers ) and especially today staying dry and cloudy with bright spells. Constant breeze , predominantly E'ly, and at times strong enough, cold just getting up to 6.2C but great day for working around the garden, been a great few days to get a wood work project completed . Thankfully can walk on the land again, been saturated for what seems like ages although we did cut the grass in early January.

Gaoth Laidir · 07-02-2021 10:10PM

sryanbruen wrote: »

Only noticed that RTÉ archived this broadcast from February 1991 (30 years ago now) today. One for the Corkians it seems.

https://www.rte.ie/archives/2021/0118/1190407-big-freeze-set-to-continue/

Charts for back then. Stiff northeasterly surface winds, with regular snow showers and longer spells of snow. A couple of days later there were 10 cm at Dublin Airport.

Rougies · 07-02-2021 11:20PM

I have hazy childhood memories of Feb 1991 in D.16. About 9-10cm in Dublin seems bang on. If remember correctly there was one main snowfall event that started in the late afternoon and lasted long into the evening with strong winds and blizzard conditions at times. The snow on the ground stuck around for a few days afterwards.

Oscar Bravo · 07-02-2021 11:29PM

sryanbruen wrote: »

Only noticed that RTÉ archived this broadcast from February 1991 (30 years ago now) today. One for the Corkians it seems.

https://www.rte.ie/archives/2021/0118/1190407-big-freeze-set-to-continue/

Nice footage, from the days when half of all cars had one light missing and everyone drove a Toyota

munsterlegend · 07-02-2021 11:31PM

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Nice footage, from the days when half of all cars had one light missing and everyone drove a Toyota

Opel were big back then too.

Oscar Bravo · 07-02-2021 11:36PM

munsterlegend wrote: »

Opel were big back then too.

yes! everytime Ireland played 100 Opels were sold

07-02-2021 11:53PM

Not sure when this was filmed but it's a trip fro.m Wickliw town to Arklow and back driving into the Bridgewater centre in Arklow, up the main St and into tesco
I suspect it was 2018,a bit into the thaw
No snow hardly at all in Wicklow town but a lot left in Arklow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyQQQ6ECIvQ

Gaoth Laidir · 08-02-2021 12:06AM

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Nice footage, from the days when half of all cars had one light missing and everyone drove a Toyota

Or a Datsun 120Y held together with rust

nacho libre · 08-02-2021 10:44AM

Whatever about snow, the drying out of soggy ground is welcome. Its impressive how much things have dried since yesterday

Rock Lesnar · 08-02-2021 11:15AM

Those showers in the irish sea, you gotta love them, now im not in a rush for snow, cos the land needs drying out, but yesterday morning it teemed rain on and off here for about an hour to 2 hours, this morning, nothing absolutely nothing, ha

leeash10 · 08-02-2021 11:28AM

Microscopic dots of white powder spitting from grey skies. Ground dry and hard. Cold breeze would skin you. Forecast for this area of West Wicklow is snow Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Very confusing but a welcome change from the rain.

08-02-2021 11:44AM

nacho libre wrote: »

Whatever about snow, the drying out of soggy ground is welcome. Its impressive how much things have dried since yesterday

Nothing dries out the land like an easterly.

Heavy skies and spitting snizzle here in Cork. Bitterly cold.

Winter 20/21 - General Discussion

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