Cold Spell - Feb 7th to 13th 2021 - Chat

Gonzo · 08-02-2021 02:52PM

Mac_Lad71 wrote: »

Why are grown adults so excited at the prospect of snow?

Most adults who get excited about snow have loved it since they were a child and this stays with them for life. It's also a break/distraction from the normality of mild, rain and drizzle throughout most winters. As such snow that sticks is fairly rare in Ireland, particularly in eastern areas that rely on a decent easterly to deliver snow cover. Unfortunately the current easterly is not really potent enough, we are on the edge of the cold and are missing instability. The same can be said for other weather extremes such as heatwaves and thunderstorms, these are very rare in Ireland but fascinating when we do get them.

Nqp15hhu · 08-02-2021 02:53PM

I am extremely shocked!

https://streamable.com/jo5qw2

DOCARCH · 08-02-2021 02:54PM

Nqp15hhu wrote: »

I am extremely shocked!

https://streamable.com/jo5qw2

Never turn your back on snow!

Well done!

Kermit.de.frog · 08-02-2021 02:55PM

Nqp15hhu wrote: »

I am extremely shocked!

https://streamable.com/jo5qw2

Lift the camera up so we can have a good look :pac:

ffarrell7 · 08-02-2021 02:58PM

Nice flakes in Dublin 15 now but no intensity..... We need proper streamers

Nqp15hhu · 08-02-2021 02:58PM

The graupel is not melting on the ground.

JDD · 08-02-2021 02:59PM

Had some graupel here in SoCoDu this morning, but nothing since then. It actually isn't as cold as it was yesterday - jaysus the wind would have sliced through you - so actually pleasant enough to walk around in as long as you're wrapped up. I keep checking out the window for anything else, but the clouds seem to be breaking up now.

Tyrone212 · 08-02-2021 03:00PM

https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2021/0208/1195722-dog-rescued-mountain/

TheFairy · 08-02-2021 03:00PM

Very light snow shower in Southern Fermanagh there, small flakes blowing around in the wind.

gerrybhoy · 08-02-2021 03:01PM

Getting a wee bit heavier here in D15

gerrybhoy · 08-02-2021 03:01PM

Tyrone212 wrote: »

https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2021/0208/1195722-dog-rescued-mountain/

Great story

Rebelbrowser · 08-02-2021 03:01PM

DPs are -4 and -5 in the North and East at the moment but only -1 down here. We have constant v light showers but it's v wet snow really, not even graupel.

Gaoth Laidir · 08-02-2021 03:02PM

dm09 wrote: »

Just wondering are the current conditions wrong for proper snow, if the wet bulb temps or dew points are not right you get ice pellets instead of fluffy flakes ?

I've had Graupel from easterlies in the past in North Louth but in 2010/2018 we also had some very decent snow at times.
Here's hoping the conditions improve as the week goes on.

It's all very shallow convection, so any precipitation particles don't get bounced up and down through a deeper (colder) layer of the atmosphere and therefore remain small. It's akin to how drizzle forms in warmer weather.

piplip87 · 08-02-2021 03:03PM

Light snow and Grapple here for the past few hours. No dusting very cold. Sky gone very dark all of a sudden.

Nqp15hhu · 08-02-2021 03:03PM

Lake up the hill is starting to freeze already lol. It has only been subzero up there for about 30 hours.

Lake has frozen four times this winter already.

Chalkitdown147 · 08-02-2021 03:05PM

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

It's all very shallow convection, so any precipitation particles don't get bounced up and down through a deeper (colder) layer of the atmosphere and therefore remain small. It's akin to how drizzle forms in warmer weather.

GL, can the cloud heights increase to help this or will we be stuck with what we have????

Lip Out · 08-02-2021 03:06PM

Tyrone212 wrote: »

https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2021/0208/1195722-dog-rescued-mountain/

That's awesome. Anyone who has been up on Lug during cold/snowy weather will know how extreme it can be with windchill easily into the minus double digits. Some effort to carry the dog down too and lucky she survived that long.

cameramonkey · 08-02-2021 03:09PM

Lip Out wrote: »

That's awesome. Anyone who has been up on Lug during cold/snowy weather will know how extreme it can be with windchill easily into the minus double digits. Some effort to carry the dog down too and lucky she survived that long.

nippy enough up there at the moment.
https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Lugnaquilla/forecasts/925

JULESLEMON · 08-02-2021 03:11PM

Slight Graupel shower on Laois/Kilkenny border. Very light. felt colder yesterday IMO.

Gaoth Laidir · 08-02-2021 03:13PM

Chalkitdown147 wrote: »

GL, can the cloud heights increase to help this or will we be stuck with what we have????

There's no sign of cloud heights increasing upstream over England and the North Sea as of yet, so we're stuck with what we have for now.

dm09 · 08-02-2021 03:23PM

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

It's all very shallow convection, so any precipitation particles don't get bounced up and down through a deeper (colder) layer of the atmosphere and therefore remain small. It's akin to how drizzle forms in warmer weather.

Great explanation, Thank you.

TheMilkyPirate · 08-02-2021 03:25PM

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

It's all very shallow convection, so any precipitation particles don't get bounced up and down through a deeper (colder) layer of the atmosphere and therefore remain small. It's akin to how drizzle forms in warmer weather.

So the higher the cloud tops the more the particles bounce around and pick up more moisture on their way down? Hence being bigger. Would be why thunderstorm rain are huge drops due to high thunder cloud tops?

Mac_Lad71 · 08-02-2021 03:27PM

Hurrache wrote: »

Same way as some grown adults get so excited in hitting a little hard ball and walking after it.

Or watching over sized men getting paid to chase an oval bag of wind around an empty stadium.

Artane2002 · 08-02-2021 03:29PM

it's sunny and graupelling at the same time in Dublin 5.

Kunta Kinte · 08-02-2021 03:31PM

Mac_Lad71 wrote: »

Or watching over sized men getting paid to chase an oval bag of wind around an empty stadium.

Or maybe even trolling on an internet forum.:rolleyes:

EMPotatohands · 08-02-2021 03:32PM

Sun is shining now in D10, not impressed

Donegal Storm · 08-02-2021 03:32PM

Light snow in Letterkenny at the moment, wasn't expecting anything here.

Are we seeing some land based convection at the moment? Very early in the year but looking at radar showers seem to be pepping up over land east of here

cyclops999 · 08-02-2021 03:32PM

Bit of dandruff blowing in the wind around Athlone area.

Snowbie · 08-02-2021 03:32PM

Had a decent snow grain shower about 1hr ago.
Temp dropped to 1.6C Dp -3.8C

Snow is falling from stratiform clouds and is mostly pellets or grains with the odd flake. There is no deep convection over the Irish sea at the moment, but instability will gather later this evening. The cloud level is below freezing point water droplets are super cooled fall from cloud melt refreeze and bounce off the ground. Grains are like soft hail that notoriously fall from stratifom clouds

Looking out over the Irish sea, there are a few cumulus but mostly stratus.

Kermit.de.frog · 08-02-2021 03:33PM

Small streamer effect setting itself up for Dublin (most likely south Dublin) on latest radar just off Angelsey?

Cold Spell - Feb 7th to 13th 2021 - Chat

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