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

pistolpetes11 · 11-02-2021 08:30PM

ZeroSum76 wrote: »

Auntie my fellow East Coast stavationalised snowbie. I promised you some snow pics.

Normally when I say "I hate to say I told you so... but I told you so!" I normally mean it in a smug way and am actually glad to say I told you so. But in this case - am not at all. Gutted!

Nothing all week on East Coast central Wicklow. Nothing predicted by the so called chocolate teapot weather apps...

Weather Apps 1:0 Boards.

I will see your weather Apps and raise you this from the 02/02/21

Neddyusa · 11-02-2021 08:31PM

bb1234567 wrote: »

Wow great pics of the west. Looks like a different world. So weird to think it's only 200km away from me. That seems rare doesn't it, snow in the west but not Dublin?

Some of those 2 inch snow pics are only 20km from me and nothing on the ground at all here.
The wind was too strong and air too dry.
Ewes here fighting each other for water the past two days - never seen the like of it!

Paso Fino · 11-02-2021 08:33PM

We had a bitterly cold day here with strong dry winds feeding in off the Irish Sea - lack of snowfall was disappointing, but at least the ground is drying quickly. Every cloud and all that!

ZeroSum76 · 11-02-2021 08:37PM

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

I will see your weather Apps and raise you this from the 02/02/21

Ah yeah. Tongue in cheek. I know they're rubbish ðŸ˜Š

Seymour20 · 11-02-2021 08:39PM

Still pelting down here. Would say it’s the best snow event here since 2010. Power just went out too.
Murrisk

redsteveireland · 11-02-2021 08:39PM

The wind would cut the face off ya.

Roughly up to 5/6cm on the paths not being lashed out of it by wind all day.

Gaoth Laidir · 11-02-2021 08:41PM

At this stage, there's nothing for us in the east to do but...

Meteorite58 · 11-02-2021 08:45PM

redsteveireland wrote: »

The wind would cut the face off ya.

Roughly up to 5/6cm on the paths not being lashed out of it by wind all day.

Great stuff redsteveireland.

No snow here near Tralee but the wind was something else. Tried to do some work out around the back and in the garage but I couldn't keep warm , gave up in the afternoon after a few attempts. High of 4.2C but around 3.5C much of the day with a wind chill reading of -3C.

Davaeo09 · 11-02-2021 08:46PM

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

At this stage, there's nothing for us in the east to do but...

Would you expect tonight's showers to effect the south as per the RTE 6 o clock weather tonight?
That kinda surprised me. I know it is of little consequence if followed by rain/sleet but interested to hear your thoughts on tonight's potential if any.

redsteveireland · 11-02-2021 08:49PM

Last one I swear.

https://streamable.com/q2tyy9

Damn wind covering up the crunch

Dazler97 · 11-02-2021 08:50PM

No snow in mohill yet according to met Éireann radar it's here

11-02-2021 08:53PM

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

At this stage, there's nothing for us in the east to do but...

Its actually no different to people over in East and Southeast England looking at Wales or Ireland getting frontal snow fromcold that originally came to them first
Same phenomenon eg northeast or Eastern England looking at Emma (even though they had snow but not an Emma Dump)
So we easterners can't complain
As I said elsewhere, it's a joy tonight only matched by what is its brevity and the size of the tease and the lies the models fed the rest of us
Might see snow here tomorrow night but I doubt it
Other than that I'm done at this.

The Oort Cloud · 11-02-2021 08:54PM

Well, my predictions for lots of snow for swords and balbriggan on wednesday was 100% incorrect, facepalm. And when I say there is no chance of snow sticking for swords and balbriggan tonight and friday, then It will most definitely 100% snow heavy in those parts. I'm like the backwards man, when I say something will happen it doesn't happen, and when I say something won't happen it happens, hence the backwards man. I'm a walking and talking anticyclone, and the models all week were completely all over the place.

yorlum11 · 11-02-2021 08:58PM

Still going in Castlebar. Tricky journey to Westport later.

Dazler97 · 11-02-2021 08:58PM

yorlum11 wrote: »

Still going in Castlebar. Tricky journey to Westport later.

Stop making me jelious haha

thecretinhop · 11-02-2021 08:58PM

4pm claregalway

Kermit.de.frog · 11-02-2021 09:04PM

thecretinhop wrote: »

4pm claregalway

You're downvoting snow

watlantic · 11-02-2021 09:05PM

Small drift (max. about a foot deep) near Westport. Sorry about the poor quality of images today.

Dazler97 · 11-02-2021 09:09PM

watlantic wrote: »

Small drift (max. about a foot deep) near Westport. Sorry about the poor quality of images today.

Omg it's very rare to see such a depth of snow over there

Dazler97 · 11-02-2021 09:10PM

Sorry if I'm spamming the page but no snow here, yet it shows it on the radar

Tyrone212 · 11-02-2021 09:13PM

Blizzard conditions on achill earlier.

https://mobile.twitter.com/GEM0/status/1359926375059177476

Tyrone212 · 11-02-2021 09:15PM

Grace may have had snow today. If the above is accurate.

11-02-2021 09:16PM

Dazler97 wrote: »

Sorry if I'm spamming the page but no snow here, yet it shows it on the radar

I had the same earlier
Its common in snow,its there but just not reaching the ground and won't
The radar signals are high enough to bounce off it though so they give a return
Its a fault of the system in snow

thecretinhop · 11-02-2021 09:18PM

lol boards.ie is a mystery to me I thought I got a card!

JanuarySnowstor · 11-02-2021 09:20PM

A disappointing day for many but we came very close to something epic. 1C nearly all day here (Cork) which isn't bad going and still sleeting away so the mild air didn't actually make any progress.
Main things for me that went wrong ( bareing in mind the West did very well)

- Onshore galeforce southeasterly meant the sea modification which might usually be coastal had an effect even 60kms inland. Almost the sole reason Limerick saw snow and Cork saw sleet.
- We were unlucky the week before last night skies were cloudy so no frost or proper ground cold took place. If it did clear overnights would have been -6 and days would have been sub zero. The depth of cold was the real deal but the skies didn't clear.
- Growing up in the 80s today was a regular theme with snow inland and rain in places like Cork. That was always the norm and nothing to do with GW

So onwards and upwards and folks making stabs at anyone is unfair. Most on here are amateurs and even the respected Met Office in UK had a lot of snow for us than actually transpired. A degree or two either way really is the difference between snowmen and pram shaking...

pad199207 · 11-02-2021 09:21PM

Tyrone212 wrote: »

Grace may have had snow today. If the above is accurate.

She went to bed

Dazler97 · 11-02-2021 09:21PM

AuntySnow wrote: »

I had the same earlier
Its common in snow,its there but just not reaching the ground and won't
The radar signals are high enough to bounce off it though so they give a return
Its a fault of the system in snow

Thanks auntie snow, I thought I was losing the head

Oneiric 3 · 11-02-2021 09:22PM

Still flurrying away here but not adding anything to the earlier accumulation:

https://streamable.com/iwtqnt

pad199207 · 11-02-2021 09:22PM

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

A disappointing day for many but we came very close to something epic. 1C nearly all day here (Cork) which isn't bad going and still sleeting away so the mild air didn't actually make any progress.
Main things for me that went wrong ( bareing in mind the West did very well)

- Onshore galeforce southeasterly meant the sea modification which might usually be coastal had an effect even 60kms inland. Almost the sole reason Limerick saw snow and Cork saw sleet.
- We were unlucky the week before last night skies were cloudy so no frost or proper ground cold took place. If it did clear overnights would have been -6 and days would have been sub zero. The depth of cold was the real deal but the skies didn't clear.
- Growing up in the 80s today was a regular theme with snow inland and rain in places like Cork. That was always the norm and nothing to do with GW

So onwards and upwards and folks making stabs at anyone is unfair. Most on here are amateurs and even the respected Met Office in UK had a lot of snow for us than actually transpired. A degree or two either way really is the difference between snowmen and pram shaking...

ronman · 11-02-2021 09:24PM

Nice bit of snow lying in headford since it got dark. 2 fine snowmen in 2 weeks or so.
Was doing irish with the young lad a few weeks ago learning about winter and a snowman. I remember saying to him that he would probably never get to make a snowman and I'd show him some photos we took back in the good old days. He was very disappointed. How wrong I was. We got nothing here in 2018 and very little snow even in 2010 so well overdue.

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

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