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

Snowbie · 13-02-2021 12:31AM

Cold air advection in from the UK aiding with drier air and colder temps right by the sea. Its evident all up on down the eastern coastline with very low dewpoints and decreasing air temperatures also as the wind picks up drawing in that nice crisp air. There was never any doubt this would happen, my only fear is moisture and how much of it especially so close to the Wicklow range. Snow will be the outcome even on the beach, just hope air does not dry out too much though along the east coast.

Temp 1.4C
Dp -2.7C

Paso Fino · 13-02-2021 12:31AM

Fics wrote: »

Wind is crazy here on the meath coast, have east & south facing windows in the apartment walls / roof & windows creaking quite alot and the worst is yet to come on Sunday with simular wind direction?

It's fairly windy here in coastal Dublin too. I don't have any measuring equipment here, but Dublin airport is near enough and was reporting 20kt winds with 32kt gusts an hour ago

Oneiric 3 · 13-02-2021 12:34AM

'Wet bulb' is actually falling a little here. was 1.0c at 11pm and now its 0.8c.

kegg · 13-02-2021 12:34AM

Place is slowly going white here. That mixture of graupel and snow. Wasn't expecting anything here till later on.
Foxford, mayo.

bassy · 13-02-2021 12:35AM

kegg wrote: »

Place is slowly going white here. That mixture of graupel and snow. Wasn't expecting anything here till later on.
Foxford, mayo.

down to the hideout

Kermit.de.frog · 13-02-2021 12:35AM

Radar looks OK so far for Dublin. The southeast steer of precipitation off the Irish Sea should mean we are OK here rather than being shadowed (just about).

Fics · 13-02-2021 12:36AM

Paso Fino wrote: »

It's fairly windy here in coastal Dublin too. I don't have any measuring equipment here, but Dublin airport is near enough and was reporting 20kt winds with 32kt gusts an hour ago

https://youtu.be/m2PMG7jCHCI

Took a quick video, worried the sheeting on the roof is going to come off!

Davaeo09 · 13-02-2021 12:37AM

Very windy here now north-west kilkenny
Snow is not really sticking at all. V similar to the other day, probably too dry. Maybe it will change with heavier showers over the next hour.

I hope it picks up and those from north of here get some snow

RobertKK · 13-02-2021 12:38AM

Snow got a bit heavier recently and is sticking to all surfaces but nothing of note yet.

Neddyusa · 13-02-2021 12:38AM

kegg wrote: »

Place is slowly going white here. That mixture of graupel and snow. Wasn't expecting anything here till later on.
Foxford, mayo.

Not white yet here but wont be long.
Almost fully snow now and temp dropping rapidly.
Expect it to switch back to rain before dawn.

Danno · 13-02-2021 12:40AM

RobertKK wrote: »

Snow got a bit heavier recently and is sticking to all surfaces but nothing of note yet.

Same here over the border in South Laois. Snow is sticking to everything now and air temps have gone sub-zero!
Wind howling away and snow heavier.

DOCARCH · 13-02-2021 12:42AM

1.0c DP -3.0c now in Dublin 16.

Hitting the bed....getting under the duvet....hope to wake up with a blanket! :pac:

Neddyusa · 13-02-2021 12:44AM

Temp still dropping fast, down to 1.1C now while humidity up to 88%. Heavier stuff seems imminent.

sicknotexi · 13-02-2021 12:45AM

2021- The year it nearly snowed.

watlantic · 13-02-2021 12:47AM

It started to rain here near Westport a couple of hours ago, then the rain turned icy, later mixed with sleet, and now it's mostly snow again. It is sticking and all the surfaces where the snow had melted are white again.
The temp. has been dropping tonight from today's max. of +3.5ºC to +0.4ºC now (dew point now -0.1ºC ), it's blowing gale force E-SE.
The west is awake !

Squidvicious · 13-02-2021 12:48AM

In South Kilkenny. It's gone from 3 C an hour ago to 0.7 now. The rain has turned to snow and we have a covering. Unbelievable.

Oneiric 3 · 13-02-2021 12:48AM

If the UK Met model is in anyway right, then snow reports over the next couple of hours will more likely to be coming in from the shaded regions on the map:

smallgarden · 13-02-2021 12:48AM

Snowing in Portlaoise

Coffee n chocs · 13-02-2021 12:49AM

Snowing for the last half an hour on Wexford / Kilkenny border. Just small wet flakes. Car is turning white but not sticking anywhere else.

Brendan offaly · 13-02-2021 12:50AM

Temp down at 0.c now in Tullamore.
Snow now heavier but still small flakes.
Finally starting to see some lying in the grass( just about)

Gaoth Laidir · 13-02-2021 12:50AM

Light snow in Athlone

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cyclops999 · 13-02-2021 12:50AM

Blizzard like conditions in Athlone area now.

lolie · 13-02-2021 12:51AM

Still dry here and the temperature has dropped slowly all evening, down to 1c now.
Its a wild night out there.
Looking at the radar something is not to far away.
South cavan

aurora 527 · 13-02-2021 12:51AM

Such a wild night here in Waterford, wind howling temp stubbornly not going lower than 1.6c DP between 0.3 and 0.5c and driving sleet

mountainy man · 13-02-2021 12:51AM

Starting to snow here and stick, and this is before the big blob arrives, have a little snow left from last night. Good luck everyone!

South East Sligo, 255m

Kermit.de.frog · 13-02-2021 12:52AM

It is quite an event once these fronts hit cold air like this. Sadly we don't get it more often.

Mam of 4 · 13-02-2021 12:52AM

smallgarden wrote: »

Snowing in Portlaoise

Which side are you on ?
Only little intermittent bits of Styrofoam heading towards Mountmellick side

DOCARCH · 13-02-2021 12:53AM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

It is quite an event once these fronts hit cold air like this. Sadly we don't get it more often.

I just hope it makes it over the mountains!

lolie · 13-02-2021 12:53AM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

It is quite an event once these fronts hit cold air like this. Sadly we don't get it more often.

If only it would turn back just before the mild air gets in.

Calibos · 13-02-2021 12:54AM

ZeroSum76 wrote: »

These are some weird-ass conditions at the moment.

I'm normally out doing Astronomy at this hour on clear nights and honestly all my gear would be dripping wet with dew. I just felt the grass outside and it's bone dry. Like BONE dry. It's very very strange! Location Ashford Co Wicklow.

Clear spells and some cloud but otherwise a lovely night so far.

Funny Story. Was doing an Public Outreach Event in Glendalough in '08 with my 12in Orion Dob. Very cold, beautiful skies, excellent Seeing, Mirror Fan on all night to cool the mirror to ambient and keep dew off. Packed up at the end of the night, headed back to Bray, decided to setup in the back garden for one last look at the Sky before packing Scope away in the Shed. Couldn't see an effing thing. WTF is going on!!! Secondary hasn't fallen off/rotated-check, didn't leave a lens cap on-Check, WTF is it?? I look down Tube. LMFAO.

My moisture filled exhalations in the car on the way home had all condensed on the super-cooled Main Mirror and it had a mm or two thick Fern jack frost all over it!!

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

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