Cold spell - 14/15th January onward

WolfeEire · 15-01-2024 10:06AM

Updated warnings issued by Met Eireann with Snow/Ice alert for Donegal

giveitholly · 15-01-2024 10:07AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121617515#Comment_121617515

Very slight dusting on the top,if I can get a photo later I will post it

tom1ie · 15-01-2024 10:13AM

-1 in Rathfarnham Dublin at 10 am.

Haven’t seen that in a while.

WolfeEire · 15-01-2024 10:16AM

The deep cold is washed away on Friday night but the warm-up continues to be diluted with even opportunities for high ground snow on Sunday, with colder 850s wrapped around an intense low. 'Wet, messy, muck' as @sryanbruen would say.

Billcarson · 15-01-2024 10:18AM

Funnily enough during our last el nino winter we had a cold snap also around mid Jan. Mid Jan 2016. Which was the coldest weather we had that winter. That was our winter that yr lol. Hope this week isn't our winter aswell.

Gonzo · 15-01-2024 10:39AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121617205#Comment_121617205

We haven't had luck in a long time. It's either a dry northerly or a failed easterly we get these days. We will probably get another cold spell in February but known our luck it will either be another dry northerly or failed easterly that does not have a long fetch from the Urals.

sryanbruen · 15-01-2024 10:42AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121617574#Comment_121617574

Technically, 2018-19 was the last El Nino winter but that was a weak event.

Not sure if you remember but we had northerly topplers on Valentine's Day 2016 and early March. Early March was more my winter that year rather than mid-January, at least I managed a dusting on 4th March. Would be my last snow until that NW'ly in January 2018. There was also a brief anticyclonic frosty period in the 4th week of February that gave the lowest temperatures of that winter here.

squonk · 15-01-2024 10:57AM

Living here in the Midwest, I think frost days are becoming more rare anyway. Growing up back in the 80s it didn’t seem unusual to wake up with the ground, being completely white with frost during winter. it seemed to be quite a regular occurrence. Having moved back to the Midwest again in the last couple of years, waking up to a completely white ground due to a decent frost as much rarer now. I can only put it down to the climate warming because I’m pretty sure the annual mean would have gone up since I was a kid in the 80s. Then sea temperatures are rising. For what it’s worth I think we’ll be doing well to get even decently cold outbreaks from now on.

Meteorite58 · 15-01-2024 11:02AM

Beautiful frosty morning in Tralee, roads and paths were grand where I was.

Pic: Town Park a short time ago.

WolfeEire · 15-01-2024 11:08AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121617750#Comment_121617750

Lovely@Meteorite58

The view from my kitchen window this morn

Lovely and frosty still right now

pauldry · 15-01-2024 11:22AM

If you go to rte archives today there are reports on years with notable cold like the 60s 1974 1982 1991.

Anyways the warm Atlantic bringing rain to Sligo today. Just damp n drizzly showers here. Hope it cools down more for midweek and we should be in business.

Meteorite58 · 15-01-2024 11:25AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121617770#Comment_121617770

Beautiful WolfEire, you got your own parkland there, noticed sunrise that bit earlier this morning.

WolfeEire · 15-01-2024 11:26AM

11am temps. Chilly start to the week.

sryanbruen · 15-01-2024 11:26AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121617817#Comment_121617817

And I have a whole list of them on Boards though a few more have been added since I made this for anyone who likes to view these as an easy convenient reference because some of them are difficult to find with the way they have the navigation set up.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058227529/rte-archives-weather-broadcasts

pureza · 15-01-2024 11:37AM

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Fleet of John deere tractors and ploughs at the ready in Dublin airport this morning

Make of that what you will 🤣🤣

WolfeEire · 15-01-2024 11:46AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121617876#Comment_121617876

An incoming light of of shnizzle will cripple the runway

ps...it's not incoming. it will be dead by Monaghan

WolfeEire · 15-01-2024 11:53AM

Donegal and the rest of Ulster, and parts of Sligo, Leitrim, and north Leinster could get a dusting over the next 36 hours. Mainly helped by the fact that the 'mild sector' is not as mild as it had been showing heretofore for these parts.

Rebelbrowser · 15-01-2024 12:02PM

Surprised how quiet this thread is. This is a cold spell, no two ways about it, and one where ninja snow could still happen for nearly anyone at some stage (these events never play out as expected). It's not the spell many of us hoped for, but it's not a "failed" event like some we have had before. It's more diluted than we want but the cold spell predicted 14 or so days ago has transpired in some form. I'm going to be watching the short term model output, and the radar, with interest all week. A great distraction to have during, traditionally, one of the most depressing weeks of the year.

Snowbiee21 · 15-01-2024 12:06PM

Status Yellow - Snow-Ice warning for Cavan, Monaghan, Leitrim, Louth

Met Éireann Weather Warning
Overnight and on Tuesday morning - outbreaks of sleet and snow with small accumulations
Impacts:
Dangerous driving conditions
Poor visibility
Animal welfare issues
Valid: 00:00 Tuesday 16/01/2024 to 11:00 Tuesday 16/01/2024

ednwireland · 15-01-2024 12:11PM

icy roads and light dusting of snow this morning in sw donegal.

snowgal · 15-01-2024 12:13PM

There any chance at this stage that the mild muck coming in at the weekend just might not happen?! I’m so enjoying this nice dry cold spell and I am praying with every little being of my body that something miraculous happens and we don’t get the mildness at the weekend. Please go away!

WolfeEire · 15-01-2024 12:14PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121618047#Comment_121618047

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121617967#Comment_121617967

Backs up what the Arome is showing.

Rebelbrowser · 15-01-2024 12:31PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121618077#Comment_121618077

Very unlikely but you never ever know....

munsterlegend · 15-01-2024 12:32PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121618159#Comment_121618159

Yep very unlikely. When it comes to rain for Ireland the models are usually spot on.

Rebelbrowser · 15-01-2024 12:42PM

The French Harmonie model which covers part of Ireland has a suggestion of a small bit of snow reaching Dublin by mid morning tomorrow

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.Donegal. · 15-01-2024 12:46PM

Locally, this morning gfs has delayed the mild. Ice day Wednesday, 1c max Thursday, 2c max Friday. Briefly 5c,then 4c on Saturday and back to a high of 2c for Sunday. Upgraded snow amounts locally as well. ECM is milder though.

A patchy dusting remains in parts. A couple of snow showers today but nothing prolonged.