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Freezing Weather Discussion - Widespread Snow Tonight/Tuesday

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    #92
    maquiladora
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    Felixdhc wrote: »
    Does the triangle/semi circle indicate being both a cold & warm front?

    Thats an occluded front.


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    #93
    Elmo5
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    Had a look at sky's long term forecast. They do forecast that band crossing the country tonight, starting off as rain but snow as it moves inland.
    For rest of week until Friday, just the showers skirting the coast but on Friday, their map showed snow showers over the eastern half on Ireland.


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    #94
    maquiladora
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    Countrywide Orange alert on Meteoalarm for snow/ice :

    http://www.meteoalarm.eu/countryIE.asp?Country=IE&lang=EN&ShowDate=today

    "Very cold and frosty today with ice lingering in places. Scattered wintry showers also."


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    #95
    cherryghost
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    heavy snow in longford atm

    EDIT: holy crap. its sticking to the gritted roads and footpaths with ease. am not looking forward to my trip home to work tonight if it continues


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    #96
    maquiladora
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    Yr.no forecast for Waterford City, this uses the ECM output I think?

    I hope it's right, would be nice to see some snow here, though I don't think a couple of mm would cause too much disruption. :pac:

    meteogram.png


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    #97
    tucker1971
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    Just saw some sat pictures and it looks like coleraine is in for some severe flooding over the next 5 days.
    Possibly the only place in the country that wont see any snow.;)


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    #98
    Tom Cruises Left Nut
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    IS anyone seeing any flakes in Kildare / Dublin at all ?

    That raintoday intermittent radar is very very annoying !


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    #99
    Redsunset
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    6034073

    Above image is our situation today and im wondering is there a similarity with any of the developing polar lows imaged below??
    Answers on a postcard please:D









    plqu01k.gif





    Here you can identify a Polar Low approaching Scotland's north east shores.
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    baroclinic_instability.gif





    polarlow261103.jpg


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    #100
    pistolpetes11
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    t|nt|n wrote: »
    IS anyone seeing any flakes in Kildare / Dublin at all ?

    That raintoday intermittent radar is very very annoying !

    Not a thing in Newbridge , although it is cloudy .


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    #101
    Johnny1999
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    Nothing but Blue clear skies in Kilkenny its freezing cold!! although there looks to be some cloud coming in from my north, which I would guess would be from castlecomer direction.


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    #102
    WolfeIRE
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    http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/daten/proficharts/en/ukmo/2010/01/04/basis00/euro/prec/10010700_0400.gif shows it up well Red.


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    #103
    snowjon
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    Hello from a newbie!

    I regularly post on TWO but I always lurk on here and it seems about time I started posting - I feel Northern Ireland gets a bit ignored on some of the UK boards!

    Anyway, this polar low potential is fascinating me - the latest warnings for NI from the UKMO really stress the potential:

    Overnight rain, sleet and snow will clear southwards early Tuesday and as temperatures fall, widespread ice is likely to form on untreated roads and paths. Further heavy snowfall may then develop across Northern Ireland.

    http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/ni/ni_forecast_warnings.html


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    #104
    ninebeanrows
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    The Polar Low feature should appear just to the north of Scotland at midnight

    10010500_0406.gif


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    #105
    Tom Cruises Left Nut
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    pistolpetes11 wrote: »
    Not a thing in Newbridge , although it is cloudy .

    It always feels grey and cloudy down there sure !!! ;):p


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    #106
    WolfeIRE
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    Welcome Snowjon.

    Took this from the sat 24 radar.

    100792.jpg


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    #107
    nacho libre
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    Su Campu wrote: »
    The 00Z NAE has mostly rainfall for Ireland until tomorrow morning, then the snow starts in earnest.

    10010500_0400.gif

    10010512_0400.gif

    The GFS is a snowier outlook overall. It will be interesting to see which wins out. Don't forget there will be a slight warm front before the cold front, so don't be surprised to see the NAE scenario become reality.

    10010421_0406.gif

    god no!

    what a waste that will be if it starts off as rain but of course after saturday, and as you say given the nature of a warm front, it's not unlikely that it starts off as rain


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    #108
    typhooner
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    been lurking here for a while also, now's a good time to unhide myself, certainly looks like a polar low forming between iceland and norway, don't think it's our trough that has been predicted for tonight?


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    #109
    bluestripe93
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    it was -6.5 degrees this morning in monivea, the snow has been here a week and it still hasnt melted


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    #110
    WolfeIRE
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    typhooner wrote: »
    been lurking here for a while also, now's a good time to unhide myself, certainly looks like a polar low forming between iceland and norway, don't think it's our trough that has been predicted for tonight?
    Hi typhooner. Welcome onboard too.
    No it's a separate development. Tonight's activity is finding its way to the North coast from NW scotland at the moment.


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    #111
    force eleven
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    snowjon wrote: »
    Hello from a newbie!

    I regularly post on TWO but I always lurk on here and it seems about time I started posting - I feel Northern Ireland gets a bit ignored on some of the UK boards!

    Anyway, this polar low potential is fascinating me - the latest warnings for NI from the UKMO really stress the potential:

    Overnight rain, sleet and snow will clear southwards early Tuesday and as temperatures fall, widespread ice is likely to form on untreated roads and paths. Further heavy snowfall may then develop across Northern Ireland.

    http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/ni/ni_forecast_warnings.html

    Hi SJ. Yes, TWO is naturally a bit biased towards the SE quarter of England, since it has a large population base, I suppose that is inevitable.

    As for the polar low - this type of feature always interest me, it is the only way, we in the midlands can get a substantial fall of snow - greater than the usual 3-5 cm's we get most winters. December 2000 is still fresh in my mind....


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    #112
    Mothman
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    Su Campu wrote: »
    Oak Park in carlow is only at -3 at 10am, so it must be instrument error, and the lack of reported dewpoint in the PsMETAR below would hint at that.


    PsMETAR JOHN 041000Z AUTO 34006KT 9999NDV OVC048/// M12/// 1023 MSL=

    PsMETAR OKPK 041000Z AUTO 35004KT 9999NDV NCD M03/M03 1024 MSL=
    Not the first dodgy reading during the past week. Has been N/A for much of the time.


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    #113
    Ronan|Raven
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    Please let it bypass Roscommon....


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    #114
    jenzz
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    morning all - my late night entertainment has the road still covered outside - melted away from the house areas. So whats the Jazz tonight ? snowfest ? or will I do the ironing :D:D


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    #115
    owenc
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    tucker1971 wrote: »
    Just saw some sat pictures and it looks like coleraine is in for some severe flooding over the next 5 days.
    Possibly the only place in the country that wont see any snow.;)


    well weve got snow now!:D


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    #116
    Mothman
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    3C/Dp-5C atm
    Sunny


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    #117
    maquiladora
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    If a polar low does form, do you think it could survive long enough to bring snow to the south/southeast? (If it does take the right track). I know these polar lows are known to dissipate quickly.


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    #118
    jenzz
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    Temp 4.2 dp-2.5.

    Wolfe - Hows OUR new baby ???:D


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    #119
    Redsunset
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    WolfeIRE wrote: »
    Welcome Snowjon.

    Took this from the sat 24 radar.

    100792.jpg


    Yeah good man thats a better image of it,spin baby spin.
    Good as any from the past (possibly)


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    #120
    owenc
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    snowjon wrote: »
    Hello from a newbie!

    I regularly post on TWO but I always lurk on here and it seems about time I started posting - I feel Northern Ireland gets a bit ignored on some of the UK boards!

    Anyway, this polar low potential is fascinating me - the latest warnings for NI from the UKMO really stress the potential:

    Overnight rain, sleet and snow will clear southwards early Tuesday and as temperatures fall, widespread ice is likely to form on untreated roads and paths. Further heavy snowfall may then develop across Northern Ireland.

    http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/ni/ni_forecast_warnings.html

    welcome! i have noticed that too on nw they ignore many ni users in fact we are rarly mentioned .. they ignore wales alot as well... they should rename it nw for south east england......


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    #121
    Scubadevils
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    WolfeIRE wrote: »
    Welcome Snowjon.

    Took this from the sat 24 radar.

    When should this reach Ireland? - And also, I assume we need to stay in a NE airflow to benefit from this?


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