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Cold Spell & Snowfall Discussion Part 2 (Eagle says Polar Low) Wednesday/Thursday

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    #272
    billy the squid
    Registered Users Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭billy the squid


    going through a sinful amount of fossil fuel here. -4 and heading for -5


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    #273
    Villain
    Registered Users Posts: 15,944 ✭✭✭✭Villain


    -10.4c, kinda scary


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    #274
    Pangea
    Registered Users Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭Pangea


    Wow early warning indeed

    Local areas affected Warning type Valid from Valid to
    Northern Ireland:
    Co Antrim
    Co Armagh
    Co Derry
    Co Down
    Co Fermanagh
    Co Tyrone
    Widespread Icy Roads 1200 Wed 6 1200 Thu 7

    Widespread ice will affect many untreated roads and pavements in Northern Ireland during the next 24 hours. Occasional snow showers are likely too, but it will remain dry for much of the time.

    The public are advised to take extra care and refer to Traffic Watch (NI) (operational hours 07.30 to 18.30 Mon to Fri) for further advice on road conditions.

    Issued at: 1134 Wed 6 Jan
    Northern Ireland:
    Co Antrim
    Co Derry
    Co Tyrone
    Heavy Snow 0001 Thu 7 1200 Thu 7

    Scattered snow showers can be expected overnight and during Thursday morning with accumulations of 5 to 10cm in places.

    The public are advised to take extra care and refer to Traffic Watch (NI) (operational hours 07.30 to 18.30 Mon to Fri) for further advice on road conditions.

    Issued at: 2151 Wed 6 Jan



    Risk of disruption Warning Valid
    Northern Ireland:
    Co Antrim
    Co Armagh
    Co Derry
    Co Down
    Co Fermanagh
    Co Tyrone
    Widespread Icy Roads Wed 6 Jan

    There is a moderate risk of severe weather affecting parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland and northwest and Southwest England and Wales during Wednesday.

    Widespread icy roads and pavements are expected during Wednesday.

    Issued at: 1401 Tue 5 Jan
    Northern Ireland:
    Co Antrim
    Co Armagh
    Co Derry
    Co Down
    Co Fermanagh
    Co Tyrone
    Heavy Snow Sun 10 Jan

    There is a moderate risk of severe weather affecting many parts of Northern Ireland, Wales and much of England.

    There is potential for further outbreaks of snow, which could locally become heavy and prolonged at times. This will lead to further icy stretches on roads and pavements.

    Issued at: 1126 Wed 6 Jan


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


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    #275
    revr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 52 ✭✭revr


    Weather warnin ou for SW Scoti land and Norn Iron for tonight for heavy snow from ther met office.

    Co Antrim
    Co Derry
    Co Tyrone

    Snow showers can be expected overnight and during Thursday morning with accumulations of 5 to 10cm in places.


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    #276
    nacho libre
    Registered Users Posts: 16,644 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    a couple of the showers seem to be making it into sligo and leitrim just now


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    #277
    irish1967
    Registered Users Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭irish1967


    Pangea wrote: »
    Looks like more showers coming into donegal

    http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/

    Don't have radar acess at the mo. They gonna hit me?


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    #278
    Pangea
    Registered Users Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭Pangea


    nacho libre wrote: »
    a couple of the showers seem to be making it into sligo and leitrim just now
    Sorry they emptied most of their load here lol :)


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    #279
    Coyote
    Registered Users Posts: 1,234 ✭✭✭Coyote


    Pangea wrote: »
    Ah yas r all picking on me now because im the only one getting snow :P :P :)
    What i do with my profile is none of your business, the friends i have on here on boards.ie weather know where i live , i couldnt care less about you newbies who blew in tonight with the snow.

    Pangea = South Donegal
    there was about 45 posts after your post with your location that's 2-3 pages depending how how many posts per page people have set to show.
    if you don't want to have your location in your profile that's fine, but it's polite to list it in the post if your giving a weather report.
    and for someone who's only on boards about 18 months it's a bit rich calling others here newbies who blew in. some people have been on boards for over 12 years.

    Coyote


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    #280
    Pangea
    Registered Users Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭Pangea


    irish1967 wrote: »
    Don't have radar acess at the mo. They gonna hit me?
    Yes quiet possibly


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    #281
    billy the squid
    Registered Users Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭billy the squid


    won't be long before you have to open the fridge for a bit of heat villain.


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    #282
    fintonie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,390 ✭✭✭fintonie


    I have been reading the different threads all day (the weather ones) some great content and great pictures.

    I did not post as I am not in Ireland, but I do think this is the start of a weather change in Ireland for the future.

    I know this happens every 10/20 years but with the radical weather changes world wide it was said Ireland and Britain will get more severe winters over the next 10/20 years.

    invest in snow ploughs yill get them cheap (well wait till the summer) stash them, then cash in.


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    #283
    nacho libre
    Registered Users Posts: 16,644 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    Pangea wrote: »
    Sorry they emptied most of their load here lol :)

    how much exactly has accumulated out of that shower. by the way did you see that picture on the news of the frozen lake near ballybofey? i was up there last week and like an idiot forgot to bring my camera. Benbulben also looked spectacular.


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    #284
    revr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 52 ✭✭revr


    Look at the way that shower just south of IOM started of as nothing around 9pm and turned into a major shower bout hour later in the Irish sea.


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    #285
    dedon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 761 ✭✭✭dedon


    Hey lads. whats the story with the snow in the West tomo??? Will there be much? Should we expect anthing in Limerick?


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    #286
    Deep Easterly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,150 ✭✭✭Deep Easterly


    nacho libre wrote: »
    how much exactly has accumulated out of that shower. by the way did you see that picture on the news of the frozen lake near ballybofey? i was up there last week and like an idiot forgot to bring my camera. Benbulben also looked spectacular.

    Seen that on the 9pm news. looked totally beautiful up there with everything looking pure white. The Canadian Arctic sprung to mind.


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    #287
    linguist
    Registered Users Posts: 615 ✭✭✭linguist


    Well this teacher got what he wanted...off until Monday!:) Now, how can we sort the mother of all snowstorms for Sunday...?


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    #288
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    dedon wrote: »
    Hey lads. whats the story with the snow in the West tomo??? Will there be much? Should we expect anthing in Limerick?

    Could be rain, could be snow, could be showers, could be prolonged.

    Seriously.


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    #289
    Deep Easterly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,150 ✭✭✭Deep Easterly


    dedon wrote: »
    Should we expect anything in Limerick?

    Plenty of rain I am afraid*

    *forecast based on the Angela's Ashes flick...


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    #290
    revr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 52 ✭✭revr


    dedon wrote: »
    Hey lads. whats the story with the snow in the West tomo??? Will there be much? Should we expect anthing in Limerick?

    BBC weather showed a front movin down West Ireland tomorrow so you might see somethin!


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    #291
    Pangea
    Registered Users Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭Pangea


    Coyote wrote: »
    Pangea = South Donegal
    there was about 45 posts after your post with your location that's 2-3 pages depending how how many posts per page people have set to show.
    if you don't want to have your location in your profile that's fine, but it's polite to list it in the post if your giving a weather report.
    and for someone who's only on boards about 18 months it's a bit rich calling others here newbies who blew in. some people have been on boards for over 12 years.

    Coyote
    Most of my posts say my location, I posted my location earlier and came back 10 mins later and said that i got a lot more snow and didnt post my location on that occasion because i didnt realise that there was so many posts after my last one as i was 2 busy enjoying the snow, sorry for the worst crime imaginable, and Im not talking about people that have been here 12 years or whatever, Im talking about my friends that have seen me post here a lot and they know where i am , anyone else like yourself that gives out to me or people that have just signed up with 2 posts can just keep on guessing where my location is because i dont care :P

    :rolleyes: Anyways al I am saying is I got snow so stop being a big grump and get over it .


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    #292
    Villain
    Registered Users Posts: 15,944 ✭✭✭✭Villain


    -11c ppl thats crazy


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    #293
    Drakmord
    Registered Users Posts: 131 ✭✭Drakmord


    fintonie wrote: »
    I have been reading the different threads all day (the weather ones) some great content and great pictures.

    I did not post as I am not in Ireland, but I do think this is the start of a weather change in Ireland for the future.

    I know this happens every 10/20 years but with the radical weather changes world wide it was said Ireland and Britain will get more severe winters over the next 10/20 years.

    invest in snow ploughs yill get them cheap (well wait till the summer) stash them, then cash in.

    I suspect that the earth is cooling! Was watching videos on Accuweather that seem to support it. Would be nice to get snow every winter :)


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    #294
    DrZeuss
    Registered Users Posts: 878 ✭✭✭DrZeuss


    Villain wrote: »
    -11c ppl thats crazy
    Thats unreal, does it feel that cold outside there?


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    #295
    billy the squid
    Registered Users Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭billy the squid


    Villain wrote: »
    -11c ppl thats crazy

    your thermometer pegged to inflation or something?


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    #296
    M.T. Cranium
    Registered Users Posts: 14,341 ✭✭✭✭M.T. Cranium


    Have you noticed ever since Copenhagen, the whole world has been freezing its collective arse off?

    I'm declaring unilateral victory over global warming, start the car !!!

    Anyway, update from the 18z GFS (everyone's favourite drunk, so to speak).

    It does show a slight upgrade to snowfall potential in Ireland tomorrow, my earlier forecast is hereby tweaked to suggest 4-6 cm potential in a rather ragged zone that includes basically any county that does not touch salt water (for more than ten miles, you know who you are, even if I don't).

    There could even be some weak sea effect in the southeast again due to a gradual turning of winds from N to E during the day. And when we're dealing with "weak" snowfall in very cold conditions, the snow to water ratio may jump up and surprise us with a deep mantle of very fluffy snow, sometimes, it's not as simple as 2 mm of rain equals 2 cm of snow if the ratio is 20 or 30 to 1, then 2 mm of rain equals 4 or 6 cms of snow.

    There was no upgrade to the Sunday situation from what I could see, perhaps a slight downgrade to it.

    People are bound to notice some very low overnight readings over fresh snow cover that is radiating like mad -- at your latitude in Canada or continental Europe, even central England, with the kind of upper temperature dynamics now in place, it could easily fall well below -20 C on a night with clear sky conditions given 5-10 cms of fresh snow cover, it totally insulates the ground below from affecting the low-level atmosphere, so it's basically a question of how much moderation the surrounding seas might have, because essentially the conditions are there for rapid radiational cooling and a few -12 to -15 readings next few nights would not surprise me at all. They might not show up at official weather stations, but some in NI are already well down there. Calm winds help too, because then slightly milder air from another location can't blow in to replace the very cold air over your snow cover.


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    #297
    nacho libre
    Registered Users Posts: 16,644 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    Deep Easterly wrote: »
    Seen that on the 9pm news. looked totally beautiful up there with everything looking pure white. The Canadian Arctic sprung to mind.

    indeed! I was thinking all it needed was a polar bear to complete it!!! it really was something to saviour:)


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    #298
    jenzz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 986 ✭✭✭jenzz


    Pangea wrote: »
    Most of my posts say my location, I posted my location earlier and came back 10 mins later and said that i got a lot more snow and didnt post my location on that occasion because i didnt realise that there was so many posts after my last one as i was 2 busy enjoying the snow, sorry for the worst crime imaginable, and Im not talking about people that have been here 12 years or whatever, Im talking about my friends that have seen me post here a lot and they know where i am , anyone else like yourself that gives out to me or people that have just signed up with 2 posts can just keep on guessing where my location is because i dont care :P

    :rolleyes: Anyways al I am saying is I got snow so stop being a big grump and get over it .

    Everyone in weather knows Pangea is donegal...............:)


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    #299
    revr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 52 ✭✭revr


    I was comin back from Belfast tonight and as soon as ye hit Ballynure the temp on car hit -6. They have own weather in that village always freezin


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    #300
    H2UMrsRobinson
    Registered Users Posts: 763 ✭✭✭H2UMrsRobinson


    Great thread guys. Snow Porn is hard to come by. I've become a bit of a weather freak since NYE. Good bit of snow here in North Dublin (Santry) but I too am greedy and want much much more. Someone give me good news.


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    #301
    irish1967
    Registered Users Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭irish1967


    jenzz wrote: »
    Everyone in weather knows Pangea is donegal...............:)

    And some even know where in Donegal !;)


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