Snow Reports/ Thundersnow & Chat - 26/11/2010 onwards

Tactical · 27-11-2010 10:37PM

nacho libre wrote: »

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impressive! for a Saturday night:D

Its becoming an annual event

Wouldn't miss it

DOCARCH · 27-11-2010 10:38PM

Storm 10 wrote: »

Guys one thing that I am unable to understand is how come Met Eireann never mentioned tonight on any forecast on TV about the lightning storm last night in the East Coast, its unreal that it was not worth a mention given all the posts here last night.

I think the answer is in your own question! It's a forecast. They do not tend to have time in their forecasts to go back over the weather that's already happened. Yesterday they had forecast the possibility of thunderstorms for last night on the east coast (which came to pass).

IvySlayer · 27-11-2010 10:40PM

littlefriend wrote: »

Dumb question - do the blue and yellow bits not mean rain?

Not a single cloud in the sky here

No it's precipitation. It call fall as snow/rain/sleet/hail.

MayoForSam · 27-11-2010 10:40PM

Just after driving back from Mayo to Tuam, another inch of snow fell around here in the past few hours.

Driving conditions were very hazardous, Galway CoCo seemed to have gritted the roads and they were OK, but the roads in Mayo (the N5 and the N17) were atrocious :mad: All the Mayo lads must be up protesting in Dublin.

-1.5C outside at the mo, beautiful starry skies and it is freezing hard.

lolie · 27-11-2010 10:41PM

nacho libre wrote: »

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impressive! for a Saturday night:D

first time i seen me name on one of them lists. yay:)
as for the snow i got r shud i say not gettin:(

dacogawa · 27-11-2010 10:43PM

its getting really close, has moved more towards the coast in the last hour http://www.raintoday.co.uk/ get ready Dublin/Wicklow (I Hope

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flanzer · 27-11-2010 10:45PM

dacogawa wrote: »

its getting really close, has moved more towards the coast in the last hour http://www.raintoday.co.uk/ get ready Dublin/Wicklow (I Hope )

The odds look even more favourable for a landing before midnight??

barnicles · 27-11-2010 10:46PM

The lightest of light snow now in North Cork, hope it intensifies!

dbyrne · 27-11-2010 10:47PM

starting to get a bit of cloud cover, the stars have gone, temp has gone up to -.6c and just looked at radar and there seems to be a big amount building up in the irish sea just off dublin and it could very well hit:D

Vizual Pics · 27-11-2010 10:47PM

Just watching BBC news now and they reckon the cold snap could last for weeks!!

sunbabe08 · 27-11-2010 10:48PM

yay!!!!!!!!!!!1

leahyl · 27-11-2010 10:48PM

barnicles wrote: »

The lightest of light snow now in North Cork, hope it intensifies!

The force field has been broken!....somewhat...

lolie · 27-11-2010 10:49PM

Vizual Pics wrote: »

Just watching BBC news now and they reckon the cold snap could last for weeks!!

is that for ireland & the uk or just the uk?

bassy · 27-11-2010 10:51PM

any snow for north kilkenny tonite guys?

dacogawa · 27-11-2010 10:51PM

flanzer wrote: »

The odds look even more favourable for a landing before midnight??

I think so, it says its just hitting howth now, I really think this will hit the dublin coast within an hour, if not 2. it looks like the winds have really changed, north dublin might get lucky too

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

dbyrne · 27-11-2010 10:52PM

just checked out yr.no and the have changed from the odd bit of snow every odd hour to alot of snow over the night throughout the night, www.yr.no/place/Ireland/Dublin/Dublin/, would any of the experts agree?

delw · 27-11-2010 10:52PM

dbyrne wrote: »

starting to get a bit of cloud cover, the stars have gone, temp has gone up to -.6c and just looked at radar and there seems to be a big amount building up in the irish sea just off dublin and it could very well hit:D

lets hope it doesnt just tease us

Vizual Pics · 27-11-2010 10:53PM

lolie wrote: »

is that for ireland & the uk or just the uk?

Well they never usually comment on Rep.Irl but I take it that it means Ireland also! They said it will get worse before it gets better with winds picking up from Wednesday onwards from the east!

Saganist · 27-11-2010 10:53PM

Yep, that band in the sea looks like its about to make land. And Im right in the middle of it..

:D

Bring it on !

Storm 10 · 27-11-2010 10:54PM

DOCARCH wrote: »

I think the answer is in your own question! It's a forecast. They do not tend to have time in their forecasts to go back over the weather that's already happened. Yesterday they had forecast the possibility of thunderstorms for last night on the east coast (which came to pass).

Can you tell me when we ever had a lightning event like the one that happened last and did not at least deserve a mention given all the posts I was reading last night.