Winter Weather 2015/16 : See Mod Note Post #1

WheatenBriar · 10-02-2016 01:21PM

Just so posters know
Attachments arent working since the ddos attack on boards
Uplink photos somewhere and post the link

Also don't get too excited about our current polar maratime air
Its not capable of much away from hills, the same as we've had this source at anytime this winter

Tom Cruises Left Nut · 10-02-2016 01:27PM

littlema wrote: »

I have followed every instruction Lumi gave me to the letter, but the attachments are not going from the phone.......so U give up.
http://imgur.com/a/kiqrJ

I'd be more worried about using a grape to pick up the rubbish

WheatenBriar · 10-02-2016 02:15PM

Tom Cruises Left Nut wrote: »

I'd be more worried about using a grape to pick up the rubbish

Its not a grape,its a sprong!!

sryanbruen · 10-02-2016 02:48PM

Did Newport really record 56.2mm of rainfall yesterday?

http://www.met.ie/latest/yesterday.asp

sryanbruen · 10-02-2016 02:52PM

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Which in turn was followed by some intense thunderstorm activity in the following May, June & July.

Sorry but where was there intense thunderstorm activity in May & June 2014?

JCX BXC · 10-02-2016 03:19PM

Some flurries possible for southern counties too tomorrow.

Met Eireann wrote:

Tonight will be cold with clear spells and little or no wind. There will be a widespread sharp to severe frost and ice forming again on untreated surfaces. There will also be widespread fog forming overnight, dense in places by morning. In the south cloud and patchy rain will fall as sleet or snow towards dawn and there'll be showers along the north and northwest coast. Lowest temperatures between minus 2 and plus 2 degrees in light variable or slack winds.

WheatenBriar · 10-02-2016 03:30PM

The military road from glenmalure to Aughavanagh today lunchtime in south wicklow, one of Irelands snowiest roads

JCX BXC · 10-02-2016 04:20PM

Sun came out for around 30mins, had a nice walk in the light breeze.
Feels like spring today.
Cloudy again now, but did enjoy it while it was there.

JCX BXC · 10-02-2016 04:21PM

Sun came out for around 30mins, had a nice walk in the light breeze.
Feels like spring today.
Cloudy again now, but did enjoy it while it was there.

noobsnow95 · 10-02-2016 04:31PM

Lovely day here in limerick, nearly forgot what a sunny day looked liked. Feels very mild also!

Graces7 · 10-02-2016 04:53PM

No rain after a wet and wild start to the day here SOuth Kerry 400 asl. Drove to Killarney in rain and fog. with glimpses of the snowy mountains at rare intervals. By the time I started home it was trying to settle and clouds draping the tops..from the viewing place to Moll's Gap has to be the wildest, most barren place there is. Looking down, the houses scattered thinly along the Black Valley are dwarfed by the majestic rocks that catch the clouds as they pass... Now I remember long ago opening the met ie site to see the words. " There is no weather today" and that is my wish now for a few days. Time to breathe and live.. Imogen has sparked arthritis and the pain of the M;E so I am abed for the duration and thankful for a pause in the dramas. Bitter cold now but quiet. Sweet silence...The back mountains are still snowy so winter is not over yet and the weekend looks to be .. snowy...

budweiser6 · 10-02-2016 05:00PM

Graces7 you should consider writing a book, you have a wonderful way of describing even the simplest of things, I often can imagine your house and your views so clearly. Keep warm, keep well and never stop posting here I'm sure I'm not the only one to enjoy your posts

JCX BXC · 10-02-2016 05:02PM

Low last night of 4.4c
High today of 8.9c

Yet one of the most enjoyable days in weeks.

snowstreams · 10-02-2016 05:12PM

sryanbruen wrote: »

Did Newport really record 56.2mm of rainfall yesterday?

http://www.met.ie/latest/yesterday.asp

Wow thats a lot alright.
If that much fell, imagine how much snow must have fallen on croagh patrick or nephin near by!

JCX BXC · 10-02-2016 05:18PM

And it's lashing rain! Bit of ice in there too, unusual considering the temp of 7.6c.

Schadenfreudia · 10-02-2016 05:19PM

snowstreams wrote: »

Wow thats a lot alright.
If that much fell, imagine how much snow must have fallen on croagh patrick or nephin near by!

About two feet! :eek:

sryanbruen · 10-02-2016 05:28PM

Does anyone think that the Winter 2013 / 14 rainfall record will be beaten by the end of this month?

yorlum11 · 10-02-2016 05:36PM

I was up on Croagh Patrick today. Foot of snow on the peak. Drifted to 2/3 feet in places.

Can't link pics for some reason, sorry. Oh got it to work

https://www.instagram.com/p/BBm_YJbju5LadQ1p43-aTZnNNn4y7E2G85zt2E0/?taken-by=ejmulroy

https://www.instagram.com/p/BBm_evAju5cvCjMF27Eio7TOasxRbF-nVl7YwA0/?taken-by=ejmulroy

https://www.instagram.com/p/BBm_MyEDu41I7YuCRKfoSIMRhjHBKi8AsYLjHY0/?taken-by=ejmulroy

https://www.instagram.com/p/BBnQ4XpDu-XerAveWJuWV79HtoLP46Teru4m7A0/?taken-by=ejmulroy

SeaBreezes · 10-02-2016 05:46PM

Graces7 wrote: »

No rain after a wet and wild start to the day here SOuth Kerry 400 asl. Drove to Killarney in rain and fog. with glimpses of the snowy mountains at rare intervals. By the time I started home it was trying to settle and clouds draping the tops..from the viewing place to Moll's Gap has to be the wildest, most barren place there is. Looking down, the houses scattered thinly along the Black Valley are dwarfed by the majestic rocks that catch the clouds as they pass... Now I remember long ago opening the met ie site to see the words. " There is no weather today" and that is my wish now for a few days. Time to breathe and live.. Imogen has sparked arthritis and the pain of the M;E so I am abed for the duration and thankful for a pause in the dramas. Bitter cold now but quiet. Sweet silence...The back mountains are still snowy so winter is not over yet and the weekend looks to be .. snowy...

..There is no weather today ... :-)

Sure, we'd all curl up and wither away without the weather to talk about. We're IRISH .. we HAVE to talk about weather, its almost compulsory :-)
Hope your warm, toasty and pain free ..

pad199207 · 10-02-2016 05:59PM

Was thinking of heading up lugnaquilla tomorrow. Anybody have any idea snow amounts?

cameramonkey · 10-02-2016 06:27PM

pad199207 wrote: »

Was thinking of heading up lugnaquilla tomorrow. Anybody have any idea snow amounts?

http://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Lugnaquilla/forecasts/925

There has been show on the top for a few weeks now and there has been an extra few CMs in the last few days. I would think it could be maybe 20 to 30 CMs there now.

Sunday and Monday would be great, could be up to half meter there after weekend.

WheatenBriar · 10-02-2016 06:36PM

pad199207 wrote: »

Was thinking of heading up lugnaquilla tomorrow. Anybody have any idea snow amounts?

That video I posted a page back is the nearest public road to lug on its east side,and even there today at 1500 ft theres more than 6 inches
Last night alone will have dropped an extra 5 or 6 inches, so probably up to 2 feet or more at the peak(which is 1500 ft higher than where the video was taken) with a lot of drifting
You'd want to have someone very experienced with you

Clonmel1000 · 10-02-2016 06:38PM

A really nice day today probably better because of what's went before it. We'll take anything at this stage.

nacho libre · 10-02-2016 07:13PM

yorlum11 wrote: »

I was up on Croagh Patrick today. Foot of snow on the peak. Drifted to 2/3 feet in places.

Can't link pics for some reason, sorry. Oh got it to work

https://www.instagram.com/p/BBm_YJbju5LadQ1p43-aTZnNNn4y7E2G85zt2E0/?taken-by=ejmulroy

https://www.instagram.com/p/BBm_evAju5cvCjMF27Eio7TOasxRbF-nVl7YwA0/?taken-by=ejmulroy

https://www.instagram.com/p/BBm_MyEDu41I7YuCRKfoSIMRhjHBKi8AsYLjHY0/?taken-by=ejmulroy

https://www.instagram.com/p/BBnQ4XpDu-XerAveWJuWV79HtoLP46Teru4m7A0/?taken-by=ejmulroy

Great pictures, especially the view of Clew Bay and the surrounding mountains covered in snow, thank you for sharing them.

sryanbruen · 10-02-2016 07:16PM

Today was the second time this Winter in Grange it felt like Summer with the sunshine, after January 22nd... what is up with seasons right now! Cold Summer, average Autumn, warm Winter...

P.lane78 · 10-02-2016 07:41PM

yorlum11 wrote: »

I was up on Croagh Patrick today. Foot of snow on the peak. Drifted to 2/3 feet in places.

Can't link pics for some reason, sorry. Oh got it to work

https://www.instagram.com/p/BBm_YJbju5LadQ1p43-aTZnNNn4y7E2G85zt2E0/?taken-by=ejmulroy

https://www.instagram.com/p/BBm_evAju5cvCjMF27Eio7TOasxRbF-nVl7YwA0/?taken-by=ejmulroy

https://www.instagram.com/p/BBm_MyEDu41I7YuCRKfoSIMRhjHBKi8AsYLjHY0/?taken-by=ejmulroy

https://www.instagram.com/p/BBnQ4XpDu-XerAveWJuWV79HtoLP46Teru4m7A0/?taken-by=ejmulroy

Great pictures ...brings back memories of climbing it in the Summer, going up in the snow is a whole different story ....fair play

alentejo · 10-02-2016 07:45PM

What a lovely day . No wind or rain. Lovely to see the sun for a change. Pitty its mid week and am working

Oneiric 3 · 10-02-2016 09:08PM

sryanbruen wrote: »

Sorry but where was there intense thunderstorm activity in May & June 2014?

May 20th, a classic frontal thunder storm that lasted the guts of a hour.

June 10th, the 4th consecutive day of frequent and intense thunderstorms that affected much of the country.

Even more good thunder activity later that month. October 2014 also saw some more intense storms along the west coast but more especially so in the likes of Cork, Waterford and Wexford.

JCX BXC · 10-02-2016 09:37PM

Mullingar at -1c already at 8pm. I'd say they have gotten alot of the frosts there this year. No other station at or below 0c at the 8pm reports.

Here in West Clare, the temp got to a low of 2.8c about 20 mins ago (Lowest temperature this month), but climbing again, now 3.4c.

WheatenBriar · 10-02-2016 09:59PM

Carnacalla wrote: »

Mullingar at -1c already at 8pm. I'd say they have gotten alot of the frosts there this year. No other station at or below 0c at the 8pm reports.

Here in West Clare, the temp got to a low of 2.8c about 20 mins ago (Lowest temperature this month), but climbing again, now 3.4c.

Arklow, Ballyvourney,Kilbeggan,baltinglass and monaghan all sub zero at the moment

https://www.nratraffic.ie/weather/

Winter Weather 2015/16 : See Mod Note Post #1

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