Winter 20/21 - General Discussion

TTLF · 14-01-2021 12:52pm

Finally the sun, I've missed the sun. Can January end now please? :pac:

For real though, I am very much enjoying the milder weather with sun for once. We had a great cold spell but it didn't deliver what we all wanted, so I'm happy to roll on the warmer summer/spring days now.

Thelonious Monk · 14-01-2021 12:53pm

Yeah i remember maybe 2 years ago we got a weekend in Feb where it was like 17c and beautiful blue skies, am I imagining this?

munsterlegend · 14-01-2021 12:55pm

Reckless Abandonment wrote: »

Ha. Just thinking the same. But I have to be honest people. I got a large delivery of wood for my stove on Tuesday. I may have jinxed things. Sorry

Yep all your fault. May you never see snow for a decade.

Gaoth Laidir · 14-01-2021 12:56pm

Cracking heavy snow sounding from the 06Z radiosonde from Albermarle (144 m amsl), up near Sunderland. A deep, almost isothermal, saturated layer up to near 650 hPa means there's a lot of moisture to form flakes and hence heavy intensity. Down at the surface temperature and dewpoint both 0.2 C, so big dinnerplates were probably falling at the time. Continuous moderate snow, with visiblility below 1 km, was reported there all morning. Latest report has 9 cm lying on the ground.

sryanbruen · 14-01-2021 12:58pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Yeah i remember maybe 2 years ago we got a weekend in Feb where it was like 17c and beautiful blue skies, am I imagining this?

Not quite a weekend but it was the beginning of the working week. It was fantabulous, late February 2019 before a very wet first half to March. Several stations achieved their highest February temperature on record but we fell short of the national record (18.1C). Was unusual seeing such beautiful sunshine whilst so mild in winter time, usually it's cloudy and damp if very mild.

I get blasphemy for loving that period but it really was so lovely. My winter mood has well passed by that point and I long for any kind of warmth although I take sunshine all year round.

Reckless Abandonment · 14-01-2021 1:00pm

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Cracking heavy snow sounding from the 06Z radiosonde from Albermarle (144 m amsl), up near Sunderland. A deep, almost isothermal, saturated layer up to near 650 hPa means there's a lot of moisture to form flakes and hence heavy intensity. Down at the surface temperature and dewpoint both 0.2 C, so big dinnerplates were probably falling at the time. Continuous moderate snow, with visiblility below 1 km, was reported there all morning. Latest report has 9 cm lying on the ground.

Thats just cruel putting that up GL

Thelonious Monk · 14-01-2021 1:08pm

sryanbruen wrote: »

Not quite a weekend but it was the beginning of the working week. It was fantabulous, late February 2019 before a very wet first half to March. Several stations achieved their highest February temperature on record but we fell short of the national record (18.1C). Was unusual seeing such beautiful sunshine whilst so mild in winter time, usually it's cloudy and damp if very mild.

I get blasphemy for loving that period but it really was so lovely. My winter mood has well passed by that point and I long for any kind of warmth although I take sunshine all year round.

I was nearly sure it was a Sunday and I cycled out to Dun Laoighaire

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 14-01-2021 1:16pm

Weather/geography heads - do you think this is possible? I’m dubious. I think the distance is too far. I grew up a third of the distance from a mountain 200m lower than Snowdon and we could see it from our house (approximately the same in size and clarity as Snowdon appears in that photo) but it’s hard to imagine seeing it at even twice the distance away. Actually, no, I’ve checked. You can see the mountain from Galway city over double the distance to the mountain from where I grew up You could just about spot it on the outskirts of the city. Snowdon is over three times the distance from Dublin than I was from that mountain. But some kind of telephoto lens was used apparently?

https://twitter.com/sam_greenwood_/status/1349438539616940033?s=21

Nqp15hhu · 14-01-2021 1:19pm

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

Weather/geography heads - do you think this is possible? I’m dubious. I think the distance is too far. I grew up a third of the distance from a mountain 200m lower than Snowdon and we could see it from our house but it’s hard to imagine seeing it at even twice the distance away. Actually, no, I’ve checked. You can see the mountain from Galway city over double the distance to the mountain from where I grew up You could just about spot it on the outskirts of the city. Snowdon is over three times the distance from Dublin than I was from that mountain. But some kind of telephoto lens was used apparently?

https://twitter.com/sam_greenwood_/status/1349438539616940033?s=21

I think that photo is enhanced. But yes if you go from sea level to altitude you can see a lot further.

Sometimes locally (depending on the weather) if you drive from 200 metres down to sea level on my north coast, you can see Islay disappearing from view.
http://www.ringbell.co.uk/info/hdist.htm

highdef · 14-01-2021 1:42pm

It's absolutely possible and I would not for one moment doubt its authenticity. Photographer claims that the photo was taken at Howth Summit. This is around 170m. I've seen those mountains from a high vantage point in Howth, the summit car park (which is not actually at the summit) for example. The air was exceptionally clear the day the photo was taken. That, combined with high reflectivity of the snow combined with the resulting higher than normal contrast between the snow, the sea and sky plus the use of a telephoto lens and/or cropping all lead to this pretty spectacular photo.

Gaoth Laidir · 14-01-2021 1:46pm

No problem seeing it from up on Howth Head. It doesn't seem to be enhanced, just the parallax from a zoom lens. The top of Snowdonia peak is the same height as Carrauntoohil, so at 140 km away it's not difficult to see it from 100 metres up.

Donegal Ken · 14-01-2021 1:51pm

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

Weather/geography heads - do you think this is possible? I’m dubious. I think the distance is too far. I grew up a third of the distance from a mountain 200m lower than Snowdon and we could see it from our house (approximately the same in size and clarity as Snowdon appears in that photo) but it’s hard to imagine seeing it at even twice the distance away. Actually, no, I’ve checked. You can see the mountain from Galway city over double the distance to the mountain from where I grew up You could just about spot it on the outskirts of the city. Snowdon is over three times the distance from Dublin than I was from that mountain. But some kind of telephoto lens was used apparently?

https://twitter.com/sam_greenwood_/status/1349438539616940033?s=21

Yes it is possible. You can also see the Mourne Mountains from Dublin which isn't much different. Get yourself a good zoom lens and a camera and you would be surprised how far you can see. I have seen images from Wales looking across Ireland and its mountains.

highdef · 14-01-2021 2:01pm

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

No problem seeing it from up on Howth Head. It doesn't seem to be enhanced, just the parallax from a zoom lens. The top of Snowdonia peak is the same height as Carrauntoohil, so at 140 km away it's not difficult to see it from 100 metres up.

I studied the photo further. The red brick houses in the foreground are located on the right hand side of the road leading up to "The Summit Car Park" @ about 140m ASL. Going by the angle of the photo and the apparent height above the houses, I have surmised that the photo was taken from the Ben of Howth ( https://goo.gl/maps/9eNGb8LAr39BBBAA6 ) at about 160m so that just further goes in the favour of this photo being genuine, not that I ever thought otherwise.

Nqp15hhu · 14-01-2021 2:02pm

Nobody said the photo wasn’t genuine HighDef.

Gaoth Laidir · 14-01-2021 2:07pm

Nqp15hhu wrote: »

Nobody said the photo wasn’t genuine HighDef.

People on Twitter are saying it.

Reckless Abandonment · 14-01-2021 2:09pm

Nqp15hhu wrote: »

Nobody said the photo wasn’t genuine HighDef.

That was exactly what Obvious Desperate Breakfasts was asking
.

esposito · 14-01-2021 2:20pm

The city of Leeds has got over 10cm of snow today. So unfair. Some cities have all the luck...

daniel_t1409 · 14-01-2021 2:32pm

Cleared up to be a nice sunny day in wexford. 11'c currently according to thermometer outside, it's almost like summertime out there. This is the mild weather I like, not the usual wet cr-p.

Niall145 · 14-01-2021 2:56pm

Hi all,

I am the photographer behind the capture of Snowdon taken from Howth Summit (an avid lurker on this forum too i must admit). It was taken Tuesday afternoon from the Ben of Howth (171m). Was a mostly cloudy day here but with exceptionally clear conditions in the Irish sea (Isle of Man and the Mournes also visible). That combined with the snow still lying on Snowdon definitely helped in getting this shot! It's on my instagram too at ncarroll22 (Niall O'Carroll on FB).

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 14-01-2021 2:58pm

Nqp15hhu wrote: »

Nobody said the photo wasn’t genuine HighDef.

Reckless Abandonment wrote: »

That was exactly what Obvious Desperate Breakfasts was asking
.

Yeah but I was just genuinely interested. I added in my own experience to explain why I was doubtful but I’m willing to learn. A few people are questioning it on Twitter because, well, Twitter but the reaction seems mostly positive.

If I was the photographer, I wouldn’t be offended by questions. I’d just say what I did to achieve the photo and if people didn’t believe me, let them.

ZeroSum76 · 14-01-2021 3:01pm

Great photo Niall. The following picture was taken by Tommy Dover in Wicklow Town and posted on the Wicklowmaritime Facebook page. It's possible to see Snowdon from Wicklow Town on the odd occasion. It's freaky. It's almost as if a mountain range springs up in the middle of the Irish Sea when it happens.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 14-01-2021 3:02pm

Niall145 wrote: »

Hi all,

I am the photographer behind the capture of Snowdon taken from Howth Summit (an avid lurker on this forum too i must admit). It was taken Tuesday afternoon from the Ben of Howth (171m). Was a mostly cloudy day here but with exceptionally clear conditions in the Irish sea (Isle of Man and the Mournes also visible). That combined with the snow still lying on Snowdon definitely helped in getting this shot! It's on my instagram too at ncarroll22 (Niall O'Carroll on FB).

Thank you, Niall!

Hooter23 · 14-01-2021 3:27pm

Even if we dont get any cold and snow at least we are only a couple of weeks away from febuary...we can even get summer temperatures in febuary the record is over 18 degrees...and the March record is even better at 24 degrees...more than what we get most summers

Nqp15hhu · 14-01-2021 3:32pm

Appears to be some sort of cold front coming through. Heavy hailstones.

https://streamable.com/mh9x2e

nacho libre · 14-01-2021 4:16pm

At least today we have seen the sun again after 4 days without it.

pad199207 · 14-01-2021 4:16pm

nacho libre wrote: »

At least today we have seen the sun again after 4 days without it.

It makes all the difference

Funsterdelux · 14-01-2021 4:34pm

Dont let the flat earthers see those photos!

Gaoth Laidir · 14-01-2021 5:50pm

Niall145 wrote: »

Hi all,

I am the photographer behind the capture of Snowdon taken from Howth Summit (an avid lurker on this forum too i must admit). It was taken Tuesday afternoon from the Ben of Howth (171m). Was a mostly cloudy day here but with exceptionally clear conditions in the Irish sea (Isle of Man and the Mournes also visible). That combined with the snow still lying on Snowdon definitely helped in getting this shot! It's on my instagram too at ncarroll22 (Niall O'Carroll on FB).

Minimum surface visibilities were reported up to 65 km at 3 pm on Tuesday, which is pretty high, but they were likely higher. Add to that your altitude, which gave you a surface horizon at 47 km, and the altitude of a snow-capped Snowdon (1085 m) beyond that and all the holes in the cheese lined up.

Sometimes when flying I can see the Galway coast from around Enfield in Meath from around 3000 ft (1000 m). There is sometimes a large increase in horizontal visibility when you get a few hundred metres up out of the murk. With a summertime inversion the sudden increase in visibility as you climb up through it can be stunning.

For the record, here are the horizon distances for an observer at different heights. They increase logarithmically with height.

Ckit1 · 14-01-2021 6:32pm

Interesting January 2010 panoramic image - from Mt. Leinster looking across the Irish Sea - and not just for the snow cover:

http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/gallery/ie/LEINSTER2010/MountLeinster-Snowdonia.jpg

credits: Thomas May & OSI

endacl · 14-01-2021 7:14pm

Niall145 wrote: »

Hi all,

I am the photographer behind the capture of Snowdon taken from Howth Summit (an avid lurker on this forum too i must admit). It was taken Tuesday afternoon from the Ben of Howth (171m). Was a mostly cloudy day here but with exceptionally clear conditions in the Irish sea (Isle of Man and the Mournes also visible). That combined with the snow still lying on Snowdon definitely helped in getting this shot! It's on my instagram too at ncarroll22 (Niall O'Carroll on FB).

The photo nerd in me is wondering about the lens and focal length?

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