National: Severe Cold/ Snow Discussion (Thanks to all!)

irish1967 · 16-12-2010 7:34am

Windy and heavy rain here at the moment. 7.1c. Wind N 31mph. And so starts a lonnnnnng day

ninebeanrows · 16-12-2010 7:37am

NAE shows the timeframe coming into view, has the system pushing into midwest and sliding southwards giving 5-10cm in its first bash here, we would like to see it push a week bit further north for the Dublin regions sake.

irelandspurs · 16-12-2010 7:38am

very windy in portarlington

irelandspurs · 16-12-2010 7:40am

Weathercheck wrote: »

NAE shows the timeframe coming into view, has the system pushing into midwest and sliding southwards giving 5-10cm in its first bash here, we would like to see it push a week bit further north for the Dublin regions sake.

from that chart what am i looking at that determines weather we might get snow,is it the dark blue bits?

channaigh · 16-12-2010 7:40am

bit of a stupid q but i take it the dark blue on the chart is snow??

Tobes · 16-12-2010 7:43am

I'd like this snow to turn around please.

irish1967 · 16-12-2010 7:46am

Everyone will get snow ! Just a question of how much at this stage.

gally74 · 16-12-2010 7:46am

Downgrade for snow
Upgrade for cold snap to last longer put to the 30 th now

ninebeanrows · 16-12-2010 7:46am

irelandspurs wrote: »

from that chart what am i looking at that determines weather we might get snow,is it the dark blue bits?

It is precipitation in mm, should all be of snow barring coastal districts of the southwest. (1mm precip = 1cm snow)

GavinH · 16-12-2010 7:56am

A balmy 7.0c driving to work this morning in Cork. The calm before the storm!

Pangea · 16-12-2010 7:57am

Snowing in parts of scotland now
http://youropenbook.org/?q=snowing&gender=any

maquiladora · 16-12-2010 8:14am

Yes, the 0Z gfs is a "downgrade" after the dream 18z charts, I did say to expect that, but the situation its far from set it stone either way. Polar low development that models may not show needs to be monitored.

GavinH · 16-12-2010 8:19am

maquiladora wrote: »

Yes, the 0Z gfs is a "downgrade" after the dream 18z charts, I did say to expect that, but the situation its far from set it stone either way. Polar low development that models may not show needs to be monitored.

Lets just hope the 6z is not a further downgrade, its painful to watch.

Bumble32 · 16-12-2010 8:22am

GavinH wrote: »

A balmy 7.0c driving to work this morning in Cork. The calm before the storm!

Looks like Cork is going to miss out on the snow again. :mad:

whatabout · 16-12-2010 8:27am

is eastern donegal-stranorlar,still on for alot of snow-more or less than what was given last night or are we not really affected?thanks

GavinH · 16-12-2010 8:27am

Bumble32 wrote: »

Looks like Cork is going to miss out on the snow again. :mad:

As was previously said nothing is writen in stone. I wouldn't start panicking yet. While we may not need snow ploughs, we should hopefully get a covering at some stage.

Supercell · 16-12-2010 8:30am

Anyone else wake up today with a huge feeling of anticipation? Today we stare into a wintry abyss!:pac:

whatabout · 16-12-2010 8:32am

anyone know soon,have to go to work in 5?thanks

GavinH · 16-12-2010 8:37am

Supercell wrote: »

Anyone else wake up today with a huge feeling of anticipation? Today we stare into a wintry abyss!:pac:

Yes a huge amount of anticipation about how this will all pan out. The great semi-unknown.

Supercell · 16-12-2010 8:39am

Just read MTC's daily forecast. Talk of blizzards, polar lows ,thundersnow :eek: , if it was anyone else they would be accused of ramping !! Time to batten down the hatches and stock up on essential beer!

Kur4mA · 16-12-2010 8:39am

It's quite windy here in Dublin 15 and some nasty scattered drizzling showers. I got a nice pasting on the way in to work.

Javiero · 16-12-2010 8:40am

Round two...Ding Ding:D

just hope its not all hyped up.

GavinH · 16-12-2010 8:41am

Supercell wrote: »

Just read MTC's daily forecast. Talk of blizzards, polar lows ,thundersnow :eek: , if it was anyone else they would be accused of ramping !! Time to batten down the hatches and stock up on essential beer!

Sorry I was referring to the unknown of Cork. I have no doubt that it will be as MT says

DrEvil · 16-12-2010 8:42am

More thundersnow Woohooo!:D

snaps · 16-12-2010 8:46am

Looking at weather reports and data from Scotland, the cold front is now crossing the English border. Temp if Fife dropped from 7c to 2c an around 90 minutes. Lashing with snow there now.

Pangea · 16-12-2010 8:48am

whatabout wrote: »

is eastern donegal-stranorlar,still on for alot of snow-more or less than what was given last night or are we not really affected?thanks

You will have plenty of snow by the looks of things.

livdmg · 16-12-2010 8:57am

Very windy and blustery up here in donegal no snow as of yet

inabina · 16-12-2010 9:00am

RTE Radio 1 forecast pretty useless. very vague. spoke generally about the period Sat - Tues. When you compare to MT's level of detail....

thoscon · 16-12-2010 9:03am

have a busy day tomorrow...am i reading it right that meath wont get snow till tomorrow nite or saturday

inabina · 16-12-2010 9:03am

Supercell wrote: »

Just read MTC's daily forecast. Talk of blizzards, polar lows ,thundersnow :eek: , if it was anyone else they would be accused of ramping !! Time to batten down the hatches and stock up on essential beer!

yeah, looking forward to a good thundersnow booze up tomorrow night at home.....booze, snow and boards, what a combo

Cosmo Kramer · 16-12-2010 9:13am

Nothing in Glasgow yet, but the radar north of here looks very messy. We had absolute snow carnage on the city's motorways last Monday to Wednesday which ended up with the Transport Minister resigning and a whole new emergency procedure being put in place. Looks like today will be its first test. So I'm going to get myself out the door to work in the next 10 minutes before this hits here...just hope I'll be able to get home this evening.

Also I have the joy of a relaxing evening drive from Glasgow to Mayo tomorrow night, cant wait for that...

Supercell · 16-12-2010 9:19am

Light shower in Scotland Dublin today :-

Diddler1977 · 16-12-2010 9:19am

It's just started snowing in Glasgow as per my cousin.

munsterlegend · 16-12-2010 9:20am

the bbc website weather graphics for once look great for cork and also the nedbor on the dmi website - http://www.dmi.dk/dmi/index/danmark/vejrkort.htm.

maybe just maybe we might get a pasting!

Slashermcguirk · 16-12-2010 9:22am

Rte radio one covering snow pattern very soon

Scubadevils · 16-12-2010 9:25am

Snowing here*, nice big flakes and getting heavier!

*I'm in Edinburgh and I hope I can make it home tomorrow :eek:

16-12-2010 9:34am

Lol that chap from the dept of geography in nui Galway just finished on radio one knows nothing of weather..he says this is ending on wenesday and we are in a 3 yr cycle and back to global warming next winter :rolleyes:

Are they going out of their way to make us calm?

Some people are in for a bit of a shock/pleasant surprise depending on your point of view...
I was in tesco in arklow this morning and heard 2 people saying .."ah shur thats only in the north and west.."

Initially yes but they are typical of the national mis information coming out of the airwaves at the moment.

Tom Cruises Left Nut · 16-12-2010 9:35am

Deleted User wrote: »

Lol that chap from the dept of geography in nui Galway just finished on radio one knows nothing of weather..he says this is ending on wenesday and we are in a 3 yr cycle and back to global warming next winter :rolleyes:

Are they going out of their way to make us calm?

Some people are in for a bit of a shock/pleasant surprise depending on your point of view...
I was in tesco in arklow this morning and heard 2 people saying .."ah shur thats only in the north and west.."

Initially yes but they are typical of the national mis information coming out of the airwaves at the moment.

Will be interested to see what the 06z GFS says

snow ghost · 16-12-2010 9:39am

With 9c here and strong winds coming off the Atlantic it's hard to believe an Arctic invasions is on its way.

It's easy to see how years ago before met eireann or mass communications how most people would have been caught out by such events. They must have been freaky to say the least.

snow ghost · 16-12-2010 9:43am

Deleted User wrote: »

Lol that chap from the dept of geography in nui Galway just finished on radio one knows nothing of weather..he says this is ending on wenesday and we are in a 3 yr cycle and back to global warming next winter :rolleyes:

Are they going out of their way to make us calm?

Some people are in for a bit of a shock/pleasant surprise depending on your point of view...
I was in tesco in arklow this morning and heard 2 people saying .."ah shur thats only in the north and west.."

Initially yes but they are typical of the national mis information coming out of the airwaves at the moment.

Nothing would suprise me after the infamous Donegal (and Mayo) snow forecast a few years ago - I drove across the county the day it was meant to arrive and there wasn't even a snow flake on the mountains here, yet the national radio stations were reporting that there had been "2 feet of snow in Mayo".

Speak Now · 16-12-2010 9:47am

inabina wrote: »

RTE Radio 1 forecast pretty useless. very vague. spoke generally about the period Sat - Tues. When you compare to MT's level of detail....

Her forecast wasn't useless, she called it fairly well.

Cantona's Collars · 16-12-2010 9:50am

Deleted User wrote: »

Lol that chap from the dept of geography in nui Galway just finished on radio one knows nothing of weather..he says this is ending on wenesday and we are in a 3 yr cycle and back to global warming next winter :rolleyes:

Are they going out of their way to make us calm?

Some people are in for a bit of a shock/pleasant surprise depending on your point of view...
I was in tesco in arklow this morning and heard 2 people saying .."ah shur thats only in the north and west.."

Initially yes but they are typical of the national mis information coming out of the airwaves at the moment.

The council down here in Co.Wexford must have the same attitude-they gritted the roads around Enniscorthy yesterday evening even though the temperature stayed at around 5c.They've nearly run out of salt and conserving what they have so why don't they listen to the weather forecast and use it when it's actually cold?
Raining here now in Enniscorthy and windy,ME forecast this for later today,seems it's rushing through quicker than they expected.

nacho libre · 16-12-2010 9:51am

met.ie

Cold and windy today. Rain this morning, falling as sleet in places and possibly as snow on high ground. But snow and hail showers will develop over Ulster and north Connacht and will turn heavy and possibly thundery at times with snow accumulating in places. Mid afternoon temperatures of 1 to 5 C., in a stiff northwest wind.

Tonight

Very cold and icy tonight with further heavy and possibly thundery snow showers at times. These most frequent over the north and west, with some drifting possible on high ground, but some are likely elsewhere too, a few heavy. Lowest temperatures zero to -3 degrees and feeling colder in the brisk northwesterly wind.

leahyl · 16-12-2010 10:02am

Can anyone give a brief summary of the forecast for South Munster? There seems to be a lot of emphasis on Leinster!! When are the next models due out? Has there been a bit of a downgrade overnight?

Sorry about all the questions!!

16-12-2010 10:02am

The excelent Tomaz Shafanaker is on duty on BBC news 24 now and has done a very good and informative forecast just now.
Highlights include the obvious pasting of ulster and Connaught but also clare and Kerry and wait for it most of Cork including the City.
By Saturday,his graphics showed snow over the East of the country
Everything everywhere would be falling as snow he said.

irish1967 · 16-12-2010 10:03am

6.3c here and a little breezey about 50% cloud cover. Agree with other posters .. if you didnt know this was coming you would think it was going to be quite a nice day:o

Cú Giobach · 16-12-2010 10:06am

irish1967 wrote: »

6.3c here and a little breezey about 50% cloud cover. Agree with other posters .. if you didnt know this was coming you would think it was going to be quite a nice day:o

It is going to be a "nice" day.

leahyl · 16-12-2010 10:07am

Deleted User wrote: »

The excelent Tomaz Shafanaker is on duty on BBC news 24 now and has done a very good and informative forecast just now.
Highlights include the obvious pasting of ulster and Connaught but also clare and Kerry and wait for it most of Cork including the City.
By Saturday,his graphics showed snow over the East of the country
Everything everywhere would be falling as snow he said.

Thanks Black Briar - much appreciated! I must have ye all driven mad:D

maquiladora · 16-12-2010 10:09am

leahyl wrote: »

Can anyone give a brief summary of the forecast for South Munster? There seems to be a lot of emphasis on Leinster!! When are the next models due out? Has there been a bit of a downgrade overnight?

Sorry about all the questions!!

06Z models will start about 9:30.

Cantona's Collars · 16-12-2010 10:10am

leahyl wrote: »

Thanks Black Briar - much appreciated! I must have ye all driven mad:D

The rules are that the snow in Cork will melt after 10 minutes.:D

National: Severe Cold/ Snow Discussion (Thanks to all!)

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