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Snowing in Rathdrum Co. Wicklow tonight?

Yrag2E · 2011-10-05 23:55:32

apparently so. Light snow fell in Rathdrum tonight.

06-10-2011 12:55am

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apparently so. Light snow fell in Rathdrum tonight.

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#2 06-10-2011 6:18am

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Yrag2E wrote: »

apparently so. Light snow fell in Rathdrum tonight.

:eek:

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#3 06-10-2011 8:07am

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Surely not possible that early in the night? Would have been 6 or 7 degrees at the lowest

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#4 06-10-2011 8:21am

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Dewpoint was above 6C at the time, certainly not snow.......well maybe in my dreams

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#5 06-10-2011 9:07am

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Snow in Rathdrum? bet it wasn't the icy stuff.

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#6 06-10-2011 9:25am

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Agree with MM.

Snow this morning falling on Scottish Mountains (down to about 3,500 ft).

See http://www.cairngormmountain.com/webcam

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#7 06-10-2011 9:30am

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DOCARCH wrote: »

Agree with MM.

Snow this morning falling on Scottish Mountains (down to about 3,500 ft).

See http://www.cairngormmountain.com/webcam

i would well believe it snowed in scotland at that height , but its fairly doubtful alright that it snowed in rathdrum @ 6oC !!!

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#8 06-10-2011 10:44am

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Meteor shower in my back garden last night:eek:
I don't have photos to prove it either but just as believable

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#9 06-10-2011 10:51am

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I saw someone tweet about this last night too, don't know where abouts in Wicklow they're living, but said it was snowing very lightly around 11 last night. Eased off after a short period of time.

Don't know if it's true or not, but I've no reason to not believe their tweet, they seemed just as stunned as me!

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#10 06-10-2011 10:54am

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Similar to posted in other threads/forums... Pictures or GTFO

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#11 06-10-2011 11:54am

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dsmythy wrote: »

Snow shower reported at Finner Camp, 3.2mm

The wicklow one is probably just another twitter rumour but at least with Met Eireann we have something to go on, Finner was showing the coldest temperatures last night than any of the other stations when I check so it may of happened. I saw snow fall at 5C last year with positive dew points.

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#12 06-10-2011 12:35pm

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My dad heard this in work this morning , he just told me there on his lunch , so i came straight on this!.... It sure would be some crazy localised event if it did!... anyone have a radar image for the time at least?...isnt there some1 with a weather station there, or am i thinkin of Avonmore?

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#13 06-10-2011 12:46pm

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Pangea wrote: »

Originally Posted by dsmythy
Snow shower reported at Finner Camp, 3.2mm

The wicklow one is probably just another twitter rumour but at least with Met Eireann we have something to go on, Finner was showing the coldest temperatures last night than any of the other stations when I check so it may of happened. I saw snow fall at 5C last year with positive dew points.

From Met E website

Many of the measurements come from automated instruments with no human supervision. These are generally very reliable but, as with any system, human or automatic, errors can happen from time to time. During automatic operation, the "Weather" is estimated by an optical instrument. Classification of weather-type is significantly more difficult than measuring temperature or pressure and the result is occasionally incorrect. In particular, you may see a very occasional report of snow during periods of foggy weather.

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#14 06-10-2011 12:50pm

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Its hail stoning here in Kerry on and off all morning and its absolutely freezing. No thermometer but guessing about 4degrees

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#15 06-10-2011 12:55pm

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Frankish wrote: »

Its hail stoning here in Kerry on and off all morning and its absolutely freezing. No thermometer but guessing about 4degrees

4degrees :eek: i'd be surprised if it's under 10.

Wonder was it some hail that fell in Rathdrum last night?

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#16 06-10-2011 1:00pm

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From DonegalDaily today, sleet reported at Glenveagh national Park

http://www.donegaldaily.com/2011/10/06/snow-falls-in-donegal-as-county-is-battered-by-high-winds-and-driving-rain/

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#17 06-10-2011 1:02pm

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martic wrote: »

From DonegalDaily today, sleet reported at Glenveagh national Park

http://www.donegaldaily.com/2011/10/06/snow-falls-in-donegal-as-county-is-battered-by-high-winds-and-driving-rain/

That could of EASILY been hail...

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#18 06-10-2011 1:06pm

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Iancar29 wrote: »

That could of EASILY been hail...

Haven't a clue what it is, I seen the report and thought I'd share it on here, I'm in east Donegal and so far here today its heavy gusts and a lot of rain.

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#19 06-10-2011 1:08pm

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Iancar29 wrote: »

That could of EASILY been hail...

And its a photo from last winter.
See article in June

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#20 06-10-2011 1:11pm

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Mothman wrote: »

And its a photo from last winter.
See article in June

AH YE of course ! ha

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#21 06-10-2011 1:33pm

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Mothman wrote: »

From Met E website In particular, you may see a very occasional report of snow during periods of foggy weather.

Yeah I seen that before, only there was no fog last night.

Mothman wrote: »

And its a photo from last winter.
See article in June

They use that photo all the time when talking about snow, they are not claiming it to be from this morning of course, but a reader like yourself who is not familar with the site might think otherwise. It is misleading.

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#22 06-10-2011 1:54pm

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Pangea wrote: »

Yeah I seen that before, only there was no fog last night.

The point is that it is unreliable and a report of snow or other unlikely reports should not be taken at face value with out checking other parameters such as temp, humidity etc.

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#23 06-10-2011 1:56pm

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It wasn't snow, it was GRAUPEL!!!

:D:D

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#24 06-10-2011 2:00pm

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Mothman wrote: »

The point is that it is unreliable and a report of snow or other unlikely reports should not be taken at face value with out checking other parameters such as temp, humidity etc.

I agree thats why I said

Pangea wrote: »

Finner was showing the coldest temperatures last night than any of the other stations when I check so it may of happened. .

It may of been a snow shower last night or it may not have been, at least we have something to go on rather than a rumour.
Hopefully ME will clear it up.

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#25 06-10-2011 2:36pm

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There was a wedding in Rathdrum last night...it could have been confectionary? :D

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#26 06-10-2011 2:44pm

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sparrowcar wrote: »

There was a wedding in Rathdrum last night...it could have been confectionary? :D

Sweets ?

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#27 06-10-2011 3:24pm

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HellFireClub wrote: »

It wasn't snow, it was GRAUPEL!!!

:D:D

WHATS GRAUPEL????????? .......;):rolleyes:;)

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#28 06-10-2011 4:23pm

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t|nt|n wrote: »

Sweets ?

I'm such a muppet :rolleyes:

I obviously meant confetti

Bit tired today

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#29 06-10-2011 7:41pm

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sparrowcar wrote: »

I obviously meant confetti

I read confetti ~ I had to go back to see ????

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#30 06-10-2011 8:00pm

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Ditto! I read confetti or at very least I knew exactly what u meant!

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#31 06-10-2011 10:55pm

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i read confetti too.

jeez. theres an experiment there somewhere on human awareness.

maybe it was raining sweets after all

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#32 06-10-2011 11:03pm

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I guess I have a much more twisted mind... I thought when you said confectionery... that it was hinting at illicit drugs you were ... as in SNOW (cocaine).... or maybe I just have snow on the brain... the weather kind, not the other...or thinking now, is it called ice... either way >>>> lol

One of the girls in work today casually mentioned that her sister in Wexford text to say it was snowing! She just thought the sister was a bit :rolleyes:

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#33 07-10-2011 12:34am

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Brain training with sparrowcar... :cool:

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#34 07-10-2011 10:21am

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snowed in sligo last night according to ray darcy.

i live there and i didnt see any.

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pauldry wrote: »

snowed in sligo last night according to ray darcy.

Course it did, the same way it snowed in Finner and Rathdrum! :rolleyes:

I think if there was anything then it was probably melting hailstones. If they hit a windscreen then people might mistake that icy splat for snowflakes.

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#36 07-10-2011 8:55pm

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Regarding the snow reported at Finner around midnight of the 5th October. This link summarises the hourly synop reports, with the Present Weather given in the WW column. The individual W1 and W2 colums refer to the past weather types of the current synoptic period.

Rain and drizzle were reported up to 22 UTC. At 23 UTC, "SnowShower" was reported, with temperature was 6.7 °C, and dewpoint 5.4 °C. Between 22 and 23 UTC, there was a huge increase in windspeed, from 32 to 54 km/h, and a major fall in visibility, from 20 km at 21 UTC to 1.1 km at 23 UTC.

Temperature rose to 9.2 °C by 00 UTC, with Recent Snow" reported (which would refer to that of the 23 UTC report). Visibility rose again to 12 km. Thereafter rain was reported.

As Met Éireann say on their website, optical weather detectors can report snow in low visibility conditions. This is clearly what happened in this occasion, and shows that we must look at the big picture when we see a report like that.

Similarly with Sligo last night. Dewpoint at Sligo Airport was 8-9 °C right through the night. These show the dewpoints at 00 UTC and 06 UTC, showing 7 °C as the lowest dewpoint throughout the country at Ireland's highest station, Connaught Airport (200 m).

I'd disregard any report of snow that either appears in the media or that's tweeted by a brother of a friend's sister's mother-in-law's uncle. People seem to be still talking about the idea of snow in October, and it looks like some may be sending in the odd spurios report to get a mention.

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#37 08-10-2011 5:36pm

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Wasn't snowing in Rathdrum, may I suggest head and shoulders. ?

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