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Possibly turning much colder next week

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  • #52
    eyesquirm
    Registered Users Posts: 131 ✭✭eyesquirm


    Way to go darkman2!!!
    Snow in the west.
    F@&k the rest.


  • #53
    derekon
    Registered Users Posts: 836 ✭✭✭derekon


    nacho libre wrote: »
    Derek, perhaps you meant to say north westerlies are not worth a **** for the east coast;) because north westerlies can in fact deliver decent snow fall to the west and northwest, especially in February.

    Fair enough - though you have to admit that for proper sustained cold and powder snow, Dublin and the East Coast are best located in Ireland for proper cold. This was evidenced last year in Dublin with 2 foot of snow and temps dropping to -15oC! :D

    That cold from the west (even in Feb) is just not the same as the "beast from the east" :D:D:D

    D


  • #54
    Harps
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,548 ✭✭✭Harps


    A good northerly can deliver just as well as an easterly a la mid December last year

    Nothing along those lines evident for the foreseeable future though, a repeat of what we had earlier this month is about as cold as it's getting for the next 10 days. I enjoyed that spell so a repeat will do nicely compared to the current boredom


  • #55
    pad199207
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,219 ✭✭✭pad199207


    derekon wrote: »
    nacho libre wrote: »
    Derek, perhaps you meant to say north westerlies are not worth a **** for the east coast;) because north westerlies can in fact deliver decent snow fall to the west and northwest, especially in February.

    Fair enough - though you have to admit that for proper sustained cold and powder snow, Dublin and the East Coast are best located in Ireland for proper cold. This was evidenced last year in Dublin with 2 foot doof snow and temps dropping to -15oC! :D

    That cold from the west (even in Feb) is just not the same as the "beast from the east" :D:D:D

    D
    I do agree with you on the eastern counties better placed for the real kinda snow derekon but I have to correct you on your exaggeration of -15c recorded in Dublin, yep you certainly got the snow !


  • #56
    Pangea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭Pangea


    derekon wrote: »
    Fair enough - though you have to admit that for proper sustained cold and powder snow, Dublin and the East Coast are best located in Ireland for proper cold. This was evidenced last year in Dublin with 2 foot of snow and temps dropping to -15oC! :D

    That cold from the west (even in Feb) is just not the same as the "beast from the east" :D:D:D

    D

    Temperatures dropped below -15C in Donegal and Mayo aswell last winter and there was no shortage of snow either. With Mayo recording the coldest temperature and Killygordan not far of it.
    Also didn't the Greenland express come from Greenland last year :pac: (NW).


  • #57
    pad199207
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,219 ✭✭✭pad199207


    pad199207 wrote: »
    derekon wrote: »
    nacho libre wrote: »
    Derek, perhaps you meant to say north westerlies are not worth a **** for the east coast;) because north westerlies can in fact deliver decent snow fall to the west and northwest, especially in February.

    Fair enough - though you have to admit that for proper sustained cold and powder snow, Dublin and the East Coast are best located in Ireland for proper cold. This was evidenced last year in Dublin with 2 foot doof snow and temps dropping to -15oC! :D

    That cold from the west (even in Feb) is just not the same as the "beast from the east" :D:D:D

    D
    I do agree with you on the eastern counties better placed for the real kinda snow derekon but I have to correct you on your exaggeration of -15c recorded in Dublin, yep you certainly got the snow !

    But I think this year its the west and norths to have their fair share of snow this time .


  • #58
    pad199207
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,219 ✭✭✭pad199207


    derekon wrote: »
    nacho libre wrote: »
    Derek, perhaps you meant to say north westerlies are not worth a **** for the east coast;) because north westerlies can in fact deliver decent snow fall to the west and northwest, especially in February.

    Fair enough - though you have to admit that for proper sustained cold and powder snow, Dublin and the East Coast are best located in Ireland for proper cold. This was evidenced last year in Dublin with 2 foot of snow and temps dropping to -15oC! :D

    That cold from the west (even in Feb) is just not the same as the "beast from the east" :D:D:D

    D

    I think your so called beast from the east is going to abandon you and us easterners this winter unfortunately. So hopefully future winters it might come back :-)


  • #59
    maquiladora
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    This place is descending into madness! :pac:

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  • #60
    nacho libre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,958 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    derekon wrote: »
    Fair enough - though you have to admit that for proper sustained cold and powder snow, Dublin and the East Coast are best located in Ireland for proper cold. This was evidenced last year in Dublin with 2 foot of snow and temps dropping to -15oC! :D

    That cold from the west (even in Feb) is just not the same as the "beast from the east" :D:D:D

    D

    Yes. I wouldn't try to dispute that.
    I was merely pointing out that reasonable snow falls can occur from a north westerly or northerly, but at best they'll last two- three days, on rare occasions we can get a week of snow out of them.
    If by that stage the wind direction does not swing around to the north east, the Atlantic will usually take over soon afterwards.

    Anyway it looks like i've started a west v east snow war- that wasn't my intention!


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  • #61
    derekon
    Registered Users Posts: 836 ✭✭✭derekon


    pad199207 wrote: »
    I do agree with you on the eastern counties better placed for the real kinda snow derekon but I have to correct you on your exaggeration of -15c recorded in Dublin, yep you certainly got the snow !

    How dare you say I was exaggerating about the severe cold in Dublin! :D:D

    I want a full public apology after you have read the following Irish Times article that confirms that Casement Aerodrome, DUBLIN, recorded a severely cold temperature of -15.7oC on Christmas Day 2010.

    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0302/1224291141232.html

    Well I am waiting for the apology.......................;)

    D


  • #62
    davidsr20
    Registered Users Posts: 769 ✭✭✭davidsr20


    derekon wrote: »
    How dare you say I was exaggerating about the severe cold in Dublin! :D:D

    I want a full public apology after you have read the following Irish Times article that confirms that Casement Aerodrome, DUBLIN, recorded a severely cold temperature of -15.7oC on Christmas Day 2010.

    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0302/1224291141232.html

    Well I am waiting for the apology.......................;)

    D

    There was a lot colder places than Dublin ;)


  • #63
    Deep Easterly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,150 ✭✭✭Deep Easterly


    Pangea wrote: »
    Also didn't the Greenland express come from Greenland last year :pac: (NW).

    More or less. There was little, if any occurrence of the 'beast from the east' last winter. Most of the easterly flows were maritime sourced, from either the arctic north or northeast.


  • #64
    pad199207
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,219 ✭✭✭pad199207


    derekon wrote: »
    pad199207 wrote: »
    I do agree with you on the eastern counties better placed for the real kinda snow derekon but I have to correct you on your exaggeration of -15c recorded in Dublin, yep you certainly got the snow !

    How dare you say I was exaggerating about the severe cold in Dublin! :D:D

    I want a full public apology after you have read the following Irish Times article that confirms that Casement Aerodrome, DUBLIN, recorded a severely cold temperature of -15.7oC on Christmas Day 2010.

    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0302/1224291141232.html

    Well I am waiting for the apology.......................;)

    D
    oh I sincerely apologize lol ;-) I completely forgot about casement lol ( casement being like the most inland part of Dublin) obviously :)


  • #65
    darkman2
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8,632 ✭✭✭darkman2


    The GFS has just picked up the split polar vortex. :D (allbeit in a different time period).Stick with the ECM. Things about to get very interesting with the weather;)


  • #66
    Norwayviking
    Closed Accounts Posts: 766 ✭✭✭Norwayviking


    About time!!!


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  • #67
    megatron989
    Registered Users Posts: 206 ✭✭megatron989


    Bring it on, anything seasonal will do at this stage.


  • #68
    nilhg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,160 ✭✭✭nilhg


    This mornings ECM backs off a little from the (much) colder tone, to my eye anyway, there is pretty good agreement again between it and the GFS.

    Cool, mild, cool, mild, cool, mild, cool, mild is the order of the day for the forseeable future by the looks of it methinks.


  • #69
    Joe10000
    Registered Users Posts: 1,295 ✭✭✭Joe10000


    Why do you all want very low temperatures ?


  • #70
    200motels
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,604 ✭✭✭200motels


    Joe10000 wrote: »
    Why do you all want very low temperatures ?
    Because it's supposed to be winter, a few weeks of cold and snowy weather and then bring on the spring, it's the same in summer we all well most of us want warm sunny weather.


  • #71
    Joe10000
    Registered Users Posts: 1,295 ✭✭✭Joe10000


    200motels wrote: »
    Because it's supposed to be winter, a few weeks of cold and snowy weather and then bring on the spring, it's the same in summer we all well most of us want warm sunny weather.

    Thanks for coming back to me but I would be quite happy with mild all the way.


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  • #72
    blackius
    Closed Accounts Posts: 469 ✭✭blackius


    Does mild excite you?
    Extreme cold excites most posters here in winter.
    Ditto with extreme heat/thunder in summer etc
    This is a weather enthusiasts forum,what do you expect people to be excited about here? Mickey mouse?

    The answer to your question is elementary ...if you don't dig weather or dig something else,there are 100's of other fora on boards.ie,you'll find something thing I'm sure some people here equally won't understand. :)


  • #73
    Joe10000
    Registered Users Posts: 1,295 ✭✭✭Joe10000


    Well Blackius the forum is weather and the title is about the possibility of cold weather next week, there was no suggestion of any exclusivity when I started following this thread. I simply asked why everyone seems to want cold weather and I got a polite answer without any attitude, thanks anyway.


  • #74
    blackius
    Closed Accounts Posts: 469 ✭✭blackius


    Joe10000 wrote: »
    Well Blackius the forum is weather and the title is about the possibility of cold weather next week, there was no suggestion of any exclusivity when I started following this thread. I simply asked why everyone seems to want cold weather and I got a polite answer without any attitude, thanks anyway.
    Well now you know what to expect on weather discussion fora...
    You appear to imply by not liking my answer that I have attitude :confused:
    How quaint :)

    Anyhow,check any weather forum in the world and we the enthusiasts display the exact same characteristics ...as do I suspect a significant silent minority outside of these places.
    The east versus west gets better snow being an example of the way people go on about it when pushed.
    Actually I suspect Letterkenny on average sees more snow than Dublin city in a year but probably considerably less than the sally gap.


  • #75
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Joe10000, too many here think weather has to be extreme to be discussed.


  • #76
    Min
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,550 ✭✭✭Min


    Farmers though are excited by weather that isn't too extreme.

    I want my milk collected so I am not a fan of snow or ice as it could be costly, or floods or drought for field conditions in the spring/summer/autumn period.

    I don't want storms to blow down the sheds either.

    But I love the weather and we have to take what we get, as Joe Bastardi says, it is the only weather you got.


  • #77
    derekon
    Registered Users Posts: 836 ✭✭✭derekon


    pad199207 wrote: »
    oh I sincerely apologize lol ;-) I completely forgot about casement lol ( casement being like the most inland part of Dublin) obviously :)

    Apology graciously accepted :):)

    Always remember that Dublin is in a prime position for snow when an easterly or north easterly wind hits Ireland. Think "lake effect" snow from the Irish Sea and you will understand what I mean :D

    D


  • #78
    derekon
    Registered Users Posts: 836 ✭✭✭derekon


    davidsr20 wrote: »
    There was a lot colder places than Dublin ;)

    Well , a temperature of -15.7oC is pretty low by any standards! I understand places in Mayo and Tyrone dipped to around -17.8oC so in fairness Dublin was not far behind and don't forget that Dublin received bucketloads more snow than Galway!!! :D:D:D:D:D

    D


  • #79
    Iancar29
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,068 ✭✭✭Iancar29


    I'm sorry lads, but i and probably many others are really wasting time loading this thread on my phone, everything is going way off topic. PLEASE can we all just stick to the rules? Only the regulars seem to be trying to keep on the point.
    /rant over.


    So looks like we may see some hill snow in the NW regions next tuesday and wednesday.
    850 temps no good for anything at low levels though. I personally just want some frosty temperatures back..


  • #80
    darkman2
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8,632 ✭✭✭darkman2


    This continues to evolve. Sunday night looks interesting now with wintry showers into Western areas and some snow and wet wintry stuff. A bit from column A and a bit from column B. Let's call it "snuff":D


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    Back later..


  • #81
    Ronan H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,058 ✭✭✭Ronan H


    Dilynnio wrote: »
    Finally...............my evening snow dance is starting to work!

    BRING IT ON! :D


    Bring it on indeed, but I have heard it all before. There was a major weather warning in November wasnt there, big studio setup, the winking weatherman, the whole shebang, get your salt, get your winter tyres, get your show grips...yet it has felt like July for the past week or two.

    How the actual f**ck can they get it so wrong? Are they for seerdious?

    My winter tyres work fine in the 12 degree heat, thank you very much weatherman!


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  • #82
    snow ghost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,379 ✭✭✭snow ghost


    derekon wrote: »
    don't forget that Dublin received bucketloads more snow than Galway!!! :D:D:D:D:D

    To be fair Dublin got less snow than many other parts of England.

    Regarding prospects of it turning colder, the mild storm and rain here is horrendous, I'd love to see a bit of frost and blue sky. Just for a break if nothing else. This weather is dismal if you live on the Atlantic coast.


  • #83
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    snow ghost wrote: »
    To be fair Dublin got less snow than many other parts of England.
    It also got less snow than many other parts of Sweden :D


  • #84
    Su Campu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,279 ✭✭✭Su Campu


    darkman2 wrote: »
    This continues to evolve. Sunday night looks interesting now with wintry showers into Western areas and some snow and wet wintry stuff. A bit from column A and a bit from column B. Let's call it "snuff":D

    Back later..

    The best we can hope with that setup darkman is a snowline of around 200-300 metres in the north and west, with some hail for everyone else. A huge Atlantic track will butcher the boundary layer of its cold. For the rest of the week it's back to a westerly mix of mild and not so mild, i.e. very Januaryesque.

    SLP and T850 (00Z ECMWF)
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  • #85
    derekon
    Registered Users Posts: 836 ✭✭✭derekon


    Su Campu wrote: »
    The best we can hope with that setup darkman is a snowline of around 200-300 metres in the north and west, with some hail for everyone else. A huge Atlantic track will butcher the boundary layer of its cold. For the rest of the week it's back to a westerly mix of mild and not so mild, i.e. very Januaryesque.

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    Really not looking good for proper sustained cold so with the Atlantic fully in charge of our weather for the foreseeable future :mad:

    D


  • #86
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    derekon wrote: »
    Really not looking good for proper sustained cold so with the Atlantic fully in charge of our weather for the foreseeable future :mad:
    This thread, so far, is having uncomfortable sleep and taking rice-balls. :cool:


  • #87
    Min
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,550 ✭✭✭Min


    The UK met forecast for the next 30 days is a mixture of mild, unsettled weather with cold interludes but nothing extreme.


  • #88
    blackius
    Closed Accounts Posts: 469 ✭✭blackius


    mike65 wrote: »
    Joe10000, too many most here think boring weather has to be extreme doesn't need to be discussed.
    Fixed your post :)
    Min wrote: »
    Farmers though are excited by weather that isn't too extreme.

    I want my milk collected so I am not a fan of snow or ice as it could be costly, or floods or drought for field conditions in the spring/summer/autumn period.

    I don't want storms to blow down the sheds either.

    But I love the weather and we have to take what we get, as Joe Bastardi says, it is the only weather you got.
    True.
    I think your milk collections are safe enough for the foreseeable though unless you are over quota ;)


  • #89
    delw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,655 ✭✭✭delw


    Head wrote: »
    Bring it on indeed, but I have heard it all before. There was a major weather warning in November wasnt there, big studio setup, the winking weatherman, the whole shebang, get your salt, get your winter tyres, get your show grips...yet it has felt like July for the past week or two.

    How the actual f**ck can they get it so wrong? Are they for seerdious?

    My winter tyres work fine in the 12 degree heat, thank you very much weatherman!
    not by met eireann there wasn't,were did you get the weather warning from?


  • #90
    Su Campu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,279 ✭✭✭Su Campu


    delw wrote: »
    not by met eireann there wasn't,were did you get the weather warning from?

    I think he means people on here ;)


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  • #91
    ger1524
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭ger1524


    this oul' postman loves the mild weather and long may it continue.


  • #92
    TheFairy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 913 ✭✭✭TheFairy


    Su Campu wrote: »
    Treat this thread with a pinch of salt guys.....

    Found the above a bit out of line, and I think Su Campu is a mod as well? By all means disagree with the forecast etc but imo this wasnt called for!


  • #93
    Su Campu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,279 ✭✭✭Su Campu


    TheFairy wrote: »
    Found the above a bit out of line, and I think Su Campu is a mod as well? By all means disagree with the forecast etc but imo this wasnt called for!

    Not sure what the problem is. It was an intentional pun on salt!


  • #94
    Tom Cruises Left Nut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,030 ✭✭✭Tom Cruises Left Nut


    Su Campu wrote: »
    Not sure what the problem is. It was an intentional pun on salt!

    Pun fail when you have to point it out :D


  • #95
    nacho libre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,958 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    Min wrote: »
    The UK met forecast for the next 30 days is a mixture of mild, unsettled weather with cold interludes but nothing extreme.

    the question is Min: Did the uk met office update back in early november 2010,which predicted extreme cold for late november 2010, factor in the consequences of the major stratosphere warming that was about to begin back then. With the confidence they displayed I suspect, it must have played apart in their forecast

    If that's the case, then they don't obviously think the current warming will have the same pronounced effect on the northern hemisphere pattern this time(at least not not in the right place for us to benefit us)

    Also, the ecm 32 dayer makes no mention of any blocking- in the past two winter they flagged the blocking in advance- so it's not looking too good.

    Well at least this milder weather means less jobs will be lost in the retail sector. If there had been another big freeze in December it would have meant the end for some of them.
    As well as that some people who are in a bad financial situation have one less expensive outlay to worry about.
    So I can't complain too much if the weather stays mild


  • #96
    Su Campu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,279 ✭✭✭Su Campu


    nacho libre wrote: »
    the question is Min: Did the uk met office update back in early november 2010,which predicted extreme cold for late november 2010, factor in the consequences of the major stratosphere warming that was about to begin back then. With the confidence they displayed I suspect, it must have played apart in their forecast

    If that's the case, then they don't obviously think the current warming will have the same pronounced effect on the northern hemisphere pattern this time(at least not not in the right place for us to benefit us)

    Also, the ecm 32 dayer makes no mention of any blocking- in the past two winter they flagged the blocking in advance- so it's not looking too good.

    Well at least this milder weather means less jobs will be lost in the retail sector. If there had been another big freeze in December it would have meant the end for some of them.
    As well as that some people who are in a bad financial situation have one less expensive outlay to worry about.
    So I can't complain too much if the weather stays mild

    Good points there nacho. We'll see if they turn out to be true or not. But you're definitely right on the heating bills. Try getting through winter with an Italian wife who's even cold in June! :rolleyes:


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  • #97
    Ronan H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,058 ✭✭✭Ronan H


    delw wrote: »
    not by met eireann there wasn't,were did you get the weather warning from?

    I'm trying to find it. I'm sure there was a press conference type thing on the rte news with Gerald Fleming there and a big placard behind them with some sort of a "be prepared" slogan on it. I will try and root it out...


  • #98
    derekon
    Registered Users Posts: 836 ✭✭✭derekon


    Head wrote: »
    I'm trying to find it. I'm sure there was a press conference type thing on the rte news with Gerald Fleming there and a big placard behind them with some sort of a "be prepared" slogan on it. I will try and root it out...

    Don't bother wasting your time.

    The campaign was about winter - check out www.winterready.ie

    It was based on a POSSIBLE severe cold snap which has, alas, not materialised. Murphy's Law.

    In fairness to Gerald Fleming, he did say at the press conference that there was no sign of any severe cold on the horizon. He has proved to be correct :mad:

    D


  • #99
    Su Campu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,279 ✭✭✭Su Campu


    Head wrote: »
    I'm trying to find it. I'm sure there was a press conference type thing on the rte news with Gerald Fleming there and a big placard behind them with some sort of a "be prepared" slogan on it. I will try and root it out...

    They were launching the "Be Winter-ready" website. There was certainly no forecast of a harsh winter by them. You're thinking of the chancers like Corbyn, Madden, etc.

    http://www.winterready.ie/


  • #100
    Ronan H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,058 ✭✭✭Ronan H


    Yeah that's the one. I searched for a half hour and never came across that website. I'm gonna blame them an their dodgy meta tag programing...

    As for the weather, I can't blame them for that, my misinterpretation!


  • #101
    rainbowdash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 878 ✭✭✭rainbowdash


    Su Campu wrote: »
    They were launching the "Be Winter-ready" website. There was certainly no forecast of a harsh winter by them. You're thinking of the chancers like Corbyn, Madden, etc.

    http://www.winterready.ie/

    Looks like another quango????

    Anyways the BBC countryfile forecast just now showed lovely orange / yellow over Uk / Eire for the next few days then forecast different shades of blue over UK / Eire from about New years day onwards. IE Mild giving way to cold. FWIW.


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