Winter 20/21 - General Discussion

sryanbruen wrote: »

Nice to see some seasonable weather these past few weeks with frost and fog. Nothing like the scenes of rime and freezing fog 10 years ago though.. -7.6C at Oak Park at midday on this day 10 years ago.


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Indeed.
Froze were the days! It looks like the dense fog won't lift here today. The temperature has not made it above 0 so far.

Artane2002 wrote: »

very frosty and foggy (freezing fog?) in Dublin 5. this is what winter should be like, it's already a better winter than the last two put together and there hasn't even been a snowfall yet. i can hear foghorns too.

Aye I was expecting it to shift after seeing it at 6am, haven't dared venture out yet either.

Does anyone have any ideas how the roads around Lusk are today? I've to drop off fire supplies to the father in law today, I hate the road from Blakes Cross at the best of times.

Artane2002 wrote: »

Dublin Airport still at -1c according to ME, could be looking at an ice day there.

Also below zero at Casement (-0.1). Dublin Airport now -0.4.

Time|Casement|Dublin Airport
1400|-0.1|-0.4
1300|-0.1|-1.0
1200|-0.4|-1.1
1100|-0.9|-1.4
1000|-1.4|-1.9
0900|-1.8|-2.3
0800|-1.8|-2.5
0700|-1.9|-2.5

-1.6 now from a high of -0.7, its foggy but not as foggy as it is about 1km from our house, we are up on a hill and can see its fairly bad lower down

Meath

Thickest fog in my 11 years living at my current home in North Kildare. It never cleared today and it never got above freezing. Consequently, the ice is getting quite thick on the flora. The leylandii trees are beginning to look rather weighed down.

Its mad the difference across Dublin today, a bit foggy in North County Dublin this morning but not too bad.

Drove across M50 + it was so foggy you could barely see car in front especially around Blan, Liffey Valley etc.

I was saying to my son, ah we won't be able to see mountains today but once we got near mountains + Dundrum it was clear + lovely + sunny!

Well so far 6 days in, winter is certainly living up to its name!

The last few Dec have been milder than average doesn't look like that will happen this year.

Artane2002 wrote: »

it looks very similar to today to me? earlier the forecast said "quite cold with highs of between 0 and 4 degrees" which I thought was funny considering I've seen them calling 4 to 8 degrees bitterly cold.

It's very similar tomorrow in terms of temperature but I got the impression that there may be less fog tomorrow. If the sun were to make an appearance for even an hour that would be a help.

Musefan wrote: »

Fog lower down making things look like a lake!

It was a great sight alright.

Pic Howth Summit. I would imagine the scenes would have been epic from Montpellier Hill.

daniel_t1409 wrote: »

Never thought about that, you're probably right.

Such a shame the lighthouse horns were disabled, I know they weren't needed anymore but you'd think that they would keep them for smaller boats out in the fog.

One hundred years ago out in the waters around Spivey Point, a small clipper ship drew toward land. Suddenly the fog rolled in. They could see nothing, not a foot in front of them. Then they saw a light. It was a fire burning on the shore, strong enough to penetrate the swirling mist. They steered a course toward the light. But it was a campfire. The ship crashed against the rocks, the hull sheared in two, masts snapped like a twig. The wreckage sank with all the men aboard. At the bottom of the sea, lay the Elizabeth Dane, with her crew, their lungs filled with salt water, their eyes open, staring to the darkness. And above, as suddenly as it come, the fog lifted, receded back across the ocean. But it is told by the fishermen that when the fog returns to Dublin Bay, the men at the bottom of the sea, out in the water by Spivey Point will rise up and search for the campfire that led them to their dark, icy death.

bazlers wrote: »

I see Finner reporting light snow at 8 bells

It's not snow, just an erroneous automated report that can occur in thick fog. Visibility there is currently 100 m.

PsMETAR FINN 062000Z AUTO 12006KT 0100NDV -SN VV001 M01/M01 1003 MSL=

From met.ie

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.