Winter 20/21 - General Discussion

Thelonious Monk · 04-12-2020 12:25pm

Freezing in Dublin, wind getting stronger too and rain arriving too, hurray.

DOCARCH · 04-12-2020 1:32pm

Gusting 117 km/h at Malin Head in 1200 reports.

pad199207 · 04-12-2020 1:37pm

Sleet in Kildare now

Xenji · 04-12-2020 1:42pm

Heavy hail and some strong gusts in Castlebar, a bitter day out.

pauldry · 04-12-2020 1:48pm

Seems a bit windier than predicted. Especially within that rain band. Could be a few branches down later. Snow all confined to mountain tops now and even on them could be sleet as was up the mountains in Sligo today and it didnt feel much colder than ground level due to gales.

Donegal Storm · 04-12-2020 1:57pm

Extremely windy in Donegal, much more so than I expected. Always find a north wind is a lot stronger than the same strength wind from the SW for some reason

Gonzo · 04-12-2020 2:01pm

after a frosty night, a rotten morning here in Meath, heavy cold rain.

nacho libre · 04-12-2020 2:05pm

Donegal Storm wrote: »

Extremely windy in Donegal, much more so than I expected. Always find a north wind is a lot stronger than the same strength wind from the SW for some reason

I wonder has it anything to do with less friction from a northerly wind.

Thelonious Monk · 04-12-2020 2:06pm

And people were complaining when it was 14c and still a week or two ago! This is horrible weather.

Oscar Bravo · 04-12-2020 2:07pm

Donegal airport gusting 47 knots from the north at 1pm. Raw day.

Gaoth Laidir · 04-12-2020 2:15pm

Malin Head strong alright. 1 pm report is slightly lower than the midday report below.

pauldry · 04-12-2020 3:03pm

Real gusty in Sligo now. Rain being blocked by ben bulben but wind not. Christmas lights all over the place. A tent. Yes a tent just blew through the graveyard. Neighbours TV aeriel snapped.

This is much more exciting than 14c mild muck.

Graces7 · 04-12-2020 3:07pm

Graces7 wrote: »

The sky has been weird a while. That almost yellow tinge we get before snow. There is so much sky out here with no trees and few low buildings .

Fascinating times.. we shall see what this leads to.

I just reread this post. it was presnow sky but the forecast had not been made...

Tabnabs · 04-12-2020 3:13pm

Mixture of rain and some sleet at sea level in Dublin in the last hour.

DOCARCH · 04-12-2020 3:42pm

Malin Head gusting 119 km/h in 2pm reports.

appledrop · 04-12-2020 3:53pm

Such a horrible day.

I could deal with cold this morning when it was dry, however cold, windy + raining is just absolutely miserable!

Loughc · 04-12-2020 3:55pm

appledrop wrote: »

Brrr its baltic out there.

Car frozen soild this morning.

Had to go back in + search the press for de-icer!

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

The morning time yes!

appledrop wrote: »

Such a horrible day.

I could deal with cold this morning when it was dry, however cold, windy + raining is just absolutely miserable!

Wind & Rain and 2degrees temp... yuck

CountNjord · 04-12-2020 4:05pm

I'm out in the woods, pruning a few tree's in this game Since 1995

I'm well used to the weather, but around 20 minutes ago a wave of cold air came in which actually gave me the chills, my work collegue was around 20 yard's from me and she said the same .

It was like, did you just feel that ?
She said she thought it was her that got a chill.
It lasted around 5 minutes, I obviously experienced colder in 09 and 10 but this was the first time working outdoors I had this experience.

It was as if it dropped 10 degrees for 5 minutes.
Just near Gallows hill in East Clare now

Donegal Storm · 04-12-2020 6:54pm

DOCARCH wrote: »

Malin Head gusting 119 km/h in 2pm reports.

Today is significantly worse than several of the hyped up nonsense 'storms' we've had in the past few years. Door blew off the shed here earlier and hearing reports of a lot of power outages around the county

DOCARCH · 04-12-2020 7:02pm

Donegal Storm wrote: »

....nonsense 'storms'....

daniel_t1409 · 04-12-2020 7:13pm

Sunset from yesterday:

NIMAN · 04-12-2020 7:38pm

Donegal Storm wrote: »

Today is significantly worse than several of the hyped up nonsense 'storms' we've had in the past few years. Door blew off the shed here earlier and hearing reports of a lot of power outages around the county

Totally agree.

Was in Derry as well today and seriously rough all day.

I just had to nip out to shop in the car and it's easily rougher now at 1830 than during many of the named storms.

What colour warning was Donegal for today?

Beechwoodspark · 05-12-2020 12:23am

Went out for a quick ramble just now

Absolutely freezing wind chill - as the saying goes it would “cut you in two”

Surprisingly strong northerly gusts

Add to that some sideways rain

It’s a dirty dog of a night out there

appledrop · 05-12-2020 12:30am

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Went out for a quick ramble just now

Absolutely freezing wind chill - as the saying goes it would “cut you in two”

Surprisingly strong northerly gusts

Add to that some sideways rain

It’s a dirty dog of a night out there

Yep, I thought we had washing machine on so noisy but turns out it was just the wind!

Graces7 · 05-12-2020 2:40am

A gale from the north with ice on its breath and icicles dangling from its hair... Bitter cold. Up to refill hwb, get hot food and gather the cats.

A bitter night. And a similar Saturday ahead..

west mayo offshore. a few feet from the north atlantic

pad199207 · 05-12-2020 10:00am

Status Yellow - Fog warning for Ireland

Met Éireann Weather Warning

Dense fog with a risk of freezing fog in places.

Valid: 00:01 Sunday 06/12/2020 to 10:00 Monday 07/12/2020

Issued: 08:00 Saturday 05/12/2020

Updated: 08:19 Saturday 05/12/2020

SeaBreezes · 05-12-2020 1:29pm

https://twitter.com/severeweatherEU/status/1335041226895204353?s=19

nacho libre · 05-12-2020 2:43pm

SeaBreezes wrote: »

https://twitter.com/severeweatherEU/status/1335041226895204353?s=19

So systems continuing to stall close to us for the bulk of this month it seems.
This could lead to significant snow snow falls if the Russian high did the decent thing. Hopefully the CFS was on to something yesterday:pac:

05-12-2020 5:31pm

Absolute shocker of a day in Galway. Heavy cold rain. Looking at the reports from Athenry and Mace Head, it seems to be a narrow band stuck somewhere between these spots.

Hooter23 · 05-12-2020 6:31pm

A stream of cold rain running through Galway for hours now...if it was a couple of degrees colder and it was snow it would be great...but that never happens only when its rain

Discodog · 05-12-2020 6:59pm

Hooter23 wrote: »

A stream of cold rain running through Galway for hours now...if it was a couple of degrees colder and it was snow it would be great...but that never happens only when its rain

It's strange. The radar image from two hours ago looks the same as now.

Humberto Salazar · 05-12-2020 10:29pm

Classic Pembroke dangler visible now on the rain radar.

Rock Lesnar · 05-12-2020 11:06pm

Lovely night out there, temp currently -1.2 under a clear sky

Meath

Artane2002 · 06-12-2020 1:50am

interesting forecast from ME for tomorrow, some places could stay around 0c if the fog doesn't clear.

Rock Lesnar · 06-12-2020 2:13am

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

Lovely night out there, temp currently -1.2 under a clear sky

Meath

-2.7c now and no sign of fog here at all

spoonerhead · 06-12-2020 8:46am

Really heavy frost this morning, met Éireann got the fog forecast spot on. It’s a different kind of whiteout, but getting all these frosty mornings in early December is a treat.

Slashermcguirk · 06-12-2020 9:28am

-2 degrees at 8am in Dublin

Gaoth Laidir · 06-12-2020 9:45am

Heavy freezing fog here in Celbridge this morning. Fog in many other stations too.

Nearby Casement metar.

METAR EIME 060800Z 26005KT 0200 FZFG VV002 M02/M02 Q1004=

A big difference in grass minima across the country.

Rock Lesnar · 06-12-2020 9:54am

Clear, Sunny and very cold morning here in meath, temp currently -4, no fog here but can see it in the distance

Tigerandahalf · 06-12-2020 9:56am

A deluge out west yesterday from morning to night, one constant wintry shower after another with the showers lasting upto a half hour or longer at times.

Fairly bright this morning thankfully.

zerosugarbuzz · 06-12-2020 10:01am

Anyone know when the dog is due to lift in west Dublin north Kildare please?

DOCARCH · 06-12-2020 10:03am

zerosugarbuzz wrote: »

Anyone know when the dog is due to lift in west Dublin north Kildare please?

Give him a tickle, that will give him a lift.

Always hard to tell/forecast when fog will lift.

zerosugarbuzz · 06-12-2020 10:07am

DOCARCH wrote: »

Give him a tickle, that will give him a lift.

Always hard to tell/forecast when fog will lift.

Good idea lol 😂. Thanks re the FOG

lapua20grain · 06-12-2020 10:29am

Nice hoar frost great to see clears the nostrils.

Slashermcguirk · 06-12-2020 12:05pm

Coldest feeling morning in Dublin for quite some time. Still getting a reading of -1 at 11am

Clonmel1000 · 06-12-2020 12:16pm

No frost here just that never ending greyness and dampness.

King of Spades · 06-12-2020 12:36pm

Frosty and foggy in Tara, Meath. Temp of -2 at 11.30. Doubt the frost will clear at all but hope the fog does.

Oscar Bravo · 06-12-2020 12:39pm

Long spells of winter sunshine here in Castlebar,for a change.

Artane2002 · 06-12-2020 12:40pm

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.

Supercell · 06-12-2020 12:45pm

Some seriously sketchy roads around here (Loughlinstown) this morning when on my run , its a miracle I didn't end up on my rear. Amazingly none of the roads were gritted, I'd say the emergency services were busy.

Winter 20/21 - General Discussion

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