Cold week ahead, change is on the way ............

Weathering · 19-03-2013 4:22pm

Various weather Forecasters on twitter are saying no mild weather next week for things to remain cold or very cold

Frank Bullitt · 19-03-2013 4:26pm

Clearing up here now in Baggott Street area.

Gonzo · 19-03-2013 4:26pm

Weathering wrote: »

Various weather Forecasters on twitter are saying no mild weather next week for things to remain cold or very cold

double figures expected from Friday tho, mild weekend ahead from the looks of things so far. Perhaps turning back cold later next week?

Fred Swanson · 19-03-2013 4:30pm

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Weathering · 19-03-2013 4:33pm

Gonzo wrote: »

double figures expected from Friday tho, mild weekend ahead from the looks of things so far. Perhaps turning back cold later next week?

I don't think I'll hit double digits in donegal but I'm not sure. Laptop is broke so I'm limited at checking charts. It all depends on the positioning of the frontal low thur/friday. Time will tell as always

gerrybhoy · 19-03-2013 4:34pm

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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Giving an Orange warning for tomorrow:D

http://www.meteoalarm.eu/en_UK/1/0/IE-Ireland.html

Jordan5372 · 19-03-2013 4:58pm

any more snow forecast for tonight lads?

Wine Goddess · 19-03-2013 4:59pm

Ah what a waste - if ONLY we'd had the dewpoints of last week, and the ppn of today we'd have been laughing in up to a foot of snow!

It snowed pretty much non-stop from 11 this morning until about 3.30pm here in Tallaght/Firhouse but didn't stick

DP is 0C and temp currently 2C - NRA traffic down at moment so DP could be wrong!

If only. if only.........

SNOWING AGAIN HERE NOW!!!!

Saganist · 19-03-2013 4:59pm

Jordan5372 wrote: »

any more snow forecast for tonight lads?

Yes.

Jordan5372 · 19-03-2013 5:02pm

melting very fast here in meath area. Ground is soaked. 4 degrees now.

Slashermcguirk · 19-03-2013 5:02pm

so true, why is it that whenever temperatures are at their coldest, showers are so much less frequent. The minute of course it gets milder again, you can be sure the rain will arrive. Grrrrrr

redsteveireland · 19-03-2013 5:13pm

Precipitation is forecast to pick up in the North East/East later on and spread slowly southwards, but not too far south by the looks of things.

John.Icy · 19-03-2013 5:29pm

Spare a thought for your south kildare brethren who have been sitting a measly amount of miles south of the precip band since 9am this morning!

Frustrating.

dak · 19-03-2013 5:33pm

Running a golf society outing tomorrow afternoon in Hollywoodlakes!

Will I need to pack a few Orange or Green Golf Balls or is likely to be a snowfest ?

osheen · 19-03-2013 5:33pm

Poor snowman is nearly gone in east meath

Weathering · 19-03-2013 5:35pm

osheen wrote: »

Poor snowman is nearly gone in east meath

Just be thankful for the time you had together

gerrybhoy · 19-03-2013 5:43pm

osheen wrote: »

Poor snowman is nearly gone in east meath

melts my heart that does

DOCARCH · 19-03-2013 5:46pm

I see band of ppn moving towards Dublin now, from the Irish Sea, but from the SE this time (moving NW or W now by the looks of it). DP at M2 bouy is 0.5c atm.

Will see soon what that has to offer!

2.8c DP 2.2c here now.

Harry Deerpark · 19-03-2013 5:46pm

gerrybhoy wrote: »

melts my heart that does

You should see a doctor about that. Could be serious.

patneve2 · 19-03-2013 5:50pm

Would have paid to have had this slack flow with the colder uppers last week, would have been shoveling snow at this stage. Hope that tonight's low will have a placement that allows ppn all along the E coast but its more of a NE affair I think

DOCARCH · 19-03-2013 5:50pm

12z GFS now more in line with the ECM with no warm up or anything close to double figure temps (for these parts anyway) for the foreseeable.

Could be a record breaking March?

John.Icy · 19-03-2013 6:05pm

GEM is ridiculous for next week, -10 uppers covering almost the whole country. Crazy contrast to last March.

Saganist · 19-03-2013 6:06pm

How many outfits does Jean go through in a day ?

That band of showers moving across the Irish sea looks like it will drop on Dublin.

Supercell · 19-03-2013 6:08pm

DOCARCH wrote: »

12z GFS now more in line with the ECM with no warm up or anything close to double figure temps (for these parts anyway) for the foreseeable.

Could be a record breaking March?

Monthly average currently running at 4.8 here , well below the mean of 7.6.
To put that in perspective, the January average is 6.0.
So far March has been the coldest month of the year for here, which must be a pretty rare event.

DOCARCH · 19-03-2013 6:11pm

Supercell wrote: »

Monthly average currently running at 4.8 here , well below the mean of 7.6.

Mean here of 4.3c so far this month.

Tell us what's coming off the Irish Sea SC?

Rain no doubt at this stage.

Gonzo · 19-03-2013 6:16pm

light rain here now:(
still patchy snow and slush all over garden, thaw has increased but tbh I thought the snow would be long melted by now, hasnt snowed here since midday. Might get a dusting later in the night if it's cold enough.

Birdnuts · 19-03-2013 6:33pm

DOCARCH wrote: »

Could be a record breaking March?

If it keeps going it will indeed be one of the coldest Marches for a few decades at least and stark contrast to recent ones. Still can't help thinking how much better all this would have been in Jan/Feb but no point in flogging that dead horse. I'm actually more interested in what the implication of this month will be for the coming summer - would be nice to think that it might signal a break in a long run of disappointing efforts!!

Petrol_Head · 19-03-2013 6:36pm

3.0c here in Laytown. Will report any Meath coast activity. Slush here this morning but a winter wonderland 1km inland! Fingers crossed for temps to get down.

BLIZZARD7 · 19-03-2013 6:39pm

Graupel falling in D14 at the moment.

Dan

BLIZZARD7 · 19-03-2013 6:44pm

Stopped already...weird, Very dark sky overhead.

Dan

Petrol_Head · 19-03-2013 6:45pm

Hail here now.

dodderangler · 19-03-2013 6:48pm

If it freezes later on and lashes snow will it stick
Is there that possibility?

CianRyan · 19-03-2013 6:49pm

dodderangler wrote: »

If it freezes later on and lashes snow will it stick
Is there that possibility?

Even with the wet ground, if it's cold enough it'll stick.

weatherfiend · 19-03-2013 6:51pm

Really strange here all day. Lots of heavy showers of snow (with thunder!!) at about 1.30 for an hour or so. Nothing much since except light sleet/ rain mixture. Clouds weird bubbling over the top of three rock

DOCARCH · 19-03-2013 7:02pm

Icy slush falling now.

2.8c DP 2.2c atm.

BLIZZARD7 · 19-03-2013 7:15pm

Very very light drizzle here.

Dan

ch750536 · 19-03-2013 7:17pm

Ground turning white here, 0c. Steady constant fall for a couple of hours now.

Gonzo · 19-03-2013 7:25pm

today would have been great if the snow showers kept going but it hasnt snowed in over 6 hours so everythings almost gone, anyone know if we stand any chances of snow tonight this far south?

Weathering · 19-03-2013 7:27pm

ch750536 wrote: »

Ground turning white here, 0c. Steady constant fall for a couple of hours now.

Lucky you. Where abouts are you? It doesn't say on touchboards

Deank · 19-03-2013 7:40pm

Trying its best to snow here in N Kildare now, feels very cold, temp near freezing I'd imagine, clouds look laden too.

patneve2 · 19-03-2013 7:45pm

light light rain with a temp of 3.5 Unfortunately the positioning of that low isn't the the best for Dublin, not expecting much tonight

patneve2 · 19-03-2013 7:45pm

patneve2 wrote: »

light light rain with a temp of 3.5 Unfortunately the positioning of that low isn't the the best for Dublin, not expecting much tonight

But NI and North Leinster could scrap a few cms

Lucreto · 19-03-2013 7:48pm

Raining in Naas at the moment. 2.7C

acassells80 · 19-03-2013 8:03pm

Drizzle here

Elmer Blooker · 19-03-2013 8:11pm

DOCARCH wrote: »

Mean here of 4.3c so far this month.

that high? it's only 3.5c at Casement and Dublin A.
Here's an interesting fact, April 1922 with a mean of 4.6c was the coldest month of the "winter" at the Phoenix Park.
Nov 7.1c, Dec 5.3c, Jan 4.8c, Feb 5.8c, March 5.4c.

DOCARCH · 19-03-2013 8:17pm

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

that high? it's only 3.5c at Casement and Dublin A.

Mean of 4.3c.....that's what the VP2 says? Tend not to get forsts as severe here as either Casement or Dublin AP, so that may have something to do with it?

M.T. Cranium · 19-03-2013 8:17pm

Heavy rain and strong E-SE winds on Thursday night may be the biggest weather story at the moment ... and next week's return to bitter cold.

I could see potential for 50-70 mm of rain and winds gusting to 90 km/hr on the current maps, in most of southern and central Ireland. This could fall as a heavy wet snow on highest elevations. Perhaps a separate thread for this rain and wind event would be a good idea to separate out the discussions about next week.

Musicman2000 · 19-03-2013 8:22pm

Anyone that dosent like cold weather better look away now. Another very cold run from the ECM 12Z Run.

144 hours

168 hours

192 hours

and it goes on well into FI

216 hours

ECH0-216.GIF?19-0

DOCARCH · 19-03-2013 8:24pm

Musicman2000 wrote: »

Anyone that dosent like cold weather better look away now. Another very cold run from the ECM 12Z Run.

Don't worry, we are all in here for a reason!

Ssshhh, just don't tell the mild threaders.

pistolpetes11 · 19-03-2013 8:24pm

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

Heavy rain and strong E-SE winds on Thursday night may be the biggest weather story at the moment ... and next week's return to bitter cold.

I could see potential for 50-70 mm of rain and winds gusting to 90 km/hr on the current maps, in most of southern and central Ireland. This could fall as a heavy wet snow on highest elevations. Perhaps a separate thread for this rain and wind event would be a good idea to separate out the discussions about next week.

Shame that moisture being wasted as rain

Cold week ahead, change is on the way ............

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