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Winter 2019/2020 - General Discussion

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    #1532
    sryanbruen
    Registered Users Posts: 13,506 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    Rebelbrowser wrote: »
    From an Irish Times article last year chronicling snow events...


    "1917: The most severe snowfalls of this century and probably of the last two centuries occurred. On January 24th, large quantities of rain, sleet and snow accompanied the southeasterly gale in the south of Ireland.

    At Ballinacurra near Cork the measurement (of snow when melted) on the 24th was 52mm and on the 25th, 19mm. At Seskin the total amount of snow on the 25th and 26th yielded, when melted, 47mm of water. On the 25th, the wind strengthened to a gale in the south of Ireland, when there were heavy falls of snow covering the ground to 30cm or more, with drifts of 300cm or more.

    Over a large area of Ireland railway traffic was stopped owing to the heavy snow. During the period January 28th-February 3rd, the low maximum temperatures prevented the snow which had fallen during the preceding week from thawing to any considerable extent. Little fresh snow fell during the week. East Clare experienced a great snowstorm on April 1st. Snow on level ground lay to a depth of 46cm..."

    I wrote extensively about Winter 1916-17 and its snow events around this time last year in the stats thread: https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057714322&page=61

    January snowstorm was a case of low pressure from the southwest coming up against a cold push of air from the east via a Scandinavian High whilst April one was a deep low forming within an exceptionally cold airmass that originated from the north. No exaggeration to say that the country got absolutely pasted with snow from both of these, especially the west and south unusually compared to other infamous Irish blizzards like 1947, 1962 and 1982.

    That snowfall in Ireland document that Met Éireann released in 2012 is a great read and all but I have found it's missing a lot of info or events that have also occurred which I think warrant a mention.

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    #1533
    ZX7R
    Registered Users Posts: 3,426 ✭✭✭ZX7R


    I read yours also,
    Had to believe how people were able to manage.


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    #1534
    SleetAndSnow
    Registered Users Posts: 4,677 ✭✭✭SleetAndSnow


    Windy enough in cork city this evening, some strong gusts hitting the house.


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    #1535
    Oneiric 3
    Registered Users Posts: 6,235 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


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    New Moon



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    #1536
    Pangea
    Registered Users Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭Pangea


    Windy here in Donegal too, wasn't expecting it to be this rough


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    #1537
    Hooter23
    Registered Users Posts: 1,488 ✭✭✭Hooter23


    Potential big storms from next weekend onwards...have to wait and see how big and how close they come though


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    #1538
    Oneiric 3
    Registered Users Posts: 6,235 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    Hooter23 wrote: »
    Potential big storms from next weekend onwards...have to wait and see how big and how close they come though

    Pity this is 10 days out.

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    A good old days sort of storm.

    New Moon



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    #1539
    refusetolose
    Registered Users Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭refusetolose


    https://twitter.com/metjeffuk/status/1224122748349435907


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    #1540
    Andrew00
    Registered Users Posts: 2,484 ✭✭✭Andrew00


    Cor blimey


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    #1541
    km79
    Registered Users Posts: 48,132 ✭✭✭✭km79


    Cracking day in the west


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    #1542
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    Yellow wind warning; usual areas...


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    #1543
    ninebeanrows
    Registered Users Posts: 12,778 ✭✭✭✭ninebeanrows


    GFS has a once in decade type storm at 216hrs

    Certainly going to turn very turbulent from later this coming weekend


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    #1544
    ninebeanrows
    Registered Users Posts: 12,778 ✭✭✭✭ninebeanrows


    Blowy

    210-289UK.GIF?03-6


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    #1545
    Oneiric 3
    Registered Users Posts: 6,235 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    Latest GFS run has the Arctic Osculation (AO) index going off the scale:

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    (big dots = latest run / smaller dots = previous runs)

    ECM is showing something tamer with each run however, but still well above +6.0 as it is:

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    New Moon



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    #1546
    Goldfinch8
    Registered Users Posts: 529 ✭✭✭Goldfinch8


    Plenty of well defined tops of shower clouds on view in the west this eve with a nice orange hue on the cloud tops to the north that caught the late afternoon sun. Certainly has got colder and would expect some wintriness on the mountains if they catch a few showers tonight.
    3c currently in this part of Mayo.


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    #1547
    schizo1014
    Registered Users Posts: 307 ✭✭schizo1014


    Some thunder and lightning here in South Donegal just there out over Donegal Bay it looked like.


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    #1548
    Pangea
    Registered Users Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭Pangea


    Lots of thunder and ligthening here in Donegal earlier


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    #1549
    Monkeynut
    Registered Users Posts: 589 ✭✭✭Monkeynut


    Sleety_Rain wrote: »
    No comment

    192-289UK.GIF?03-18



    My god there is no black.


    Looks like joker from the dark knight to me.

    Black mouth surrounded by red, blue eyes, green/yellow hair.


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    #1550
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    A wild loud night out here in the ocean. Chilly too. Ah here comes more drumming.


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    #1551
    jimmynokia
    Registered Users Posts: 6,467 ✭✭✭jimmynokia


    Apparently bad weather next Monday???


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    #1552
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users Posts: 28,805 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    jimmynokia wrote:
    Apparently bad weather next Monday???


    Apparently bad weather for most of next week, I ll get the speedos out just encase


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    #1553
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    Wind is starting to ease some. Bitter cold. Need to knit more socks .. ;)


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    #1554
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,105 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Galway City - Westside - Yesterday evening ~5:30pm

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    #1555
    highdef
    Registered Users Posts: 6,137 ✭✭✭highdef


    JCX BXC wrote: »
    Galway City - Westside - Yesterday evening ~5:30pm

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    Any more background on this?


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    #1556
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    Lovely springlike day.. dazzling. comforting sunshine, a sweet nip in the air. The ocean, white- laced these many days, is now a rippling blue.. a day to inspect the garden and start even planning... A promise.

    west mayo offshore


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    #1557
    Goldfinch8
    Registered Users Posts: 529 ✭✭✭Goldfinch8


    A pleasantly bright early February day here in the west and feeling not too bad at 9c. The crocuses are certainly welcoming the bit of sunshine and in turn it is welcome to see the first splash of colour outside. Will bank today as a good one before what looks like the kitchen sink being thrown at us into next week.


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    #1558
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users Posts: 13,735 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/02/03/warmth-is-really-unheard-much-eastern-europe-including-helsinki-moscow-saw-warmest-january-record/

    yikes


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    #1559
    m17
    Registered Users Posts: 4,322 ✭✭✭m17


    Tuam co galway 04/02/20 17.05 temperature 6°C
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    #1560
    Oneiric 3
    Registered Users Posts: 6,235 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/02/03/warmth-is-really-unheard-much-eastern-europe-including-helsinki-moscow-saw-warmest-january-record/

    yikes

    From the Finnish Met Office:

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    New Moon



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    #1561
    jimmynokia
    Registered Users Posts: 6,467 ✭✭✭jimmynokia


    is there a thread for the upcoming inclement weather the usual rags are already scaremongering about


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