Winter 20/21 - General Discussion

munsterlegend wrote: »

I remember people on here having meltdowns as had no snow at 4pm exactly. It was comical.

And others going bonkers and attacking those that genuinely sat in the Isle of Man shadow and didn't get much until Emma hit.
It got very nasty. I hope it doesn't if this event does happen.

Must say I am doubtful, I am not a weather guru but I'm expecting downgrades as this comes closer.

From my perspective I'm hoping it doesn't happen, keeping horses when it snows means way more work and digging out stables to get horses fed and having frozen pipes or no water is not my idea of fun. It couldn't come at a worse time. The land is already flooded, a bit of dry weather would be very welcome.

Nqp15hhu wrote: »

Almost snowing here. We just missed out on a big snow event.

Any sign of proper snow in your area? Radar suggest that precipitation is getting heavier where you are. I see Ballypatrick Forest to your east (and you have an east sourced wind) is reporting heavy snow with a temperature and dewpoint of around 0°.

highdef wrote: »

Any sign of proper snow in your area? Radar suggest that precipitation is getting heavier where you are. I see Ballypatrick Forest to your east (and you have an east sourced wind) is reporting heavy snow with a temperature and dewpoint of around 0°.

Snowing in Inishowen

A good 3 inches up on Benevenagh this morning, snow blowing everywhere, definitely wasn't expecting that today!

lucalux wrote: »

Didn't you get a rain and snow warning from the Met Office? Or is your area outside the warning? Sorry just not sure I understand the fail!

Snowed with me. I was outside warning.

I'm also thinking what the Met Office failure is. You have a yellow warning for heavy rain and snow. Tyrone212, is the snow that you have causing much disruption?

highdef wrote: »

I'm also thinking what the Met Office failure is. You have a yellow warning for heavy rain and snow. Tyrone212, is the snow that you have causing much disruption?

I'm far outside the yellow snow/rain blob warning. No just a dusting. I didn’t call it a fail. Just snowed where it wasn't expected to. I'm not complaining.

Tyrone212 wrote: »

I'm far outside the yellow snow/rain blob warning. No just a dusting. I didn’t call it a fail. Just snowed where it wasn't expected too. I'm not complaining.

Apologies, the Met Office query was aimed for Nqp15hhu.

I had a look at https://trafficwatchni.com/twni/cameras and I see some snow on Glenshane Pass which is to expected and Coleraine Mountain camera appears to be covered in snow but the "Mountain" part suggests that it's high ground. Apart from that, it looks pretty green so I would imagine away from higher ground, there's little in the way of sticking snow. What height above sea level are you at, Tyrone212?

Quick video of the snowy conditions from around Benevenagh this morning.

murfo wrote: »

So could this cold snap/spell become a prelude, and establish and easterly flow for that deep cold to push west? How long would that take to push across, is it another snowlercoaster for St. Valentine's day?

We are finding it difficult to predict what happens the weekend my friend.

back to the weather, yet another awful day in Dublin 5. at least tomorrow looks a bit better.

Plenty of snow has been falling in northern England and the border region this morning. There were two balloons sent up from Albermarle this morning (06 and 12Z) and both show perfect snow conditions. Depth got to 5 cm there but up to 14 cm at Bingley (260 m).


12Z


06Z