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Active Cold Front - 17th October 2011

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  • #202
    WalterMitty
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    Some windchill out there in exposed windy areas.


  • #203
    NIALL D
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    would it be cold enough for sleet and rain mixture at 5 degrees or are my eyes playin tricks ? :confused:


  • #204
    John.Icy
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    Got stuck outisde waiting for my ride home in this. It was very gusty for an hour before the squal arrived. Looking out the windows at school, the grass was in a constant horizontal position, and I watched a piece of paper get picked up, a scrumpled up piece at that, and blow through the air for a solid 20 seconds which i found impressive enough considering it was a condensed ball of paper. There was an almighty gust as I was sitting outside as the first few drops fell. Across the road there was a very audible crunch from a tree, nothing seemed to have fallen, but something definately snapped. Then the rain came. At first it was like an ordinary heavy shower, but then the raindrops doubled in size and it was probably the most ferocious downpour I've experienced. There was no big gusts with the rain, but their was sheets of mist blowing off roofs and the road which was an impressive sight. The torrential rain last aroumnd 4-5 minutes, and after that there was a definate chill to the air, and an odd calm in the wind. On the journey home there was some decent chunks of trees down in fields, so it was definatly windy out there. Good first hand experience of a squal line.


  • #205
    Oscar Bravo
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    Wouldnt be at all surprised if there was a heavy shower passing through.


  • #206
    Harps
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    NIALL D wrote: »
    would it be cold enough for sleet and rain mixture at 5 degrees or are my eyes playin tricks ? :confused:

    Had sleet here earlier with the temp around 5.5C


  • #207
    Min
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    The good news is the mild air will return later in the week, some nice variability for weather fans.


  • #208
    Lucreto
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    Min wrote: »
    The good news is the mild air will return later in the week, some nice variability for weather fans.


    From the news highs of 13 or 14. Normal temperatures for October.


  • #209
    DOCARCH
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    Su Campu wrote: »
    No, none, though maybe Knock might be the most likely contender with those showers rolling in during the next couple of nights.

    Glenane in Co. Armagh (a UKMO station) was reporting sleet yesterday afternoon at 1500 with a temp of 4c.


  • #210
    Elmer Blooker
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    WalterMitty wrote: »
    Some windchill out there in exposed windy areas.
    We're really feeling the cold this morning which isn't surprising considering we went from summer to winter in one hour yesterday.
    Mean temperatures are generally 3 degrees above normal for October, at Dublin Airport (my nearest ME station) the mean for Oct so far is 13.1c, compare this with June 12c: July 13.8c: August 13.5c and Sept 14c.


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  • #211
    leahyl
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    Looks like some serious rain and wind ahead at the weekend guys if you are to go on what MT is saying (and we will:D!)


  • #212
    kn2k10
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    bb1234567 wrote: »
    i love how all the temps have plummeted around the country,most places around 5 degrees now? love it feels like winter like it should be, will it stay like this until it gte much colder in like mid november. i tihnk i heard about abother dreade ild spell:mad: coming after these few days of cold temps ,is it true? and once the mild is over will it be back to cold,and more importantly STAY COLD?:)

    The "mild" weather should only last 1 day (Thursday). In saying mild, it's only going to be a degree or two warmer.


  • #213
    Rikand
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    leahyl wrote: »
    Looks like some serious rain and wind ahead at the weekend guys if you are to go on what MT is saying (and we will:D!)

    The Gospel according to St. Cranium.

    Praise be to God.


  • #214
    jo06555
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    Rickylovesuall wrote: »
    leahyl wrote: »
    Looks like some serious rain and wind ahead at the weekend guys if you are to go on what MT is saying (and we will:D!)

    The Gospel according to St. Cranium.

    Praise be to God.


    Are we expecting the big freeze back soon along with the snow like some have said? ??


  • #215
    Rikand
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    jo06555 wrote: »
    Are we expecting the big freeze back soon along with the snow like some have said? ??

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056419308

    ^^ Corinthians 4 - A letter from St. Cranium to the Boardies


  • #216
    pauldry
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    No big freeze yet just pessimism and floods


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  • #217
    highdef
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    Just an update on the squall that passed through Ireland last week:
    I was speaking with my father who is fairly high up in the OPW in Government Buildings in Dublin and he was telling me about the squall. As was mentioned previously, some sections of lead roof were blown off the roof of the museum next door. Well apparently each one of these lead sheets weigh about 14 stone and they require 4 men to lift them. Either 6 or 16 (can't remember the number) of them were blown from the roof to the Leinster House car park, causing some damage to cars there. Luckily it was a Monday and very few TDs and politicians were sitting that day. Had it been another day, it would most likely have been a much different story.

    Now here's the interesting bit....My father used the word "whirlwind" a few times when he was telling me about the story. Other staff had described the event there as a "mini tornado" and "twister". He said that as the damaging wind was passing over, a very definite "swirl" could be seen which is why he described it as a "whirlwind", rather than just straight line winds - This "whirlwind" also took half the roof off the Royal Irish Academy on nearby Dawson Street. Also, the lead sheets that came off the museum had been in place since when they were originally fitted, some time in the 1800's at a guess. I'm guessing some very major wind would have been needed to lift these lead sheets from the roof. This all sounds like there may have been some sort of tornadic event right in Dublin city centre but I haven't heard anything further about and the information I have is only hearsay but based on this hearsay, it sounds like in this particular location, it was something more than a severe squall!
    interesting, eh???


  • #218
    gbee
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    highdef wrote: »
    it was something more than a severe squall!
    interesting, eh???

    If one were to go back and read the forecast, it did forecast "tornadic winds" ~ indeed it is in such a squall that these develop as we saw in the USA earlier when a massive squall line produced the most damaging tornadoes in recent times and killed many hundreds.

    Thanks for the report, in case he misses it you might PM MT Cranium.


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