White Xmas 2004

Paddy20 · 24-12-2004 6:16pm

Snowy sleet has started falling quite heavily in Ballybofey, and the ground is turning white very quickly. Weathercheck was spot on the button, and I forgot to call into the bookie's !.

P.

zap · 24-12-2004 6:24pm

has anyone got the address for weathercheck?

ninebeanrows · 24-12-2004 6:37pm

Yes snow is falling in the northwest as expected

And spreading east and stating in good shape
too

Tomorrow mornings trough is really
getting wound up around 100 miles south of
Iceland and its looking like a possible PL

zap · 24-12-2004 6:38pm

its now 1.0c on the n2 at Emyvale & Monagahan however it's still raining in Monaghan

Gonzo · 24-12-2004 6:43pm

looking at the rain/snow charts on one of the links in these treads there looks like a massive clear slot over the east of ireland and into the midlands, its similar over in the uk as well with eastern areas cloud/shower free,.. i have a horrible feeling that all the fun in western parts tracks its way east and then starts to die out over the midlands..hope im wrong but its been clear/cloudless here for past 3 hours.

sunbeam · 24-12-2004 7:15pm

BrookieD wrote:

Hi All
I am driving to Achill Island tonight (about 17:00ish) any idea of the weather for late late xmas eve way out west?

need to make it there safely

It has been extremely squally here for the past day or two, so take care. It was so windy yesterday morning that an electricity cable on our roof blew apart rendering the entire house live. :eek:

Other than that the hills are white, the hailstones are vicious, but no snow at sea level yet.

Villain · 24-12-2004 7:22pm

Really can't see us getting any snow in carlow, the 6 weather just showed the possible odd shower tomorrow evening. Looks like the west and especially the NW will see quite a bit of snow.

Scubadevils · 24-12-2004 7:23pm

RTE1 weather certainly wouldnt give me confidence for snow in Dublin tonight

24-12-2004 7:31pm

zap wrote:

its now 1.0c on the n2 at Emyvale & Monagahan however it's still raining in Monaghan

Those are automated stations, they cannot tell the difference between rain and snow.
Everything to them is rain.

24-12-2004 7:43pm

Weathercheck wrote:

would i be right in thinking that eastern areas have a better chance
of seeing snow becuase the temperatures are dropping lower
and frost is beginning to form? Currently 3.2c and falling
so i reckon it should be cold enough for at least some
of the wet stuff once it reaches here. I wont be happy
until its 1. something though

Oh it will get down to that and lower but you need to have the precipitation and It's not looking like much of it is gonna make its way over to the East.

24-12-2004 8:01pm

Showers from that trough falling as rain in cork even with an air temp of two and sleet not snow is now falling at knock airport even though it's well inland and at 650 feet...

ninebeanrows · 24-12-2004 8:03pm

A few moderate showers should approach Northern
parts of Dublin in around 2-3 hours and affect
Meath and Louth too.

Interest is growing on a polar low feature
southwest of Iceland, Latest precipitation models
show some precip moving from west to east
at around 3am int he morning and then it would
seem a prolonged spell of precipitation is likely
tomorrow afternoon, all in all my confidence
for snow in Dublin tonight and tomorrow is
infact higher than ever. I think we'll have
possibly 2cm's by morning and then later
Xmas day things could get alot better

Anyway whatever happens its Christmas, Enjoy and
chillax, snow is likely across the entire country be it
a shower or a 10cm dumping, tomorrow evening looks
the best as a bend of heavy precip covers the entire
country in asociation with a possible PL ..
interesting times ahea

CrowdedHouse · 24-12-2004 8:04pm

I missed the shower but there's a light dusting of snow here !!

i.e on the lawn and my car.

24-12-2004 8:09pm

Ei2JC wrote:

I missed the shower but there's a light dusting of snow here !!

i.e on the lawn and my car.

where are you?
Oh tipperary-where exactly?

mike65 · 24-12-2004 8:10pm

I just stuck my head out the back door and...

Mike.

CrowdedHouse · 24-12-2004 8:12pm

Near Roscrea in Tipperary...52 56 15 N........7 47 30 W 130M AMSL

ninebeanrows · 24-12-2004 8:20pm

Is that snow in Waterford Mike
If so how much is lying or was lying?? :eek:

dregin · 24-12-2004 8:22pm

A medium/lite snow shower has just started in Butlsersbridge, Cavan.

CrowdedHouse · 24-12-2004 8:28pm

Now I did say LIGHT Dusting !!....tried to attach pic

mike65 · 24-12-2004 8:32pm

Weathercheck wrote:

Is that snow in Waterford Mike
If so how much is lying or was lying?? :eek:

Its 80% clear skies down here!

Mike.

ninebeanrows · 24-12-2004 8:35pm

lol there is a showery band passing through that are so i
though you were telling the truth!!!

http://www.metoffice.com/weather/europe/uk/radar/index.html

CrowdedHouse · 24-12-2004 8:41pm

I managed to attach evidence to previous post !

24-12-2004 8:41pm

Cork reported rain and snow at 730 pm indicating a 100% likelyhood of snow further inland down there
Cork airport is at an altitude though again which distorts the thing a bit

ninebeanrows · 24-12-2004 9:52pm

Cant really toally decode TAF's but this one for Dublin aint too bad
with a -SHSN

DUBLIN AIRPORT EIDW 241800Z 241904 26014G25KT 9999 FEW018 SCT030 PROB30 TEMPO 2104 2500 -SHSN SCT005 SCT018CB

Can someone tell me what exactly that says???

super_furry · 24-12-2004 10:00pm

It's getting cloudy in Tallaght now and absolutly freezing. I'm off to the pub now, so hopefully it'll be there to greet me come closing time.

Danno · 24-12-2004 10:08pm

Had very heavy snow for 20 minutes in Abbeyleix, County Laois. The shower gave a light flurry here in Durrow too this evening at 6pm. I see the latest reports on Met.ie show snow in Kilkenny.

Still rain in Dublin though...

ninebeanrows · 24-12-2004 10:12pm

If there was rain in Dublin i'd be disappointed i really doubt
there is any precip in Dublin at the mo in an hour
it might be different though and its around 1.8c
so i'd expect sleet at worst

Lafortezza · 24-12-2004 10:15pm

Slight chance of snow in the next 6 hoursat Dublin Airport. forecasts are giving about 40% likelyhood but that could be just covering bases.
Even if there is snow it's unlikely to stick. Temp is 1.9 degrees.

Danno · 24-12-2004 10:18pm

The 2000 report said recent rain on the met.ie/recentweather

ninebeanrows · 24-12-2004 10:23pm

LATEST IRISH WEATHER REPORTS
ON 24-DEC-04, for 2000 UTC
Location Wind Weather Temp Humidity Rain
Dir Speed(Kt) oC (%) (mm)
BELMULLET NW 18 Gust 47 RECENT HAIL 5 72 0.2
BIRR(P) SW 06 CLOUDY 2 96 0.0
CASEMENT SW 15 RECENT RAIN 2 91 Trace
CLAREMORRIS(A) W 05 Gust 28 - n/a - 1 94 0.5
CLONES(P) SW 06 - n/a - 1 97 0.5
CORK AIRPORT W 07 RECENT HAIL 1 92 0.6
DUBLIN AIRPORT W 21 FAIR 2 88 0.0
FINNER CAMP(A) W 21 Gust 41 - n/a - 5 82 n/a
KILKENNY(P) W 06 RECENT SNOW 1 96 1.1
KNOCK AIRPORT NW 15 Gust 33 RECENT HAIL 1 94 0.7
MALIN HEAD W 24 Gust 41 HAIL SHOWER 4 87 1.4
MULLINGAR(P) W 08 RECENT SHOWER 2 92 Trace
ROCHES POINT(A) W 16 Gust 37 - n/a - 3 89 0.2
ROSSLARE W 10 FAIR 4 83 Trace
SHANNON AIRPORT NW 09 RECENT SHOWER 3 77 0.4
VALENTIA W 18 Gust 35 RAIN SHOWER

No its says fair for me anyway

How are you doing snowise Danno???

Great to see ye posting on TWO

Metcheck reckon tomorrow Afternoon
could be very interesting!!!

White Xmas 2004

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