National: Severe Cold/ Snow Discussion (Thanks to all!)

leahyl · 16-12-2010 10:13am

zerks wrote: »

The rules are that the snow in Cork will melt after 10 minutes.:D

Is there any 'thumbs down' for this post?:D

Cú Giobach · 16-12-2010 10:18am

leahyl wrote: »

Is there any 'thumbs down' for this post?:D

images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ83zYMbmksA94fcai4JysBEE43Nfj_F_fx3Z77QjkmpnSRHwHG

munsterlegend · 16-12-2010 10:18am

leahyl wrote: »

Is there any 'thumbs down' for this post?:D

its looking promising leahyl! doubt we will get much until friday night to saturday but its at least possible!

wicklowdub · 16-12-2010 10:19am

UK Met office radar at midnight on Friday in to the early hours of Saturday is monsterous but not much for 48 hours after that:

Midnight Friday

Noon Saturday

Midnight Saturday

Cú Giobach · 16-12-2010 10:20am

munsterlegend wrote: »

its looking promising leahyl! doubt we will get much until friday night to saturday but its at least possible!

Anyone know any good songs while we're waiting??

irish1967 · 16-12-2010 10:20am

A lovely morning here !!

I will take a pic from the same spot each hour so we can see the difference

MGMTea · 16-12-2010 10:20am

Is this period like 'the calm before the storm'

i'm expecting blizzard and artic conditions the way everyone is going on

Min · 16-12-2010 10:24am

Deleted User wrote: »

Lol that chap from the dept of geography in nui Galway just finished on radio one knows nothing of weather..he says this is ending on wenesday and we are in a 3 yr cycle and back to global warming next winter :rolleyes:

Are they going out of their way to make us calm?

Some people are in for a bit of a shock/pleasant surprise depending on your point of view...
I was in tesco in arklow this morning and heard 2 people saying .."ah shur thats only in the north and west.."

Initially yes but they are typical of the national mis information coming out of the airwaves at the moment.

I heard that, couldn't believe his analysis of the weather or climate, he mentioned sunspot actvity had not recovered to levels that scientists predicted they would be but it would all be ok in the end was his view, mustn't have studied the mini ice age and Maunder minimum and as for global warming - more wishy washy stuff, I wonder how he would explain the 400 year period give or take a number of years that was the medieval warm period.

I have to say I am quite concerned about the upcoming weather and RTE with their analysts are not helping the matter.

dak · 16-12-2010 10:31am

Cú Giobach wrote: »

Anyone know any good songs while we're waiting??

Dean Martin.......Let it snow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.goldenplec.com/2010/12/03/goldenplecs-top-songs-snow/

16-12-2010 10:32am

Min wrote: »

I heard that, couldn't believe his analysis of the weather or climate, he mentioned sunspot actvity had not recovered to levels that scientists predicted they would be but it would all be ok in the end was his view, mustn't have studied the mini ice age and Maunder minimum and as for global warming - more wishy washy stuff, I wonder how he would explain the 400 year period give or take a number of years that was the medieval warm period.

I have to say I am quite concerned about the upcoming weather and RTE with their analysts are not helping the matter.

As Mt said in his forecast,theres very little cross model agreement(mainly due to the unusual type of blocking we have to the atlantic weather) and theres changes on every run so a forecasters job is not easy.
Why ME don't use risk percentages and phrases like maybe but we are not sure,we'll keep you updated etc is beyond me.

dave1982 · 16-12-2010 10:35am

:eek::eek::eek::eek:http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

munsterlegend · 16-12-2010 10:36am

dave1982 wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek::eek:http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

and the amazement is due to...?!

16-12-2010 10:38am

munsterlegend wrote: »

and the amazement is due to...?!

The lack of precip over Ireland compared to GB...

ednwireland · 16-12-2010 10:39am

+1 munsterlegend

dave1982 wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek::eek:http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

yep it rained pretty hard last night whats your point ?

dave1982 · 16-12-2010 10:39am

munsterlegend wrote: »

and the amazement is due to...?!

Is that not snow over England?

largepants · 16-12-2010 10:41am

Does that mean its going to miss us altogether now? I get the feeling things are too quiet here.

irish1967 · 16-12-2010 10:42am

Elmer Blooker · 16-12-2010 10:42am

Deleted User wrote: »

Lol that chap from the dept of geography in nui Galway just finished on radio one knows nothing of weather..he says this is ending on wenesday and we are in a 3 yr cycle and back to global warming next winter :rolleyes:

Are they going out of their way to make us calm?

Some people are in for a bit of a shock/pleasant surprise depending on your point of view...
I was in tesco in arklow this morning and heard 2 people saying .."ah shur thats only in the north and west.."

Initially yes but they are typical of the national mis information coming out of the airwaves at the moment.

I heard yer man too, I thought he was totally out of order telling everyone that it will all be over by mid week. Everything is still very uncertain at the moment.

MayoForSam · 16-12-2010 10:42am

dave1982 wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek::eek:http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

But that band of precipitation over mainland UK is rain/sleet, yes?

It's only later on when this passes through that we start getting the cold stuff from the NW.

leahyl · 16-12-2010 10:45am

largepants wrote: »

Does that mean its going to miss us altogether now? I get the feeling things are too quiet here.

Yes me too - i feel like there's gonna be a big downgrade and the experts are afraid to face our wrath!:D

smashey · 16-12-2010 10:45am

leahyl wrote: »

Is there any 'thumbs down' for this post?:D

Knock yourself out

dave1982 · 16-12-2010 10:45am

MayoForSam wrote: »

But that band of precipitation over mainland UK is rain/sleet, yes?

It's only later on when this passes through that we start getting the cold stuff from the NW.

Thanks for that thought it was snow,just checked Dublin live cams looks like rain there as well.

http://www.nci.ie/ispy/cam1.yp

irish1967 · 16-12-2010 10:45am

I know its only an iphone app.. but the temp here according to my phone has dropped from 6.3 to 2.9 in less than an hour !!:eek:

John2009 · 16-12-2010 10:47am

16-12-2010 10:48am

dave1982 wrote: »

Is that not snow over England?

its snow now as far south as newcastle and north yorkshire.
South of that it is rain

largepants · 16-12-2010 10:48am

leahyl wrote: »

Yes me too - i feel like there's gonna be a big downgrade and the experts are afraid to face our wrath!:D

You gonna turn green?I got that empty felling in my stomach when I saw that raintoday website. Thank jeez for that.

moogester · 16-12-2010 10:48am

Temp rose to a high of 8.1 here last night.

Now down to 4.8 & dropping 0.9/hour -- dew point 0.6, wubd chill 1.1

So far so good......bring it on!!

Big Nasty · 16-12-2010 10:50am

Light rain in Dublin at the moment!

ninebeanrows · 16-12-2010 10:51am

6z GFS has virtually done away with the low over Ireland and has thrown the feature very underdeveloped, well to our south.:eek:

ninebeanrows · 16-12-2010 10:53am

The thing has gone so far south that it is heading into France.

We won't be the only ones on edge with this, our England friends will be equally shocked.

mojopolo · 16-12-2010 10:53am

light drizzle in belfast - temp 4 degrees (down from 5 degrees at 8.30am)
watch and wait:o

dak · 16-12-2010 10:53am

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Light rain in Dublin at the moment!

Wet Front expected to arrive/pass over Dublin around 12:30 according to MT Cranium estimates ... Arctic air to follow after that!

s_carnage · 16-12-2010 10:53am

Nothing much happening in Galway city yet. Wind picking up a small bit and the temperatures have fallen a bit in the last 30mins

average_runner · 16-12-2010 10:53am

So that means no snow then.

everything back to normal.

munsterlegend · 16-12-2010 10:54am

Weathercheck wrote: »

6z GFS has virtually done away with the low over Ireland and has thrown the feature very underdeveloped, well to our south.:eek:

oh no! downgrades are not appreciated!

leahyl · 16-12-2010 10:54am

Weathercheck wrote: »

6z GFS has virtually done away with the low over Ireland and has thrown the feature very underdeveloped, well to our south.:eek:

I'm sorry Weathercheck can you explain what this means for Ireland in general? Is this bad?

Edit: Ok Munsterlegend has answered my question

sunbabe08 · 16-12-2010 10:56am

morning

snow day?:D

irish1967 · 16-12-2010 10:57am

sunbabe08 wrote: »

morning

snow day?:D

Perfect timing !:rolleyes:

stevenmu · 16-12-2010 10:58am

Wasn't the prediction always that it would be warmish with rain for the morning, but that temps would drop rapidly as the day went on bringing on the snow. Maybe I'd misinterpreted but I wasn't expecting snow (Dublin) till after lunch at least?

edit: was slow posting, I see some updates posted now

average_runner · 16-12-2010 10:58am

So plenty of cold rain now on the way.

very hard to predict this until we actually get close to the day, hence met eireann stance on it.

Fair play to them and fair play to the lads here too, jsut putting us on our guard

weisses · 16-12-2010 10:59am

Nasty shower here .... about 8 degrees

If it starts freezing soon whe are all fcucked

force eleven · 16-12-2010 10:59am

Terrible GFS for snowmageddon lovers. I'm sure the thaw doctors will be happier now...:)

leahyl · 16-12-2010 11:00am

Oh no guys i actually want to cry now - is it all over??

ninebeanrows · 16-12-2010 11:02am

It means the 6z GFS run has totally done away with the low for friday night Saturday for Ireland and the UK.

A total change and downgrade.

maquiladora · 16-12-2010 11:04am

A lot less snow on the 06Z GFS out to 72 hours. Tis a far cry for the snowfest of the 18Z!

Still though, the big changes on each model run indicates just how unpredictable the next few days will be.

Don't be surprised to see a different solution again on the 12Z.

force eleven · 16-12-2010 11:04am

leahyl wrote: »

Oh no guys i actually want to cry now - is it all over??

leahyl · 16-12-2010 11:05am

Weathercheck wrote: »

It means the 6z GFS run has totally done away with the low for friday night Saturday for Ireland and the UK.

A total change and downgrade.

Lads i can't do this anymore......this means no snow or just no snow for Cork/Munster:(?

Sorry very broad question but .....AAAAAAGHHHHHH it's driving me mad!!

largepants · 16-12-2010 11:06am

This Goddamn thing is changing like the weather.Hugely disappointed now.

maquiladora · 16-12-2010 11:06am

davidsr20 · 16-12-2010 11:06am

I had a bad feeling this would happen,so are we talking no snow at all

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