White Xmas 2004

Windy here just west of Arklow at the moment but clear and the top of the car is frozen which is a sign that the air temp is at least freezing given that this water has frozen even with a strong wind.
(It would be a good sign at any rate that precipitation would be snow if it comes)

I've changed the batteries in the outside thermometer so I'll know shortly

zap

the arklow bypass is at 2.8c now but its around 2.1 here at my house in arklow

I'm about 2 miles inland of there, it can make a slight difference

ok reading 1.4 here \0/

Note that it can be slightly warmer in built up areas

ninebeanrows

A few light showers coming into Dublin now look like
spliting right over my house!!

Danno

Weathercheck - CASEMENT - RECENT RAIN - Casement is in West Dublin.

Very heavy snow at 6pm just north of me in Abbeyleix. Was more wet snow/flurry here in Durrow, but then again we are 20m or so lower in Durrow.

Danno

Goodnight all, see y'all tomorrow. Hope you have a very Merry Christmas and hopefully a white one!

Astro1996

Im 5 minutes from casement and the clouds are starting to roll in alright...

Occidental

Sleet tending towards snow, west of Mullingar. Temps still dropping.

ninebeanrows

Hey hey clouds now a building!! I've seen
no snow for years... is this the moment!!!
My excitment level is through the roof
as good as when i was a youngin with santa!!!

Infact i wont be able to sleep tonight!!!

Scubadevils

No sign of clouds in the Lusk area:(

ninebeanrows

OK looking at the latest sat pics im going stick my head out
and say that 90% of the country will have a white one!!

Just look at that mass to the North west of Ireland and heading
bang into the whole country, stunning, i'll be up till around
11pm and will post a few more times before bed but
i really do know think that many many areas will wake
upto 3-5cm of snow tomorrow morning, just imagine
those kids faces, and mine

clear here too.
Weathercheck if it is raining in casement in inland co Dublin, then the chances of snow at portmarnock on the warmer coast are slim.
You will have to wait for tomorrows trough or untill the wee small hours when it has cooled more.

/me is off to the pub now-taxi is here

ninebeanrows

There streaming down from the noth and moving east also

http://www.meteoam.it/satellit/WWW/infrarosso4_2004-12-24%2021:30:00.jpg

Theres the sat pic by the way

Northern areas could get quite an amount and talk about timing eh

zap

NRA report snow on
N15 Lough Mourne Dec 24, 22:00 0.4° C. -0.5° C. Snow
N5 Charlestown Dec 24, 22:01 1.3° C. -1.5° C. Snow
N2 Monaghan Dec 24, 22:00 -0.6° C. -0.4° C. Snow

ninebeanrows

Hi my last post for the night:

Northern areas should expect a period
of snow tonight and into early morning
with upt 10cm's in places. Later tomorrow
afternoon it looks like eastern areas will be
affected by intense precip around late afternoon
please keep upto date at present this situation
looks severe especially for eastern NI

I would like to take this oppurtunity to wish you
all a very happy and merry Christmas and for
most areas it will be white Stay safe and
enjoy any snow ye get, no doubt i'll be posting
here around tomorrow morning sometime after
i get all my thousands of prezzies

A Dub in Glasgo

After some earlier snow showers onto very wet ground, we now have sleet falling. According to my outside thermostat, it is 0.7'C outside which should give snow.

Weathercheck, going to bed this early?? I have loads of presents for my 2 sons to wrap and then watch a DVD yet. I will probably be up at about 7am with my 6 year old all exited because of Santy, it would be great if it was white outside as well!

Scubadevils

Merry Christmas to you too! Keep fingers crossed for snow overnight:)

Carpenter

Weathercheck wrote:

Hi my last post for the night:

Northern areas should expect a period
of snow tonight and into early morning
with upt 10cm's in places. Later tomorrow
afternoon it looks like eastern areas will be
affected by intense precip around late afternoon
please keep upto date at present this situation
looks severe especially for eastern NI

I would like to take this oppurtunity to wish you
all a very happy and merry Christmas and for
most areas it will be white Stay safe and
enjoy any snow ye get, no doubt i'll be posting
here around tomorrow morning sometime after
i get all my thousands of prezzies

Hi
Can i say what a good job you have done. All day i was watching what you said well done again.

Scubadevils

Carpenter wrote:

Hi
Can i say what a good job you have done. All day i was watching what you said well done again.

here here

ninebeanrows

Thanks guys cant go to bed with such exciting
event occuring witht that band to the northwest!!!

It expected to sink south in around 3 hours and
should be in Dub by about 3am...perfect timing
and yes my alarm is being set :eek:

Paddy20

Well, just back from my xmas eve walkies to visit family members. The sleety snow has vanished and turned to the odd bit of rain. My ears are ringing from the cold in the air, but the walk was a very nice piece of badly needed physical exercise, this is a small community and I have a lot of close relations spread throughout.

It is now 23:02pm and it is cold and dry, should be interesting tomorrow.

P.

Mothman

Temp has levelled off at 3.5C. Even grass temp is not going lower than 0C. A recent 20 second shower but no sign of hail or anything wintery.
Sky is quite clear atm.

sunbeam

Lots more hail and wind here but no snow yet. The hail isn't sticking either.

bennyx_o

Clear with some clouds here in Dublin, with some damp pathces in places. I really want snow, but for some reason I don' think it'll come.

Paddy20

The sleety rain is back, very heavy and hammering off the windows and the ground is becoming white once more .

P.

Victor_Meldrew

I think that the people who have been predicting widespread whiteness are being a little over-optimistic.

My Prediction : Most areas, particularly in the east will remain totally snow-free. I know nothing about meteorology, but am just using simple common sense

Merry Christmas

Gonzo

so far everything here has gone as i expected... clear skys for past 12 hours, not a cloud in sight here in the east, not only that but the temperature has risen since the early evening and the frost has melted.... i think i have more chance of winning the lottery than seeing a snow shower. even if im wrong so far we've spent a month talking about this and all we have for it is a few miserable flurries in the north and west....im off to bed and hopefully i can eat my words by the morning and wake up to a winter wonderland....

Mothman

Mothman wrote:

Temp has levelled off at 3.5C. Even grass temp is not going lower than 0C. A recent 20 second shower but no sign of hail or anything wintery.
Sky is quite clear atm.

There was a shower here about an hour ago,I know this because the roads which were dry when I went to the pub are wet now,it didnt get to Arklow but about a half mile out the road.
The hills around croghan mountain are white since that shower.
Theres a strong frost here too now and the temp outside is just one degree.

Villain

Carlow has seen nothing apart from the odd bit of sleety rain, very cold out now but also very dry, I'm off to bed to dream of a dusting.

Merry Christmas everyone hope you see at least a flake.

Scubadevils

Snow falling in Lusk!!!

super_furry

Victor_Meldrew wrote:

I think that the people who have been predicting widespread whiteness are being a little over-optimistic.

My Prediction : Most areas, particularly in the east will remain totally snow-free. I know nothing about meteorology, but am just using simple common sense

Merry Christmas

Sadly I think you're right, I'm just back from the pub and if anything it's warmer than it was earlier. Still, here's hoping.

Happy Christmas lads.

Cathy

It's snowing heavily in Dondondondondondonegal!

Scubadevils

Cathy wrote:

It's snowing heavily in Dondondondondondonegal!

That ties in nicely with the satellite images, stopped here but I reckon more on the way:) Enjoy it!

Danno

Parts of Laois under lying snow:

Abbeyleix
Timahoe
Ballinakill

Cathy

Calibos

Clear skies in Bray Co. Wicklow

Danno

SNOW IN JOHNSTOWN, CO. KILKENNY

darkmaster2

Well it (just about) snowed in Cork City this morning at 1.45AM and again at 3Am:D

joe.

Yes White Christmas In Dundalk

ninebeanrows

Shower now approaching north Dublin, Meath
a moderate shower too

SantaHoe

5am and not a flake to be seen in Dublin ... broken, scattered clouds... moderate breeze... colder than a witches tit though.

ninebeanrows

theres a nice band of snow into NI moving steadily south

ninebeanrows

Lots of dreams will be answered this morning as
the kids open there prezzies large band of snow moving
southeast, Dublin in firing line

Should be here around 7am and this time i am CERTAIN
that Dublin will be hit..........enjoy it should last around
2-3 hours

SantaHoe

Ok, starting to snow in Dublin now.
Very light and slow, but sticking.

ninebeanrows

and none here well just typical

bennyx_o

Just looking out the window I can't see any signs of snow, just frost.

SantaHoe

Still lightly snowing here. (Dublin Northside)
Rooftops have a shallow covering of snow, grass is still patchy.

ninebeanrows

I got hardly nothing a 15 minute light snow shower
with perhaps a dusting on tables and grass

Mothman

No snow or frost here. Temp at 2C is too high. Just had brief rain shower. More showers to come though, so maybe................

Agent Smith

very slight snow here in Killiney co dublin this morning, looks unlikely to stick unless it gets going heavyly soon