Bring on the snow

Fighting Irish

Will there be much snow in the south east of the country? Carlow?

Snowbie

An echo in the irish sea is becoming larger and might clip Dublin coast
have a look

http://www.met-office.gov.uk/weather/europe/uk/radar/

ninebeanrows

jold bejebus:eek:

Its -5c in Casement at 8pm:eek: YIKES:eek:

Supercell

Snowbie wrote:

An echo in the irish sea is becoming larger and might clip Dublin coast
have a look

http://www.met-office.gov.uk/weather/europe/uk/radar/

I wouldn't get my hopes up if I were you.

Snowbie

Longfield wrote:

I wouldn't get my hopes up if I were you.

your dead right,but it did cloud over here for awhile on the coast
ah well

colm_mcm

snow is only fun in December. March snow should not be encouraged

jax frost

colm_mcm wrote:

snow is only fun in December. March snow should not be encouraged

You are so right!

I had the urge to cook Christmas Dinner today and it was just ridiculous

Supercell

The buggering things are growing in the Irish sea though, maybe Arklow or one of the coastal towns in Wicklow might see some as the east coast bulges a little out to the sea there.

Soo close to Dublin..but yet so far..a tiny bit of easterly would push them ashore!

ninebeanrows

Think a shower may make lanfall in south Dublin North Wicklow
imminently;)

Snowbie

just had a flurry here on the coast,not much to write home about but it did snow,hmmm,these are new and threatening,not getting my hopes up.temp-1c

Longfield

Longfield wrote:

The buggering things are growing in the Irish sea though, maybe Arklow or one of the coastal towns in Wicklow might see some as the east coast bulges a little out to the sea there.

Soo close to Dublin..but yet so far..a tiny bit of easterly would push them ashore!

Or (but get her to put her coat on)

SpitfireIV

Is there room for me on that boat?? :v: :v:

(Thats a mechanical vechicle, you'll scare away the non existant snow :v: )

NW wind

Landfall by those showers is unlikely.
They'll hit Pembroke before morning though.

Theres 2 seats in the back

dloob

Well it's not a mechanical vehicle that travels on snow so maybe it will attract it instead

Not much happened in Galway today a light dusty shower that lasted all of 5 minutes and that was it. Oh well.

SpitfireIV

Is everyone in the 'anti-climax' stage after todays no show? I know I am, what a kick in the ass that was.

Anyway, I assume this weather wont be sticking around for too long more, anyone have any idea of whats on the cards (or is there at least ONE more chance for snow??)

Gonzo

i doubt there will be anything more unless you live in Mayo, Sligo, Donegal or Northern Ireland. All we can hope for now is a surprise snow event sometime over the next 4 to 5 weeks... I remember in the 80s we often had snow in March and I even once remember getting 8 inchs of snow in April.

Snowbie

Gonzo wrote:

i doubt there will be anything more unless you live in Mayo, Sligo, Donegal or Northern Ireland. All we can hope for now is a surprise snow event sometime over the next 4 to 5 weeks... I remember in the 80s we often had snow in March and I even once remember getting 8 inchs of snow in April.

Great pics today gonzo
Remember the good old snow 80s, 1981 1982 1987 were all exceptional for snow,it snowed for fun back then,none of this hoping for that shower to take a detour off the sea.IN 1992 JAN4 FEB7 FEB9 we had great snow then too,then you had to wait untill march1 2001 a polar low formed off the NW and moved SE to hit dublin early on the 1st,4 inches fell that day in 10hrs of snow,that my friend are the last times we got decent snow in dublin,a few dustings here and there not worth talking about.

Mothman

The radar is not lying

Snow

A good fall of big flakes. Deck is 50% covered.

Temp up to 1C and grass temp just below zero.
Dp -2C

Mothman

I've put the halogen security light on

Mothman

Didn't last long, but at least it stuck. About 70% covering on the deck.

Snowbie

Mothman wrote:

The radar is not lying

Snow

A good fall of big flakes. Deck is 50% covered.

Temp up to 1C and grass temp just below zero.
Dp -2C

Nice one,least you got some after your no show today,how heavy is it flurried here about 2 hrs ago?

damo605

Right you b*stards (with central heating wishing for snow).... Can someone tell me when this bloody cold spell is going to end?????? Currently -4 here in West Cork and only have 16amps, half a bottle of gas and feck all insulation to keep warm :mad:

SpitfireIV

Met Eireann's 3 hour precip chart:



I might get a teeny bit tonight, hmmm. There is no chance of that stuff to the north west and north east being blown down, no?

Snowbie

Here is a statistic,its been the coldest march since i have been taking readings,and thats over 16 years here were i live.it has got down below -1 for three consecitive nights.-3.4 i recorded last night which has been the coldest ever in any month of the year here at the coast.Coldest last year 2005 was 0c recorded in late nov.

Has anyone got info about weather maps or charts archived from the 80s or beyond,as i have tried everywhere to get my hands on them for the snow received in them years,be interesting to look at for them snow years,any help here would be great.

highdef

The heavy showers moving through the north at the moment....Is that a trought that could affect more southern areas (such as Dublin) or just the showers getting going again from the north which disipate when they reach the border - even the shaggin weather is political, it seems!!!

highdef

Just looking at the stats so far this month (yeah I know it's only the 3rd) but the average temp at Casement since the start of the month is -0.2 - WOW!!!

snow scorpion

You guys over there are useless. How many inches? (Or centimeters)

I saw the news report on RTE. Looked like Sligo got about 2 inches. What did the rest of the country get?

highdef

well the snow stuck in the shade (where the sun hadn't shone all day) for about 30 minutes maybe - thats how bad it was in Dublin

T'was very VERY scary :eek:

fatherdougalmag

Well I suppose it would have hit some places so late that, like SW Dub, it's still there. Might have a photo op tomorrow. Kind of like the photo opportunity you might get standing beside Jesus on the cross. Once in a lifetime. That's my recurring dream, eh, Crowdedhouse?