Easterly ( Bitterly cold Paddys Day )

ninebeanrows

It now looks pretty certain were going to grap hold of a bitter easterly wind (for March) and Paddys day itself looks like being and absolute shocker.
Temperatures of 3-5c ( 3/4c in Dublin ) with a bitter easterly wind and drizzley/
sleet onto the east coast:eek: :mad:

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn1021.png
If only it were February/January or December:eek:
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn1022.png

Looks like staying pretty cold with an easterly feed off a cold continent
for much of March

Weathercheck

Weathercheck wrote:

Looks like staying pretty cold with an easterly feed off a cold continent
for much of March

Much of march?
What do you base that on? Half of it is practically gone already and is next weeks cold continuing much into the far reaches of FI? ie up to april 1st?

Incidently I dont see why you shouldnt get light snow showers with that feed on march 16th should it happen.
Minus dew points.

That said pressure would be way too high for much in the way of showers.

The scandi high as is usual of late is too far south.

ninebeanrows

Earthman wrote:

Much of march?
What do you base that on? Half of it is practically gone already and is next weeks cold continuing much into the far reaches of FI? ie up to april 1st?

Yep Earthman the outlooks looks set Blocked and cold..:)

England is heading for its lowest March CET in a long time

ANd yes i expect it to remain cold up until at least March 25th:)

darkman2

ECM for 168 is amazing:eek:

darkman2

Irish met just showed the Northeasterly next Sunday Looked sweet. And remaining 'very cold'.....with wintry showers up till then. Turning even colder from those charts post Saturday They were very similar to ECM btw.

I find it gas how Eveylyn just now on the farming forecast can show a graphic with Britain completely dry next week in the Easterly and show all the atlantic rain heading into spain and portugal...

And yet the countryfile forecast on the BBC had a cold front on thursday moving westwards and several centimetres of snow in Eastern England...


At least she didnt say there might be snow on high ground at night

darkman2

Earthman wrote:

I find it gas how Eveylyn just now on the farming forecast can show a graphic with Britain completely dry next week in the Easterly and show all the atlantic rain heading into spain and portugal...

And yet the countryfile forecast on the BBC had a cold front on thursday moving westwards and several centimetres of snow in Eastern England...


At least she didnt say there might be snow on high ground at night

Did you see the N/Ntheasterly on Sundays chart:eek:

Pressure on those ECM's looks just low enough to aid shower development in the Irish sea.
Next weekend could be very interesting.

darkman2

darkman2 wrote:

Did you see the N/Ntheasterly on Sundays chart:eek:

Yup and the source aint the azores

darkman2

Earthman wrote:

Yup and the source aint the azores

That looked even better then ECM:D Snow showers certain if it occured. Interesting times ahead;)

Villain

A white Paddy's weekend, that would be fun

It's very possible.
Unfortunately we have a lot of rain to deal with first in the next 72 hours

Villain

Well Scotland is very white today, talking to a mate in Dundee this morning and there is nearly a foot of snow there!!

Be interesting to watch the charts over the next few days.

darkman2

irish1 wrote:

Well Scotland is very white today, talking to a mate in Dundee this morning and there is nearly a foot of snow there!!

Be interesting to watch the charts over the next few days.

Snow cover in Northern Britian does us no harm at all if we get the northeasterly. However the GFS would want to start showing it later today:)

Indeed.
A regular poster on TWO called Nordic Mike who is located 1800ft above sea level in central Norway had a temp of -29c yesterday morning... :eek:

Now thats in the mountains there but you get the picture, a superb cold feed

darkman2

Earthman wrote:

Indeed.
A regular poster on TWO called Nordic Mike who is located 1800ft above sea level in central Norway had a temp of -29c yesterday morning... :eek:

Now thats in the mountains there but you get the picture, a superb cold feed

birrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr (coldest place in Ireland!) Anyhow yes best possible source this time of year. P.S if you think ECM at 168 is good. Its ten times better at day ten!:D

ninebeanrows

I personally will not be looking forward to a horribly cold cloudy and drizzly Paddys day:o

lucernarian

If the GFS forecast for 17/03/06 is correct then I think any precipitation is more likely to fall as snow rather than rain. Sadly that "if" is a crucual one.

I think WC is being cautious and wont ramp too much as it usually jinx's things for him

darkman2

Waiting in anticipation now seeing this northeasterly on the 12z GFS:D

Danno

http://i2.tinypic.com/r935z4.jpg

North Wales.

darkman2

Now that just angers me:mad: just over 60 miles away..........errrrrrrrrrrrr.:rolleyes:

Takeshi_Kovacs

Danno wrote:

http://i2.tinypic.com/r935z4.jpg

North Wales.

Damn... right down to the waters edge... never seen the snowline extend down that far before ..

darkman2

The easterly itself isnt that bad, I have to say:)

ninebeanrows

Just about to post the exact chart darkman;)

Pressure is too high though:)

Maybe some sleety hail showers on Thursday/Friday before Milder upper air
moves in from the east.

darkman2

Weathercheck wrote:

Just about to post the exact chart darkman;)

Pressure is too high though:)

Maybe some sleety hail showers on Thursday/Friday before Milder upper air
moves in from the east.

And the hopefully the Northeasterly kicks in:D

P.S there is precip there on the precip charts.

ninebeanrows

temps are abit touch and go..

4c with a DP of 1c... it wouldnt give clean snow.. it may give hail:)

darkman2

The GFS starting to show that Northeasterly now. Early days but its starting to resemble more the ECM so a very good run:D

darkman2

Latest ECM is AMAZING:eek:

http://www.ecmwf.int/products/forecasts/d/getchart/catalog/products/forecasts/medium/deterministic/msl_uv850_z500!Wind%20850%20and%20mslp!168!Europe!pop!od!oper!public_plots!2006031212!!chart.gif

darkman2

Im voting this chart of the 'winter'........if it comes off:D

http://www.net-weather.co.uk/models/ecmwf/20060312/12/images/ecm500.168.png