Snow Cam South Of Cork

Supercell

Here's something intersting :-

http://www.siouxlookoutwebcam.com/

This is further south than Cork..

http://www.world-airport-codes.com/Canada/sioux-lookout-6935.html

Aint the gulf stream amazing ? !!

(Only posted because its so early in the season and already potential is there while we are enjoying summer type temperatures still)

Snowbie

Dublin is near the same Lat as Calgary in Canada and they get a balmy -34c in Winter,aint the gulf stream just terrible:p

Lirange

If it weren't for the gulf stream Scandinavia would resemble Greenland and Ireland would become much like Norway. Careful what you wish for. But we could become a Winter Olympics powerhouse. Who knows? The melt of the glaciers might eventually suppress that pesky gulf stream. :cool:

Speaking of south of Cork ... this is just wrong:

Corpus Christi in the far south of Texas at Christmas 2004. It's on the gulf coast (so it's not at elevation). 5-8 inches by the time the storm left.










Tour the rest of the gallery for more snow on palm trees!

To give a better idea of the location of Corpus Christi. 27.7N Latitude. Further south than Disney World in Orlando.




The kicker is that the gulf stream originates from the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico ... and here we have these scenes on the Texas Gulf Coast. Er wot?!!

Snowbie

OH will you look at that.Now that just makes me sick.Nice pics though.

Also the North equartorial current joins with the gulf stream also which is a second warm body of water from the equator that keeps out little nation cosey and makes our palm trees grow in Kerry too just without snow on ours.

Lirange

Your Irish Riviera down there will be no more though ... if as many scientists are predicting ... the melt of the glaciers will literally smother the gulf stream with the upwelling of too much cold water.

As for early season snows and teeth chattering cold snaps ... not really a trait of western Europe. A primary engine of the frigid stuff is a sizeable landmass. There is too much maritime influence in the west of Europe. The Eurasian landmass (Especially Russia/Siberia/Mongolia) will generate it over the winter and the seepage will eventually get here. That's why the late winter/spring in Northwest Europe is much more wintry than late autumn/early winter. The Cold Air needs time to diffuse across all the northern latitudes. North America also has this effect of continentality running down the spine of the Rocky Mountains shielded from the maritime moderating effects of the Pacific resulting in the Eastern 2/3s of the U.S. and Canada experiencing quite cold temperatures relative to the latitudes.

South America is too narrow especially to the south. Africa is too equatorial especially at it's widest part. Australia is not quite big enough. Moreover, the southern hemisphere has more water and fewer landmasses so even places at good southerly latitudes are still warmer than their northern latitude equivalents in most cases.

Enjoy the Irish Riviera while it lasts. And prepare for a bone chilling February this season!