Snow (showers and longer spells) Sunday evening - Tuesday morning, possibly longer

Snowbie

darkman2 wrote: »

Id imagine the rise in temperature has got more to do with the upper temperatures going above the crucial -5C

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn122.png


This means precipitation should be rain from now on. In fact no where is reporting snow now - not even Knock which has rain.

True and also that, kinda lost track of the charts and 850's today.:)

darkman2

I think that pretty much marks the end of this cold snap. Im pretty opimistic for the next week though and its certainly worth keeping an eye on. Hopefully be starting a similar thread come Friday!:D;)

Snowbie

darkman2 wrote: »

I think that pretty much marks the end of this cold snap. Im pretty opimistic for the next week though and its certainly worth keeping an eye on. Hopefully be starting a similar thread come Friday!:D;)

Aye, go for it. BTW its snowing lightly here and settling:D

darkman2

Nothing but rain here.

Snowbie

That shower was a northerly feed from Louth.
Tis defo of snow lampost confirms that and also standin in the back yard.

darkman2

Snowbie wrote: »

That shower was a northerly feed from Louth.
Tis defo of snow lampost confirms that and also standin in the back yard.

Im not saying I dont believe you but its only rain here - not even sleet.

squonk

I got light drizzle out of that - so light it hasn't bothered the rain collector which is still reading 0 but I poked my head out the window earlier and you could catch the odd frop or so. Temp is up to 2.6 now and the DP is a positive .7 so I think I can rest easy for tonight.

squonk

Actually I just had a peek out and it looks like the northern edge of that shower has just passed off now. Can see stars again in the southern sky with the cloud just below it.

Snowbie

darkman2 wrote: »

Im not saying I dont believe you but its only rain here - not even sleet.

Yep just a slight dusting dm on top of the other stuff i got. Has stopped now.Maybe my inland location helped.
Temp went down to 2.5c with dp -0.1c
Now its 2.9c and dp at 1.3c when it had stopped.

squonk

1020 hPa, 3.3c and a DP of 1degC. They think it's all over; it is now

darkman2

Round 2......


http://85.214.49.20/wz/pics/Rtavn1201.png :rolleyes:


http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn1202.png

Snowbie

Repeat performance for the west,unless that LP west of Iceland travels down in the flow to affect here(east)

squonk

Yeah, that's too westerly. Will benefit Donegal, Mayo and all the other usual suspects a bit further inland! After the last few days, I'm not really holding out any hope at this stage for anyting coming from the west. I'm looking forward to the low temps though. A crisp, cool and sunny day on Sunday would make for a really nice walk on the beach!

darkman2

Things certainly looking interesting for the end of the week and the start of next week. I think there will be wintry showers of anything really by the weekend and there is chance - just a small chance that something more significant might not be too far off


http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rukm1441.gif


ECM 120hrs
http://www.meteociel.com/modeles/ecmwf/run/ECM1-120.GIF?04-0

Wintry showers

but then.....

http://www.meteociel.com/modeles/ecmwf/run/ECM1-144.GIF?04-0 144hrs

So an interesting period looking at the possibilities over the next few days.

nacho libre

Gonzo wrote: »

today was a total non-event at my location, I didnt even get to see a single flake of snow all day! anyway roll-on summer 2008 and hopefully I'll see snow again in winter 08/09

roll on next weekend:p

Supercell

Bah, these westerly snaps are not good for my health.

Humbug!

Paddy.1

Longfield wrote: »

Bah, these westerly snaps are not good for my health.

Humbug!

Move to Galway, it's far more interesting. (weatherwise):o

Edit: haven't a clue where you live, but sounds like you are SE?

I think Paddy1,where longfield currently lives,he's seen more snow than most on this forum in recent years since he's moved there.His standards have gone too high thats all (level snow a foot deep on croghan mt 4 miles from here in that spell last year above 1500ft-it's handy because with a quad or a good 4wd you can drive to that height with proper traction tyres-we got stuck though last year at about the 1500ft and had to walk-the drifts were waist deep)

As for next week,if it's what I saw through web cams throughout the west like the day before yesterday,forgive me for not getting excited

(No disrespect to the west,I probably spend more time in Galway and mayo than any other county other than my own and love it there )

Gonzo

unfortunately i fail to get excited by westerly/notherlys myself as well as they are usually non-events this area. An easterly however gets me much, much more excited:)

darkman2

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn13217.png


Max temps for Monday and plenty of precipitation - very windy also.

Paddy.1

Deleted User wrote: »

As for next week,if it's what I saw through web cams throughout the west like the day before yesterday,forgive me for not getting excited

(No disrespect to the west,I probably spend more time in Galway and mayo than any other county other than my own and love it there )

I agree totally, I knew it would be a pitiful event from the start. That is why there was a little irony in my "Galway is best" statement;)
3 major let downs for (westerly) snow this winter has made me bitter. However, the west can still be a great place to witness dramatic weather changes though if you're into that kind of thing.

nacho libre

Paddy.1 wrote: »

I agree totally, I knew it would be a pitiful event from the start. That is why there was a little irony in my "Galway is best" statement;)
3 major let downs for (westerly) snow this winter has made me bitter. However, the west can still be a great place to witness dramatic weather changes though if you're into that kind of thing.

Indeed. Especially for people who live near the Altantic ocean. It is very interesting to watch the weather change out at sea as a weather system slowly approaches the coastline. The most interesting thing i've witnessed is flashes of intense fork lightning about a half a mile out to sea off Achill Island. It was a spectacular sight but i was a bit apprehensive of it coming on shore because i was stuck half way up a mountain at the time.

Supercell

Just read through that post again Black Briar, thanks for linking to it.
Really brought a smile to my face remembering the excitement of last year, hopefully we will get to see the like of it again in the next few years.

I really am a total snow nut, I was thinking in the car coming home this evening that its probably another 10 months to the next decent chance for snow here and that depressed me a little!

I'm semi considering a Nordic Mike from TWO if we get another winter like this one just gone (except I'd try going to Aviemore or somewhere like that).

Darwin

darkman2 wrote: »

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn13217.png


Max temps for Monday and plenty of precipitation - very windy also.

Yes, really monster winds being forecast at the moment for Monday afternoon especially on coastal areas, though the severity and timing will proabably change between now and then. Still, this forecast stormy event probably deserves its own thread.

darkman2

Longfield wrote: »

I really am a total snow nut, I was thinking in the car coming home this evening that its probably another 10 months to the next decent chance for snow here and that depressed me a little!

Actually we are close now to a potentially disruptive wind and snow event on Monday. Still a little far out to be specific but watch this space;)

forkassed

Just spotted this animator-ma-jig on wetterzentrale- not bad if you hadnt already known about it!

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/topkarten/ani/gfs/

Trogdor

Could be something wintry tonight

Met Eireann wrote:

becoming strong again overnight with blustery showers spreading from the Atlantic. Some of the showers thundery and possibly wintry in places.

darkman2

Ensemble mean

http://91.121.94.83/modeles/gens/run/gens-21-1-300.png


Things starting to look tasty toward mid march?;)

Snowbie

Right i think this thread has ran its course.

Feel free to start a thread as you wish on a seperate topic.