Current Weather Conditions -- December 2009

Mothman

Sunniest Dec day in my 6 year record....I know the shortest day
6.6hr
Max 6.2C
-0.9c atm
min -2.1C just after 9am.

max was briefly 3.5c

-1.6c here currently.
Tw'as -1.7c a few moments ago and theres a light westerly breeze at that.

The ground temp must be brutal as the ice was so hard today that it took my full wight and I'm a big lad!

Mothman

Deleted User wrote: »

max was briefly 3.5c

-1.6c here currently.
Tw'as -1.7c a few moments ago and theres a light westerly breeze at that.

The ground temp must be brutal as the ice was so hard today that it took my full wight and I'm a big lad!

Good to see your station up and running.

The ice not near as thick here. It didn't take my weight and I'm not such a big lad!
But then the temp here has been generally 1-3C higher here

-1.5C at moment.
Grass -5.5C
5cm soil 1.2C, was 0.8C at 9am.

I'd say your 5cm soil temp may well be sub zero with you.

nacho libre

it's snowing very lightly again.

Hal1

Bitterly cold and no snow, cloudy.

nacho libre

continually cloudy here at the moment. doing lots of lamp post watching but nothing is doing:mad:

Mothman

Breezy 1C, mainly clear atm.
Min -1.8C early in night.
grass min -7.1C
5cm soil down to +0.4C
10cm 1.2C
The ground is getting hard.

mp22

calm,temp gauge says -6,and thats 200 yards from the sea

mike65

Same as yesterday. Bright cold still, the whiff of gas and coal hangs on the air, bleugh.

Mothman

-2.7C
Dp-4.0C
Grass -8C
Clear

All time Dec low of -4.6C under threat.

fozzle

Pretty sure it's warmer (or at least, less cold) in Sligo town this evening compared to this time yesterday - only a thin layer of ice on the car when I finished work. Didn't see any precipitation today either, so somewhat less treacherous on the roads in the town, though I'm pretty sure my "drive" into town was more of a controled slide.

I have perfected the art of skating up and down streets in my grip-less work shoes - if anyone wants lessons gimmie a shout (it'll have to wait til the ice is gone so I can travel. Hmmm, that may not help )

nacho libre

The fog has lifted and with it the temperature has risen to a balmy 1c.

mp22

Cloudy,+1 deg c,nice here by the fire:D

nacho libre

i can see cloud to the very west of me. i wonder are there showers on the west coast.

meanwhile the sky now is like what you'd expect to see in colder climates, set against the snow it makes for a wonderful vista!!

mp22

Light rain now

Whadafau

Help ! Does anyone know what weather conditions will be like in north kerry for next tuesday ? I have invited family and friends to my grandmothers 80th and think I should cancel.

Flyer1

Don't worry too much about snowy or icy conditions

snaps

-8.2c here in Mayo (Ballinrobe, 20kms west of Claremorris)

owenc

you wont beleive how cold it is here its -11.2c and hoar frost is everywhere i wonder how cold well stay anyone know if we could stay above -5c in egliton its -8c and foggy there!

snaps

One of the lowest temperatures ive ever recorded here in Ireland! The receiver is in the middle of my garden in the roof of a bird table about 2m off the ground.

Sulmac

Right now it's sunny and -8.8ºC in Omagh, Co. Tyrone.

It hit -10.6ºC overnight.

nacho libre

a balmy -3.3 here. i think it's safe to say we'll not see temperatures this cold again through the rest of the winter.

Mothman

nacho libre wrote: »

a balmy -3.3 here. i think it's safe to say we'll not see temperatures this cold again through the rest of the winter.

While I realise this is not really a discussion thread but I don't know how you can say this with certainty, especially with what are usually the 2 coldest months to come.

Cloudy 4C

fozzle

Just watching swans try to land on the canal outside Maynooth - poor things are sliding everywhere - hilarious!

Drummer Mummer

+ 4 deg and the sun is setting. Still thick frost on the ground but had a lovely sunny day. Happy Christmas to all weather watchers!

nacho libre

Mothman wrote: »

While I realise this is not really a discussion thread but I don't know how you can say this with certainty, especially with what are usually the 2 coldest months to come.

Cloudy 4C

yes that's a fair point. sorry. What i should have said is it's unlikely that we'll see nightime temperatures as low as -9 again.

meanwhile it's Foggy here now and the temperature has dropped back to -1.

owenc

nacho libre wrote: »

yes that's a fair point. sorry. What i should have said is it's unlikely that we'll see nightime temperatures as low as -9 again.

meanwhile it's Foggy here now and the temperature has dropped back to -1.

well i think its possible considering this time last night it was -3c and now its -6.5c after a max of -3.1c but that will only happen if it dosnt get cloudy!:mad:

Mothman

fozzle wrote: »

Just watching swans try to land on the canal outside Maynooth - poor things are sliding everywhere - hilarious!

Had this in my own patch with four swans on my frozen pond last night. They managed to take off today after failing yesterday. Getting out of here is always a struggle for them. For a moment yesterday, I thought I wsa going to loose a window, but the swan got to the roof instead and slid off. I removed an area of ice last night for them, which wasn't easy, but they chose to sit it out on the ice instead.
Hopefully they'll realise to keep to salt estuaries for the time being.

Mainly cloudy today. Temp on a slow slide, 3.2C, Dp +1.0C in a chilly northerly

nacho libre

the wind is picking up ever so slightly. the temperature is still at -3c despite the cloud rolling in.

owenc

min overnight of -10.6c and a current temp of -8.1c and still rising cloud coming in now hopefully all of the band will be of snow for here then stop....