Cold Spell Discussion (17/12/09) (Cold, Ice and Snow now arriving)

Supercell

Moderate fluffy snow here now starting to stick, really beautiful

maquiladora

Ensembles show the 12Z GFS run was on the mild side after the 24th. :pac:

Bog Butter

I'm in Derry and we have had no snow yet. We had a bit of sleety rain. I hope to travel home to Navan tomorrow evening. Do you reckon it will have snowed up here by then?

Iancar29

Heavy sleet here now in Finglas N.Dublin

STILL NOT SNOW TOUGH! :mad:

maquiladora

Finally, temps starting to drop in Waterford (not expecting snow tonight now but would like a nice crisp, cold morning :pac: )

Temp 6C
DP -1C

owenc

malman wrote: »

I'm in Derry and we have had no snow yet. We had a bit of sleety rain. I hope to travel home to Navan tomorrow evening. Do you reckon it will have snowed up here by then?

i had sleety hail today and now its just cloudy and 2c but it looks like the mountains around he may get a coering tonight.....

Elmer Blooker

munsterlegend wrote: »

just listening to the radio forecast there - looks like sleet and snow for more northern counties only over the next few days! is this front on saturday goign to head south at all?!

just heard it myself. showers are now dying out over the Irish Sea.
I NOW DECLARE THIS EASTERLY LET DOWN PART 584

WolfeIRE

1c now in Ennis. Fingers crossed for snow over weekend. Ground is dry.

Skies are clear at the moment. Starting to freeze.

ninebeanrows

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

just heard it myself. showers are now dying out over the Irish Sea.
I NOW DECLARE THIS EASTERLY LET DOWN PART 584

Jasus, this is going to be a long week if we have reactions like this after around 3 hours of the cold spell kicking off:eek:

JJJJNR

Supercell wrote: »

Moderate fluffy snow here now starting to stick, really beautiful

Same here in Rathdrum!

leahyl

JJJJNR wrote: »

Same here in Rathdrum!

Aaaaw you lucky duck! I bet you feel all christmassy now!;):D

Villain

2c with a DP of 1.1c but falling all the time, had some sleet

maquiladora

maquiladora wrote: »

Finally, temps starting to drop in Waterford (not expecting snow tonight now but would like a nice crisp, cold morning :pac: )

Temp 6C
DP -1C

Dewpoint 60 miles north of you is +1c still-no sign of it going sub zero.
air temp is 3.3c
It actually feels warm :rolleyes:

I agree with weathercheck though.

None of the cold uppers are here yet and the air over us is not continental as yet it's modified north sea air effectively with a pinch of scandinavia in it.

patience folks

Supercell

Looks like the rising pressure is killing off the showers. This is only act one of the drama though folks!

I reckon above 350 metres has a good covering in the Wicklow mountains if you want to get your fix tomorrow.

Going to be a fun weekend!

maquiladora

Some nice snow starting to roll into the SE UK on the last couple of frames on the radar loop - those jammy feckers! :pac:

patneve

sky has cleared up here in SE Dublin, I think that's the end of any sort of precipitation until.....saturday:rolleyes::cool:

leahyl

maquiladora wrote: »

Some nice snow starting to roll into the SE UK on the last couple of frames on the radar loop - those jammy feckers! :pac:

I know they always get the best of it - god dam brits (joking!)

jambofc

Supercell wrote: »

Moderate fluffy snow here now starting to stick, really beautiful

is that youre cam on weather underground?
if it is any chance of light till we see some of that loverly white stuff
pleazzzzzzzz

maquiladora

Temp down to 5C now, dropped 3 degrees in about 30 mins.

leahyl

maquiladora wrote: »

Temp down to 5C now, dropped 3 degrees in about 30 mins.

You're in waterford maquiladora right? There's hope for us munster people yet!

bassy

maquiladora any chance of snow showers here in kilkenny tonite?.

maquiladora wrote: »

Temp down to 5C now, dropped 3 degrees in about 30 mins.

munsterlegend

Issued at 17 December 2009 - 17:19
Early Weather Warning
A very cold spell expected this weekend and the early days of next week. Showers of sleet and snow in many areas, the northern half of country and western counties most at risk. Widespread severe frosts leading to icy roads.

cork surely has to be a western county?! i presume they mean the showers by the sunday!

Villain

Dew Point down to 0.7c now, cold has finally arrived. FI charts show atlanic coming back for xmas so enjoy this cold spell

maquiladora

leahyl wrote: »

You're in waterford maquiladora right? There's hope for us munster people yet!

Plenty of hope for everyone yet, its only the very start of the cold spell. :pac:

Supercell

jambofc wrote: »

is that youre cam on weather underground?
if it is any chance of light till we see some of that loverly white stuff
pleazzzzzzzz

Yep
If there is snow lying here in the morning you will see it on the webcam but unfortunately the showers are dying out now due to rising pressure, maybe we will get lucky later and have a streamer, but probably not, pressure is 1020 and rising..way to high for decent snow.

The weekend is full of potential, its more likely than not I think that there will be a couple of cm here by Sunday evening.

maquiladora

munsterlegend wrote: »

Issued at 17 December 2009 - 17:19
Early Weather Warning
A very cold spell expected this weekend and the early days of next week. Showers of sleet and snow in many areas, the northern half of country and western counties most at risk. Widespread severe frosts leading to icy roads.

cork surely has to be a western county?! i presume they mean the showers by the sunday!

Fantastic stuff!

leahyl

maquiladora wrote: »

Fantastic stuff!

Woohoo!! I don't know is Cork a western county really....but i'll go with that!! haha! I'll take anything at this stage! LOL!:D

maquiladora

bassy wrote: »

maquiladora any chance of snow showers here in kilkenny tonite?.

Looking at the radar it looks like their might be a small sleet/snow shower on the Carlow border there? These showers are meant to ease off later though. Much better chance over the weekend.

munsterlegend

maquiladora wrote: »

Fantastic stuff!

fantastic if you are up north i'd say! i still think things can change a lot especially with that northerly spreading down on saturday.

padz24

thats global warming for yah!