Cold Spell Discussion (18/12/09) (Cold, Ice and Snow now arriving)

nacho libre

Danno wrote: »

Nope Owen.C - All of that will push south overnight tonight. Tomorrow will more or less be a rinse and repeat - though the trough of showers (purple line) over the northern third might not be there again tomorrow, but another set of fronts (red and blue) will be in the same position again this time tomorrow. They are expected to be MUCH heavier tomorrow evening/night.

although, for most low levels aeras it will be rain and sleet at first rather than snow. it'll only turn back to snow as the colder air drags in behind and at that stage the ground will be too wet and warm for it to stick. there always has to be a drawback. either it's too cold, calm and dry for troughs to have any real zest to them as they move down across us or when we do get the heavier precipitation it involves the conditions becoming the wrong side of marginal.

sorry i'm gone into negative mode.:o

billy the squid

-3 in Gurteen according to met eireann.

Peter

Really picked up in the last few mins, nice covering here now. Even sticking on the road

billy the squid

wonder will they run out of numbers on met.ie here is the lowest one on their site

ninebeanrows

Peter wrote: »

Really picked up in the last few mins, nice covering here now. Even sticking on the road

cheers at least we know theres precip falling somewhere!

cian1500ww

Small bit of snow here, nothing worth talking about.

jambofc

very very light snow here in trim
so light it,s gone before it hits the ground
wind picked up and temp 0f -0.6

Villain

Anyone see the Six 1 news, Eveyln mentioned the word "Blizzard" and some decent snowfall for North and West areas !!!

Danno

South of the current band of showers the air has cooled enough to make it mostly snow... it will be light enough and amounts of 1cm or 2cm at best will be achieved in many areas - not ALL areas mind you, before midnight tonight, the winds will back westerly behind the showers ahead of the warm front - some milder atlantic air may bring sleet and rain showers onto the west coast before the warm front arrives, these showers will be light and highly unlikely to make it more than 15 miles inland.

Overnight the warm front will bring a rain/sleet/snow mix - more sleet/snow further east. Then the cold front will quickly follow on with some light snow/pellets/hail mix. Amounts from the fronts will be small.

Anyone with more than an inch of lying snow by 8am tomorrow will be very lucky, a dusting for many.

owenc

nacho libre wrote: »

although, for most low levels aeras it will be rain and sleet at first rather than snow. it'll only turn back to snow as the colder air drags in behind and at that stage the ground will be too wet and warm for it to stick. there always has to be a drawback. either it's too cold, calm and dry for troughs to have any real zest to them as they move down across us or when we do get the heavier precipitation it involves the conditions becoming the wrong side of marginal.

sorry i'm gone into negative mode.:o

so were getting no snow tomorrow night!!!!!!!

mad DIY

Weathercheck wrote: »

Although i expect more reports of snow from Meath, Louth etc?

Anybody there?

Yep, in south Meath at the mo, and the first band of red blobs moving down resulted in absolutely nothing at all as it apparently moved over.

munsterlegend

Danno wrote: »

South of the current band of showers the air has cooled enough to make it mostly snow... it will be light enough and amounts of 1cm or 2cm at best will be achieved in many areas - not ALL areas mind you, before midnight tonight, the winds will back westerly behind the showers ahead of the warm front - some milder atlantic air may bring sleet and rain showers onto the west coast before the warm front arrives, these showers will be light and highly unlikely to make it more than 15 miles inland.

Overnight the warm front will bring a rain/sleet/snow mix - more sleet/snow further east. Then the cold front will quickly follow on with some light snow/pellets/hail mix. Amounts from the fronts will be small.

Anyone with more than an inch of lying snow by 8am tomorrow will be very lucky, a dusting for many.

and what do you think will happen tomorrow?

patsy A

Snowing more now!!:)

opr

Weathercheck wrote: »

Although i expect more reports of snow from Meath, Louth etc?

Anybody there?

Just came from Newry and was starting to come down pretty heavy when leaving. In Carlingford its snowing but is fairly light and it was snowing when coming into Dundalk but is raining now!!

Opr

mad DIY

mad DIY wrote: »

Yep, in south Meath at the mo, and the first band of red blobs moving down resulted in absolutely nothing at all as it apparently moved over.

Mega blob now approaching, wonder if that will produce anything ?

Supercell

Oh god, i cant bare it, pleeeeese reach here!

Graces7

Well, will be back in several hours to see what is going on both inside and outside.

So many wonderfully technical folk here; a pleasure to be here.

Good night...

Neddyusa

The radar shows snow in Roscommon but its very very light here at the moment...just the odd flake every now and again!

maquiladora

Anyone notice during the report during the news the reporter said Met Eireann do not expect the cold spell to last into next week? Yet the Outlook on Met.ie says "It will remain cold over the weekend and well into next week".

:mad:

Slippin Jimmy

mad DIY wrote: »

Mega blob now approaching, wonder if that will produce anything ?

May be a stupid question, where are you getting the mega blob info. Im in Navan and there is nothing to report here.

force eleven

mad DIY wrote: »

Mega blob now approaching, wonder if that will produce anything ?

Same effect here, the red seems to be out of sync with the map, maybe 30 or 40 miles too far south...just my take. Afew very fine flakes blowing in gently here, but you'd only notice them if you are lampost watching Weather nerds know all about that lol....:D

munsterlegend

maquiladora wrote: »

Anyone notice during the report during the news the reporter said Met Eireann do not expect the cold spell to last into next week? Yet the Outlook on Met.ie says "It will remain cold over the weekend and well into next week".

:mad:

that news report is probably from early today. the next forecast will be the one to watch out for.

mad DIY

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

force eleven

maquiladora wrote: »

Anyone notice during the report during the news the reporter said Met Eireann do not expect the cold spell to last into next week? Yet the Outlook on Met.ie says "It will remain cold over the weekend and well into next week".

:mad:

Maybe their forecasters are like us looking at different computer models and taking a different scenario on each? That shouldn't be the case though...

mad DIY

Duffff-Man wrote: »

May be a stupid question, where are you getting the mega blob info. Im in Navan and there is nothing to report here.

I'm zoomed in tight, so the blob might not look so mega on a nationwide view. But it does show it should be snowing in Navan now....

Rougies

Deep Easterly looks like he's about to get a pasting

Edit: Not that he likes that sort of thing

Pangea

maquiladora wrote: »

Anyone notice during the report during the news the reporter said Met Eireann do not expect the cold spell to last into next week? Yet the Outlook on Met.ie says "It will remain cold over the weekend and well into next week".

:mad:

yeah i did notice that but i think it was a mistake.

andrewie

Another shower in Kells, this time a bit heavier and sticking.

DOCARCH

Looking at radar, would be expecting more widespread snow reports?

ltdslipdiff

Cold and clear here.... -1 usual crap we get here when its snowing everywhere else in the country !