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

maquiladora

maquiladora wrote: »

Looks like the fish in the Irish Sea are gettin more snow than anyone. :pac:

T'was snowing in rathfarnam and sticking before it stopped this evening about 730 or so..
Driving down to south wicklow there were a few flurries and the road was white in places.
I met one grit spreader.

Currently partly cloudy here and -0.4c
Dewpoint is -3.1c

K-9

wild handlin wrote: »

Showery Activity in the North West now turning to rain over Donegal and Fermanagh. Is this the warm front moving in??

Yep, rain here, but its cold.

Can see snow later on though.

maquiladora

Temp 3C (hasnt dropped below 2C all day)
Dewpoint -2C

maquiladora

maquiladora wrote: »

Temp 3C (hasnt dropped below 2C all day)
Dewpoint -2C

Is that in an urban area?

Temp dropping here slightly.
Now -0.6 and quite frozen outside.

maquiladora

Deleted User wrote: »

Is that in an urban area?

Temp dropping here slightly.
Now -0.6 and quite frozen outside.

Yep, urban. Feels a lot colder than 2C though with that air. Not goin back out there...brrr...

Rougies

Deep Easterly wrote: »

I wonder if there are little fishy weather forums around the coast of Ireland. Fish discussing various weather types and stuff? . Would make for interesting reading*

*if one was well acquainted with fish language that is

Didn't Michael Fish from the BBC used to be a moderator and expert forecaster in those forums years ago?

WolfeIRE

Latest update on road conditions
Killarney is chilly
http://www.nra.ie/RoadWeatherInfo/Map/data/htm/WeatherTable.htm

Can anyone tell if there might be anymore snow around Dublin /Kildare border tonight?
I remember someone saying earlier that precip from up North might head south

Thanks.

maquiladora

Rougies wrote: »

Didn't Michael Fish from the BBC used to be a moderator and expert forecaster in those forums years ago?

Slippin Jimmy

Not up to speed with all this. Have been watching you guys talk for the last couple of hours and trying to get my head around things.

Would I be right in saying, going by the rain today site. That there is percip building up around Ulster?

ltdslipdiff

Just had a few rogue flakes.....started getting all excited ! Then they simply stopped Praying for more.....

maquiladora

Jake1 wrote: »

Can anyone tell if there might be anymore snow around Dublin /Kildare border tonight?
I remember someone saying earlier that precip from up North might head south

Thanks.

You can follow it here : http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

Mix of rain and snow up there at the moment.

jaffa20

Deep Easterly wrote: »

I wonder if there are little fishy weather forums around the coast of Ireland. Fish discussing various weather types and stuff? . Would make for interesting reading*

*if one was well acquainted with fish language that is

Of course there is.

WolfeIRE

Duffff-Man wrote: »

Not up to speed with all this. Have been watching you guys talk for the last couple of hours and trying to get my head around things.

Would I be right in saying, going by the rain today site. That there is percip building up around Ulster?

yes but is unlikely to spread too much past ulster, north leinster and connaught.

Just looking at radar for past two hours the showers up north do not appear to be making any headway southwards.

Although, we thought that too about the later afternoon/evening band of showers.

maquiladora

maquiladora wrote: »

You can follow it here : http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

Mix of rain and snow up there at the moment.

Thats great Maquiladora, thank you

Slippin Jimmy

WolfeIRE wrote: »

Just looking at radar for past two hours the showers up north do not appear to be making any headway southwards.

Thanks for the reply. And could there be a chance of this heading southwards? How would you know if it was moving this direction? Would you notice it on the map or is there another way to tell?

Rougies

Come on maquiladora, that's not appropriate!

I just thought since you were getting no snow, I'd try to cheer you up with some cheese

Pangea

Raining very heavy here in Tír Chonaill

maquiladora

Duffff-Man wrote: »

Thanks for the reply. And could there be a chance of this heading southwards? How would you know if it was moving this direction? Would you notice it on the map or is there another way to tell?

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

WolfeIRE

Duffff-Man wrote: »

Thanks for the reply. And could there be a chance of this heading southwards? How would you know if it was moving this direction? Would you notice it on the map or is there another way to tell?

click the play button on this radar http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/

see the difference between earlier band of showers and the one currently brewing from Donegal to Antrim

francosp

Hi guys,


Back after a crimbo party and here was my first port of call... hahaha


That big band of snow out on the Irish sea, any chance of that moving inland ?

Drunken Franco

Vain

Very cold here in Limerick city, had a few droppings of very light snow awhile ago, I hoping for more:D

I think Ill head to bed, not looking very promising for my area..:(

Slippin Jimmy

WolfeIRE wrote: »

click the play button on this radar http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/

see the difference between earlier band of showers and the one currently brewing from Donegal to Antrim

Just looked at the map there. So judging by the looks of things we will have to wait another hour or so to see whats happening. Is that right?

wild handlin

Light rain here at Enniskillen now. The dusting of snow is still lying though... for now!!

maquiladora

Rougies wrote: »

Come on maquiladora, that's not deserved!

I just thought since you were getting no snow, I'd try to cheer you up with some cheese

Ah I love a bit of cheese. I will be a bit further north this weekend, I reckon Ill see some snow then... :pac:

WolfeIRE

Duffff-Man wrote: »

Just looked at the map there. So judging by the looks of things we will have to wait another hour or so to see whats happening. Is that right?

depends where you live. Either way a lot of the precipitation there is rain at the moment. This should change though as the cold front behind establishes itself. If you live in Mizen Head I would think about turning in for the night

john 1994

is it going to snow in limerick tonite???

Slippin Jimmy

WolfeIRE wrote: »

depends where you live. Either way a lot of the precipitation there is rain at the moment. This should change though as the cold front behind establishes itself. If you live in Mizen Head I would think about turning in for the night

Im over in Navan. Quite interesting to see how all this stuff works. So if its cold enough and there is enough percipitation, we might see something?

maquiladora

john 1994 wrote: »

is it going to snow in limerick tonite???

Doesnt look likely.