Cold Spell Discussion (19/12/09) (Band of Sleet to Snow to push south)

Trogdor

Moderate-Heavy hail here too
EDIT: Giving a covering :pac: :pac:

Mr.Boots

Drizzle snizzle.
Im confident its gonna get colder here later though.

snaps

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Temp beginning to fall sharply here now. Down to 3.8c. Still a bit breezy but rain shower has passed through.

Im in mayo, a little north of you and can confirm that yes the temp is dropping quite sharply. now 3.2c here, was 5.4c about an hour ago.

Trogdor

trogdor wrote: »

Moderate-Heavy hail here too
EDIT: Giving a covering :pac: :pac:

And then it stops and begins to melt:p still, gave a temp drop from 5.0C to 3.6C tho:)

munsterlegend

thecretinhop wrote: »

rte weather forecast on tv there looked very promising for west and north!:)

yeah and gerry murphy mentioned a second front coming down later tonight of showers for the west and north. hopefully they'll come inland.

patneve

that heavy hail shower that just passed through dublin marked the entrance of colder air, winds in fact are now coming from the north instead of the WSW...I expect a bit of sleet later on and then a freeze...watch out on them roads tonight

jenzz

trogdor wrote: »

And then it stops and begins to melt:p still, gave a temp drop from 5.0C to 3.6C tho:)

Yeah thats just hit me up the road - was watching that temp drop - did it in 2 minutes wow - DP now down to 1c

holly1

Rain,sleet and snow here in Clane at the moment.Its trying hard to snow!!!!!

Trogdor

jenzz wrote: »

Yeah thats just hit me up the road - was watching that temp drop - did it in 2 minutes wow - DP now down to 1c

Yeah the temp is actually still falling:) some of that cold air mst be reaching us, 3.2C/0.8C now

doccy

Hail and rain in greystones now

patneve

trogdor wrote: »

Yeah the temp is actually still falling:) some of that cold air mst be reaching us, 3.2C/0.8C now

no more rain now....next precipitation that comes will be surely sleet (if there is more precipitation)

Deep Easterly

trogdor wrote: »

Yeah the temp is actually still falling:) some of that cold air mst be reaching us, 3.2C/0.8C now

That is an interesting reading Peter. It is exactly 3.2c here too. I would be more or less to your direct west on the other side of the island and it shows nicely the direct east/west alignment of the front as pushes south.

Just a nerdy observation.

jenzz

trogdor wrote: »

Yeah the temp is actually still falling:) some of that cold air mst be reaching us, 3.2C/0.8C now

i know im watching the station - heading down the harbour - not the night for an xmas party - ill send out the flares if we get snowed in the den

Trogdor

patneve wrote: »

no more rain now....next precipitation that comes will be surely sleet (if there is more precipitation)

Not necessarily just yet but the temp continues to fall here so there'll be some wintriness garaunteed soon if it and stop falling..and there's any more precipitation...2.9C/0.8C now

Deep Easterly wrote: »

That is an interesting reading Peter. It is exactly 3.2c here too. I would be more or less to your direct west on the other side of the island and it shows nicely the direct east/west alignment of the front as pushes south.

Just a nerdy observation.

Hehe Indeed it is interesting:) any precip over with you?

Trogdor

jenzz wrote: »

i know im watching the station - heading down the harbour - not the night for an xmas party - ill send out the flares if we get snowed in the den

I'll keep a lookout and come running with the snow shovel:)

Deep Easterly

trogdor wrote: »

Hehe Indeed it is interesting:) any precip over with you?

Nah, all cleared through now though still a bit breezy, if a little less so. Fun and games over with for the time being..:)

jenzz

trogdor wrote: »

I'll keep a lookout and come running with the snow shovel:)

lol

arctictree

Heavy sleet here, +2.9c

Timistry

Hopefully temps will decrease further before the showers arrive from scotland. This seems to be our chance.

By the way can anyone take a quick look on google earth and tell me how the mountains may affect any snow snowers in kenmare (orographic lift etc.) We are surrounded by them!

jenzz

Ta se ag cur sneachta !!! big fat plops

owenc

beginning to worry now as to weather we will get any snow nevermind 4 inches as its around 0.6c and the first shower coming in from scotland is arriving i doubt it will lay on the ground and the temp is hardly dropping very worriyng.

patneve

owenc wrote: »

beginning to worry now as to weather we will get any snow nevermind 4 inches as its around 0.6c and the first shower coming in from scotland is arriving i doubt it will lay on the ground and the temp is hardly dropping very worriyng.

chillllll outtt owen. I guarantee you a covering by the morning.

owenc

patneve wrote: »

chillllll outtt owen. I guarantee you a covering by the morning.

i agre im going to have to just wait and see....

3.5c/2c here...
Has been like that for a while.
Clear skies here still with drizzle blowing in the wind.

If the temp drops 2 degrees everywhere on passing that would put me near zero..

arctictree

Big temp drop. +1.4c and heavy sleet/snow

Sierra Oscar

Its raining here, doesn't feel as cold as last night to be honest.

snow plow

Had a heavy hail shower here about 25 mins ago, left a covering here on cars, decking and grass, the temp dropped from 5.2 to 3.2C in 5 mins.





Dan

fintonie

jasus lads yis are desperate I have a mantra to create snow so while your on here repeat it in your head and you will have snow,

chickatomacaca chickatomacaca,

it works we also have one for rain, big rain it works just have faith.

howlinwolf

steady rain here in carlow,not even sleet just borin old rain ....ah well at least the place will be like an ice rink in the mornin:D

Ricky91t

Would almost say we had the slightest bit of sleet about a half hour ago,Had the light switched on out the front of the house and the "rain" wasn't falling straight it was swirling around etc...

Might be better later!