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

Pangea

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055766259

Get em boys!

owenc

Pangea wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055766259

Get em boys!

well just to let everyone know anything that has fallen today has been of sleet and not rain so maybe thats a higher chance>

nacho libre

what would be best for nearly all of us is if there was a polar low in the next day or two. no poxy mild sectors to contend with, and places further south, that are less likely to see the showers, would have some snow.. it has been too long since our last polar low.

Tactical

Light rain shower here in West Limerick.

Skies are mainly cloudy with the sun peeking through a clearing low in the sky.

No idea of the temperature as I don't have a thermometer. Perhaps I can look at the one in the car to get a trend.

owenc

all this is making me think we are just going to get sleet tonight after waiting a full week. what a disapointment

nacho libre

Pangea wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055766259

Get em boys!

all those blasphemers should be banned indefinitely from boards.ie.:p

eskimocat

Well in Dromahair, there is a lethal black ice, its one of the most solid, slippy shiny black ice I have experienced since i moved here, 5 years ago. NO SNOW

Just following the chat for this morning and realise we are on the downward run of the roller coaster, and i am just hoping that its not the ride coming to an end but just getting ready to seriously climb to new heights for this evening or even tomorrow. Is it the cold we are missing now, have i picked that up right? if we got a polar low then it would be game on??
Thanks

kleefarr

Kilkenny City outskirts..

Temperature: -0.2 °C
Dew Point: -0.5 °C

No snow on the radar, but woke up to a thin white covering which is still here and probably will stay, as long as the temperature doesn't go up any more.
Clouds look like they could hold some snow. Fingers crossed.

Pangea

Pangea wrote: »

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Get em boys!

That forum is pre modded like pi.
You are not allowed to post an anti rant it's in the rules so your post won't be approved.

nacho libre wrote:

and places further south, that are less likely to see the showers

Just to reiterate-places in the west on the far south of the island will see heavy showers of snow after that front eg west cork and kerry .
They have a far better chance of snow showers in a wnw or an NW flow than places way further north [that are further east and away from the atlantic] because of proximity to the atlantic,the king of shower making.
Of course the atlantic usually makes rain showers but not so with the source of the air flowing over it and into the entire western sea board from Derry down to west cork this time.
It *could* but I'm not guarantee'ing [just saying theres a highish probability in my view] get very similar to the white Xmas they got a few years ago.

maquiladora

A nasty GFS run in FI....severe winds and very heavy rain at 192 hours : http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn1921.png

Horrible!

Good job FI is about72 hours at the moment :pac:

owenc

Deleted User wrote: »

That forum is pre modded like pi.
You are not allowed to post an anti rant it's in the rules so your post won't be approved.Just to reiterate-places in the west on the far south of the island will see heavy showers of snow after that front eg west cork and kerry .
They have a far better chance of snow showers in a wnw or an NW flow than places way further north [that are further east and away from the atlantic] because of proximity to the atlantic,the king of shower making.
Of course the atlantic usually makes rain showers but not so with the source of the air flowing over it and into the entire western sea board from Derry down to west cork this time.
It *could* but I'm not guarantee'ing [just saying theres a highish probability in my view] get very similar to the white Xmas they got a few years ago.

so would could get snow afterall..:D

munsterlegend

Deleted User wrote: »

That forum is pre modded like pi.
You are not allowed to post an anti rant it's in the rules so your post won't be approved.Just to reiterate-places in the west on the far south of the island will see heavy showers of snow after that front eg west cork and kerry .
They have a far better chance of snow showers in a wnw or an NW flow than places way further north [that are further east and away from the atlantic] because of proximity to the atlantic,the king of shower making.
Of course the atlantic usually makes rain showers but not so with the source of the air flowing over it and into the entire western sea board from Derry down to west cork this time.
It *could* but I'm not guarantee'ing [just saying theres a highish probability in my view] get very similar to the white Xmas they got a few years ago.

suppose we'll just have to wait and see till later. usually such showers come well inland.

roryc1

Looking at SAT 24 is appers the heavy presip in that front might miss us completely, but there are some heavy showers for the north and west following fast behind it

nacho libre

well a lot of the country- but particularly the north and north west should get sleet and snow showers after the front clear through. the winds should help to push the showers well inland too. i mentioned a polar low because it's almost a guarantee of a widespread 3- 4 hour snow event, whereby even places in the very south of the country could get snow- which is usually not the case in an arctic airflow setup.

Pangea

People are let down today, met eireann said up to 6 cms of snow in accumlations for today , what happened to that?

Pangea

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I wad joking

holly1

What happened to Leahyl:(,did someone frighten her off.I miss her and her enthusiasm:).

maquiladora

roryc1 wrote: »

Looking at SAT 24 is appers the heavy presip in that front might miss us completely, but there are some heavy showers for the north and west following fast behind it

This would be at 12Z today

owenc

Pangea wrote: »

People are let down today, met eireann said up to 6 cms of snow in accumlations for today , what happened to that?

scotland probably snatched it all :mad::mad:

Tactical

Deleted User wrote: »

Just to reiterate-places in the west on the far south of the island will see heavy showers of snow after that front eg west cork and kerry .
They have a far better chance of snow showers in a wnw or an NW flow than places way further north [that are further east and away from the atlantic] because of proximity to the atlantic,the king of shower making.

It *could* but I'm not guarantee'ing [just saying theres a highish probability in my view] get very similar to the white Xmas they got a few years ago.

You hear that WolfeIRE & Leahyl :D:D

Fingers crossed.

nacho libre

owenc wrote: »

scotland probably snatched it all :mad::mad:

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

it looks like it(as they always do) i wonder how many inches they'll get out of it at lower levels.

owenc

nacho libre wrote: »

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

it looks like it(as they always do) i wonder how many inches they'll get out of it at lower levels.

in the north after 2 hours of snow they look like having 3 inches.:mad: even south east?(england) is colder than here they get everything all the famous superstars,warm weather , heatwaves and now snow! shows how much 30 miles across the sea can do...

ltdslipdiff

nacho libre wrote: »

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

it looks like it(as they always do) i wonder how many inches they'll get out of it at lower levels.

I think they just measure in feet now due to their generous accumulations

maquiladora

http://www.yr.no/satellitt/1.5941760

This is a nice alternative to the Sat24 loop, once its loaded up fully you can drag the slider to give a very smooth forward/backward motion. Nicely illustrates the flow coming down from up north. :pac:

SpitfireIV

Had another little bit of snow early this morning (at what time I dont know) But there's a thin covering on the ground, its dull and overcast.......nice!

Temp 1.6c and DP 0.7c......borderline

maquiladora

6C here, time to break out the sun cream and shorts :pac:

owenc

maquiladora wrote: »

6C here, time to break out the sun cream and shorts :pac:

2c here and raining not sleeting anymore. its warm compared to everywhere else here and if it was 6c i would die!:eek:

maquiladora

Meanwhile over in the States, it looks like there are no such problems of warm sectors and wet bulb woes....

Washington DC going to be hit by a real snow storm..."Accumulations of 15 inches or more in the city"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/18/AR2009121803889.html?hpid=artslot

Jealous much?

ltdslipdiff

maquiladora wrote: »

http://www.yr.no/satellitt/1.5941760

This is a nice alternative to the Sat24 loop, once its loaded up fully you can drag the slider to give a very smooth forward/backward motion. Nicely illustrates the flow coming down from up north. :pac:

Thats brilliant thank you !!!!:)

john 1994

will munster get any snow today ???:D:D:D