Cold Spell Discussion (20/12/09) (Heavy snow showers spreading south)

cian1500ww

Ok guys, thought I'd post an update, snowing very heavily now, roads are getting close to impossible to drive on if you can manage to see throug the blinding snow. Never seen anything like it, it's sticking like glue too. If this continues it wil be impossible to drive anywhere. I live on a hill and cars are skidding as they try and get down it and you spin like hell trying to get up it. Crazy weather, it's unbelievable !!

ch750536

Ricky91t wrote: »

Whats the irish weather site again that shows the tempretures on a map?

Forgot to fave it!

http://www.irelandsweather.com/

patneve

Weathercheck wrote: »

The echoes approaching the north coast are so impressive something has to come of them, if they move ashore they should stay well inland i reckon.

I disagree. They will die off just as all showers have today(expect that 5 minute flurry here in Dublin). These set-ups always see the East/South/Southeast in some sort of a snow-shield, I've seen it many times (as you have I suppose). However, I DO hope they stay alive inland and give us a dusting:)

Ricky91t

ch750536 wrote: »

http://www.irelandsweather.com/

Cheers!

Interesting to see North Kerry/ West Limerick are already at 1c,Were at 4-5 last night.

munsterlegend

trogdor wrote: »

-crosses fingers- they have both hope and disappointed written all over them:p

anyone catch the forecast after the news? any mention of tonight's weather?

yeah i saw it basically a re run of last night - connacht, ulster and west munster at risk from snow showers for tonight and tomorrow. winds easing as well and very cold and frosty up until the weekend.

ninebeanrows

Jake1 wrote: »

Hi Weathercheck, do you envisage any snow at all for West Dublin tonight?
Thanks.

It all depends on the gathering clouds to the north coast.

The Forecasts say there will not be but i personally think that there is a great chance for widespread and possibly heavy snow showers tonight and Dublin will be in a great position for them to stick, so anything that does fall should lay.

But check back in here before 12 and see how things are shaping up.

Su Campu

munsterlegend wrote: »

what do you mean by the echoes and thanks as well for your expert analysis to date.

Here's an explanation

http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp

Rougies

Ricky91t wrote: »

I think it's what a satellite does to detect cloud and it's mass,It sends out an "echo" which won't return unless it hits cloud.

Nah.

Echoes are what the radar use to detect precipitation. Basically what we are looking on the radar images are echoes from the precip bouncing back to the radar.

munsterlegend

Ricky91t wrote: »

Cheers!

Interesting to see North Kerry/ West Limerick are already at 1c,Were at 4-5 last night.

i think that was because of the warm front which preceeded the cold air and temps were still high. the temperatures plummeted by morning.

ch750536

Loads of snow now, reckon best part of an inch in last 40 mins (snow not precip).

MUSEIST

Weathercheck wrote: »

It all depends on the gathering clouds to the north coast.

The Forecasts say there will not be but i personally think that there is a great chance for widespread and possibly heavy snow showers tonight and Dublin will be in a great position for them to stick, so anything that does fall should lay.

But check back in here before 12 and see how things are shaping up.

I like your optimism wc but i honestly cant see it, those showers will die quickly (hope i'm wrong).
At most a dusting for you i'd say but for me nothing.

This is met eireanns forecast
"Overall, it will be dry with variable cloud but there is a threat of rain approaching southern coasts, which may turn to sleet and snow as it pushes further inland in southern parts of Munster and Leinster. Outbreaks of sleet and snow may spread further north across the country on Wednesday night, with temperatures unlikely to rise significantly during Thursday, Christmas Eve; however, there is a lot of uncertainty about how the weather pattern over Ireland will evolve after midweek. "

This is possibly my best chance of seeing snow on wednesday night.

Its amazing the amount of uncertanty at only 3 days out, will be interesting to see what happens.

munsterlegend

ch750536 wrote: »

Loads of snow now, reckon best part of an inch in last 40 mins (snow not precip).

hope it starts spreading west to north cork!

munsterlegend

MUSEIST wrote: »

I like your optimism wc but i honestly cant see it, those showers will die quickly (hope i'm wrong).
At most a dusting for you i'd say but for me nothing.

This is met eireanns forecast
"Overall, it will be dry with variable cloud but there is a threat of rain approaching southern coasts, which may turn to sleet and snow as it pushes further inland in southern parts of Munster and Leinster. Outbreaks of sleet and snow may spread further north across the country on Wednesday night, with temperatures unlikely to rise significantly during Thursday, Christmas Eve; however, there is a lot of uncertainty about how the weather pattern over Ireland will evolve after midweek. "

This is possibly my best chance of seeing snow on wednesday night.

Its amazing the amount of uncertanty at only 3 days out, will be interesting to see what happens.

that usually works out as rain for most of munster!

WolfeIRE

very heavy snow shower for 15 mins has left us with a covering. Freezing over now leaving very difficult driving conditions.

nacho libre

trogdor wrote: »

-crosses fingers- they have both hope and disappointed written all over them:p

anyone catch the forecast after the news? any mention of tonight's weather?

showers persisting in the west and north, dry everywhere else.

there was no talk of organised showers at all for any region. by the way is there anyone posting on this forum from scotland? i'm curious to know how much snow has accumulated up there in the last 36 hours.

Weathercheck

Weathercheck wrote: »

It all depends on the gathering clouds to the north coast.

The Forecasts say there will not be but i personally think that there is a great chance for widespread and possibly heavy snow showers tonight and Dublin will be in a great position for them to stick, so anything that does fall should lay.

But check back in here before 12 and see how things are shaping up.

Thanks a million.:)

Tactical

Ricky91t wrote: »

Cheers!

Interesting to see North Kerry/ West Limerick are already at 1c,Were at 4-5 last night.

You're right Ricky, the NRA website definately shows things much lower than this time last night and the (dusting of) snow that fell this afternoon hasn't melted so all we need is a decent shower or two

Have you any shots to post Ricky? I've one from the morning showing a light dusting on the road that I must take off the CF card and post.

eskimocat

cian1500ww wrote: »

Ok guys, thought I'd post an update, snowing very heavily now, roads are getting close to impossible to drive on if you can manage to see throug the blinding snow. Never seen anything like it, it's sticking like glue too. If this continues it wil be impossible to drive anywhere. I live on a hill and cars are skidding as they try and get down it and you spin like hell trying to get up it. Crazy weather, it's unbelievable !!

hi Cian1500ww, i am in dromahair, what part of leitrim are you in, apologies if you have answered this post previously, i have almost 20 back pages to scan to see what i missed today

dbyrne

just arrived in dublin now after over 4 hrs from donegal. i am glad that i left at the time i did as I just arrived at sligo in a heavy fall of snow and ocean FM said that cars couldnt get up or down the hill just as i got out of sligo. roads were very bad as far as mullingar and then they were clear. i have to say after doing the drive there were a few hairy moments when idiots in sligo registered cars decided they were going to drive like mad idiots and put alot of people in danger. If you havnt left for dublin yet my suggestion is dont, the roads would probably be too dangerous by this time.

Ricky91t

Tactical wrote: »

You're right Ricky, the NRA website definately shows things much lower than this time last night and the (dusting of) snow that fell this afternoon hasn't melted so all we need is a decent shower or two

Have you any shots to post Ricky? I've one from the morning showing a light dusting on the road that I must take off the CF card and post.

This:



And you might of missed these earlier

munsterlegend

dbyrne wrote: »

just arrived in dublin now after over 4 hrs from donegal. i am glad that i left at the time i did as I just arrived at sligo in a heavy fall of snow and ocean FM said that cars couldnt get up or down the hill just as i got out of sligo. roads were very bad as far as mullingar and then they were clear. i have to say after doing the drive there were a few hairy moments when idiots in sligo registered cars decided they were going to drive like mad idiots and put alot of people in danger. If you havnt left for dublin yet my suggestion is dont, the roads would probably be too dangerous by this time.

same all over the country - roads are like ice rinks in north cork and certain people are showing no regard for how dangerous things are. i think there'll be a load of accidents in the morning hopefully nothing serious.

paddybar

munsterlegend wrote: »

same all over the country - roads are like ice rinks in north cork and certain people are showing no regard for how dangerous things are. i think there'll be a load of accidents in the morning hopefully nothing serious.

agreed the last time I drove from doneraile to cork (35 miles) in conditions like this I counted 9 cars in the ditches ,3 which had emergency services attending

Bremner

dbyrne wrote: »

just arrived in dublin now after over 4 hrs from donegal. i am glad that i left at the time i did as I just arrived at sligo in a heavy fall of snow and ocean FM said that cars couldnt get up or down the hill just as i got out of sligo. roads were very bad as far as mullingar and then they were clear. i have to say after doing the drive there were a few hairy moments when idiots in sligo registered cars decided they were going to drive like mad idiots and put alot of people in danger. If you havnt left for dublin yet my suggestion is dont, the roads would probably be too dangerous by this time.

I've to get to SW Donegal; will probably go tomorrow. I'm surprised you didn't take the Omagh route as roads would be better gritted in Norn Iron?What was it like from Donegal town to Ballyshannon? Thanks

blast05

Hi,

I've been reading like an excited child for the last few days but first post...
When i look at this link:
http://www.sat24.com/gb

then its hard to believe that the whole country will not all get a blast.
or even more so when i let this one play out to the current time...

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

What am i missing ?

munsterlegend

WolfeIRE wrote: »

very heavy snow shower for 15 mins has left us with a covering. Freezing over now leaving very difficult driving conditions.

just looking at the radar west clare looks to have a bit of action - has it stopped again now?

ninebeanrows

blast05 wrote: »

Hi,

I've been reading like an excited child for the last few days but first post...
When i look at this link:
http://www.sat24.com/gb

then its hard to believe that the whole country will not all get a blast.
or even more so when i let this one play out to the current time...

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

What am i missing ?

Thinking the same mate but the precip is obviously not forecast for some reason, must be expected to die when moving inland but we will see.

Deep Easterly

nacho libre wrote: »

showers persisting in the west and north, dry everywhere else.

there was no talk of organised showers at all for any region. by the way is there anyone posting on this forum from scotland? i'm curious to know how much snow has accumulated up there in the last 36 hours.

The high res ETA rainfall model has showers increasing later tonight into tomorrow morning over the northern half of the country in general. The bulk of the showers are forecast to stream in from Donegal Bay in a relatively narrow line over north Connacht, north Leinster (in towards Dublin) and south Ulster.

Guess what?
It shows much of the North Galway missing them once again! :mad:

It's a crap model anyway....;)

billy the squid

there was a little bit of snow in the city earlier. now it is after freezing. white ice everywhere.

eskimocat

trying to attach a pic for ye, not sure if this will work.

ninebeanrows

Deep Easterly wrote: »

The high res ETA rainfall model has showers increasing later tonight into tomorrow morning over the northern half of the country in general. The bulk of the showers are forecast to stream in from Donegal Bay in a relatively narrow line over north Connacht, north Leinster (in towards Dublin) and south Ulster.

Guess what?
It shows much of the North Galway missing them once again! :mad:

It's a crap model anyway....;)

Whats this Hi res? Linky?