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

maquiladora

Temp 1C
Dewpoint -3C

According to the sometimes questionable nearby weather station. Seems about right.

WolfeIRE

mad DIY wrote: »

Ah, but if I dont know the password, I can't get to register:pac:

try the 'Register for free images' button;)

they send an email with your password

Deep Easterly

Just noticed this:

216 (90 members & 126 guests)

Wonder is that some kind of record?

Local-womanizer

Letterkenny was subjected to numerous fights last night-early morning as clubs emptied. The main street was a battle ground for many drunken revellers!

As said,you know its a good night when it ends in a snowball fight in Letterkennys' main street:D

mad DIY

WolfeIRE wrote: »

try the 'Register for free images' button;)

they send an email with your password

If it were on the password screen

blast05

Check out your window in the next while or now, should be some around there now.

About 2 minutes of very light flakes in Athlone at 11:10pm..... pretty disappointing....

WolfeIRE

mad DIY wrote: »

If it were on the password screen

i gave the direct link in my original post. here it is again. http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk

what's good about the site is that it gives a very clear view of what is heading our way from the northwest

willy wonka

Co Sligo
absolutely amazing snow day today. Plenty of snow/sleet/hail showers today. Built a giant snowman.
Snowed about 1 hour ago and left about 2 inches on the car!
I was pinching myself all day because it was so magical!

I don't mean to rub it in folks. It's just been so long since I experienced proper decent snow like this. It was Dec 2000. Feb 2009 completely bypassed me with the exception of a few hours snow that was gone by lunchtime!

Hopefully the snow will be there tomorrow. Today was unreal.

mad DIY

mad DIY wrote: »

BBC NI weather forecast just gone shows precip heading in a south westerly direction on the Irish sea. Snow for east coast as well out of that ?

I take it then that was probably an error on their part.

mad DIY

WolfeIRE wrote: »

i gave the direct link in my original post. here it is again. http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk

what's good about the site is that it gives a very clear view of what is heading our way from the northwest

Sorry, I thought that was the link it was trying to follow:o

Scubadevils

A great electronic album that fits this moment every year for me is called 'Waiting for Snow' by a Swedish artist called Peter Benisch. Slightly off topic but kinda on topic if you are into some easy listening and enjoy snow... :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQL2L94W6K0

MUSEIST

blast05 wrote: »

About 2 minutes of very light flakes in Athlone at 11:10pm..... pretty disappointing....

well its better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick....LOL:D:p

Harps

This still makes no sense to me..how can Sligo and Lietrim be getting bucket loads of snow yet even south Donegal gets nothing but rain??

Surely if the wind is westerly in the south it'll be the same in those two counties?

irish1967

MUSEIST wrote: »

well its better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick....LOL:D:p

...or a giant bar of Toblerone !!

scrubber72

oranmore now 23.30 nothing and to be honest sick of all this talk of snow
hope i wake up to at least an inch of snow

irish1967

Has a weather thread ever cleared 1000 posts in a day???

Tactical

irish1967 wrote: »

Has a weather thread ever cleared 1000 posts in a day???

Well if every user following it right now made one post each...

Harps

Sleet!!!

Still no proper snow but thats the first sleet Ive seen since it got dark, things are looking up

Deep Easterly

A sleety mix of rain, hail and snow now. Nothing to heavy but absolutely trecherous out there with the rain freezing on impact. -0.2c.

maquiladora

Interesting update from Met Eireann. Notice that they have removed any mention of a specific region.....

National Forecast


20 December 2009 22:48

Today

Heavy snow showers tonight and a widespread severe frost and icy surfaces. Lowest air temperatures zero to -4 degrees.

irish1967

just looking at my last 3 posts and they have nothing to do with snow.... can u tell I have lost hope??

Harps

irish1967 wrote: »

just looking at my last 3 posts and they have nothing to do with snow.... can u tell I have lost hope??

See above..first bit of sleet in a while here, might head down to you if you're lucky

irish1967

Harps wrote: »

See above..first bit of sleet in a while here, might head down to you if you're lucky

Harps my man.. it will never make it through the gap !:o

nacho libre

Harps wrote: »

This still makes no sense to me..how can Sligo and Lietrim be getting bucket loads of snow yet even south Donegal gets nothing but rain??

Surely if the wind is westerly in the south it'll be the same in those two counties?

what if that poster is on higher ground than you or is further inland, to the point where the moderating influence of the atlantic is lessened due to the cold land?

kopp

The radar keeps showing cloudy or snow fall making its way towards Dublin and then it just disappears!! What gives? why is it building up and just gone by the time it makesto Leinster!!! DAMN THIS PLACE AND ITS CRAPPY LOCATION! :mad:

WolfeIRE

Here is an interesting shot. from what i can gather initially, the black/dark areas signify precip. I am probably wrong but i just compared the 11.30 sat24 show with this 11.15 shot and they correspond in that way

Mech1

Cant wait, this pic was in 2000 but now 3 kids seats at this years table

irish1967

irish1967 wrote: »

...or a giant bar of Toblerone !!

LOL

Gonzo

that front has now broken up dont think we'll get any flakes here in south meath unless the one coming into NI now manages to make it in one piece here later on.

Pangea

The problem with the weather forum at the moment is that it is too busy, I cant keep track on responses to my last posts etc.
We should have a seperate thread for each province ? Having the whole of Ireland in just one thread is a bit packed. Just an Idea.