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Cold Spell Discussion (21/12/09) (Scattered snow showers today)

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    #392
    nacho libre
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    http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

    a lot of showers packing into donegal there now. it's going to be fun for some tonight up there


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    #393
    Local-womanizer
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    nacho libre wrote: »
    http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

    a lot of showers packing into donegal there now. it's going to be fun for some tonight up there

    Lets hope so!


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    #394
    Harps
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    Local-womanizer wrote: »
    Lets hope so!

    Much happening in Letterkenny tonight? Im out in the west but it seemed promising earlier before I left


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    #395
    Danno
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    Something interesting could happen tonight, Possible shallow low and streamer going down the east coast... Donegal Bay streamer forming too.. the midwest could get a pasting.
    50.50 chance of these coming off...


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    #396
    Graces7
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    Really? Sheesh....

    Totally off topic and you can ban me if you like.. and I am sure it is not necessary, but at my advanced age these things matter more and more....

    If you have elderly neighbours, please check that they have fuel and food.

    Especially if this is going to continue much longer..

    There is going to be real hardship and real danger of hypothermia; we who are on pensions do not have reserves for extra fuel. Not at today's prices.

    Maddening here as there are fallen trees but cannot find anyone to bless me a wee while with a chainsaw... Ah well... Dependent on the fire here.

    OK; will gather the cats and close down. My eyeballs are cold!

    Asking Father Christmas for a few bags of coal!

    Stay safe and warm.. may snow fall on all who come here...

    nacho libre wrote: »
    http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

    a lot of showers packing into donegal there now. it's going to be fun for some tonight up there


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    #397
    Harps
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    Graces7 wrote: »
    Really? Sheesh....

    Totally off topic and you can ban me if you like.. and I am sure it is not necessary, but at my advanced age these things matter more and more....

    If you have elderly neighbours, please check that they have fuel and food.

    Especially if this is going to continue much longer..

    There is going to be real hardship and real danger of hypothermia; we who are on pensions do not have reserves for extra fuel. Not at today's prices.

    Maddening here as there are fallen trees but cannot find anyone to bless me a wee while with a chainsaw... Ah well... Dependent on the fire here.

    OK; will gather the cats and close down. My eyeballs are cold!

    Asking Father Christmas for a few bags of coal!

    Stay safe and warm.. may snow fall on all who come here...

    Id keep an eye on your dog as well, just had a massive roar of thunder here. Scared the sh*t out of me, shook the whole house and the lights are gone again


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    #398
    WolfeIRE
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    Danno wrote: »
    Something interesting could happen tonight, Possible shallow low and streamer going down the east coast... Donegal Bay streamer forming too.. the midwest could get a pasting.
    50.50 chance of these coming off...
    danno. i have been looking at the midwest situation for obvious reasons. The change in wind direction around 3-4am would be condusive to the stream of showers out at sea to the NW at the moment. Can I ask how you have read the midwest situation?
    http://www.sat24.com/image.ashx?country=gb&type=slide&time=&index=1&sat=ir
    http://www.met.ie/weathermaps/3hr-wind.gif


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    #399
    WolfeIRE
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    new wind chart up to 3am now shows that shift from a northerly wind to NW windflow.

    3hr-wind.gif


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    #400
    [Deleted User]
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    could anyone please explain why the sky/fog has a brownish inge? Im very curious
    thanks.

    hope its ok to mention, just heard reports of large explosion/quake in san diego.


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    #401
    nacho libre
    Registered Users Posts: 16,851 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    WolfeIRE wrote: »
    new wind chart up to 3am now shows that shift from a northerly wind to NW windflow.

    3hr-wind.gif

    it could increase the shower potential but also could make things more marginal snow wise


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    #402
    wild handlin
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    Snowing here in Enniskillen, descent amount failing at a steady rate!! First "real" snow since this morning!!


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    #403
    Stevek101
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    Jake1 wrote: »
    Sky is very foggy with a brown tinge.Id swear it could snow.

    I just looked out too. The sky most definitely looks like the most "snowy" I've seen it in a long time. Is there anything to this? Don't see anything on precipitation radars...


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    #404
    Danno
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    I am watching the sat24 stream and there is an impressive disturbance off the NW coast fuelling showers.

    Brown tinge caused by streetlighting?


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    #405
    ninebeanrows
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    Jake1 wrote: »
    could anyone please explain why the sky/fog has a brownish inge? Im very curious
    thanks.

    Because it's a cloud and it has frozen vapour in it. It will have that hue a snow cloud would.

    If it gets very dense you will see ice riming on surfaces.


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    #406
    Harps
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    Danno wrote: »
    I am watching the sat24 stream and there is an impressive disturbance off the NW coast fuelling showers.

    Brown tinge caused by streetlighting?

    Im right on the north west coast and we've just had a long and very heavy hail shower coupled with lightning


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    #407
    WolfeIRE
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    Danno wrote: »
    I am watching the sat24 stream and there is an impressive disturbance off the NW coast fuelling showers.

    Brown tinge caused by streetlighting?
    http://www.yr.no/satellitt/1.5941760 provides a nice view of this streamer being formed. That mini-low seems to be spinning a streamer down the west coast in particular and across to NE coast.


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    #408
    [Deleted User]
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    Danno wrote: »
    I am watching the sat24 stream and there is an impressive disturbance off the NW coast fuelling showers.

    Brown tinge caused by streetlighting?
    nah its al over sky


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    #409
    eireanbo
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    whats the chances of longford getting any more snow....snow has not budged here in last 2 days..freezing but loving it...:)


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    #410
    Stevek101
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    Weathercheck wrote: »
    Because it's a cloud and it has frozen vapour in it. It will have that hue a snow cloud would.

    If it gets very dense you will see ice riming on surfaces.

    Lots of ice... But no snow :(


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    #411
    squonk
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    Serious freeze on here. Just checked the WS now and have a temp outside of -1.4 and the place certainly looks it. Very white everywhere. Hoping to get off early in the morning to travel home for Christmas. Was due to go today but the roads looked too bad early on and looked like they were gong to get bad again later so I postponed. Hopefuly I'll get there during the day tomorrow.

    By the way, what is the orange precipitation on raintoday.co.uk now?


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    #412
    WolfeIRE
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    squonk wrote: »
    Serious freeze on here. Just checked the WS now and have a temp outside of -1.4 and the place certainly looks it. Very white everywhere. Hoping to get off early in the morning to travel home for Christmas. Was due to go today but the roads looked too bad early on and looked like they were gong to get bad again later so I postponed. Hopefuly I'll get there during the day tomorrow.

    By the way, what is the orange precipitation on raintoday.co.uk now?

    it is hail


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    #413
    MUSEIST
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    moist but cold


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    #414
    Graces7
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    Kind person..

    Thanks; she is fine just now.. if it were anywhere near, she would be trying to break the door down; will give her meds now in case... Always good to have advance warning...


    Hope you are OK?

    Stay safe..


    Harps wrote: »
    Id keep an eye on your dog as well, just had a massive roar of thunder here. Scared the sh*t out of me, shook the whole house and the lights are gone again


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    #415
    squonk
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    squonk wrote: »
    Serious freeze on here. Just checked the WS now and have a temp outside of -1.4 and the place certainly looks it. Very white everywhere. Hoping to get off early in the morning to travel home for Christmas. Was due to go today but the roads looked too bad early on and looked like they were gong to get bad again later so I postponed. Hopefuly I'll get there during the day tomorrow.

    By the way, what is the orange precipitation on raintoday.co.uk now?

    I should add also that the earlier fog has disipated now. Skies are clear. I expect that's why the temps have dropped even more.


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    #416
    Graces7
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    Dear Lord. What hard times we live in...

    hope its ok to mention, just heard reports of large explosion/quake in san diego.[/quote]


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    #417
    G-Money
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    I was hoping the weather was going to improve by Wednesday but I dont think it will.


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    #418
    [Deleted User]
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    Graces7 wrote: »
    Dear Lord. What hard times we live in...

    hope its ok to mention, just heard reports of large explosion/quake in san diego.
    [/quote]

    saying possible meteorite, sonic boom noise from it.
    scary.

    anyway nite nite people.:)


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    #419
    WolfeIRE
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    It was a micro earthquake! As reported on US Gov Quake Site...A microearthquake occurred at 3:32:40 PM (PST) on Monday, December 21, 2009.The magnitude 1.4 event occurred approx 73 miles NE of San Diego

    taken from a networking site in san diego. wonder will they get snow?

    im off to bed too. night folks

    UPDATE: USGS: Loud Noise In County Was Sonic Boom

    POSTED: 4:49 pm PST December 21, 2009
    UPDATED: 4:52 pm PST December 21, 2009
    SAN DIEGO -- A loud noise heard and felt by many San Diegans was determined to be a sonic boom, 10News reported.

    According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the loud noise heard and felt by many around the county shortly after 4 p.m. was the result of a sonic boom and not an earthquake.

    USGS seismologist Robert Dollar told 10News sonic booms are caused by high-speed aircraft and it is possible the noise bounced off the atmosphere and made its way around the county.
    Click here to find out more!

    Dollar said the military has high-speed flying areas near the Mojave Desert and over the Pacific Ocean.

    No damage or injuries have been reported as a result of the loud noise.


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    #420
    Slippin Jimmy
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    Graces7 wrote: »

    hope its ok to mention, just heard reports of large explosion/quake in san diego.
    [/QUOTE]

    Going slightly off topic here....It was reported to be a sonic boom and not an earthquake.


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    #421
    TheMilkyPirate
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    WolfeIRE wrote: »
    To be honest Baraca I don't trust the charts beyond a 24 hr period at this stage. Having said that, there are strong indications that there will be at least some precipitation in Wexford on Wednesday afternoon. The 9.30am GFS run tomorrow will be interesting. Here is the link if you wish to see it anytime after 930. It takes about 90 mins to complete but the 24 hr run should be done by 10am. (http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=nwdc;sess=)

    Predictions for snow in Wexford on Wednesday

    according to BBC - yes.

    According to the GFS chart (9.30 tonight) - 20% chance of snow

    Met Eireann - it will be mostly cloudy over much of Munster and Leinster, with some falls of rain and sleet and with some snow on high ground, and possibly at some lower levels too. Very cold again Wednesday night with widespread frost, fog and ice returning.

    Accuweather - A mix of snow and rain (8.4mm)

    The Weathr Channel - 50% chance of showers

    Based on these reports, nobody really can tell with any great certainty

    Thanks wolfe, Great reply ;)

    We live in hope!


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