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

Villain

My WXSIM forecast is playing with my emotions I think

ltdslipdiff

glossy wrote: »

lol, your as bad as me .... im in D15 area

Ha ha and I'm your brother down here in painfully dry Waterford

I even put in higher wattage (bold) old-style tungsten bulbs in the outside lights just in case there is a snowflake passing.......

Rougies

Jake1 wrote: »

I was just wondering if some of you do what I do..
I keep looking out the window, at the lamp post mostly looking for flakes, even though I know we aing getting any.:)

Yeah I used to be the same, but now I have a webcam set up pointing at the lampost so I don't have to look out the window

leahyl

roryc1 wrote: »

leahyl wrote: »

FAMOUS?! Oh god i better be careful what i say now in future;)![/QUOT

And where were you young woman, we where all worried sick,

I had a fall on some black ice - was laid up for days:p:D Nah had to get the aul christmas shopping done while still wishing for snow and glued to sky news forecast on digital!:)

Ricky91t

Place is already freezing over here,Road are seriously unsafe here alreeady!

I'm going to be going over to the UK this xmas to meet relatives and at the moment Gatwick is closed...And have to get to Shannon Wednesday..Could be an eventful day!

leahyl

Ricky91t wrote: »

Place is already freezing over here,Road are seriously unsafe here alreeady!

I'm going to be going over to the UK this xmas to meet relatives and at the moment Gatwick is closed...And have to get to Shannon Wednesday..Could be an eventful day!

God i hope it'll be ok for you Ricky91t - a colleague of mine had to go to shannon this morning to collect relatives and it took her 4 HOURS to get back to Cork!:eek:

munsterlegend

leahyl wrote: »

Hey my dad said he just heard on rte radio that the forecasting snow for south on Wednesday?! Just watched tv forecast tho and no mention of it. Oh I hope we get some!:)

you're alive?! was getting worried about you. this is some rollercoaster ride - this morning no mention of snow and it all to end by Friday - now endless opportunities.

leahyl

munsterlegend wrote: »

you're alive?! was getting worried about you. this is some rollercoaster ride - this morning no mention of snow and it all to end by Friday - now endless opportunities.

munsterlegend i am deeply touched:D ya i kinda lost faith that we would get snow - kept reading this thread though - was great fun to see what everyone was saying about their area - the weather is really fascinating isn't it?! God imagine if after all this talk about snow and not getting it and we finally get it on Christmas Eve in Cork! It would be perfect!:)

munsterlegend

leahyl wrote: »

munsterlegend i am deeply touched:D ya i kinda lost faith that we would get snow - kept reading this thread though - was great fun to see what everyone was saying about their area - the weather is really fascinating isn't it?! God imagine if after all this talk about snow and not getting it and we finally get it on Christmas Eve in Cork! It would be perfect!:)

a fairytale ending?! anyway no negativity for now...we'll keep our fingers crossed.

peasant

Jake1 wrote: »

I was just wondering if some of you do what I do..
I keep looking out the window, at the lamp post mostly looking for flakes, even though I know we aing getting any.:)

It could be worse. Put yourself in my shows. We (Sligo) get one shower after another moving in like freight trains only to get ...RAIN ...which then promptly freezes on the ground.

Talk about frustrating

burkieboy

Hi everyone i think i have found a streamer coming of the scottish highlands convecting as it hits the atlantic coming down to the north coast , which could push the showers further inland:D:D

WolfeIRE

burkieboy wrote: »

Hi everyone i think i have found a streamer coming of the scottish highlands convecting as it hits the atlantic coming down to the north coast , which could push the showers further inland:D:D

spotted that myself burkie. showers seem to be streaming south in a fairly organised band. Fingers crossed

irish1967

Hmmm.. well spotted lets give it a little more time and see how is gets on before it hits the north coast

cian1500ww

burkieboy wrote: »

Hi everyone i think i have found a streamer coming of the scottish highlands convecting as it hits the atlantic coming down to the north coast , which could push the showers further inland:D:D

Seen that alright, looks like it contains a nice bit of snow

irish1967

I am willing to bet even at this early stage that that streamer goes flying straight past me here, missing me by 20 miles and dumps snow everywhere else !.. now where did i put the number for Paddy Powers:rolleyes:

leahyl

burkieboy wrote: »

Hi everyone i think i have found a streamer coming of the scottish highlands convecting as it hits the atlantic coming down to the north coast , which could push the showers further inland:D:D

When you say inland - how does Cork look? I know it's not inland but...is there any chance? I know it chops and changes all the time:)

owenc

burkieboy wrote: »

Hi everyone i think i have found a streamer coming of the scottish highlands convecting as it hits the atlantic coming down to the north coast , which could push the showers further inland:D:D

when should that streamer hit here is it worthy of giving a good covering? temp around 0c here....

cian1500ww

By the looks of the radar we could be getting snow very soon.

JanuarySnowstor

leahyl wrote: »

When you say inland - how does Cork look? I know it's not inland but...is there any chance? I know it chops and changes all the time:)

WEdnesday night has a definite chance
As for tonight snow chance:D

Slippin Jimmy

How would Navan be looking for a spot of snow tonight?

leahyl

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

WEdnesday night has a definite chance
As for tonight snow chance:D

Ya that's obv what my dad heard on the radio so:D It won't last long though i'd say if it does happen - but it will prob freeze over which would be lethal!

mad DIY

I still think there still is chance of showers bubbling up in the midlands and South East. Both Met Eireanns radar and RainToday seem to be hinting at this. At the moment you have to look very closely. But as temps drop, is there a chance these tiny short lived blips could get a bit bigger ?

burkieboy

Hi it will not you need a streamer to come of down the west coast of ireland to hit cork this one will hit the north coast then die out inland ulster;);)

burkieboy

owenc wrote: »

when should that streamer hit here is it worthy of giving a good covering? temp around 0c here....

Couple of hours dont no about amount until see what ti does when it hits the coast111

owenc

looks like that streamer is going to hit donegal like earlier today sice about 12pm all the showers have been hitting donegal ugh!!!!!!!! whats the chances out of that for here?

nacho libre

It's cloudying over here at the moment. Will it just stay cloudy or could there be some unexpected sneachta tonight??

Local-womanizer

Snowing here all day,loving it!

owenc

nacho libre wrote: »

It's cloudying over here at the moment. Will it just stay cloudy or could there be some unexpected sneachta tonight??

sorry excuse me but what is sneachta have been hearing it ages what does it mean snow?

mickger

Extremely frosty here in Waterford City. Temp is -2.0c. Maybe it might beat my station low of -5.1c which i had last night

cian1500ww

nacho libre wrote: »

It's cloudying over here at the moment. Will it just stay cloudy or could there be some unexpected sneachta tonight??

Radar shows it over you atm, I'd say you might get a bit, hopefully

cian1500ww

owenc wrote: »

sorry excuse me but what is sneachta have been hearing it ages what does it mean snow?

It's Irish for snow

nacho libre

Local-womanizer wrote: »

Snowing here all day,loving it!

you must have 5-6 inches at this stage, do you?

GavinH

owenc wrote: »

sorry excuse me but what is sneachta have been hearing it ages what does it mean snow?

Yes Irish for snow

leahyl

Local-womanizer wrote: »

Snowing here all day,loving it!

You have no idea how lucky you are;):)!

Local-womanizer

nacho libre wrote: »

you must have 5-6 inches at this stage, do you?

Its around that in places yeah,the town is grand though,Iam up a mountain,the roads a lethal,just compacted snow and its frozen.

leahyl wrote: »

You have no idea how lucky you are;):)!

Its a normal occurance for us,it just has come early this year.I'll post some pics up from last years snow and try and get some for now.

irish1967

Local-womanizer wrote: »

Snowing here all day,loving it!

Donegal is a big county.. we all werent as lucky as the north of the county

owenc

GavinH wrote: »

Yes Irish for snow

ok thanks was wondering what it was the seen s and thought it must be snow thanks again lol...:D on the snow its getting larger and should reach here in a couple of hours giving time for thigs to freeze hopefully it should lie and it should be heavy and last a couple of hours going by that!

Pangea

Heading out now for a few guinness , will have to walk home around 3 miles after it though cuz no taxis or anything in weather like this

nacho libre

very light snow here now.

irish1967

Peter

Light snow/graupel shower here now as well a few miles south of Ballyhaunis

nacho libre

i see it's down to -3 already in mullingar. i wonder how low it'll get there in the small hours. could we get a -5 or -6 somewhere tonight?

kleefarr

Kilkenny City outskirts...

Temperature: -2.4 °C
Dew Point: -2.7 °C

Very heavy fog, could possibly be freezing fog I suppose.
Raintoday radar showing a fair bit of snow around here and Callan, more that previous nights, but no sign of it yet. Fingers crossed.

nacho libre

irish1967 wrote: »

Good one:D

it's started snowing at a reasonable rate now.

JanuarySnowstor

I think it's time to admit that this cold spell has been a disaster for weather buffs.
Very cold, loadsa frost but is that what we quest??
I've learnt this week that low pressure means nothing & that very dry cold air will squat almost any shower activity
You would get very.................off with the whole debacle:(

cian1500ww

The snow seems to be going around us here

Come on snow, here pretty snow....

nacho libre

It's all sticking too. If only it could last a good while.

leahyl

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

I think it's time to admit that this cold spell has been a disaster for weather buffs.
Very cold, loadsa frost but is that what we quest??
I've learnt this week that low pressure means nothing & that very dry cold air will squat almost any shower activity
You would get very.................off with the whole debacle:(

I agree! I am very P****d off actually! We had better get something on Wednesday cause the aul patience is wearing thin...

maquiladora

Weather Warning

Issued at 21 December 2009 - 19:30

Weather Warning

Very frosty overnight and in the morning with icy pavements and roads. Fog also, with freezing fog in places. Scattered wintry showers over Ulster and Atlantic seaboard.

Cold snap continuing until Christmas morning. Further frost, fog and ice. Scattered wintry showers at times also.

http://www.met.ie/forecasts/warnings.asp

chris2007

Any chance of dublin getting some snow on christmas Eve