Cold Spell Discussion (22/12/09) (Freeze continues across country)

nacho libre

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Well done Nacho! Your shower is doing its best to descend down over me as it is very dark in my northern sky but as usual it just seems to be dissolving as it tracks south.

The sun is low enough to shine under the shower cloud though so as a result the is a very strange orange hue to everything. It just adds to the aesthetics of the morning. Temp continues to rise rapidly though, now up to -0.4c.

yes the sunrise this morning was spectacular set against the snow:)

Graces7

Jeepers; that is some list.

Just seen the farmer's two kids ( he lives at a distance but has a barn up here) sledging on feed sacks when he came up to feed stock..

09058]At least thousands of kids got an early holiday up here

http://oceanfm.ie/news/2009/12/22/school-closure-list-latest/[/quote]

owenc

WolfeIRE wrote: »

Hope so Owen. I cannot find the link on the NW site to the dew points. Can you send it on please. Thanks. Weathercheck seems to want to keep the link a secret

the live links?

Graces7

http://oceanfm.ie/news/2009/12/22/roads-update/

WolfeIRE

owenc wrote: »

the live links?

the predictive ones if possible. Was hoping to check the predicted dew points for Midwest tomorrow during the precip. Thanks

G-Money

Am I the only one hoping the snow and ice goes away?

I'm due to drive back to the north tomorrow and the roads seem dodgy. I usually head off the M1 at Ardee and go past Carrickmacross and into Castleblayney via the N2 there. Not sure but I think it's bad.

Am just wondering if I should stay on the M1 and head home via Newry instead...

maquiladora

WolfeIRE wrote: »

Hope so Owen. I cannot find the link on the NW site to the dew points. Can you send it on please. Thanks. Weathercheck seems to want to keep the link a secret

http://theweatheroutlook.com/twodata/datmdlout.aspx

Deep Easterly

Surface temps as that shallow low impacts on the east coast on Wed:





(Green =0c to -5c; Yellow =0c to +5c).

Source: http://www.dmi.dk/dmi/index/danmark/vejrkort.htm

While is does look marginal, I'd not rule out intensity induced snow even on the coastline. Still early days yet though in forecasting terms. Who knows, maybe even more upgrades in later runs.

cian1500ww

Snowing nicely here, keep it coming

eskimocat

Morning all!

Woke up to a solid white landscape this morning. it took the car 20+ minutes with heater on full blast to loosen the 2 inch thick frozen hail/snow off the car. Even 40 minutes driving didn't loosen the stuff on the roof!!!

Sligo Town seems clear. The Dromahair road was an icerink this morning and actually turned back but gathered nerve and went again! (had to get hubby to work, get car serviced for nct first week Jan, leave back overdue DVD's etc :D:D)

Temp in car -1.5c in dromahair this morning.

Asked hubby for garden theometer for Christmas

eskimocat

cian1500ww wrote: »

Snowing nicely here, keep it coming

Wow, I thought right enough, the clouds I left behind in Dromahair looked promising!! drat, should have stayed at home despite all the things i had motivating me this morning

ninebeanrows

Dew points on the 6z run, again just one run.

The temps all depend on the track of the low and onshore wind etc.

Dew points during precip

fintonie

well the minus temperatures should help yis, if what is happening here goes your way there will be a big fall its snowing none stop since 8 this morning and it has dropped bout ten inches since 12 last night,

but I think yis will get plenty anyways the cold snap does not seem to be moving away to soon.

Graces7

I feel much the same; it is beautiful, but we need to be able to travel safely and easily.

And hardship is also very real; imagine bein homeless at this time.

The real crux is of course that no one here can affect or change it anyways.:)
All everyone is doing here is recording and predictingand that can only help.

Hoping that you get advice and travel safely; AA roadwatch have advice and also any regional newsrooms.

See

http://www.aaroadwatch.ie/

Reading eg this..
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/ireland/temperatures-may-drop-to-6c-tonight-439248.html

grandmaster wrote: »

Am I the only one hoping the snow and ice goes away?

I'm due to drive back to the north tomorrow and the roads seem dodgy. I usually head off the M1 at Ardee and go past Carrickmacross and into Castleblayney via the N2 there. Not sure but I think it's bad.

Am just wondering if I should stay on the M1 and head home via Newry instead...

billy the squid

-2 here and it is nearly the middle of the day. really thick fog also.

will be heading out soon should get some photos

nacho libre

grandmaster wrote: »

Am I the only one hoping the snow and ice goes away?

I'm due to drive back to the north tomorrow and the roads seem dodgy. I usually head off the M1 at Ardee and go past Carrickmacross and into Castleblayney via the N2 there. Not sure but I think it's bad.

Am just wondering if I should stay on the M1 and head home via Newry instead...

yes of course stick to the main roads even it's longer you'll get there quicker than driving on secondary roads which could well be untreated. the main roads will be gritted and with the volume of traffic on them they should be okay by day.

nacho libre

Weathercheck wrote: »

Dew points on the 6z run, again just one run.

The temps all depend on the track of the low and onshore wind etc.

Dew points during precip

it looks good for the midlands if the precipitation makes it that far on either day.

WolfeIRE

nice shower heading this way. Hopefully it doesn't fizzle out in the meantime

Organised band of showers on the way to North as well. Looking at the wind direction it will probably head SE across NI from Derry to Down

FROM RTE
Met Éireann is forecasting that temperatures tomorrow night could fall to as low as -8C.

Donegal and Sligo are currently the only two counties where Met Éireann has registered temperatures above 0C.

nacho libre

fintonie wrote: »

well the minus temperatures should help yis, if what is happening here goes your way there will be a big fall its snowing none stop since 8 this morning and it has dropped bout ten inches since 12 last night,

but I think yis will get plenty anyways the cold snap does not seem to be moving away to soon.

Do you live in Bolton?

billy the squid

-8 possible according to met eireann

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1222/weather.html

force eleven

WolfeIRE wrote: »

nice shower heading this way. Hopefully it doesn't fizzle out in the meantime

Organised band of showers on the way to North as well. Looking at the wind direction it will probably head SE across NI from Derry to Down

FROM RTE
Met Éireann is forecasting that temperatures tomorrow night could fall to as low as -8C.

Donegal and Sligo are currently the only two counties where Met Éireann has registered temperatures above 0C.

I swear that the shower in the midlands is dissolving literally overhead of me, it's cloudy and grey, still very frosty but no snowfall at all since Sunday nights dusting....

Ricky91t

Had nothing better to do so took some pics of the frost!Sadly they didn't come out to well as I spent the whole time shivering :pac:

WolfeIRE

excellent pics Ricky. where in kerry are you if you do not mind me asking

Graces7

The sky here is awesome.

Clear and sunny above us, but thick dark clouds boiling in every direction.

Please, is the temperature going to plummet as it did y'day? and around what time, please?

Darwin

That big blob in the midlands is getting tantalisingly closes to my location. Tomorrow is looking good at this point for some possible snow across the midlands.

WolfeIRE wrote: »

nice shower heading this way. Hopefully it doesn't fizzle out in the meantime

Organised band of showers on the way to North as well. Looking at the wind direction it will probably head SE across NI from Derry to Down

FROM RTE
Met Éireann is forecasting that temperatures tomorrow night could fall to as low as -8C.

Donegal and Sligo are currently the only two counties where Met Éireann has registered temperatures above 0C.

irish1967

WolfeIRE wrote: »

nice shower heading this way. Hopefully it doesn't fizzle out in the meantime

Waiting for that big shower in south Donegal to reach me...blue sky and sunshine here right now

Ricky91t

WolfeIRE wrote: »

excellent pics Ricky. where in kerry are you if you do not mind me asking

You've probably heard of Listowel?I'm about 4 miles from there.

If not it's quite hard to explain :pac:

WolfeIRE

Ricky91t wrote: »

You've probably heard of Listowel?I'm about 4 miles from there.

If not it's quite hard to explain :pac:

Of course, you are just across the estuary.

NICE VIEW HERE OF CLOUD COVER

Graces7

Looks ominous all right

irish1967 wrote: »

Waiting for that big shower in south Donegal to reach me...blue sky and sunshine here right now

Ricky91t

WolfeIRE wrote: »

Of course, you are just across the estuary.

NICE VIEW HERE OF CLOUD COVER

I'm under some huge cloud here but as of yet nothing has fallen...I'll be hopeful though :P