Cold Spell Discussion (23/12/09) (Possible snow in south and east later)

TheMilkyPirate

Getting very very dark here in wexford town looks like it could p!ss rain any minute.

maquiladora

4pm HIRLAM :

owenc

temps are dropping here now around -2c so hopefully we should at least reach -7c...

garytuohy

1C and dropping here in Chapelizod. The sun has gone so darkness will start to set in within an hour or so and the temps will drop way down again. I'm optimistic for a bit of snow come nightfall.

francosp

maquiladora wrote: »

4pm HIRLAM :

Hi is there a later graphic of this chart ?

Is doesnt look like hitting Nrth Dublin..

rc28

Temperature at Dublin airport has now plummeted back to 1c from 4c - how did that happen? (I know the sun has gone behind cloud now but there's no strength in th sun at this time of the year anyway). Even if it's only going to rain this evening and tonight, one thing is certain; the roads will be atrocious in the morning and another hard frost is due Christmas eve night.

maquiladora

francosp wrote: »

Hi is there a later graphic of this chart ?

Is doesnt look like hitting Nrth Dublin..

Thats what it could look like at 4pm, too early to expect anything in Dublin yet. Better chance overnight and early tomorrow morning I'd say.

garytuohy

rc28 wrote: »

Temperature at Dublin airport has now plummeted back to 1c from 4c - how did that happen? (I know the sun has gone behind cloud now but there's no strength in th sun at this time of the year anyway). Even if it's only going to rain this evening and tonight, one thing is certain; the roads will be atrocious in the morning and another hard frost is due Christmas eve night.

I think the sunshine was bringing that up a bit.

maquiladora

I see Dunmore East temp has dropped for 4c down to 2c.

squonk

Bit of high cloud in North Clare atm. Only places reached by the sun have thawed. I don't want any of that rain. Cold clear frosty mght would do just great. Hope the cloud fizzles out.

darkman2

These are the temperatures at various altitudes in the atmosphere at 4pm today on the East Coast. 850hpa is 1,500m approx. 925hpa is 500m. 1,000hpa is ground level.
The left hand side of the chart is inland. The right hand side on the Irish Sea.

http://www.meteociel.com/modeles/coupe2.php?mode=0&x1=42&y1=-11&x2=127&y2=52&ech=9

owenc

squonk wrote: »

Bit of high cloud in North Clare atm. Only places reached by the sun have thawed. I don't want any of that rain. Cold clear frosty mght would do just great. Hope the cloud fizzles out.

thats what i want i want to see if we can get below -6c cloud always stop that here never seems to happen because cloud always comes or the temp rises for some unknown reason!

mickger

maquiladora wrote: »

I see Dunmore East temp has dropped for 4c down to 2c.

1.5c in Waterford City. Very dark and looks like more rain on the way. What a shame very disappointing.

fricatus

Temps definitely on the rise here in Kilkenny. There are drops of water falling steadily from the roof of our building as a week's worth of accumulated frost melts. The field across from here has turned from white to a pastel shade of green.

Gonzo

will the precipitation come as far north as Meath? Just saw the rte forecast and it looks like it will only effect Dublin Coast and southwards?

Darwin

No thaw at all here in Laois (Mountrath), everything still frozen solid outside. Don't think that precip currently in Waterford/Wexford will make it this far north or west though

Defcol

Anyone hazard a guess as to the likelyhood of this hitting Navan?

Deep Easterly

A couple of pics from my walk this morning. Not great as is typical of my crap photography skills but hope ye like:





Some showers hug the far Atlantic Coastline:




The abandoned and ghostly "western corridor" railway:

Gonzo

Defcol wrote: »

Anyone hazard a guess as to the likelyhood of this hitting Navan?

im guessing if it does reach us this far north it will be very light and patchy. I think most of the action will be Wexford, Wicklow, South Dublin.

Elmo5

The GFS run looks promsing for tonight and poss tomorrow in terms of precip for east coast around Dublin doesn't it?

UKMO seems to agree?

think we have hope yet!

francosp

Elmo5 wrote: »

The GFS run looks promsing for tonight and poss tomorrow in terms of precip for east coast around Dublin doesn't it?

UKMO seems to agree?

think we have hope yet!

God I hope you're right, lets hope it finds its way as far north as D11

dublincelt

Gonzo wrote: »

im guessing if it does reach us this far north it will be very light and patchy. I think most of the action will be Wexford, Wicklow, South Dublin.

Still 0 Degrees here in Carlow. What is the chances of us getting some snow? I there a possibility of it coming this far inland?

Was on a job this morning on Bennettsbridge Co Kilkenny and it was -4 at 10:30am!!!

burkieboy

Heavy snow reports all over wales the precpitation is further in land there hope yet for inland ireland:D:D

TheMilkyPirate

Very dark here and bucketing rain!

Pangea

The ice hasnt thawed here at all since the weekend ,its getting worse and worse, this is great weather! I see on met eireanns 5 day outlook aswell shows snow for monday!

Wibbler

Ominous clouds have arrived in Sandyford. No rain / sleet / snow yet.

DOCARCH

baraca wrote: »

Very dark here and bucketing rain!

Oh dear! Very cloudy here with a light east breeze. 1.0c here with a DP -0.5c

francosp

Big dark clouds pushing in over me now here in Dublin CC.

They look full.. The question though is, "full of what ? "

doccy

Rained in greystones, all the ice is gone.

DOCARCH

DOCARCH wrote: »

Oh dear! Very cloudy here with a light east breeze. 1.0c here with a DP -0.5c

rain on those stats...even with the minus dp.

Temp is still rising here.

Now 1.4c dp is almost 1c

That would bring the snow line up to about 800 feet here.

Dry and very dull here.
Rain soon.