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

francosp

Very bright here in Dublin City Centre however I'm tracking that front moving up the coast.

It seems alot milder today despite all the lying frost on cars etc.

Not sure of the temp, but I think these showers may fall as rain if we dont get some more colder air over us in the next few hours....

WolfeIRE

billy the squid wrote: »

nought and one percent.

So there is a chance!!!! - Dumb and Dumber

Local-womanizer

No change here,fog just got a little worse.

Some pics attached,the one with my hand in it is just showing the depth in places,its up to my wrist.Sorry about the quality,there were taken on my phone.

Enjoy:D

Mc Love

billy the squid wrote: »

The chances of it were better yesterday and no a flake fell then. chances of it today are somewhere between nought and one percent.

Cheers Billy (sort of)

Trotter

Please give to a snowless Trotter this Christmas...

All we ask is that you weather experts give just one good web link at this festive season to a website where poor Trotter can watch a regularly updated animated map which shows the cloud and likely precipitation over Waterford this Christmas eve eve... so that he can look out at frozen but dry as a bone garden, but live in hope that the link provided by you, the decent folk of the cold spell discussion, will fill him with joy this Christmas.

Thank you.

Mothman

Kippure wrote: »

Showers now forming in the irish sea and heading to the east coast.

I've been watching these building for past hour. From the look of them they will dump quite a bit when they come onshore and it'll certainly not be rain and I think any snow will stick even fairly near coast.
It is radar watch time

Mc Love

Okay so we know it probably wont snow in Limerick today, the question is where will it be snowing?

Trotter

Mothman wrote: »

It is radar watch time

Share a link this Christmas Mothman!

owenc

again can someone answer me max will be around -2c so when should we expect temps to drop off and how low should they go?

kopp

This was my car yesterday morning in wexford town.....it was very icy and COLD!!!

pistolpetes11

owenc wrote: »

again can someone answer me max will be around -2c so when should we expect temps to drop off and how low should they go?

They dropped about 3.45 in my location Yesterday , I presume most locations are going to be different,

http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/Northern_Ireland/Coleraine~2652586/

-4 looks to be the lowest you will see from the above website , with a steady increase from about 4-5 am onwards

jay28

Getting very cloudy here at the moment..........I hope they contain snow:D

owenc

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

They dropped about 3.45 in my location Yesterday , I presume most locations are going to be different,

http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/Northern_Ireland/Coleraine~2652586/

-4 looks to be the lowest you will see from the above website , with a steady increase from about 4-5 am onwards

the meto says -8c is possible and if we have a max of -3/2c do you not think itll be colder.....

Trotter

Lashing rain here in Waterford now.

gazzer

Its freezing here in Cavan. There is pretty bad visability too. Its going to be great fun driving home this evening

jenzz

F&$£^&" typical - The vomiting bug has just entered the house... So im gonna go die & love yeas & leave yeas....

If it snows & im stuck with my head down the big white phone to the lord.....:mad:

Very dull here now.
Sky completely cloudy.
I can see a wall of precip inland to the southwest whatever it is...

Temp -0.7c
DP -1.3c

jay28

jay28 wrote: »

Getting very cloudy here at the moment..........I hope they contain snow:D

An absolute cert for you as I'm still below zero but rising

Now -0.6c

pistolpetes11

owenc wrote: »

the meto says -8c is possible and if we have a max of -3/2c do you not think itll be colder.....

I am no expert , Just going on what the readings are saying from that site, If the meto says -8 I would go with them

owenc

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

I am no expert , Just going on what the readings are saying from that site, It the meto says -8 I would go with them

ok thanks temps are around -2c here so maybe well stay around -1c but if i was to go around here we could get as high as around 0.4c or somthing stupid like that cannot wait to see how low we get tonight! propably only -5c...:mad:

Shulgin

We got a small covering an hour or 2 ago in North Cork. The first shower in ages , the place is all white once again.

arctictree

That precip around waterford is really building up. Looks like South Kilkenny/Carlow are going to get a pasting!

Cian92

Also in Cork, got a shower of rain 20 minutes ago, no snow yet...

Mothman

Trotter wrote: »

Share a link this Christmas Mothman!

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/
Is giving precipitation type at moment

So rain for Waterford as has been reported.
The showers buliding further north not showing yet

jenzz

Mothman wrote: »

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/
Is giving precipitation type at moment

So rain for Waterford as has been reported.
The showers buliding further north not showing yet

Moth - whats it like in Ashford ?? Anything brewing

roryc1

Hello all

Hot off the press

Today
Frost, ice and fog patches persisting in parts of the midlands, west and north this afternoon. Showers will affect southern and later eastern counties, falling as rain near coasts but turning to sleet and snow further inland in these areas. Highest temperatures 0 to 5 degrees Celsius, with no more than light breezes anywhere.

Tonight

Tonight, showers in southern counties will die out but eastern counties will see further showers, some falling as snow inland from the coast. Widespread severe ground frost and extensive freezing fog otherwise will lead to ice on untreated surfaces. Lowest temperatures 0 to -8 degrees Celsius, with little or no wind.



Tomorrow

Christmas Eve will see wintry showers in eastern coastal counties gradually dying out, although further wintry showers may appear along parts of the western seaboard. Elsewhere, with near calm conditions, frost and freezing fog will be slow to clear and may persist all day locally. Highest temperatures just -1 to 4 degrees Celsius.

Outlook

The cold icy weather will continue on Thursday night with frost fog and icy roads. It will get less cold during Christmas day and St Stephan's day with some rain at times but some snow is likely over Ulster for a time on Christmas day. Becoming colder again over the following few days.

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Looks like the midlands are in for some fun,
but Dublin is not looking good

Graces7

Exactly; that was the kind of thing we were hearing too!

So we manage without.

There was a classic case here recently re a new estate in Bundoran where they installed them.

To live there you had to have a job etc.

They were getting bills of E6oo a month that they could not pay.

So if I sound ambivalent re the weather, it is simply because IT IS COLD IN HERE! I love the snow, but...

jenzz wrote: »

I remember between house builds we rented a house in Wex - with bloody storage heaters - 2 month bill was over a grand - From then on i choose cold thank you very much !

nacho libre

damn why only snow over ulster on christmas day:mad:

anyway at least those mild weather adovcates have not got their wish:p

Graces7

It sounds as lovely there as it is here.. Only been to Connemara once in the summer time.

Dogs are amazing; these are my first ever and both rescues.

thecretinhop wrote: »

nice one! sounds lovely, walked dog this morning purebred German shepard 3 year old female, she was bounding about everywhere tail wagging etc, meanwhile im looking out on Conemara mountains and amazing sun, barr driving (nearly went arse over tit on road last night) this is a great time of the year:)

owenc

nacho libre wrote: »

damn why only snow over ulster on christmas day:mad:

anyway at least those mild weather adovcates have not got their wish:p

i doubt that highest temps will be 5c and thats on the south coast inland itll be 2c at best down south id like to think.....