Happy Christmas Freeze Discussion

Scubadevils

Overcast and cold in Lusk, frost and ice not showing much signs yet of melting but I'm sure it will happen soon...

Oh and Merry Christmas to all!

naughto

belting down snow here for the last hour

arctictree

naughto wrote: »

belting down snow here for the last hour

And where is that?

TheMilkyPirate

Pissin rain here in wexford town.. bolloxs better piss off soon

Our man in Havana

What is due here for next week?

nacho libre

arctictree wrote: »

And where is that?

Castlebar

peasant

Lovely thick snowflakes in Sligo now ...not an awful lot of them though

nacho libre

Bond-007 wrote: »

What is due here for next week?

owenc

nacho libre wrote: »

Castlebar

is it lying how much?

cherryghost

light sleet atm here in longford. snow thats been lying since last sunday is beginning to thaw off

nacho libre

owenc wrote: »

is it lying how much?

i don't live in Castlebar. you'll have to ask naughto.

i was only responding to arctictree's question about naughto's location

ninebeanrows

No precip here and all frost melting, must be getting a kick of breeze off the sea unfortunately that means even with the precip abit away curtains for any chance of wintry precip.

force eleven

Raining here,very icy underfoot. The weathergods are having a laugh, -9 overnight and at 7 am. By 12 it is raining. I give up.

nacho libre

nacho libre wrote: »

i don't live in Castlebar. you'll have to ask naughto.

i was only responding to arctictree's question about naughto's location

Lol

Anyhow +0.2c here with a dp of -0.8c and dull as ditchwater which is probably whats going to fall out of the sky

force eleven

force eleven wrote: »

Raining here,very icy underfoot. The weathergods are having a laugh, -9 overnight and at 7 am. By 12 it is raining. I give up.

WC explained that earlier in the thread.
It's faux cold-false cold basically-kinda like inversion.
A few 1000ft up it's warmer as the warm air over rides the top of the cold air.

The cold surface layer isn't deep enough in some areas to turn the rain to snow quickly enough before it reaches the ground.
The water basically hasnt enough of that ground to 100's of feet up to fall through to turn it.

In areas where it is snowing,the upper air is at or just below freezing still and the cold layer from the ground is higher..

Or something like that..

-8 or -10c is irrelevant when the air above it is warm.

Supercell

The suspense is killing me!, the precip has to be close now!
Currently -0.1°C with a DP -1.1°C , normally that would be fine for sneactha but with the warm 850's its going to be interesting.Come on!

arctictree

Supercell wrote: »

The suspense is killing me!, the precip has to be close now!
Currently -0.1°C with a DP -1.1°C , normally that would be fine for sneactha but with the warm 850's its going to be interesting.Come on!

Patience - should be hitting you around now and me 10 minutes later. Let us know what falls from the sky!!

lol temps dropping here..
Well by .1 of a degree

now +0.1c dp -0.9c

Normally enough for snow but

Supercell

arctictree wrote: »

Patience - should be hitting you around now and me 10 minutes later. Let us know what falls from the sky!!

I cant take it!, i'm off to see if I can spot the precip in the distance.

owenc

- 5.3c here now and rising hopefully it'll snow looks like the majority of ireland as a whole has snow except in the far south anything that is of snow will lay here!

naughto

its sticking allright but thers rain mixed in wit it so it melts again.its still -3deg

Cosmo Kramer

Yay, a white Christmas - lovely stuff.

It's been snowing on and off here all morning (Here is Castlebar btw), a mix of the nice powdery stuff and the fine sleety stuff.

A nice covering on the ground, but nothing massive - I would say less of a white Christmas than 2004 and 1995(or around then?), but still I'll take it!

Much colder than the other years though.

And just as I type it's started up again!

naughto

naughto wrote: »

its sticking allright but thers rain mixed in wit it so it melts again.its still -3deg

Would it take long for you to climb croagh patrick to see how things are faring up there?
Owenc asked me to ask you

Redsunset

Holy sh1t " ICE RINK"

people in cars here can't get up my hill,wheels spinning like mad.

She's freezing on impact.

Supercell

And as soon as put my hat and gloves on...it starts snowing, should be over to you shortly Arctictree

zenno

well when this warm front hits the cold east coast of dublin i'd say it will snow for a short while. the cloud in dublin sure looks right for snow nice and bright white. will have to wait a while longer to see. the seperation of clouds are a problem though. known dublin though we will have nothing but lenticular clouds and it will start raining fish. typical.

dregin

Light snow just started 5 miles north of Cavan town.

naughto

Deleted User wrote: »

Would it take long for you to climb croagh patrick to see how things are faring up there?
Owenc asked me to ask you

iiv only gone out side the door for alike 5 mins in total since i got up the wind chill is unreal.cant see croagh patrick the clouds are covering it

peasant

The light snow here in Sligo has turned to light sleet.
The frost on the car is beginning to thaw, only to freeze again as the droplets hit the ground

Supercell

Tá sé ag cur sneachta anseo whoooooooohoooooooooooooo!

punkindrublic

Light snow just starting now here in an longfort!

owenc

Cosmo Kramer wrote: »

Yay, a white Christmas - lovely stuff.

It's been snowing on and off here all morning (Here is Castlebar btw), a mix of the nice powdery stuff and the fine sleety stuff.

A nice covering on the ground, but nothing massive - I would say less of a white Christmas than 2004 and 1995(or around then?), but still I'll take it!

Much colder than the other years though.

And just as I type it's started up again!

so going by you the further north you go the more it is falling as snow so it should hopefully be all snow up here!

zenno

punkindrublic wrote: »

Light snow just starting now here in an longfort!

what is the wind speed. trying to work out how long it will take to get to dublin.

Supercell

Wow, tis hammering down with the sneachta now

Cosmo Kramer

owenc wrote: »

so going by you the further north you go the more it is falling as snow so it should hopefully be all snow up here!

I would say it's looking very good for you at this stage!

owenc

Cosmo Kramer wrote: »

I would say it's looking very good for you at this stage!

yep as long as there is no back edge snow we should get a good 5-10cm!

Mobhi1

zenno wrote: »

what is the wind speed. trying to work out how long it will take to get to dublin.

Well according to met.ie radar the precipitation is over south Dublin now.

Alessandra

No thaw here in Mayo yet. Rain/Sleet/Snow falling and the ground is rock hard with the snow and ice yet. Wind adding to the chill. My Dad read -11 last night!

Supercell

The Wicklow snowmen would like to thank the folks out west for delivering us this snow at Christmas

arctictree

Light snow here. +0.6c

Dry here 0.3c

Gonzo

still dry and very frosty here, waiting for the rain to arrive, I predict rain because if its raining in Offally it will defo be raining here.

Redsunset

Good man Joe Bastardi


WELL HERE WE GO AGAIN! SEVERE COLD LOOMING FOR MUCH OF EUROPE FIRST 2 WEEKS OF THE NEW YEAR!

http://www.accuweather.com/ukie/bastardi-europe-blog.asp

Supercell

Weird conditions, alternating between freezing rain and snow now. The rain makes a funny sound when it hits the ground, never experienced freezing rain before, well cool.

JJJJNR

Supercell wrote: »

The Wicklow snowmen would like to thank the folks out west for delivering us this snow at Christmas

I'm getting rain.. god damn micro climate in Rathdrum.

Gonzo

Its freezing rain and snow mix with Supercell up in the mountains, there isnt a hope for the rest of us in leinster/Dublin. Ah well looks like hopefully we may well get our turn come the new year:)

sleet here

snaps

sun is now out here in ballinrobe, mayo. Perhaps it'll freeze again 2night?

arctictree

Turned to rain now, still +0.6c. Very marginal.

snaps

owenc wrote: »

so going by you the further north you go the more it is falling as snow so it should hopefully be all snow up here!

Its dying out now no snow or anything for the north, perhaps a few flurries