Cold Spell & Snowfall Discussion Tuesday/Wednesday (5/6 January 2010)

WIZE

Its Sun and Blue skies in Celbridge , Kildare . I want God Damn SNOW:mad:

Its still very cold though

snow ghost

Weathercheck wrote: »

Looks like central southern England could be seeing totals of up to 40cms tonight :eek::eek::(

They stole our potatoes now they're nicking our snow... no fair!:D

irish1967

Pangea wrote: »

We are too busy enjoying the snow , we forgot to look at the radars :pac::pac:
Sweet!!

Oh i have been watching that Scottish clump for an hour now... if it keeps tracking in its current direction I think its going to miss us in Donegal and just maybe clip the west coast of Mayo

Su Campu

DOCARCH wrote: »

Dublin AP reporting 'showers in the vicinity' at 1130 - that shower must have landed?

Yep, looks like southern parts of Dublin and northeast Wicklow are about to get that shower

Cosmo Kramer

Su Campu wrote: »

24 hour TAFs (valid from 12pm today)



(CONNAUGHT)TAF COR EIKN 051100Z 0512/0612 33012KT 9999 SCT010 SCT018CB TEMPO 0512/0524 1500 SHSN BKN003 BKN014CB BECMG 0521/0524 01015KT BECMG 0606/0609 36010KT= MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS FROM 12PM TO MIDNIGHT

Woohoo - 12 more hours!!:D

bandit197

Snowing heavily in Curry, Co. Sligo

irish1967

ciaran67 wrote: »

Clouds seem to be passing Wicklow still. Pic taken looking straight out to sea. Sea looks very rough.



Sorry pic not great from mobile camera.

wow !! Green fields :eek:... I had almost forgotten what they looked like

Su Campu

Light snow shower at Knock at 1130

METAR EIKN 051130Z 32011KT 1200E R27/1100 -SHSN SCT003 BKN008 BKN015CB M00/M00 Q1009 NOSIG=

Figuramatyi

Ok, Galway had a few flakes at night, nothing more. NOW what is hitting Sligo, should better moving this way too! If it just eases by us from the west, I'll be screaming!

Pangea

irish1967 wrote: »

Oh i have been watching that Scottish clump for an hour now... if it keeps tracking in its current direction I think its going to miss us in Donegal and just maybe clip the west coast of Mayo

What radar do you use?

met uks?
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/

Elmer Blooker

Weathercheck wrote: »

Looks like a big Anvil heading towards the City.

Looks snowy up there

Gonna slip south of here though.

I've been watching that one, it might just skirt the Wicklow coast around Wicklow Head but the city wont be seeing any of that one.:mad:

DOCARCH

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

I've been watching that one, it might just skirt the Wicklow coast around Wicklow Head but the city wont be seeing any of that one.:mad:

Certainly going to slip by here anyway.

snow ghost

Cosmo Kramer wrote: »

Woohoo - 12 more hours!!:D

Another huge amount of blackness coming here from the North, get your ski's out Cosmo.

Me thinks this is a sign that Mayo will win the All-Ireland this year. :pac:

Peter

Got a light dusting here overnight, just enough to turn the roads white but hardly noticable on the grass.
However it's started snowing again about 20mins ago, flakes are very small but it is coming down at a nice rate and most of it seems to be sticking.

maquiladora

Su Campu wrote: »

(WATERFORD)EIWF LOCAL AREA FORECAST VALID 051000/051900 WIND 34012KT TEMPO 1619 34015G25KT VISIBILITY 9999 WEATHER NSW CLOUD FEW018 SCT030 CLOUD HEIGHTS GIVEN ABOVE MSL= NO SNOW FORECAST

A familiar story! :pac:

Looks like this bit of the southeast won't be seeing anything.

nacho libre

extremely heavy snowfall here!!!!!!!!!!!!:D:D

so the snow has slapped me hard in the face for my turning my back on it and being so negative. if this is what happens when i throw a rant i think i'll do it more often:pac:

irish1967

Pangea wrote: »

What radar do you use?

met uks?
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/

raintoday.co.uk

Su Campu

OK, here's the UK MEt Office's version of the low level chart I post here. The abbreviations are the same. Valid at 18Z tonight

maquiladora

nacho libre wrote: »

extremely heavy snowfall here!!!!!!!!!!!!:D:D

The snowgods must have heard that rant earlier! :pac:;)

pistolpetes11

Looking at this :

http://www.meteox.co.uk/h.aspx?r=&jaar=-3&soort=exp

The expected run for the next 3 hours.

The North West is in for a hole lotta fun , but it looks kinda poor for the East coast.

EDIT : looking at it again , could that front over Scotland track down to the North East and East ?

Pangea

nacho libre wrote: »

extremely heavy snowfall here!!!!!!!!!!!!:D:D

so the snow has slapped me hard in the face for my turning my back on it and being so negative. if this is what happens when i throw a rant i think i'll do it more often:pac:

Lol what about the other 99 times u had a rant with no snow :P

Welcome to the snow club!

redsteveireland

nacho libre wrote: »

extremely heavy snowfall here!!!!!!!!!!!!:D:D

so the snow has slapped me hard in the face for my turning my back on it and being so negative. if this is what happens when i throw a rant i think i'll do it more often:pac:

Lucky for some! Sorry Nacho, where are you? Just wondering if it is on track to hit galway or disappear again?

Pangea

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

Looking at this :

http://www.meteox.co.uk/h.aspx?r=&jaar=-3&soort=exp

The expected run for the next 3 hours.

The North West is in for a hole lotta fun , but it looks kinda poor so the East coast.

Nice ,that clouds goes right over my area.

Pete M.

It has stopped again in Sligo Town and the sun is starting to peep down at us grrr.

Water starting to drip from the roof. Radar don't look to good for further showers in the next couple of hours, but OH just sent me a photo of a snowman they built at home near Mullaghmore (first one since we moved in). Fine big chap, standing 3 ft tall!

Figuramatyi

This massive band is gonna skip Galway to the west. I knew it.

Pangea

Pete M. wrote: »

It has stopped again in Sligo Town and the sun is starting to peep down at us grrr.

Water starting to drip from the roof. Radar don't look to good for further showers in the next couple of hours, but OH just sent me a photo of a snowman they built at home near Mullaghmore (first one since we moved in). Fine big chap, standing 3 ft tall!

Snow in Mullaghmore ,that doesnt happen often!

cian1500ww

No sign of snow here yet, nice and sunny

Figuramatyi

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

Looking at this :

http://www.meteox.co.uk/h.aspx?r=&jaar=-3&soort=exp

The expected run for the next 3 hours.

The North West is in for a hole lotta fun , but it looks kinda poor so the East coast.

I REALLY wish this became true!
It's actuall getting very cloudy from the North now.
Hope never dies!!

snow ghost

Heavy snow here at the mo.

I'll be skiing down the Reek later. :pac:

Irishmarinelife

That massive lump of cloud which sped down from Donegal is now touching in Southwest Mayo. A finger of it just moved to my West over the sea dumping something heavy, it was impressive to watch as it moved FAST and just offshore.

The rest of it seems to be starting as rain now, I guess at 200 metres from the coast, its just too mild.

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http://irishmarinelife.com

Deep Easterly

Shhhhhnooooow in Tuam at the moment. :D:D

nacho libre

Pangea wrote: »

Lol what about the other 99 times u had a rant with no snow :P

Welcome to the snow club!

thanks. they weren't as heartfelt:D as maquiladora said they must have listened this time:)

really big flakes of snow now and sticking like mad. this is brilliant!! :cool:

WolfeIRE

Figuramatyi wrote: »

Hope never dies!!

Bob did!

Su Campu

Just to let you know I've set up a new Aviation Forecast thread where I'll post the TAFs, charts etc from now on, as they can get lost in these threads.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=63801217#post63801217

nacho libre

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Shhhhhnooooow in Tuam at the moment. :D:D

congratulations paddy1:D

GavinH

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

Looking at this :

http://www.meteox.co.uk/h.aspx?r=&jaar=-3&soort=exp

The expected run for the next 3 hours.

The North West is in for a hole lotta fun , but it looks kinda poor for the East coast.

EDIT : looking at it again , could that front over Scotland track down to the North East and East ?

If thats the case, it could possibly hit Cork, if it doesnt die out

snow ghost

UK 'Red' 'take action' warning for southern England by UK MET Office, they must be expecting it very bad there. :eek:

What 'action' do they take??? Build an igloo

irish1967

nacho libre wrote: »

thanks. they weren't as heartfelt:D as maquiladora said they must have listened this time:)

really big flakes of snow now and sticking like mad. this is brilliant!! :cool:

Phew.. it will be much more relaxed in here now. I like everyone else was a little on edge in case you didn't get your snow. :P

Deep Easterly

WolfeIRE wrote: »

Bob did!

Wolf, the snow is getting heavier here at the moment,. The shower rolled down from Mayo like a black cloak falling from the sky. I hope it makes its way down to you in tact!

jenzz

Morning all - That was a late one last night... All my lovely lashing rain is now a 2" thick ice all the way into Bray. Road not usable - even the buses have been pulled off it ...

Think ill do a big clean up - before the snow comes

Winds now from the North - were nw since last night

manonmir

Just a quick question. Where is this snow that may hit Dublin/East/Southeast from 6pm come from? I don't see anything that could possibly be headed our way?

thetonynator

I've just logged on having been off since 2.30.
I'm in south kilkenny - north kilkenny, kilkenny city, laois, carlow, and east kilkenny ( I didn't know there WAS an east part to kilkenny!!!) all got snow and it just missed me!!!
It rained lightly, froze and now ther's an ice rink outside my front door. and NO snow.

I'm extermely jealous!!!

What happened to that snowthat was coming down through wicklow, kildare and offaly???

Deep Easterly

nacho libre wrote: »

congratulations paddy1:D

Thanks Nachs. I think it is the same shower you are getting, getting seriously heavy now!

IvySlayer

I want Dublin to get more snow.

Congrats to the West!

WolfeIRE

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Wolf, the snow is getting heavier here at the moment,. The shower rolled down from Mayo like a black cloak falling from the sky. I hope it makes its way down to you in tact!

thanks deep. was just gonna post asking you how heavy it was. All i got at the moment is high cloud approaching from the north. It looks to be coming directly at me in a S or SSW flow. Keep us posted on how things are in Choooom

Figuramatyi

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Wolf, the snow is getting heavier here at the moment,. The shower rolled down from Mayo like a black cloak falling from the sky. I hope it makes its way down to you in tact!

I take it back... this is looking GOOD for Galway City now.. for once?

Edit: first flakes are here!!

maquiladora

thetonynator wrote: »

I've just logged on having been off since 2.30.
I'm in south kilkenny - north kilkenny, kilkenny city, laois, carlow, and east kilkenny ( I didn't know there WAS an east part to kilkenny!!!) all got snow and it just missed me!!!
It rained lightly, froze and now ther's an ice rink outside my front door. and NO snow.

I'm extermely jealous!!!

What happened to that snowthat was coming down through wicklow, kildare and offaly???

Weakened and died off as it moved further south.

Ronan|Raven

havy snow now in roscommon

Su Campu

Near whiteout at Knock airport, visibility 250 moters in snow, broken clouds clouds at 200ft

DOCARCH

Gale warning issued by Met E:

North to northeast winds will reach gale force at times tonight on Irish coastal waters from Belfast Lough to Carnsore Point to Mizen Head and on the Irish Sea
Issued at 12:00 on 05-Jan-2010

Hope the wind direction is more that later!