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Snowfall Comparison to UK

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  • 05-01-2010 10:36pm
    #1
    K09
    Registered Users Posts: 649 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    Why does the UK get heavy snowfall while Ireland does not? Any scientific reason for this?

    Thanks.


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    Min
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,550 ✭✭✭Min


    Closer to a colder continent, the North sea is a much better shower maker than the Irish sea, slightly less influenced by the Atlantic.

    That's my opinion.


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    peasant
    Registered Users Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    Seemingly Britannia rules the flakes :D


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    Supercell
    Registered Users Posts: 15,431 ✭✭✭✭Supercell


    wtf..why don't we get treads retarded like this
    https://www.loughlinstown.ie/

    Have a weather station?, why not join the Ireland Weather Network - http://irelandweather.eu/



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    Supercell
    Registered Users Posts: 15,431 ✭✭✭✭Supercell


    K09 wrote: »
    Hi,

    Why does the UK get heavy snowfall while Ireland does not? Any scientific reason for this?

    Thanks.

    I dunno, no idea :)
    https://www.loughlinstown.ie/

    Have a weather station?, why not join the Ireland Weather Network - http://irelandweather.eu/



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    Pangea
    Registered Users Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭Pangea


    Thats a good thread question, I was wondering the same thing.


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    Davo D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 142 ✭✭Davo D


    The Uk is our snow shield. They must be stopped...:pac:


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    snow ghost
    Registered Users Posts: 1,379 ✭✭✭snow ghost


    A very valid question KO9… I presume you mean the island of Britain and probably England & Wales (rather than Scotland in its more Northerly position closer to the arctic)?

    Apart from the obvious differences in weather patterns - that may be affecting mainland Britain at different times to Ireland - it would be interesting to see if anyone has any insights into some of the predominant multifarious variables that result in England & Wales usually getting weather, that results in a greater amount of snowfall, than the island of Ireland during wintertime.

    I am not qualified in this area so I can only presume that as Ireland gets more of a warming influence from the Gulf Stream than say England, this may be one reason. Also because Ireland is a smaller land mass totally bordered by the sea (especially the Atlantic) we are not as sheltered from its warming influence as England may be (A bit like why we get more rain than them).

    As I said I’m not qualified in this area so I don’t know if that is correct, but I’m sure some of the generous and very knowledgeable posters here would be happy to answer your question more accurately… a truly learned person is always happy to share their knowledge with those who genuienly want to learn.

    :)





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    Danno
    Registered Users Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭Danno


    England draws cold air from France. We are too far away from Europe. If you could move these islands 250 miles east leaving France to our South, we'd have some snows.


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