Cold Spell & Snowfall Discussion Part 2 (Eagle says Polar Low) Wednesday/Thursday

redsteveireland

sideswipe wrote: »

The red line is running but with some delays.

W23

I was very surprised this morning to see the lake in UCD has more or less frozen over and the fountains have been on all through the night.

maquiladora

Anyone taken the time to compare the position of the 'polar low' on the satellite to its predicted position on the charts? Haven't had a chance to myself yet.

GavinH

WolfeIRE wrote: »

had to draw line somewhere Cian. It's not accurate to the mile.

Between the red line and black line, there will be cloud cover and the precip will in parts move inland on its southward track.

Cool wolf, you split my house right down the center with the blackline, along the n22.

Defcol

A couple of vids from Navan yesterday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9KJpumNLLA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXp-_QhSero

munsterlegend

GavinH wrote: »

Cool wolf, you split my house right down the center with the blackline, along the n22.

will be interesting to see later how wolfe's lines bear up after the event!


i'm just about on the black line!

WolfeIRE

GavinH wrote: »

Cool wolf, you split my house right down the center with the blackline, along the n22.

maybe they should put bollards out on that part of the n22 as the system crosses.

We could call this system the 'Gaeltacht Low'

wushu

Wicklow town main street is pretty good today but try going up any hills here and your in trouble!! looks like more snowshowers for the east tomorow through to monday?

dublincelt

Weathercheck wrote: »

The min at the official Met site was -12c.

Local areas would have got lower and Villian did.

I read -11 when I checked this morning here in Carlow town.
So that Temp is correct.

WolfeIRE

maquiladora wrote: »

Anyone taken the time to compare the position of the 'polar low' on the satellite to its predicted position on the charts? Haven't had a chance to myself yet.

it's fairly consistent with the gfs and less so with the UKMO which puts it further out to sea (but not significantly so).

thetonynator

Sorry everyone, i had to go to bed last night, how low did villains temp get last night???

And more importantly, will met eireann verify it???

poolboy

serious fog descended here in last hour unlike anything ive seen during the daytime before. Near tullamore co offaly

cian1500ww

WolfeIRE wrote: »

had to draw line somewhere Cian. It's not accurate to the mile.

Between the red line and black line, there will be cloud cover and the precip will in parts move inland on its southward track.

Thanks, we've had nothing yet, and we were in the middle of it before Christmas.

Defcol

Why my videos no worky? I used the You Tube function ... do you put in the entire URL between the brackets?


EDIT: Wait, they do!! Just a bit slow..

WolfeIRE

Defcol wrote: »

Why my videos no worky? I used the You Tube function ... do you put in the entire URL between the brackets?

no you paste the embed code. then you enclose this code with the youtube button

thecretinhop

Feckin hell, had to go to work today, not meant to but too much guff to sort out, had to defrost a bit of sand i had, then put in bucket and then put that on slope up to main road, 5 attempts later got out, sister in law cant get out just rang there, told her to get more sand:) outskirts of galway city

force eleven

poolboy wrote: »

serious fog descended here in last hour unlike anything ive seen during the daytime before. Near tullamore co offaly

Fog without sense of humour eh? We have that here now as well, freezing , just to add to the road lottery.

Pangea

Did anyone in Donegal county get confused yesturday , on local radio stations they were saying that only sand was being used on the roads as grit supplies have become worringly low ,it was all over the papers too but on RTE news it showed the donegal co co saying that they have loads and that they have so much to spare that people are being urged to come and collect some for free and use it on their own pavements and driveways.

vizualpics

Feels like the calm before the storm here in Ballina, North Mayo...Sky is really clouding up now and the clouds taking on that yellow/brown colour that they always get before snow...

poolboy

force eleven wrote: »

Fog without sense of humour eh? We have that here now as well, freezing , just to add to the road lottery.

ha ha

hinault

I've to travel to Dublin City Centre this evening : how is the weather there at the moment?

cheers

The_Conductor

Temperature in Maynooth now falling again. Now -6.1c
Visibility 40m in freezing fog.

jj72

A few clouds appearing here in Galway but on the whole its still pretty clear........

gothwalk

Fog in Maynooth getting even thicker - there was a short bit there where visibility was down to about 30m. -3.6C, seems to have stabilised as it's been there for about an hour.

Birds are also mobbing the bird table outside - I counted 12 on it at once a few minutes ago.

pistolpetes11

we have the fog here in newbridge , currently -3.6.

On a side note: where is Darkman2 ????

WolfeIRE

Can people post updates regarding any snow that falls please (when and if this happens). Please include your location to the nearest town/village where possible.

Pete M.

Tis bright and sunny here in Sligo town, bit nippy, but no ominous looking clouds gathering either. I'll be west of the black line all day and would love it to bucket down at home too, but I'm still dubious.
If it does I'm calling into the car breakers on the way home to get a bmw bonnet!

Had a very slight fall of snow about 30 minutes ago, and when I say slight, twas a few dozens flakes like, seemed to be from clouds moving SE away from the eastern side of Sligo town. Hardly a cloud in the sky now at all, as far as I can see out me windown anyway.

jon burrows

hinault wrote: »

I've to travel to Dublin City Centre this evening : how is the weather there at the moment?

cheers

I haven't been out yet but I here the roads are mental.....

Bog Butter

the word thaw is used there so i'd say there could well be a downgrade. but sure didn't we get enough snow. i'll be driving to work monday. working outdoors so i'm hoping for a downgrade anywho.

Deep Easterly

Well, the DMI.DK Hirlam 06z run has upped potential a little for the west:

Chart for 4pm today:



Image source: http://www.dmi.dk/dmi/index/danmark/vejrkort.htm

The telling, however, is in the reality.