Big Freeze Chat/ Discussion - Colder air returning Today/More Snow - 30/11/2010

Sonovagun

My gut feeling is that this is gonna be a non-event! We did well this morning, can't see us getting anymore

DOCARCH

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Excellent news - it's way too warm ATM though!

Temps will drop in showers and naturally as the sun goes, temps will drop anyway. With dewpoints falling, it means pretty mostly snow falling.

LookingFor

rmarie1 wrote: »

Does anyone know when an Post are going to get their act together and start delivering post again?

This I'd like to know too. The footpaths here are likely to remain icy for some time. I'm waiting on a package from the UK for over a week now...it really should have come at the end of last week, but at this rate it could be next week before I get it!

edit - dark in D15 now. snow dancing in the air.

lucernarian

The only time I've seen a proper blizzard was on the morning of 27th February 2001. A few days afterwards, I was still finding 4 foot drifts in the fields near where I lived.

Drummerboy2

Light snow/sleet falling in Dun Laoghaire now

Sonovagun

Sonovagun wrote: »

My gut feeling is that this is gonna be a non-event! We did well this morning, can't see us getting anymore

In all fairness,there are technical reasons why there should be more snow in the East tonight.
No doubt I've jinxed it by saying it.
Temps at 5000ft asl are going to be sub -10c traveling over a warm 12c irish sea and thats a recipe for huge lake effect snow showers to develop.

ffarrell7

snowing in Castleknock, Dublin 15 again.:D:D

partyatmygaff

Major thaw in the Castleknock area. Skies are dark and completely overcast. Very light sleet falling now.

The dew point better fall a few degrees

Edit: Spoke too soon, there's snow dancing around the air. Not sleet either!

Netanya

Got a good bit of snow and then graupel now coming back to snow again in Kilcock over the last half hour to hour.

I don't care what it comes down like once it's not rain and it sticks.

Fitzo

Anything heading Galway City direction?

Mayo Exile

Cooley/Mourne Mts shadow effect blocking off precipitation to Dundalk area with wind being currently NE.:(. Can see showers heading inland to the south of here. Is the the wind going to stay NE? If it backs easterly it could improve things.

EDIT: M2 buoy dewpoint gone from -0.6 at 1400 to -1.8 at 1500. A nice drop!

helimachoptor

a light but ongoing snow shower in blanch for the last 15-20 mins.

errlloyd

Gonna say "blizzard like" in D18 now.

Horizontal snow, was perfectly clear 3 minutes ago.

madmac187

Hey all, in Laois it's trying to snow but it wont , alot of the snow has thawed unfortunately. Anyone think we will get anymore in my direction, Im in Rathdowney, in Laois????

Big Nasty

DOCARCH wrote: »

Temps will drop in showers and naturally as the sun goes, temps will drop anyway. With dewpoints falling, it means pretty mostly snow falling.

I was hoping for that last night too but then again we didnt have the help off the siberian winds! Need to drop the guts of 5C though - that's a fair amount!

DominoDub

Conformation on wind direction change over Dublin City Center ...! Now coming from the North

ffarrell7

partyatmygaff wrote: »

Major thaw in the Castleknock area. Skies are dark and completely overcast. Very light sleet falling now.

The dew point better fall a few degrees

Edit: Spoke too soon, there's snow dancing around the air. Not sleet either!

yeah not heavy unfortunately in D.15:mad:

ffarrell7

Although it is now!!!:D:D:D:D in D.15

MGMTea

snow coming down pretty heavy in Dublin 11 and it's sticking infact temperatures fell prettty quickly !

Xxhaylsxx

Heavy snow maynooth

Just back from my kitchen, made leek and potatoe soup

Getting very gusty here in Lucan, snowing again, blowing wildy:) Lovely.
Got text from daughters school saying re-opens rtomorrow?/ I cant see that happening.

Defcol

Convection has definitely bumped up in the irish sea on Sat24. I feel there could be much bigger snow showers on the way!:D

ManAboutCouch

M2 Buoy DP back down again to -1.8:

http://www.met.ie/latest/buoy.asp

It's pretty cold over the Irish Sea. Hoping now for a lot of wet cloud to make it's way onshore.

dancingqueen

It has darkened in my part of Finglas... something is falling, looks small and soft. It was more hail-esq a few minutes ago.
My gut tells me I'll be disappointed in the morning. Again.

diarmuid79

blizzard in blanch d15 hope it lasts fir an hour:D:D

DOCARCH

Dewpoint at M2 bouy now down to -1.8c, as Black Briar said, ingredients for 'lake effect snow'.

Just started snowing here.

MGMTea

disregard that last post from me, it stopped:mad: TEASING ME

Iancar29

just bac in from walkin the dog... heavy graupel showers , hope we get proper snow l8r whrn the temp drops further !
.... CANT FEEL MY HANDS! ha

oh ye... currently 2.0 o C

LookingFor

Well, that's the most 'stuff' we've had in a while here in d15. Clearer skies to the north, I cansee the sheets of hail/snow waft across the blue patches. Quite cool.

It's been heavy enough to almost start sticking again on thawed roofs.

fred funk }{

Defcol wrote: »

Convection has definitely bumped up in the irish sea on Sat24. I feel there could be much bigger snow showers on the way!:D

It has really started to move towards the south east or am i reading it wrong.