Current Weather Conditions - December 2010

muffler

A friend of mine popped in about 15 minutes ago and said it was reading -17 in the car. Thats in Stranorlar btw.

It is bitterly cold. Im looking out of the window and I see 2 brass monkeys hugging each other.

mickger844posts

Low last night in Waterford City -5.5c, now its -2.6c and clear but bitterly cold. Some interesting streamers in the Irish Sea but wont make it here i think.

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Wibbs

D14, light dusting overnight, some tiny graupel earlier, now medium fall of snow, judging by the cloud direction could be here for a while.

Lumi

A bright, blue-skied frosty morning in Galway city. Temp -4.4C in a NW'ly breeze. Overnight low -8.6C
1021.3hPa - Rising

Sulmac

From BBC News:

Record low temperature of -18.7 for NI

Temperatures reached a record low on Thursday with -18.7 degrees Celsius recorded at Castlederg, County Tyrone.

This beats the previous record of -18 Celsius on Monday in the same area.

Drummer Mummer

Has been snowing on and off all morning and currently we have a heavy snow shower. Temp at -2 degrees

qzy

-16 when i got into the car in Boyle, Co Roscommon this morning about 7am :eek:

Wild Bill

So - Castlederg made it - and only 0.4C off the all-time low at Markee Castle!#

Sandyford meanwhile.......

Snowing heavily all morning; now 25cm deep (just 3cm less than the Nov/Dec falls). Temp 0C, calm.

newtoit73

sboyle wrote: »

what does that mean is it more snow?

I think the "Thaw" coming on 26th is that large system of heavy wind coming from the south.

As far as I know, heavy south winds if with rain clouds, over cold land will initially be heavy snow, probably very heavy.

After that we are suppose to have a slow rise in temp and a thaw.

SNAKEDOC

started as a dry frosty morning in north kildare. now snowing quite heavy again. light dusting last night.

Wibbs

D14, Noticed a bit of a thaw as there was drippage from icicles and tree branchs, but temp dropped in the last hour. Has been snowing for a few hours, but really chucking it down now.

mp22

wall to wall sun,slight thaw,+2 deg

Pangea

2c no thaw.

GSF

Dublin city centre is a mess with snow all day. Its going to be chaos getting out of the city by car tonight, especially since a lot of people were expecting a clear day today with no snow.

mikedragon32

Merrion St, Dublin, we had a flurry of flakes for 30 mins but in the last couple of moments we've had a flash of lightning, followed quickly by the thunder and now we have a heavy fall of powder. Temp has dropped from 1.5C to 0.3C in last 10 minutes also.

Lumi

Max temp in Galway city today -1.8C. Now -2.4C and falling.

smodgley

starting to snow again south of New Ross

rhonin

Calm and clear. -6.8C

talkabout

Current data for
23 December 2010 16:17:00

Temperature (°C):
Current -9.9
Trend (per hour) -3.7
Average today -11.4
Wind chill -9.9
Heat Index -9.9
Dew Point -14.6
Rel Humidity 68%

Pressure (mb):
Current 1022.3
Trend (per hour) +0.1

muffler

-11.5 now in Stranorlar.

talkabout

Current data for
23 December 2010 16:52:03

Temperature (°C):
Current -11.4
Trend (per hour) -3.1
Average today -11.3
Wind chill -11.4
Heat Index -11.4
Dew Point -15.2
Rel Humidity 73&

Pressure (mb):
Current 1022.7
Trend (per hour) +0.3

snaps

Thats some front coming in from the Atlanntic, have you seen the size of it (North to south)

Pangea

-4.3

snaps wrote: »

Thats some front coming in from the Atlanntic, have you seen the size of it (North to south)

Will that bring any sneachta to us? Thought it wasnt coming till St.Stephens day?

Darwin

Yes the picture of it on Sat24.com are spectacular. Is that just cloud though and the main rain bearing event behind it?

irish1967

Pangea wrote: »

-4.3


Will that bring any sneachta to us? Thought it wasnt coming till St.Stephens day?

Check out the pressure tab on this. It gets held off for a day or 2

http://www.met.ie/forecasts/5day-atlantic.asp

Biglad

-7.2c, clear

Pangea

-5c

Deep Easterly

Low of -12.6c in Tuam this morning, max of -3.6c. Currently -6.0c and falling rapidly once again.

M.T. Cranium

Wrong thread but I wanted to answer the earlier question here about the front visible on satellite imagery. This is not the main frontal system expected for the 26th. That is still much further west in the Atlantic. What you're seeing is an arctic warm front that will edge in very slowly while high pressure builds over Ireland tomorrow. The main frontal system will push in behind this and then the arctic warm front will be squeezed in between the cold, dry air and the mild, moist air. This is the basis for the forecasts for snow or sleet on the 26th, so in a way, yes that is the weather of concern, but not entirely "formed" yet.

BTW, off topic also but my weather is rain, strong wind and 8 C.

mickger844posts

Temp -0.4c, about 12 flakes of snow today in Waterford City I think we have retained our title as the least snowiest place in the country.

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