Satellite view of our snow cover 4th DEC 2010

polyfusion

Satellite image from 11:30 this morning; looks like the weather-knife buttered another little bit of the island:



Original source: http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/realtime/single.php?T103381130

250 meter resolution (nearly 8MB): http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/realtime/single.php?2010338/crefl1_143.A2010338113000-2010338113500.250m.jpg

thetonynator

West coast looks a bit . .brown . .surprised theres still that much snow cover though . . .

jprboy

thetonynator wrote: »

West coast looks a bit . .brown . .surprised theres still that much snow cover though . . .

Yeah, most of Clare, Limerick and my area of North Tipp didn't have any snow cover at that time this morning.

Isn't that actually cloud that's over (the low-lying parts anyway) of these counties.

Wouldn't totally clear skies over Ireland be required for an accurate portrayal of the snow cover?

Harps

Surprised theres such a lack of snow in the west, I thought most places had snow by now.

Interesting to see that the only two places in Donegal without snow are Malin Head and the area around Finner. Pangea mentioned the other day that these stations dont give an accurate reading of the countys weather an that seems to confirm that fact

Dublin_Gunner

Anyone else have to look at it twice before they realised where Ireland was??

paulocon

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

Anyone else have to look at it twice before they realised where Ireland was??

Nope but anyone else get dizzy looking at that image?