National: Severe Cold/ Snow Discussion (Thanks to all!)

eastbono

my oh is a dub... but he went out earlier to check temp... and hes forever saying we only got a dusting but temp for him read -7 and he was very surprised:pac:

Wine Goddess

Bummer....looking more and more like just bitterly cold weather with only boring old ice and freezing fog - no snow to cheer us snowbies up:(

Speak Now

Rougies wrote: »

You're probably right. It was worth a shot anyway.

Shot of coffee :pac:

Stargate

Look at that cloud spinning right up into the Cork/Kerry coastline

http://www.yr.no/satellitt/europa_animasjon.html

delw

little bess wrote: »

-8 in dublin 5

showing -8 at dublin airport as well

JanuarySnowstor

I think one thing that MT and indeed all of us need to learn is that even with everything in our favour in this small country it rarely snows.
It was the same throughout my childhood, one spell of snow a year was usually our lot. I'm afraid forecasts of several cm's widespread throughout the country are pie in the sky
We often slate Met Eireann for being conservative but more often or not it's ourselves who get egg on our face

Anyway small chance of snow tonight in Cork before the 'frostfall' takes place.:rolleyes:

foxinsox

Tabnabs

Lads, we will never see temps low enough here for coffee freezing. Here's what happens at -43C

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

delw

a question for those in the know ,last night the irish sea brewed up/beefed up serious showers that hit west coast of england(liverpool ect) so why not tonight into the east of ireland when winds change

Speak Now

delw wrote: »

a question for those in the know ,last night the irish sea brewed up/beefed up serious showers that hit west coast of england(liverpool ect) so why not tonight into the east of ireland when winds change

Winds much lighter tonight for one.

up for anything

Dyflin wrote: »

Lads, we will never see temps low enough here for coffee freezing. Here's what happens at -43C

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

-45F and he has bare hands! :eek:

I'm on a mission tonight to keep the washing machine running to try and prevent it freezing up again.

JanuarySnowstor

For all Cork fans, developments off the coast.
Could fall as rain though as winds are on-shore.
Chance of snow too:)

zenno

looks like a small amount of snow for dublin in the next hour or two according to the latest radar. -8 in dublin now. http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

Newtown90

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

For all Cork fans, developments off the coast.
Could fall as rain though as winds are on-shore.
Chance of snow too:)

A slight breeze in the city now, a lot of cloud activity!!

Moon and stars still present though:rolleyes:

Rougies

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

I think one thing that MT and indeed all of us need to learn is that even with everything in our favour in this small country it rarely snows.
It was the same throughout my childhood, one spell of snow a year was usually our lot. I'm afraid forecasts of several cm's widespread throughout the country are pie in the sky
We often slate Met Eireann for being conservative but more often or not it's ourselves who get egg on our face

Anyway small chance of snow tonight in Cork before the 'frostfall' takes place.:rolleyes:

You are right that it rarely snows in this country. But this is the third signifcant snowfall event in 2010 and with the synoptics in the current cold spell anything was/is possible and a lot of this island have seen a lot of snow. The likelyhood of a nationwide severe snowfall was very likely, and although unfortunately for some it hasn't come to pass, there's still plenty of potential in the coming days and no real sign of a breakdown in sight. So for now I'm gonna continue summoning magic pie size snowflakes in the sky.

dave1982

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

For all Cork fans, developments off the coast.
Could fall as rain though as winds are on-shore.
Chance of snow too:)

We have a mist here in Cobh

GavinH

just had a heavy snow shower between Ballincollig and Macroom

mickger844posts

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

For all Cork fans, developments off the coast.
Could fall as rain though as winds are on-shore.
Chance of snow too:)

Looks like quiet a bank of cloud there and its pushing in a North East/ East direction, wonder will we get a surprise fall in Waterford

inabina

get your wireless out.....Radio 1....23.55 weather.....NOW

bobby14

seems to be warming up here in letterkenny, killygordon was at -14 there for a while... -13.7 again now

JanuarySnowstor

Anyone got a link to the latest sat image??

inabina

a new weather man....HARUM LOUCH his name? .....

tommorrow " mainly dry....next week....bitterly cold for rest of week....snow showers.....coastal areas....."

squigo

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

Anyone got a link to the latest sat image??

http://www.sat24.com/region.aspx?type=last&time=201012190045&country=gb

Newtown90

inabina wrote: »

a new weather man....HARUM LOUCH his name? .....

tommorrow " mainly dry....next week....bitterly cold for rest of week....snow showers.....coastal areas....."

Thought he sounded foreign alright!

Speak Now

bobby14 wrote: »

seems to be warming up here in letterkenny, killygordon was at -14 there for a while... -13.7 again now

Warming up :pac:

sunbabe08

come on snow.

inabina

Glenviewjf wrote: »

Thought he sounded foreign alright!

sounded Dutch! how many people are employeed in ME?

lucernarian

Latest satellite imagery shows some convection off the east coast. It indicates that those showers are growing in strength:)

Could be another cm in it for a few parts between Dundalk and Dublin? Terrible clutching at straws here!

Cionád

To_be_confirmed wrote: »

Latest satellite imagery shows some convection off the east coast. It indicates that those showers are growing in strength:)

Could be another cm in it for a few parts between Dundalk and Dublin? Terrible clutching at straws here!

Was looking at that, but think it'll be another false dawn... breaking up before landfall... but we can dream.

moggie4000

To_be_confirmed wrote: »

Latest satellite imagery shows some convection off the east coast. It indicates that those showers are growing in strength:)

Could be another cm in it for a few parts between Dundalk and Dublin? Terrible clutching at straws here!

hopefully in swords...