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

thomasj

partyatmygaff wrote: »

D15 is dry and overcast, not a single flake of snow has fell here since the start if this spell.

We got a continous snowshower, heavy at times in the hartstown area about an hour ago!

missrandomer

long time follower... first time posting.... hope all is having fun in the snow... slighly jelous, i reeealllly wish it wud snow here.

ninebeanrows

GFS is going for some remarkable temperatures in the northwest tonight.

Progging temps down to -20c.

thetonynator

partyatmygaff wrote: »

What are you talking about? The East (Dublin anyway) doesn't look as if it will be getting a single flake today.

Streamers setting up slowly now, not strong so they won't go far inland, but with a good wind and a shift to NE there should be some more accumulations.

thetonynator

GFS min temp forecast doesnt go above 0 in the NW until new years eve :eek:

Cabra

A few flakes at last in Dublin 7

MUSEIST

Weathercheck wrote: »

GFS is going for some remarkable temperatures in the northwest tonight.

Progging temps down to -20c.

I noticed that, incredibal stuff. Expected to be -10 here, again noting unusual in that recently:rolleyes:. I would happily take a -1 with some snow. Never thought I would complain about the ridiculous cold in favour of milder snowier conditions.

doctorchick

Weathercheck wrote: »

GFS is going for some remarkable temperatures in the northwest tonight.

Progging temps down to -20c.

Had to keep looking at that chart to make sure I wasn't misreading it. If that is true there may be a new entry going into the record books tonight. Same chart shows some nasty temps on North Wales tonight too (-23)

Supercell

Still very slight snow in D4, main cloud still to the north, hopefully it wont die out before it moves a little further south..like one or two miles south!

DOCARCH

Supercell wrote: »

Still very slight snow in D4, main cloud still to the north, hopefully it wont die out before it moves a little further south..like one or two miles south!

Can see it from here. Seems to have stalled.

-1.0c here atm.

Mental Mickey

Not a sausage here in Dublin 20. Dry clear and cold, although Gerry Murphy was on after the news last night almost wetting himself at the thought of some heavy snow hitting the east coast on Tuesday.

dirtyghettokid

yay it's snowing! (NW lusk)

Neil_Sedaka

Just kicked off lightly here in Rush, Nth. Co. Dub

inabina

anyone having an issue with will it rain today radar at 1530 and 1600 snapshots?

Corruptedmorals

5 flakes in Leixlip today. Clear skies..it HAS to be below zero, absolutely freezing.

Mollymawk

I think the incredible weather story here is not so much the snow, but the unbelievabe cold, and the extended nature of that cold. Everybody gets excited by snow, of course, but what's going on here is monumental in meteorological terms.
Here in North County Sligo we got a load of graupel the other night which is still frozen solid to the ground. It's not heavy, and looks reasonably harmless, but the roads are dreadful - practically undriveable.
I've never seen the skies so clear with the barometer bottomed out at 979 for the last couple of days (don't know about the calibration on our barometer - I'm just watching it for trends).
But -20 tonight! Eek! My house is normally toasty, but this is a serious challenge. Hot water bottles at the ready!

BlackWizard

Mental Mickey wrote: »

Not a sausage here in Dublin 20. Dry clear and cold, although Gerry Murphy was on after the news last night almost wetting himself at the thought of some heavy snow hitting the east coast on Tuesday.

We were getting a few small flakes a few min ago. Nothing to write home about though.

Lofty0990

Sorry to disturb - daughter thinking of going by bus to limerick and back (from wexford) over one of the next few days, any snow related reasons not to?

TIA

BTW overcast , dry and -1.5, five miles outside Wexford town

davidsr20

any chance of snow in the midlands over the next few days we need a top up

Wertz

inabina wrote: »

anyone having an issue with will it rain today radar at 1530 and 1600 snapshots?

The only issue I'm gaving is that there's no echoes in my general vicinity

Hit CTRL and F5 and that'll fix it.

Supercell

According to http://www.met.ie/climate/temperature.asp

The lowest air temperature was -19.1°C measured at Markree Castle, Co. Sligo on 16th January 1881 while the lowest observed 20th century air temperature was -18.8°C recorded at Lullymore, Co. Kildare on 2nd January 1979.

Is tonight the night that the all time record goes?!! Wow!!

Jumpy

Warm and Sunny in Limerick.

Its not even minus at the moment.

kennyb3

Finally got my snow in malahide, not much but there is a storm brewing. all hail the easterlies!

The clouds outside are looking unreal, could be a snowy night maybe not for me but defo for louth

davidsr20

BlackWizard wrote: »

We were getting a few small flakes a few min ago. Nothing to write home about though.

Where is that or is sanity a new town in ire

Supercell

Lovely big flakes drifting around now in D4, very light stuff but pretty all the same

Cakes.

kennyb3 wrote: »

Finally got my snow in malahide, not much but there is a storm brewing. all hail the easterlies!

The clouds outside are looking unreal, could be a snowy night maybe not for me but defo for louth

Do you mean Louth will definetly have snow ? or definetly won't >?

kennyb3

Cakesofrice wrote: »

Do you mean Louth will definetly have snow ? or definetly won't >?

definitely will. sure i was in drogheada earlier and got caught in a nice flurry

sunbabe08

a bit of a thaw going on here still



supposed to be snowing now

kennyb3

On a slightly off topic note but im sure of interest to many - winter tyres rule! I drive a rwd 3 series, 2 weeks ago it was next to useless one time couldnt get it out of the estate up a minor hill, today i couldnt get the traction control light on driving the backroads from julianstown to stamullen up big hills covered in snow and ice. amazing fun i had!

Cakes.

kennyb3 wrote: »

definitely will. sure i was in drogheada earlier and got caught in a nice flurry

What about dundalk ? :P