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

sunbabe08

leahyl wrote: »

Patience sunbabe, patience...our time will come...

i hope so

Tactical

Patience, patience, patience....

M.T's forecast literally give a time-frame for events to unfold

Its a little like looking at a wrapped Christmas present and not being able to open it until Christmas day

ffarrell7

If it snows in Cork City I will eat my hat...:D:D:D too far south IMO

bandit197

Rain turning to sleet here now, check the cam below.

th3 s1aught3r

ffarrell7 wrote: »

If it snows in Cork City I will eat my hat...:D:D:D too far south IMO

Anything is possible in the Greenland Express

Tactical

ffarrell7 wrote: »

If it snows in Cork City I will eat my hat...:D:D:D too far south IMO

*** Gets hat ready to hand to ffarrell7 just in case :D:D ***

ciaranm

Whether we get a load of snow or not, it's still going to be interesting.

kkontour

th3 s1aught3r wrote: »

Anyone know what the buoy temps are like now in the North and West ?

M4 Bouy@16 Dec 12:00
5.4c AIR
2.5c DP
10.3c SEA

munsterlegend

ffarrell7 wrote: »

If it snows in Cork City I will eat my hat...:D:D:D too far south IMO

this is a west event!

Tactical

Yes, very interesting indeed.

I think the rapid freeze will catch a lot of people out.

Roads on Monday morning were lethal, far worse than the previous two weeks. At the moment the roads are good and wet, so when that lot freezes it'll be stressful driving once again.

For me, driving in the snow is actually less stressful. Its when you can't see the ice that you're constantly on edge no matter how experienced you are driving in adverse conditions.

Jumpy

Its snowing in Limerick!






Ah no wait. Thats just the cocaine wind from O'Malley Park.

gbee

ffarrell7 wrote: »

If it snows in Cork City I will eat my hat...:D:D:D too far south IMO

Yer wanna exclude rooftops in Knocka & Churchfield, they tend to hoover up the snow and it looks fantastic but nothing is ever on the ground.

Bumble32

sunbabe08 wrote: »

rain and wind in cork:rolleyes:

It really feels like Christmas.















Not.

PILOT

Snowing here in Cavan at the minute

sunbabe08

ffarrell7 wrote: »

If it snows in Cork City I will eat my hat...:D:D:D too far south IMO

at the ready.

gbee

Tactical wrote: »

Yes, very interesting indeed.
I think the rapid freeze will catch a lot of people out.

Especially now as it seems to have turned into a damp squid, but as you say, I think it will too.

BFassassin

There is sleet falling here in Monaghan atm. Had a quick flurry earlier too.

gbee

Whoa, first temp drop all morning ~ -0.2°C in the last hour.

Down to 8.6°C ~ so we've a way to go, bit it might, MIGHT be a start.

barro - 1.4hPa as this falls unspectacularly in the last 24hrs to 1015.3 hPa

While posting temp down two more points

sunbabe08

the windows here at home are freezing up

ciaranm

gbee wrote: »

Especially now as it seems to have turned into a damp squid, but as you say, I think it will too.

HAHAHA

Squib

All squids are naturally damp. Jesus.

ro_chez

th3 s1aught3r wrote: »

Anyone know what the buoy temps are like now in the North and West ?

If you lash buoy reports into google, its the first one that pops up!

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

Tactical

sunbabe08 wrote: »

the windows here at home are freezing up

Location, location, location

cian1500ww

The raintoday.co.uk forecast has updated and it looks like that band of rain that's pushing down from the North will more than likely fall as sleet in Dublin at best but as it moves further south it may fall as snow, again depending on the temperature.

maquiladora

16 December 2010 11:37

Today

Cold and windy this afternoon with temperatures continuing to fall. Some dry bright spells, but showers also. These will turn wintry in the North and West, with snow in places.
Tonight

Very cold and icy tonight with occasional snow showers. These most frequent over the north and west, with some drifting possible on high ground. The snow showers will be scattered elsewhere. Lowest temperatures zero to -3 degrees and feeling colder in the brisk northerly wind.


Tomorrow

Very cold and wintry again tomorrow with further snow showers, mainly over Ulster, Connacht and west Munster, but some dry bright spells too. Later in the day, a band of more persistent snow will reach the West before spreading countrywide. It will be bitterly cold, top temperatures zero to +3 degrees at best, but feeling colder in the fresh northwesterly wind.

http://www.met.ie/forecasts/

Tactical

Light mist here in West Limerick.

Roads are gonna be good and wet Caution, caution, caution.

Don't forget we can get updated temps across the country from the NRA website.

gbee

ciaranm wrote: »

HAHAHA

Squib

All squids are naturally damp. Jesus.

That was the point, but I like yours better.

Cionád

ciaranm wrote: »

HAHAHA

Squib

All squids are naturally damp. Jesus.

We should put you on a pedal stool

cherryghost

cian1500ww wrote: »

The raintoday.co.uk forecast has updated and it looks like that band of rain that's pushing down from the North will more than likely fall as sleet in Dublin at best but as it moves further south it may fall as snow, again depending on the temperature.

Radar borked? The west isn't being relayed hence why the west has no rainfall, which in matter of fact it does.

Its raining here.

Mollymawk

Temperatures here have dropped by about 3 degrees in the last hour and a half. Now down to 3 or 4, depending on which thermometer you look at.
Showers of rain/sleet.
Wind has dropped to nothing!!

bbam

Temp here in Cavan has dropped from 5.5 at 8am to 2.1 now, we had a breif flurry of snow about 10 minutes ago...