Snow a no show, what about the extreme cold then?

peasant

By all accounts Ulster / North Connacht and North Leinster are going to see extreme lows over the next few days. Down to possibly -20 in some places at night and still as low as -10 during the day ...so all in all a very hard freeze for a good few days. Not good for road conditions and potentially expensive around the house with freezing pipes etc.

Seenashow the snow excitement is going to be mostly over for the next few days ...are those temps worthy of their own thread?

(mods please delete if you don't think so)

Slidey

I think it may well be record breaking lows..

Donegal at the minute seems to be bearing the brunt of the cold going by the NRA roadside temps

Cian92

peasant wrote: »

By all accounts Ulster / North Connacht and North Leinster are going to see extreme lows over the next few days. Down to possibly -20 in some places at night and still as low as -10 during the day ...so all in all a very hard freeze for a good few days. Not good for road conditions and potentially expensive around the house with freezing pipes etc.

Seenashow the snow excitement is going to be mostly over for the next few days ...are those temps worthy of their own thread?

(mods please delete if you don't think so)

Just because Dublin didn't get any snow, doesn't mean the rest of the country got none too :rolleyes:

peasant

Cian92 wrote: »

none too

...any either ...

FYI, I'm from Sligo and we got between 5 - 20 cm here (depending on location) ...I'm still kinda worried about this approaching cold though. Things simply aren't built for this kind of weather around here

Slidey

-9 in Collooney already..

Scubadevils

Its pretty amazing stuff, I'd love to step outside into -20, just to feel what's like - cold obviously and doubt nice to hang around long in. Be interesting to see now if it does beat the current coldest temps.

peasant

Scubadevils wrote: »

Its pretty amazing stuff, I'd love to step outside into -20, just to feel what's like - cold obviously and doubt nice to hang around long in. Be interesting to see now if it does beat the current coldest temps.

I've experienced -25 once, it's not pleasant.
Naked skin freezes to metal on contact, the snot in your nose literally freezes and breathing through your mouth hurts. Any scarf that you put in front of your face will be covered in solid ice within minutes. Eyes water, nose runs ( and freezes:D) and ears hurt. Anything uncovered goes numb very quickly.

All sorts of things you take for granted stop working properly ...cars, door hinges, windows, letter boxes ...anything that's outside and has moving parts will be either very stiff or non-functional altogether.

Biglad

-7.5c at the moment. I've experienced -24c and I tell you the fun is short lived. Outdoor life becomes dangerous for peeps who are not used to this. Things that you wouldn't expect to freeze will including eyelids, noses etc.
I enjoy this cold spell though and I can't wait to see some records broken

I did a 200km speed skating marathon once in Austria at an average temperature of -10c, interesting experience...

Back to topic, temperature here still dropping, coldest last night was -9.0c, feel we will break that tonight...:D

445279.ie

Scubadevils wrote: »

Its pretty amazing stuff, I'd love to step outside into -20, just to feel what's like

Done it, one piece of advice - make sure you blow your nose first :eek:

Scubadevils

Yeah I'd say its pretty brutal alright, even popping my head out into -8 (according to my phone!) last night was bloody cold. The thoughts of my eye lids freezing would kinda knock the sense of wonder out the door though.

Darwin

Yes, I too experienced -25c earlier this year. Lets say it was a very sobering experience. I thought I would be fine going out in heavy jacket, fleece hat, scarf and gloves. After 2 minutes the exposed parts of my face felt like I was getting burned (if that makes sense). The cold just seeps through everything - not nice!

dirtyghettokid

i can hack up to about -20C but beyond that gets nasty. when i was 13, i was outside for 20 minutes walking home from a mates house in a windchill that was -42C (obviously not in ireland)
my legs were bright red and i spent the rest of the day in a heated bed. my face was very stiff from the cold.
the key to cold temps is keeping your skin covered! we used to wear balaclavas as a kid.. LOL all the kiddy snot getting frozen to your face.. ugh .. nasty!

thetonynator

-15 was the lowest i experienced, not too bad if you stay still, but when you move and the air is moving towards your face it hurts!!! Didnt stay out long . .. main thing i've noticed is that below -8 the inside of the double glazed window frames freezes, and round -10 the glass freezes too . .and thats with heating on in the room! :eek:

dirtyghettokid

a tip for this weather if anybody has old single glazed windows, like we do here is to pick up some plastic film kits from B&Q. comes with double sided tape and a large plastic sheet that you can cut to the size of your windows. you just stick it to the window as taut as possible and then use a hair dryer over it to finish. it really does help with cold draughts through the windows.

snaps

Also remember here in Ireland theres a greater humidity which makes it feel colder compared to somewhere like scandinavia.

Its the humidity which gives us the white in frost.

If it is -10c here and -10c in norway, it would feel a lot colder here, just because of the greater humidity.

anotherlostie

I was driving on the N3 and at just before 8pm the temperature gauge dropped to -11C passing Lavey Lake outside Cavan. Steady increase back to zero by the time I got to Dublin.

dirtyghettokid

snaps wrote: »

Also remember here in Ireland theres a greater humidity which makes it feel colder compared to somewhere like scandinavia.

Its the humidity which gives us the white in frost.

If it is -10c here and -10c in norway, it would feel a lot colder here, just because of the greater humidity.

absolutely! i can't bear the temps below 10C here hahaha
not looking forward to what -20C would feel like!
it was -9C i think about a fortnight ago when i was out in the morning taking photos and my face was sore and stiff enough then!

evercloserunion

Sitting here in a room with glass walls in TCD and absolutely freezing my balls off.

How will this affect road travel, will it be worse than the snow or not as bad?

sandra06

are you been serious about weather:D

peasant

evercloserunion wrote: »

Sitting here in a room with glass walls in TCD and absolutely freezing my balls off.

How will this affect road travel, will it be worse than the snow or not as bad?

If it stays really cold, conditions will just remain as they are, "frozen" so to speak

evercloserunion

peasant wrote: »

If it stays really cold, conditions will just remain as they are, "frozen" so to speak

Would a cold snap by itself make roads unusable, or would there need to be rain/snow as well to really make travel impossible?

ardmacha

Castlederg -16.6°C at 22:00

It has already broken the lowest max record today for December in NI at -11.0°C.

irish1967

-15.5 in Killygordon, Donegal @ 22.50. Gas frozen here.

nacho libre

the coldest i've experienced was -18, which was accompanied by 40 mph wind.

Mr Bloat

irish1967 wrote: »

-15.5 in Killygordon, Donegal @ 22.50. Gas frozen here.

Gas frozen? I never realised that would even happen, that's bloody scary.

Pacing Mule

These lows remind me of having worked in a supermarket and stock taking in the back store freezers. Just can't fathom the temp outside being the same as the freezer.

Slidey

Mr Bloat wrote: »

Gas frozen? I never realised that would even happen, that's bloody scary.

Poor quailty diesel jellifies as well. Blocks filters and leaves engines and central heating not working. Most heating systems now run on Kerosene now though

ardmacha

Castlederg -17.7°C 23:00

a tad chilly.

kkontour

nacho libre wrote: »

the coldest i've experienced was -18, which was accompanied by 40 mph wind.

Happened to me last year. Poured hot water on top of cylinder to get it working

thetonynator

All ireland all time low is -19 point something. . . Could be broken in the north anyway if not the republic. .

opinion guy

Experienced temperature of -21 C air temperature with wind chill added was equivalent to -50 C.
Foooooooook me that cold

We were only in it for 5 minutes but one lady got frost bite in her ear. Also as someone else said you have to be careful with how you cover your mouth as the moisture on your breath will freeze in the scarf etc.

I was fine thou since I had good gear one me.