LET IT SNOW AND BE COLD!!!***RAMPING THREAD***Mod Note #1193#2705

Pangea

A bit separate to snow but Does anyone know where TG4 get their weather info from?, especially for temperature for places around Ireland, I notice some readings on it are a lot higher than I would have here. Is the info that they use the equivalent to something like accuweather or yr no estimates for temperatures? I suspect that some of the places they show for their temperature don't actually have a weather station.

Weathering

Pangea wrote: »

A bit separate to snow but Does anyone know where TG4 get their weather info from?, especially for temperature for places around Ireland, I notice some readings on it are a lot higher than I would have here. Is the info that they use the equivalent to something like accuweather or yr no estimates for temperatures? I suspect that some of the places they show for their temperature don't actually have a weather station.

I think they show the temperatures in donegal from the Gaeltacht which is mostly on the coast hence the higher temps

Nabber

Rasmus wrote: »

But you can go on Boards??

I wasn't driving

Chilly out there tonight. Fresh all the same.
Nice to see the pubs patio heaters are on for the smokers. Wouldn't want them to catch a cold while they slowly kill themselves :pac:

Washington Irving

CianRyan wrote: »

My weather apps have been telling me it's been between 2-4 degrees all day in Tallaght but the frost in many places didn't melt all day.
I need to get a real thermometer.

Same for me in Roscommon. Frost in shaded areas has been there since Sunday, according to phone it has been 1-4 degrees.

force eleven

SaulGoode9 wrote: »

Same for me in Roscommon. Frost in shaded areas has been there since Sunday, according to phone it has been 1-4 degrees.

In shaded areas, temperatures stayed near freezing on the ground but air temps were about 3-5. Air temps can be several degrees above zero with frost remaining on ground.

Pangea

Katesbridge Co.Down was -6.6 the other night. One Cold place.

icesnowfrost

So quiet around here things must not be looking good for cold snowy weather until January

Sponge Bob

Models are starting to write off the Atlantic and develop a POLAR pushdown from the north over the christmas period.

Of course the outturn could be a bomb from south of Bermuda but the overall trend is less Atlanticist.

diceyd

lads what are snow streamers?

Redsunset

diceyd wrote: »

lads what are snow streamers?

Remember Late Nov and December 2010.

Very cold upper air flowing over warm Irish sea equals explosive convection. Look up lake effect snow for more.

Sponge Bob

Moisture feeds picked up from eg the Irish Sea and cooled down and as they come across the coast they fall as snow. Stringy looking yokes.

Dampsquid

Not sure if this has been posted already.

Snowfall in Ireland, by Aidan Murphy, Met Éireann
http://www.met.ie/news/display.asp?ID=187

http://www.met.ie/climate-ireland/SnowfallAnal.pdf

weatherfiend

Really interesting article. Very clear for non weather experts like me!!

CrimsonSunrise

Dampsquid wrote: »

Not sure if this has been posted already.

Snowfall in Ireland, by Aidan Murphy, Met Éireann
http://www.met.ie/news/display.asp?ID=187

http://www.met.ie/climate-ireland/SnowfallAnal.pdf

Very interesting read! Was surprising to see Cork and the south coast frequently mentioned as having some of the highest snowfalls during a lot of the snow events during the past two centuries. I always assumed that the south coast would have escaped the worst.

maquiladora

CrimsonSunrise wrote: »

Very interesting read! Was surprising to see Cork and the south coast frequently mentioned as having some of the highest snowfalls during a lot of the snow events during the past two centuries. I always assumed that the south coast would have escaped the worst.

There can be huge snowfalls possible in the south of the country from low pressure systems moving south of Ireland, as long it stays cold enough.

aboyro

i would have thought that the "lake effect" would be the reason for the south to so significant snowfalls???

johnnyoneone

Does anybody think that we really will get a good load of snow this year?
And if so when do you think it will come?

Mycroft H

johnnyoneone wrote: »

Does anybody think that we really will get a good load of snow this year?
And if so when do you think it will come?

Perhaps and we've no idea.

monkeybutter

was SnowfallAnal.pdf produced by an analrapist??

maquiladora

^^ ...

Ahorseofaman

monkeybutter wrote: »

was SnowfallAnal.pdf produced by an analrapist??

Oh God there is so many images I could link to but would'nt risk the ban:D


http://edwardhotspur.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/random-funny-photo-snow-man-on-a-bench-with-head-i1.jpg?w=300&h=207

Calibos

At first I was afraid (of Monkeybutter), I was petrified!!
And then I realised that he just had a dirty mind....
and that it was met.ie that made the funny link all this time....

So no need for the mods to say.....

Go on now, go walk out the door
Just turn around now
('cause) you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried to hurt us with your filthy mind
Do you think We'd crumble
Did you think We'd lay down and die?
Oh no, not I. I will survive

Pangea

Met Eireann really going all out on snowporn there

mumo3

Starting to get disappointed now!! so what is the general feeling here people is it a yey or a nay for snow?

Weathering

Interesting that malin head had the 2nd highest snow depth,as it's so exposed and directly on the coast. I wonder what it would been 15miles inland. It often can be 8degrees at malin head while in other parts of donegal it's 3 or 4 below freezing

sunbabe08

Pangea wrote: »

Met Eireann really going all out on snowporn there

what on earth have i missed? snow porn when? where?

Supercell

I'm quite surprised at the return periods for higher areas near the Wicklow mountains.
In the four years I lived in Annamoe, Wicklow (around 200 metres elevation) I can recall at least two occasions with depths greater than 35cm, closer to around 80cm in fact on one of them in the middle of a very big very flat field I used as a measuring point.
I suppose proximity to mountains can have have a major effect, I wonder what the depths and return periods would be at Sally Gap for instance?
The return period for around South Co Dublin here for depths 30cm or greater seems about right. Only '82 in my 41 years of existence has come close.

Bishop_Donal

Would be interesting to plot Global Economic activity against the snowfall data. I reckon there is a link between slowdown in activity with the frequency and severity of snowfall:D

We should get about 3 months of whiteout from January to March this year with every known record blown out of the water as a consequence!

andrew

Bishop_Donal wrote: »

Would be interesting to plot Global Economic activity against the snowfall data. I reckon there is a link between slowdown in activity with the frequency and severity of snowfall:D

We should get about 3 months of whiteout from January to March this year with every known record blown out of the water as a consequence!

Get me the (country level, probably wouldn't make much sense at a global level) data and I'll do it!

Might be interesting to see how snow in the days/months before Christmas affects consumption expenditure over the Christmas period. Might make difficult or impossible to go outside and actually buy things, or maybe people spend more on heating and fuel and commensurately less as a result on consumer goods.

zidewayz

CrimsonSunrise wrote: »

Very interesting read! Was surprising to see Cork and the south coast frequently mentioned as having some of the highest snowfalls during a lot of the snow events during the past two centuries. I always assumed that the south coast would have escaped the worst.

Now I think I know why I have a fascination with cold weather and snow. No major snow events in cork/south during 80's 90's.