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

maquiladora

kingshankly wrote: »

Maybe a move to a country where the weather is more exciting would ease your boredom

Extreme weather is only interesting here because of its rarity. Moving to somewhere where it is more common defeats the rarity of it.

It's like a fisherman giving up on trying to catch the biggest fish in the lake and just going onto to Google Images and searching for pictures of big fish to look at instead.

Supercell

I think perfection from an Irish snow lovers point of view would be is about 200-300 metres elevation up a mountain on the east coast. Somewhere like Roundwood would be my favoured spot. Pretty much guaranteed decent snow at least once a winter for a few days. Also its about 10KM inland so summers are warmer than coastal areas despite the moderate elevation

I'd have bought a house up there if the missus let me

up for anything

Put away your snow shovels. :pac:

Spindle

Well if it is the end of the world tomorrow, then none of this will matter, but the ramp can start again looking into FI. Just need to tap into that polar vortex. I can almost smell the snow.

I am after taking a seat on the roller coaster again anyway.

icesnowfrost

Helen curran from met e just said it will be a windy rainy day Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

leahyl

icesnowfrost wrote: »

Helen curran from met e just said it will be a windy rainy day Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

Yerra don't mind her - she's not a real meterologist :pac:

Weathering

icesnowfrost wrote: »

Helen curran from met e just said it will be a windy rainy day Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

On their website last night, they mention sleet and snow on xmas eve
There long range forecasts are usually pulled out of their a_s ha

icesnowfrost

leahyl wrote: »

Yerra don't mind her - she's not a real meterologist :pac:

She is sexy though

Larbre34

Ok, seeing as we're going there, Audrey McGrath on Wednesday night, looking all raven haired sensational! Helen, Jean and Siobhán all looking great in their glad rags lately too

Seasons Greetings to all our Met É meteorologists and presenters. And Gerry

Divil a bit

Storm 10

On the forecast this morning they said the temp tomorrow could reach 14 degrees, there were days in recent summers when it hardly made that high.

Weathering

Short weather...Where's my bucket and spade

Speak Now

Weathering wrote: »

Short weather...Where's my bucket and spade

Yeah true shortest day of the year!

leahyl

Not much eye candy for the ladies on the weather unfortunately :-(

tylercollins

Eastern Europe being battered by cold and snow! Damn you!!

Pivot_Al

Just back from a short break in Bergamo, Italy.

Here's a couple of pics taken last friday

red_bairn

Pivot_Al wrote: »

Just back from a short break in Bergamo, Italy.

Here's a couple of pics taken last friday

So not much snow?

gugsy

Pivot_Al wrote: »

Just back from a short break in Bergamo, Italy.

Here's a couple of pics taken last friday

that sickens me great pics tho;)

JJJJNR

A nice 14 Degrees expected here today -

leahyl

Just had a text from my friend and work colleague who's gone home to the states for Christmas and she just woke up to go to the loo and it's a winter wonderland outside - they're expecting 3-7 inches of the White stuff :-( - lucky BITCH!! :-p

ollie1

15.3 Degrees in Dún Laoghaire at the moment.

Sponge Bob

No artic blast in 2012 I reckon. Start making new years wishes now!

leahyl

Will post up some pics from the states later just to give us our fix :-P

MrFrisp

leahyl wrote: »

Just had a text from my friend and work colleague who's gone home to the states for Christmas and she just woke up to go to the loo and it's a winter wonderland outside - they're expecting 3-7 inches of the White stuff :-( - lucky BITCH!! :-p

They can feckin well keep it too...
.

SEPT 23 1989

ollie1 wrote: »

15.3 Degrees in Dún Laoghaire at the moment.

Go home Spring

you are drunk

leahyl

The Zoo Christmas Special on RTE now for anyone who wants to reminisce about the snow in 2010!!

icesnowfrost

Met e saying its to be mild up to the new year. So at least another week of this mild wet crap

whitebriar

Max today in Moscow is -23c and overnight it was -29c!!

Man if we had a proper long fetch easterly now ,after about 5 days,we'd have sub zero maxima in Ireland!

mike65

Tragic! (It looks like its going to relent somewhat in Moscow as well soon)

icesnowfrost

Wouldn't it be great to be over there ❄❄❄❄❄❄❄

M.T. Cranium

If there is any chance of a sustained spell of cold with snow potential this winter, I believe it would be in February. This severe cold in Russia shows no real signs of either going away or moving west. That, in combination with research output, suggests to me that it could retrogress (move west) later in the winter.

The whole situation is eerily reminiscent of 1947 but I would say, maybe not quite that extreme nor quite as soon to develop (in Jan 1947 it became very mild mid-month then the severe cold set in after the 21st ... my prediction is that the very mild spells will continue on and off all the way through January, and if the severe cold is going to move west that will start to impact on Britain in late January or the very early part of February and we'll just have to see if it can do better than last year in terms of pushing further west, no reason to think it will fail again if it comes that close, my bet would be this time it does the job).

There is to be realistic about a 30% chance of no cold at all, but maybe 40% chance of severe cold developing and 30% mixed outcome (modified cold).