Cold Spell Discussion (Ireland): Cold/Frosty/Icy with Snow for some

whitebriar

jazzermurphy wrote: »

Is the snow, dead and burried now for antoher year?

certainly not!
Temporary blip after tomorrow ,back with a vengence into february,in such a way as to make this past few days look mild

CianRyan

icesnowfrost wrote: »

Were is that?

Five minute drive from Tallaght, good bit higher mind.

RedmanDublin

jazzermurphy wrote: »

Is the snow, dead and burried now for antoher year?

No way

spockety

LordSinclair wrote: »

If anyone in South Dublin is feeling like they are being left out of the snow and need to see some proper snow in Dublin, the Three Rock Mountain just beside Ballinteer has some serious snow (1 foot reported) and the HellFire Club just off the Firhouse exit on the M50 is under around 6 inches of snow...

What's Kilakee Road like?

Cogsy88

Duggys Housemate wrote: »

All thats left now is a cold wet summer.

Defo not. Were only half way through Winter weather wise in the northern hemisphere. Feb and march can be extremely cold in Scandinavia and Russia and with a proper northeasterly set up that's wher are air will be sourced from. So let's hope that Scandi high sends us into the freezer in the coming weeks.

LordSinclair

Apologies, had to delete last post and trim the image a bit, it was all over the place...

brianthomas

Just a question for the powers that be. How are you so sure about something significant for Feb? A lot of experts are saying this on here so I just wondered what its based on? Just curious...... Brian.

LordSinclair

spockety wrote: »

What's Kilakee Road like?

Easily passable I think but with care obviously, more care needed on descent than on assent, just make sure you don't let your car gather any speed at all. I got up & down in a Peugeot 206 today without any hassle whatsoever.

gerrybhoy

brianthomas wrote: »

Just a question for the powers that be. How are you so sure about something significant for Feb? A lot of experts are saying this on here so I just wondered what its based on? Just curious...... Brian.

Dont know what station it was my wife was listening to last night coming home,but she was saying some weather bloke was on talking about a pending cold snap for Ireland for late Jan into February;)

Gonzo

All the great pictures showing winter wonderlands posted here over the past 5 days were taken on high ground. Those images depict what is in my view a proper cold spell that should exist on ground level locations. Since last week I had this feeling that this cold spell would not deliver anything wonderful. It either rained or sleet and any encounters with snow was very brief with instant thawing. Possiblity the first cold spell ive come across where we had no sunshine, no frost and no clear skies at night. The melting of any settling snow was aided by the fact that the ground was saturated from last week's deluge of rain and the lack of any frost kept the soil temperatures up so the snow on the ground just didnt stand a chance. Here's to a quick death of this cold spell, a few days of warm south-westerly's and sunshine to reset the scene & dry out the land leading to hopefully the next spell will be much more promising:)

jazzermurphy

whitebriar wrote: »

certainly not!
Temporary blip after tomorrow ,back with a vengence into february,in such a way as to make this past few days look mild

Is this for the whole country or just high ground.

SnowDancer

brianthomas wrote: »

Just a question for the powers that be. How are you so sure about something significant for Feb? A lot of experts are saying this on here so I just wondered what its based on? Just curious...... Brian.

MT and our other knowledgeable friends on here have discussed end Jan / early Feb being the main time for snow for a few months now. Not an expert but believe it may be related to the SSW

seamus

I believe a lot of MT's long-range forecasts are based on looking at the existing weather conditions and then comparing them to historical weather patterns to see how they usually develop.

average_runner

brianthomas wrote: »

Just a question for the powers that be. How are you so sure about something significant for Feb? A lot of experts are saying this on here so I just wondered what its based on? Just curious...... Brian.

No they are not sure. No one can tell that far ahead, couldnt tell 3 days ahead as things are crazy in the model world.

My gut feeling is the worst is over but like to be wrong, go on weather prove me wrong.

whitebriar

seamus wrote: »

I believe a lot of MT's long-range forecasts are based on looking at the existing weather conditions and then comparing them to historical weather patterns to see how they usually develop.

yup,and in this case the likelyhood that high pressure should build behind the piece of canadian ex polar vortex currently programmed south bound into the atlantic.

SnowDancer

average_runner wrote: »

No they are not sure. No one can tell that far ahead, couldnt tell 3 days ahead as things are crazy in the model world.

My gut feeling is the worst is over but like to be wrong, go on weather prove me wrong.

Not sure anyone can ever be sure - especially when it comes to the weather! But they know about trends and liklihood etc.

Again, not an expert but from what I understand it is common for very cold periods to follow an SSW. They also throw the atmosphere into disarray, and present huge challenges for computer models in predicting what happens next. Others know a lot more and have been calling this for a while now. It seems they have been dead on so far so I dont think (hope) it's over by a lot way. Am sure if you search through some of these threads you'd learn more.

Lagoona Blue

brianthomas wrote: »

Just a question for the powers that be. How are you so sure about something significant for Feb? A lot of experts are saying this on here so I just wondered what its based on? Just curious...... Brian.

MT Cranium's forecast which he posts here on Boards said that about two weeks ago ,and is still refering to it . He told us about the cold spell we have now but also said it's not going to be anything major(which seems to be the case ) . Also that the main event will happen last week in Jan and last way into Feb

Just to add I by no means have any clue about the weather , just going on what I am reading

Shamrock841

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Latest TAF for cork airport just issued, snow between 9pm and 1am, also I saw on ME's website temps of -6c for cork 6am tomorrow morning, at least it will be cold

dave1982

Feels a lot colder tonight

ninebeanrows

dave1982 wrote: »

Feels a lot colder tonight

What we want is a really slack flow off the land and some precip to come into our said location on the upper flow.

mickmackey1

No need to be depressed :

Hendrix75

Heavy snow mid ulster 2-5cm in places and coming down rightly

dave1982

Weathercheck wrote: »

What we want is a really slack flow off the land and some precip to come into our said location on the upper flow.

Just checked car 4c same as this time last night but its still feels a lot colder

Mr Cumulonimbus

Light wet snow in Dundalk about 20 minutes ago. Not sticking.

Speak Now

Should get a decent frost tonight. Currently -1.5c not far outside of Waterford city. Dead calm, not a cloud in the sky. Lovely weather!

whiteandlight

Woke up this morning to a nice covering of snow which got thicker as i left for work and no oil left.....

Came home from work to no snow and a lovely roaring fire supplied by the husband until the oil arrives! Thank god for an open fire and back boiler!

eredmond

How's it looking for snow in Waterford city tonight?

Speak Now

eredmond wrote: »

How's it looking for snow in Waterford city tonight?

Hard frost tonight ,no snow Im afraid.

ninebeanrows

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Hard frost tonight ,no snow Im afraid.

Never say never..... Definite chance of precip there, exact projection of where this precip will move later is very hard to pint point, with the weak flows and eddioes

Bumble32

Just out of the car from work and its reading 1c, its bitter.