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

drunkmonkey

Told my little 3yr old Niece that we'd be going playing in the snow on Saturday and her eyes lit up with such excitement, she ran over to her mam beaming from ear to ear and shouted snow, like it was the best thing ever.
Unfortunately she's doesn't understand days of the week yet, she ran straight into the sitting room, jumped on the couch to look out the window. There was no Snow buts lots of crying, I really hope you guys are right and we get some snow it would make one little girl very happy as she was too young to remember the last snow.
I've my toboggan at the ready : )

Hendrix75

Has there been a shift the other way? Say 8C to -8C in a short time? I only ever remember the rise when rain and wind come in from the west after a cold spell.

Blizzard 2010

ME Tweet - rain turning to sleet and snow at dawn in the North and East 37mins ago

red_bairn

Deank wrote: »

I had -14 on Christmas Day, woke up Stephens Day morning it was +10, 24 degree shift in under 12 hours, it was quite impressive.

Summer weather ^^

pistolpetes11

BEASTERLY wrote: »

Pete, havent been following fax lately, how has it being performing lately, in comparison to other models?

Its been pretty decent from what I have seen,but have not been keeping a keen eye on it

maquiladora

compsys wrote: »

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

In fairness the current GFS runs are showing 8 uppers encroaching on parts of the country which would equate to temps of close to 15 degrees or so. In January! I doubt that's going to pan out.

+8 uppers? Problem?

dsmythy

I'm drawing the line. NE of a line drawn from Dundalk to Derry snow, sleety crap at best elsewhere near sea level. Which would uncoincidently leave me far away from the snow

patneve2

Very windy on the coast - Dun Laoghaire Harbour Weather station recporting an 80 km/hr gust a few minutes ago: http://www.dlharbour.ie/

Deank

red_bairn wrote: »

Summer weather ^^

It felt like it when the pipes started defrosting and we had running water again:D, two weeks of dog sh!t to clean up from the back garden wasn't as welcome once the thaw came though:o

DOCARCH

5.0c here atm. Steady but very slow fall all evening.

I saw that the DP at the M2 bouy was at 5c earlier. Now 2c . That's the one to watch!

Hendrix75

Northern Ireland Weather Update:

UPDATE: Rain is expected to turn to Sleet and Snow over Co Antrim & Co Down shortly after midnight.

Our warnings will be amended soon as there has been some changes and warnings may be upgraded

SandraD

compsys wrote: »

No offence but you obviously don't know much about weather.

The temperature now has nothing to do with how things are forecast to pan out on Friday so I don't know why you keep quoting the current temps around the country and stating that it means it's too warm for snow tomorrow.

Temperatures are due to fall rapidly as the night progresses. The early part of tonight has been forecast to be mild.

You seem to think that it's impossible for temperatures to fall rapidly within a short space of time. I can tell you that it's very possible (even in Ireland).

I have not (as you seem to think) been quoting temps from around the country, neither have I quoted anywhere that I don't think temps can rapidly drop - they can and at time have, however I said I can't see it happening, based on the current models! Go have a look at the uppers on all the models going from t0 - t24hrs and the biggest difference for the majority of the country (excl NI) is going from 0 to -4/-6 (uppers). SO marginal at best for most! I'm not ruling the possibility out, as it certainly exists, but I think Sat/Sun offer better realistic chances!

Trust me I'd love to be proved wrong!

ZX7R

Hendrix75 wrote: »

Has there been a shift the other way? Say 8C to -8C in a short time? I only ever remember the rise when rain and wind come in from the west after a cold spell.

I think it happened during the eighty's smilier to now...

pad199207

Its all nowcast from here on in, good luck to everyone!

sdanseo

maquiladora wrote: »

Absolutely lashing rain here with strong winds. Seriously lashing. If anyone is getting this as snow tomorrow they are in for a bit of a whiteout.

Where's here?

Shamrock841

EICK 171700Z 1718/1818 14018G28KT 9999 -RA SCT001 BKN002 BECMG 1718/1719 3000 TEMPO 1718/1801 0500 FG RADZ BKN001 OVC003 BECMG 1722/1724 20015KT BECMG 1801/1804 29015KT BECMG 1806/1809 9999 BKN020 BECMG 1810/1812 27010KT

Beautiful night in Cork ! Moderate rain and gusts up to 37knots

Elmer Blooker

I found this on NW a few mins ago, some of yiz may have seen it as I know most of us go there to see what they're saying. Its a GFS +144 from Jan 11th which is today - absolutely abysmal and lets hope it stays that way!

maquiladora

sdeire wrote: »

Where's here?

Waterford.

Rougies

pad199207 wrote: »

Its all nowcast from here on in, good luck to everyone!

Indeed... precip moving eastwards and intensifying and cold air encroaching westwards with temps and DPs falling already. Exciting times

miseagustusa

Lashing rain here and very windy and feels very mild .... Looking like a no snow show in arklow

pistolpetes11

Couple of weeks ago and we would of had a storm thread for this , winds howling outside , the house shook from the last gust !

Hendrix75

now down to 6C, that's half a degree in under an hour

Eden3

Am in very North Meath/Cavan/Monaghan border - wind is serious at the min - temps definitely dropping and the animals VERY quiet - something defo approaching - the howl of the wind is awesome - however my bokkeddy fence that I meant to replace for years gonna fall tonight .... I'm sure of this ...!:eek:

Villain

Villain wrote: »

The wind data is all they want and that is working, there is another station up there I'll try find data link

http://www.reachbroadband.com/weather/ thats the station on the backstairs that is working, data is also on www.Irelandsweather.com mesomap

stephenjmcd

Currently 4 degrees in bray, weather apps back the falling temps, expected to hit 0 bu 8 am,snow mixed with rain expected from 5am and snow then from 8am. As per 2 weather apps . Currently raining as expected

sdanseo

sdeire wrote: »

Where's here?

maquiladora wrote: »

Waterford.

Cheers. On a sly note - just thought I'd repost this suggestion I made a couple of years ago here

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=69599754

sdeire wrote: »

Just a quick request.

If you're going to be making a lot of posts about the snow, and where it's falling or "pelting down here", "not a flake where I am" etc...can we please make sure to put your location into your profile or post it in each reply!

To put it in your profile, got to the top left of the page, click "User CP" and then "Edit your details" and save.

(Mods if this is out of place, delete as appropriate )

[/backseatmodding]

..not for a second intending to barge in and make demands, (though I'm a long-time daily lurker here, but never post too much in the weather forum. I leave that to the more knowledgeable) - but it is fairly handy to see where a comment is being made from when watching progress.

maquiladora

41 pages since this morning with not a single snowflake yet seen. This would have never happened on here before 2009/2010. :pac: Those winters created a lot of snow fans.

Deep Easterly

maquiladora wrote: »

Absolutely lashing rain here with strong winds. Seriously lashing. .

Ditto here.

Larbre34

11c in Kerry, I know thats not Ulster but its still 7c in Cavan, no sign of a pivot yet, any chance the front could proceed northeast without pulling across cold air on the north flank of the LP?

patneve2

Currently 5.9 deg in Dalkey, some insane gusts of wind (im 300 metres from the coast) must have topped 70-80 km/h. Moderate rain now