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

MUSEIST

Tis lashing here and windy too. Just imagining this falling as snow.......................good times:D

Deank

Jesus look at that :eek:

little bess

Strong southerly airflow today and tonight is introducing a very mean boundary layer. The uppers tomorrow will just not be cold enough to overcome this boundary layer.

Theta-e shows a warm sector developing over most of the island tomorrow evening. We'd need around 10 °C or less for snow to low levels. We're nowhere near it.

Su Campu not so confident on NetWeather

Mr Cumulonimbus

Pretty windy but still dry here in Dundalk.

Rikand

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

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!

Great penetration in that airflow! Looking forward to seeing that build pressure

rc28

little bess wrote: »

Su Campu not so confident on NetWeather

While I'm not discounting the possibility of him being right, he was majorly wrong in 2010 - he kept predicting rain and then it would snow!

Orchard Rebel

Deank wrote: »

Jesus look at that :eek:

It looks like somebody's nuked Limerick....

Rougies

little bess wrote: »

Su Campu not so confident on NetWeather

He rarely is. No disrespect to him at all, but he's a downramper.

griffinlee

Are we sure there's snow due. Only rain on my app.see screen grab

stephenjmcd

This may be a novice question but with all the rain would that hugely effect the chance of snow sticking

Larbre34

little bess wrote: »

Su Campu not so confident on NetWeather

He's just articulated what I was wondering about above, and answered it. I miss him

Few red faces standing on green grass tomorrow?

Rikand

griffinlee wrote: »

Are we sure there's snow due. Only rain on my app.see screen grab

as far as 1st posts goes, this has to be one of the best!

DOCARCH

rc28 wrote: »

While I'm not discounting the possibility of him being right, he was majorly wrong in 2010 - he kept predicting rain and then it would snow!

Historically an anti-ramper!

4.8c here now. Baby steps...

Larbre34

Orchard Rebel wrote: »

It looks like somebody's nuked Limerick....

We'd never get that lu.....

Never mind!

sdanseo

Deank wrote: »

Jesus look at that :eek:

Sweet mother of Jehovah that's a shítload of rain.

DOCARCH

stephenjmcd wrote: »

This may be a novice question but with all the rain would that hugely effect the chance of snow sticking

Once you get enough of it falling, it cools all the lying/surface water sufficiently to allow it stick.

patneve2

DOCARCH wrote: »

Historically an anti-ramper!

4.8c here now. Baby steps...

I know you are somewhat inland but that's a pretty good starting point...if the colder temps and dew points make a decent entrance later on a wintry mix is quite possible towards dawn..5.9 here on the coast btw

kn2k10

Actually excited to see what happens now. This winter up until this point has been way too boring.

Conrach

maquiladora wrote: »

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.

I have snow reports on my twitter feed. Seems to be in and around N.Antrim so far. I am patiently waiting for my strong winds and mizzely rain to become a beautiful blizzard. :P

Blizzard 2010

stephenjmcd wrote: »

This may be a novice question but with all the rain would that hugely effect the chance of snow sticking

If the dew point falls to freezing or below snow will stick to wet ground.

dbyrne

sky news just showd lots of snow on the TV just there. Hope they are right, praying their right but Im just not sure. Just put the dog out and its not looking hopeful.

Mr Cumulonimbus

M2 Buoy at 2300: temp 6.7, DP 2.2.

maquiladora

stephenjmcd wrote: »

This may be a novice question but with all the rain would that hugely effect the chance of snow sticking

Well I think its quite possible that even in places that do see falling snow tomorrow, it could well turn back to rain again after that. At low levels anyway. So I wouldn't be expecting to build a snowman unless you live in Ulster or border counties.

griffinlee

Rougies wrote: »

It says it right there on your screen!!!! "RAIN TO SNOW"
Are you serious?

I want the truth

I just don't think people can handle the truth

stephenjmcd

maquiladora wrote: »

Well I think its quite possible that even in places that do see falling snow tomorrow, it could well turn back to rain again after that. At low levels anyway. So I wouldn't be expecting to build a snowman unless you live in Ulster or border countries.

Not expecting snowmen, just want a lil bit of the white stuff, still 4 degrees in bray atm

sdanseo

from www.raintoday.co.uk. Pay them and it distinguishes between rain and sleet/hail/snow; but I'm too cheap for that.

Harry Deerpark

stephenjmcd wrote: »

This may be a novice question but with all the rain would that hugely effect the chance of snow sticking

Yes, unless the ground temperature is 0*C or below.

I remember when I was a kid in the 90s, it was snowing one night but it rained for about an hour beforehand, so I plugged in the hairdryer to a socket near my back door and tried to dry the patio in my back garden. After a while, I noticed to ground was getting hot and the snow was melting faster as it hit the ground.

Iancar29

LIKE A BOSS!\

Dan Evans
‏@swanseadan
Just driving home down the M4. #uksnow #snowpanic http://twitpic.com/bw27a7

oterra

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).

Totally agree, they can swing dramatically in both directions. Remember the explosive thaw in 2010. They was a 20 deg+ warming in the space of 24 hrs.:cool:

Deank

sdeire wrote: »

Sweet mother of Jehovah that's a shítload of rain.

A few degrees colder on all fronts we'd be buried in snow come morning, wishful thinking though.