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Risk Of Heavy Snow Showers As It Turns Extremely Cold Sunday Night/Monday

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    #902
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,907 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    Jordan5372 wrote: »
    Don't know what area of Ashbourne your in but im in Ashbourne and nothing here yet, hardly notice it in the air.

    ye have to be nuts about snow to spot it, look towards a dark area of tree's or shadowed area and you'll see the little snow grains fall.

    I wouldnt get too excited about this band of snow moving south, it's much lighter than the snizzle we had 2 weeks ago, it's dying out fast. We have to wait till the small hours very late tonight for a chance of decent action but at least now were confirmed it's already cold enough for snow.


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    #903
    Weathering
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,101 ✭✭✭Weathering


    Boardsies im dying a horrific death. Let it snow


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    #904
    Weathering
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,101 ✭✭✭Weathering


    Boardsies im dying a horrific death. Let it snow


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    #905
    Fear_an_tarbh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 89 ✭✭Fear_an_tarbh


    Very very light flakes of snow floating around in Letterkenny an hour ago


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    #906
    Mr Cumulonimbus
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    ME report from Malin Head at 11am. Temp 4C, DP is -1.56. Colder air moving in.


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    #907
    icesnowfrost
    Registered Users Posts: 1,008 ✭✭✭icesnowfrost


    This is the latest tweets of areas in the uk were it us snowing


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    #908
    mothel
    Registered Users Posts: 248 ✭✭mothel


    icesnowfrost wrote: »
    This is the latest tweets of areas in the uk were it us snowing

    Cool! Who do I follow to get that?


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    #909
    snaps
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    icesnowfrost wrote: »
    This is the latest tweets of areas in the uk were it us snowing
    my parents had about 5cm in Essex last night. Sun came out for about 10mins, all melted.


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    #910
    ballygowan1
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    Have met eireann got this horribly wrong again?


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    #911
    notnumber
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    ballygowan1 wrote: »
    Have met eireann got this horribly wrong again?
    So far they are spot on..its what happens later that will determine if they have undercalled it..not even a yellow alert,green today and tomorrow on metoalarm? I reckon they are nowcasting and the warnings will go up this evening.


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    #912
    lapua20grain
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    Light snow in the air in donabate at the mo


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    #913
    mickger844posts
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,467 Mod ✭✭✭✭mickger844posts


    Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »
    Hows the DP looking Mick? humidity dropping?

    Both starting to fall. Currently Temp 4.9c DP 3.1c Rh 88%


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    #914
    ballygowan1
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    notnumber wrote: »
    So far they are spot on..its what happens later that will determine if they have undercalled it..not even a yellow alert,green today and tomorrow on metoalarm? I reckon they are nowcasting and the warnings will go up this evening.

    Is that not a bit late for people? Is it because they Do not work on Sundays?


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    #915
    nacho libre
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    Pangea wrote: »
    Dont you just love it when M.T describes -2 as 'milder'.. :D

    it just shows you and others traitors who turned your back on snow, are now being punished for your perfidious ways. The likes of Min must be full of the joys of spring at the moment:D


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    #916
    Danno
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    ballygowan1 wrote: »
    Have met eireann got this horribly wrong again?

    :rolleyes:

    :rolleyes:

    :rolleyes:

    Yes, that statement was worth 3 X :rolleyes:


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    #917
    Speak Now
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    ballygowan1 wrote: »
    Have met eireann got this horribly wrong again?
    ? in what way? They have issued a forecast for weather that hasnt happened yet. Looks a fair forecast to me.


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    #918
    whitebriar
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    f140 wrote: »
    well thats all i want to know. will we get snow down here in cork tonight or tomorrow?
    Where in Cork? It's a big county
    Chances are high in my opinion.
    First in higher ground areas of the west of the county.
    Places like Macroom,Millstreet over to *cough* Ballydesmond,that type of area as the cold air under cuts the precip now falling before it slides south east

    Next risk after that is coastal snow showers in east co cork,drifting southwestwards.
    Whether these reach cork city is impossible to assess,it would not surprise me.
    In theory,the risk is higher in places like youghal and middleton and obviously further north of there into co waterford overnight and into tomorrow.


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    #919
    Pangea
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    nacho libre wrote: »
    it just shows you and others traitors who turned your back on snow, are now being punished for your perfidious ways. The likes of Min must be full of the joys of spring at the moment:D

    Well look what the north easterly blew in :P


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    #920
    maquiladora
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    notnumber wrote: »
    So far they are spot on..its what happens later that will determine if they have undercalled it..not even a yellow alert,green today and tomorrow on metoalarm? I reckon they are nowcasting and the warnings will go up this evening.

    There isn't a single model that suggests anything other than a dusting up to a couple of cm at most. They will probably put up a yellow warning for Monday for ice and the risk of a few cm of snow for areas under those showers.


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    #921
    whitebriar
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    mickger844posts wrote: »
    Both starting to fall. Currently Temp 4.9c DP 3.1c Rh 88%

    Further north in Arklow dp is varying between 1 and 2c now.

    @ the poster asking if the met have got this wrong.
    There's a met thread for discussing that.
    They have changed their forecast radically between today and yesterday.
    Yesterday,john eagleton at 1,cold windy,no mention of showers for today and tomorrow.
    6pm David Rogers,wintry showers,no settling snow except on mountain tops.

    Today...snow will settle even on low ground.

    Now that is a radical change in assessment from them in 24hrs with very little if nothing at all changing in the models.

    Make of that what you will.


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    #922
    mojopolo
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    We had a shower of graupel in Belfast at noon there. Bitterly cold outside but some bright sunshine too!


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    #923
    DIF
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    I'm in East Cork on high ground so I really don't snow until my after mother & mother-in-law leave my house after their Mother's Day Dinner! The thoughts of been snowed in with them both sounds like a scene from a nightmare.... so please snow... wait till they are both safely back home in Cork City ahahaaaa

    :D


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    #924
    MidMan25
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    whitebriar wrote: »
    Further north in Arklow dp is varying between 1 and 2c now.

    @ the poster asking if the met have got this wrong.
    There's a met thread for discussing that.
    They have changed their forecast radically between today and yesterday.
    Yesterday,john eagleton at 1,cold windy,no mention of showers for today and tomorrow.
    6pm David Rogers,wintry showers,no settling snow except on mountain tops.

    Today...snow will settle even on low ground.

    Now that is a radical change in assessment from them in 24hrs with very little if nothing at all changing in the models.

    Make of that what you will.

    Are they not just hedging their bets? In the end of the day there's no point giving out early warnings if a lot of them will turn out to be wrong. Most people won't believe the warnings after a while so I suppose by guaranteeing the warnings are as accurate as possible they preserve their effectiveness?

    That's my thinking anyway.


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    #925
    nacho libre
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    fairly encouraging beeb forecast from my perspective for the next couple of days, even if i don't see any setlling snow, to have this depth of cold in March is truly remarkable.


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    #926
    johnayo
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    f140 wrote: »
    well thats all i want to know. will we get snow down here in cork tonight or tomorrow?
    Hopefully not.


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    #927
    Youneckfreak
    Registered Users Posts: 24 ✭Youneckfreak


    Met e have a warning out. Can't copy and paste on my fone


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    #928
    patneve2
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    Liking the met.ie alert

    Snow-ice Warning for Dublin, Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Louth, Wexford, Wicklow, Meath, Donegal, Mayo, Cork, Kerry, Tipperary and Waterford
    Scattered snow showers this evening, tonight and on Monday will give accumulations of between 3 and 8 cm.

    Snow will lie at lower levels as well as on high ground. Amounts will be highest in coastal counties of Leinster.

    Fresh to strong, gusty northeast winds will make for blizzard conditions in places during snow showers. A widespread sharp or severe frost tonight, lingering in many areas tomorrow.

    Issued:10 March 2013 12:00
    Valid:10 March 2013 18:00 to 11 March 2013 18:00


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    #929
    nacho libre
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    MidMan25 wrote: »
    Are they not just hedging their bets? In the end of the day there's no point giving out early warnings if a lot of them will turn out to be wrong. Most people won't believe the warnings after a while so I suppose by guaranteeing the warnings are as accurate as possible they preserve their effectiveness?

    That's my thinking anyway.

    yes, their thinking on these things is probably influenced by the infamous Dongeal incident of a few years ago.


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    #930
    Deank
    Registered Users Posts: 7,238 ✭✭✭Deank


    Youneckfreak wrote: »
    Met e have a warning out. Can't copy and paste on my fone

    Mets new warning
    National Weather Warnings

    STATUS ORANGE

    Snow-ice Warning for Dublin, Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Louth, Wexford, Wicklow, Meath, Donegal, Mayo, Cork, Kerry, Tipperary and Waterford
    Scattered snow showers this evening, tonight and on Monday will give accumulations of between 3 and 8 cm.

    Snow will lie at lower levels as well as on high ground. Amounts will be highest in coastal counties of Leinster.

    Fresh to strong, gusty northeast winds will make for blizzard conditions in places during snow showers. A widespread sharp or severe frost tonight, lingering in many areas tomorrow.

    Issued:10 March 2013 12:00
    Valid:10 March 2013 18:00 to 11 March 2013 18:00


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    #931
    Speak Now
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    met have an orange alert up now. Even Waterford gets a mention. Watch nothing happen now :'(


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