Cold week ahead, change is on the way ............

thegreatescape

I'm beside the coast in the north east of leinster so it's always very interesting what way it'll go for us. Sometimes we're the worst affected by snow, other times we get all the rain :P I don't understand why sometimes we get big snowfall and others just torrential rain? Would anyone like to explain?

ninebeanrows

For anybody wanting to look at the real current synoptic, i find this place real good.

http://meteocentre.com/analyse/map.php?map=AtlN&date=2013032119&size=large&lang=en&area=eur

patneve2

To_be_confirmed wrote: »

Hah don't mention the war! You'd have to suspect so. I didn't think the Mournes received nearly as much snow as that. I remember that as an all-snow event but most parts of Co. Louth received less than 20cm

I found it surprising also (met.ie state that those depths were recorded in late feb 2001)

http://www.met.ie/climate-ireland/SnowfallAnal.pdf page 9

irish1967

I find the name of that pdf surprising !!

patneve2

55 knot wind gust recorded at Dun Laoghaire Harbour

mike65

Moderate? Moderate? :eek:

Its nearly the worse rain/wind combo we've had this winter!

Harry Deerpark

irish1967 wrote: »

I find the name of that pdf surprising !!

Make sure you don't download it then because it becomes an anal pdf file.

pauldry

patneve2 wrote: »

55 knot wind gust recorded at Dun Laoghaire Harbour

In Sligo 49knot on my weather station
Temperature is rising though 5,2c
It was 4,2c

Agree that ni is close to getting very deep snow maybe 2ft as long as the dp stays below 0 and not 1

As people said before if this was January ....1947

Eden3

Don't know how many knots etc. but the wind outside here in very North Meath is SERIOUS. Old fence flat on the ground - my back garden is now part of my front garden!:eek:

Larbre34

patneve2 wrote: »

55 knot wind gust recorded at Dun Laoghaire Harbour

Wheres that from Pat? Last i saw the Harbour Company had discontined their live station data, id be glad to know if its available elsewhere Ta

Rock Lesnar

Eden3 wrote: »

Don't know how many knots etc. but the wind outside here in very North Meath is SERIOUS. Old fence flat on the ground - my back garden is now part of my front garden!:eek:

where abouts are ya, i agree its unreal

Eden3

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

where abouts are ya, i agree its unreal

Between Nobber and Kingscourt - and you?

Fuh Q

My highest wind gust so far today is 44kmh at 20.14 (Navan)

Darwin

Wind may sound bad, but its not a patch on what we had in January, I recall gusts of 110Km/h. The car was rocking back and forth in the driveway!

patneve2

Larbre34 wrote: »

Wheres that from Pat? Last i saw the Harbour Company had discontined their live station data, id be glad to know if its available elsewhere Ta

they brought it back

http://www.dlhweather.com/

Rock Lesnar

Eden3 wrote: »

Between Nobber and Kingscourt - and you?

between Rathkenny and Slane, wind seems to have settled down a bit now or maybe its cos ive the tele up to loud, im not sure

pad199207

A very distinct Rain Shadow over the Naas area atm! Absolutely nothing recorded all day!

I didn't have an anemometer but it felt very windy at the top of Clermont Carn 3 hours ago.

aurora 527

Currently 6.5c in Waterford and so far we have had 59.2mm of rain so far!!!! (have to get Mickger844posts to confirm)
Tis pelting down. Highest gust so far 74.1km/h

We're going to be washed away... could be leaving in a canoe in the morn.
Wish it was a sled though:)

Deank

pad199207 wrote: »

A very distinct Rain Shadow over the Naas area atm! Absolutely nothing recorded all day!

Agreed, bone dry here in Robertstown, I was watching the radar when I was in work in Dublin and there was rain everywhere except a triangle around the Newbridge and Nass area, bizzare.

RobitTV

Wind and rain is trying to wreck the house already had a leak in the living room today

But it's really quite windy at the moment

DOCARCH

aurora 527 wrote: »

Currently 6.5c in Waterford and so far we have had 58.4mm of rain so far!!!!

Wow! :eek:

18.6mm so far here.

dacogawa

Wind really picking up at Howth 39.95 knots (73km) at 8:35 :eek:

aurora 527

DOCARCH wrote: »

Wow! :eek:

18.6mm so far here.

Edited previous post have to get Mickger844posts to confirm, think he was having a problem with the measurements earlier and had to adjust it down, but his station is currently showing 61.0mm truely lashing down..

http://www.waterfordcityweather.com/

John.Icy

Wind nothing special here, nor is the rain. Don't expect much out of this, Wicklow mountains will do a good job ruining any fun for me.

God, would love to be up North for this!

M.T. Cranium

Radar looks thundery now in Connemara heading for Mayo. Any reports of lightning?

Folks, bear in mind, the snow risk in Ulster is probably more for the second half of this event, when it begins to move back south tomorrow (evening) and the chances will decrease once the rain arrives because for a time there will be a slight warm advection going on as far north as Antrim. Snow may still happen on higher slopes before Friday afternoon-evening, but the heavier snow seems likely to begin then and last into Saturday morning. I think it may mix and melt near sea level but land and stick on hills, inland counties of Ulster could see a heavy snowfall event. For Donegal I imagine the outcome will be quite variable place to place, which is not much of a forecast but if you wanted to estimate, snow will be greater wherever ground is sloping up to west and winds can attack from east. If that is opposite to your situation then you might not see much snow.

Oscar Bravo

Extremely windy and wet in Castlebar with very gusty SE'LY winds.

Rougies

pad199207 wrote: »

A very distinct Rain Shadow over the Naas area atm! Absolutely nothing recorded all day!

Imagine how annoyed you'd be if this was all snow!

patneve2

wouldn't be surprised if the rain briefly turned to sleet in the next few hours and then back to rain (Dublin). Don't have an anemometer but gusts definitely over 100 km/hr here in exposed Dalkey.

acassells80

Very windy and lashing rain in blackrock. Had to take patio furniture inside