The Snow Lovers Appreciation Society Winter 2014/15 #MOD NOTE #1

Smkopite

Could get very interesting after next weekend

maquiladora

Smkopite wrote: »

Could get very interesting after next weekend

It looks like a return to wet, miserable conditions after the weekend to me.
But it's December so that's to be expected I suppose.

leahyl

maquiladora wrote: »

It looks like a return to wet, miserable conditions after the weekend to me.
But it's December so that's to be expected I suppose.

:(

Slashermcguirk

Definitely getting a lot more wintry now. Saw a some snow flakes in a recent sleet shower this morning in Cavan.

Hopefully another white Christmas to come

emmetlego

Chances of a white Christmas are very small(as usual) but I'd say new year holds a lot of promise.

davidsr20

Good old higher ground and hills is back lol

Graces7

davidsr20 wrote: »

Good old higher ground and hills is back lol

Yeah I see that! Living on higher ground and hills here.. needing out all weekend for works of mercy.. Kerry.. after that. better

Tabnabs

Whoa, whoa, whoa, hang on a minute. Where's Dublin's snow?! Never mind the north west coastlines, capital city needs it's white wintery blanket! Who's the minister responsible for this?

I demand ENE winds (a little more east to skip past the IOM) and I want my snow!!

MR PIGGY

Tabnabs wrote: »

Whoa, whoa, whoa, hang on a minute. Where's Dublin's snow?! Never mind the north west coastlines, capital city needs it's white wintery blanket! Who's the minister responsible for this?

I demand ENE winds (a little more east to skip past the IOM) and I want my snow!!

OK Veruka........

KingdomRushed

I think the model output is starting to get very promising with definite potential for a white Christmas for parts of Ireland. There's a series of northwesterly/northerly blasts in the pipeline with synoptics getting more and more amplified in past 24 hours, and god knows what might follow? Pressure rising in western atlantic? Could spell some proper cold from Christmas onwards

Larbre34

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/other-papers-have-already-forecast-a-white-christmas-1.2026940

Ha, g'wan the Times, dissing the other newspapers for their snowmageddon nonsense.

touts

Larbre34 wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/other-papers-have-already-forecast-a-white-christmas-1.2026940

Ha, g'wan the Times, dissing the other newspapers for their snowmageddon nonsense.

Woohoo SNOWMAGEDDON!!! WooHoo.







And that sums up the tabloid approach to reporting of Weather.

I don't believe it until MT says it.

davidsr20

I'd love to see if mt does an update soon.

kstand

Interesting to see what will follow on from that storm. You have a high in Greenland and another over the Azores at T+144 but they seem to break down after that or rather a low pressure system pushes between them.

Speak Now

davidsr20 wrote: »

I'd love to see if mt does an update soon.

He only gave one last week.

Stealthfins

Hopefully we won't have a scenario like 1947 where two weather systems spawned a monster :-D

Graces7

Stealthfins wrote: »

Hopefully we won't have a scenario like 1947 where two weather systems spawned a monster :-D

Interesting thought.. I will hibernate if so and wait to be dug out,,, burn the furniture what little there is of it! Melt snow for water. Been there done that many times..

Stealthfins

Graces7 wrote: »

Interesting thought.. I will hibernate if so and wait to be dug out,,, burn the furniture what little there is of it! Melt snow for water. Been there done that many times..

Sound's like you're well prepared, I have a room full of timber and a fridge freezer full of frozen mackerel and bass :-)

Aerohead

From Breaking News.ie

Met Eireann move to allay fears over weekend snowfall distribution


Met Éireann is downplaying reports of major snowfall this weekend.

A cold snap is likely with wintry showers in many areas.

However, Met Éireann forecaster John Eagleton is not expecting any major disruption.

“There will be a lot of showers on the west coast, they will be what we call wintry showers - which some of them will be of snow. Particularly towards the north west - towards Donegal.”

“At this stage I don’t see it as a major snow event”, said Mr Eagleton.

PukkaStukka

Stealthfins wrote: »

Sound's like you're well prepared, I have a room full of timber and a fridge freezer full of frozen mackerel and bass :-)

Would the bass be the fish or the beer?? :pac:

leahyl

Aerohead wrote: »

From Breaking News.ie

Way to kill the buzz Aerohead! :pac:

tylercollins

Benbradagh, Dungiven, Co Derry today (Image: Martin McKenna)

screamer

My dad is just back from the North, and said that the cold up there at the moment is unreal...... he said it was like driving into a wall of cold as they crossed the border, the windscreen all fogged up. I'm sure they'll see more of the white stuff this weekend up there.

tylercollins

screamer wrote: »

My dad is just back from the North, and said that the cold up there at the moment is unreal...... he said it was like driving into a wall of cold as they crossed the border, the windscreen all fogged up. I'm sure they'll see more of the white stuff this weekend up there.

It's absolutely freezing up here! Every time I've popped out for a smoke, I've literally been shivering!

This was outside of work earlier...



And this was the Glenshane Pass this morning after the first snow shower...

B.A._Baracus

That's what I find about Ireland to be crazy
... There is Derry with snow but yet here in Dublin we got nothing and Ireland is not THAT big when you think about it. Especially when compared to other countries.

Ms Happy

Aerohead wrote: »

From Breaking News.ie

That statement reminds me of this

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/63449000/jpg/_63449661_fish.jpg

MJohnston

This is hilarious/frustrating depending on your outlook:

Nov 8th article on the Belfast Tele titled "Snow joke... when predicting winter weather turns silly" which warns about the dodginess of companies like PWS and Exacta in predicting weather as opposed to just generating headlines.

Dec 1st article on the Belfast Tele titled "Northern Ireland is set for a white Christmas" which quotes Exacta Weather as the only source.

Larbre34

^ do a letter to the editor

Senna

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

That's what I find about Ireland to be crazy
... There is Derry with snow but yet here in Dublin we got nothing and Ireland is not THAT big when you think about it. Especially when compared to other countries.

Never mind Dublin, there's no snow in Donegal and I can see the derry mountains from my house.

Graces7

Stealthfins wrote: »

Sound's like you're well prepared, I have a room full of timber and a fridge freezer full of frozen mackerel and bass :-)

envy you the wood but not the fish! Been promised wood many times but promises are just that...cold comfort!

KingdomRushed

Trending cold on the model output tonight gang.

pauldry

I see theyr filming the next series of Love/Hate in Derry tyler!

pauldry

Yes Kingdom next week will be cold and windy though it is cold and windy in Sligo today its been 7c most of the day and not a hint of snow. Think Donegal will certainly see some in the next few days on occasion and maybe some more of Ulster. The rest of us will have to do with the wet snow at best or hailstones

2 or 3c in Ulster at times but the rest wont go lower than 5c at present (may change though)

After this cold week it looks like very mild weather up to 13 or 14c then more plunges from the Northwest around or just after Christmas is my guess

At present Ill be optimist and say some places will see snow Christmas day and it will be 5c and -4c at night.

Currently id say its still 50/50 so its not bad really

One year there was 0% chance of a white Christmas I think it was 2012. What a greenfest that was. I think it was nearly 14c on Christmas day . eeek the stuff of nightmares

Smidge

Graces7 wrote: »

envy you the wood but not the fish! Been promised wood many times but promises are just that...cold comfort!

sorry, couldn't resist

esposito

pauldry wrote: »

After this cold week it looks like very mild weather up to 13 or 14c then more plunges from the Northwest around or just after Christmas is my guess

Dont think the mild weather is going to last very long. I will go for no snow Christmas Day but from the 28th December onwards much colder with a north easterly !

Graces7

Smidge wrote: »

sorry, couldn't resist

But dont bother as it is sure to be ...All things are pure to the pure

elecktras weather bomb

There are 126 users online .any chance of a juicy chart? I think we are all starting to get the whiff of even a flake . I for one am excited as its a much better winter overall compared to last year. I get to plan ahead for the little lad who is allergic to daylight snow and sun frost fog . but would love to build a snow man it would be his first. any one for a northerly ? my passion for snow one is afraid to jinx it by even buying a shovel

icesnowfrost

elecktras weather bomb wrote: »

There are 126 users online .any chance of a juicy chart? I think we are all starting to get the whiff of even a flake . I for one am excited as its a much better winter overall compared to last year. I get to plan ahead for the little lad who is allergic to daylight snow and sun frost fog . but would love to build a snow man it would be his first. any one for a northerly ? my passion for snow one is afraid to jinx it by even buying a shovel

U should be happy with this. If it happens this day week. Could produce some snow

mountainy man

Just had the first proper snow shower of the winter here, have been watching the temp drop steadily, 1.1C. with a dewpoint of -1.5C. according to my weather station right now. some nice beefy showers coming in on the old radar.

Jude13

mountainy man wrote: »

Just had the first proper snow shower of the winter here, have been watching the temp drop steadily, 1.1C. with a dewpoint of -1.5C. according to my weather station right now. some nice beefy showers coming in on the old radar.

:eek: where's "here"?

mountainy man

Jude13 wrote: »

:eek: where's "here"?

South east Sligo, I am half way up a mountain though:)

Jude13

mountainy man wrote: »

South east Sligo, I am half way up a mountain though:)

I don't care, I am taking that as a definite sign for my trip home for Christmas, wooly socks and rations will be packed.

shmaupel

Thought the windows were going to come in this morning, Malteaser sized hail!

(Sth Donegal)

icesnowfrost

mountainy man wrote: »

Just had the first proper snow shower of the winter here, have been watching the temp drop steadily, 1.1C. with a dewpoint of -1.5C. according to my weather station right now. some nice beefy showers coming in on the old radar.

Pics is always a bonus to get us going

sparrowcar

icesnowfrost wrote: »

Pics is always a bonus to get us going

No pics... No pics.. It might be considered as pornographic material in this forum! :-)

mountainy man

Here you go. Its sorta melting between showers:(

sjb25

mountainy man wrote: »

Here you go. Its sorta melting between showers:(

Everybody to mountainy mans house stick the kettle on

mountainy man

sjb25 wrote: »

Everybody to mountainy mans house stick the kettle on

Bring cake! :pac:

Red Nissan

Sleet. A small shower which included sleet passed my door. Hmmmmm!!!!

sunbabe08

yellow snow/ice warning for Donegal,Leitrim,Mayo and Sligo :P