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

pa990

TireeTerror wrote: »

A while back there were reports that this may be the coldest winter in a long time. Are these reports likely to come true, or is it too late?

We get those reports every year from the Daily Mail and from some clown in the southern hemisphere.

wait a few weeks and you'll read about the record breaking heatwave and droughts that await us in the summer months

Graces7

elecktras weather bomb wrote: »

thanks graces I really value your input and apologise for my extreme language and for the hardships you have had in the past I suppose I should of been a bit more reserved in my wording. .... it was an honest reply and I am sorry for any offense taken.2010 was an appalling situation here too but great memories were made too and it was home not abroad. my whole family have emigrated or already live in Canada would be dream but unfortunately the little guy cant fly and I would never leave him in a zillion years till he is older. thank you for the heads up and cheers again graces

For this reply, thank you.. I am actually so muddle headed i thought I was posting in the other thread...Donegal was in all a dreadful time. It is different when you are younger! I can cope with most things but last year I broke a wrist badly and it seems to have affected my whole system so I am getting used to different ways. I wish had better memories of the 2010 snow but asking neighbours to help get fuel and being refused left a bad taste indeed. Finally I took my small front wheel drive out in desperation on 3 inch ice then got stuck on the way back and was badly yelled at for being out at all. Shamed them verbally then and all the guys who had refused to help had to turn out to get my car back to the house and off the road. I will help anyone in trouble myself. Here it is easier; I have a good landlord who I have been able to help with paperwork and they are kinder folk mostly... we will survive. Sorry re the wee lad but sea crossings are grand! Life is very expensive out there too though.... again thanks!

Graces7

kingshankly wrote: »

How do you enjoy a rainbow

If you need to ask that then nothing anyone can say can help you....;):rolleyes:That was a glorious one today against the snow

lapua20grain

got this website today gives you really local weather conditions good to see what is happening http://www.wunderground.com/

Rock Lesnar

icesnowfrost wrote: »

winter for me has always been dec, jan, feb
:cool::cool:

And then when nothing happens it'll be march april may and before you know where you are, your'e wondering why the summer is so cold when its in fact October

ch750536

Forget any human based calendar system. Winter starts when things get icy \ snowy and ends when the days warm up and leaves start to bud. Some years winter doesn't happen at all. Other years winter happens twice (like last year)

kkontour

Winter is over when the ruhbarb reappears from the ground, at least mine anyway.
Still no sign yet.

Schadenfreudia

force eleven wrote: »

1947 Winter didn't start till 22/23rd Jan....keep the faith all...

Later than that I think....when I was a kid folklore had it as "the last day of January till St Patrick's Day".

Of course folklore isn't science - or history!

Iancar29

kkontour wrote: »

Winter is over when the ruhbarb reappears from the ground, at least mine anyway.
Still no sign yet.

Schadenfreudia wrote: »

Later than that I think....when I was a kid folklore had it as "the last day of January till St Patrick's Day".

Of course folklore isn't science - or history!

According to Ireland's Arctic Siege book that i have here...

" On 19th of January a cold easterly regime set in " as 2 dominant anyticylones over both Scandinavia and Greenland while deep depressions followed tracks south of Ireland .

" Theres was a strange occurence in Dublin on the morning of Sunday the 26th , at exactly 10:27am. People in their homes and at mass felt a queer , quivering sensation. Children asked puzzled parents what it was. According to the seismograph at the Jesuit house of Rathfarnham Castle it was a "fairly large eartquake " which lasted sporadically until about noon. Shotly therafter at 1:30pm , Dublin had its first real snowfall of the winter . With temperature reaching -8C over the following few nights ice flows started flowing down the river liffey... "

Schadenfreudia

Iancar29 wrote: »

According to Ireland's Arctic Siege book that i have here...

Have that book too, brilliant work..read it a couple of years ago; forgot the early arrival of the Beasterlies.

john why

Lovely snow fallen at the Liverpool v chelsea game.

Pwindedd

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

Yeah but When was the last time we got meaningful snow in February, i cant remember it here anywhere, maybe a day or 2 then gone, but nothing substantial

Having had a quick look at that met E report.....(ahem, assumes knowledgable authoritative speaking voice)

Of the 8 events from the 19th C, 5 occurred after today's date.
Of the 19 events from the 20th C, 12 occurred after today's date.

I make that a roughly 63% chance that if an event is going to happen, it's going to be after this point in the winter. Yet everyone seems to write February off as too late in the year. I find it baffling to be honest. One of the best snows of my life was a Feb event - knee deep it was. My friend an I trekked for an hour to get to school only to find it closed. I must've been about 11 or 12. Can't remember the exact year but I'm suspecting 86/87 (UK-southeast)

Pangea

http://lifehacker.com/this-map-shows-the-amount-of-snow-it-takes-to-cancel-sc-1680653855?utm_campaign=socialflow_lifehacker_facebook&utm_source=lifehacker_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Nabber

Not much in the charts to be excited about. Way ou in FI Can drops to nearly nation wide -28 uppers. Quite impressive looking.

Aircraft Freak

Well no snow in North Wicklow this morning, just wet.

NMB

Schadenfreudia wrote: »

Have that book too, brilliant work..read it a couple of years ago; forgot the early arrival of the Beasterlies.

Me too - I really enjoyed that book, scary thought even with modern houses heating systems and insulation.

jimbis

Ehmmm we're getting some tinie tiny flakes here in sandyford is that even possible or has my house developed its own climate?
Now I'm talking very sparce tiny flakes but it's not even sleet as it's just floating down. Infrared cctv picks it up really well. :pac:

Dickie10

definite feel of spring today, i suppose it could change but every few days or week that passes from now on the closer to longer days we get . there is a serious strech from here on to paddys day in evenings id say by 14th february we should be clear of winter.

gerrybhoy

Dickie10 wrote: »

definite feel of spring today, i suppose it could change but every few days or week that passes from now on the closer to longer days we get . there is a serious strech from here on to paddys day in evenings id say by 14th february we should be clear of winter.

its snowed 2 out the last 3 paddy's days if I remember correctly;)

Rock Lesnar

Pwindedd wrote: »

Having had a quick look at that met E report.....(ahem, assumes knowledgable authoritative speaking voice)

Of the 8 events from the 19th C, 5 occurred after today's date.
Of the 19 events from the 20th C, 12 occurred after today's date.

I make that a roughly 63% chance that if an event is going to happen, it's going to be after this point in the winter. Yet everyone seems to write February off as too late in the year. I find it baffling to be honest. One of the best snows of my life was a Feb event - knee deep it was. My friend an I trekked for an hour to get to school only to find it closed. I must've been about 11 or 12. Can't remember the exact year but I'm suspecting 86/87 (UK-southeast)

just saw my post, i actually meant here anyway as in where i live, not anywhere,

well im living in north meath going on 12 years now and i dont remember Significant snow here in february, i can remember a day in early march a couple of years ago but it was gone that evening.

I would love to see snow before winter is out, for the kids and this big child, but i just cant see it happening

Nabber

Dickie10 wrote: »

definite feel of spring today.

I felt it too

rilz

Weird my mum said it was like spring down on east beach today while I emptied bottles. Said 4 degrees but you all felt the same.

Tabnabs

Right, I vote we invade...

https://twitter.com/bbcweather/status/558232703167127552

Rikand

Tabnabs wrote: »

Right, I vote we invade...

https://twitter.com/bbcweather/status/558232703167127552

Webcam of Vik

http://vikjavev.no/

Doesn't look too bad

HighLine

Some good photos from Lugnaquilla here https://www.facebook.com/pages/Skycam-Ireland/575997309142272

HighLine

And from the same link above, Lug yesterday (click HD).....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AoLXpgpTd8

Schadenfreudia

I hope I'm in the right thread...if not feel free to shoot me.....

Some discussion between people claiming that post-January you don't get any "real" snow and those who disagree.

I've done a bit of research based on this location (Kilternan, South Dublin, asl 140m) based on my photo record and logbook of the past 10 years (2005 - 2014)

Taking only events which had a snowfall giving full ground cover (however light) and following which some (or all) of the snow persisted on the ground for 24 hours or more, the % of such events by month is:

Nov: 8%
Dec: 20%
Jan: 27%
Feb: 22%
Mar: 20%
Apr: 2%


Eliminating Nov/Dec 2010 which seriously skews things the figures are:

Nov: 2%
Dec: 8%
Jan: 31%
Feb: 29%
Mar: 26%
Apr: 4%

That would indicate that 60% of significant snow events at this location if you exclude 2010 occurred after January 31st.

Don't lose hope yet!

JCX BXC

Schadenfreudia wrote: »

if not feel free to shoot me.....

I'm sure some may happily oblige

mountainy man

Its been snowing here again, ground dusted white.

Nabber

Was wet and windy in dublin4.

High pressure in summer and high pressure in winter right over Ireland is all i want. Is that too much to ask?