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

icesnowfrost

game on tomorrow

LuckyLloyd

Kaliyah Chilly Orange wrote: »

I must say that the hype over a few cms of snow is amusing in light of daily conversations I have with my wife at present.
Her parents have had a foot of snowfall every night for the past week and life just carries on as normal.
How would we manage if it happened here.

We'd get used to it. What's rare is wonderful (and interesting).

ardmacha

Kaliyah Chilly Orange wrote: »

I must say that the hype over a few cms of snow is amusing in light of daily conversations I have with my wife at present.
Her parents have had a foot of snowfall every night for the past week and life just carries on as normal.
How would we manage if it happened here.

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

We'd get used to it. What's rare is wonderful (and interesting).

This thread is the equivalent of the Mayo supporters thread, lots of anticipation and not much delivery. Your parents live in Kerry, where delivery comes regularly.

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ardmacha wrote: »

This thread is the equivalent of the Mayo supporters thread, lots of anticipation and not much delivery. Your parents live in Kerry, where delivery comes regularly.

Almost right. They live in Slovakia but I don't understand a word they say. Much the same experience as visiting Kerry.

Schadenfreudia

ardmacha wrote: »

This thread is the equivalent of the Mayo supporters thread, lots of anticipation and not much delivery. Your parents live in Kerry, where delivery comes regularly.

Or it could be a Dubs thread.....we do win occasionally but heartbreak is the more common result :rolleyes:

Snow tonight/tomorrow? About a 10% chance....like our (statistical) All-Ireland football prospects...

BorneTobyWilde

It's quite in here, too quite .

Calibos

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

It's quite in here, too quite .

Its quite quiet alright

Mech1

Snow free tumbleweeds rolling slowly down the Dublin streets.

Unfortunately.

Daffodil.d

where's the snow? of had snow in Feb during the 90s. I'm Feb. does anyone know which year. I'm in Waterford.

FunkSoulSista

My accu (inaccu?!) weather app says snow due in 10 mins. .. near phoenix park.

Schadenfreudia

Calm, clear, cloudless starry starry night!

Temp - 4.2C (coldest night of the year here).

No clouds, no streamers - nothing. Except a very hard frost.

jimbis

Doesn't feel like -4 out there at all..... Weird.

Calibos

jimbis wrote: »

Doesn't feel like -4 out there at all..... Weird.

Calm, no wind chill, low humidity.

Its why one can happily stroll back to ones hotel from the bar in a ski resort when the thermometer reads -15 a lot of the time

zom

-7 tonight:

http://www.met.ie/default.asp#

BorneTobyWilde

My friend in Michigan got snow.
She could not drive her car.

BorneTobyWilde

My friend in Michigan got snow.
She could not drive her car.

typhoony

this high pressure will sink into europe eventually, when it does mid-month the spring type weather will start proper

200motels

typhoony wrote: »

this high pressure will sink into europe eventually, when it does mid-month the spring type weather will start proper

Down with that sort of thing.

gerrybhoy

typhoony wrote: »

this high pressure will sink into europe eventually, when it does mid-month the spring type weather will start proper

typhoony

200motels wrote: »

Down with that sort of thing.

I'm redy for bit of warthm, it's killing my heating bill at the moment

Birdnuts

typhoony wrote: »

this high pressure will sink into europe eventually, when it does mid-month the spring type weather will start proper

That has certainly been the trend for the past several years - thought this year might be different but time will tell.

BLIZZARD7

Birdnuts wrote: »

That has certainly been the trend for the past several years - thought this year might be different but time will tell.

2013 it wasn't the case at all... March was bitter.

amdgilmore

I seem to recall seeing hailstones right into early April, the last couple of years.

redsteveireland

amdgilmore wrote: »

I seem to recall seeing hailstones right into early April, the last couple of years.

Hailstones are an all year round possibility really.

JCX BXC

amdgilmore wrote: »

I seem to recall seeing hailstones right into early April, the last couple of years.

A few years ago I got hail in Lanzarote in September! It was warm that day, but the winds started to pick up at about 4pm from the south-east (south-easterly winds are rare there) and we got a nice shower from the mountains.

lolo62

I always find myself checking out long range forecasts this time of year. My body literally starts to reject winter, I'm sick again this week (as I was last week too ) with another sinus infection. I love winter but it's the bleedin length of it I can't hack. 34 and still not accustomed to, might have to think about getting off the island!

Birdnuts

BLIZZARD7 wrote: »

2013 it wasn't the case at all... March was bitter.

I was referring more to February. The last real wintery Feb I can remember was 2009. In West Wicklow ATM and everything is freeze dried, looking at the latest runs it could well stay like that for the next fortnight.

Elmer Blooker

I don't think there will be frost anywhere by morning as it clouds over from the north. ME said it would only cloud over in the northwest but its unexpectedly spreading south very quickly.
http://www.sat24.com/de/gb?ir=true

nacho libre

typhoony wrote: »

I'm redy for bit of warthm, it's killing my heating bill at the moment

check the thread title, a true snow lover would never think in those terms:eek:

a scandi' high could develop according to the ec 32 day outlook, it has been fairly accurate thus far this winter

JCX BXC

There is currently an orange warning in place by Met Eireann, which leaves me wondering why the Cold Spell thread was locked.....

Anyway be careful in the morning if your driving!

Met Eireann wrote:

STATUS ORANGE

Low Temperature Warning for Munster and Leinster
Air temperatures as low as -5 or -6 degrees Celsius will occur tonight.

Issued:Wednesday 04 February 2015 14:00
Valid:Wednesday 04 February 2015 20:00 to Thursday 05 February 2015 10:00