Winter 20/21 - General Discussion

esposito

Light dusting of snow in Dublin 16. Snowing lightly again

Loughc

Very light dusting in Dublin 13, surprised we got any tbh.

esposito

Big fluffy flakes now in Dublin 16!

daniel_t1409

Very light snow now here in wexford. I totally wasn't expecting this

anacc

Very light dusting of snow about 70m asl near the south coast of Cork.

gerrybhoy

Lovely dusting here in D15,picked the right day to take off,now out for a walk with kids

Hopefully we get further dumps as the weeks go on

lawred2

light dusting in North Dublin - hanging around a little but will thaw soon enough

Nqp15hhu

We had a bit of an odd phenomena last night. We were forecast by all to have the wind veer from SE to SW with an associated temperature rise. Instead we had an East wind all night long. The temperature stayed stable at 1c all night, then abruptly rose at 9am.

A few stations to my west did veer to the SW and rose to 5c.

Wonder if this was a Katabatic wind from the hill to my east and NE?

Gaoth Laidir

Nqp15hhu wrote: »

We had a bit of an odd phenomena last night. We were forecast by all to have the wind veer from SE to SW with an associated temperature rise. Instead we had an East wind all night long. The temperature stayed stable at 1c all night, then abruptly rose at 9am.

A few stations to my west did veer to the SW and rose to 5c.

Wonder if this was a Katabatic wind from the hill to my east and NE?

Nearby Magilligan No. 2 was mostly SW, veering NW. Here are the hourly directions (degrees). Strengths ranged 7-15 kts.

Time DIR
1800 210
1900 210
2000 210
2100 210
2200 220
2300 210
0000 210
0100 210
0200 210
0300 240
0400 010
0500 350
0600 350
0700 330
0800 320
0900 330
1000 360

Gaoth Laidir

09Z ICON Flash has streamers turning increasingly snowy tomorrow afternoon. Activity reduces in the north later as high pressure approaches, but some hail, graupel and snow possible in some parts of the north and east coast.

Nqp15hhu

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Nearby Magilligan No. 2 was mostly SW, veering NW. Here are the hourly directions (degrees). Strengths ranged 7-15 kts.

Time DIR
1800 210
1900 210
2000 210
2100 210
2200 220
2300 210
0000 210
0100 210
0200 210
0300 240
0400 010
0500 350
0600 350
0700 330
0800 320
0900 330
1000 360

Mostly easterly here.

Nqp15hhu

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

09Z ICON Flash has streamers turning increasingly snowy tomorrow afternoon. Activity reduces in the north later as high pressure approaches, but some hail, graupel and snow possible in some parts of the north and east coast.

What about tonight? That’s the important point.

Gaoth Laidir

Nqp15hhu wrote: »

What about tonight? That’s the important point.

Icy cold rain

highdef

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Icy cold rain

That's what I was thinking too from looking at the models but Nqp15hhu seems to think otherwise and he's predicting snow near the north coast. I suggested that he creates a thread for his upcoming forecasted snow so he can post some supporting model charts showing how he's likely to receive snow soon. Plus the ensuing photos and video that will follow..... Everyone loves them!

nacho libre

I'm convinced these rain showers we are currently getting would probably have fallen as snow several years ago.

Oneiric 3

Coldest station so far this month is Gurteen in Co. Tipperary with a mean of -0.4c, with Markee Castle in Sligo coming in 2nd at +0.4c. Warmest station is Malin Head, on the north coast at 4.9c with Sherkin island on the south coast coming in 2nd with 4.1c.

From Met Eireann.

Oneiric 3

nacho libre wrote: »

I'm convinced these rain showers we are currently getting would probably have fallen as snow several years ago.

This is the hollowest cold spell I have ever lived through.

ffarrell7

The West of Dublin did a lot better than the South of Dublin thus time. Around 2 cm of snow in Castleknock this morning but gone now.

Huge amount of snow in Dublin mountains though.

ffarrell7

The West of Dublin did a lot better than the South of Dublin thus time. Around 2 cm of snow in Castleknock this morning but gone now.

Huge amount of snow in Dublin mountains though.

highdef

ffarrell7 wrote: »

The West of Dublin did a lot better than the South of Dublin thus time. Around 2 cm of snow in Castleknock this morning but gone now.

Huge amount of snow in Dublin mountains though.

Pretty dusting. Has it survived?

ffarrell7

ffarrell7 wrote: »

The West of Dublin did a lot better than the South of Dublin thus time. Around 2 cm of snow in Castleknock this morning but gone now.

Huge amount of snow in Dublin mountains though.

Another few photos of snow in Dublin 15

ffarrell7

ffarrell7 wrote: »

Another few photos of snow in Dublin 15

Dublin Mountains now

Supercell

ffarrell7 wrote: »

Another few photos of snow in Dublin 15

That's a fair bit more than we got here, literally was a dusting if even, couldn't roll it up into a snowball like that at all, i tried

ffarrell7

ffarrell7 wrote: »

Dublin Mountains now

Dublin Mountains today

ffarrell7

ffarrell7 wrote: »

Dublin Mountains today

Last one in Dublin mountains

Reversal

nacho libre wrote: »

I'm convinced these rain showers we are currently getting would probably have fallen as snow several years ago.

This cold spell has been bit of an imposter. While the the wind directions might have been northerly or easterly etc, very little actual flow of airmass has been from anywhere cold. Our airmass has all been relatively local, mostly maritime based and had become cold over time through cooling and small shots of cold air from proper sources. But ultimately very mixed at different layers and not a true cold airmass.

Oneiric 3

Reversal wrote: »

This cold spell has been bit of an imposter. While the the wind directions might have been northerly or easterly etc, very little actual flow of airmass has been from anywhere cold. Our airmass has all been relatively local, mostly maritime based and had become cold over time through cooling and small shots of cold air from proper sources. But ultimately very mixed at different layers and not a true cold airmass.

Much of the air masses during this cold spell did come from typically cold sources (anywhere from Iceland to southern Scandinavia) expect those sources have been atypically warm.

Nqp15hhu

Reversal wrote: »

This cold spell has been bit of an imposter. While the the wind directions might have been northerly or easterly etc, very little actual flow of airmass has been from anywhere cold. Our airmass has all been relatively local, mostly maritime based and had become cold over time through cooling and small shots of cold air from proper sources. But ultimately very mixed at different layers and not a true cold airmass.

Yes and warm sectors have been impeded in all the fronts or troughs that have come south.

nacho libre

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Much of the air masses during this cold spell did come from typically cold sources (anywhere from Iceland to southern Scandinavia) expect those sources have been atypically warm.

That, and northerlies just ain't what they used to be, which makes it harder for things to go in our favour. I have enjoyed this cold spell over all, but last night and today have been a downer from my perspective. I acknowledge it has been the opposite for others across the country.

Kermit.de.frog

This morning's snow well and truly gone here.

Some snow showers may come on to the east coast after midnight in to east Wicklow, Wexford and Dublin. If it happens could see another dusting here.