Cold Spell - Feb 7th to 13th 2021 - Chat

Supercell

A work colleague in Glasgow forwarded these these tweets this morning from there..

https://twitter.com/Dirkdigglermk3/status/1358917991535108104?s=03

https://twitter.com/Ecosse911/status/1358914346206851074?s=03

the2hurdys

Some graupel finally made its way to South Tipp!

US2

A light dusting in co limerick, suprised.

redsteveireland

Supercell wrote: »

A work colleague in Glasgow forwarded these these tweets this morning from there..

https://twitter.com/Dirkdigglermk3/status/1358917991535108104?s=03

https://twitter.com/Ecosse911/status/1358914346206851074?s=03

Unless they dont know the area there is no excuse for that, I know which roads to avoid around here in certain weather.

redsteveireland

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

In fairness I was pronouncing it grawp-el for a long time

Kevhog1988

Still sprinkling away here in North Kildare.
The ladies may come into the shed
20210209_085744 by Kevin Hogan, on Flickr

Villain

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

I didn't think I was saying like grapple I may listen back, I usually try lean on the U but apps and compression on radio maybe don't bring it across well.

Anyway I'm just glad everyone knows what it is now

circadian

Supercell wrote: »

A work colleague in Glasgow forwarded these these tweets this morning from there..

https://twitter.com/Dirkdigglermk3/status/1358917991535108104?s=03

https://twitter.com/Ecosse911/status/1358914346206851074?s=03

Some serious eejits there. First one had a good rolling start and should have just eased off the brakes and they've have had a shot at it, the junction at the bottom is a roulette but they'd have made it that far at least.


The Tesla, well, that was just silly. No momentum whatsoever, looked like it locked up immediately.

flas

Longford town this morning

Slashermcguirk

Consistent moderate graupel snow mix in D5 this morning. Dusting on the ground

mickger844posts

Graupel shower now in Waterford City, Temp 1.6c DP -0.5c.

Stream for the events

https://youtu.be/FKTQjSr1hxM

Dial Hard

punisher5112 wrote: »

Hearing all about graupel on today fm....

New to me

You don't come here very often, do you?!

Little snowy old me

There was a light flurry blowing on the wind near Laghey, south Donegal earlier.

NIMAN

View out my back this morning

[IMG][/img]Snow 9th Feb by S, on Flickr

Tyrone212

What county Niman?

Supercell

circadian wrote: »

Some serious eejits there. First one had a good rolling start and should have just eased off the brakes and they've have had a shot at it, the junction at the bottom is a roulette but they'd have made it that far at least.


The Tesla, well, that was just silly. No momentum whatsoever, looked like it locked up immediately.

You would think Scottish people would be used to driving in those conditions!

I think the Tesla driver probably thought he was invincible because, Tesla. Bet neither of them had winter tyres on. I certainly wouldn't have been out in that weather, the commentary on the Tesla one made me laugh though.

Supercell

NIMAN wrote: »

View out my back this morning

[IMG][/img]Snow 9th Feb by S, on Flickr

What a view, lovely even without the snow too.

Tyrone212

Unusual that Donegal hasn't been added to the yellow warning.

DOCARCH

On the other side of the water, very cold in Scotland. -16c atm at Altnaharra. :cool:

NIMAN

Tyrone212 wrote: »

What county Niman?

North Donegal.

Been heavy hailstoning a lot during the night, as opposed to snowing.

I listened to the forecast last night and no mention of Donegal at all in any snow. Monaghan was furthest north county mentioned for issues overnight, how come it got so far North? Having said that, speaking to Derry folk this morning, they have none and they are south of me.

highdef

View out my office window in North Kildare a short while ago. The roads looks fairly treacherous. Ignore the lack of snow on the nearest car to the camera. It has a cabin heater that comes on every morning so it would have melted all the snow on the windows, unlike the white car.

Looking at the radar, it looks like it has been snowing all night. In the past hour it has been mainly moderate dry blowing snow with a few short intervals of lighter stuff and if Met Eireann radar is correct, I appear to have been very close to the Wales shadow all night but just about out of it. I'm due west of just south of Irelands Eye and just north of Howth Head. Temperature is -0.3°

Little snowy old me

OK. Straight to the point. Have the prospects of the cold reloading next week gone?

Zogabomb

Little snowy old me wrote: »

OK. Straight to the point. Have the prospects of the cold reloading next week gone?

Latest model runs bring the milder air in quicker but not a guarantee. Take a look at the Met Eireann update and MTs latest post . Nothing guaranteed.

Little snowy old me

Little snowy old me wrote: »

OK. Straight to the point. Have the prospects of the cold reloading next week gone?

I'll answer the question from last week first
The cold is here and significant snow is coming
It won't go on forever

speckle

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

I hope I am partialy to blame for asking Danno about the different types of snow yesterday!
Thank goodness its not snizzle they are trying to explain
Anyhow my eyes were not deceiving me yesterday here were we are not meant to be getting any type of snow ....and it is not the neighbours messing with styrofoam.. white tiny wisps flowing lightly in the air on a very lite breeze...but not reaching the ground... And nothing on the mountaintops overnight.
Any chance it could be that sahara dust!

KingJeremy

Very surprised to see tiny grainy flakes falling this morning in east county Galway/Tipp border. It only lasted a few minutes but I wasn’t expecting it. Sun is out again and it is bitterly cold. And the main thing - it’s dry!!!

Tyrone212

Little snowy old me wrote: »

OK. Straight to the point. Have the prospects of the cold reloading next week gone?

Current model runs don't paint a pretty picture for cold next week. Was a big flip overnight. More runs needed to be sure.

Kunta Kinte

DOCARCH wrote: »

On the other side of the water, very cold in Scotland. -16c atm at Altnaharra. :cool:

Never heard of it. What altitude is that at?

SouthWesterly

-0.5C in North kerry this morning at 8 am. A slight smattering (a technical term) of snow at 176m asl.

d51984

Jesus folks its bitter out there. Im stocked up, couple of bails of Bord Na Monas finest and a tray of Heino in the fridge.

Hope it F**king belts down! 😂😂