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

I can hear rain on the roof of the conservatory, but its still snowing too. Getting windy as well. Who do I pray to for a blizzard?

Kermit.de.frog

Deleted User wrote: »

I can hear rain on the roof of the conservatory, but its still snowing too. Getting windy as well. Who do I pray to for a blizzard?

Location?

konman

Still light to moderate snow. Had a brief covering earlier but melting faster than its snowing at the moment.
5k south of Tuam.

mulbot

BullBauld wrote: »

It's too cold to snow!

Why?

Humberto Salazar

BullBauld wrote: »

It's too cold to snow!

All of the Dubs are saying this. Patience needed.

Seymour20

Sticking to the grass here, suspect it’s taken on a more sleetly composition but such is the nature of frontal snow events anywhere near the coast.
Outside Westport, Mayo.

pauldry

Still sunny in Sligo.

Wed be better off getting this snow at night. If it comes today it will just blow all over the place and melt

P.lane78

It's cold rain outside cork city now but occasional white flakes ....

Kermit.de.frog

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Location?

Sorry! My biggest bugbear, people not adding their location. I had added it a few posts up.

East Galway. Near Craughwell. 4 miles east of Athenry.

sjb25

Very light snow just starting co Wexford

jprboy

Few miles south of Nenagh in North Tipp.

Snowing since just after 9.00 am and still coming down.

This was at 11.53:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd8qOa-_Ee8

Tyrone212

Dry, overcast and breezy today. Enjoy the snow those that have it.

John.Icy

While I don't expect much in Dublin 9 myself for a variety of reasons (front weakening, will the Wicklow Mts. bugger it up etc), there is still a 'big' feel to the weather out there.

A biting gusty wind. Feels oh so cold. Between 1.5-1.9 degrees max so far today but real feel is low than that.

It feels like something big is on the way but the computer models say mostly no :P Round 2 tomorrow night looks better for now.

Will take a 100% 1cm ground coverage tbh. Despite falling snow on several occasions since, only the snow of Jan 6th/7th actually put down snow fully on every surface here. Patchy dustings the theme since then.

Tyrone212

Tyrone212 wrote: »

Dry, overcast and breezy today. Enjoy the snow those that have it.

I'm feckin' loving it.

Heavy snow in Galway, Mayo and Clare. Didn't see many predicting that. Just goes to show, with all the technology of sattelites, charts, hirlams, ecms, my mother having an ache in her big toe is still just as reliable a forecast.

Kermit.de.frog

Frontal zone looks a little more active at this point than modelled.

The initial push intensity should be further declined by now which means this part may get a bit further north than originally forecast. It's one county away from Dub land.

molly dolly

Baltic outside Carlow, some very whispy flakes. Just meet a council truck all set up with snow plough so they must be expecting a fun afternoon.

Donegal Ken

SATURDAY - NEW WARNINGS

Status Yellow - Rainfall warning for Cork, Kerry and Waterford
Met Éireann Weather Warning

30 to 40 mm of rainfall with strong to gale force onshore southeast winds. River and coastal flooding risk.

Valid: 00:01 Saturday 13/02/2021 to 12:00 Saturday 13/02/2021

Issued: 12:00 Thursday 11/02/2021

Status Yellow - Snow/Ice warning for Connacht, Leinster, Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal
Met Éireann Weather Warning

Snow accumulations of 5 cm possible (more on higher ground), accompanied by fresh to strong southeast winds.

Valid: 02:00 Saturday 13/02/2021 to 12:00 Saturday 13/02/2021

Issued: 12:00 Thursday 11/02/2021

redsteveireland

Radar getting patchy, precipitation breaking up, very light here now. Best get out and build a snowman!

DOCARCH

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

It's one county away from Dub land.

:P

How many sleeps away?

Storm 10

Very big flakes in Galway now

JDD

Can't believe there isn't a flake of snow in SoCoDu while my mate in Galway is getting a blizzard.

:mad::mad::(

Slashermcguirk

Interesting, that snow warning must suggest the front is moving further north east than was expected. Perhaps Leinster and ulster coming into play now. Just shows these precipitation models are a lottery

Donegal Ken wrote: »

SATURDAY - NEW WARNINGS

Status Yellow - Rainfall warning for Cork, Kerry and Waterford
Met Éireann Weather Warning

30 to 40 mm of rainfall with strong to gale force onshore southeast winds. River and coastal flooding risk.

Valid: 00:01 Saturday 13/02/2021 to 12:00 Saturday 13/02/2021

Issued: 12:00 Thursday 11/02/2021

Status Yellow - Snow/Ice warning for Connacht, Leinster, Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal
Met Éireann Weather Warning

Snow accumulations of 5 cm possible (more on higher ground), accompanied by fresh to strong southeast winds.

Valid: 02:00 Saturday 13/02/2021 to 12:00 Saturday 13/02/2021

Issued: 12:00 Thursday 11/02/2021

sean555

Deleted User wrote: »

Heavy snow in Galway, Mayo and Clare. Didn't see many predicting that. Just goes to show, with all the technology of sattelites, charts, hirlams, ecms, my mother having an ache in her big toe is still just as reliable a forecast.

GFS, ECM, ICON, WRF and even the Arpege all predeicted snow in the West for the last 5 or so days. So technology beats chiropody!

funnydoggy

Cork City drowned out of it today.

TTLF

DOCARCH wrote: »

:P

How many sleeps away?

"so close, yet so far" :D

DOCARCH

Slashermcguirk wrote: »

Interesting, that snow warning must suggest the front is moving further north east than was expected. Perhaps Leinster and ulster coming into play now. Just shows these precipitation models are a lottery

That's for Saturday.

watlantic

Looking at the radar sequence, the front seems to be stalling and intensifying in NW Connemara/SW Mayo.
Back to light 'snizzle' here, rel. hum up now to 88%, temp. down to 0.6ºC from previous report. Wind almost unchanged.
BTW I'm at about 80 metres asl, above Westport town.

Highest dew point temp. so far today was minus -1.1ºC

cold.stream

Dublin coast about 3 degrees, very windy. Sky very dark but only occasional very light spits of sleet. Not expecting much in the way of precipitation this evening/tonight but you never know.

JDD

What's the bets the clouds will run out of snow as soon as they make it to Tallaght.

Can't BELIEVE I bought new snow gloves for the kids for this.