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

Scuid Mhór

This is underwhelming.

glack

Saw this on Twitter - traffic cam in Maam Cross

Le Bruise

Lip Out wrote: »

Nothing here in Wicklow yet. Webcam below (looking north towards Dublin).

http://www.wicklowcam.com/

I can see my house from there!

Oneiric 3

This seems to the year where Connemara, of all places, does better for snow than the rest of the country.

Xenji

Starting to stick now in Castlebar but still lacking any big beefy flakes.

Xenji

speckle wrote: »

Whats the beautiful scupture for in the middle photo...the famine? Looks like a ghost ship from the Artic!

Its the Famine memorial in Murrisk.

happyoutscan

speckle wrote: »

Whats the beautiful scupture for in the middle photo...the famine? Looks like a ghost ship from the Artic!

Famine memorial directly across from the car park at Croagh Patrick (car park is in pic 3). Amazed there isn't at least 1 car there. There's always at least 1 nutjob climbing it irregardless of weather!

adocholiday

TonyMaloney wrote: »

The UK's Met office radar has Wicklow under far more heavy stuff than met.ie suggests

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/observation/rainfall-radar#?map=Rainfall&fcTime=1613015700&zoom=7&lon=-5.12&lat=53.09

I'm just south of Rathdrum and it's a bit breezy with heavy slow moving clouds overhead but no sign of any precipitation at all. Now in saying that I'm in a valley in this area so only at 70m or so, it is possible that it's falling elsewhere.

Bio Mech

Wombatman wrote: »

Athenry

Snow lies the fields of Athenry!

Seymour20

happyoutscan wrote: »

Famine memorial directly across from the car park at Croagh Patrick (car park is in pic 3). Amazed there isn't at least 1 car there. There's always at least 1 nutjob climbing it irregardless of weather!

Carpark has been closed since level 5 restrictions were introduced in January.

Bogwoppit

Humberto Salazar wrote: »

We haven't had an ounce of luck with this so called cold spell.

I’d hardly call it a warm spell in fairness....

TonyMaloney

adocholiday wrote: »

I'm just south of Rathdrum and it's a bit breezy with heavy slow moving clouds overhead but no sign of any precipitation at all. Now in saying that I'm in a valley in this area so only at 70m or so, it is possible that it's falling elsewhere.

damn. thanks.

UK met and netweather have you under heavy snow right now.

what about now? is it snowing now?

SlipperyPeople

As a galway man living there in 2010 and in the big schmoke currently the pictures are tough to look at unless something lands here.

Oneiric 3

Humberto Salazar wrote: »

We haven't had an ounce of luck with this so called cold spell. With all the synoptics we had, it should have delivered but didn't. If it's climate change at play, good luck, we'll never get a severe winter more than one a century if that. Snowfall is getting rarer. Frosts are not as severe or widespread generally anymore. We're reduced to squinting for gnat sized snizzle or whatever some poster called it earlier. Bah.

As NeddyUSA said just yesterday, we are capable of getting more snow, and indeed we have gotten more snow, in far milder winters!

Croohur1

I'm just outside Aughrim, Co. Wicklow and supposedly being snowed on as we speak according to Netweather.... Nothing except an odd flake.

Cw85

Croohur1 wrote: »

I'm just outside Aughrim, Co. Wicklow and supposedly being snowed on as we speak according to Netweather.... Nothing except an odd flake.

Same in Carlow all day, the radar has snow falling since 2pm but all there is is white specs floating around in the wind

Gonzo

Humberto Salazar wrote: »

We haven't had an ounce of luck with this so called cold spell. With all the synoptics we had, it should have delivered but didn't. If it's climate change at play, good luck, we'll never get a severe winter more than one a century if that. Snowfall is getting rarer. Frosts are not as severe or widespread generally anymore. We're reduced to squinting for gnat sized snizzle or whatever some poster called it earlier. Bah.

Mod Note: I'm getting tired of the constantly negative posts with very little to back it up. Decent snowfall/cold winters in Ireland is alot more than once per century. Sure this cold spell hasn't gone as hoped, we got unlucky this time around but came so close to a a great spell of winter weather. You never back up anything you say with the constant conveyer belt of negativity and this same tune cannot continue.

They are getting very decent snowfall right now in parts of Mayo and Galway, it may not be where you are or I am and Friday night may still deliver for a wider portion of the country. We are well aware how disappointed you are, you don't need to remind us any further.

Mr Wood

Light snow blowing in the wind in Blessington Co. Wicklow

Redsercurran

Tiny flakes blowing around here in Naas. Is there still hope??

An Ri rua

'Snow Joke out there folks...

Is a photo required?

Colleagues reporting goodish snow in Galway city.

Cw85

I have turned around to look out the window a total of 123457990 times so far today

Brz555

pad199207 wrote: »

Do Mayo and Galway people own cameras?

Won't let me upload because I'm a new user..anyway around that?

TonyMaloney

Cw85 wrote: »

I have turned around to look out the window a total of 123457990 times so far today

I've gone from looking at a radar which had snow hundreds of km away to looking out the window straight away expecting snow

An Ri rua

Brz555 wrote: »

Won't let me upload because I'm a new user..anyway around that?

Do Mayo and Galway people own time machines?

Croohur1

Croohur1 wrote: »

I'm just outside Aughrim, Co. Wicklow and supposedly being snowed on as we speak according to Netweather.... Nothing except an odd flake.

Radar is picking up precipitation that's not reaching the ground
Same here in Arklow
You'll probably have better luck tomorrow evening

Oneiric 3

Brz555 wrote: »

Won't let me upload because I'm a new user..anyway around that?

https://imgur.com/upload

Just upload pic/vid and link image on here.

ctomas

Near headford, Galway.

Slashermcguirk

Never have I come across a person as glass half empty on this forum, it’s mind boggling. Glad to see a lot of people / counties got some great quantities of snow today, particularly counties that traditionally see less of it. Get out there and make the most of the goodness

sjb25 wrote: »

You must be fun at party’s......

BullBauld

This burnt out before it got going in Roscommon. Pity.

pad199207

Flakes have turned to a flurry here in Kildare