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

Davaeo09

Showers coming in off the coast around the Dungarvan/Youghal area look to be genuine and not just the cooling showing up around Wicklow.

Anyone able to confirm if sleety in nature?

pistolpetes11

ZeroSum76 wrote: »

Auntie my fellow East Coast stavationalised snowbie. I promised you some snow pics.

Normally when I say "I hate to say I told you so... but I told you so!" I normally mean it in a smug way and am actually glad to say I told you so. But in this case - am not at all. Gutted!

Nothing all week on East Coast central Wicklow. Nothing predicted by the so called chocolate teapot weather apps...

Weather Apps 1:0 Boards.

I will see your weather Apps and raise you this from the 02/02/21

Neddyusa

bb1234567 wrote: »

Wow great pics of the west. Looks like a different world. So weird to think it's only 200km away from me. That seems rare doesn't it, snow in the west but not Dublin?

Some of those 2 inch snow pics are only 20km from me and nothing on the ground at all here.
The wind was too strong and air too dry.
Ewes here fighting each other for water the past two days - never seen the like of it!

Paso Fino

We had a bitterly cold day here with strong dry winds feeding in off the Irish Sea - lack of snowfall was disappointing, but at least the ground is drying quickly. Every cloud and all that!

ZeroSum76

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

I will see your weather Apps and raise you this from the 02/02/21

Ah yeah. Tongue in cheek. I know they're rubbish 😊

Seymour20

Still pelting down here. Would say it’s the best snow event here since 2010. Power just went out too.
Murrisk

redsteveireland

The wind would cut the face off ya.



Roughly up to 5/6cm on the paths not being lashed out of it by wind all day.

Gaoth Laidir

At this stage, there's nothing for us in the east to do but...

Meteorite58

redsteveireland wrote: »

The wind would cut the face off ya.


Roughly up to 5/6cm on the paths not being lashed out of it by wind all day.

Great stuff redsteveireland.

No snow here near Tralee but the wind was something else. Tried to do some work out around the back and in the garage but I couldn't keep warm , gave up in the afternoon after a few attempts. High of 4.2C but around 3.5C much of the day with a wind chill reading of -3C.

Davaeo09

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

At this stage, there's nothing for us in the east to do but...

Would you expect tonight's showers to effect the south as per the RTE 6 o clock weather tonight?
That kinda surprised me. I know it is of little consequence if followed by rain/sleet but interested to hear your thoughts on tonight's potential if any.

redsteveireland

Last one I swear.

https://streamable.com/q2tyy9

Damn wind covering up the crunch

Dazler97

No snow in mohill yet according to met Éireann radar it's here

Gaoth Laidir

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

At this stage, there's nothing for us in the east to do but...

Its actually no different to people over in East and Southeast England looking at Wales or Ireland getting frontal snow fromcold that originally came to them first
Same phenomenon eg northeast or Eastern England looking at Emma (even though they had snow but not an Emma Dump)
So we easterners can't complain
As I said elsewhere, it's a joy tonight only matched by what is its brevity and the size of the tease and the lies the models fed the rest of us
Might see snow here tomorrow night but I doubt it
Other than that I'm done at this.

The Oort Cloud

Well, my predictions for lots of snow for swords and balbriggan on wednesday was 100% incorrect, facepalm. And when I say there is no chance of snow sticking for swords and balbriggan tonight and friday, then It will most definitely 100% snow heavy in those parts. I'm like the backwards man, when I say something will happen it doesn't happen, and when I say something won't happen it happens, hence the backwards man. I'm a walking and talking anticyclone, and the models all week were completely all over the place.

yorlum11

Still going in Castlebar. Tricky journey to Westport later.

Dazler97

yorlum11 wrote: »

Still going in Castlebar. Tricky journey to Westport later.

Stop making me jelious haha

thecretinhop

4pm claregalway

Kermit.de.frog

thecretinhop wrote: »

4pm claregalway

You're downvoting snow

watlantic

Small drift (max. about a foot deep) near Westport. Sorry about the poor quality of images today.

Dazler97

watlantic wrote: »

Small drift (max. about a foot deep) near Westport. Sorry about the poor quality of images today.

Omg it's very rare to see such a depth of snow over there

Dazler97

Sorry if I'm spamming the page but no snow here, yet it shows it on the radar

Tyrone212

Blizzard conditions on achill earlier.

https://mobile.twitter.com/GEM0/status/1359926375059177476

Tyrone212

Grace may have had snow today. If the above is accurate.

Dazler97

Dazler97 wrote: »

Sorry if I'm spamming the page but no snow here, yet it shows it on the radar

I had the same earlier
Its common in snow,its there but just not reaching the ground and won't
The radar signals are high enough to bounce off it though so they give a return
Its a fault of the system in snow

thecretinhop

lol boards.ie is a mystery to me I thought I got a card!

JanuarySnowstor

A disappointing day for many but we came very close to something epic. 1C nearly all day here (Cork) which isn't bad going and still sleeting away so the mild air didn't actually make any progress.
Main things for me that went wrong ( bareing in mind the West did very well)

- Onshore galeforce southeasterly meant the sea modification which might usually be coastal had an effect even 60kms inland. Almost the sole reason Limerick saw snow and Cork saw sleet.
- We were unlucky the week before last night skies were cloudy so no frost or proper ground cold took place. If it did clear overnights would have been -6 and days would have been sub zero. The depth of cold was the real deal but the skies didn't clear.
- Growing up in the 80s today was a regular theme with snow inland and rain in places like Cork. That was always the norm and nothing to do with GW

So onwards and upwards and folks making stabs at anyone is unfair. Most on here are amateurs and even the respected Met Office in UK had a lot of snow for us than actually transpired. A degree or two either way really is the difference between snowmen and pram shaking...

pad199207

Tyrone212 wrote: »

Grace may have had snow today. If the above is accurate.

She went to bed

Dazler97

AuntySnow wrote: »

I had the same earlier
Its common in snow,its there but just not reaching the ground and won't
The radar signals are high enough to bounce off it though so they give a return
Its a fault of the system in snow

Thanks auntie snow, I thought I was losing the head

Oneiric 3

Still flurrying away here but not adding anything to the earlier accumulation:

https://streamable.com/iwtqnt

pad199207

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

A disappointing day for many but we came very close to something epic. 1C nearly all day here (Cork) which isn't bad going and still sleeting away so the mild air didn't actually make any progress.
Main things for me that went wrong ( bareing in mind the West did very well)

- Onshore galeforce southeasterly meant the sea modification which might usually be coastal had an effect even 60kms inland. Almost the sole reason Limerick saw snow and Cork saw sleet.
- We were unlucky the week before last night skies were cloudy so no frost or proper ground cold took place. If it did clear overnights would have been -6 and days would have been sub zero. The depth of cold was the real deal but the skies didn't clear.
- Growing up in the 80s today was a regular theme with snow inland and rain in places like Cork. That was always the norm and nothing to do with GW

So onwards and upwards and folks making stabs at anyone is unfair. Most on here are amateurs and even the respected Met Office in UK had a lot of snow for us than actually transpired. A degree or two either way really is the difference between snowmen and pram shaking...