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

John.Icy

Pretty much all the snow I can remember before Feb 2009 snow was the classic 'rain preceded by sleet and snow'.

If there is any covering of snow by tomorrow morning it is a success to me.

SEPT 23 1989

Gerry talking snow tonight

A surprise for the pale in the morning?

Oneiric 3

redsteveireland wrote: »

Unless today turns out to be Thursday 2.0

No sign of any Precip here yet, not expecting snow, sleet at best.

Wouldn't be surprised if a few flakes fell here tonight before the secondary front moves in. Temps are above the threashold but the air outside has that distinctive 'scent'.

TheMilkyPirate

Flakes blowing in the wind in Wexford

Temp : 2.6c
DP : -2

RugbyLad11

It looks like we could get a few cms overnight in D24?

Sadly it looks like it will turn to rain by around 9/10 am? So I'll have to be up bright and early to make my snowman.

Pangea

Wind howling at the moment and 3c , I have a feeling I might see rain falling , would have thought it should be a bit lower for snowfall?

redsteveireland

Light Sleet /wet snow Athenry, wasn't expecting anything for another couple of hours.

Tyrone212

Pangea wrote: »

Wind howling at the moment and 3c , I have a feeling I might see rain falling , would have thought it should be a bit lower for snowfall?

Temperature will come down later.

aurora 527

Currently 3.3c in Waterford and falling slowly, DP 0.9c maybe just maybe if it nudges a little further down 😊

Dazler97

I'm officially saying this is gonna be a little storm Emma so I'm calling it storm Lema

mickger844posts

Wild night in Waterford City, Wind gusting near 70km/h and Temps on the slide to 3.3c DP 1.1c. The irony of it all if we got some flakes tonight.

https://www.waterfordcityweather.com

Pangea

Pangea wrote: »

Wind howling at the moment and 3c , I have a feeling I might see rain falling , would have thought it should be a bit lower for snowfall?

Temp continuing to drop here in Arklow
Down to 1.8/-4.6c now
Continuing to amaze me with 50kmh gusts straight off the Irish sea
Wetbulb now -1c

pad199207

1.9°c here in the soon to be worst place in Leinster for snow tonight

TTLF

pad199207 wrote: »

1.9°c here in the soon to be worst place in Leinster for snow tonight

Remember to take plenty of photos for us Pad!!

In other news, has the shadow moved further north? AKA is SCD going to do okay in this?

Also the front seems sooner than forecasted? Although I think it's bound to stall soon im guessing?

Villain

1.7c with few point of -2.5c in Tullow

aurora 527

mickger844posts wrote: »

Wild night in Waterford City, Wind gusting near 70km/h and Temps on the slide to 3.3c DP 1.1c. The irony of it all if we got some flakes tonight.

https://www.waterfordcityweather.com

Continuing to fall slowly, was well and truly off the roller coaster and here I am jumping back on with hope.

King of Spades

Had to work outside today and that wind felt as intensely cold as I remember from a nor’easter in Boston in January.

Pangea

Billcarson wrote: »

Any snowmen that get made tomorrow will have very short lives god rest their souls. They will be the innocent victims of this poor cold spell.

As the old proverb says It is better to have made a snowman and lost than never to have made one at all...

Villain

Villain wrote: »

1.7c with few point of -2.5c in Tullow

1.7c here too now also
Wet bulb also dropping -1.2c
Dewpoint now -4.7c

redsteveireland

Radar struggling again, should be pouring here but just a few flakes in the wind.

Kermit.de.frog

Radar looking good for now. Just waiting for that big hole to appear over Kildare and Meath :pac:

R.F.

Just when I thought I was out....

Aunty Snow, how are we looking for Gorey and Arklow. I stay up pretty late at the weekend, if anything is to happen what time do you reckon?

Danno

Slashermcguirk wrote: »

yorlum11 wrote: »

I would forego any snow in Mayo tonight and send it over east. Fingers crossed for the snow lovers on the Eastern flank.

That’s something i never thought I would read

Sure they've been forego-ing All-Irelands there since the 50's and sending them over to Dublin!

R.F.

R.F. wrote: »

Just when I thought I was out....

Aunty Snow, how are we looking for Gorey and Arklow. I stay up pretty late at the weekend, if anything is to happen what time do you reckon?

Looking Good at the moment
Temp dropping
Dewpoint way below zero
Wetbulb sub minus one
All in a sea wind gusting to 50kmh
Heavy whiteout conditions possible in those parameters assuming the front is as active as its supposed to be
A few hours of that
Better if on a hill
It'll be after 1am

mickger844posts

Icy rain in Waterford City. You can actually hear the ice hitting surfaces. Semi building up on car windows. Haven't seen this too often.

konman

Ice pellets or graupel or hail falling here, hard to see in the dark but its icy and crunchy under foot. Also fairly windy.
5k south of Tuam

Danno

Unreal wind here in South Laois for an ESE'ly. Averaging just 30mph and gusting 44mph. (Standard 10m height)

Temperatures dropping. Currently 2.1c with a dewpoint of -1.2c. A raw evening with a windchill around -5c. Dry, but the radar suggests precipitation is very near.

Danno

mickger844posts wrote: »

Icy rain in Waterford City. You can actually hear the ice hitting surfaces. Semi building up on car windows. Haven't seen this too often.

Freezing rain - video that, it's quite rare for Ireland and even rarer that near the sea.

aurora 527

mickger844posts wrote: »

Icy rain in Waterford City. You can actually hear the ice hitting surfaces. Semi building up on car windows. Haven't seen this too often.

Can hear it hitting the windows

pad199207

Already perhaps a shadow here. Can see stars. That wind is extremely cold!

1.5°c