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

Rock Lesnar

Temperature dropped from 4c to 2.1c in the last hour here in meath

Kermit.de.frog

Slashermcguirk wrote: »

Definitely feels like a drop in temp in Dublin now.

Croohur1

Light rain just starting to turn to sleet and bits of snow here above Aughrim, South Wicklow. 100 asl

Oneiric 3

Well, looking at the temp forecast profile for here locally, and a big improvement on offer from previous runs. What was forecast to be a minimum -2.0c, has now plummeted down to -3.0c, and this under a 'cold' easterly. I've seen better temps under a bog standard cool westerly. What a joke of a winter this has been.

Nqp15hhu

The poor minima is probably due to the constant wind and cloud flowing in from Great Britain.

Hooter23

Not as cold at night as you would expect from an easterly but this might mean we have more chance of some snow this time...when its extremely cold at night then its usually to clear

ffarrell7

Nqp15hhu wrote: »

The poor minima is probably due to the constant wind and cloud flowing in from Great Britain.

Light bits of snow blowing in the wind in Dublin 15 and temperature has dropped.....

Chong

My dad sent me this from his home town just outside The Hague. Been pounded by white gold.

RugbyLad11

The ground is saturated here, will that have much of an effect on snow sticking?

Oneiric 3

Nqp15hhu wrote: »

We never get those crazy low dew points the models forecast!

They nearly always overdo them. And the ECM is no better than any other model in this regard.

Gaoth Laidir

11 am TAFs. PROB30 (very slight chance) in the case of streamers will most likely refer to the chance of one actually hitting the airport area rather than what it will actually fall as. Below are the only airports with sleet or snow mentioned.

Time periods stated for each part are in the form DDHH (start) / DDHH (end)

DUBLIN
TAF EIDW 071100Z 0712/0812 08018KT 9999 FEW010 BKN022
PROB30 TEMPO 0712/0718 -SHRA BKN012
TEMPO 0712/0812 09020G32KT
PROB30 TEMPO 0718/0812 4000 -SHRASN BKN012=

BELFAST ALDERGROVE
TAF EGAA 071056Z 0712/0812 08015G25KT 9999 SCT025 BKN030
PROB30 TEMPO 0712/0812 5000 -SHSN BKN014
BECMG 0722/0801 07012KT=

CORK
TAF EICK 071100Z 0712/0812 09015KT 9999 FEW012 BKN030
TEMPO 0712/0808 08020G30KT
PROB30 TEMPO 0712/0718 BKN010
BECMG 0808/0810 06015KT
TEMPO 0808/0812 07017G27KT
PROB30 TEMPO 0808/0812 4000 -SHRASN BKN010=

CASEMENT
TAF EIME 071100Z 0712/0721 08010KT 9999 FEW012 BKN025
TEMPO 0712/0721 09018G30KT
TEMPO 0712/0718 -SHRA BKN012
PROB30 TEMPO 0718/0721 3000 -SHRASN BKN012=

Mimon

Slashermcguirk wrote: »

Definitely feels like a drop in temp in Dublin now.

Cheers. Was working up on a roof earlier just outside Dublin and was lovely and refreshing with little bite to the wind. Am heading back shortly so expecting some bite this time

kenmc

Just in from the shops, it's very raw out, much moreso than I've felt yet this winter. Still wearing shorts since march, even in the snow and frosts after Xmas but really feeling it today

TheMilkyPirate

5.6c down to 4.8c here in Wexford in the last 45 minutes

ninebeanrows

Cold air inching in from the east.

Howth 3.4/-0.2

adocholiday

Bit of a flurry here near Rathdrum in Wicklow a few minutes ago. Nothing too exciting only lasted a couple of minutes but signs already for kick off

Keithchap

5.2 °C here in Dublin 15. Cold Easterly wind. Cloudy but dry.

TheMilkyPirate

TheMilkyPirate wrote: »

5.6c down to 4.8c here in Wexford in the last 45 minutes

Similar fall in Arklow
3.8c now
Currently spitting sleet
Temp details attached

pad199207

Baldonnel is 3°c with dewpoint at -1°c now

Grogu1983

Sleeting in Tinahely just now.

Gaoth Laidir

WBT coming down across a lot of England now. Cloud tops here are very low (~850 hPa, reddish orange colour, ~1300 m) but over England they're extending higher, up to around 700 hPa (yellow, ~2800 m). On the animation the higher tops are starting to enter the Irish Sea now, marking the colder upper air.

sunbabe08

rain pelting here in cork city and most definitely this is coming from the east cause i never hear the rain pelting off my window. bring on the cold!!!!

Gaoth Laidir

RugbyLad11 wrote: »

The ground is saturated here, will that have much of an effect on snow sticking?

Yes, initially, but if snowfall intensity is high enough it can quickly overcome that warmth and moisture and insulate any further snowfall from it.

Slashermcguirk

Really can feel the temperature dropping now in the east. Met Éireann temps showing lowest temps currently in Dublin, Meath, Cavan and Donegal. Ground drying out here in D5, haven’t had precipitation since yesterday evening but overcast

noplacehere

ninebeanrows wrote: »

I expect the thread to work a little like this.

1. Today/Monday: ' A few flurries of snizzle is this it!?' 'The beast! more a fart of mild air' 'Met Eireann get it so badly wrong again'

2. Tuesday: 'Some decent snow showers now' 'Beginning to accumulate, do Met Eireann have a warning out?' 'Met Eireann caught asleep at the wheel again beginning to bucket down here in Ashbourne'

3. Wednesday' 6 inches of snow here, what the feck are Met Eireann up to, this should be a red warning!!'

I feel if you are to post a criticism of a weather forecast in this forum you should also have to post the definition of the word forecast as well as the word estimate and prediction..... maybe if posters had to write it out often enough

Nqp15hhu

It’s 0c at 300 metres. I would’ve thought that it would’ve been colder than that given the continental airmass. But I suppose the coldest air isn’t here yet. Still tiny patches of snow too.

And plenty of people that don’t live in this area out walking who probably wouldn’t have darkened the door of the area prior to lockdown. (And pretty sure some of them have driven more than 5 miles considering the Derry registrations I am seeing) All that peace and quiet gone.

SleetAndSnow

Very heavy, cold rain in cork city. About 4.6 degrees so dropping

Gaoth Laidir

UKMO airport snow remarks. Good to see what's upstream of us. No crazy accumulations expected this afternoon/evening.

Belfast Aldergrove

Snow
Issued at: Sun 07 Feb 2021 - 05:09 UTC
Valid from: Sun 07 Feb 2021 - 12:00 UTC
Valid to: Sun 07 Feb 2021 - 16:00 UTC
SLIGHT SNOW MAY OCCUR AT THE AIRFIELD BUT NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.

Belfast City

Snow
Issued at: Sun 07 Feb 2021 - 11:32 UTC
Valid from: Sun 07 Feb 2021 - 18:00 UTC
Valid to: Mon 08 Feb 2021 - 00:00 UTC
SLIGHT SNOW MAY OCCUR AT THE AIRFIELD BUT NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.

Blackpool

Snow
Issued at: Sun 07 Feb 2021 - 11:35 UTC
Valid from: Sun 07 Feb 2021 - 18:00 UTC
Valid to: Mon 08 Feb 2021 - 00:00 UTC
SNOW (OR RAIN AND SNOW MIXED) MAY OCCUR AT THE AIRFIELD.SLIGHT SNOWFALL IS FORECAST, WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 0-1CM. SNOW TYPE WET. VISIBILITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 600M IN THE SNOWFALL, WITH A MINIMUM VISIBILITY OF 1500M. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GREATER THAN 15KT WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF DRIFTING.

Liverpool

Snow
Issued at: Sun 07 Feb 2021 - 11:32 UTC
Valid from: Sun 07 Feb 2021 - 12:00 UTC
Valid to: Mon 08 Feb 2021 - 00:00 UTC
SNOW (OR RAIN AND SNOW MIXED) MAY OCCUR AT THE AIRFIELD.SLIGHT SNOWFALL IS FORECAST, WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 0-2CM. SNOW TYPE WET/DRY. VISIBILITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 600M IN THE SNOWFALL, WITH A MINIMUM VISIBILITY OF 2000M. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GREATER THAN 15KT WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF DRIFTING.

Manchester

Snow
Issued at: Sun 07 Feb 2021 - 11:32 UTC
Valid from: Sun 07 Feb 2021 - 18:00 UTC
Valid to: Mon 08 Feb 2021 - 00:00 UTC
SNOW (OR RAIN AND SNOW MIXED) MAY OCCUR AT THE AIRFIELD.SLIGHT SNOWFALL IS FORECAST, WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 0-1CM. SNOW TYPE WET. VISIBILITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 600M IN THE SNOWFALL, WITH A MINIMUM VISIBILITY OF 1500M. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GREATER THAN 15KT WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF DRIFTING.

Leeds Bradford

Snow
Issued at: Sun 07 Feb 2021 - 11:33 UTC
Valid from: Sun 07 Feb 2021 - 18:00 UTC
Valid to: Mon 08 Feb 2021 - 00:00 UTC
SNOW (OR RAIN AND SNOW MIXED) IS LIKELY OCCUR AT THE AIRFIELD. SLIGHT/MODERATE SNOWFALL IS FORECAST, WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2-5CM. SNOW TYPE WET. VISIBILITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 600M IN THE SNOWFALL. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GREATER THAN 15KT WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF DRIFTING.

Nqp15hhu

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

They nearly always overdo them. And the ECM is no better than any other model in this regard.

Yes by quite a significant margin.

Slashermcguirk

I thought UK was to get a good bit of snow today. It seems only Leeds Bradford (which is at a High elevation) is the only place recoding more than a couple of cm

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

UKMO airport snow remarks. Good to see what's upstream of us. No crazy accumulations expected this afternoon.

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