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

R.F.

It’s really quite hard to keep up. Some posts suggest downgrade and others not, and I’m never sure who is reliable. What is the latest for Wexford this week and after Wednesday?

Calibos

R.F. wrote: »

It’s really quite hard to keep up. Some posts suggest downgrade and others not, and I’m never sure who is reliable. What is the latest for Wexford this week and after Wednesday?

Feck all Mon-Wed by the looks of it but at least the sodden ground will dry out and freeze.......creating a great base for a dumping on Thursday if my reading of the latest GFS precip chart posted in the other thread is right. Wexford has the highest accumulations on that particular chart.

Graces7

gozunda wrote: »

Is that you grace?

Just joking. Have lived in similar and with ice on the inside of single pane glass windows and wearing everything plus a wooly hat to bed. Didnt help the next nearest landmass was Iceland

If you mean me; no! I am very snugly accommodated out here thank you! . We out in the wide ocean have thick walls and small well fitted windows etc. I have never had that kind of problem thankfully. And we get less frost. But more wind. With the gales we protect carefully and well. Like when I was in Orkney; walls three feet thick and small windows and no doors facing north/.east.

And echoing re checking on neighbours please. Please. I have excellent supply lines now. And a neighbour drops turf in occasionally. And I keep well stocked with food etc. Always a months' supply. For me and my seven cats... furry "hot water bottles" that they are....

I think it will be Thursday before anything much happens on this coast, if at all. It is very still and almost eerily and unnaturally calm, and a bitter-hearted easterly breath that chills the very marrow outside. It feels like pre-snow calm and a dark - striated gray sky lower and lower.

We shall see. and camera at the ready.

TheMilkyPirate

R.F. wrote: »

It’s really quite hard to keep up. Some posts suggest downgrade and others not, and I’m never sure who is reliable. What is the latest for Wexford this week and after Wednesday?

Could be epic here (Wexford) Thursday/Friday but between now and then expect nothing more than a few light flurries and be delighted with anything more.

Thursday the big day for widespread snow. And then next week... who knows could be deep in the freezer.

Gaoth Laidir

There was a discussion earlier on how inaccurate the ECM is for dewpoints. Yesterday's 12Z got it pretty bang on for now, it has to be said.
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TheMilkyPirate

It's a couple of degrees off in many places tbf, would that be accurate 24 hours out

Calibos

TheMilkyPirate wrote: »

Could be epic here (Wexford) Thursday/Friday but between now and then expect nothing more than a few light flurries and be delighted with anything more.

Thursday the big day for widespread snow. And the next week... who knows could be deep in the freezer.

Is that chart 3 hours of accumulation totalling about 10mm for Wexford?? I presume thats rain equivalent. Anyone know what conversion factor to use to figure out snow depth? I'm presuming the the cold uppers it won't be heavy dense wet stuff anyway so I imagine the conversion factor would be quite high for fluffier dryer stuff. x10 x20??

Gaoth Laidir

Calibos wrote: »

Is that chart 3 hours of accumulation totalling about 10mm for Wexford?? I presume thats rain equivalent. Anyone know what conversion factor to use to figure out snow depth? I'm presuming the the cold uppers it won't be heavy dense wet stuff anyway so I imagine the conversion factor would be quite high for fluffier dryer stuff. x10 x20??

Very wet snow, around x4-8. For dry fluffy snow, anywhere up to around x40.

kittyn

We have another interesting forecast from Snowbie for the week ahead ...... Great detail and very well explained for all levels ......

https://youtu.be/RzKgSHAozVo

Kermit.de.frog

2.7c/-2.6c @ Howth

Nqp15hhu

Some of the fields round here have turned a brown/yellow colour due to the cool weather.

Oscar Bravo

Dublin airport TAF valid until tomorrow evening , mosty dry. Small chance of light snow showers.will feel bitter though easterly wind gusting up to 32 knots.

TAF EIDW 071700Z 0718/0818 08018KT 9999 FEW010 BKN025 TEMPO 0718/0818 09020G32KT
PROB30 TEMPO 0718/0818 3000 -SHSN BKN010

gerrybhoy

Wind fair picking up here,cut ye in two the breeze

Dazler97

I'm expecting met eireann to issue warnings tomorrow for the East anyway, then Thursday is one to watch as well that could be 2/3 of the country be covered in warnings

DOCARCH

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

2.7c/-2.6c @ Howth

Wind at M2 bouy has gone from E to ENE.

2.4c in Dublin 16.

Gonzo

The real cold not far off now, temperature here in Meath now just 2C, should get close to freezing over next few hours. Still the odd spit of snow grains in the wind here.

We should start to see light flurries after midnight. The wind outside is absolutely biting.

redsteveireland

We better get some snow after that Ireland finish...

Technophobe

redsteveireland wrote: »

We better get some snow after that Ireland finish...

I thought I seen a flake earlier but it was the ball from Man City's penalty

PokeHerKing

redsteveireland wrote: »

We better get some snow after that Ireland finish...

I think its an omen that England gets all the snow. Maybe we can give them back billy burns.

Larbre34

Ignoring Thursday for the moment, when do we see as the main windows for shower activity into the east coast over the next 72 hours?

Gonzo

Larbre34 wrote: »

Ignoring Thursday for the moment, when do we see as the main windows for shower activity into the east coast over the next 72 hours?

I would say tomorrow evening to maybe Wednesday morning or early afternoon. Tuesday is probably the best day for the streamers. Light snow showers should get going from later tonight, after midnight and into the early morning.

KathleenF

1.3C here in D11. Went for a walk earlier at 2C but didn’t feel that cold.

Oscar Bravo

A cold 1 degree at Knock @ 5pm with a gusty easterly wind. A nice windchill up there!

Oscar Bravo

https://twitter.com/MetEireann/status/1358468150996656128?s=19

Gaoth Laidir

Latest snow depths. Unimpressive away from SE England.

Graces7

Graces7 wrote: »

If you mean me; no! I am very snugly accommodated out here thank you! . We out in the wide ocean have thick walls and small well fitted windows etc. I have never had that kind of problem thankfully. And we get less frost. But more wind. With the gales we protect carefully and well. Like when I was in Orkney; walls three feet thick and small windows and no doors facing north/.east.

And echoing re checking on neighbours please. Please. I have excellent supply lines now. And a neighbour drops turf in occasionally. And I keep well stocked with food etc. Always a months' supply. For me and my seven cats... furry "hot water bottles" that they are....

I think it will be Thursday before anything much happens on this coast, if at all. It is very still and almost eerily and unnaturally calm, and a bitter-hearted easterly breath that chills the very marrow outside. It feels like pre-snow calm and a dark - striated gray sky lower and lower.

We shall see. and camera at the ready.

Good to see you back Grace. Always nice to read your descriptions of the situation on the island. Keep up the updates.

Nqp15hhu

Looks like I may miss out of snow on Thursday too now! I am glad it’s going to stay cold but would be nice to see some snow.

gozunda

Gonzo wrote: »

The real cold not far off now, temperature here in Meath now just 2C, should get close to freezing over next few hours. Still the odd spit of snow grains in the wind here.

We should start to see light flurries after midnight. The wind outside is absolutely biting.

Same here. With the windchill though if feels about -3c

Graces7

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

A cold 1 degree at Knock @ 5pm with a gusty easterly wind. A nice windchill up there!

Ouch! I am not setting foot outside again tonight.. I can hear the wind now

Graces7

Deleted User wrote: »

Good to see you back Grace. Always nice to read your descriptions of the situation on the island. Keep up the updates.

Ah thanks. Struggling healthwise more and more but snow events will always tempt me lol..