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

Gaoth Laidir

Right, I'm sticking on the big coat and heading out for a walk to see if there's anything in the air here.

Reati

lawred2 wrote: »

RTE just mentioned rain and snow on Thursday only.

Ah here. I've feckin surgery Thursday morning. It can feck off till after I get to the hospital.

Gonzo

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Right, I'm sticking on the big coat and heading out for a walk to see if there's anything in the air here.

you'll need a massive torch and 20/20 vision to try and catch the random glitter that might appear through the darkness.

Oneiric 3

UK Met coloured synoptic analysis for 12pm today. Posting it for no other reason than to keep it archived.

Brendan offaly

Here is a pic from my video that won’t upload for me.
Very light snow but nice size flakes.
Tullamore.

Dazler97

Some flakes in the wind here in Carrick on Shannon, nothing on the radar so it's just a local flurrie

TTLF

lawred2 wrote: »

RTE just mentioned rain and snow on Thursday only.

Doesn't sound like they are expecting a whole lot this week

If it was the same as the 1pm news segment on it, they're just reaffirming that there's a more widespread snow event chance on Thursday.

pad199207

Brendan offaly wrote: »

Here is a pic from my video that won’t upload for me.
Very light snow but nice size flakes.
Tullamore.

Cw85

The weather forecast after the 9 news was good, streamers Monday Tuesday and Wed and the rain turning to sleet and snow as it moves through the country Thursday with some accumulations possible

Brendan offaly

pad199207 wrote: »

Ha ha. Looks better in the video that won’t upload I swear. 😀
Anyways I’m surprised and ðŸ˜႒

Dazler97

I think rté meant that it's gonna start off as snow and then slowly transition back into rain. Other than that it's sleet

Tyrone212

This thread is a week old tomorrow. Hopefully by tomorrow evening or Tuesday somewhere has lying snow.

Zogabomb

Dazler97 wrote: »

I think rté meant that it's gonna start off as snow and then slowly transition back into rain. Other than that it's sleet

Looks like it could be snow Thursday and some of Friday in North and East

Oscar Bravo

9pm
Knock is the only station at zero with a gusty easterly breeze making it feel very raw up there id imagine.Most other locations steady at 2 degrees. Great to see the place dry here on Castlebar. hope theres some snow for those in the east tomorrow. photos most welcome

munsterlegend

Dazler97 wrote: »

I think rté meant that it's gonna start off as snow and then slowly transition back into rain. Other than that it's sleet

Probably more likely rain/sleet in the far south/south west on Thursday and transitioning to snow over midlands and east as moves up over the country before turning back to sleet rain again by Friday,

Oneiric 3

850 temps video animation for the last 48hrs. The bunny is finally unleashed.

https://imgur.com/a/juLN1xT

Gonzo

I think at this stage we are all realizing this isn't going to be anything like 2010/2018 in terms of snow. This is no beast from the east and it never was forecasted to be despite what all the rag papers and media report. A true beast from the east is 4 to 5 days of moderate to heavy snow streamers, -10 to -12 uppers across the country as a minimum. Sub zero by day and night throughout the country for several days.

Instead we are in for 3 to 4 cold days, mostly dry and temperatures above freezing by day and slightly below by night. Snow will be limited to favored areas of the east with 1 to 8cm between now and Thursday in Leinster/midlands. A few lucky areas could get close to 10cm or slightly above which is a fairly decent level of snow. However this is way off the amounts that fell during 2010 and 2018. Monday night to Wednesday morning remains the best opportunities for showers to have some sort of intensity to them.

For now Thursday remains very much up in the air and anything is possible that day and into Friday.

Oneiric 3

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Great to see the place dry here on Castlebar.

First time I have seen the roads this dry in months.

Cw85

Baby baby flakes falling in Carlow Town under the street light under a cloudy sky

Larbre34

Just put the bin out and got cut to ribbons by the breeze for my troubles. My fault for going out in a t-shirt I guess.

But yeah, the amount of evaporation that has taken place since sundown is astonishing, been damp all week and now the hard surfaces are bone dry.

Brendan offaly

Gonzo wrote: »

I think at this stage we are all realizing this isn't going to be anything like 2010/2018 in terms of snow. This is no beast from the east and it never was forecasted to be despite what all the rag papers and media report. A true beast from the east is 4 to 5 days of moderate to heavy snow streamers, -10 to -12 uppers across the country as a minimum. Sub zero by day and night throughout the country for several days.

Instead we are in for 3 to 4 cold days, mostly dry and temperatures above freezing by day and slightly below by night. Snow will be limited to favored areas of the east with 1 to 8cm between now and Thursday in Leinster/midlands. A few lucky areas could get close to 10cm or slightly above which is a fairly decent level of snow. However this is way off the amounts that fell during 2010 and 2018. Monday night to Wednesday morning remains the best opportunities for showers to have some sort of intensity to them.

For now Thursday remains very much up in the air and anything is possible that day and into Friday.

There lies the problem. Everyone is seeking extreme temps or extreme snowfall.
5to 10 cm of snow for a day or two is great and more normal for Ireland anyways.
All expectations are way to high since 2018 and 10.

AndyBoBandy

Gonzo wrote: »

For now Thursday remains very much up in the air and anything is possible that day and into Friday.

As much as I'd absolutely love to see a week of snow, I do really hope it's all burned off by Thursday as I have to drive from Dublin to Cork on Thursday morning, and back up again late afternoon!!


... Friday morning it can all come back of course..

TTLF

Constantly small snizzle still happening here, just never really stops.

On the bright side, the ground is getting a real good drying, so any more "substantial" snow has a better chance of sticking than it did this morning.

Brendan offaly

TTLF wrote: »

Constantly small snizzle still happening here, just never really stops.

Where ??

Cw85

Cw85 wrote: »

Baby baby flakes falling in Carlow Town under the street light under a cloudy sky

Meant to mention my weather station is showing it as 2.2 degrees with a dewpoint of -3.3

TTLF

Brendan offaly wrote: »

Where ??

D14... like it says in my signature.

South Dublin.

Larbre34

TTLF wrote: »

D14... like it says in my signature.

South Dublin.

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SleetAndSnow

Chilly but dry in Cork City. Just under 3 degrees. There was some frost on the cars at this point yesterday, not even fogged up tonight.

lawred2

lawred2 wrote: »

RTE just mentioned rain and snow on Thursday only.

Doesn't sound like they are expecting a whole lot this week

Yay!!! Snow!

pad199207

TTLF wrote: »

D14... like it says in my signature.

South Dublin.

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