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

Tyrone212

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

So far, to use the coin method of measuring snow depth, turn the coin flat and use its thickness (2.3 mm) as a reference!

Good guide below. And an important point "It is not a good practice to measure the snow directly in the grass as the snow amount will be inflated by the blades of grass."

https://www.weather.gov/jkl/snow_measurement

ZeroSum76

Gonzo wrote: »

and i'm back under the IOM shadow. Lots of hail/snow showers 5 miles to my north and the Irish sea looking rather empty to my east. The shower train seems to be tracking further north as well looking at the radar on netweather.

Would that be North Wicklow perchance? Hasn't been a whiff in Ashford all day thus far.

Tyrone212

Beefy shower off malin and a small one across Inishowen. If you live in this area don't be surprised to get a covering even though you're not included in the warning.

Gonzo

Gonzo wrote: »

and i'm back under the IOM shadow. Lots of hail/snow showers 5 miles to my north and the Irish sea looking rather empty to my east. The shower train seems to be tracking further north as well looking at the radar on netweather.

edit: a shower has just appeared out of nowhere near the Meath coastline between Donabate and Balbriggan which may get to here.

From the live reporting on virgin media news outside the HSE in Baggott St,its Graupel falling
You're not missing much if that's the case

Squidvicious

Gonzo wrote: »

Thread updated to reflect the yellow warning for snow and ice:

Status Yellow - Snow/Ice warning for Dublin, Kildare, Louth, Wicklow, Meath and Monaghan
Met Éireann Weather Warning

Snow accumulations of 2 to 5 cm in places.

Valid: 18:00 Monday 08/02/2021 to 18:00 Tuesday 09/02/2021

Issued: 16:00 Monday 08/02/2021

https://www.met.ie/warnings/today

I take it that the rest of the country can kiss goodbye to the chance of seeing snow, at least until Wednesday night/Thursday?

charlietheminxx

Promising looking clouds in Swords.... Keeping my fingers crossed!

Humberto Salazar

Squidvicious wrote: »

I take it that the rest of the country can kiss goodbye to the chance of seeing snow, at least until Wednesday night/Thursday?

Pretty much. The odd stray shower will drift across but looks like nothing for the rest of us till Thursday.

John.Icy

Gonzo wrote: »

and i'm back under the IOM shadow. Lots of hail/snow showers 5 miles to my north and the Irish sea looking rather empty to my east. The shower train seems to be tracking further north as well looking at the radar on netweather.

edit: a shower has just appeared out of nowhere near the Meath coastline between Donabate and Balbriggan which may get to here.

Don't think the IOM is anything to do with that clearance, just bad luck.

All that precip. out to sea is moving markedly more direct West than even 20 minutes ago. Making a beeline for your region.

ninebeanrows

Decent stream of showers primed for the Dublin region, they aren't going to bring a whiteout but a mix of graupel and snow is likely and hopefully they will perk up as the night progresses to give some a covering by morning.

TTLF

its snowing well here but im guessing we shouldn't expect it to accumulate? just seems to light and blows around in the wind... :)

cold.stream

Flow doesn't look to promising for me (Dalkey), same old spits of graupel here and there. Met eireann's warning sounds spot on though, maybe a few lucky spots could get more than 5cm

aurora 527

Some people wonder why some of us get excited about the prospect of snow. For me it's because it's so rare, very difficult to get all the weather gods to align and give us perfect snow conditions. For me it breaks my snow loving heart to either have the precipitation and not the temperatures or we have the correct temperatures and conditions but no precipitation..but on the rare occasions when it all comes together.. Joy!!!

Gonzo

Gonzo wrote: »

and i'm back under the IOM shadow. Lots of hail/snow showers 5 miles to my north and the Irish sea looking rather empty to my east. The shower train seems to be tracking further north as well looking at the radar on netweather.

edit: a shower has just appeared out of nowhere near the Meath coastline between Donabate and Balbriggan which may get to here.

I see lots of disappearing showers on there as well.

smellyoldboot

So this is what the "beast" has degenerated to: a yellow for a small sprinkling of counties. Ireland you underwhelm me yet again. Onward to summer and looking forward to a rare dry day above 20 degrees.

Rebelbrowser

I'd shelve my usual jealousy to see pics of anywhere in the country getting proper snow soon. Would at least tell us it was possible from this spell.....

smellyoldboot

smellyoldboot wrote: »

So this is what the "beast" has degenerated to: a yellow for a small sprinkling of counties. Ireland you underwhelm me yet again. Onward to summer and looking forward to a rare dry day above 20 degrees.

This bit wasn’t the beast, which was never on for early week anyway.

Slashermcguirk

It stuck around for 3-4 days in fairness

compsys wrote: »

Well it's more than we have here right now that's for sure. Plus the snow two weeks ago barely stuck around.

ninebeanrows

Road , surface temperatures are largely dominated by insolation and have a much greater diurnal range at this time of the year than they did a mere month ago. They won't be below zero until around 7pm and will come back above zero around 10am unless its snowing heavily.

Shane O' Malley

smellyoldboot wrote: »

So this is what the "beast" has degenerated to: a yellow for a small sprinkling of counties. Ireland you underwhelm me yet again. Onward to summer and looking forward to a rare dry day above 20 degrees.

Never was supposed to be the beast. Met.ie only ever gave an advisory for cold weather.

Humberto Salazar

smellyoldboot wrote: »

So this is what the "beast" has degenerated to: a yellow for a small sprinkling of counties. Ireland you underwhelm me yet again. Onward to summer and looking forward to a rare dry day above 20 degrees.

I endorse this message.

Kermit.de.frog

Looks like incoming for north Dublin soon - more so up toward Portmarnock, Swords, Malahide

snowgal

Gonzo wrote: »

and i'm back under the IOM shadow. Lots of hail/snow showers 5 miles to my north and the Irish sea looking rather empty to my east. The shower train seems to be tracking further north as well looking at the radar on netweather.

edit: a shower has just appeared out of nowhere near the Meath coastline between Donabate and Balbriggan which may get to here.

same as Gonzo.. Im near Trim here and we are either under or over the showers, see them all around in the clouds but just not here......

Gonzo

smellyoldboot wrote: »

So this is what the "beast" has degenerated to: a yellow for a small sprinkling of counties. Ireland you underwhelm me yet again. Onward to summer and looking forward to a rare dry day above 20 degrees.

A Beast has never been forecasted, certainly by nobody here on boards. Too many people believe that this is a beast because the media/rag papers and some weather channels keep referring to this as a beast which is nothing more than clickbate and social media promotion. This is a spell of cold and wintry weather with showers mainly for Leinster and parts of the north midlands. Many parts of the country will stay cold, dry and possibly frosty between now and Thursday.

Bio Mech

Humberto Salazar wrote: »

I endorse this message.

There should be a separate thread "Disappointed in the cold spell. Axe to grind? Vent here."

Holy Duck

Kermit.de.frog wrote:

Looks like incoming for north Dublin soon - more so up toward Portmarnock, Swords, Malahide

Bit heavier now in Rush, roof of car white

SouthWesterly

A cold day in kerry, I shall look on with delight at the lack of white stuff in the Kingdom

smellyoldboot

smellyoldboot wrote: »

So this is what the "beast" has degenerated to: a yellow for a small sprinkling of counties. Ireland you underwhelm me yet again. Onward to summer and looking forward to a rare dry day above 20 degrees.

The Drizzle from the Shnizzle...

T2Pauly

Rathcoole Co. Dublin , heavy Graupel

dak

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Looks like incoming for north Dublin soon - more so up toward Portmarnock, Swords, Malahide

All quiet in Portmarnock.. I'll look out for it!

ninebeanrows

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Looks like incoming for north Dublin soon - more so up toward Portmarnock, Swords, Malahide

Think it has Santry written all over it.