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Mothman

Not just blue sky to north but sunshine to north. It should be here in a few minutes.


Mike, you may head north!

In fact the sun has just arrived.

Thick cloud to be seen to the south.

And indeed that sunshine has just arrived here 20 miles further down the n11 \o/

Indeed if it maintains present course and speed, it should reach waterford by about dusk

Edit: its relation southeast sun should be there now with you mossy....

highdef

Anyone have any views/thoughts about the upcoming bitter cold/SNOWY blast due to begin to make it's self apparant by Sunday, as predicted by both the UK and Irish met offices. Looks like next week could be a white out. What do you all think of this?

sunbeam

Originally posted by ntl Technical
Anyone have any views/thoughts about the upcoming bitter cold/SNOWY blast due to begin to make it's self apparant by Sunday, as predicted by both the UK and Irish met offices. Looks like next week could be a white out. What do you all think of this?

For me any weather that is not grey is good. I don't have to go anywhere important until the end of next week so I wouldn't mind a little snow. Probably won't be good for the daffodils and other flowers that have been up since December though.

Today is cold and bright with partial cloud and a decent amount of sunshine-YAY!

highdef

Well there has been no sun here in Dublin so far today, or the past couple of days for that matter. Had a temperture reading of 13C when driving to work today with the sunroof open - IN JANUARY!!! The ground is still a bit damp and there isn't a breath of wind.

Mothman

That Dublin cloud has taken the N11 route and is taking over Wicklow. Doesn't look like I'll see sun again today. Temp peaked at 12.8C.
As for snow, it would make the kids happy, and if they're happy, I'm happy as there is a kid in all of us! Also if it did snow, it would protect the daffs etc, from the icy weather above. I'm not raising my hopes up a lot for snow, as they've been dashed too often.

Mossy Monk

Originally posted by Man
Indeed if it maintains present course and speed, it should reach waterford by about dusk

Waterford City does seem to get more than it's fair share of dullness. go west by about 20 miles for a sun tan

highdef

Well according to the BBC, max daytime temperatures will be at or below freezing right across the UK and Ireland, bar the south coast of England. Apparantly, they haven't issued any official warnings yet as they are afraid they might get the forecast completely wrong like they did the other week when they forecast a huge storm in the south of England which never materialised. But from what I read, present indications show that it could be the coldest, snowiest snap in many years (in Ireland anyway) and the wind chill could prove to be the worst part of it.

Mothman

This is Met Eireann forecast at moment

Monday: Feeling very cold in a fresh northeasterly wind. It will be a mostly dry, sunny day in the West and South but heavy hail/snow showers will occur, especially in the East.

I suppose thats the kiss of death on it now.

Mossy, if its any consolation, light drizzle here now.

Mossy Monk

Originally posted by Mothman
Mossy, if its any consolation, light drizzle here now.

still clear skies here but the sun is gone behind the hills

Originally posted by Mothman
That Dublin cloud has taken the N11 route and is taking over Wicklow. Doesn't look like I'll see sun again today. Temp peaked at 12.8C.
As for snow, it would make the kids happy, and if they're happy, I'm happy as there is a kid in all of us! Also if it did snow, it would protect the daffs etc, from the icy weather above. I'm not raising my hopes up a lot for snow, as they've been dashed too often.

Its a bit early to tell, but the developing weather situation is very interesting .

The polar air which is predicted to take a grip next week will take the form of a northeasterly at times which will drag very cold air over a warmer Irish sea and onto the East coast.
That air if its unstable will produce showers, which with polar air would in all likelhood be wintry.
If the temperature is low enough, the conditions for significant snowfall could be perfect and temperatures are forecast to drop enough to allow this to happen.

For snow lovers, what could happen would be, the same scenario as what brought us the october thunderstorms, except the precipitation would be snow , not rain and several inches of the stuff.


Light Drizzle here too by the way and misty.

mike65

Foul...:mad: Me getting quite depressed....:(

Mike.

Mossy Monk

depressing reading their man. the snow (if it comes) will have me locked in during daylight hours :mad:

Dull and dreary- a lot of rain and drizzle at times.
It did brighten up for half an hour or so around lunchtime and then back to the dull and dank.

mike65

I wonder if I killed someone would that cheer me up.....ah its okay I see the sun! Oh its setting......:(

Mike.

Mothman

Spectacular sky to west at moment. Not a sign for fine weather I'm afraid.

celticfc

Originally posted by Man
Dull and dreary- a lot of rain and drizzle at times.
It did brighten up for half an hour or so around lunchtime and then back to the dull and dank.

Exact same as here so.

Sleipnir

anyone in Dublin look out the window.
The atmosphere appears to be a freakish purpl/pink colour for some reason.

Mothman

Just the same 30 miles south

Mothman

Gone to various shades of pink and orange with sky blue in between.

sunbeam

Extremely cold and windy here today.

Sun hit the hills at about 4.40pm. Nothing spectacular, still no fog like yesterday. We don't get to see it set over the sea until March.

Tivoli

Originally posted by Mothman
Gone to various shades of pink and orange with sky blue in between.

yeah what was that all about, i was on me bike cycling up camdem st at 5pm today and it was so red/orange i was tempted to stop at a green light

its mild outside tonight in blanchardstown, hear theres snow due tomorrow night

celticfc

A lovely Dublin morning out there, the sun is shining & theres clear blue skies, still kinda cold though. :cool:

Mothman

Originally posted by celticfc
A lovely Dublin morning out there, the sun is shining & theres clear blue skies, still kinda cold though. :cool:

Ditto 30 miles south

mike65

Sun sun sun! Not cold either! Me happy

Mike.

Ditto, beautifull sunset in south wicklow now

Mothman

6.2hrs sun today, quite respectable for a Jan day.
Its cool out at the moment but the temp hasn't dropped sharply since sunset as often happens under clear skies.

sunbeam

...but lots of biblical cloudscapes with broad beams of sunlight streaming through.

Cold and windy but mainly dry apart from the odd hail shower.

celticfc

Another nice & sunny morn' here & not cold at all. :cool:

mike65

Started out bright and sunny with some frost, but now its clouded over. Feeling nippy.

Mike.