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ninebeanrows

Reports of Lying snow at Kells

www.nra.ie

Weathercheck - could you please stop sensationalising and relax thanks.

From the NRA site:
Date Sat, Nov 20
Time (24hr) 08:04
Air Temp 1.0° C.
33.8 ° F.
Humidity 95%
Avg Windspeed 6.0 mph
Wind direction Easterly (110º)
Road Surface Temp 0.3° C.
32.5 ° F.
Road State Wet
Precipitation Light rainfall

There probably was snow lying there but it's raining now, hardly anything to get excited about and certainly not anything of any significance.
As I've said several times now, it's rain preceded by a little sleet and snow, not a blizzard, white out drifts of anything like that

except maybe for centipedes...


raining here in wicklow by the way.

ninebeanrows

3 Week Forecast Out for those interested

3 Week Forecast

And im honestly not sensationalising anything

Im telling the facts that were there at the time

ninebeanrows

Sorry to all those i disappointed i can get carried
away im 15 and have only seen one proper
snow aka Feb 27th 2001
Nothing can compare to that


I'll Try to be more realistic in the future

Thats ok weathercheck-no hard feelings

If its any consolation I keft my folks up in january 1982 here all night for 3 nights for a blizzard that lasted 3 days and dumped about two to three feet of snow here in Arklow with drifts 15 to 20 feet high.
The roads were closed and we were cut off for a couple of days and had no electricity.The people up the hills just a few miles away were marooned for a week or more and had food parcels dropped by helicopter.
Up near croghan mountain about 6 miles from where I live and about 1500 feet to 2000ft above sea level the drifts reached to the tops of the trees and thats 30 feet or more.
I was about 10 at the time and remember going down the yard with my sister at night and getting stook waist deep in the stuff and I was tall as a young lad.

Our car completely disappeared under the drifts and you could walk across the fields as the snow completely covered over the hedges.

The best bit was I got ten days off school.
And we are at sea level! Now that was a snowstorm.
Even after the mild weather and rain returned the drifts were in the fields and at the road sides for up to a forthnight later.

mike65

Wet and cool.

Meanwhile "ah the winter of 82!" even here in Waterford City the snow was on the ground for a week I remember how dirty it was by the thaw. No days off school though!

Mike.

ninebeanrows

`Funny you speak of 1982

Chart for that day
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive/ra/1982/Rrea00119820109.gif

and this FI chart from GFS It will not happen but here it is anyway
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn3721.gif

the similarities are starkling

IIRC what happened in 1982 was a feed of intensely cold easterly's meeting up with a vigourous atlantic weather system with a large area of high pressure over scandanavia causing the feed.
It was a battle between a warm system and a cold feed and with fronts in there as you know that means a lot of precipitation.
The cold feed won out turned the rain to snow.
It actually started as rain on the south coast and places as far north as Rosslare initially reported rain and snow mixed.
It started as snow here though and the system got stuck over the Irish sea with the cold air feed.
There was even a report of a ship sinking in the irish sea with the weight of snow on board combined with the strong winds!
When it moved away to the north East a cold high pressure system built down which kept the country freezing by day and night for a week .

There is little comparison though between the computer models of today and what was available 22 years ago.The forcasters did say it would snow a lot at the time I remember but they were caught out by the extent of it.
Also it was in january when the air over central , easten Europe and Siberia feeding the system would have been much colder than in november.

I guess the moral of the story is, if you want significant snow, you want a high pressure in the right part of scandanavia.
East winds basically not North ones, they are good for Scotland but no good for the south of England or most of Ireland if you are a snow lover that is

Now when I've time I'll move this little chat over to the other thread

Gonzo

we had about an inch of snow on the ground at 8am this morning then it started raining and all was melted by 11,30am, its still drizzling outside and its much milder.

Danno

You the same as on TWO?

Hello everybody, I am new to Boards.ie - this is my first post!

Agent Smith

i totally dont get the last post.....


very overcast in killiney this morning, altho mild, about 8 degrees,

Paddy20

Ballybofey,

Very dark grey overcast with rain, although not so cold today.

P.

mike65

Funny day so far, bright then dull then bright then...etc! Odd bit of rain.

Mike.

Danno

T'was nice to see some snow the other night, esp this far south. Here is mild today with some sun, some cloud and some rain! Mixed indeed.


What will the winter bring us?

Paddy20

Ballybofey,

Cold, dark overcast and dry. Not sure what to make of it, to be honest.

P.

nice day today-it felt warm again in the breeze.
Made a change from all the rain of the last 48 hours

mike65

Practically summer

Mike.

Paddy20

Ballybofey,

Milder today, but still grey & overcast although dry up to now.

P.

mike65

Wretched really, dull a bit damp now foggy. I need SUN!

Mike.

EKRIUQ

just after driving back from Waterford to Kilkenny, Foggy in parts but not too bad overall

Very foggy here near Arklow and was raining earlier.
Drove from Dublin down this evening and met the fog within a mile from home

Paddy20

Ballybofey,

Mild and dry, but overcast. Could be a lot worse.

P.

Lashing rain here in Arklow at the moment

mike65

Started damp the cloud lifted a bit and dried up but still basicly meh.

Mike.

445279.ie

Dry and mild in Ennis

Paddy20

Ballybofey,

Dry and mild and bright here today, so far.

P.

EKRIUQ

its dark now, and getting a bit nippy!!!!!!

mike65

Wet to varying degrees.

Mike.

dank
all day
rainy

Paddy20

Ballybofey,

A beautiful bright sunny mild clear blue sky morning here, up to now.

P.