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ninebeanrows

Yes Gonzo it now looks very liekly that a sharp
cold spell will affect Ireland this Christmas
with a major possibility of snow must be
pushing past 60% now with models all
indicating a a cold spell infact the current
output is a warm outlier!! This is the real
thing and its happening!! The long range models
have been amazing they picked Christmas to be like
this almost 8 days ago!!! That really is something and
long range forecasts will have to be taken more seriously
from now on

As for tonights snow theres a real hope for some on the back edge
if you stay up past midnight..although there might not
be any evidence in the morning although there will
be a very hard frost nationwide with temperatures tomorrow
no more than 3c here in Dublin!!

mike65

Cold and miserable, increasingly wet through the day.

Mike.

Gonzo

its turned a good bit colder here now but the rain has stoped and there seems to be breaks developing outside, think im just gonna have to wait till xmas day to see the snow:) tbh i dont really want snow now anyway as i got an important exam on monday morning and any form of snow/ice/frost will be worrying for me getting in early.

Gonzo

reasonably mild sunday morning outside, mixture of clouds and sunshine, the cold plunge never happened and no overnight frosts, about 5/6C outside atm.

Sarky

Clear and sunny in Mervue, Galway, but still quite nippy.

Mothman

Weathercheck wrote:

As for tonights snow theres a real hope for some on the back edge
if you stay up past midnight..although there might not
be any evidence in the morning although there will
be a very hard frost nationwide with temperatures tomorrow
no more than 3c here in Dublin!!

Casement and Dublin Airport at 5c & 6c at 11am

Further south in Wicklow it's a sunny 7c but feeling cooler in the realtively dry air. Humidity is only 50% giving dewpoint well below zero and with the breeze the wind chill is making it feel even colder than 3c

A Dub in Glasgo

Clear here in Glasgow. It was -5.4'C at 9am and now it is -1'C

ninebeanrows

temperatures in Scotland reached -14c last night, snwo was
recorded in Knock

The reason the temperature is higher here on the east coast
is due to the onshore breeze dew points are below freezing here
if there was any showers they would be of snow

Here my Christmas Forecast

Christmas Week Forecast..........Cold!!

O.K I thought for the good of boards i'd give a pretty detailed
rundown on the weeks weather Before i begin. The weather this week
is set to be very mixed milder and very windy weather will arrive midweek
before much colder and possibly snowy weather around Christmas eve
and Christmas day. All I'll say is that your childhood dreams have a very
high possibility of coming off!

The Week Ahead

Monday:
Rain will arrive in the west by 6am and quickly sweep east introducing
slightly milder weather. The rain may turn to sleet or wet snow in places
across the north and east for a time especially in mountanous areas.
Showery and cool weather will arrive in the west in the wake of the
rainband. Temperatures will begin below freezing in the north and east
but will rise as the rainband moves through. Temperatures will range
between 6-9c by late afternoon.

Tuesday:
Any showers will dy out by Tuesday morning and it will feel quite cold
with perhaps a slight frost in the midlands to begin. It will be a bright, cool day in most areas with the odd shower in the far northeast. Temepratures will remain on the cold side with maxima between 5c in the midlands to 8c in the
far southwest. Heavy rain will arrive in the northwest by evening and move
across the country during the night. The rain will be very heavy in places
with perhaps some localised flooding and waterlogging.

Wednesday:
Heavy rain will slip east and turn persistant and heavy. It will feel noticeably
milder with temperatures widely reaching double figures. It will be very
breezy in the west with perhaps localised gales. By late afternoon the rain
will slowly move away from the east and it will turn dryer for a time. But
drizzle and fog will set in towards dusk.

Thursday:
Very wet and very windy weather will push into the northwest and
move southeast. Severe gales are likely in places with gusts in excess
of 70mph likely in exposed areas. The glaes and heavy rain will
make it feel very cold but temperatures are likely to reach double figures
at times. The far north of Ulster can expect some severe weather as very
heavy rain and extremely high winds affect the area. The rain will rapidly
move east during the early afternoon and clear the east coast by mid afternoon. It will turn cooler from the west towards dark.

Friday:
Christmas Eve will be a day where almost every weather type will
affect Ireland! To begin a rainband will move south through early
morning introducing much cooler weather. The rain will very heavy
in many areas. By mid afternoon a small low pressure will form
on the strong northwesterly airstream and wrap very cold air
around it. The rainbands associated with the low will push
south through the afternoon and will turn to snow by evening
several cm's of snow will accumalate in higher areas although
lower level of the midlands, north and east can expect a
few centimetres by evening. Later in the evening a bitter
northwesterly airflow will develop bringing heavy snow showers
to many areas with local blizzard conditions especially across
the north and west where accumalations of more that 10cm's
are more than likely.

Christmas Day:
A very cold and unsettled day with temperatures peaking
in the southeast early in the day at around 3c. Bands
of heavy snow showers will transfer from north to south
delivering a White Christmas to the majority of Ireland.
Strong northwesterly winds will mean that blizzard
conditions are likely especially across High Ground. More than 10cm
of snow will ly in many areas with road conditions expected to
be extremely hazardous after the rain and snow from the previous
day will freeze over. Christmas night will be very cold with
temperatures down to -5c locally and with snow showers
still affecting the nrth and east.

After that:
Milder weather is likely to arrive by midday on Stephen's day and
a steady thaw will set in. Looking after that more
unsettled weather is likely with milder and colder periods
likely with strong atlantic blocking expected at times.

Hope you like that anyway !!! I know its sort of unbelievable
but the fact is that is what can be expected during the run up
to christmas and on Christmas day

I'd say Paddy Power will slash their odds on Monday

I'll give you more updates through the week on the
situation. The overally liklihood of a white Christmas
is around 60%

celticfc

Sunny but very very chilly :eek:

Lafortezza

13.15 in Dublin Airport. Nice and sunny bit of cloud, humidity is waaay down, 58%.

Paddy20

A beautiful bright sunny cold dry blue sky type of day so far in Ballybofey.

P. :cool:

mike65

Same here.

Mike.

Gonzo

sunny and reasonably mild outside atm about 8 or 9C.. the rte forecast last night was giving 2C-4C maximum for our part of the country today:) As is the usuall with cold plunges/snow warnings they never materialise 90% of the time near the meath/dublin area but they arrive when least expected..it always works out in the UK tho. despite all these charts and predictions of snow blizzards for christmas from multiple sources im not banking on anything... i'll see it first before I believe it, ive been dissapointed far to many times over the past 10 years with snow blizzards turning out to no more than a damp drizzely squid.

Paddy20

A bad dark wet cold miserable whore of a day in Ballybofey.

ninebeanrows

It might be a lot prettier come Christmas Day!!
Hold on to your hats guys winters a coming....

Paddy i wouldnt be surprised if 20cm + fell over
the Christmas period up there in Donegal your in
a prime location and snow for Christmas at this stage
almost looks a certainty!!!

BEAT

Everything is covered in snow in my neck of the woods,
we got another 8 inches of the white stuff last night.

it is 16 degrees F here, not sure what that is in C

I know its so cold that even in my office I am freezing, boss needs to turn up the damned heat!!

ninebeanrows

I presume your in Central East America or Toronto???

An absolute beast of a cold spell is pasting through there
at the minute with temperatures unheard of in this
Country...wathc your jaw drop when youn see this chart :eek:



Now thats a cold blast

Have you tried the freeze test mate??

Filling up a glass of water and pouring it on the ground outside?
Apparently it freezes solid on impact

BEAT

you are correct, I am in north eastern Ohio, cleveland right on Lake erie...in the light blue area on that map...it is so cold it feels like jack frost is literally biting you!

mike65

Dry and bright until about 4 pm when the showers finally arrived. Cold.

Mike.

Paddy20

Weathercheck wrote:

It might be a lot prettier come Christmas Day!!
Hold on to your hats guys winters a coming....

Paddy i wouldnt be surprised if 20cm + fell over
the Christmas period up there in Donegal your in
a prime location and snow for Christmas at this stage
almost looks a certainty!!!

Eh!, Whaaaaa :eek: Now what odd's are the bookie's offering. Jingle bells,jingle bells, jingle money!, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

BTW, Earthman has gone very quiet, or has he changed his Name again ?.....

P.

ninebeanrows

Odds are at 7/4 for Dublin im led to believe!
Its laughable to think you could get 20-1
for a white Christmas in Cork yesterday surely
an absolute steal but doubt its that high now!

By the way things are much the same as yesterday

Western and Northern Areas should prepare for a hairy
few days eastern and southern areas will probably
have to rely on organised bands of snow but
these do look likely

Paddy20

Paddy20 wrote:

BTW, Earthman has gone very quiet, or has he changed his Name again ?.....

P.

Rofl

No I was away for a few days in Vienna Paddy.
Here and now in wicklow sunny and cool

Paddy20

It is a surprisingly mild but a dark overcast dry day so far here in Ballybofey.

Must check what odd's the local bookie's are giving against there being a White Christmas in Donegal, not that I am a gambler by nature, life itself has been and still is a big gamble for me, so I am loath to line the pockets of any bookmakers .

Earthman was in Vienna !, plenty of water there. Also the title of a brilliant song by the late great Freddy Mercury of Queen.

P.

wasnt that ultravox paddy?

Clouded over here now

Paddy20

No, it was Queen, you should see their show stopping live performance that was captured 20 Years ago, and now viewable on the New, Live Aid DVD Boxset. of the complete 16 hours of entertainment at Wembley and the USA. A great collection in aid of a really worthy charity, The Live Aid Trust.

Still cool and dry here tonight. Not bad for the time of year.

P.

N.B. Full live aid dvd information, on:- http://www.liveaiddvd.net/
and available on CD-WOW, see [Bargain Alerts Forum].

Weather update, Now lashing heavy rain up here ! :eek:

DMC

Ultravox... tbh.... famously kept off the No.1 slot by Joe Dolce's Shaddup your face in 1981.
Maybe you are confusing Queen with Bohemian Rhapsody?

Dark and spitting rain earlier.. not much mind...

NOE!!! 4,000th post!!

mike65

DMC wrote:

Ultravox... tbh.... famously kept off the No.1 slot by Joe Dolce's Shaddup your face in 1981.
Maybe you are confusing Queen with Bohemian Rhapsody?

Dark and spitting rain earlier.. not much mind...

NOE!!! 4,000th post!!

"Hey whats a matter you eh, gotta no respect?" Ah, a classic.:)

Bright and cool until about 3 then it clouded over.


Mike.

Agent Smith

dark, cold and dry in killiney this evening,

Gonzo

cool, wet and windy atm, temp around 7C, was much colder today when it was sunny & frosty, temp hovered around 4C for most of the afternoon then started rising after 5pm

joe.

its pissin here