Colder this week, some wintry/snow showers, widespread frost and ice.

Tabnabs · 07-12-2022 10:37am

This thread is so entertaining!

pauldry · 07-12-2022 10:38am

God how negative. Happy Christmas anyways SOM.

The mild sector is over the Northwest now but a colder sector comes tonight with showers of hail sleet and snow.

Met Eireann promises temperatures of minus 5 and minus 6 for the next 5 nights. Temperatures by day 0c to 3c. A bit milder on coasts.

When was the last time we had weather like this in December.

Also people saying it's normal winter fayre no it's not. Normal winter for us is 13c and rain. Sometimes 8c and rain.

CrowdedHouse · 07-12-2022 10:46am

Seems to have bottomed out at -2’C for me

Beats last December when I had no sub zero days.

pauldry · 07-12-2022 10:56am

Minus 4 in Kerry seems the lowest. Strange to see the Southwest the coldest. Should be some nice photos on this thread in the coming days.

Normally 11 to 13c there in Irish December.

prosaic · 07-12-2022 10:56am

Question about unoccupied top-floor apt, well insulated. What kind of temperature outside is needed to start worrying about freezing pipes? e.g. Sustained 24hr below -2? Or day time zero and night time -4?

It isn't heated at present.

KildareP · 07-12-2022 11:03am

-3C showing in the car this morning in North Kildare.

Lot of ice about, which is only melting at the moment under direct sunlight, any shade still heavily frosted.

Wonder what tomorrow will bring given it's supposed to be colder again!

Meteorite58 · 07-12-2022 11:11am

Midlands showing up on the models to get a dusting on Thurs. Looks like continous wintry showers in N and NW counties throughout the day, some low lying places could see a few cm's.

Dazler97 · 07-12-2022 11:20am

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Still - 3c in some parts of the country, last night kept going below 0c and then slightly above and so on, so barely any frost this morning

Danno · 07-12-2022 11:22am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119966487#Comment_119966487

That -3.8c is for Millstreet ACS (Cork) if you're going by the WOW Met site.

Owing to the light north-easterly drift in the airflow, and added protection from the mountains this allows locations in the southwest to cool considerably more than the more traditional flatter midlands parts who in this set up are more exposed to the airflow and have no valleys to "trap" cold air.

11c to 13c would be above average for a location like Millstreet which should average around 8c maxes in December. Unfortunately, the southwest has an abundance of coastal stations which skews that region as being milder than it really is for many living 50km or more away from the coasts.

tayto lover · 07-12-2022 11:37am

Beautiful sunny and crisp day in N. Louth. I'm heading to Greenore for a few holes. Love this kind of weather.

CrowdedHouse · 07-12-2022 12:07pm

No ice day for me anyway, temperature gone positive again.

Safe to go outside now 😁

mumo3 · 07-12-2022 12:20pm

I based in Clondalkin and didn't notice any ice on the car or else where this morning and I left the house before 8:00am, but I'm not looking forward to having to clear the car off in the bitter cold.

In relation to extreme colds and possible snow, I think it's safe to say as soon as Met Eireann start ramping it up, you can be sure it'll be a damp squib! It's like the Jinx it for us 🙄

@optogirl there you go 🤣

optogirl · 07-12-2022 12:25pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119966755#Comment_119966755

Squib people, damp squib. All squids are, by nature, damp. Sorry to be pedantic pants.

bazlers · 07-12-2022 12:26pm

Calamari can be nice.

weatherfiend · 07-12-2022 12:33pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119966774#Comment_119966774

Very glad you said that 😆 - was bugging me too

fits · 07-12-2022 12:34pm

What is a squib anyway?

beautiful day in Carlow. Not that cold yet.

brianthomas · 07-12-2022 12:35pm

Clondalkin here and there was a thin sheet of ice on the windscreen of my car this morning at 9:00am when I went out. Car is in the shade to so that helped i guess

fits · 07-12-2022 12:36pm

damp squib (plural damp squibs) (literally) A firework that has been wet and therefore fails to go off correctly. (idiomatic, by extension) Anything that doesn't work properly, or fails to come up to expectations; a dud.

prosaic · 07-12-2022 12:47pm

Dry squid kind of day

whelan2 · 07-12-2022 12:56pm

https://twitter.com/Arklowweather/status/1600444104034308096?t=Mg5trNk6td0RNHe-oANIAA&s=19

dacogawa · 07-12-2022 1:05pm

It will be interesting to see if the ECM or ARPEGE is right on this tomorrow night, the short distance between the two could make a lot of difference in Dublin...

Gusser09 · 07-12-2022 1:08pm

3 Degress in North Kildare. Just a normal winters day. I think it might hit lows of 2 degrees later this evening. The anticipation is killing me.

PokeHerKing · 07-12-2022 1:32pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119966919#Comment_119966919

The truth is its not normal for Ireland. We rarely get sub 7 all winter.

No idea why people bother posting in here only to moan when there's something outside the norm happening. Just leave the place to people who have an interest in following the weather.

Graces7 · 07-12-2022 2:01pm

It has gone very dark . Bright sun a few minutes ago ..bitterly cold. And very still and silent.

West Mayo offshore

The One Doctor · 07-12-2022 2:14pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119966774#Comment_119966774

Indeed, most squid are damp. Perhaps they're referring to the elusive Pedantic Squid?

Cluedo Monopoly · 07-12-2022 2:25pm

Another absolutely gorgeous day. Long may it continue. Galway.

Gusser09 · 07-12-2022 2:33pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119967024#Comment_119967024

I think you're bang off the money fella. We have been reading in the media and listening to met eireann / rte building this up. I'm prefectly entitled to highlight the fact that this weather is nothing out of the ordinary or extreme. I think that needs to be done in fact. When media or met eireann start scare mongering they need to be conscious of the fact that it can have a very negative impact on some people.

I get that there are posters on here who hang on every word Evelyn says and want to believe we are facing Arctic like conditions for their own amusement but their opinions are no more relevant than mine or anyone else who is a bit more realistic about the weather and actually lives on planet earth.

It's been pointed out before that issuing storm warnings when the weather is a little bit bad will make people switch off to them when the really strong storms hit.

DOCARCH · 07-12-2022 2:49pm

Mod Note: @Gusser09 OK. Point made/noted. Can we move on with less of the repetitive cynical/smart (arse) posts. Thanks.

KanyeSouthEast · 07-12-2022 3:23pm

The problem seems to be that only one type of “following the weather” is truly tolerated.

Lucreto · 07-12-2022 3:40pm

Freezing in the office today. Its only 5c outside doesn't feel that much warmer inside. At least I am working from home for the rest of the week so I cover myself in a duvet.

Colder this week, some wintry/snow showers, widespread frost and ice.

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