Ireland Cold Spell Discussion

[frostyjoe]

Its made a quere impact up here!

Very little snow left (Ice at this stage).

Eyes to the future now!

:unsure:

same here but just 100 m above me it is snowing! but it looks like the north and south coast are the only places not to get snow as far inland as 15 miles!!! id say if id go another 10 miles south it would be snowing! i thought it was cold enough to snow here at 2c considering we were ment to be in the dry air according to boards.ie... what a shock i got!!!!! argg anyway could this rain turn into snow anytime today?

[Magadan]

Still no snow in Jordanstown, just spits and spots of rain.

This is really patheitic to be honest. Anyone who can remember back to 62/63,or 68/69, 78/79, 81/82 for that matter, will realise that this current cold spell is tame, tame I tell you. 1 brief spell of snow Sunday week back, which was largely gone by Monday. Hardly a classic winter in my books. Really just average. We had better snow events in the early noughties to be honest (2000/01 and 2001/02) and around Christmas time as well.

It's perhaps been pathetic where you are, but where I am (Richhill) the snow came on Friday 18th, again on Sunday 20th and a good top up late Tues 22nd into early Wed 23rd that saw lying snow right into Boxing Day, the longest period of lying snow here in years. And much of Tyrone has had even better conditions with a blanket of white lasting at least until yesterday (when I looked across country from a high vantage point near here), albeit drizzle and rain most likely has fallen there too, glaciating the snow cover.

Thus far today, it's rain but every so often there's the occasional flurry of wet flakes, so the higher levels (i.e. the Mournes) are likely to be getting the white stuff only. The point being, when you complain about it you're being very IMBY in your outlook, when even a short drive (by UK standards) would take you into decent conditions.

[Magadan]

It's now vacillating between sleet and snow... And I ain't ramping!

[Methuselah]

Closing thread now...Happy sledging!