Ireland Regional Discussion

[mountain shadow]

Too early really to predict, but the form horse is for light flurries for eastern counties. The winds look too slack so far for any meaningful inroads to inland counties, and the upper air isn't the coldest ever either... There is of course, plenty of times for upgrades and downgrades to this all!

Ideally, I'd love us to stay in an ever increasing cold pool, with the odd disturbances causing snow for all! That is until the pressure builds over Greenie and turns the island white for the big mans visit!!!

Agreed , too early to say where the snow will be. All dependent on wind direction and strength.

Best chance for widespread snow will be as the Atlantic pushes in against the block in around ten to fifteen days. Will make the Run up to Christmas interesting.

[ronan]

A classic example of why I don't like Easterly's!! Anything can happen but!

[stormforce 10]

a rotten day out there; lashin since 8.00am, a clearance maybe happening now. could be lethal later on with plenty of ice.

[ForeverPomeroysnow]

What a stinking day, starting clear now though - roads could be fun in a not fun sort of way tomorrow morning!!

[ronan]

Temps have really dropped after that front passed through. Heavy sleet and hail on the Glenshane about an hour ago!

[BIG LAD]

awful day today. max temp 5.5c currently 3.1c. not gonna be as cold over the weekend but BBC just said could turn much colder next week! bring it on.

[ronan]

There has been 2 heavy showers of sleet in the past hour in Derry! Hopefully as temps drop we get something a bit more wintry!

[skywatcher]

It could happen - tomorrow might be the day.

[The watcher]

For next weeks colder spell it is becoming quite tedious looking at the charts and seeing HP or slack flow around Ireland with the bulk of cold uppers remaining to the Eastern Side of the UK. As an aside though, being the furthest West and an Island prone to the Atlantic influence, the waiting game is longer than for any other part of the UK for us. So don't get hung up on specifics just yet would be my advice, to everyone and myself. We have some chances within the reliable to look forward to first.

I'm however, liking the more Northerly orientated flow rather than East.

[gingercat]

Much milder today 6c outside and sunny

[stormforce 10]

a nice cool sunny day, much better after yesterdays muck. good for getting out and about.

[mountain shadow]

Well the cold spell has disappeared thus proving that model watching is pretty pointless.

[skywatcher]

No, it demonstrates that easterlies for us are hard to model. Even if it had taken place we would have been on fhe outermost fringes of it and its effects would have been muted. Now we can look forward to a nice northerly which would suiit us down to thef ground and have the londoners moaning because their chances of snow would be minimal. First one to spot a potential northerly gets a gold star by his/her name for a month (with the agreement of the Watcher).

[ronan]

Potential for next week? I think so! Could be a few changes In the next couple of days but hopefully some of us will see some of the white stuff next week even if it is a brief affair!

[BornFromTheVoid]

Can't help but feel a little disappointed that the modelled easterly is being replaced with an Atlantic return. Oh well, the snow wait until closer to xmas when I'm off from college!

[The watcher]

A Northerly down the line is a VERY good possibility, PV moving to Siberia will help height potential in Greenland area. We still have a relatively cold 4 days coming and the prospects beyond do not change in possibilities.

[CrimsonSunset]

A Northerly down the line is a VERY good possibility, PV moving to Siberia will help height potential in Greenland area. We still have a relatively cold 4 days coming and the prospects beyond do not change in possibilities.

Not that I am expecting any sort of decent cold weather in the near future or this winter at all, but I would look forward to a northerly more than an easterly for this country. The last decent cold spell that brought proper snowfall down here on December 17th 2010 came from the north west

Edited December 9, 2012 by CrimsonSunset

[The watcher]

Definitely CS, a lot of people get sucked into the whole "Easterlies are epic" thing when they do crop up and then get very disappointed when everything (precipitation wise) is in Eastern parts of the UK. The difference with 2010 was we had a HP that batted back and forth between Scandi and Greenland and this helped deliver for most if not all parts of the UK due to the differing angles of attack. I also much prefer a NW/N/NE attack. If we had a NE attack to deliver cold then seen a movement to West of North, it would be one of the better scenarios for most of us. Only thing better is a battleground scenario over Ireland with the cold winning outright.

[stormforce 10]

a crisp sunny day. cold. outside temp 0.8c.

got down to -3.5c last night with a severe frost.

[Baltic Regions]

Baltic out there now!!!

Frost has never lifted off the grass here today.

Im booked onto the Rathlin Island ferry in the morning so kinda glad its all calm. Risk was go out tomorrow in bad weather and being stuck there.

Enjoying the cold snap even though the boiler packed in on Friday night.

[skywatcher]

Frost on the pavement all day today - very cold out there tonight though not able to put a figure to it. Baltic - good luck at Rathlin, fell in love with the place when we went earlier in the year.

[Baltic Regions]

It's kinda like going back to the 1980's. That in itself has it's benefits!

[Rocheydub]

Bring some early 80's weather back with you please!

Frost never left the garden today in the shaded areas.

[ForeverPomeroysnow]

You picked some nice weather for going to Rathlin Baltic, try going to Tory Island some time, its like going back to the 70s (1870s)

[stormforce 10]

very cold night tonight, could be coldest of the winter so far. outside temp of -2.2c and very frosty.