Ireland Regional Weather Discussion

[Downburst]

Don't see areas south of Banbridge for instance getting above 0 Celsius on Friday.

 

https://www.met.ie/full-screen-maps  you can zoom in on the temps chart, very useful this as certain areas are locally more cold than the zoomed out chart shows.

[Rocheydub]

Interesting from Met Éireann, quite bullish on it remaining cold.

[booferking]

Sunday looks are best chance for snow with that system the further north the better but likely to change.

[na52]

Oh I'm calling first flakes , snowed here this morning with that wee shower that passed through about 6:40 

[Rocheydub]

7 hours ago, na52 said:

Oh I'm calling first flakes , snowed here this morning with that wee shower that passed through about 6:40 

Bravo! It's going to be cold enough for us all to see snow from tonight onwards really. Keeping my fingers crossed. Haven't had long snow here since March 2018. That's creeping up on 6 years. Dublin snow shield is as good as it gets! Models are really unsure about longevity and Met Eireann keeping their powder dry too! As always, time will tell!

[mountain shadow]

Had an official 2 minute graupel snow showers earlier, therefore Winter has arrived!

[O'Maille80]

Tiny flakes falling about half an hour ago. 

[Downburst]

Nice one mountain shadow, first of many I hope. 

[Downburst]

2 minutes ago, O'Maille80 said:

Tiny flakes falling about half an hour ago. 

Snow showers about. I’m in Dundalk and northerlies and north easterly never pay off due to a lot of mountains in the way north of me I’m afraid. But just picked up a new awd cupra formentor today so hoping to test the drifting even if it’s only heavy frost. Also, anyone recommend the very best pro re mappers? re no warranty issue.

[na52]

5 hours ago, Downburst said:

Snow showers about. I’m in Dundalk and northerlies and north easterly never pay off due to a lot of mountains in the way north of me I’m afraid. But just picked up a new awd cupra formentor today so hoping to test the drifting even if it’s only heavy frost. Also, anyone recommend the very best pro re mappers? re no warranty issue.

Don't know about warranty issues or what not , but I know this boy has a good reputation ..on his car he has managed to ring near 500bhp from an Astra ...it's nuts 

https://www.facebook.com/SBRTuning

[mountain shadow]

Catching a lovely Belfast Lough streamer but it's just too sleety to stick. 

[cue_killar]

Hey, its -0.1 here was a bit lower when I got up and everythings frosty this morning

[mountain shadow]

Cracking frost this morning. Love it.

[mountain shadow]

Complete dud snow wise for Ireland from this cold spell it seems.

 

[booferking]

36 minutes ago, mountain shadow said:

Complete dud snow wise for Ireland from this cold spell it seems.

 

Yep we never seem to benefit from slack easterlies and frontal system breakdowns give me a roaring northerly anyday.

[Northwest NI]

5 hours ago, booferking said:

Yep we never seem to benefit from slack easterlies and frontal system breakdowns give me a roaring northerly anyday.

The Northwesterly last  January 16-21st was great in this neck of the woods. All of the above were snow days with no visible melt. So agree about straight Northerly but we can do reasonably well from a NW as well.

[mountain shadow]

A picture that tells a thousand words. 

[Rocheydub]

Not so much as a flake fell here. Not even sleet. A couple of frosts, that's it. Cold rain mostly.

[BIG LAD]

Been a welcome dry, quite cold week  after virtually  5 months of rain. Much milder from  midweek so back to model  watching  

[Weegaz]

That is one big precipation event moving across the country 

[mountain shadow]

Absolutely stinking, rain just clearing here now. Over 24 hours of rain. Garden an official swimming pool. 

[Rocheydub]

Some wind over the last couple of days, it was supposed to die down yesterday afternoon, so I ventured up the ladder to the eaves to hang the house lights up, had to grab on a couple of times with the force of the wind. Never again! Orange warning for Saturday but felt today was way worse. 2 named storms 2 days in a row is pretty rare. And a hurricane in Leitrim today. Mental times.

[mountain shadow]

Christmas starting to look interesting particularly from an Ulster perspective.  

[Rocheydub]

8 hours ago, mountain shadow said:

Christmas starting to look interesting particularly from an Ulster perspective.  

Just looking at the charts now, fair to say that IF they came off like that, a lot of the island would be seeing white stuff falling on the big day. The wind would be strong enough to blow it a good bit inland and it will feel baltic!!! Now just 12 more days of model watching to get to a point of confidence. 

[ForeverPomeroysnow]

Never to be taken seriously but at least something a wee bit wintry showing for the build up to the big day