Ireland Regional Weather Discussion

[ronan]

Don't think I have ever seen black ice as bad as what it is this morning. Cars getting caught out all over the place 

 

 

 

 

[ForeverPomeroysnow]

1 hour ago, ronan said:

Don't think I have ever seen black ice as bad as what it is this morning. Cars getting caught out all over the place 

 

 

 

 

It's really bad mate, I don't recall any warnings being issued either?

[ronan]

Zero warnings given. The problem was the early morning rain. Went out to working at 7 and when the rain stopped the temps dropped temps dropped and everything froze. Lethal to drive on. 

 

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day still looking good on this mornings GFS. A white Christmas would be great this year.

 

 

[O'Maille80]

Take this for Christmas Day.

[na52]

2 hours ago, ronan said:

Zero warnings given. The problem was the early morning rain. Went out to working at 7 and when the rain stopped the temps dropped temps dropped and everything froze. Lethal to drive on. 

 

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day still looking good on this mornings GFS. A white Christmas would be great this year.

 

 

Just went out , that is unbelievable it's like a quarter inch thick covered everywhere , some roads are just impassable 

[O'Maille80]

The temperature didn't go above 2 Celsius for 12 days and I didn't see a snowflake. It's tough to get snow here.

[BIG LAD]

Frost all gone today but was a notibly cold week even if we didn't get any snow.

[ronan]

GFS sticking to its guns regarding a cold Christmas and now brings snow in on the 23rd right through to Christmas morning. Would be great if this happened!

 

Edited December 18, 2022 by ronan

[Sperrin]

Interesting update from met office today...the all important boundary line will be fascinating viewing this week. Will it push far enough south for us in Ireland? Obv us nordies best place to see some of the white stuff.

 

Confidence is unusually low for the Christmas weekend; a north/south divide with cold air, wintry showers and increased risk of more significant snow in the north, and milder conditions with rain and showers in the south, is likely, but where the boundary will be is very uncertain. Eventually, as we head towards the New Year, the colder conditions are more likely to come to dominate, with wintry showers in the north and potential for a more settled spell to develop. This would bring below average temperatures, potential for areas of freezing fog with widespread overnight frosts, and very low temperatures given any snow cover. Towards the end of the period, there are signs of a trend towards more changeable weather, with an upturn in temperatures.

[ronan]

GFS still keen on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day snow and has been for a while now. Then on 27th lots of snow showers coming in from the North West. I really hope the GFS is correct but Saturday is a long way off!

[mountain shadow]

So after all the hope and expectation another snowless Christmas seems certain, with nothing remotely snow like until the New Year at the earleist.

I'm going to take time off model watching for a couple of weeks as the weather looks pretty benign.

Have a great Christmas and happy New Year.

 

[ForeverPomeroysnow]

4 minutes ago, mountain shadow said:

So after all the hope and expectation another snowless Christmas seems certain, with nothing remotely snow like until the New Year at the earleist.

I'm going to take time off model watching for a couple of weeks as the weather looks pretty benign.

Have a great Christmas and happy New Year.

 

Have a good one MS, hopefully the New Year will bring you the white stuff

[Sperrin]

Away from the depression on the mod thread it's interesting to note that the PM flow could give us in the North a Christmas day surprise later in the evening. Accord8ng to the snow rows a 90% chance of snow Christmas evening/night. 

 

Happy Christmas to all on here, hopefully your weekend is full of more fun than the scrooge fest in the mod thread

[Northwest NI]

2 hours ago, Sperrin said:

Away from the depression on the mod thread it's interesting to note that the PM flow could give us in the North a Christmas day surprise later in the evening. Accord8ng to the snow rows a 90% chance of snow Christmas evening/night. 

 

Happy Christmas to all on here, hopefully your weekend is full of more fun than the scrooge fest in the mod thread

Be nice 

[BIG LAD]

Fingers crossed we get a surprise. 

 

 

[booferking]

Merry Christmas you wonderful people

[BIG LAD]

Hope everyone  has a great, all be it, green Christmas  

[ForeverPomeroysnow]

Number of snow showers here this morning, but no covering as a tad wet on it. The mountains on over the horizon appear a bit white so a bit festive at least

[BIG LAD]

Yes pom few snow showers here too with very big flakes. Too wet to lay though. 

Mountains  should  definitely have a covering. 

 

 

 

[ronan]

Hope you all had a great Christmas. Interest now for the 7th/8th on. My favourite type of setup from the NW. 

[mountain shadow]

Time to come out of hibernation. Potential potent North Westerly from Saturday for a few days at least.

[bobbarley]

New Met office update sounds promising 

[Weegaz]

Good to see some potential snow in the charts, hopefully liven this place up again.

[bobbarley]

Very quiet in here considering the potential for snow next week 

[gman144]

Was forecasting heavy snow next Monday for me but already downgraded. Will wait and just hope