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Great pics!! Wow, County Tyrone got a pasting!!! Not Fair!!

Lucky you! Absolutely none here down in Dublin! I love the word 'juckied' - had never heard it before! I'm thinking it could have come from the Gaelic d'fhéach (meaning 'looked'), pronounced in a similar way to juckie. Unfortunately, usually most snow coming off the Atlantic is of the very wet variety. Damn that Gulf Stream!

In Britain, you're lucky that the freezing weather is sticking around for longer with you. In Ireland, we're losing it sooner. It's expected to become milder by the end of the working week here. It's already somewhat less cold. I was wondering if any of the weather boffins on here can tell me if a Big Freeze is back on the cards for both Britain & Ireland for mid to late Dec? I heard elsewhere that freezing weather & snow were coming back around the 17th or 18th Dec. If true, this would be wonderful for Xmas.

Surprised most of Ireland is white... There isn't much snow here on the ground.

Wow, wonder where that pic was taken!

and Ireland too! I presume we're all cold and snowy!

If this came off, it'd be like a dream come true! I vote BFTP for President!

http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/world-news/rising-arctic-temperatures-melt-ice-2390136.html

I never put on my central heating until at least after Hallowe'en.

Anyone see this?! http://rt.com/prime-time/2010-10-04/coldest-winter-emergency-measures.html?fullstory

Has anybody read or heard what WeatherAction' s Piers Corbyn's forecast for the winter is? Is he also predicting a very cold winter, just like PWS?

Ah cool! I've never tasted Elderberries. Are they definitely safe to consume? I heard they were mildly toxic with cyanide? I love all the mushrooms and berries of autumn. Blackberries are my favourite.

That's interesting but it seems to be at odds with this December prediction:

I agree. A colder-than-normal autumn could the subsequently disappoint us with a mild or normal UK winter. I'm hoping for a snowy winter and do have a feeling it'll be a repeat of last winter. But that's just a hunch and nothing else! That meteorology is an inexact science is both exhilarating and frustrating in equal measure! Time will tell indeed. Amser y ddegnys in Welsh is lovely to see. In Irish we say that time is a good story-teller: Is maith an scéalaí an aimsir.

I think spring has arrived in Ireland! No sight of any snow. Maybe rename Ireland mild thread?!