Ireland Regional Weather Chat

[Su Campu]

The Cork report of 91mph was an error they said on UKWW:

http://www.ukweatherworld.co.uk/forum/index.php?/topic/106735-pressurewind-watch-wednesday-into-thursday-14th15th-january-2015/page__pid__927839__st__20#entry927839

 

While I do think the 91 knots was a mistake (synop reports the gust as 41 m/s), to say that it should be the same as in the METAR gust is wrong. 

 

Synop gusts refer to the previous hour, while METAR gusts refer to the preceding 10 minutes. Therefore in this case (18Z report) it is possible that there was a massive strong gust (but not 91 kt) some time in the periods 1700Z-1720Z and 1730Z-1750Z. The METAR (1730Z and 1800Z) gusts were taken from the periods 1720Z-1730Z and 1750Z-1800Z, respectively. It is, of course, also possible that both METAR and synop reported gusts are the same if the gust occured during the METAR periods.

 

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Edited January 14, 2015 by Su Campu

[ForeverPomeroysnow]

Tis a wild morning!!

[Weegaz]

Serious wind this morning again and through the night.  Temps have dropped from 8 degrees last night to 3 degrees this morning.

 

Rain on radar showing as sleet covering many parts coming from the north west.  From approx 11pm onwards tonight metO showing rain turning to sleet and then snow for the early hours.

[ForeverPomeroysnow]

The horror of it, apparently there's only 7 days of cold weather ahead and it might come to an end, seriously the model thread jumps lie a flea on a gas ring lol. Oh and there may not be an easterly oh the humanity!!

[norn iron]

Snow warning now out from tonight until Saturday

[stormforce 10]

bleedin wind kept me awake most of the night, my bedroom is facing south west direction. knackered but intrigued.

Edited January 15, 2015 by stormforce 10

[mountain shadow]

Well, slept right threw the storm, didn't seem to bad.

 

So from this evening we enter at least a 7 day cold spell with harsh frosts and snow. As ever with the white stuff, some will get a pile and some none at all, but Northern and Western areas favoured as ever.

 

If we're lucky an Atlantic front may move in from the West later in the period and stall somewhere giving a mountain of stuff on the lucky few.

[stormforce 10]

Well, slept right threw the storm, didn't seem to bad.

 

So from this evening we enter at least a 7 day cold spell with harsh frosts and snow. As ever with the white stuff, some will get a pile and some none at all, but Northern and Western areas favoured as ever.

 

If we're lucky an Atlantic front may move in from the West later in the period and stall somewhere giving a mountain of stuff on the lucky few.

it really was a mild blip, this storm passing through, business as usual later on.

[bobbarley]

Definitely an interesting week coming up, what are the risks with the weather front mentioned on Monday, will it be cold enough for all or just higher elevations?

[ForeverPomeroysnow]

Taken from Met Eireann, Monday could be interesting...

Great minds think alike Bob!!

[ronan]

Pretty wild out there today. Loving this weather that we are getting. It's amazing the amount of snow on the ground yesterday and now all gone but the forecast is looking good. With regards to the model thread, some people in there really need to get a grip of themselves in there. I think expectations are just being set to high!

[Weegaz]

I would say from this evening onwards we could be looking at wintery showers once these winds start to die down and the wind direction changes more northerly.

 

MetO where showing light snow showers for tomorrow am at my location but have upgraded it to heavy snow for a 3hr period.  Monday onwards certainly looks interesting.

 

For Ballina tomorrow so hopefully the weather is cold and snowy along with the pints and the bar warm!!

[ForeverPomeroysnow]

Now that's cold

[ronan]

Been sleet here the.past hour. More snow mixed in now.

[sundog]

Dry and bright here this morning and of course windy. A band of precip isnt too far away from me looking at the radar,coming down from the northwest,should be here soon.

Current temp 4.4c.

[Sparky72]

Just driven from Lifford to Derry. Very Wintry. Only showing 2 degrees

[mountain shadow]

Definitely an interesting week coming up, what are the risks with the weather front mentioned on Monday, will it be cold enough for all or just higher elevations?

As the Met Eirrean forecast says, its just difficult to tell at this stage. Two big positives are that there will already be a cold pool in place and that the cold air is mixing out the mild sector quite quickly. So, for lower lying areas, any precipitation might start as snow, turn to sleet/rain then turn back to snow, but it is impossible to tell at this stage.

[jello]

Some serious winds in Antrim the past few hours.  Haven't seen it this bad in a good while, to be honest I believe an amber warning should have been issued.   Very heavy sleet at the minute, briefly turns to snow 

[Rocheydub]

Some serious winds in Antrim the past few hours.  Haven't seen it this bad in a good while, to be honest I believe an amber warning should have been issued.   Very heavy sleet at the minute, briefly turns to snow

As far as I remember, Met É extended the warning until tea time today for your area and it was Orange status??

[ForeverPomeroysnow]

Bloody raw in Dungannon as my hands are telling me after going to get a sandwich

[sundog]

Rain /sleety rain here atm in that band,very blustery.

Temp got up to 5.1 just before the precip arrived,now down to 3.2c

[mountain shadow]

Just absolutely lashed down in Belfast City Centre, bouncing about a foot back into the air.

 

Well thats the cold front through now. From now on, precipitation should be wintry for the foreseeable future.

[Sparky72]

Not looking like that much in way of snow for coming couple of days (I don't think it needs a weather warning )

But at least should get wintry showers and frosty nights.

[bobbarley]

Not looking like that much in way of snow for coming couple of days (I don't think it needs a weather warning )

But at least should get wintry showers and frosty nights.

Why do you think that? temps will drop and heavy showers forecast most of which will be wintry and hopefully snow!

[mountain shadow]

Sparky has a point, I don't think there will be disruptive snow until the slider lows move in Monday/ Tuesday.

Some parts along the North and West coasts may prove an exception though.