Ireland Regional Weather Chat - 20/11/2015 Onward.

[ForeverPomeroysnow]

Happy New Year folks,  366 days of opportunities, stay safe and don't let the little moment's in life pass you all by 

[bobbarley]

Happy New Year Everyone

 

[gary1365]

Happy new year everyone still no snow

 

[booferking]

Happy new year to you all.

[snowmore]

First time this winter I had to force the car door open due to ice at 8.30pm! Hope everyone had as good a night as we had! Here's to a cold snowy and icey winter ahead 

[The Eagle]

6 hours ago, Sperrin said:

Just spotted this on the RTE website, a new Irish weather forecasting model:

http://m.rte.ie/news/2015/1231/756971-storm-frank-cleanup/

Our own ECM. I like.

[BornFromTheVoid]

Happy new year everyone. Slippery footpaths on the way back from the pub, coldest night of the winter so far.

[gary1365]

I'm in work so I'm away from my weather station so I don't know the temp but a very hard frost. I have to go out soon and throw some salt about the car park or they'll all complain in the morning lol I'll have to unlock the car and see what it's says the temperature is. 

 

I had to force the car doors open earlier in the month I forgot to rub some oil on the seals so ill probably be stuck this morning too lol. 

Edited January 1, 2016 by gary1365

[ForeverPomeroysnow]

Good morning folks,  hope the hangovers are tolerable lol, great to see a proper frost to kick off 2016, now let's be having ye snow!!! 

[mountain shadow]

Happy New Year All.

Enjoy the rain!!

[ForeverPomeroysnow]

Rather not thanks Mountain 

Edited January 1, 2016 by Pomeroysnow

[Rocheydub]

Cold rain all day. Miserably driving rain down on us. Better than the warm rain muck of a couple of weeks back though!

[sundog]

Happy new year to all ,heres to a better year weatherwise and hope we get a pattern change sooner rather then later out of this current pattern for starters.

[Su Campu]

Happy New year all. Clean slate, let's be having the winter now, thanks.

[Juuyoku]

Happy New Year everyone! Miserable enough day here, freezing hard last night though. Made for a brisk walk to the pub :D. 

[BornFromTheVoid]

The flooding is getting pretty bad around here. An underground river outside of Cahir has surfaced and places are being flooded for the first time on record. Many roads are completely closed off and the electricity has been pretty inconsistent.

Cork Airport finished the month 402.5mm, smashing the old December and every other monthly record.

[Su Campu]

I'm not sure how a long-range forecasting system will help areas that are naturally prone to flood. Ok so we may know about very wet spells a bit more in advance but how is that going to stop the flooding? People already knew days in advance what areas were going to flood and measures were put in place to minimise it. The problem has got nothing to do with forecasting it and everything to do with bad planning, no dredging, lack of investment in flood defences, etc. The best model in the world will never change that.

If I were in Met Éireann I think I would be a bit miffed at the Taoiseach's comments. It's almost as if he's blaming them for not forecasting it.

Edited January 2, 2016 by Su Campu

[BornFromTheVoid]

8 minutes ago, Su Campu said:

I'm not sure how a long-range forecasting system will help areas that are naturally prone to flood. Ok so we may know about very wet spells a bit more in advance but how is that going to stop the flooding? People already knew days in advance what areas were going to flood and measures were put in place to minimise it. The problem has got nothing to do with forecasting it and everything to do with bad planning, no dredging, lack of investment in flood defences, etc. The best model in the world will never change that.

If I were in Met Éireann I think I would be a bit miffed at the Taoiseach's comments. It's almost as if he's blaming them for not forecasting it.

What comments did he make? I don't really watch local news...

[Su Campu]

That there would be a new long-range forecasting system at Met Éireann. That is good, but it seemed like it was somehow to give hope to people affected, like  "Don't worry, we'll have more notice in the future"

[Sperrin]

Next week looks like it could be more seasonal for ourselves. Got a bit of a mention in model threads tonight but could be some half decent PM shots from the NW. It's a long way away but something to hang on to next week.

Edited January 2, 2016 by Sperrin

[Su Campu]

That deep low for next Thursday seems to be holding back in the Atlantic. Could generate some serious surf though later in the week!

[Weegaz]

Had a read of the MOD thread there, everyone's on cloud 9 with the latest run of charts......get your sleighs polished and yeah for action. Lol

10 days away but best chart of the season just produced!! 

[ForeverPomeroysnow]

21 minutes ago, Weegaz said:

Had a read of the MOD thread there, everyone's on cloud 9 with the latest run of charts......get your sleighs polished and yeah for action. Lol

10 days away but best chart of the season just produced!! 

Well that's piqued my interest going to have a wee gander and check it out 

[bobbarley]

Only one run, unlikely to happen, but that's why I follow Netweather for these wee bouts of over excitement!

[Rocheydub]

53 minutes ago, bobbarley said:

Only one run, unlikely to happen, but that's why I follow Netweather for these wee bouts of over excitement!

Agreed, it's unlikely, the difference here is that it's quite a plausible process. It's also in line with the MJO and other drivers. Have a read of Glacier Point's posts in the MOD. He's confident of -NAO and -AO. It's certainly in line with his thoughts. I am not getting my hopes up yet, but if they're still showing these charts mid week, it will grab me by the balls!