Ireland Regional Weather Discussion 13/12/2018 Onwards

[ronan]

1 minute ago, Sparky72 said:

There is another blob following on behind to be fair, but not much after that

Yeah that's just starting now. Would be nice to get a little top up on the ground. 

[booferking]

Snowing and lying here..

[ForeverPomeroysnow]

Big ass flakes as well

[StormyWeather28]

Drove to my bros house 5 miles to my east, started to snow heavy after 3 miles. Everywhere topped up. Looking at the radar it missed my house lol

[Sperrin]

Great surprise. Absolutely chucking it down here!!! 

Already a cm or 2 layer everywhere 

Edited February 1, 2019 by Sperrin

[ronan]

Good to hear that a few of you are getting a bit of action!

[parrotingfantasist]

Constant switching between rain and snow here! Grrrr

[StormyWeather28]

Magilligan reached - 8.5 on Tuesday night. Not often its that cold at the coast. 

[Sperrin]

Surprise snow! 

 

[parrotingfantasist]

All this rain is doing is washing away existing snow. Good to see though that it is actually falling as snow elsewhere.

[ronan]

2 minutes ago, Sperrin said:

Surprise snow! 

 

Nice one and more on the way by the looks of things!!

[mountain shadow]

Just a fleeting snow shower here but lying instantly 

[booferking]

Omagh going to get hammered again looking at radar lol it was meant to be a more Central/Eastern side of the country event i thought..

Edited February 1, 2019 by booferking

[ronan]

And it's gonna keep coming!! Just rain/sleet here. 

[Sperrin]

Hammering it down again. Good 3-4cms now! 

[jello]

Snowing the tiniest wee bit in Belfast. Can't even see it on the radar?

It's settling tho

[Weegaz]

Rain over in north west Donegal where we are for the weekend, wee flurry heading through dungiven early but didn’t see much else

[Rocheydub]

BREAKING NEWS:

 

Clear skies and no precipitation in Dublin shocker. 

[Juuyoku]

11 minutes ago, Weegaz said:

Rain over in north west Donegal where we are for the weekend, wee flurry heading through dungiven early but didn’t see much else

A dusting here in Fungiven

[Bottled Snow]

RTE Six One News was amusing tonight. Reporting on the severe cold spell currently in North America, a climatologist said it was as a result of global warming due to ice melt and warming seas, weakening the polar vortex and  causing it to drop to lower latitudes.

20 minutes later during the weather bulletin, Meteorologist Gerry Murphy commenting on the severe weather in US said it was a result of a recent phenomenom known a a Sudden Stratospheric Warming....Is Jerry secretly working for Donald Trump I wonder

Two different explanations / reasons within 20 mins on the same programme made me chuckle 

Mind you apart from us weather geeks, the normal Joe Soap wouldnt have a bulls notion what a SSW or PV actually means so no harm done I guess.......

[StormyWeather28]

I'm far from an expert on the subject but I heard that climate change is leading to more SSW events taking place. So ole sleet Gerry just left out that part ha

[Bottled Snow]

15 minutes ago, StormyWeather28 said:

I'm far from an expert on the subject but I heard that climate change is leading to more SSW events taking place. So ole sleet Gerry just left out that part ha

yeah I read that recently too...a bit like chicken and egg scenario I suppose as SSW's also occured before global warming ....and there was no SSW just prior to December 2010 when a PV lobe dropped through Ireland and UK bringing us that severe cold and snowy spell  ...anyhow my wife thinks this e mail I am typing for work is taking a long time so I better get back to her and the TV

[parrotingfantasist]

 

As long as this isn't a precursor to RTÉ putting climate change denialists on to 'debate' their position, then no harm  

[booferking]

Snow Sunday looks a long shot now so make do with what yea got could be while before we get a sniff again.

[ronan]

20 minutes ago, booferking said:

Snow Sunday looks a long shot now so make do with what yea got could be while before we get a sniff again.

Big downgrade?? Haven't been in the Model thread in days.