snow (15 Viewers)

[Denny Oubidoux]

This sounds like fairly pointless snow

 

[mr pharmacist!!!!1]

dont forget your booties cause its cold outside!

 

[Andy_aurel]

we all ready for part 3 of this shit?

Sequels are nearly never as good.

 

[Andy_aurel]

double

 

[rettucs]

yep, looks like it could be a non-event unless you live in the mountains (or maybe even a good ways inland). Snow shall fall but shan't really stick. Anything that does should go soon after.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Jaysus could do with a bit o' snow now what?

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

scutter;, whats the likelihood of snow this month? I heard that someone said it was rumoured to be on the way.

 

[rettucs]

@scutter ;, whats the likelihood of snow this month? I heard that someone said it was rumoured to be on the way.

I heard that too, but it was mere speculation based on nothing of substance. None of the more reputable forecasters are calling snow for October. Not yet anyway. Not that they're saying there won't be either though. I check a few different forecasts and see what people are saying. One thing that all have in common is that beyond the 7/8 day mark it comes down to an educated guess. They run different models based on current factors, then try and calculate statistically which of those models is the most likely to actually happen. Beyond a week you have several new sets of conditions and have to run different models on each (so the possible different outcomes can increase in number almost exponentially).

Someone somewhere probably saw some shift in the gulf stream that looks similar to what happened last year, and though it hasn't allowed for any arctic blasts yet, thats what happened last time so they put 2 and 2 together.

I would disregard what the Metro Herald says about the weather (other than maybe for the day you read it on). We may well have snow in a month but no one knows that yet.

 

[rettucs]

well now

FURTHER OUTLOOK ... Eventually it could turn rather cold again for a day or two, and the very long-range maps have that intriguing look of a developing cold spell although details are vague.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

I got a nasty shock when I went out yesterday morning. COLD!

 

[therealjohnny]

Snow in Donegal yesterday

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

New ice age on the way - but it's just 'a little one'

IRELAND could face decades of harsh winters as Europe is gripped by a "little ice age".

Research, which is to be published in Nature magazine, shows there has been a fall in the sun's ulraviolet emissions, which may in time cause winters in Europe to become even colder.

The study, which was effectuated by Britain's Met Office, also coincides with predictions that the country would be hit by a cold blast by the end of the month.

Forecasters have noticed what could be the return of a pattern called La Nina, which is linked to extreme weather all over the world.

RECORD

La Nina, which is brought on by a drop in temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, affects upper air currents and is thought to be responsible for last year's record low temperatures, high level of snowfall in the US and flooding in Australia.

While La Nina is only supposed to occur every three to five years, scientists have recorded temperatures in the equatorial Pacific that are 1C below normal for this time of year. The Met office said it was difficult to predict how severe this winter would be because, by this time last year, they had recorded temperatures of 2C.

But Ian Currie of the Meteorological Society pointed out that "all the world's weather systems are connected".

"What is going on now in the Pacific can have repercussions later around the world," he said.

Meanwhile, Liverpool-based, long-range forecaster James Madden of Exacta Weather warned that Ireland can expect to see frequent and heavy snowfalls between November and January.

"It is likely that temperature and snowfall records will be broken," he said.

"I initially expect temperatures to really struggle across many northern regions, including Scotland, Ireland (Northern Ireland in particular), north west England, and parts of Wales." However, a Met Eireann spokesperson said that long-range forecasts are not reliable. Last year's big freeze in late February and December brought much of the country to a standstill and ended up costing Irish insurers €224m.

http://www.herald.ie/news/new-ice-age-on-the-way-but-its-just-a-little-one-2901083.html

 

[rettucs]

well if the herald says its so

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Shut up Scutter, we're entering a new Ice Age and thats it

 

[rettucs]

anything else good in the herald? any glam shots of rosie davidson? I'm smitten since we hooked up on twitter

 

[rettucs]

so it looks like we're shaping up for our first cold snap next week. Hard to know at this stage how cold it'll get but we're gonna be exposed to northerly influences, which means we could potentially have snow in the mountains in about 10 days time.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

Excellent,snowy walking is great fun.
Re Rosanna,she'll be in playboy soon enough,patience young scutter.

 

[washingcattle]

Fuck sake. No mushroom crop this year so.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

There's loads out already.

 

[rettucs]

http://www.irishweatheronline.com/n...inter-2011-12-forecast-for-ireland/41524.html

he has spoken