It's Snowing

[scub]

I haven't been in the Mournes for nearly 8 years and even longer since I was up Donard need to get up in the summer some time.

yes but they're hardly the alps.
last time I was at the top of slieve donard I'd a wrangler jacket on & a full carryout

 

[gary1365]

yes but they're hardly the alps.
last time I was at the top of slieve donard I'd a wrangler jacket on & a full carryout

I was dressed similar last time I was up. It's a bit of a run from Limavady to Newcastle now would have been down far more often when I lived in Bangor. Also need to get away from the wife she wouldn't want to walk up Donard.

 

[scub]

. Also need to get away from the wife she wouldn't want to walk up Donard.

top of cliff
boot in hole

 

[gary1365]

top of cliff
boot in hole

The problem there would be getting her to the top of the cliff

 

[scub]

The problem there would be getting her to the top of the cliff

rohypnol

 

[Gaz]

BBC reckon more tonight in some places... (forecast below is Lisburn)

 

[suckindiesel]

BBC reckon more tonight in some places... (forecast below is Lisburn)

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Met office shows none of that

 

[Gaz]

Met office shows none of that

I notice this a lot (BBC and Metoffice giving slightly different forecasts) but generally I find the BBC one is almost always right, at least for where I live.

 

[gary1365]

There’s a front moving in from the north west. We could do well from it but the further south and east you are the less chance you have. Of course Northern Ireland bring Northern Ireland it could piss rain or we could all be snowed in or anything else in between

 

[PDK]

Met office have a yellow weather warning for snow and ice. Midnight until 09:00

 

[suckindiesel]

I notice this a lot (BBC and Metoffice giving slightly different forecasts) but generally I find the BBC one is almost always right, at least for where I live.

Funny I switched the other way for the same reason

 

[gary1365]

None of the wee automated symbol forecasts are great your better watching a presenter in front of a map or read the text forecast.

 

[Dave..]

None of the wee automated symbol forecasts are great your better watching a presenter in front of a map or read the text forecast.

I use XCWeather for my metal detecting plans as to where to go and have found it very accurate:

XCWeather Forecast

 

[gary1365]

I use XCWeather for my metal detecting plans as to where to go and have found it very accurate:

XCWeather Forecast

I’ve never used their forecasts but I always have a tab open with the current observation map to see wind speed and direction before I head out cycling.

 

[scub]

say wha....
did that used to be called snow?

 

[gary1365]

say wha....
did that used to be called snow?


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Freezing rain is different. It’s liquid rain but as soon as it hits a surface it turns to ice. Would be fantastic craic on the roads if that happened over here

 

[FM155]

I was in Montreal in Jan 1998 when they had a huge ice storm caused by freezing rain. It was crazy, they put train locomotives in the streets to power apartment buildings because 4 out of 5 power lines that carried electricity onto the island were brought down by the weight of ice on the lines.

 

[scub]

think I'd prefer our boggin sleet thanks!

 

[quattro Rick]

0° but clear out. Sure might as well fire up the bbq

 

[scub]

header

 

[quattro Rick]

header

It's only a bit nippy sure

 

[weeloaney]

Frosty morning down in Fermanagh today -6°c

 

[RevT]

Just stuck the wheelie bin out and it’s definitely bitter cold, expecting white stuff in the morning.

 

[weeloaney]

This started some point in the last 40mins. Grounds that dry and frozen it’ll lie well.

 

[Antoin]

Like a summers morning here in Portstewart. Warmish and dry, not a hint of snow!