Bitterly cold conditions as Icicles form in the Cooley Mountains while we await the big #sneachta arrival in Ireland. @pa pic.twitter.com/OG1vrlmKdX
— Niall Carson (@niallcarsonpa) February 8, 2021
Yikes.
This afternoon.
Cooley Mountains, County Louth.
Earlier: Blast
My word! The 18z GFS update barely has any breakdown in cold before another real blast of cold air arrives from the East. That is a huge change in what was been forecast and needs watching👀 pic.twitter.com/yVtIFDTUss
— Carlow Weather (@CarlowWeather) February 6, 2021
Um.
Anyone?
Meanwhile…
Our Atlantic chart shows precipitation and pressure forecast in 6 hour intervals for the next 10 days. https://t.co/9Giuj4CR5m
The national forecast and the outlook for the coming days available here. https://t.co/9gKN6SVok4 pic.twitter.com/bQTABHp1SK
— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) February 8, 2021
Johnstown Park, Dublin this morning
The very cold northerly airmass over us, with tonight being the coldest night of the season so far, will be replaced next week by a much milder Atlantic airstream bringing more unsettled weather with it. pic.twitter.com/BzjfIWhlwT
— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) January 8, 2021
This afternoon.
Minus 9!
15.8 in old money.
Meanwhile…
This afternoon.
A poster for Merchant’s Quay Ireland homeless and drugs services in Dublin.
Seth Casteel’s photographs of adorable kitties caught in mid-pounce.
You may know him from the previous, equally aborbz series Underwater Puppies.
Also available in book form.
Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte in the Women’s 100m Breaststroke at Rio.
(Pic: REUTERS/Michael Dalder)
An elaborate and rather brilliant promo for the Motomaster Eliminator battery made by auto parts retailer Canadian Tire
A Chevrolet 2500HD truck chassis with a body shell hewn from nearly five tonnes of ice, complete with mirrors, reg plate, door handles and hanging air freshener.
Frozen to -40ºC, the construction team successfully drove the glaciated pickup for over a kilometer through the streets of Ontario, highlighting the resilience of the battery (and the average Canadian ass) to extremes of cold.
The fruit of photographer Angela Kelly and her 7 year-old son’s experiments with soap bubbles during the minus 12ºC conditions in Washington last month.
Miniature worlds froze, thawed, shattered and collapsed in on themselves.
Fun was had.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYDfrqkjugc
Wikipedia sez:
At temperatures below about −25 °C (−13 °F), bubbles will freeze in the air and may shatter when hitting the ground. When a bubble is blown with warm air, the bubble will freeze to an almost perfect sphere at first, but when the warm air cools, and a reduction in volume occurs, there will be a partial collapse of the bubble. A bubble, created successfully at this low temperature, will always be rather small; it will freeze quickly and will shatter if increased further.
That’s what we thought.
Previously: What Happens When You Throw Boiling Water Out The Window On A -41°C Day?
