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Richard tweetz:

Damn Smarch weather. Freak hailstorm in Cork this afternoon. Brrrrr.

Meanwhile, also in Cork…

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Damien Mulley tweetz:

Some line of hailstones/slush…

UPDATE:

Ratoath, County Meath this morning.

Thanks James Carr

Stiofán says:

The 1st snow of the Spring today “If spring comes can #winter be far behind?”

Thanks Stiofán

Bonkers writes:

Snow in Finglas [Dublin], cold & wet arses for motorbikers

Blanchardstown [Dublin] this morning.

Thanks Dee

Lucan, County Dublin, this morning.

Thanks John

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John Davis writes

a before and after

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Templeogue, Dublin 6w

Thanks Alan Ball

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Jeannie Frampton writes:

Naas, County Kildare 9.15am

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Blanchardstown, Dublin

Thanks Helen

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M7 between Newbridge and Naas [Co Kildare] this morning.

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Snow in your area to Broadsheet@Broadsheet.ie marked “snow”

Gulp.

Met Éireann National Weather Warnings

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“Nothing Santa can’t handle”

The Xmas forecast with Johnny O’Loughlin, age 8, from Ennis, Co Clare.

Gareth Naughton at RTÉ, writes:

He was one of the stars of this year’s Late Late Toy Show and now Johnny is back to deliver his very first weather report, updating everyone on Santa’s progress as the big day approaches.
Viewers of this year’s Late Late Toy Show will remember Johnny as the little boy who was mad about the weather – even making his own board game about it – and his stunned reaction when his favourite weathercaster, Evelyn Cusack, surprised him live on air.

Meanwhile…

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Stopaidh that.

Caitlín Nic Aoidh struggles with amadamness during the Christmas forecast on TG4/Cúla4.

Thanks Cúla4

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Steady on.

Over the top lads jumping into the sea during Storm Desmond reportage on tonight’s RTÉ Six One News from Salthill, Galway.

And the inevitable auto-tuned remix…

SUPER CÉILÍ

Thanks Carlow Weather and whaddyanuts

Meanwhile…

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From top: Today’s Irish Independent; UK Met Office graph depicting the relationship between the El Nino and cold winters in Ireland.

The coldest winter since the 1950s?

Not so fast, weather fans.

Mark Dunphy writes~:

There are some scientific/meteorological reasons to suggest that the building blocks for a colder than average winter to verify are in place. They include record-breaking cold seas surface temperatures in the North Atlantic, entrenched early season cold in Russia and soon Eastern Europe, a strong El Nino, and periods of High Pressure blocking in recent weeks dragging in a polar continental airmass across Ireland and Britain.

But – strong El Ninos and cold Atlantic waters have come and gone without record breaking cold occurring in this part of the world in the past. For example, the strong El Nino year of 1991-92 winter season saw Oct-May in Ireland/Britain producing warmer than average conditions. Furthermore, the below UK Met Office data shows strong/very strong El Nino years (circled in red) not exactly supporting the circulating theory of impending record breaking cold.

Furthermore, the UKMO [UK Meto Office] plot (pic 2) confirms the relationship between the El Nino and cold winters in Ireland doesn’t hold for STRONG events.

The Irish Independent article bases its article on the fact that migratory birds have migrated to this side of the world. Nothing too unusual about that you might think. The birds in question migrate to the UK every year and have arrived early for two reasons.

Easterly winds have been persistent in recent weeks meaning that they have decided to take off west while the going is good (easier flight than the flight they normally make against westerly winds).

The other reason is that Siberia has seen winter kick in rather early. Eastern and central Europe too will experience some snow over the next few days. Many other similar newspaper articles have appeared in recent weeks with no evidence other than supposition to claim that Ireland is set for its coldest winter since 1963.

FIGHT!

Is Ireland heading for a record breaking cold winter? Perhaps not (Mark Dunphy, The Clare Herald)

Is Ireland Heading For The Worst Winter In 50 Years (Independent.ie)