The Big Freeze ( Saturday 9th January 2010 )

Sierra Oscar

By the looks of the radar, these showers seem to be penetrating far further inland than was forecasted. Met Eireann have also upgraded their weather charts over night to indicate heavy snowfall.

Our man in Havana

-11 here still. :eek:

Brian Capture

ciaran67 wrote: »

+28c not a cloud in the sky sitting here with a freezing cold glass of bubbly listening to the waves crash onto the beach thinking about a swim.

Wakes up looks out window begins to cry.

were you born in 1967, C-C-C-C-C-i-i-a-a-r-r-a-a-n-n-n-n?

The cold is making me stammer.

paddybar

munsterlegend wrote: »

what temp did you record out there paddy bar? i am close to mallow as well and i had a -9 when i got up on the car.

Charleville is showing -10.5 and my car at home near doneraile{4.5miles away)showed -8 at 9 o clock

Deep Easterly

Freezing fog has cleared here in north Galway (well my wee area of north Galway at least), but still looks thick and freezing city side at the moment:

at the docks:


Overlooking the bay:


fantastic weather!

Tiriel

Still very grey skies, snow is coming and going in UCD.

ciaran67

Brian Capture wrote: »

were you born in 1967, C-C-C-C-C-i-i-a-a-r-r-a-a-n-n-n-n?

The cold is making me stammer.

Its the amount of times today i thought about that cruise in the Caribbean i was on two months ago

greenpeter

snowing in meath for the last hr:D

snaps

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Freezing fog has cleared here in north Galway (well my wee area of north Galway at least), but still looks thick and freezing city side at the moment:

fantastic weather!

Fog cleared here and its -8c and sunny! Im going to post some photos soon

Irish Steve

Not sure about roads yet, haven't ventured out, they were reasonable last night before the freeze and this morning's snow, I would doubt that Meath CC have come this far given present problems, so they will probably be tricky unless you have a good 4WD. There's at least 5 cm lying here. Has just stopped snowing, but still overcast, so could start again. Wind currently showing Northerly at ground level, but is more North Easterly at cloud level.

Deep Easterly

snaps wrote: »

Fog cleared here and its -8c and sunny! Im going to post some photos soon

Looking forward viewing those snaps Snaps!

dfbemt

Bond-007 wrote: »

-11 here still. :eek:

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Our man in Havana

Snowing now near Rathdowney, Co. Laois.

thetonynator

Was -13 here in south kk at 7am. Started snowing lightly round half an hour, maybe 40 mins ago. Very little fallen so far, <1cm.

DOCARCH

Snow starting to get heavier again. 3 hours of snow now.

ciaran67

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Looking forward viewing those snaps Snaps!

Would they be cold snaps?




(sorry, sounded funnier in my head)

jambofc

still -5 here only a few flake's,barely a covering.

two snowplough's on the m50 :eek:


http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0109/live_weather_transport_updates_saturday.html

nifheorais

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Freezing fog has cleared here in north Galway (well my wee area of north Galway at least), but still looks thick and freezing city side at the moment:

at the docks:


Overlooking the bay:


fantastic weather!

Photos great! Have you a temperature reading to go with them?

200motels

Fine here now.

WolfeIRE

Charts indicate a return to milder weather from later Monday onwards. The temps will rise gradually not significantly north eastwards across the country. However, a lot of action to take place between now and then. These boards will be fiLLed with people screaming its bucketing down, whiteout, blizzard, help!!!!!, mommy!!!!, torrential snow, and the occasional 'it's feckin sleeting'.

If this big freeze is about to end then, almost like your shipmate on a sinking ship, i wish you the best of luck and i hope you get snow. Deep, Nacho, Leahyl, Eskimo, Billy, Chicken and everyone starved of any snowfall, i hope you get buckets. To everyone else I will see you at the inaugural 2010 Irish snowman making championships.

I am holding out for the colder air to win the day. Charts can as easily have messed up their outlook on this as they have done on previous setups in recent weeks. I'll be at the ship wheel until then.

snaps

I see the deaths have started from people falling through ice on lakes. 2 lads Killed in UK from falling through Ice.

Bandit12

snaps wrote: »

I see the deaths have started from people falling through ice on lakes. 2 lads Killed in UK from falling through Ice.

Was bound to happen sooner or later. Never underestimate just how stupid the average joe/jane is.

mickger

Very lightly snowing still, can't seem to get going.

munsterlegend

WolfeIRE wrote: »

Charts indicate a return to milder weather from later Monday onwards. The temps will rise gradually not significantly north eastwards across the country.

A lot of action to take place between now and then.

If this big freeze is about to end then, almost like yourshipmate on a sinking ship, i wish you the best of luck and i hope you get snow. All of the country will see snow.

I am holding out for the colder air to win the day. Charts can as easily have messed up their outlook on this as they have done on previous setups in recent weeks. I'll be at the ship wheel till then.

seems to be a lot of uncertainty. even met eireann have a risk of snow for later in the week down south where one would expect the first signs of a thaw.

thetonynator

WolfeIRE wrote: »

Charts indicate a return to milder weather from later Monday onwards. The temps will rise gradually not significantly north eastwards across the country.

A lot of action to take place between now and then.

If this big freeze is about to end then, almost like yourshipmate on a sinking ship, i wish you the best of luck and i hope you get snow. All of the country will see snow.

I am holding out for the colder air to win the day. Charts can as easily have messed up their outlook on this as they have done on previous setups in recent weeks. I'll be at the ship wheel till then.

Does that mean that next wednesdays snow is unlikely to happen, more likely to be rain???

A slow thaw would be good though, would prevent any major floods.

opr

WolfeIRE wrote: »

Charts indicate a return to milder weather from later Monday onwards. The temps will rise gradually not significantly north eastwards across the country. However, a lot of action to take place between now and then. These boards will be fiLLed with people screaming its bucketing down, whiteout, blizzard, help!!!!!, mommy!!!!, torrential snow, and the occasional 'it's feckin sleeting'.

If this big freeze is about to end then, almost like your shipmate on a sinking ship, i wish you the best of luck and i hope you get snow. Deep, Nacho, Leahyl, Eskimo, Billy, Chicken and everyone starved of any snowfall, i hope you get buckets. To everyone else I will see you at the inaugural 2010 Irish snowman making championships.

I am holding out for the colder air to win the day. Charts can as easily have messed up their outlook on this as they have done on previous setups in recent weeks. I'll be at the ship wheel until then.

Su Campu seems to have called it bang on again!

Opr

Leeside

Forecast for heavy snow for Cork now changed to sleet. Heavy rain and +7c by Tuesday. 8 degrees on wednesday. Defo looks like cold spell coming to and end.

TheMilkyPirate

snaps wrote: »

I see the deaths have started from people falling through ice on lakes. 2 lads Killed in UK from falling through Ice.

They were obviously thicker than the ice. What would ye be thinkin..

Deep Easterly

nifheorais wrote: »

Photos great! Have you a temperature reading to go with them?

They are webcam shots taken from http://www.galway.net/about/webcam/

No idea of temp in the city but I'd say it is well below freezing!

dfbemt

snaps wrote: »

I see the deaths have started from people falling through ice on lakes. 2 lads Killed in UK from falling through Ice.

Plus an elderly man found dead under a bush in his back garden in Wexford - frozen

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/widower-found-dead-in-frozen-back-garden-2006232.html

RIP