Current snow, ice and travel reports for local area

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Evening all, did anyone just hear thunder???

Matt Le Tissue

was that what it was?
Im in Killincarrig and the windows rattled and the dogs are howling big time.

heavyballs

maddest thunder ever

eigrod

Thunder, lightening, snow & a beautiful orange sky. We're getting it all this evening. Meant to snow for the next few hours right over Greystones.

darsar

Tis very White out there now . I hope the sheep are cleared from the field at the top of the Farrankelly road in the morning so I my son can sledge down the hill.

Jason X

Didn't hear the thunder the first time but felt the rumble and the doors in my house shook big time!

Heard the last two rumbles and all of a sudden the place is covered in snow too! Ha!

Hope we don't get the same severe weather as last year, I can't take more of those traffic jams.

Not sure about maddest thunder ever but earlier on (a couple of hours ago) I saw bright white flashes in the sky a couple of times... I wasn't sure if it was actually lightning or not but if it was then it was really strange to see it appear so intensly white!

littlefriend

Wow, love it. Thunder and snow? Never heard/saw that before.
My dog is going nuts

MrsA

and all the interesting threads get locked :rolleyes:

pixbyjohn

DSC_0956 by pixbyjohn, on Flickr

eleMental

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pixbyjohn

eleMental wrote: »

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Nice photo

littlefriend

Its snowing again

dr ro

Wheres good to bring kids locally in the snow. Any ideas.

darsar

dr ro wrote: »

Wheres good to bring kids locally in the snow. Any ideas.

See my above post. Field at top of the road to the N11. Last year it was packed with election posters, plastic boxes and anything that can be used as a sledge really!

trad

What's the roads like around there?

dr ro

darsar wrote: »

See my above post. Field at top of the road to the N11. Last year it was packed with election posters, plastic boxes and anything that can be used as a sledge really!

thanks I'll try it out. Roll on the general election!

Charlie-Bravo

Just looking at met.ie and the animated radar - looks like some nice snow/sleet coming our way up from Wexford.

There is also the http://www.irelandsweather.com website which shows temps locally.

FirstIn

I like snow and all that. However I've been stuck in CDG Paris for the last 8.5 hours and I'm quite bored. Hence I'm posting here! I just hope the snow holds off till I get home. What's it doing outside now!

dr ro

Just started snowing again I'm afraid. Pretty heavy too.

LEIN

Thread title changed.

Any reports of snow and ice to be posted here. (for local area only)

mikedragon32

What makes it worse is that right up to the time it started snowing, there was a bit of freezing fog, so the stuff that's down is frozen over and there's 1cm of fresh stuff down.

If you're stuck and need anything done, FirstIn, I'm just a few doors up from you.

mikedragon32

Just wondering if SickCert or anyone else in the know is about...

Seeing that the 184s were terminating in Charlesland today, is there a possibility that the 84x will only run from here in the morning too? Obviously there's nothing up on the DB website yet, probably won't have anything up until after I'm supposed to head for work.

Renn

Ugh, need to get the 84x to town tomorrow. Likelyhood of this happening?

Son of Jack

According to 21.45 update, Bus Eireann are not operating south of Bray.

84 and 184 both terminating at Bray Station.

LEIN

Dart should be pretty packed in the morning so.

psycho-hope

road from charlesland to kilcoole is more or less iced over, hmm looks like were stuck in so

jaffa20

psycho-hope wrote: »

road from charlesland to kilcoole is more or less iced over, hmm looks like were stuck in so

I saw the gritter on it earlier. Unless they were on there way to the n11 and not gritting it at all:D This snow is a pain in the ass!

jedishelly

The latest from Met Éireann:

Issued at 29 November 2010 - 11:40
WEATHER ADVISORY
Heavy snowfalls expected tonight, tomorrow and tomorrow night in east Leinster with accumulations of 5-10cm of snow in inland locations and 10-20cm in Counties Louth and Dublin and 15-25cm in County Wicklow.

Valid from: 18:00 29/11/2010
to: 00:00 01/12/2010

This exceptionally cold weather will continue through the week.
Night-time temperatures will drop as low as -10C (or lower) and daytime maxima of zero to 4 degrees C.
Further snow showers will occur with a high risk of significant accumulations in the east.
Freezing fog also.

Huntthe

Kilquade turn off from Greystones to Kilcoole rd is barely passable as far as and including the Ballyronan rd .

danjo

I like this site as it gives lots of detail on weather forecast.


http://www.yr.no/place/Ireland/Wicklow/Greystones/hour_by_hour.html



danjo

Rasmus

That site seems good, but isn't it supposed to snow tonight? Or does snow count as percipitation...

audreyp

How is the road from the N11 to Charlesland? I'm in Sanydford now and not looking forward to the drive home.

lakeroad

Whats the weather like in Greystones? Is it snowing?

LEIN

lakeroad wrote: »

Whats the weather like in Greystones? Is it snowing?

No snow. There are nearby showers.

Renn

Heavy snow in town now though fwiw.

Charlie-Bravo

audreyp wrote: »

How is the road from the N11 to Charlesland? I'm in Sanydford now and not looking forward to the drive home.

The road is fine down from the N11 - the normal driving lane is clear however the overtaking lane is still covered with snow/ice for the majority of the run down to Charlesland.

There was a shower of sleet/snow in the last half hour but has eased off now. Clouds do not look threatening at the moment. Roads still good up into Greystones.

Looking up at the mountains (Glen of the Downs) it is starting to mist a little so there is a good chance of freezing fog very soon up that way.

LEIN

Just a follow on from astro's post.

It will start to freeze up soon after dark so take it easy on the roads people.

tfitzgerald

Anyone know driving conditions around Dublin I have family coming into Dublin airport around 6 then drive to limk would they be better off staying the night

LEIN

Link below to Dublin City Council traffic cameras.

Lots of shots of M50 which id imagine will be your main choice.

http://www.dublincity.ie/dublintraffic/

AnneRyan

check out the live webcam in Kilmacanogue to see how traffic is moving through Glen of the Downs - takes about 40 seconds for buffering then picture comes up

http://michaelr.camstreams.com/

darter

danjo wrote: »

I like this site as it gives lots of detail on weather forecast.

http://www.yr.no/place/Ireland/Wicklow/Greystones/hour_by_hour.html

A weather site based in Norway that updates every 12 hours? Not sure how much use that is.

The site currently shows a forecast as of 08:50 this morning, with the next update scheduled for 17:30 (any time now). Given the highly variable conditions we really need hourly updates. Met Eirrean a far better choice. Updated every few hours:
http://www.met.ie/forecasts/regional.asp?Prov=Leinster

tfitzgerald

Damo9090 wrote: »

Link below to Dublin City Council traffic cameras.

Lots of shots of M50 which id imagine will be your main choice.

http://www.dublincity.ie/dublintraffic/

Thanks. That's a nice website too

FirstIn

darter wrote: »

A weather site based in Norway that updates every 12 hours? Not sure how much use that is.

The site currently shows a forecast as of 08:50 this morning, with the next update scheduled for 17:30 (any time now). Given the highly variable conditions we really need hourly updates. Met Eirrean a far better choice. Updated every few hours:
http://www.met.ie/forecasts/regional.asp?Prov=Leinster

"every few hours" my eye. Perhaps during the day. Showing 17.00 update for Leinster and it's now 23.10. Over 6 hours. Not much use.

darter

FirstIn wrote: »

"every few hours" my eye. Perhaps during the day. Showing 17.00 update for Leinster and it's now 23.10. Over 6 hours. Not much use.

Ah yes, you have me there. It is still showing 17:00 as the last update. It's every few hours during the civil service day... which, you have to remember, is the shortest working day of anywhere in the world at 6.5 hours. I usually only check it in the mornings and mid-afternoons.

(Irish civil service has 8 hour days with 1.5 hours for lunch, 32.5 working hours per week - no wonder the country is in trouble... but please let's not sidetrack this thread or it will get closed down)

danjo

Rasmus wrote: »

That site seems good, but isn't it supposed to snow tonight? Or does snow count as percipitation...

Yes, hail, rain, sleet and snow - according to Wiki.
No snow in Greystones last night.

danjo

darter wrote: »

A weather site based in Norway that updates every 12 hours? Not sure how much use that is.

The site currently shows a forecast as of 08:50 this morning, with the next update scheduled for 17:30 (any time now). Given the highly variable conditions we really need hourly updates. Met Eirrean a far better choice. Updated every few hours:
http://www.met.ie/forecasts/regional.asp?Prov=Leinster

darter wrote: »

Ah yes, you have me there. It is still showing 17:00 as the last update. It's every few hours during the civil service day... which, you have to remember, is the shortest working day of anywhere in the world at 6.5 hours. I usually only check it in the mornings and mid-afternoons.

Renn

What's Greystones like today guys?

LEIN

Cold and wet.

Light showers of hail/sleet.

Renn

The roads are okay though?

LEIN

Yes all roads are good.

artvandelay48

Any traffic updates available? There has been some snow in Dublin. How much has fallen in the stones? Is Bray Head passable?