Big Freeze Discussion / Heavy snow & Blizzards continue - 02/12/2010

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Anyone who's had enough of this and is looking for some winter sun, come to balmy Terenure. Sun splitting the mostly blue skies, snow melting way...all thanks to the good ole IOM

Edit : Yes I successfully tempted fate ! no sooner do I post that it starts snowing !!

Edit : but it's a really pathetic attempt at sun snow.

heyheyhey1982

The IOM shadown seems be be on dublin cc and Dublin south- we need a break any way we've nearly a foot in Sandyford.

Has any one noticed the BBC weather for dublin tmro? According to them we havent had snow all week and today "sleet showers" and tmro is to be clear skies?? WTF?

I had a look at the website on monday and there prediction for the week was absolutley brutal- is the BBC getting back at us for the economy? WAN>KERS

Xxhaylsxx

Does winds becoming more northerly mean bad for meath?

angeldelight

Apologies if this has been posted before, if it has I haven't seen it - great video, particularly from 55 seconds

http://www.facebook.com/viv.holst?v=wall#!/video/video.php?v=10150114450763793&comments

Cleavage1970

Blue skies and sun in Athboy

the groutch

blue skies and just a handful of very white clouds in dun laoghaire

cabot

Looking at the satellite pictures, will the band to the north of the UK and Ireland reach us?

http://www.sat24.com/Region.aspx?country=gb&sat=ir&type=loop

TFK

Huge flakes of snow here in Clondalkin, the walk to the shops was interesting! You can't tell the path from the road!

ninebeanrows

Medium shower here now, not sticking however.

Hopefully we get a bit of luck and that streamer stays put now!

How Strange

Very heavy snow falling in Ballyfermot area right now

mrsdewinter

brisk snowfall has just eased over here in south D15

Coopaloop

Amazing snow in Celbridge!!!! AMAZING!!!!

SantryRed

Sun and snow in Santry

Chicken Run

Ha'way you Easterners - blow a bit of it over to the West.... bright and frosty here - not a flake since Monday *sulking*

Irish Steve

Just been out, the Northern IOM streamer moved after 0300<g>. Ashbourne has picked up an extra 4 to 6 inches of fresh snow since 0300, and some of it was "real" snow rather than graupel.

Stopped now for a while, but it's made things "interesting", I'm glad I have a 4 x 4 to get into Finglas shortly. The roads can't be too bad, as I saw a Bus Eireann double decker in the village, so the N2 must be passable, albeit that even the main roads are not clear. The estate roads are very much covered and tricky.

Our end of our estate is now starting to look very Alpine, the snow on everything is doing a very good job of hiding all the things that normally don't look so good.


Looking at raintoday, the IOM streamers have backed down a bit, which could be tidal or just the way things are, so hopefully, things will settle down for a few hours now to allow essentials to be dealt with.

Steve

Luckycharms_74

BEASTERLY wrote: »

Blizzards here all morning, there was a foot on the garden table last night , now its almost a foot and a half.:eek:

I think we should all remember this is DECEMBER and that we are witnessing something special.

I fixed your post

Kiith

How is it around Dublin Airport? I'm due to fly back today at 15:20, but i don't know if it's going to be cancelled (again) or not.

SEPT 23 1989

Snowing heavily Newcastle co Dublin:)

ongarite

Dubh Geannain wrote: »

Don't know if coming into work was a good idea :eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QtGbchJP4U

Ratoath by the way.

Where is this in Ratoath. From there originally, with the snow cant see a landmark anywhere?

Big Daddy Cool

clear and sunny in north east meath today, but got alot of snow during the night, roads are a mess and are just about passable but the snow forecast tonight will change that.

Kobayashi

Not snowing out in Blessington but spotted something which explains why the roads are feckd. Gritter lorry, blade clearing excess snow from road, full of salt passing through Blessington along the N81 but NOT SALTING BEHIND!!!

:rolleyes:

ViDuchie

ffarrell7 wrote: »

Savage snow again in Blanch/Castleknock.. for the past hour...easily a foot here now:D:D:D

A foot. I'm just at the halfway house end of D15... And I'd say a foot would be an exaggeration by,, maybe 100%+.. There's about 4 inches down here. Is the snow that local.

adox

Northwest business park here in Blanch is really bad now. A big downpour of snow this morning, roads very dangerous.

Just out pushing one of our delivery vans to get it out of the premesis and then again to get it going.

Hopefully will be let home soon. Not looking forward to drive home to Rush.

SEPT 23 1989

This is unbelievable near whiteout now:pac:

the groutch

cabot wrote: »

Looking at the satellite pictures, will the band to the north of the UK and Ireland reach us?

http://www.sat24.com/Region.aspx?country=gb&sat=ir&type=loop

it's forecast to hit the west coast tomorrow morning

ViDuchie

ViDuchie wrote: »

A foot. I'm just at the halfway house end of D15... And I'd say a foot would be an exaggeration by,, maybe 100%+.. There's about 4 inches down here. Is the snow that local.

yes sometimes it is.
Within 2 to 3 miles either side of a shower train you could easily have twice the amount or half the amount.

Brenireland

earlier I stated the cold spell would be coming to a halt on monday after seeing a weather report of temperatures rising to 6 degrees in most of Irlande,however that report was last night! & now their giving highs of jus over 1 degrees sorry for striking the fear earlier!

Shelga

Blizzard with huge flakes of dry fluffy snow in Artane!

W.Shakes-Beer

woohoo!

getting a pounding in Dublin 5!

I think the Northern streamer has shifted south slightly!

acassells80

No snow in City Centre