Leinster (Including Dublin): Cold spell and snow discussion (15/12/2010)

ninebeanrows

Please use this thread for cold spell discussion particular to Leinster.

PixelTrawler

How come "the west" thread in the last freeze was locked to keep the discussion all ireland... But now leinster/dublin gets its own thread.

Or are there going to be regional threads now (wouldnt be a bad idea really)

edit: never mind, spotted the others. Good move this.

irish1967

Yeah. The west one was locked. No sure I agree with a regional thread. Fair is fair !!

Edit: ooops. Just spotted the others too !!

Sierra Oscar

Regional is the way to go. The last even showed us that the threads move too fast if everything is dumped in the one thread.

Anyways, should I be expecting snow in South Dublin this weekend?

PixelTrawler

Yip, one thread becomes impossible to follow... And now ill stop polluting yers:)

Sir Oxman

Hi all

what's the chances of it being a white-out/transport freeze in Dublin CC on Friday night/Sat morn?
Have a bit of a do planned in town Fri night and a few people coming in that are living well outside the city

Thks

Speak Now

From a geographical point of view it makes much more sense for me to hang out in here................UNLESS...we get a south east thread :pac:

Gran Hermano

I suppose we should be happy we can avoid the 'rebels' sobbing about how they never get snow. They sure love their beal bocht routine.

VeVeX

Should Dublin not have its own thread

kwik

hope this happens not like january when they said the snow would get heavier then changed their mind at the last minute. Oh forgot to say love the snow

Iancar29

gambiaman wrote: »

Hi all

what's the chances of it being a white-out/transport freeze in Dublin CC on Friday night/Sat morn?
Have a bit of a do planned in town Fri night and a few people coming in that are living well outside the city

Thks

At the moment we are POTENTIALLY looking at about 1-10cms for that time... but it could well double upon ugrades to model runs and such.

SO ye if the stocks of grit havent still been re stocked then the roads could get quite bad, disrupting all services.. Train is only the best option id say.

Well I'd say potentially in that Ian.
There is still a chance of little or nothing in Dublin at the weekend untill we nail down specifics a bit better.
The probability in my opinion is of disruptive snow in the east especially dublin northwards but still a decent chance of nothing or just a dusting aswell over the weekend

ninebeanrows

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

From a geographical point of view it makes much more sense for me to hang out in here................UNLESS...we get a south east thread :pac:

The problem is dividing too much! There is only so much you can go before you dilute the conversation too much.

Hopefully 3 regionals will be enough.

eigrod

Deleted User wrote: »

Well I'd say potentially in that Ian.
There is still a chance of little or nothing in Dublin at the weekend untill we nail down specifics a bit better.
The probability in my opinion is of disruptive snow in the east especially dublin northwards but still a decent chance of nothing or just a dusting aswell over the weekend

From MT's earlier posts, it looks as if Dublin & Wicklow get hit on Sunday/Monday.

darkman2

It seems likely we could get frontal snow widespread and probrably heavy at times on Friday but I also expect snow showers later Thursday aswell.

thetonynator

Fantastic. . . A pale thread. Looks like if you live in the rest of leinster you don't have a say. . . I know what the title says but you can be pretty sure that this will be a thread entirely about dublin and its immediate surrounding area. . . :rolleyes:

Iancar29

Deleted User wrote: »

Well I'd say potentially in that Ian.
There is still a chance of little or nothing in Dublin at the weekend untill we nail down specifics a bit better.
The probability in my opinion is of disruptive snow in the east especially dublin northwards but still a decent chance of nothing or just a dusting aswell over the weekend

Sorry... im very optimistic! haha

ninebeanrows

darkman2 wrote: »

It seems likely we could get frontal snow widespread and probrably heavy at times on Friday but I also expect snow showers later Thursday aswell.

Yes important to watch the potential of snow showers for eastern coastal district as this recent shift eastwards of the vortex has began in recent model outputs. Winds Thursday evening remain N and veer NNE on occasions so there is a chance of a few showers clipping the east.

ninebeanrows

thetonynator wrote: »

Fantastic. . . A pale thread. Looks like if you live in the rest of leinster you don't have a say. . . I know what the title says but you can be pretty sure that this will be a thread entirely about dublin and its immediate surrounding area. . . :rolleyes:

I am sorry but it is the best i can do, making a Dublin thread would be a mess as a result of how large greater Dublin is and i am not going to have a pale thread and outside pale thread!

I am sorry but this is the best i can do.

Speak Now

Weathercheck wrote: »

The problem is dividing too much! There is only so much you can go before you dilute the conversation too much.

Hopefully 3 regionals will be enough.

I was only joking

Good luck with the modding over the weekend.

You'll need it :rolleyes:

fizzycyst

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

From a geographical point of view it makes much more sense for me to hang out in here................UNLESS...we get a south east thread :pac:

I think a SE thread is a pretty good idea Jerry

BEASTERLY

The thread is new but already has a out break of DUBLINCENTREOFTHEUNIVERSEitis :mad:

thetonynator

Thanks for doing your best w.c, mods have a hard job without me moaning as well. . . I think it will be easier for me just stay out of the discussion for this cold spell.

Sir Oxman

Iancar29 wrote: »

At the moment we are POTENTIALLY looking at about 1-10cms for that time... but it could well double upon ugrades to model runs and such.

SO ye if the stocks of grit havent still been re stocked then the roads could get quite bad, disrupting all services.. Train is only the best option id say.

Thanks Iancar29, Black Briar and eirgod and others

I'll keep an eye on this thread over the coming days. Cheers.

PS what's the moaning already about someone from Dublin asking a question?! Jeez.

Iancar29

BEASTERLY wrote: »

The thread is new but already has a out break of DUBLINCENTREOFTHEUNIVERSEitis :mad:

Here... id miss certain peoples post if it was an only dublin thread... so ye, its not our fault that a lot of dublins peeps are on boards!

Gearing up for a re-run for MT. Leinster? ha

kwik

any of u wise weather people tell me wat the chances are of a white christmas in dublin? thank you in advance

Tom Cruises Left Nut

Weathercheck wrote: »

I am sorry but it is the best i can do, making a Dublin thread would be a mess as a result of how large greater Dublin is and i am not going to have a pale thread and outside pale thread!

I am sorry but this is the best i can do.

Its a tough one but hopefully it keeps things a bit less manic !

For those of us who watch the models we will know when to go into each thread and hit F5 !

Doin a good job there WC, now I hope you get your blizzard !! :D:pac:

I think we should all go to bed now...

delw

BEASTERLY wrote: »

The thread is new but already has a out break of DUBLINCENTREOFTHEUNIVERSEitis :mad:

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boo hoo

Tom Cruises Left Nut

Deleted User wrote: »

I think we should all go to bed now...

but but but...

00Z !!! :pac:

TheMilkyPirate

Deleted User wrote: »

I think we should all go to bed now...

Sounds good to me, night all

thetonynator

Deleted User wrote: »

I think we should all go to bed now...

best idea anyones had all day! Good night everyone, enjoy the snow when it comes! :P

demakinz

Maybe even a Midlands thread

Super-Rush

Can't understand the negativity myself. This is going to make threads much easier to read. Nice one WC.

dexter647

Please mods create a separate thread for Dublin and leave this one for leinster for obvious reasons:rolleyes:

M.T. Cranium

Where's my regional thread then?

Okay, bad joke MTC, here's my real reason for dropping in ... as I expect this to be a super-busy period, and just to save needless posts, please note, any forecast updates from yours truly will be first posted in the forecast thread. If you don't see a new post there, it means there has not been an update somewhere else, so you don't have to go looking for one (not that I'm saying there won't be forecast updates by the thousands from many other sources).

I hope to deputize one or two trusty souls to make sure we always have eyes on the sky in this difficult period. PM me if you're interested in that.

Redsunset

dexter647 wrote: »

Please mods create a separate thread for Dublin and leave this one for leinster for obvious reasons:rolleyes:

No more threads please,this is suffice.

Supercell

Looking at MTC's latest masterpeice it looks like the end of days for leinster is on hold until Sundayish, time to get some last minute shopping in then!

Brenireland

Supercell wrote: »

Looking at MTC's latest masterpeice it looks like the end of days for leinster is on hold until Sundayish, time to get some last minute shopping in then!

maybe for dublin,but for the rest of leinster he's giving a fair bit of snow early on.

Vudgie

Brenireland wrote: »

maybe for dublin,but for the rest of leinster he's giving a fair bit of snow early on.

Where is this 'rest of leinster' that you speak of?;)

TheTwiz

BEASTERLY wrote: »

The thread is new but already has a out break of DUBLINCENTREOFTHEUNIVERSEitis :mad:

Dublin has a population of 1.6 million people, what is the population of the rest of Leinster. Due to the sheer size of the place it's bloody obvious why Dublin gets most of the comments. Why can't people outside "the pale" understand this? It has nothing to do with us Dubs showing arrogance towards people from the country

mothel

I don't like this regional divide at all. Unity is what we need in these hard times.
Still, nothing to stop me reading and posting in the other regions....or is there?

OPENROAD

Location: Dublin

OK should i be panic buying in the supermarket on Thursday/Friday.

I have a delivery of home heating oil planned for nxt week, should I bring it forward to Thursday/Friday of this week?

Brenireland

bring it forward to be safe.

thetonynator

TheTwiz wrote: »

Dublin has a population of 1.6 million people, what is the population of the rest of Leinster. Due to the sheer size of the place it's bloody obvious why Dublin gets most of the comments. Why can't people outside "the pale" understand this? It has nothing to do with us Dubs showing arrogance towards people from the country

i'm not complaining about arrogance or anything, just that with that many people in dublin, the rest of leinster won't get a look in in this thread.

Vudgie

thetonynator wrote: »

i'm not complaining about arrogance or anything, just that with that many people in dublin, the rest of leinster won't get a look in in this thread.

You could be right but I for one am very interested in what happens inland in Leinster and two weeks ago we were all watching north leinster. I am in Dublin but I don't think we believe we are going to get our very own snow cloud!!!!

Can't we all just get along.:p

little bess

With regards to the regional threads issue I'm just hoping I don't miss any posts or charts that the guys in the know may post in the other threads

Brenireland

Yeah I suppose lets show some unity here so,It always good to know how your capital city is getting on in these cold spells so lets unite then.

I mean we're all fortunate not to be in Munster/or connacht so thats one thing we have in common!,bring on the snow!

DOCARCH

Brenireland wrote: »

I mean we're all fortunate not to be in Munster/or connacht so thats one thing we have in common!,bring on the snow!

At least we will not hear about the rain Cork will get!

Inquitus

thetonynator wrote: »

Fantastic. . . A pale thread. Looks like if you live in the rest of leinster you don't have a say. . . I know what the title says but you can be pretty sure that this will be a thread entirely about dublin and its immediate surrounding area. . . :rolleyes:

There's more to Leinster?

Min

Listening to the forecast this morning from Met Eireann - a carbon copy of the forecast on the website, I would think the south east might e one of the worst affected areas.

Friday: "parts of the east and south may see more significant snowfall from showers"

Then: the focus for snowfall is likely to transfer to southern and, eventually, eastern counties as the weekend progresses.

Not looking good as David Rogers talked about disruption.