Munster: Cold spell and snow discussion (15/12/2010)

ninebeanrows

Please use this thread for cold spell discussion particular to these provinces.

Ali Babba

Are we going to get any snow in Cork this time?:o

Bicycle

Sky News are currently suggesting the UK hole in and stock up until February. Ferries have been cancelled to the Hebrides.

Any idea how long its going to last here?? (Have an extension being built at the mo, and its already 2 months over time and counting. Each day of sub-zero is another day when bricks can't be laid or plaster can't be spread).

Oh, and we're staying in a house (meanwhile) with a very poor heating system and no working fireplaces.....

Thanks!!

Bicycle

Bicycle wrote: »

Sky News are currently suggesting the UK hole in and stock up until February.

Rofl
You are joking?
I havent watched sky news in ages,I watch bbc news 24

Chicken Run

quiet in this one int it ??

Any other Munster-dwellers...c'mon...sign in....

sunbabe08

a bit over dramatic :rolleyes: well done sky news mass panic ensues the entire uk


does this thread actually mean CORK CITY is actually going to get something decent. cause i'm getting that feeling any time i can feel a big weather change:o.

thetonynator

I'm 15 miles from munster but 70 from dublin. . . And the leinster thread is a dublin thread so i might be joining ye here. . . I can tease ye when i have snow and cork doesn't. . . :P

thetonynator

sunbabe08 wrote: »

a bit over dramatic :rolleyes: well done sky news mass panic ensues the entire uk


does this thread actually mean CORK CITY is actually going to get something decent. cause i'm getting that feeling any time i can feel a big weather change:o.

ignore them, nobody watches sky anyway. . :P and no, it doesn't mean snow for cork its a moaning thread for snow free munster-ites. . :P

sunbabe08

thetonynator wrote: »

I'm 15 miles from munster but 70 from dublin. . . And the leinster thread is a dublin thread so i might be joining ye here. . . I can tease ye when i have snow and cork doesn't. . . :P

grrrrrrr. we will get snow this

Chicken Run

thetonynator wrote: »

ignore them, nobody watches sky anyway. . :P and no, it doesn't mean snow for cork its a moaning thread for snow free munster-ites. . :P

and rain in Clare :rolleyes:

sunbabe08

thetonynator wrote: »

ignore them, nobody watches sky anyway. . :P and no, it doesn't mean snow for cork its a moaning thread for snow free munster-ites. . :P

unless we actually do get snow.

thecretinhop

Great stuff just back from a few days business in waterford and Cork, got a few loose ends but nothing much, epic shop tommorow to get all i need, only fly in ointment is ms cretin hop in dublin till saturday, im assuming she may have a bit of work getting home to galway on saturday what say ye? weather boffins, i have to admit this is amazing stuff it looks like being a special weather event in ireland for a change instead of much of nothing as we have as always:cool:

PandyAndy

I hope there's plenty of snow in South Tipp over the weekend. Going up the Galtees on Saturday Should be a right laugh.

tudlytops

Special all right, specially when you leave in the middle of no where and have no way of going up and down for the essentials.

And the cost of staying worm :mad:

But on the weather front, we are in Templeglantine, up the hills or mounts has my other half likes to call it, its getting cold, real cold, soon the roads with be impossible to use again.

But it is beautiful

thetonynator

thecretinhop wrote: »

Great stuff just back from a few days business in waterford and Cork, got a few loose ends but nothing much, epic shop tommorow to get all i need, only fly in ointment is ms cretin hop in dublin till saturday, im assuming she may have a bit of work getting home to galway on saturday what say ye? weather boffins, i have to admit this is amazing stuff it looks like being a special weather event in ireland for a change instead of much of nothing as we have as always:cool:

train is the way to go if it looks dodgy. . .

Trotter

I wonder will we get a repeat of the snow we got last week here in Waterford. It seemed like the consistent low temps meant that two significant heavy snowfalls of a few hours each were well enough to have snow on the ground for days.

thetonynator

sunbabe08 wrote: »

unless we actually do get snow.

i honestly think, looking at all charts and forecasts that cork has a decent chance of between now and christmas.

UpTheSlashers

Roads gritted in South Tipp tonight. A day early?

thetonynator

UpTheSlashers wrote: »

Roads gritted in South Tipp tonight. A day early?

ice from tonights frost could be just as bad as snow for driving on in places.

thecretinhop

yep think so thanks tony, she goes up once a week so she will be savvy on getting home, she is very determined, yes weather is a mixed blessing, but as other stated there is nothing we can do if it comes enjoy it for what it is;)

UpTheSlashers

thetonynator wrote: »

ice from tonights frost could be just as bad as snow for driving on in places.

Fair enough, didnt know it was expected to be frosty here tonight.

thetonynator

thecretinhop wrote: »

yep think so thanks tony, she goes up once a week so she will be savvy on getting home, she is very determined, yes weather is a mixed blessing, but as other stated there is nothing we can do if it comes enjoy it for what it is;)

and we can dream of a white christmas. . :P

JONJO THE MISER

Kerry calling Kerry calling, chance of whiteout blizzards over the weekend?

sunbabe08

thetonynator wrote: »

i honestly think, looking at all charts and forecasts that cork has a decent chance of between now and christmas.

*faints* some very happy kids around here.

thecretinhop

Yep! made a few hundred sobs last year on belfast having snow, bit late now, i wish you could do doubles on weather lol! really like this new format being able to talk to people in same region, no more "is that snow in north dublin at 7pm, hold on its a sheet in my back yard guff" :rolleyes::)

thecretinhop

lol im in wrong forum!! i cant keep track! anyhow enjoyed cork this week great ould spot hope ye get snow and loads of it!

ch750536

I'm normally first to get snow, know your places...

ch750536

It would help a lot if you all put your locations in your profile too. I'll be getting the time-lapse ready for this event.

rob180

Hoping for a dusting of the white stuff here in Dingle/Inch beach direction

TentCrasher

I wantsno more of it:(

JONJO THE MISER

So quiet in here, where are all my fellow Munster night owls?
When the snow comes i guess i can man the night shift:p

leahyl

From what I can see this sounds good for everywhere really!! Nowhere will escape muhaaaaa!!

http://www.met.ie/forecasts/

Oliverdog

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

So quiet in here, where are all my fellow Munster night owls?
When the snow comes i guess i can man the night shift:p

Well I'm just on my way from Killorglin to Killorglin via Wrexham UK, back tomorrow night. Temp has gone up 6 deg F overnight, now a beautiful morning.
48 hours like this will suit me fine.

Robxxx7

Oliverdog wrote: »

Well I'm just on my way from Killorglin to Killorglin via Wrexham UK, back tomorrow night. Temp has gone up 6 deg F overnight, now a beautiful morning.
48 hours like this will suit me fine.

Killorglin to Killorglin .... thats a bit of a detour through Wrexham

gbee

Too many threads for me, despite the flotsam in the big, big thread, it was entertaining, I don't have the capacity to follow 5 threads essentially on the same subject.

Recommendations for other weather forums please.

leahyl

gbee wrote: »

Too many threads for me, despite the flotsam in the big, big thread, it was entertaining, I don't have the capacity to follow 5 threads essentially on the same subject.

Recommendations for other weather forums please.

Maybe just keep track of the main nationwide weather thread and this one for Munster? You'll prob get most of your info from them

largepants

Greetings fellow Munster dwellers. Since I'm an avid reader of the weather forum I said I'd better check in here.Heres hoping we have something coming our way over the weekend. I know from reading a few Cork posters that they will be huge disappoint if something doesn't materialise.Anyway I'm off to do my snow dance. And believe me thats not a pretty sight!!

gbee

largepants wrote: »

Greetings fellow Munster dwellers. Since I'm an avid reader of the weather forum I said I'd better check in here.Heres hoping we have something coming our way over the weekend. I know from reading a few Cork posters that they will be huge disappoint if something doesn't materialise.Anyway I'm off to do my snow dance. And believe me thats not a pretty sight!!

From MT Cranium: Full report in the weather forecast thread quote/

Wednesday, 15 December, 2010
_________________________________

Advance ALERT ... Rapid freeze likely on Thursday morning in north, by afternoon in south; cut ...

TODAY ... The calm before the storm, cut ....

THURSDAY ... The main feature of the day's weather will be a sudden change to much colder, wintry weather. The timing of that change will vary from morning in the mid-north, to late afternoon in the south coastal counties. cut ... even blizzards ...... endquote/

Anyone with children would want to take heed, don't leave them waiting for a bus, don't expect neighbours to collect them be more aware than usual of their activities and locations, outdoor sports would be a major concern.

There is a strong possibility of being cut off for a few hours until the front passes and the weather pattern settles [as much as it is going to].

200motels

I don't think we're going to get much snow from this cold spell, the wind direction is against us.

Spindle

200motels wrote: »

I don't think we're going to get much snow from this cold spell, the wind direction is against us.

Well it looks like nobody will know where the snow is going to be from this, look at what met.ie have posted and note the word random!!!!

"overnight frost and ice persisting by day in many areas in addition to random snowfall. "

sunbabe08

did i just read blizzards for the south:eek: *passes out*

leahyl

sunbabe08 wrote: »

did i just read blizzards for the south:eek: *passes out*

Jesus this is just too much for me!!:eek:

laurence997

Better happen now :P

Cú Giobach

Forecast for Thursday Cork city, breezy, nip in the air, rain.
Forecast for the rest of the weekend, slightly nippy, light drizzle, occasional rain.
Forecast for rest of country Snow Storm, blizzards, white out, helicopter lifts....etc. ** :cool:





** Disclaimer.
The above forecast may not, in the slightest bit be even remotely accurate.

leahyl

Cú Giobach wrote: »

** Disclaimer.
The above forecast may not, in the slightest bit be even remotely accurate.

Best part of your post:D

sunbabe08

leahyl wrote: »

Jesus this is just too much for me!!:eek:

me as well.

DarkJager

I'm hoping its nothing more than drizzle we get down here, driving from cork - limerick at 11 on friday night! Really don't have the patience for any more ice or snow now, can anyone make it stay away until christmas?

leahyl

DarkJager wrote: »

I'm hoping its nothing more than drizzle we get down here, driving from cork - limerick at 11 on friday night! Really don't have the patience for any more ice or snow now, can anyone make it stay away until christmas?

Nope sorry:) No seriously though i'm sorry to hear that - it might be a bit annoying for you alright but take your time and you will be fine - and if it's not safe don't make the journey if you don't have to

sunbabe08

DarkJager wrote: »

I'm hoping its nothing more than drizzle we get down here, driving from cork - limerick at 11 on friday night! Really don't have the patience for any more ice or snow now, can anyone make it stay away until christmas?

train!!!!!



whats this rain and wind business i'm see on thursday. go away rain, go to spain. although with our luck it would turn into snow

ellieh1

Anyone have any idea how Limerick is going to fair out over the weekend, we are hoping for a good fall of snow

kryogen

Are we thinking its going to be bad in Waterford City? still have some christmas shopping to do and wont get a chance till Friday