National: Severe Cold/ Snow Discussion (Thanks to all!)

chelseavera

Carpenter wrote: »

Hi
I am off to castlebar from dublin now whats the chances getting there

I've been working In Castlebar through the night and it has snowed steadily all night . Spoke to someone in Roscommon though who had very little snow - so you could be alright until Mayo. Not overly confident about early gritters - but the N5 will probably be one of the first to get done. Be careful Carpenter.

snaps

Arent RTE a disgrace, no travel updates etc on their website as this weather isnt effecting Dublin.

rob180

Hi Tim
There's not that much yet,only about 1-2cm at the mo. Iam near the coast so it could thaw when the sun come up but just saw the Sky weather report it looking good for more snow today so fingers and toes cross.

Timistry

rob180 wrote: »

Hi Tim
There's not that much yet,only about 1-2cm at the mo. Iam near the coast so it could thaw when the sun come up but just saw the Sky weather report it looking good for more snow today so fingers and toes cross.

meh thats not too bad to be fair. The fact that snow fell in Kerry and in a coastal location is very promising. That is more than i got last year thats for sure! The rest of the weekend looks very promising indeed. Hopefully it hammers down!! Catch up to the lads in the north, who are getting buried according to them over on netweather

mojopolo

Just woke up to take a look and I reckon we have about 15 cms of snow in my back garden (about 2 miles south of the city centre). I think there might not be a rush hour this morning

nkay1985

/Crosses fingers that the snow holds off until tonight sometime. Three different Christmas nights out that could be scuppered in one night. What are the chances?

Timistry

It snows once in a blue moon. Sur you can go out drinking anytime!

mickger844posts

Woke up to a white covering in Waterford City, was just a shower at some stage during the night. Wasn't expecting anything so a nice surprise. Temp -0.3 DP -2.1c.Wind NW 11km/h. Webcam shows up nicely what we got.

Live data and webcam @ www.waterfordcityweather.com

aurora 527

mickger844posts wrote: »

Woke up to a white covering in Waterford City, was just a shower at some stage during the night. Wasn't expecting anything so a nice surprise. Temp -0.3 DP -2.1c.Wind NW 11km/h. Webcam shows up nicely what we got.

Live data and webcam @ www.waterfordcityweather.com

Yes, it was a lovely surprise!:)

Noffles

Not a sign of it in the Gorey area and lets hope it stays that way until Sunday then it can belt down all it likes!

mickger844posts

aurora 527 wrote: »

Yes, it was a lovely surprise!:)

Just the start of things, looking great for us from tonight onwards.:)

DrEvil

Read somewhere the winds are gona change NE, anyone got any idea when?

aurora 527

Mickger, have we been downgraded here?

amacachi

I just hope Dublin isn't hit til tonight. Once I get home I'm done til the new year and I don't care how the weather goes. ^_^

mickger844posts

aurora 527 wrote: »

Mickger, have we been downgraded here?

Looking at the latest GFS model certainly not a downgrade. MT will have his forecast up soon, that will tell a lot.

mickger844posts

MT has just posted his latest forecast and for snow lover its a dream

aurora 527

mickger844posts wrote: »

Looking at the latest GFS model certainly not a downgrade. MT will have his forecast up soon, that will tell a lot.

Just looked at it... and it's looking good...:D:D:D:D

aurora 527

Right, must get ready for work.. by the way i'm loving Waterfordcityweather.com..... I've been following it since our last cold snap.

Let's see what the day brings:D

homolumo

mickger844posts wrote: »

Just the start of things, looking great for us from tonight onwards.:)

Indeed. House well stocked with grub, top up of oil arrived yesterday, boiler serviced, Christmas shopping done, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

ninebeanrows

mickger844posts wrote: »

MT has just posted his latest forecast and for snow lover its a dream

How?

The latest models have thrown away the low for today, illustrating hardly any precipitation from it for the south, midlands and east, infact barely anything from the low.

Terrible downgrade this morning.

noah45

Light covering of snow overnight in Athlone.

Nothing major, all this waiting and longing and yet nothing.
Such an anti climax:(:(:(

irish1967

Light snow here now. All in all from 3pm yesterday with intermittent snow showers (mostly grauple) we got less that we got from one shower on the morning of Monday 6th dec. Haven't been outside yet but I reckon 2-3cm max.

whiteandlight

Now I'm confused!! I'm due to travel tonight from Dublin to Mayo so I really need to know who to believe....

laurence997

No snow here whatsoever. Cant say i'm not disappointed.:(

up for anything

We must have has a tiny bit in night. More like frost than snow but the crystals look too big to be frost. Road outside looks lethal though for the school run.

noah45

I think its all hype and much ado about nothing!
The temps did not drop drastically in a short time frame yesterday.
Lots of people all around the different counties disappointed about the lack of snow.

Some believe a major downgrade.:(

irish1967

irish1967 wrote: »

Light snow here now. All in all from 3pm yesterday with intermittent snow showers (mostly grauple) we got less that we got from one shower on the morning of Monday 6th dec. Haven't been outside yet but I reckon 2-3cm max.

And .... Just unjinxed myself with that post !! Good heavy shower on now. My path whic was still brown when I wrote above post is now white.

mickger844posts

Weathercheck wrote: »

How?

The latest models have thrown away the low for today, illustrating hardly any precipitation from it for the south, midlands and east, infact barely anything from the low.

Terrible downgrade this morning.

So your saying MT is wrong???

irish1967

Weathercheck.. Are the downgrades shown going to effect the northwest?? I was hoping everyone would get plastered so we could all share in this. Are winds gonna swing more NW ?

snaps

up for anything wrote: »

We must have has a tiny bit in night. More like frost than snow but the crystals look too big to be frost. Road outside looks lethal though for the school run.

Where, where, where where. All these posts with no locations is driving me nuts.