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

RoisinD

Here in north west Clare it is a beautiful sunny, crisp day. Temp 2.1. Have been watching the showers come down through Mayo & Galway and they either stay out to sea and travel down to Kerry or disappear as soon as they reach Galway Bay.

irish1967

Just heard from OH.. Mountcharles bypass almost impassable beacuse of stranded Trucks.. gritter there at the minute trying to give them grip. Another artic stuck in Dunkineely and another at Brenter. Chaos out there this morning.:eek:

Mental Mickey

irish1967 wrote: »

Just heard from OH.. Mountcharles bypass almost impassable beacuse of stranded Trucks.. gritter there at the minute trying to give them grip. Another artic stuck in Dunkineely and another at Brenter. Chaos out there this morning.:eek:

That's cos people don't know how to drive in it.

Winger_PL

Mental Mickey wrote: »

Bugger. Come to Dublin, goddammit(the snow i mean!:D)

Were you not one of the moanier people around here, something about the snow making life harder?

Harps

R252 closed at Fintown as well, thats my route home so looks like I'll be stuck here for the weekend

WolfForager

Mental Mickey wrote: »

That's cos people don't know how to drive in it.

Or the ice and snow means that road now has a low coefficient of friction and the tyres can't find and purchase on it.

Or you know, "people don't know how to drive on it".

Vizual Pics

Musicmental85 wrote: »

I'm supposed to travel to ballina tonight for mums retirement do. Is it that bad?? Would I make it?

No I wouldnt attempt to drive to Ballina unless absolutely necessary, it is coming down really heavy here now, with breaks for 15-20mins and then blizzard conditions again, as I said already, cars and trucks are getting stuck on the National primary route (N5) so the national secondary roads into ballina are going to be even worse!

Give her a phone call instead, I'm sure she will understand and arrange to bring her out for Dinner in the "Ice House" restaurant the next time your down! Better to be safe than sorry!

ongarboy

Tralee got a fair pasting this morning per the live webcams from Kerry County Council's website

gbee

ednwireland wrote: »

and people who dont know how to drive on snow shouldnt be out in it :mad:

and OH drove to sligo to work this morning, hope she gets home

Given this comment above, you let your OH out in it?

john mayo 10

snowing very heavy in foxford showers are getting heavier and more frequent .its a whiteout out there at the moment

inabina

ongarboy wrote: »

Tralee got a fair pasting this morning per the live webcams from Kerry County Council's website

great example of why we wanted the single NATIONAL THREAD! I am in Dublin, but I want to see Tralee too!

Vain

ongarboy wrote: »

Tralee got a fair pasting this morning per the live webcams from Kerry County Council's website

Nice the 2nd web cam is only up the road from me never knew they had one. Had blizzard like snow for about 20min a few min ago again in Tralee Co Kerry never seen snow so heavy before:cool:

irish1967

hmmm my 11.45 shower is late !... jeez.. timetables !;)

Mental Mickey

irish1967 wrote: »

hmmm my 11.45 shower is late !... jeez.. timetables !;)

Could be stuck in traffic??

Bog Butter

ME:

Bitterly cold today, with a risk of icy conditions and showers of hail and snow, the showers mainly in Ulster, Connacht and west Munster during the day, but becoming more widespread this evening, with a risk of prolonged falls in many areas, leading to fresh accumulations.

Any guesses as to how many inches of snow will fall in the east?

irish1967

Mental Mickey wrote: »

Could be stuck in traffic??

Ah its ok.. its here now... snowing heavily again Donegal Town

dacogawa

M.T. Cranium vs. Weathercheck


"Canadian Cyclone" takes on "Rain Man"

IN
"THE SNOWDOWN"

There can only be one winner here!
And we'll all know by tomorrow

Mental Mickey

malman wrote: »

ME:



Any guesses as to how many inches of snow will fall in the east?

Nobody has a clue.

snow ghost

There was a good three inches of snow on the car this morning... and a few more good snow showers. It's getting all too easy. :pac:

Roads around here are not bad to drive on at the moment as it is fresh, dry powdery snow without any ice underneath it, so easy to grip, that will change if it freezes - it will be lethal.

Biggest danger on the roads around here are idiot drivers.

Mental Mickey

dacogawa wrote: »

M.T. Cranium vs. Weathercheck


"Canadian Cyclone" takes on "Rain Man"

IN


"THE SNOWDOWN"

There can only be one winner here!
And we'll all know by tomorrow

PMSL

outsourced_ire

Just checked out the HIRLAM model here:

http://www.dmi.dk/dmi/index/danmark/vejrkort.htm

Click Nedbor...

Looking good for Cork for the weekend :cool:

ninebeanrows

dacogawa wrote: »

M.T. Cranium vs. Weathercheck


"Canadian Cyclone" takes on "Rain Man"

IN
"THE SNOWDOWN"

There can only be one winner here!
And we'll all know by tomorrow

Nooooooooooo, i do not want to be known as mild man! And i am not saying MT is incorrect, i base my thoughts on the model outputs and they will change with such.


Therefore i hope i lose this so called 'Snowdown' !

leahyl

Is it pretty unlikely now that cork will get any significant snow? Judging bt what the eagle apparently said on 96fm this morning we're in for balmy weather (ok slight exaggeration!) but you know what I mean!!

Should have known really that all those amazing charts would never come to pass in the real world!:(

Big Daddy Cool

Weathercheck wrote: »

Nooooooooooo, i do not want to be known as mild man! And i am not saying MT is incorrect, i base my thoughts on the model outputs and they will change with such.


Therefore i hope i lose this so called 'Snowdown' !

you hope you lose, stand up for your predictions man

Mental Mickey

leahyl wrote: »

Is it pretty unlikely now that cork will get any significant snow? Judging bt what the eagle apparently said on 96fm this morning we're in for balmy weather (ok slight exaggeration!) but you know what I mean!!

Should have known really that all those amazing charts would never come to pass in the real world!:(

It's changing all the time. They(ME), are probably doing as much guesswork on this as we are!?

snow ghost

Weathercheck wrote: »

Nooooooooooo, i do not want to be known as mild man! And i am not saying MT is incorrect, i base my thoughts on the model outputs and they will change with such.


Therefore i hope i lose this so called 'Snowdown' !

The loser has to eat yellow snow. :pac:

Big Daddy Cool

the weather channel predicts theres a 50-60% chance it will start snowing here in meath around 4pm today :rolleyes:, and will keep going til at least 11pm tomorrow night

Cionád

Hows the isle of man holding up?

The streamer going into North Wales looks peachy!

leahyl

Mental Mickey wrote: »

It's changing all the time. They(ME), are probably doing as much guesswork on this as we are!?

Yes I know I keep telling myself that but like even MT in his chart of predicted snowfall for each region didn't even mention the south as such - like he divided it into east and west munster but like cork city isn't really either of those!! Its just south!!

monster1

Nooooo! lost the signal on sky and cant get near the dish to clean it away, snowing heavy here again.