Any frozen rivers/lakes yet?

arctictree

Just wondering with the extreme cold weather have any of our major rivers and lakes starting freezing over?

The resevoir here in Roundwood completely froze over last night and the next few nights will just make this thicker. AFAIK, we need some really really cold nights to get the process started on the bigger rivers/lakes.

Oops. Mods, can you move this into the main weather forum?

KStolen

Just post a picture of the resevoir, then it'll be in the right place!

Also I really want to see the frozen resevoir.

Tabnabs

If you look at the forum on the IWAI site, they have pics of the freezing rivers and lakes. It doesn't take much for the sheltered parts of the big lakes to freeze over.

muckish

This was the foyle last week as the ice started to break up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXgZ4dxvlxs

duckysauce

Shannon is frozen again



lough key

Berty

I haven't gotten out there yet but Lough Gur in Limerick is frozen again.

muckish

RIver Foyle at Lifford. Frozen from bank to bank in parts.

skibum

@Duckysauce: some nice pics there, did you take them yourself?

I "jumped" in to lough key many, many years ago, Dad got a loan of a small cabin cruiser and the fu(ker broke down (the boat, not dad ) and we were stuck there for about five days waiting for it to be fixed, brings back happy memories

Fingalian

I reckon the Broadmeadow estuary is frozen over at Swords, must try for a pic in the morning.

lolie

i might check out lough sheelin in nxt few days. if its not frozen solid this week it never will be

Mars Bar

The lake in Maynooth by the train station is frozen...

cscook

At the 12th Lock

Zzippy

Posted this in the thread in the main weather forum too. Lower Lough Corrib this morning. Ice about 5-6 inches thick. Swans were congregated at 2 small areas of open water near the river mouth, they are having a hard time of it.

waterways

duckysauce wrote: »

Shannon is frozen again

Hi duckysauce,

when was the pic taken?

I'm astonished that the lake is not completely frozen over as many others today, Lough Ree between Hodson Bay and the Inner Lakes and Derg between Terryglass and Portumna. I've read that Lough Key has underwater springs and current. Is that the reason?

sarsfield06

Christmas morning, the river Inny, Co Longford

CatFromHue

not a major lake but blackrock park, dublin, which is about 100m or so from the sea has frozen over. there were swans walking around on the lake.

peasant

The tidal end of Ballysodare Bay, Sligo (salt water) on Christmas morning

Supercell

Thought my eyes were playing tricks on me in the light when I saw what looked like big sheets of ice flowing under the East Link bridge, but these pics taken from the traffic cams site confirms it. Theres sheets of ice flowing down the Liffey.

arctictree

Supercell wrote: »

Thought my eyes were playing tricks on me in the light when I saw what looked like big sheets of ice flowing under the East Link bridge, but these pics taken from the traffic cams site confirms it. Theres sheets of ice flowing down the Liffey.

Wow - thats amazing. So, these are the conditions required for the liffey to start freezing. 10 days or so of sustained cold. Maybe another week would be needed for an ice fair?! Pity its gonna get milder but we still have one more night of freezing conditions. Wonder if it will be more frozen in the morning?

misterdeeds

arctictree wrote: »

Just wondering with the extreme cold weather have any of our major rivers and lakes starting freezing over?

The resevoir here in Roundwood completely froze over last night and the next few nights will just make this thicker. AFAIK, we need some really really cold nights to get the process started on the bigger rivers/lakes.

Oops. Mods, can you move this into the main weather forum?

I took a walk to town yesterday and as I was crossing johns bridge the river nore was frozen coudnt believe my eyes pitty I didnt hav my camera or phone with me

kindredspirit

Lough Gur Christmas morning.

kindredspirit

Part of our back pond.

rainbowdash

arctictree wrote: »

Wow - thats amazing. So, these are the conditions required for the liffey to start freezing. 10 days or so of sustained cold. Maybe another week would be needed for an ice fair?! Pity its gonna get milder but we still have one more night of freezing conditions. Wonder if it will be more frozen in the morning?

Yes, it taken a lot of weeks to get to this point. My local river was beginning to freeze over yesterday morning, another few nights is all it would have taken I reckon for it to freeze completely. My brother was telling me his local river is completely frozen and its reasonably large.

lolie

took a stroll on lough sheelin earlier, 6 inch ice

meercat

n ice lolie;)

fryup

Frozen canal Killaloe, co clare

lolie

few more from lough sheelin yesterday, few smudges on the lens but

crover hotel in background


small crack


brother throwin stones


sunset


more sunset

sarsfield06

Id be worried if I say a crack while in the middle of a lake!

Lough Owel, Westmeath, Christmas morning

fryup

christmas day, lough derg, killaloe

Daroxtar

I was at Lough Owel on Christmas day too. Some sight

BEASTERLY

The tidal part of the slaney was nicely frozen over on christmas day, i dont have any pics but there is a nice one on flikr from somebody.

cscook

That Arklow harbour is cool! Not just cold .
This was the canal at Castleknock Station on Christmas Eve. It's still slightly frozen even yet.

Tabnabs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxW8FmI0bmI

Spectacular :cool:

waterways

Great video Dyflin,

I have posted it here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055979550&page=2

wave

fletch...

Heres some pics of Mullagh lake (not far from kells) frozen over on christmass day

Some where walking across it to the island


Where the ice was broken trough for the christmas charity swim


i didnt have a measureing tape with me


Strange how these thaw lines formed, can any one explain? cracks from the preasure?


And just because it looks nice, frozen lake with sunset

snowstreams

Thats amazingly thick ice. Seems like its greater than the recommended 5inches to walk on too.

fletch...

its a shame i was too late and missed them breaking trough the ice, ive a video of the previous year when they needed a sledg hammer, the ice was nowhere near as thick.

Also one of the village elders was telling me that back in the day before health and safety, it was nothing unusual to walk horses across the lake to collect fire wood, and this was the worse for snow he's seen in a very long time :eek:

aniolar

A few shots from the frozen Broadmeadow estuary at Malahide:

http://picasaweb.google.com/gdunne7/FrozenEstuaryAtMalahide?feat=directlink