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Winter 2011/2012

jon burrows · 2011-06-17 09:34:25

A bit early for this but hey.... :D. Did anyone here that this winter coming is supposed to be another arctic freeze? Could even be worse than 2010/2011 winter. I heard the presenter from RTE 2fm reading it off a newspaper this morning. What are your thoughts or did you hear or read this also?

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#662 14-10-2011 10:00pm
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Okay then, south coast of Wexford, I will honour the money back guarantee for anyone within sight of a hill over 300 metres, let's put it that way.

Normally I only offer these to residents of Lake Huron counties of Ontario, and it works out fine.

I loved the line about apathy.

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#663 14-10-2011 10:13pm
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M.T. Cranium wrote: »

Okay then, south coast of Wexford, I will honour the money back guarantee for anyone within sight of a hill over 300 metres, let's put it that way.

Normally I only offer these to residents of Lake Huron counties of Ontario, and it works out fine.

I loved the line about apathy.

Normal service returned for Waterford so MT eh? Cold mushy sleet turning to cloudy but windy, to rainy, and back to July where we get the same but in 20 degrees

Snowless for us it seems this winter!

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#664 14-10-2011 10:21pm
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Conor30 wrote: »

My virus checker found malware on this website. :pac:

sorry about that but iv used it before & everything fine but hope everyone else checks their computer just incase

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#665 14-10-2011 10:28pm
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delw wrote: »

sorry about that but iv used it before & everything fine but hope everyone else checks their computer just incase

I've used it too with no problems.

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#666 14-10-2011 10:34pm
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M.T. Cranium wrote: »

Okay then, south coast of Wexford, I will honour the money back guarantee for anyone within sight of a hill over 300 metres, let's put it that way.

Normally I only offer these to residents of Lake Huron counties of Ontario, and it works out fine.

I loved the line about apathy.

Apathy is a global problem !

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#667 14-10-2011 11:23pm
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I wonder will we get low temps in the midlands like most years

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#668 15-10-2011 9:26am
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Trotter wrote: »

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

Okay then, south coast of Wexford, I will honour the money back guarantee for anyone within sight of a hill over 300 metres, let's put it that way.

Normally I only offer these to residents of Lake Huron counties of Ontario, and it works out fine.

I loved the line about apathy.

Normal service returned for Waterford so MT eh? Cold mushy sleet turning to cloudy but windy, to rainy, and back to July where we get the same but in 20 degrees

Snowless for us it seems this winter!

If we got snow last year then ANYTHING is possible!! Keep the faith Trotter!!

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#669 15-10-2011 11:09am
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leahyl wrote: »

If we got snow last year then ANYTHING is possible!! Keep the faith Trotter!!

haha.... or ya could just do what im planning on....

Going to Norway to get some DEFINITE snow and hopefully a good display of the northern lights too!

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#670 15-10-2011 11:23am
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MT predicts possible snow in Donegal tues ( on the hills)

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#671 15-10-2011 6:24pm
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:rolleyes:http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/277583

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#672 15-10-2011 7:30pm
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Will Ireland get Snow this monday 17 october 2011?

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#673 15-10-2011 7:53pm
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imagine the amount of embarrased faces if this winter turns out mild, the government, so many forecasters and so many newspapers:p

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#674 15-10-2011 9:10pm
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bb1234567 wrote: »

imagine the amount of embarrased faces if this winter turns out mild, the government, so many forecasters and so many newspapers:p

The government can rightly say they were just being prepared.

The forecasters always allow for error.

The papers will blame the government and the forecasters for getting it wrong.

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#675 15-10-2011 9:26pm
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thetonynator wrote: »

The government can rightly say they were just being prepared.

The forecasters always allow for error.

The papers will blame the government and the forecasters for getting it wrong.

Irish Daily Mail Headline in April 2012: Millions wasted as mountains of Salt sit unused.

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#676 15-10-2011 10:04pm
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touts wrote: »

Irish Daily Mail Headline in April 2012: Millions wasted as mountains of Salt sit unused.

sounds like a usual over the top daily mail new article to me:rolleyes:

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#677 15-10-2011 10:59pm
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winter forecast very similer to mt's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aat7GEH4b1c&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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#678 15-10-2011 11:42pm
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touts wrote: »

Irish Daily Mail Headline in April 2012: Millions wasted as mountains of Salt sit unused.

At least they can point out that the salt will still be around for the year after.

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#679 15-10-2011 11:48pm
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dsmythy wrote: »

At least they can point out that the salt will still be around for the year after.

They will probably have to give it out as food rations before the next winter the way things are going

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#680 17-10-2011 4:46pm
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Snowfall in the Glenshane Pass in Co Derry

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1017/weather.html

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#681 18-10-2011 1:54pm
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http://www.positiveweathersolutions.co.uk/UK-Eire---Long-Range-Forecast.php

Is this their winter forecast?

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#682 18-10-2011 2:15pm
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only one wrote: »

http://www.positiveweathersolutions.co.uk/UK-Eire---Long-Range-Forecast.php

Is this their winter forecast?

must be , its dated the 18th which is today ... a hell of a lot different to mt's forecast !!!!
there one sounds quiet boring/typical ireland winter weather ..

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#683 18-10-2011 2:20pm
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NIALL D wrote: »

must be , its dated the 18th which is today ... a hell of a lot different to mt's forecast !!!!
there one sounds quiet boring/typical ireland winter weather ..

Well it saves a few hundred on oil/coal/electricity and ~€400 on winter tyres. All in all I'd say the positive weather solutions forecast leaves possibly €800 extra in my pocket at the end of the winter so I know which one I'm crossing my fingers for.

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#684 18-10-2011 2:47pm
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NIALL D wrote: »

must be , its dated the 18th which is today ... a hell of a lot different to mt's forecast !!!!
there one sounds quiet boring/typical ireland winter weather ..

and the UKmet are giving it a 40% chance for a mild winter, Hopefully the are wrong:)

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#685 18-10-2011 2:48pm
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Musicman2000 wrote: »

and the UKmet are giving it a 40% chance for a mild winter, Hopefully the are wrong:)

So 60% chance it wont be

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#686 18-10-2011 3:00pm
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There is not much consensus over this years weather.

James Madden has a different forecast to Peter O'Donnell who has a different forecast to Positive Weather Solutions etc etc

I am expecting a bad winter and it doesn't hurt to prepare for it.

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#687 18-10-2011 3:43pm
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Lucreto wrote: »

There is not much consensus over this years weather.

James Madden has a different forecast to Peter O'Donnell who has a different forecast to Positive Weather Solutions etc etc

I am expecting a bad winter and it doesn't hurt to prepare for it.

Me too. I think this years winter sting will be in January and February this time though,unlike the last couple of years. So when people are basking in 13C on Christmas Day, I won't be fooled....:cool:

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#688 18-10-2011 4:13pm
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It's a guessing game really! One person says one thing, someone else says the other thing....at the end of the day no one knows really, just some are more accurate in their predictions than others!:D

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#689 18-10-2011 4:15pm
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Lucreto wrote: »

There is not much consensus over this years weather.

James Madden has a different forecast to Peter O'Donnell who has a different forecast to Positive Weather Solutions etc etc

I am expecting a bad winter and it doesn't hurt to prepare for it.

How are you preparing for it? Extra food etc or something more detailed?

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#690 18-10-2011 4:38pm
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Confab wrote: »

How are you preparing for it? Extra food etc or something more detailed?

The usual stuff really. Salt for the driveway, some food, shovels, good pair of hiking boots.

I live 10 minutes from work so I can walk there everyday and Tesco is 15 minutes walk from my home. Tesco did a good job keeping stock last year so bread and milk is not a big problem.

Saying that Lidl and Aldi are too far so I will be stocking up on the food stuffs from there at the first sign of any heavy snow.

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#691 18-10-2011 4:59pm
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Monday 15th of November last year was the date the first real thread appeared regarding the cold that appeared on the charts that was about to sweep over the country:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056090424

Quite a way to go before then, a good 4 to 5 weeks.
On another thread a week before that, the temperature had reached 18 degrees in London.
So right now, hard to know what way it will go, other than to say its getting nearer that time every day.

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