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Severe Winter Weather, Snow/Ice - Sun 25th Feb (Onwards) ** READ MOD NOTE POST #1 **

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    #3002
    Drumpot
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    leahyl wrote: »
    Why would he say that? Isn’t he the head forecaster? Or one of them anyway. How can he see it so differently?

    The Eamon Dunphy of weather?


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    #3003
    Creative83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 353 ✭✭Creative83


    On met.ie for tomorrow...

    "Cloud will increase during the day and outbreaks of rain and sleet will spread eastwards across the country."

    Surely they mean westwards??!?!?!?


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    #3004
    Larbre34
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    leahyl wrote: »
    Why would he say that? Isn’t he the head forecaster? Or one of them anyway. How can he see it so differently?

    He's not no, but he is the Yoda of Gerry Murphy.

    In fairness, he did emphasise the "question mark" over later events in the week, that call on precip turning back to rain is brave enough given the fine margins


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    #3005
    giveitholly
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    munsterlegend wrote: »
    I think Met Eireann do a great job but we had Evelyn on earlier stating a red warning the most serious weather there can be and then the eagle seems to dismiss it. No wonder people get confused.

    Fully agree


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    #3006
    pistolpetes11
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 7,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭pistolpetes11


    Larbre34 wrote: »
    He's not no, but he is the Yoda of Gerry Murphy.

    In fairness, he did emphasise the "question mark" over later events in the week, that call on precip turning back to rain is brave enough given the fine margins

    Do they have access to the runs before us mere mortals see them ?


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    #3007
    squarecircles
    Registered Users Posts: 1,983 ✭✭✭squarecircles


    This country is great at ambiguity and coyness,mixed messages,
    Even today at the press conference Evelyn was trying to avoid questions from the media,at one stage she giggled and said it might not be too bad but could be worse than 82 before desperately trying to back away from the podium.

    Like jaysus can they not commit.

    Now we've had some met eireann forecaster on tv3 down playing the whole thing.


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    #3008
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users Posts: 6,143 ✭✭✭munsterlegend


    Drumpot wrote: »
    The Eamon Dunphy of weather?

    2010 was a great great weather but 2018 is just a faker.


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    #3009
    leahyl
    Registered Users Posts: 14,245 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    This is getting confusing now, meh I’m so tired from weather watching...lol


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    #3010
    vistafinder
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    munsterlegend wrote: »
    Completely at odds with Evelyn! Must have had different meetings!

    Bit like these threads so.

    A snow shovel anyone? Has other uses too


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    #3011
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,729 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    Creative83 wrote: »
    On met.ie for tomorrow...

    "Cloud will increase during the day and outbreaks of rain and sleet will spread eastwards across the country."

    Surely they mean westwards??!?!?!?

    Yip....that's a mistake!


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    #3012
    DaithiMa
    Registered Users Posts: 392 ✭✭DaithiMa


    Breeze has completely died down here a few miles to the North East of Tuam. Starting to feel colder. Clouds slowly creeping Westward all day. No precipitation yet. Photo taken looking West with Croagh Patrick visible just where the clouds break.


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    #3013
    kingshankly
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    George Sunsnow wrote: »
    The eagle on radio one
    Not much snow Friday because it will all turn back to rain

    Happy days (sorry very selfish)supposedly bringing the kids to Disneyland Paris Friday
    I am dreading the journey to the airport


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    #3014
    Grandeeod
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    The Eagle has just gone and justified why people are complacent. The mixed messages today from ME doesn't look great.


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    #3015
    Rekop dog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,584 ✭✭✭Rekop dog


    What's that word Joanna:pac:.

    https://twitter.com/JoannaDonnellyL/status/968093496266711042?s=09


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    #3016
    RobertKK
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    1982 wasn't a patch on 1947 in terms of snow, they mentioned 1982 on the news...we need more programs about the 1947 event.


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    #3017
    Larbre34
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    pistolpetes11 wrote: »
    Do they have access to the runs before us mere mortals see them ?

    Good question, but AFAIK they use a much narrower suite of models


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    #3018
    Slashermcguirk
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    Why would met eireann forecasters be contradicting each other? Just so bizarre.


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    #3019
    blanch152
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    Grandeeod wrote: »
    The Eagle has just gone and justified why people are complacent. The mixed messages today from ME doesn't look great.

    The mixed messages reflect the uncertainty.

    You are looking at a Cup Final between two evenly matched teams, where nature will decide the outcome, and you are asking someone for a definitive outcome. They can tell you who they expect to win, but they can't tell you who will win.


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    #3020
    sryanbruen
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    RobertKK wrote: »
    1982 wasn't a patch on 1947 in terms of snow, they mentioned 1982 on the news...we need more programs about the 1947 event.

    Of course not, 1947 was more than a month long of continuous easterlies and heavy snow. 1982 was a week of very cold temperatures and huge snow from one event at best. No comparison there.

    Photography site - https://www.sryanbruenphoto.com/

    Weather photo portfolio - https://sryanbruen.myportfolio.com/weather-1



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    #3021
    Villain
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    Latest ECM is not a good move for Friday and may we’ll be why the Eagle sounded confident but still plenty of time before Friday


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    #3022
    Sight808
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    Without adding to the hype, I picked up some 5L bottles of water in spar, already selling out of them near me. Just don't leave it too late people.


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    #3023
    LaVail
    Registered Users Posts: 1,619 ✭✭✭LaVail


    Graupel or Shleet hi?


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    #3024
    Casualsingby
    Closed Accounts Posts: 191 ✭✭Casualsingby


    George Sunsnow wrote: »
    The eagle on radio one
    Not much snow Friday because it will all turn back to rain

    Snow warning for NI Friday. Who knows maybe colder air will be harder to shift. Best waiting until Wednesday.


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    #3025
    Larbre34
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    Slashermcguirk wrote: »
    Why would met eireann forecasters be contradicting each other? Just so bizarre.

    Disagreement on interpretation, presumably, but why the head of forecasting doesn't cast the deciding vote in favour of a likely outcome I do not know.

    Anyway, Evelyn is on the 6-1 in a couple of mins, we'll get the latest bit of disagreement!


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    #3026
    dubal
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    Just confirmed Evelyn will be doing the 6 one weather!


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    #3027
    AndyBoBandy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 14,954 Mod ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    dubal wrote: »
    Just confirmed Evelyn will be doing the 6 one weather!

    Not sure she’ll be doing the weather, but she’ll be in studio to discuss the weather.


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    #3028
    super_furry
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    Duggie2012 wrote: »
    Why are people running to the shops todays ffs. Its not the outback.

    Well it's probably down to all this talk about it being like 1982 when the army had to drafted in to get food and supplies out to people.


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    #3029
    JCX BXC
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    Villain wrote: »
    Latest ECM is not a good move for Friday and may we’ll be why the Eagle sounded confident but still plenty of time before Friday

    Not sure if I'm reading the same ECM as you!


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    #3030
    osheen
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    Sight808 wrote: »
    Without adding to the hype, I picked up some 5L bottles of water in spar, already selling out of them near me. Just don't leave it too late people.

    No need to panic. All store deliveries are going out as normal Tomorrow. ( work in transport)


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    #3031
    Larbre34
    Registered Users Posts: 23,833 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    Duggie2012 wrote: »
    Why are people running to the shops todays ffs. Its not the outback.

    Really? The shops work to a J.I.T. delivery policy, they have no capacity for big overstocks, especially of perishables. So, if the trucks cant get to the shops, the shops might be open, but we'll all be eating tins of fruit cocktail! See?


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