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

Soccarboy11

New Met Eireann warning:

STATUS YELLOW

Low Temperature Warning for Leinster, Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal
Lowest temperatures of -3 Celsius expected overnight tonight.

Issued:Saturday 24 February 2018 15:00
Valid:Sunday 25 February 2018 02:00 to Sunday 25 February 2018 10:00

Looks like the northern counties will be coldest at the start then. And so the warning saga starts!

JCX BXC

GFS rollout well underway, no real changes up to 114hrs (6am Thursday), although on Wednesday looks like the southern quarter getting just above freezing. Rest of country won't see Maxima above freezing.

Discodog

Espoo Finland now - a sign of things to come. The hole in the ice is for swimming :eek:

Dotsie~tmp

Its been a while.

ninebeanrows

The longevity of the freeze is somewhat uncertain as less extreme conditions may develop by by Sunday/Monday

However tonight's output increases the risk of a crippling snow storm Thursday into Friday which really would bring the nation to standstill

Daniel2590

GFS keeping -10 uppers over us until Saturday, rather than the -4 to -6 uppers that the 06z was showing

munsterlegend

Daniel2590 wrote: »

GFS keeping -10 uppers over us until Saturday, rather than the -4 to -6 uppers that the 06z was showing

Yep much more in line with earlier ECM and UK met office thinking.

snowstorm445

munsterlegend wrote: »

Yep much more in line with earlier ECM and UK met office thinking.

GEM has the mild air flooding in from the south off of the low as early as Saturday morning, something to watch out for.

200motels

As it stands we're going to get hammered down here.

yrrag1974

Living 250m above sea level in the Wicklow hills. Bring. It. On!!!!

Daniel2590

12z GFS





Looking like a possible second storm on Sunday, something to watch out for?

BLIZZARD7

yrrag1974 wrote: »

Living 250m above sea level in the Wicklow hills. Bring. It. On!!!!

I hope you have stocked up, some of these charts will have you completely cut off.

Oneiric 3

JCX BXC wrote: »

What have the last few days been, and what will the next 3 days be?

I am genuinely puzzled as to what the actual point of this question is?

We need a couple of weeks at least of dry weather here in the west to dry out the still saturated ground, but perhaps this is not something you would notice when living in the soilless rocks of west Clare.

munsterlegend

snowstorm445 wrote: »

GEM has the mild air flooding in from the south off of the low as early as Saturday morning, something to watch out for.

Interesting ECM later. They are all interesting now!

yrrag1974

BLIZZARD7 wrote: »

I hope you have stocked up, some of these charts will have you completely cut off.

Stocked up this morning. Fuel. Food. Gas. All because of this forum. Well done guys. Thanks.

Kermit.de.frog

Weathercheck wrote: »

The longevity of the freeze is somewhat uncertain as less extreme conditions may develop by by Sunday/Monday

However tonight's output increases the risk of a crippling snow storm Thursday into Friday which really would bring the nation to standstill

On the evidence so far it would without a doubt be the first actual snowstorm I have witnessed in my young age here and the most severe potentially in decades.

Soccarboy11

not the worst..

(from ajpoolwork on netweather)

Nettle Soup

This has been the longest week ever. The waiting for the Beast is doing my head in.
I am going around in a constant state of excitement!

JanuarySnowstor

Nettle Soup wrote: »

This has been the longest week ever. The waiting for the Beast is doing my head in.
I am going around in a constant state of excitement!

Lol your not alone there we all feel that way I think.
Worth waiting for!!!

munsterlegend

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

Lol your not alone there we all feel that way I think.
Worth waiting for!!!

How do you think things are looking before Thursday JS?

JCX BXC

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

I am genuinely puzzled as to what the actual point of this question is?

We need a couple of weeks at least of dry weather here in the west to dry out the still saturated ground, but perhaps this is not something you would notice when living in the soilless rocks of west Clare.

You asked for a few dry days, I simply stated that we've had a few dry days and will get a few more.

Also, the burren is in North Clare

JCX BXC

Looks like another potentially serious snow event on Sunday too, before a thaw comes. If one was to take the GFS 12Z run as certain, the country would have at least a foot of snow everywhere and up to 2 maybe even 3 feet in places.

JanuarySnowstor

munsterlegend wrote: »

How do you think things are looking before Thursday JS?

I'm a little unsure. The GFS Seems to have downgraded the ppn a bit. I'm quietly confident but before Thursday it could be a case of me seeing snow in the city and maybe struggling inland

davidsr20

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

I'm a little unsure. The GFS Seems to have downgraded the ppn a bit. I'm quietly confident but before Thursday it could be a case of me seeing snow in the city and maybe struggling inland

Please don’t use the D word we’ve come so far

Nettle Soup

Who knew so many models existed!
I don't understand most of them but they look fascinating!

cnocbui

Carol25 wrote: »

I remember in 2009 Lough Atalia froze. But in 2010 it was -15 at the Athenry exit of the M6 motorway at 8.45am! A lot of people’s pipes froze in 2010.

There was ice on parts of Logh Derg:

NIMAN

River Foyle in Derry frozen in 2010

https://www.flickr.com/photos/celtictiger666/4261586855

mirrorwall14

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

I'm a little unsure. The GFS Seems to have downgraded the ppn a bit. I'm quietly confident but before Thursday it could be a case of me seeing snow in the city and maybe struggling inland

Oh no

tashiusclay

davidsr20 wrote: »

Please don’t use the D word we’ve come so far

Did someone say downgrade?? That's music to my ears! And onwards into a dry bright spring we go..!

Daniel2590

tashiusclay wrote: »

Did someone say downgrade?? That's music to my ears! And onwards into a dry bright spring we go..!

Bold words to be saying around here :pac: