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

thomil

lillycakes2 wrote: »

Are we actually expecting a blizzard, like a snow storm? I work in the health service and I have to go to work. I am sick of hearing the while country is going to stop on Thursday from 4pm until fri 12 noon, what about all the people who cant stop and have to make journeys. The Taoiseach is not giving much information for those people only scaring the crap out of them. What can we expect Friday morning?

I feel your frustration. The current situation is that we have snow showers drifting across the country from east to west, driven by the cold Siberian air that has been nicknamed "The Beast from the East". It may look impressive to people who haven't much experience with snow, but is really not that extreme.

That will change tomorrow afternoon. A storm system named "Emma" will effectively crash into the cold air over Ireland. Emma is your typical North Atlantic low, with lots of moisture, and also packing some considerable wind speeds. When that hits the cold air over Ireland, the moisture that would normally fall down as rain will come down as snow, and be driven by gale force winds, according to the weather models that I have access to.

So, we're expecting VERY strong snowfall driven by gale force winds at temperatures slightly below, or around freezing. Even if it does not meet the meteorological definition of a blizzard, it will feel very much like one.

diarmuid79

Celbridge after the last shower

Pinch Flat

George Lee on RTÉ slipped in 25cm plus another 40cm Friday in the red zone. That’s on top of what’s fallen already. Heading for 80cm plus surely in places come Friday?

irishfeen

Rikand wrote: »

Thats the Galtee effect - Ye're being ham'mered by them

Imagine what depths are actually up the Galtee's - it must be epic

leahyl

Bucketing down in Cork City now

daheff

diarmuid79 wrote: »

Celbridge at the moment ❄️❄️

Very windy too!

irishfeen

leahyl wrote: »

Bucketing down in Cork City now

I'd nearly drive to the city to see it

sdanseo

Wind will turn back towards 080 degrees after midnight. And the forecase precip will go from almost zero to this:

Vxlks

Anything for south dublin yet? only had 1 good blizzard looking cenario so far.. now its all just patchy cloud...

_Kaiser_

Heavy snow and drifting here in Laois now

Claire6

lillycakes2 wrote:

Are we actually expecting a blizzard, like a snow storm? I work in the health service and I have to go to work. I am sick of hearing the while country is going to stop on Thursday from 4pm until fri 12 noon, what about all the people who cant stop and have to make journeys. The Taoiseach is not giving much information for those people only scaring the crap out of them. What can we expect Friday morning? (on a practical level)

Its a very serious situation, and yes it is scary, especially for those in red warning areas. But the warnings are issued for a reason, not to scare monger. What's the alternative, have the relevant bodies (ME / Taoiseach) say nothing and let people go uninformed?

The information is simple, if you heed Met Eireanns warnings depending on where you are.

SleetAndSnow

Snowing has started in cork city again. It's such a beautiful sight I've just been lamppost watching all night basically.

d'Oracle

revelman wrote: »

About time. I cant understand why this wasnt done this morning. The south coast from Roches point along Kinsale to Clon has had a huge amount of snow all day. The N71 was horrendous since early. Trucks jackknifing and cars being pushed on secondary roads as far north as Bandon. I measured 20 cm accumulation of snow at 6pm. Im generally not one of these people who goes on about the 'Dublin media' but watching thenews the focus is all Dublin and you understand why people say it.

Rant over! :-)

Im in rural Kinsale by the way.

Hang on, the Dublin Media do not decide what the warning levels are. Met Eireann decide that.

Colser

irishfeen wrote: »

I'd nearly drive to the city to see it

It's absolutely gorgeous.😀

stephenjmcd

Fingers crossed the Irish sea pushes those streamers across

jo06555

Ludo wrote: »

Red warning altered to include Cork and Waterford from now rather than from 4 tomorrow.

Where you see this?

Artane2002

I went into my backgarden to measure the snow and now I feel bad for leaving footprints

18cm in total with drifts up to 30cm. My ankles downwards sank in the snow. I tried to limit my footprints. When I came back in, my feet were full of snow. I felt bad and chucked the snow on my feet and trousers into my freezer. At least it's gonna be there for years now

leahyl

irishfeen wrote: »

I'd nearly drive to the city to see it

It’s soooo good! But I wouldn’t recommend you travelling lol

eigrod

lillycakes2 wrote: »

Are we actually expecting a blizzard, like a snow storm? I work in the health service and I have to go to work. I am sick of hearing the while country is going to stop on Thursday from 4pm until fri 12 noon, what about all the people who cant stop and have to make journeys. The Taoiseach is not giving much information for those people only scaring the crap out of them. What can we expect Friday morning? (on a practical level)

If you have to be in work tomorrow, and if you have to be in work on Friday (and many people do), then you really should consider bringing an overnight bag and staying the night tomorrow. I'm surprised your employer hasn't made arrangements for staff to do so. Many hospitals have made such arrangements for their staff, either on-site or in a nearby hotel.

Lashes28

It's just so meh here in Drogheda...raging

beefburrito

Sliamh mish Kerry

Hurrache

Birdie Num Num wrote: »

That is actually crazy snow out there now (D15) haven't seen snow like that since Val D'Sere!

Slightly further north of there but cleared my driveway earlier this evening. Pointless, it's totally covered again.

Actually it wasn't pointless as it was iceing up due to the traffic and messing about, hard to break up some of it.

Virtanen

jo06555 wrote: »

Where you see this?

http://www.met.ie/nationalwarnings/default.asp

Brainz

Cleared a path for the dog to do her business earlier, over 6 inches cleared, 2 hours of snow and its all covered up now

munsterlegend

irishfeen wrote: »

I'd nearly drive to the city to see it

I half jokingly said it to herself. If there wasn't snow coming tomorrow I might have been tempted until i put my nose out the door.

Kaisr Sose

keith_sixteen wrote: »

Agree. I live in Switzerland and by the looks of things, the snow yous have now is worse than anything here all winter.

In addition, from time to time, they get caught out with the bad weather and there can be just as much travel chaos.

Zermatt was cut off on Jan, as was St Anton in Austria for days. (High risk of avalanche). Roads closed, train service suspended etc

However, you not see the proliferation of people tailgating other cars like you do here...even with chains and/or winter tyres...Some motorists have no clue here - wet or dry, snow or ice!

4068ac1elhodqr

Has there ever been a temporary localised 'Level 4'? - (Black, extreme - curfew, seek immediate indoor shelter)

For anyone who hasn't loaded up on the day's bread, this will be the scene below (from movie: Whiteout 2009 ‧ Thriller/Action)


Tomorrow, particularly between 5-6pm SE of country. i.e. 1,100ib florescent walking rope, full-face goggles, fur-lined hats, boot crampons. 0-5% visibility.

sdanseo

NASA sat images from this afternoon:
https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?p=geographic&l=VIIRS_SNPP_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor(hidden),MODIS_Aqua_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor(hidden),MODIS_Terra_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor,Reference_Labels(hidden),Reference_Features(hidden),Coastlines&t=2018-02-28&z=3&v=-22.647799806663247,45.9150835593887,11.102200193336753,62.5967241843887

beco

Vxlks wrote: »

Anything for south dublin yet? only had 1 good blizzard looking cenario so far.. now its all just patchy cloud...

Has been a disaster day. Nothing fresh since last night.

Itssoeasy

leahyl wrote: »

Bucketing down in Cork City now

Still ? Ah I've tried to not look out the windows. Sure it'll be madness tomorrow morning and Friday morning is a lottery.