Severe Weather Snow / Ice Weds 28 FEB ( Onwards ) ** READ MOD NOTE POST#1**

EastCork2018

For folks who are crying fowl on the weather warnings: Friends in Cornwall have had snow drifts up to their knees and over garden walls in the past hour. Sit tight and be prepared its going to be a long night.

Evil_g

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

May have been posted already but George Lee also said that today is the first and only ice day ever recorded in Ireland.

What's an "ice day"?

piplip87

Virginia Snow machine is still going at full blast.

sryanbruen

Evil_g wrote: »

What's an "ice day"?

Temperatures stay below 0c throughout the day.

sabhail

sunsetbeachfan wrote: »

Location stillorgan South Dublin
Wind has really picked up for over an hour now very gusty whistling wind its been snowing most of the day. I'd be interested to see if any other areas have started to get some serious wind. In tesco today very little bread /eggs/meats left, shops were really packed like Christmas eve packed.

Bit gusty in Lucan.now ..fence panel down...

dubal

D14, just popped out to the shop, its eerily quiet.

Snowing lightly, not really visible, but my footprints were gone after 5 minutes.

Dubal

jo06555

sicknotexi wrote: »

4 cans of Guinesss, naggin of Jameson, looking at the nearest lamp post for first signs of tonight's sneachta. I've reached peak Irishness.

I'm literally sitting with few beers watching football with one curtain open looking at lampposts too ha

pistolpetes11

So busy deleting posts here that I nearly forgot to mention there has basically been 11 hours of snow here now in Newbridge

pistolpetes11

This is a snowstorm memorable event , probably for years to come , record breaking snow ,

Go Siobhan !!!! Weather now on RTE

kingshankly

sicknotexi wrote: »

4 cans of Guinesss, naggin of Jameson, looking at the nearest lamp post for first signs of tonight's sneachta. I've reached peak Irishness.

Just short a tayto sandwich

To Alcohol

She said copious amounts of snow 🀪

Coopaloop

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

So busy deleting posts here that I nearly forgot to mention there has basically been 11 hours of snow here now in Newbridge

Same here in celbridge. Non stop.

eigrod

"record" and "copious amounts" on rte forecast just now.

HONKEY TONK

Naas - Mini Razor blades blowing in the wind.

spookwoman

Winds picked up in waterford and seems to be a fine snow

DOCARCH

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

May have been posted already but George Lee also said that today is the first and only ice day ever recorded in Ireland.

Well that's incorrect?

novemberbravo

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

So busy deleting posts here that I nearly forgot to mention there has basically been 11 hours of snow here now in Newbridge

What posts are you deleting?

Artane2002

I thought the temperature got up to 2c somewhere earlier? I think maybe Belmullet or Malin Head? If today qualifies as an ice day countrywide then wouldn't the same apply to yesterday?

Coopaloop

Epic weather forecast. EPIC!!!!

wakka12

gimpotronitus wrote: »

For the excellent knowledgeable posters on here. Given the direction of the storm, will the Wicklow/Dublin mountains act as a shield for the Dublin 16/Rathfarnham area?

I doubt it, Im pretty sure they'd factor that into the forecast when they predicated a metre of snow for south dublin, well I sure hope so. Had enough misery from the isle of man shadow !

JJayoo

Coopaloop wrote: »

Same here in celbridge. Non stop.

What depth of snow?

leahyl

She hasn’t said relentless yet

joes girls

My Dew point is falling again, thank god!!!

Tem -1
Humidity 91%
Dew point -2
Pressure 995 Mar
Visibility 0%
Wind 43 km/h Strong east.

Itssoeasy

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

This is a snowstorm memorable event , probably for years to come , record breaking snow ,

Go Siobhan !!!! Weather now on RTE

For where in the country did she say it was going to worst at bar the east coast ? Thanks.

NegativeCreep

It’s definitely snow in Blanch. Very fine snow and snow being whipped up from the ground and thrown around. It’s very cool looking!

Danno

Siobhan Ryan not mincing her words, and it seems Met Eireann have given this a huge upgrade. If there was an alert above Red, she'd have called it.

Comhrá

Siobhan pulled no punches there!

up for anything

Freezing Rain

Could be a large part of the reason for the extended Red warning as it it will make driving even more treacherous.

Also will cause downed line and power cuts which the snow might not have.

Speak Now

DOCARCH wrote: »

Well that's incorrect?

Wonder did he mean March?

Plus what's the criteria? How many stations?

policy75

not a puff of wind or snow in the midlands at the moment. any update on emmas arrival?