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

marvin80

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

I'm pretty sure she's just starting to kick off here, gone pitch black and the winds are howling with snow (which has not stopped since 6am this morning) thickening.

Time for some refreshments to be put in the freezer.

This is gonna be epic

Where are you? Wexford?

erica74

She's coming into South Kilkenny now, very dark and the wind is starting to pick up, it's also after getting a lot colder. I'm between Wexford and Waterford so I'll keep you all posted.

Nearly time to start cracking into the beverages!

Guffy

By the looks of it that 10am phone call will be telling me to come to work in Galway, right?

revelman

Arthur Daley wrote: »

The worst is yet to come says he. In front of a load of tarmac. LOL

We have 25 cm accumulation of snow here in Kinsale since Tuesday night. Same story along coast from Carrigaline down to Clonakility and as far north as Bandon. Pity none of that was mentioned. Primary roads impassable, cars abandoned yesterday, trucks jackknifing, hundreds of houses without power in Kinsale area. Pity the news report shows Pascal standing on Washington Street and no mention of the south of the county...

Strong Life in Dublin

Sariah wrote: »

D24 looks like a lot of rain drops on my window???

It could be melted snow flakes?

WoolyJumper

I'm not weather expert but even I know weather is interpretation of data and charts to try and predict what is going to happen. It is not an exact science. Yesterday all signs were pointing towards a big snow event this evening. It's difficult to predict exactly when that is going to happen that far in advance so they did the sensible thing and gave the earliest time it could potentially arrive at. Better to predict it too early than too late. If they had said 8 pm and it arrived at 4 pm peoples lives would be at risk .

Kaisr Sose

Deedsie wrote: »

Idiots and morons get pissed off easily. It was declared for 16:00 to give people time to get home. Why does everything have to be explained, is there no common sense out there? Just instant outrage and annoyance

Nobody has patience to wait for weather to arrive anymore. Social media is the perfect fix for impatient people. They can just post what they think, without thinking about it!

billymitchell

Sariah wrote: »

D24 looks like a lot of rain drops on my window???

D15 is very Misty now, snow seems to be melting

dave1982

Rain

rubbledoubledo

dharma200 wrote: »

Im in Clare. Constant snow all day. Roads impassable.

What roads are impassable in Clare

coffeepls

allthedoyles wrote: »

is ventusky working ?

https://www.ventusky.com/?p=52.4;-6.9;5&l=snow&t=20171016/15

It seems ok after I refreshed it. Tap on the app icon (am using iPad)

DOCARCH

Thank goodness! Temp dropping back in Dublin 16 now. -1.2c DP -2.5c atm.

Moderate fine snow falling, which is accumulating on the ground, rather than on cars/roofs, due to the wind.

I was only 10 in 1982 but I do remember noticing how little snow there was on roofs while at the same time we had 6 ft snow snow drifts (in Dublin 6).

del88

Rain in Walkinstown:-(

Steve F

RTE Six One just mention snowfall of 3 feet How has it gone from 40cm to 3 feet?

ozzy jr

Sariah wrote: »

D24 looks like a lot of rain drops on my window???

Looks same in D16

GhostyMcGhost

Kildare Town

Cows Go µ

allthedoyles wrote: »

is ventusky working ?

https://www.ventusky.com/?p=52.4;-6.9;5&l=snow&t=20171016/15

Is it just me, or have you got that set to 16/10/2017?

J Mysterio

Arthur Daley wrote: »

Ok Eveyln Cusack doubling down with maybe a metre of snow in South Dublin, Wicklow. Let's see

Doubling down, haha.

antodeco

Yup. It's rain

McMurphy

marvin80 wrote: »

Where are you? Wexford?

Kildare/Wickow border a few miles from Kilteel.

sdanseo

Steve F wrote: »

RTE Six One just mention snowfall of 3 feet How has it gone from 40cm to 3 feet?

In some areas near the mountains.

The storm hits the Wicklow mountains for example, the air gets pushed up by 700-1000m and condenses, boom explosive snow

DOCARCH

del88 wrote: »

Rain in Walkinstown:-(

Are you sure it's not fine snow?

Moderate fine snow now in Dublin 16, starting to accumulate, on the ground, rather than on cars/roofs, due to the wind. -1.2c atm.

Lumi

Mod Note

The ongoing bickering, trolling, deliberate thread-spoiling and misinformation is ruining the thread for people who are actually interested in discussing the weather
As it clearly states in the OP

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Van.Bosch

Maybe a dumb question but is the snow tonight coming from the beast with the wind being storm emma? Or is Emma bringing snow also?

Artane2002

Snow in Dublin 5, not rain.

coffeepls

GhostyMcGhost wrote: »

Kildare Town

Is that 30cm there (can’t see properly). It’s definitely that here in Sallins. Blizzards all day. What next?!

Van.Bosch

Artane2002 wrote: »

Snow in Dublin 5, not rain.

What’s your expectation for D5 by morning?

power pants

Not trolling but it's definitely rain and not snow in d11. Very windy though

BLIZZARD7

How is it raining inland of here? Temp dropping, -0.3c now and garden all sparkly with light snow. DP -3C.

Don't go off velux windows guys- check under light, tis fine snow particles.

R.F.

Getting a decent amount now in Gorey