Jan 2025 - Snow & Freezing Conditions - Discussion PART II

Oíche Na Gaoithe Móire

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123038456#Comment_123038456

🤣Brilliant! You wouldn't be here only for '47'!

squarecircles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6vzXw0qPuM

As the artic plunge comes to an end, i experienced one night of frost, most the time it was dry or raining,a very forgettable spell of weather for me personally, i acknowdlege it was far worse in certain southern, south eastern counties, but overall i think met eireann blew this out of proportion on a national scale. The forecast last thursday did not live up to expectation unfortunately . Being under an orange warning when your local conditions are well above freezing both by day and night and bone dry is also absurd.

Neddyusa

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123038526#Comment_123038526

Agree. And even where there was hard frost in the snowless regions, it was nowhere near Met Eireann's own criteria for Amber alerts.

Thousands of schools and other services closed unnecessarily as a result of over cautious interpretation (or misunderstanding) of an Amber alert which was itself based on an inaccurate ME forecast. Nowhere was -5 to -10 C widespread this week.

Steve F

Just caught the beginning of RTE 6 One news as I was visiting someone's home.

It's embarrassing listening to them clutching at straws trying to string this ''Arctic Blast'' out as long as they can.

''Even though the thaw is on the way it's far from over,it's not over yet....there will be lying snow for many days to come yet....blah blah blah" No wonder I stopped watching/listening to them decades ago

JCX BXC

Athenry at -3°c and Gurteen at -4°c at 6pm.

mykrodot

beautiful as this weather was it was I simply can't wait for the thaw!!

This was Inch beach looking over to Glenbeigh, Cromane and the Reeks this afternoon. I finally managed to leave my home where the temperature was stubbornly stuck at -2 , frozen ice and snow everywhere, to a positively balmy Inch which was +2!! Bring on the thaw!

Bishop of hope

I see some were disappointed with what they got as compared to the forecast.

WWell At least ye got a good whinge about met eireann in anyway, might be some satisfaction in that for you.

For us here in my part of longford anyway, the consensus is they got it spot on.

sryanbruen

Returned to Wicklow today with family, managed to visit Powerscourt Waterfall which looked a little different than usual ❄️

DOCARCH

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123038599#Comment_123038599

Thought for a minute that was Greenland!

Stunning pictures.

Hontou

@Bishop of hope Agree. Was exactly as we expected in Longford.

mykrodot

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123038585#Comment_123038585

its getting tiresome now. While I fully understand how bad it has been in Munster,( I am in Kerry and its a flipping pain how there has been no improvement in conditions all week ), its crazy to hear Met Eireann still talking about arctic blasts and atrocious weather conditions. It is indeed Winter. Its hassle, its a pain after 5 days, but its not the end of the world.

I think the problem is that we have got used to some soft Winters, but even 10 years ago this hysteria around the weather would have been unheard of.

ClimateObserver

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123038358#Comment_123038358

That second photo is Urlingford and Johnstown.

ottolwinner

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123038640#Comment_123038640

it’s probably a good reflection of the media and the standards of journalism. Also probably is a reflection of the sensationalism that they feel people want to read.

Reckless Abandonment

I thought the media only cover snow if dublin get it :)

ClimateObserver

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123038358#Comment_123038358

First photo is just west of Devils Bit and a few miles south of Toomevara. Stunning photos, thanks for sharing!

Thorny Queen

We got a good dusting here in South Donegal overnight. A snow day from school for the children. They left the house at 10.30am this morning with their sledges and shovels, came back for some grub at noon and got home at 6pm for the night. Tired out and not a peep out of them. Magical!

Steve F

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123038665#Comment_123038665

Journalism? It that what it is?

giveitholly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123038294#Comment_123038294

No they weren't hibernating,we didn't see one flake of snow in my area in 2010,just severe frosts,people could get out and about back then. There are still people who can't get their cars out of their driveways in remote areas here. A lot of people walking a couple of kms to the local shop,to get a few groceries and I reckon to get out of the house and reduce the cabin fever!!

DOCARCH

-4c at Gurteen and Oak Park at 1900.

jackboy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123038640#Comment_123038640

It's way over the top. Some areas are hit bad but many areas have no issues. The hype has frightened the life out of people. Schools have closed in areas with no snow and perfect roads. Orange warnings being used as a reason to close schools and not turn up to work is setting a precedent I think.

ScorchedEarth

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123038686#Comment_123038686

The media will cover anything that make them relevant. Unusual weather events are always good for them. These days less people than every watch MSM so this is great for them.

Cluedo Monopoly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123038773#Comment_123038773

There is something very grounding about that - having to walk to the shop for food because the roads are undriveable. I remember having to walk 2 miles to the local shop before when the roads were sheet ice after rain & a freeze. It gave us a great sense of achievement and a huge gratitude when things returned to normal.

CrowdedHouse

Temperature dropped like a stone this evening, briefly to -4.9 coldest of this spell.

Now it has risen quickly again to -3.9

N Tipp

Jan_weather

Hi, I am gonna send some data from my weather station in Newcastle West, Limerick for this cold spell, Which caused chaos in the Limerick area over the last 4 days.

Looking at temperatures the lowest it got was -6.5C this morning around 5am, the average temperature over the coarse of the cold spell was -0.1C [Including today till 7:30pm]. The coldest day was Yesterday where the maximum temperature was 0.1C so very close to a ice day but not quite.

In terms of Percipitation we got heavy snow starting Saturday night around 7pm and that snow continued till 4pm the next day which in the end lead to around 30cm which is around the mean of all the models if we added all the runs together and divided them. Some of that snow is still there as we speak but it's turned from snow into slush on Monday due to rain and then it turned into Ice over the last 2 days.

I honestly didn't mind the event I just wonder if we got the cold from the last 2 days on Monday and Tuesday how much more snow would be on the ground and not be in the form of slush/Ice.

Met Éireann should have issued a red warning for the central and western areas in my opinion because despite what Carlow Weather and most media sources said this snow didn't stick to higher ground and it wasn't only 10cm like Carlow Weather said on the radio on the Saturday before the event. But other than that solid Job with all the warnings in my opinion.

An Ri rua

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123037034#Comment_123037034

Posting that long myself…

It appears I misread Elmer's tone. Soz.

An Ri rua

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123036904#Comment_123036904

The Muppets love Kermit. Just how it is

An Ri rua

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123038496#Comment_123038496

Blue '47. A whole different game to Black '47.

JanuarySnowstor

Tomorrow morning has the potential for some freezing rain across the Southwest. Perhaps more inland towards Limerick/Tipp. Clashing with rush hour ironically looks the most dangerous morning of the week imo

Supercell

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123038085#Comment_123038085

I'm sorry but to come on here and post that on the basis of a one week cold snap in the south west of Ireland is ridiculous. I wish we didn't have to pay the carbon taxes too, i also wish the money went to somewhere that actually was "green" but that's not for here. We have a €20 billion carbon fine coming shortly because we elected politicians that ignore everything environmental and that going to feck up the budget rightly soon but our government blithely ignore the incoming train..just as everyone ignores the climate catastrophe coming down the tracks.

Every time snow falls in Ireland doesn't mean "global warming/climate change" is a myth.

Think of the next generation of our children who have to deal with our "don't look up" attitudes. The science isn't lying. This is a science, not humanities forum.

Sorry, just passionate about our environment and the legacy we leave for our kids.

kmoneill

My 4 mile round trip for groceries this morning..