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Larbre34 · 26-02-2018 02:23PM

Alessandro Most Cog wrote: »

JUst noticed we are now level 2

Ive promised staff in my building I will "break" the heating so they can all go home

Best leave it on tickover or it really will be broken!

Hurrache · 26-02-2018 02:23PM

Natalia Famous Speakeasy wrote: »

Anyone notice the term 'global warming' has been subtlety changed to 'climate change'.

It hasn't been subtle, been around a while. Partly due to those who try to argue against it on the basis that we're getting colder weather and therefore global warming is a myth, but while warming and change can be interchanged, they can have distinct meanings.

Kermit.de.frog · 26-02-2018 02:23PM

lol @ RTE

"Don't panic!..."

..."for 24 hours..."

aidoh · 26-02-2018 02:24PM

How's the West looking?

Will Galway escape the snowpocalypse?

dacogawa · 26-02-2018 02:24PM

UsedToWait wrote: »

Anyone care to give the lunchtime audience a summary of where we're at regarding the different models from today till Friday?
Haven't been able to follow the thread this morning..

Cold and Snow

Picking up from late tonight/tomorrow, mainly along the East and South coasts at first but spreading inland as it evolves. Personally I wouldn't be planning on going anywhere along the east coast on Thursday, and maybe a lot further inland, but that's just my personal opinion.

I think 'streamers' will start tomorrow and that should give us a good idea, so far they have moved fairly far inland in north Germany and the UK.

Nettle Soup · 26-02-2018 02:24PM

squarecircles wrote: »

Cantona's Collars wrote: »

Lol at the Rte news, the reporter mentioned snow and all you could hear in the background was a huge cheer. :)

Morons on that viking ship truck,detest that thing.

It's nothing but a Scandinavian high....

Assetbacked · 26-02-2018 02:25PM

Natalia Famous Speakeasy wrote: »

Snow in Rome closing most services,
wild storm creating havoc in the Canaries,
even golf in Portugal is off the cards
(storm named 'Emma' by Portuguese Meteorological Service, is on our way for Friday).

Anyone notice the term 'global warming' has been subtlety changed to 'climate change'.

But I think it was a sudden warming which has caused this cold blast. Technically global warming but manifesting itself with cold weather. Nature's glorious oxymoron. Weather systems are so finely balanced and complex in cause and effect that it is fascinating to track.

dacogawa · 26-02-2018 02:25PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

lol @ RTE

"Don't panic!"....

..."for 24 hours..."

That has to be the best quote so far, sounds like something from the Simpsons

Nettle Soup · 26-02-2018 02:26PM

aidoh wrote: »

How's the West looking?

Will Galway escape the snowpocalypse?

I believe we will get less snow than most other places unfortunately but I expect we will still be pleasantly surprised.

Trebor176 · 26-02-2018 02:26PM

I thought I heard mention of a red warning being likely on RTE just now. Thursday and Friday look likely to be the worst days with "zero visibility."

TomSweeney · 26-02-2018 02:26PM

Im not at home for this , but looking forward to seeing nice weather related pics here and photography forum..

Kermit.de.frog · 26-02-2018 02:28PM

pad199207 wrote: »

Snow Flurries in Blackrock

StupidLikeAFox · 26-02-2018 02:29PM

DOCARCH wrote: »

Flurries of snow grains/very light snow flakes, on and off, in Dublin 16, since around 10am. 1.9c DP -3.2c atm.

Graupel is the word you are looking for

uck51js9zml2yt · 26-02-2018 02:29PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

There's a few of those on this forum

Acosta · 26-02-2018 02:30PM

RTE weather making it sound routine enough..

dacogawa · 26-02-2018 02:30PM

They cut poor Helen off abruptly at the end of the forecast there on RTE, I'm sure she was just about to say "Ramp Ramp Ramp to the boardsies!"

eigrod · 26-02-2018 02:31PM

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

Graupel is the word you are looking for

Or "Grapple" as Joanna Donnelly tweeted earlier

"@JoannaDonnellyL Grapple now in Portmarnock #freezing"

Surinam · 26-02-2018 02:32PM

A gorse fire has started in the Dublin mountains. It must have dried out quite a lot up there!

Cork Boy 53 · 26-02-2018 02:32PM

joes girls wrote: »

RTE have a special programme on after the news, dealing with the cold spell of weather.
It's really getting ramped up now.

Eh? No they don`t and unless a red warning is issued I very much doubt that they will.

iLikeWaffles · 26-02-2018 02:32PM

Also stated Orange warning with Yellow on the screen, so yeah that just about sums that whole accuracy up.

PukkaStukka · 26-02-2018 02:32PM

joes girls wrote: »

RTE have a special programme on after the news, dealing with the cold spell of weather.
It's really getting ramped up now.

Home and Away...?

Colibri · 26-02-2018 02:33PM

Working all this week in Cork City. How likely is it that my commute (bus/bicycle/walk) is affected in that I have to leave loads earlier than usual?

Gonzo · 26-02-2018 02:33PM

haven't spotted any snow flurries here yet. Very grey and cold tho.

Drumpot · 26-02-2018 02:33PM

Just had a call from a client. I brought up the snow and they said “sure I don’t believe them anymore”. I discussed the informed information I read on here and why it’s most likely going to be pretty bad and she immediately took it seriously. I also warned an older gentleman I know in the gym this morning..

Friends and family are now taking me and this seriously. I’m a nobody with little knowledge of the technical stuff but I wouldn’t have any relevant or credible information and the confidence to say it if it wasn’t for threads and forums like this, where really informed and patient weather enthusiasts explain complicated stuff for the majority of us.

For that I thank you all.

BLIZZARD7 · 26-02-2018 02:34PM

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

Graupel is the word you are looking for

I think DOC is well aware of what graupel is

hard to define between the two but graupel is slightly different to snow grains/small flakes- it falls more like hail than normal snowflakes.

pauldry · 26-02-2018 02:35PM

Rain and sleet mentioned in met eireanns latest forecast before snow hits later.

God how cold does it have to beeeee

beefburrito · 26-02-2018 02:35PM

Getting cloudy here in Clare,but the schnoo ain't due until Wednesday...

There's a black wind here too....

George Sunsnow · 26-02-2018 02:37PM

Lunchtime bbc one forecast whilst emphasizing the uncertainty now has the Thursday Friday event country wide in Ireland and ALL snow

The east coast shower activity I’d expect from that map on Tuesday night to Thursday to be quite something from Louth down to Wexford town

squarecircles · 26-02-2018 02:38PM

dacogawa wrote: »

They cut poor Helen off abruptly at the end of the forecast there on RTE, I'm sure she was just about to say "Ramp Ramp Ramp to the boardsies!"

rips off mic,"alright,thanks guys" reads her glossie's, couldn't give a dam.

DOCARCH · 26-02-2018 02:38PM

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

Graupel is the word you are looking for

Not graupel....

Mainly snow grains and the odd flurries of very small snow flakes.

Graupel is different.

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