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

Cantona's Collars · 28-02-2018 11:51AM

Sun's out here in Enniscorthy, snow and ice rapidly melting. Just North of the town are banks and banks of black clouds. Somebody is getting lots of snow out of them.

whippet · 28-02-2018 11:51AM

light hail on the louth coast for a minute .. might get to a total of 1cm soon !!! I feel sorry for the kids .. school closed due to snow and nothing more than dandruff on the ground !

revelman · 28-02-2018 11:51AM

My amateur estimate (with a measuring tape!) is that there is approx 15cm accumulation of snow here in rural Kinsale. If there’s is more on the way, then this could be really significant. But we only have an orange warning here!

bennyl10 · 28-02-2018 11:52AM

Silent Rain wrote: »

Yes. Not until tomorrow afternoon though.

So what's hitting overnight tonight then?
Continuation of the east one?

sicknotexi · 28-02-2018 11:52AM

Some Serie A sneachta starting to fall in Monasterevin just now.

Rossi IRL · 28-02-2018 11:52AM

Bucketing down in Laois, roads were bad enough this morning, can't imagine how bad they will be on the way home from work tonight.

Most of the journey is on single lane back roads where you can even see the ditch either side.

q85dw7osi4lebg · 28-02-2018 11:52AM

whippet wrote: »

light hail on the louth coast for a minute .. might get to a total of 1cm soon !!! I feel sorry for the kids .. school closed due to snow and nothing more than dandruff on the ground !

That's mad, Drogheda got a good few cm.

The Specialist · 28-02-2018 11:53AM

revelman wrote: »

My amateur estimate (with a measuring tape!) is that there is approx 15cm accumulation of snow here in rural Kinsale. If there’s is more on the way, then this could be really significant. But we only have an orange warning here!

Emergency group are meeting now, time for them to drop the poker face ****e of the last few days and bring more counties in to the red & orange warnings.

Silent Rain · 28-02-2018 11:53AM

fricatus wrote: »

Wow, that is one hell of a journey just to pick up a laptop!

Doh. What a difference an "i" makes..

The Mig · 28-02-2018 11:54AM

d'Oracle wrote: »

I'm a small pedantic man, but this is making my teeth itch.

There have been no blizzards in Ireland today.
There may be one later in the week.
Blizzards are severe snow with high winds, like a storm with gansaí loads of snow.

Sorry...

Stop being pedantic and enjoy the blizzards ya dry sh*te

sdanseo · 28-02-2018 11:54AM

sdanseo wrote: »

Lashing graupel here now in Malahide. Heaviest and loudest it's been.

Graupel got to the size of peas (batchelors, since someone asked yesterday for clarification) and turned to full on flakes. My own footprints from a short while ago are gone.

whippet · 28-02-2018 11:54AM

Rashad Icy Forefinger wrote: »

That's mad, Drogheda got a good few cm.

i'm only 5km from Drogheda on the coast !!

I was going to pop in to the town for a coffee shortly .. can't get any work done at home with the kids!!

Giblet · 28-02-2018 11:54AM

Where's all the bais in their t-shirts that were saying it would only be a dusting?

Gonzo · 28-02-2018 11:54AM

Rashad Icy Forefinger wrote: »

That's mad, Drogheda got a good few cm.

alot of Meath has gotten off very lightly due to the IOM Shadow.

Bargain_Hound · 28-02-2018 11:55AM

Another flash and rumble heard in Maynooth.

yeahimhere · 28-02-2018 11:55AM

Started to come down consistently in louth now, bit of wind too. I think we've gotten off fairly lightly so far considering we're in a red warning area. I'm working from home....but have to stop looking out the window!

beertons · 28-02-2018 11:55AM

Got a path clear for the van in Naas.

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sdanseo · 28-02-2018 11:55AM

The Specialist wrote: »

Emergency group are meeting now, time for them to drop the poker face ****e of the last few days and bring more counties in to the red & orange warnings.

If they rely on HIRLAM forecast it will be red for all of Leinster, Munster and Cavan/Monaghan essentially until Friday night at least. Harmonie is their main one but we don't have public access to that.

Scotty # · 28-02-2018 11:55AM

People are very loose with the word 'Blizzard' in this thread!!

Dubh Geannain wrote: »

Near Dunshaughlin a few minutes ago...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG5QeBnko4U

This is NOT blizzard conditions or anything like it! You have several hundred meters of visibility for a start. It also doesn't seem that windy. Come back when you have 15 meters of visibility and have to disable the sound due to wind noise!

:D

dsmythy · 28-02-2018 11:56AM

Have to get new tyres for NCT Monday. Looks like I'll have to chance Thursday in between death of the streamers and onset of frontal snow to make my move.

kadman · 28-02-2018 11:57AM

Midway between Mullingar and Tullamore and about 2 cms of snow is all.

And traffic moving very well along the back roads.

amadangomor · 28-02-2018 11:57AM

power pants wrote: »

Storm orphelia I could agree with

This no, why shouldn't families be walking around?

And meanwhile while they're in getting their "essential" frappacinos and smoothies 4 inches of snow falls trapping then in the car park, or worse on a country road somewhere, or they skid on the way home and end in a ditch because the driver has never driven in snow.

Gavlor · 28-02-2018 11:57AM

Something is brewing over hook head!

On the mobile so cant embed

patneve2 · 28-02-2018 11:57AM

Flow now less favourable (dalkey) will see what the afternoon brings.

Dreannz · 28-02-2018 11:58AM

I am in Limerick city. Woke to about 2 inches of snow this morning at 8am and there was still a flurry of snow.
Looked hopeful for the day.
The sun has been out for the last while with blue skies and most of the snow has melted.
You can hear all the water running from the melt. This will be a disaster on roads and paths with lower temperatures and freezing.

The Specialist · 28-02-2018 11:59AM

Dreannz wrote: »

I am in Limerick city. Woke to about 2 inches of snow this morning at 8am and there was still a flurry of snow.
Looked hopeful for the day.
The sun has been out for the last while with blue skies and most of the snow has melted.
You can hear all the water running from the melt. This will be a disaster on roads and paths with lower temperatures and freezing.

That was only the starter course for what is yet to come

wakka12 · 28-02-2018 11:59AM

We still haven't really had much snow accumulation in D14. Mostly graupel and a layer of ice..with a bit of powdery light snow

Waiting for the big blizzard bonanza everywhere else seems to be getting !

Wetbench4 · 28-02-2018 11:59AM

Dreannz wrote: »

I am in Limerick city. Woke to about 2 inches of snow this morning at 8am and there was still a flurry of snow.
Looked hopeful for the day.
The sun has been out for the last while with blue skies and most of the snow has melted.
You can hear all the water running from the melt. This will be a disaster on roads and paths with lower temperatures and freezing.

We were on Orange alert the start of the week when there was no ice or even frost, then as soon as it snows we go to yellow..

erica74 · 28-02-2018 12:00PM

What's the south east looking like for today and tomorrow? So sunny here in Waterford now, you'd be fooled into thinking it's all over.

Fiolina · 28-02-2018 12:00PM

little bess wrote: »

Anyone know if any shops are open around D5?

I know the little bread shop in Raheny is open and I'd assume Supervalu is too.

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