fleet_admiral wrote: » Might sound strange but the snow in my back garden is starting to melt
actaphobia wrote: » The maps a few pages earlier show little precipitation for Dublin Is it game off
Kamili wrote: » I was thinking the same here too. Is the wind blowing it away rather than melting it?
weatherfiend wrote: » Fabulous “blizzard” (almost afraid to use this word) in Sandyford tonight.
Irish Steve wrote: » The other aspect is that the forecast for tomorrow is for full blizzard conditions. There were some pictures earlier where people were calling them blizzard conditions in Dublin, but in all of those pictures, the visibility was still over 50 Mtrs. In a blizzard, the visibility can well become less than 5 mtrs, which means that if you stand at the back of a large transit van, you won't be able to see the front of it. In a nutshell, it's not difficult to drive in those conditions, it's IMPOSSIBLE. So, there is a very real need to get as many vehicles off the road for the next period of time to reduce the accident risk, and dramatically reduce the number of calls to emergency services, as asking them to turn out to deal with road traffic accidents will be putting the responders at risk as well. I was out earlier today, and as a result of gusts of wind not far from here, (Ashbourne), the visibility went from half a mile to almost nothing in the space of a few seconds, and the ONLY option was to stop until it cleared again. I was on minor roads, with a deep ditch full of water either side, so keeping going even at a crawl wasn't an option, it was not possible to see the edges of the road even looking out of the side of the vehicle. The Forecast for the next 36 hours means that the fewer vehicles on the move, the safer it will be for all concerned.
SleetAndSnow wrote: » never know, those showers at waterford now could move down to us
thebull85 wrote: » what forecast is this from?
Kamili wrote: » Sweet Fanny Adams in D16
cherryghost wrote: » 4x4 struggling over speed ramps a short time ago.
c.p.w.g.w wrote: » It looks so bloodly bright there
actaphobia wrote: » Looking like a non snow event for dublin tomorrow evening, wind plusvrain right
guil wrote: » I'm up since 3:30 this morning for work and not a hope of me sleeping now. The excitement is killing me, hasn't been any snow for a few hours now in the curragh but we got a lot throughout the night and then today.
