Doctor Jimbob wrote: » It's been snowing here in NW Donegal since I woke up about an hour ago, 3-4 centimetres minimum in total all around with at least double that in places. Red warning justified IMO, I'd say this is the most snow I've seen here and people just aren't used to it. Would be very dangerous to be out in. Visibility worsening as well.
M.T. Cranium wrote: » I have to think this reference to "severe thunderstorms" is an awkward phrasing for heavy thunder-snow, correct me if I'm right, but a severe thunderstorm is something that happens in warmer weather than this, drops heavy rain, hail or produces wind gusts that are not occurring more generally. I do think there is potential for some impressive thunder-snow tonight and Friday but would not call that a severe thunderstorm. On the question of how far north, quite often the precip ends up further north than modelled even when storm tracks are accurate. Occlusions often rotate around and get further north than expected. There is also going to be a sort of hybrid aspect to this storm, the southern part will be "warm frontal shield snow" and the northern part could be scattered outbreaks of enhanced sea effect, that may obscure how far north the storm's snowfall gets. Think that orange might have been the better choice for Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and possibly Cavan/Monaghan but there are strategic reasons to go all red, just in case things move much further north than expected, and to deter people from making travel plans that might be from the marginal warned areas into core red alert areas, especially as the storm is for a Friday and it would be logical to assume that hundreds of people might ordinarily be planning a weekend trip south to Galway or Dublin area perhaps, this might make them cancel those travel plans which would seem like a good thing. You can never get these things 100% right, either you go too widespread and annoy some, or you try to finesse it and miss an area that needed a warning. Counties as the basis for warnings also presents problems, you might imagine that parts of some larger northern counties would be in red warning territory while other parts may not be. So what do you do in that case? You have to include the whole county.
Rock Lesnar wrote: » Still heavy snow here, i just give up
igCorcaigh wrote: » Lidl open till 3pm according to their twitter
Mickeroo wrote: » Mayo is he same though has a better chance of getting hit later. I think the countrywide red warning was a day or so early in the context of the north west.
Super-Rush wrote: » Met radar is showing nothing over Carlow but its been really heavy since about 7.
jamesbere wrote: » Anyone know if any supermarkets open today, went to tesco in dennehys Cross and wilton both shut
cherryghost wrote: » My camera caught a car spin, exactly why NOBODY should be out on the roads
munsterlegend wrote: » I'm only starting! On the radar it doesn't look that heavy..you are in a very sweet spot.
AndyBoBandy wrote: » Met radar is just stunning at the moment. The Irish sea has become a snow factory for Leinster!! light (and sometimes heavy) but consistent snow in Rush, NCD the last 2/3 hours!! and it doesn't look like stopping anytime soon either!
milosh wrote: » and its pelting down in Bray for over an hour at this stage! Thats as localised as you can get
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