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Severe Weather Snow / Ice Weds 28 FEB ( Onwards ) ** READ MOD NOTE POST#1**

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    #1262
    morticia2
    Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭morticia2


    Light snow here in Ballybrack


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    #1263
    Doctor Jimbob
    Registered Users Posts: 7,634 ✭✭✭Doctor Jimbob


    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.


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    #1264
    whippet
    Registered Users Posts: 7,674 ✭✭✭whippet


    the south louth coast has a little more powder than yesterday .. continuous powder falling since about 7am but still only about 2cm lying on the ground where the wind hasn't blown it away.

    But the wind has not let up since dusk yesterday .. very very windy


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    #1265
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭munsterlegend


    Rock Lesnar wrote: »
    Still heavy snow here, i just give up

    I'm only starting! On the radar it doesn't look that heavy..you are in a very sweet spot.


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    #1266
    optogirl
    Registered Users Posts: 2,975 ✭✭✭optogirl


    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.

    and this isn't the storm yet. The amount of people who think the red warning is for the current event - things are going to get very hairy out there & actual blizzards make driving nigh on impossible.


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    #1267
    NapoleonInRags
    Registered Users Posts: 1,266 ✭✭✭NapoleonInRags


    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.


    How blessed are we to have the benefit of this contributor on boards...


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    #1268
    force eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,039 ✭✭✭force eleven


    Rock Lesnar wrote: »
    Still heavy snow here, i just give up

    Same here, relentless. Getting fatigued with it actually, starting to become inconvenient rather than fun. No longer walking in the snow, but you have to trudge through it.


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    #1269
    P.Walnuts
    Registered Users Posts: 4,760 ✭✭✭P.Walnuts


    Cycling into work from D6 to James's st was....interesting


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    #1270
    km79
    Registered Users Posts: 48,164 ✭✭✭✭km79


    Unreal amount of snow in East Galway
    Can't get my head around the fact we may get the same again tonight
    Did go a big shop yday as assumed it would be driveable till this afternoon
    I may have been wrong !


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    #1271
    AndyBoBandy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 15,090 Mod ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    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!


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    #1272
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Another sunny day in Mallow!


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    #1273
    jamesbere
    Registered Users Posts: 5,022 ✭✭✭jamesbere


    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    Lidl open till 3pm according to their twitter

    Seems a general posts by tesco, that there open til 2 but no update on individual stores


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    #1274
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,133 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    My camera caught a car spin, exactly why NOBODY should be out on the roads
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeGU6epJIAs


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    #1275
    mobil 222
    Registered Users Posts: 226 ✭✭mobil 222


    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.

    I totally understand your frustration but here in Sligo nothing much has been promised either. But since 8am it has been snowing constant ,maybe its light, but its something that has not been shown on any chart
    Correct me if i am wrong.


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    #1276
    mickger844posts
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,466 Mod ✭✭✭✭mickger844posts


    Super-Rush wrote: »
    Met radar is showing nothing over Carlow but its been really heavy since about 7.

    Same here in Waterford City but looking at the Sat image shows a constant flow of snow.


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    #1277
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users Posts: 29,294 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    Been snowing on and off in Sligo Town, since just after 7am. Estate is a white out. Phone going to be charged, and fire set, incase Emma gives her worst later.


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    #1278
    M.T. Cranium
    Registered Users Posts: 14,388 ✭✭✭✭M.T. Cranium


    This is like 1947 with internet.


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    #1279
    aurora 527
    Registered Users Posts: 413 ✭✭aurora 527


    Have had four hrs or so of continuous snow now in Waterford ... despite the ME radar showing like we are not getting much... Heavy big flake snow...


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    #1280
    Mantis Toboggan
    Registered Users Posts: 17,793 ✭✭✭✭Mantis Toboggan


    Consistent heavy snow fall in naas.

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸



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    #1281
    Thephantomsmask
    Registered Users Posts: 1,357 ✭✭✭Thephantomsmask


    jamesbere wrote: »
    Anyone know if any supermarkets open today, went to tesco in dennehys Cross and wilton both shut

    Lidl Wilton looked open at 8am when I passed. Local FB or ringing around might be the best thing


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    #1282
    davidglanza
    Registered Users Posts: 254 ✭✭davidglanza


    Nothing but blue skys in cork city now..


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    #1283
    Artane2002
    Registered Users Posts: 1,990 ✭✭✭Artane2002


    Whiteout D5.


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    #1284
    dharma200
    Registered Users Posts: 998 ✭✭✭dharma200


    cherryghost wrote: »
    My camera caught a car spin, exactly why NOBODY should be out on the roads

    aw that wee person falling over :( that was like me earlier tho no one to help me get up x


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    #1285
    nimrod86
    Registered Users Posts: 751 ✭✭✭nimrod86


    cherryghost wrote: »
    My camera caught a car spin, exactly why NOBODY should be out on the roads

    Missed that! Is there a way to go back and find it?


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    #1286
    Danno
    Registered Users Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭Danno


    Serious overnight lows in this region:

    Durrow -9.7c (Stevensons Screen)
    Johnstown -12.1c (Davis Vantage Vue)


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    #1287
    scargill
    Registered Users Posts: 1,679 ✭✭✭scargill


    Hasn't really stopped in Newbridge since about 7:30/8:00 this morning. Has been blizzard-like at times and Emma hasn't arrived yet.


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    #1288
    kuro2k
    Registered Users Posts: 568 ✭✭✭kuro2k


    jamesbere wrote: »
    Anyone know if any supermarkets open today, went to tesco in dennehys Cross and wilton both shut

    Tesco Wilton opened at 9am for 20 min to allow people waiting at the door to quickly grab stuff. Security confirmed they are closed for the day


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    #1289
    leahyl
    Registered Users Posts: 14,250 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    So beautiful!

    Also, had a visitor to our back door this morning


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    #1290
    mobil 222
    Registered Users Posts: 226 ✭✭mobil 222


    cherryghost wrote: »
    My camera caught a car spin, exactly why NOBODY should be out on the roads

    Is this a live feed.


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    #1291
    Rock Lesnar
    Registered Users Posts: 11,880 ✭✭✭✭Rock Lesnar


    munsterlegend wrote: »
    I'm only starting! On the radar it doesn't look that heavy..you are in a very sweet spot.

    Yeah the fun of it has worn off now to be honest, constant streamers rolling in all day yesterday, last night, and now heavy snow falling since 6.30 this morning and the worst is still to come.


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