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

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    #4202
    bodice ripper
    Registered Users Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭bodice ripper


    Power is out for about 20 minutes in laytown


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    #4203
    mickmackey1
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,288 ✭✭✭mickmackey1


    policy75 wrote: »
    storm, what exact storm are we talking abour Remain inside from 4pm for fear of your lives. Not a whiff of a breeze nor a whisker of snow in the midlands. TV3 and Varadker. Priceless
    Understand your frustration but places in Offaly and Longford seem to have been plastered. Very strange weather system.


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    #4204
    Cushtie
    Registered Users Posts: 704 ✭✭✭Cushtie


    Waiting all week to post. Finally getting something here in West Limerick. The very fine snow from earlier has given way to slightly heavier stuff in a strengthening wind. Nice carpet of a couple of Cm in the back yard and driveway. Wondering what morning will bring?


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    #4205
    Captain Snow
    Registered Users Posts: 600 ✭✭✭Captain Snow


    Some great photos of this amazing snow storm.
    If want you can also pop them into the Picture thread below.



    https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057845112/1


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    #4206
    JWaterford
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭JWaterford


    Hi,

    Does anyone know what the current models are for Waterford city. The only thing we have here at the moment is modest wind, but no snowfall for the last 4 or so hours.

    Is the high snowfall meant to reach Waterford soon?

    Thanks in advance.


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    #4207
    spookwoman
    Registered Users Posts: 9,922 ✭✭✭spookwoman


    jo06555 wrote: »
    Sorry for ignorance but what's the blue line edge of red mean as for Waterford ? Thanks[/indicator of how fact it is moving the blue was edge of the dark red @21.50


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    #4208
    fritzelly
    Registered Users Posts: 17,324 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Sariah wrote: »
    Ok so that rain i posted earlier about in D24 mustn't have been actual rain because there is a 2foot deep pile of snow beside my car.

    hallelujah, we have another convert, praise the lord


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    #4209
    hatrickpatrick
    Registered Users Posts: 17,797 ✭✭✭✭hatrickpatrick


    Question: for those using the term "ice pellets", what, if anything, is the difference between those and hail stones? "Ice pellets" is pretty much exactly how is describe your average hail shower O_o


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    #4210
    erica74
    Registered Users Posts: 2,619 ✭✭✭erica74


    My husband just ran down to the road to take some pics. For some perspective, this is the N25 between Waterford and New Ross, usually an exceptionally busy road, deserted for hours now.

    Lovely blanket of snow down again now.


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    #4211
    compsys
    Registered Users Posts: 1,042 ✭✭✭compsys


    Calibos wrote: »
    I'm finding it very disconcerting that none of the resident experts want to answer the question about how anywhere could hope to get 1 metre accumulations from these crappy ice pellets. 3 hours of it belting down near the seafront in bray and the road is still only dusted.

    I have this terrible feeling that I'm going to wake in the morning, look out the Velux and exclaim, "You've got to be ****ing kidding me!?!?!"........and not in a good way! :(

    It feels like you're over exaggerating. You just need to relax a bit.

    I'm right beside the sea too in Monkstown and it's been "crappy ice pellets" for the past three hours also.

    However, when I look out closely at the road and the cars I can see that it's definitely leading to accumulations. Even if "proper" snow didn't arrive at all tonight I'd say the level of accumulations would be quite high.

    Also, if you look close enough, you'll see that it is (very fine) snow that's falling. Admittedly it would be nice to see a few big, proper flakes falling. But this is Ireland after all and we're beside the sea and it's already into spring.

    The wind alone would almost warrant a warning at this stage.


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    #4212
    Aspiring
    Registered Users Posts: 2,204 ✭✭✭Aspiring


    Huxley Cool Toy wrote: »
    Jesus long time no see...

    Never know who you'll see on a snow thread :pac:


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    #4213
    jjmcclure
    Registered Users Posts: 540 ✭✭✭jjmcclure


    It looked like rain in Dunshaughlin earlier, went out to the car and all footprints from earlier filled in with snow and deeper now than it was earlier. seems like really fine snow, but not rain


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    #4214
    Calibos
    Registered Users Posts: 7,805 ✭✭✭Calibos


    NMB wrote: »
    You won’t wake up like that. There’s hours of this. The ice crystals the diamond dust is a good thing. It’s a base layer for the wet snow coming. There will be a huge accumulation tonight . It’s in the models. And they all agree. I’ve rum would you like a nip ?

    I think I need something stronger. Think I'll pinch one of SWMBO's Xanax :D


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    #4215
    Gaoth Laidir
    Registered Users Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    The fine particles that have been falling this evening are not sleet, rain or freezing rain, they're snow grains. They feel like liquid because they're so small that they melt instantly on your face, making the same effect as liquid drops. Nowhere has had rain or sleet this evening.


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    #4216
    nibtrix
    Registered Users Posts: 1,305 ✭✭✭nibtrix


    Calibos wrote: »
    I'm finding it very disconcerting that none of the resident experts want to answer the question about how anywhere could hope to get 1 metre accumulations from these crappy ice pellets. 3 hours of it belting down near the seafront in bray and the road is still only dusted.

    I have this terrible feeling that I'm going to wake in the morning, look out the Velux and exclaim, "You've got to be ****ing kidding me!?!?!"........and not in a good way! :(

    Have you looked at a radar picture? The real storm front hasn’t even hit us yet, and it was well flagged that the leading edge could be rain/sleet/hail. It’s coming slower than they initially predicted, but that is the nature of weather!
    Why don’t you wait and see what you wake up to before complaining?


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    #4217
    man_no_plan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,018 ✭✭✭man_no_plan


    Aspiring wrote: »
    Hopefully it's not too cold for snow

    Indeed, or too snowy


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    #4218
    bennyl10
    Registered Users Posts: 5,515 ✭✭✭bennyl10


    policy75 wrote: »
    storm, what exact storm are we talking abour Remain inside from 4pm for fear of your lives. Not a whiff of a breeze nor a whisker of snow in the midlands. TV3 and Varadker. Priceless

    Check the radar.
    The storm hasn't passed France yet ffs!!
    Was it meant to just appear at 4:01?!

    And Christ learn his name if you'll try wrongly attack him!


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    #4219
    NMB
    Registered Users Posts: 314 ✭✭NMB


    Saganist wrote: »
    UK Met.


    Awesome Alex


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    #4220
    JWaterford
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭JWaterford


    Hi,

    Does anyone know what the current models are for Waterford city. The only thing we have here at the moment is modest wind, but no snowfall for the last 4 or so hours.

    Is the high snowfall meant to reach Waterford soon?

    Thanks in advance.


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    #4221
    q85dw7osi4lebg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,502 ✭✭✭q85dw7osi4lebg


    Gaoth Laidir wrote: »
    The fine particles that have been falling this evening are not sleet, rain or freezing rain, they're snow grains. They feel like liquid because they're so small that they melt instantly on your face, making the same effect as liquid drops. Nowhere has had rain or sleet this evening.

    As I have found out they also accumulate pretty quickly.


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    #4222
    stevenup7002
    Registered Users Posts: 159 ✭✭stevenup7002


    deise_girl wrote: »
    Is Waterford still on for getting more snow? Since 5pm anything I've seen looks considerably more like sleet than what we had previous :(

    Radar says it's about to get worse (or better) for you: fJyYh9Ql.png


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    #4223
    Daniel2590
    Registered Users Posts: 1,645 ✭✭✭Daniel2590


    Aspiring wrote: »
    Never know who you'll see on a snow thread :pac:

    Just brings everyone together right :pac:


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    #4224
    NMB
    Registered Users Posts: 314 ✭✭NMB


    hatrickpatrick wrote: »
    Question: for those using the term "ice pellets", what, if anything, is the difference between those and hail stones? "Ice pellets" is pretty much exactly how is describe your average hail shower O_o

    It’s more like diamond dust - micro and melts on contact


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    #4225
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users Posts: 3,747 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    Terrible deep snow in Harolds Cross


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    #4226
    harr
    Registered Users Posts: 4,478 ✭✭✭harr


    Wind picking up here and it’s -3 . Radar showing we should be getting heavy showers but it’s only light dust. Radar showed us getting no snow all day but it was snowing heavy with no indication on radar.
    Laois/kildare border..


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    #4227
    sicknotexi
    Registered Users Posts: 1,064 ✭✭✭sicknotexi


    How I know it's snowing outside without leaving my comfy sofa: Accuweather alerts says it's not snowing outside.(and vice versa)


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    #4228
    aurora 527
    Registered Users Posts: 413 ✭✭aurora 527


    JWaterford wrote: »
    Hi,

    Does anyone know what the current models are for Waterford city. The only thing we have here at the moment is modest wind, but no snowfall for the last 4 or so hours.

    Is the high snowfall meant to reach Waterford soon?

    Thanks in advance.

    No snowfall??


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    #4229
    spookwoman
    Registered Users Posts: 9,922 ✭✭✭spookwoman


    this is now
    https://twitter.com/LeahBurgessIre/status/969343825721331712


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    #4230
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,772 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    Was a bit shaky here in Dublin 16 for a bit with some sleety/ice pellety stuff. Back on full/heavy fine snow now. -0.8c atm.


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    #4231
    wakka12
    Registered Users Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    Latest snow depth charts still saying dublin will have huge totals but still just ice pellets here. How could this possibly come anywhere close to a metre even if these ice pellets keep coming down until 6pm tomorrow it'll only be 3 or 4 inches Id say


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