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

cnocbui · 01-03-2018 11:43PM

d'Oracle wrote: »

sheeesh.....

Someone else who can spell 'arcing'?

Meteorite58 · 01-03-2018 11:43PM

https://twitter.com/DeeAllihies/status/969329386972381186

actaphobia · 01-03-2018 11:44PM

One day I will get to Pelletstown, but that day is not today!

jo06555 · 01-03-2018 11:44PM

spookwoman wrote: »

Latest taken at 22.25 blue line is edge of red at 21.50

Sorry for ignorance but what's the blue line edge of red mean as for Waterford ? Thanks

lolo62 · 01-03-2018 11:44PM

Chrongen wrote: »

Because adverse conditions bring people down to Earth and make us all feel a little smaller than the rat race. It's also brings out certain things in people like cooperation, self-reliance and the concept that other things rather than a job can be concentrated on if only for a day or two.

Well said!

gozunda · 01-03-2018 11:44PM

sdanseo wrote: »

The man on RTÉ almost did a Father Ted, "there will be no roads" [long pause] "treated"

Like this

fred funk }{ · 01-03-2018 11:44PM

Still a blizzard in Arklow. Lovely dry power snow. Never seen snow luke this before - very small particles and not the usual large flakes.

MJohnston · 01-03-2018 11:44PM

konman wrote: »

There has been alot of continous snowfall here, albeit light mostly from mid-day to 6pm but it all seem to evaporape on impact. it was -1 at its warmest. Could anyone more knowledgable explain this?

It's not necessarily evaporating - more likely it is getting blown away to a place where it will get stuck (up against a wall or fence, etc.) and that's what snowdrifts are.

If the snow doesn't melt and it's light snow (as it has been for most of the snowfall over the last couple of days), then it'll act just like sand or whatever with the wind. Heavier, wetter flakes of snow would take a lot more effort to budge, but the light stuff just blows away.

My back garden is like a demonstration of this in action - one side has a snow depth of less than 1cm, the other side has a depth of about 15cm - the wind is drifting it from one side to the other.

NMB · 01-03-2018 11:44PM

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!

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 ?

HONKEY TONK · 01-03-2018 11:45PM

MidMan25 wrote: »

Turned 30 today, as a snow lover living in Cork this is an amazing birthday present and definitely making my day a memorable one!

Happy Birthday

RustyGate · 01-03-2018 11:45PM

PixelTrawler wrote: »

That stuff falling in clonsilla that feels like rain is starting to clear the windscreen of the car parked outside. But its coating the back windows upstairs with fine ice. Odd stuff.

My guess is in some areas the precip has not started yet, and all this strange snow grain stuff is just lying snow blowing around - blowing of cars, trees, hedges, roofs etc. I think once the heavy stuff gets going it could be intense, the similar system in 1982 dumped up to a metre in an amazingly short space of time. It has happened before, therefore it could happen again, so even though for some areas (here included) major accumulation predictions over the last few days have failed to materialise, I would not be taking that as an indication we might not get this metre predicted.

pigck29 · 01-03-2018 11:45PM

Where is the thunderstorm???

Paddycrumlinman · 01-03-2018 11:45PM

To all the folks who are asking about the rain / pellets, It's not rain, It's freezing rain, it will not melt the snow, it freezes as it leaves the sky as water, as the temp has risen slightly in the clouds, this is the start of the front and the colder temps will be following.

Basically, It's raining in the sky, as it comes down, meats colder air, and freezes and hit the ground.

I live in Florida, Been up north In Virginia at Christmas dealing with Freezing rain on a layer of about 1 foot of snow and I found it weird.

In NW Florida about 3 years ago, we had chance of snow with a front from up north, biting cold, with nothing but freezing rain, car frozen solid, icicles hanging everywhere, place came to a standstill road impassable. I was amazed.

Folks back home seeing this, it's grand, the snow is behind it, temps and due points will drop and bang, snow will be abound.

IrishPhoenix · 01-03-2018 11:46PM

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

Oh I hope not. I'm busy frantically praying the power stays on or I'll have no electricity, no water and no heat. I hate snow.

Titain · 01-03-2018 11:46PM

Has been snowing lightly but consistantantly since about 8 down here. If it keeps this up all night, might have a nice layer in the garden, which would be brilliant as my kids haven't seen snow up close before :-)

Timistry · 01-03-2018 11:46PM

cml387 wrote: »

Still awaiting snow apocalypse here in Clonmel. Very light dusting, enough to cover a small matchstick. It's not actually snowing at all at the moment.

Yip! Just in a bad location all week. The streamers never made it this far and the mountains absorbed anything that did make it. Id say we have accumulated no more than an inch all week.

I lived in Dublin this time last year. Picked a bad year to move down!:pac:

Saganist · 01-03-2018 11:47PM

UK Met.

policy75 · 01-03-2018 11:47PM

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

Paddycrumlinman · 01-03-2018 11:47PM

To all the folks who are asking about the rain / pellets, It's not rain, It's freezing rain, it will not melt the snow, it freezes as it leaves the sky as water, as the temp has risen slightly in the clouds, this is the start of the front and the colder temps will be following.

Basically, It's raining in the sky, as it comes down, meats colder air, and freezes and hit the ground.

I live in Florida, Been up north In Virginia at Christmas dealing with Freezing rain on a layer of about 1 foot of snow and I found it weird.

In NW Florida about 3 years ago, we had chance of snow with a front from up north, biting cold, with nothing but freezing rain, car frozen solid, icicles hanging everywhere, place came to a standstill road impassable. I was amazed.

Folks back home seeing this, it's grand, the snow is behind it, temps and due points will drop and bang, snow will be abound.
Also, the reason its water on the windows is the temp of the windows from inside will melt the ice quickly.

Daniel2590 · 01-03-2018 11:47PM

Paddycrumlinman wrote: »

To all the folks who are asking about the rain / pellets, It's not rain, It's freezing rain, it will not melt the snow, it freezes as it leaves the sky as water, as the temp has risen slightly in the clouds, this is the start of the front and the colder temps will be following.

Basically, It's raining in the sky, as it comes down, meats colder air, and freezes and hit the ground.

I live in Florida, Been up north In Virginia at Christmas dealing with Freezing rain on a layer of about 1 foot of snow and I found it weird.

In NW Florida about 3 years ago, we had chance of snow with a front from up north, biting cold, with nothing but freezing rain, car frozen solid, icicles hanging everywhere, place came to a standstill road impassable. I was amazed.

Folks back home seeing this, it's grand, the snow is behind it, temps and due points will drop and bang, snow will be abound.

It's not freezing rain here, rain doesn't blow around in the wind

Aspiring · 01-03-2018 11:47PM

Hopefully it's not too cold for snow

TheMilkyPirate · 01-03-2018 11:48PM

Here in Wexford town and East facing garden walls are fast disappearing under snow. It's still the fine snow but it is drifting like mad in the wind

Kermit.de.frog · 01-03-2018 11:48PM

Sheets of ice coming down in Santry caking windows, doors etc. Some flakes starting to appear in there.

Conditions could get dangerous soon.

0byme75341jo28 · 01-03-2018 11:48PM

Aspiring wrote: »

Hopefully it's not too cold for snow

Jesus long time no see...

bodice ripper · 01-03-2018 11:48PM

Power is out for about 20 minutes in laytown

mickmackey1 · 01-03-2018 11:48PM

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.

Cushtie · 01-03-2018 11:48PM

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?

Captain Snow · 01-03-2018 11:48PM

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

JWaterford · 01-03-2018 11:48PM

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.

spookwoman · 01-03-2018 11:49PM

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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