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

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Time to start a new thread as the other one reaches its capacity!

I'm sure kermit.de.frog will add a forecast and keep it updated for us.

So to kick it off a few mouth watering charts of the snow and cold potential over the coming days, stay safe.

Looking very windy going into Thurs night and look at those windchill readings!

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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:

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.

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.

NMB

Saganist wrote: »

UK Met.

Awesome Alex

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!

man_no_plan

Aspiring wrote: »

Hopefully it's not too cold for snow

Indeed, or too snowy

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?

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.

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

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

Aspiring

Huxley Cool Toy wrote: »

Jesus long time no see...

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

JWaterford

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

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?

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.

bodice ripper

Power is out for about 20 minutes in laytown

0byme75341jo28

Aspiring wrote: »

Hopefully it's not too cold for snow

Jesus long time no see...

Kermit.de.frog

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

Conditions could get dangerous soon.

TheMilkyPirate

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

Aspiring

Hopefully it's not too cold for snow

Daniel2590

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

Paddycrumlinman

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.

policy75

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

Saganist

UK Met.

Timistry

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: