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

Dusty snow falling here since 12mn. Car park nearly totally covered. Hope it stays dusty and drift free so I can make it home.

kod87 wrote: »

all the snow is pretty much around coastal fringes, nothing other than negligible falls inland, very disappointed for supposed blizzards

Im not having a go at you but this is a common theme im hearing..theres a metre of snow in Dublin and Kildare, the visibilty is next to nothing.

Ambulances cant reach Naas hospital

Theres presently 4 vehicles stuck on route to Dublin

This isnt a meh or joke

kod87 wrote: »

all the snow is pretty much around coastal fringes, nothing other than negligible falls inland, very disappointed for supposed blizzards

He's about 20mls inland Co Louth. It's a bit confusing, I dont know if he's standing in a drift or what..

kod87 wrote: »

all the snow is pretty much around coastal fringes, nothing other than negligible falls inland, very disappointed for supposed blizzards

Not going against what you say because I can only say from my own experience, but in Newbridge its been heavy snow since 7 o'clock yesterday morning and it's only getting worse, and we're nowhere near the coast

The army have just helped out in a location in Co Louth. Well done lads. Great to know they're around if anyone needs them.
(I can't give to much details)

Can't see any of the roads into Newcastle Dublin being passable if the drifts are anything to go by outside my house

Wind had dropped bigger flakes falling now

The beast from the east has decided to stop Emma dead in her tracks -- with even a slight increase over the past few hours in raging easterly winds over Britain, into eastern Ireland, the low is struggling to make forward progress just off the tip of Brittany at this time, and most of the forward progress of moisture is aloft (which is good for continued snow). I think there may be a slight increase in flake size in the mix over the east coast and unfortunately the storm is more or less steady state for several hours meaning what you see is what you get more of.

The model trends are to weaken Emma a bit faster than on previous runs (the differences are slight) and this may play out as an easier stand for cold air over Ireland with less pressure from slight warming brought along by Emma, coastal precip types may not change as easily to sleet or ice pellets. It may mean slightly less snow in some inland locations further west but it will be hard to know as the forecast was for rather variable amounts anyway.

The longer term forecast will remain rather cold through the week, as various minor offshoots of Emma's collapsing frontal system try to do their own bit of mischief around the south or east coasts, results likely to be sleet, snow or mixed precip at times all week with a final somewhat stronger system perhaps breaking up the block late in the week or next weekend (not a certain outcome yet). That would lead to a faster melting rate of any remaining snow which I foresee being mostly on higher terrain by a week from now, as the lower elevation snows gradually melt away throughout the week. It may be gradual enough to avoid a major flood risk.

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

The beast from the east has decided to stop Emma dead in her tracks -- with even a slight increase over the past few hours in raging easterly winds over Britain, into eastern Ireland, the low is struggling to make forward progress just off the tip of Brittany at this time, and most of the forward progress of moisture is aloft (which is good for continued snow). I think there may be a slight increase in flake size in the mix over the east coast and unfortunately the storm is more or less steady state for several hours meaning what you see is what you get more of.

The model trends are to weaken Emma a bit faster than on previous runs (the differences are slight) and this may play out as an easier stand for cold air over Ireland with less pressure from slight warming brought along by Emma, coastal precip types may not change as easily to sleet or ice pellets. It may mean slightly less snow in some inland locations further west but it will be hard to know as the forecast was for rather variable amounts anyway.

The longer term forecast will remain rather cold through the week, as various minor offshoots of Emma's collapsing frontal system try to do their own bit of mischief around the south or east coasts, results likely to be sleet, snow or mixed precip at times all week with a final somewhat stronger system perhaps breaking up the block late in the week or next weekend (not a certain outcome yet). That would lead to a faster melting rate of any remaining snow which I foresee being mostly on higher terrain by a week from now, as the lower elevation snows gradually melt away throughout the week. It may be gradual enough to avoid a major flood risk.

So kildare won't get a heavy fall basically as was projected?

up for anything wrote: »

Woke up just now. Very quiet in KK town. Looks about the same as it was when i went to bed at 11pm. The lying snow looks slightly shrunken in on itself like its drying from the inside out. Melted in places but a little more covering in others. A bit of a breeze but not even stiff. Some sort of precip falling. Maybe freezing rain but it's not sticking. Bitter though. Has Emma reached us yet? I've lost track/her track.

I’m a few miles outside the town and it’s exactly the same here as 6 hours ago too.

Gusty wind and no snow in the Athlone area