Extreme cold weather from Feb 25th on, and now St. Patrick's Day on...

memorystick · 01-03-2018 10:29PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Miriam?

Siobhan from the Met office

Water John · 01-03-2018 10:29PM

Brilliant Whelan.
Just some poor fella who hasn't seen the weather on RTE, over the last few years, I suspect.

Farmer · 01-03-2018 10:39PM

Call me when all the fuss is over

whelan2 · 01-03-2018 10:46PM

Has Emma arrived anywhere?

ganmo · 01-03-2018 10:48PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Has Emma arrived anywhere?

She’s next door

emaherx · 01-03-2018 10:50PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Has Emma arrived anywhere?

https://www.windy.com/?40.112,-6.328,4,m:eW5afYG

Making her way quite slowly

wats the craic · 01-03-2018 10:50PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Has Emma arrived anywhere?

its been here awhile have about 4ft snow drifts in places i am dreading tomorrow morning . alot of digging out snow on top everything else

roosterman71 · 01-03-2018 10:53PM

Fairly windy in Kilbeggan now. Ice rain or something like that falling too, and the wind blowing the lose snow around. Not too bad yet

Willfarman · 01-03-2018 11:00PM

Lucky here so far it seems. Praying it won’t come too bad.

Say my name · 01-03-2018 11:05PM

The heaviest snow is in west cork atm.
A lot more just starting to come into Wexford and Waterford and the east coast.

Been snowing steady here all evening. The snow is level with the step at the door.
Looks like I made the right decision to bring the shovel in.

Angus2018 · 01-03-2018 11:28PM

Went out to check on the cows, nothing calving tonight thankfully. Must be a foot of snow in most of the yard, I couldn't recognise parts of it. Cows are shielding the calves in one pen which is good.

George Sunsnow · 01-03-2018 11:54PM

Say my name wrote: »

The heaviest snow is in west cork atm.
A lot more just starting to come into Wexford and Waterford and the east coast.

Been snowing steady here all evening. The snow is level with the step at the door.
Looks like I made the right decision to bring the shovel in.

Insane snow here the past few hours ,drifted 3 or 4 feet in places
You wouldn’t see your hand in it and there’s another 18 to 30 hours of this in Wicklow
I dread to think what Ill see in the morning
Wind is gusting near 60kmh and the snow is spinning up in the air
It’s like the farm has transferred to North Dakota or somewhere

Lightning forecast in this so power might go,it’s gone up in Wicklow town apparently

Stay safe all,keep your phones charged and even if you are on your own ring someone and tell them if you’re going out

The Rabbi · 01-03-2018 11:59PM

Had five cows calved between 4 and 8 o clock today,3 calved yesterday afternoon,nothing for a week before that.All up and sucking.Will leave them with the cows till things improve.They can shelter behind their mothers.The snow is like glitter blowing in through the ridge vent in the shed covering everything.Drifting,but very little snow falling.-1° now.

Say my name · 02-03-2018 12:36AM

George Sunsnow wrote: »

Insane snow here the past few hours ,drifted 3 or 4 feet in places
You wouldn’t see your hand in it and there’s another 18 to 30 hours of this in Wicklow
I dread to think what Ill see in the morning
Wind is gusting near 60kmh and the snow is spinning up in the air
It’s like the farm has transferred to North Dakota or somewhere

Lightning forecast in this so power might go,it’s gone up in Wicklow town apparently

Stay safe all,keep your phones charged and even if you are on your own ring someone and tell them if you’re going out

Just went out myself to check on stock.

I can safely say I've never witnessed weather like this in my lifetime.
The snow is blowing off the shed roofs and blowing and drifting in the yards.
There's no stickability in this snow. It just blows around like dead leaves off a tree.
The roads will definitely be impassable unless they're ploughed. Even then by morning it looks like the road and ditches will be level with snow in places. Unbelievable stuff.

Buford T. Justice XIX · 02-03-2018 01:31AM

Light dusting of snow here atm. About an inch max. Could be different by morning though.

Timmaay · 02-03-2018 02:40AM

George Sunsnow wrote: »

Insane snow here the past few hours ,drifted 3 or 4 feet in places
You wouldn’t see your hand in it and there’s another 18 to 30 hours of this in Wicklow
I dread to think what Ill see in the morning
Wind is gusting near 60kmh and the snow is spinning up in the air
It’s like the farm has transferred to North Dakota or somewhere

Lightning forecast in this so power might go,it’s gone up in Wicklow town apparently

Stay safe all,keep your phones charged and even if you are on your own ring someone and tell them if you’re going out

Power out for an hour I'd say here. From looking out 6inches to a foot of snow, impossible to tell though, but yep once in a lifetime conditions probably (hopefully!)

Panjandrums · 02-03-2018 02:55AM

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visatorro · 02-03-2018 03:16AM

Woken by gusts there, still have power anyway. No cows to calf thankfully. Dunno what the road is gonna by like

cute geoge · 02-03-2018 05:44AM

A good 3-4 inches of the white stuff in n.kerry with drifts of up to 12 inches or more ,no sign of storm .Local w. forecaster says similar conditions for remainder of day .By god met eireann got this red alert spot on

whelan2 · 02-03-2018 06:23AM

2degrees here now. Power stayed on. We didn't get much more snow during the night. Got alot yesterday

freedominacup · 02-03-2018 06:53AM

14 hrs of something like sleet at this stage. Drifts 3 ft high on lawn. Still have enough water to function reasonably. Roads not good. Have enough storage to get us to tomorrow morning but in trouble for morning milking tomorrow.

Gawddawggonnit · 02-03-2018 07:00AM

French forecast model reckons that the heaviest snowfall is only starting to hit southern and eastern Ireland now. Hope they’re wrong.
Stay safe and use the head..

_Brian · 02-03-2018 07:01AM

-2 here and windy, forecast says -9 with windchill.
We had some snow overnight but not lots, wind has been piling up what is there into slightly deeper drifts with the deepest being probably 40cm deep.

wats the craic · 02-03-2018 07:04AM

Gawddawggonnit wrote: »

French forecast model reckons that the heaviest snowfall is only starting to hit southern and eastern Ireland now. Hope they’re wrong.
Stay safe and use the head..

ah jesus dont say that

visatorro · 02-03-2018 07:13AM

freedominacup wrote: »

14 hrs of something like sleet at this stage. Drifts 3 ft high on lawn. Still have enough water to function reasonably. Roads not good. Have enough storage to get us to tomorrow morning but in trouble for morning milking tomorrow.

Same as that here. Won't be able to milk tomorrow morning, wouldn't be able wash tank today anyway

ELP · 02-03-2018 07:21AM

Doesn't seem to be any extra snow here but drifts are higher than yesterday. With a lot of the ground now with no snow

GrasstoMilk · 02-03-2018 07:29AM

Gawddawggonnit wrote: »

French forecast model reckons that the heaviest snowfall is only starting to hit southern and eastern Ireland now. Hope they’re wrong.
Stay safe and use the head..

I'd say that might be fairly accurate Dawg. We didn't get much over night apart from wind. 3ft drifts around sheds, back of the parlour is full of snow and cows all huddled into corners of the sheds

dar31 · 02-03-2018 07:31AM

Nearly a foot of snow just after sliding of roof of house. Be careful of kids playing close to house

Who2 · 02-03-2018 07:33AM

Drifts to around 3-4 ft in places but in general it’s not bad. I was at the farm earlier and snow had blown right in to the back walls. All I met on the roads were a couple of farmers with old cruisers and hilux’s. Would it be crazy to start clearing drifts out on the main roads or am I leaving myself open for a court case. If

Say my name · 02-03-2018 07:43AM

Going to be a busy day.
First sight out the back door.

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