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

Nettle Soup · 02-03-2018 11:11AM

Anyone planning a trip to the mountains today?

Lugnaquilla is probably impossible to summit given snow depths and drifting. Road wont allow it.
Carrauntoohill too risky.
Galtymore might be an option depending on approach and roads.
Croagh Patrick and possibly Mweelrea should be doable.

mojesius · 02-03-2018 11:11AM

grenouille1966 wrote: »

Many parts of west and south Dublin gave had massive snowfall and huge drifts including where I am in Dublin 15...Blanch/Castleknock.

Just a fact....

Hi former neighbour. I lived on your road until last October! Number 26

wakka12 · 02-03-2018 11:12AM

Apparently over a dozen rough sleepers in dublin who refused accommodation provisions were forcibly taken to psychiatric units for evaluations

Colibri · 02-03-2018 11:13AM

Nettle Soup wrote: »

Anyone planning a trip to the mountains today?

Lugnaquilla is probably impossible to summit given snow depths and drifting. Road wont allow it.
Carrauntoohill too risky.
Galtymore might be an option depending on approach and roads.
Croagh Patrick and possibly Mweelrea should be doable.

Seriously??

tom1ie · 02-03-2018 11:13AM

wakka12 wrote: »

Apparently over a dozen rough sleepers in dublin who refused accommodation provisions were forcibly taken to psychiatric units for evaluations

Well it was either that or they end up in a+e with hypothermia or worse. Correct decision.

michaelm · 02-03-2018 11:14AM

Coolbawn in North Tipp earlier this morning, It's been snowing here pretty much since Wed. morning, though never particularly heavy it has accumulated quite a lot.

https://postimg.org/image/rfh34xvmt/

adam240610 · 02-03-2018 11:14AM

Snowing heavily with big flakes in greystones currently

Car99 · 02-03-2018 11:15AM

Nettle Soup wrote: »

Anyone planning a trip to the mountains today?

Lugnaquilla is probably impossible to summit given snow depths and drifting. Road wont allow it.
Carrauntoohill too risky.
Galtymore might be an option depending on approach and roads.
Croagh Patrick and possibly Mweelrea should be doable.

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Do umyou not think the emergency services have enough on their plate without rescuing hill walkers

leahyl · 02-03-2018 11:15AM

Noooo I think the sun is starting to break through!

Addle · 02-03-2018 11:16AM

spookwoman wrote: »

Going to see branches coming down soon enough with the weight of the snow. our bamboo is horizontal with the weight of it

Wind has blown snow off all trees around here.

sunbabe08 · 02-03-2018 11:16AM

leahyl wrote: »

Noooo I think the sun is starting to break through!

just your imagination

The Nal · 02-03-2018 11:16AM

Kadence Gifted Tether wrote: »

Embarrassed?

Yeah. Quite cringing to read. Very David Brent. Funny though.

irishfeen · 02-03-2018 11:17AM

Gerry just about to talk on RTÉ now

patneve2 · 02-03-2018 11:17AM

Things were so promising with drifting starting, snowfall and temps holding until 1 30 am last night. Still got a decent fall out of this but ppn rates in the second part of the night let me down. Light snow now. Expected more out of this but did manage to see 2 hours of full on blizzard so i will still call this a memorable event. S dublin coast dalkey

moodus · 02-03-2018 11:18AM

joefuss1986 wrote: »

Anybody here know what it's like around ballymagarvey village? Meant to be going to a wedding there tomorrow!!

Took a walk around Kentstown this morning. Main Duleek / Navan road is open for a single lane of traffic (4x4s, tractors). Drifts of up to 5 feet off the main roads.

While Ballymagarvey Village is right on the N2, it might be... problematic for suppliers, staff, etc to get there. You'd really want to contact someone associated with the venue.

_Kaiser_ · 02-03-2018 11:18AM

Car99 wrote: »

3

Do umyou not think the emergency services have enough on their plate without rescuing hill walkers

Indeed.. I see MetE have lifted the "stay indoors" warning - I'd hate to be reading reports later of eejits out swimming or stranded on hills/mountains putting rescue workers at risk as well as themselves because of this.

I don't plan to go anywhere today as while it's not gotten much deeper here (Laois), it's still very cold and icy and high gusts have been added to the mix.

Heroditas · 02-03-2018 11:19AM

The Nal wrote: »

Yeah. Quite cringing to read. Very David Brent. Funny though.

Driving around south Dublin for an hour to prove there's no snow is David Brent to a factor of 10.

enricoh · 02-03-2018 11:19AM

joefuss1986 wrote: »

Anybody here know what it's like around ballymagarvey village? Meant to be going to a wedding there tomorrow!!

3 or 4 inches of snow in East meath, I'd say the bride will be loving the snow for photos. Ballymagarvey is just off the main ashbourne road which will be fine

joes girls · 02-03-2018 11:19AM

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Our road, no one is getting here today:D

Ich bin ein snowman · 02-03-2018 11:20AM

Kadence Gifted Tether wrote: »

Embarrassed?

Yes, cringe level 12. Your only aim in posting is to provoke people, gutted for ur family.

sean555 · 02-03-2018 11:20AM

Heavy snow Galway city, very few if any cars moving.

02-03-2018 11:20AM

Very little added to the lying snow here in Dundalk overnight. Windy today with the odd snow flurry.

wakka12 · 02-03-2018 11:21AM

Can we just stop an appreciate how crazy this event is though that theres dubliners at sea level complaining about 'only' getting 4 or so inches last night

Ronan|Raven · 02-03-2018 11:21AM

fjon wrote: »

I'm about 700m up the Putland Road from the seafront and there is a decent amount of snow here. Closer to the seafront there's apparently very little though.

I am at the top of the Boghall/ Killarney Road junction and there is decent covering up here with some large drifts.

Heroditas · 02-03-2018 11:21AM

Snowing quite heavily in Lucan again.

Temp 0c
Dew point 0c
Humidity 99%
Pressure 995mbar

revelman · 02-03-2018 11:21AM

It has been snowing relentlessly here on the south Cork coast since yesterday. Even though the snow looks wetter than yesterday’s or Tuesday evening’s, it is sticking and adding a few more cm to what we already had. Elderly people on local radio (places like Barryroe) saying that this is the heaviest snow accumulation in this particular area in living memory, comparable to 1947 perhaps.

Daemonic · 02-03-2018 11:22AM

vdriver wrote: »

Moyglare road , maynooth

Similar scenes in Celbridge. Snowing for 2 days now with drifts at least waist height.

garyha · 02-03-2018 11:22AM

Some people are unreal, you might be near the coast in Dublin and it may look okay to you but there are people with significant difficulties due to heavy snowfall and winds overnight just a few KM away from you.

Met Eireann got this spot on, it's impossible to forecast hyper-local conditions for your back garden. I'm probably just rising to the trolls but forecasting weather is extremely complex and the forecast snow and disruption happened, even if you only got an inch or two at sea level.

Look at the UK, they didn't have a stay home warning and people have lost their lives or dangerously stranded, good job Met Eireann.

I am in Rathmines and was hoping for 1982 type scenes outside my windows this morning, didn't quite happen that way this close to the coast but still spectacular event for March. It's falling as very wet snow/sleet here right now too, can some of the trolls send me the address I should send my official complaint to so I can get some justice?

The Bishop Basher · 02-03-2018 11:22AM

Like 2 different worlds in Greystones..

The seafront is a raging angry storm.. Can't even look out to sea cause it's like needles hitting your eyes..

Then a 5 minute walk back up the hill and it's like a wonderland with kids out sleighing down hills..

mojesius · 02-03-2018 11:24AM

Snowing non stop and heavy since dawn in SE Meath. I'd love to venture out in it but just going out the back to top up the starving birds feast is absolutely Baltic with the biting wind

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