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

Irish_rat · 02-03-2018 12:17PM

irelandspurs wrote: »

Anyone still getting heavy snow?

Fair bit coming down now in Limerick

Shelga · 02-03-2018 12:17PM

I'm in D5 also, definitely got a fair dumping of extra snow last night. Drifts of about 18 inches in the back garden.

Mad how it seems to vary so much from one postcode to the next, even from one neighbourhood to the next!

billymitchell · 02-03-2018 12:19PM

Bucketing down in Carpenterstown for the last hour, best snow of the last few days

ibarelycare · 02-03-2018 12:19PM

Very windy now, sideways snow! (Drimnagh, D12)

Cork Boy 53 · 02-03-2018 12:20PM

revelman wrote: »

Where? Snow has been relentless here for over 3 hours.

Crookstown area between Bandon and Macroom. Actually some light patchy snowfall has started up again here. Has there been much snowfall in Ballinspittle /Garretstown area?

patneve2 · 02-03-2018 12:20PM

light snow with the odd moderate burst. Not sticking to cleared surfaces. S dublin coast

thomasj · 02-03-2018 12:20PM

Heavy snowfall in Clonsilla now

Skedaddle · 02-03-2018 12:21PM

Panjandrums wrote: »

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You can get issues with transformers becoming covered in snow and overheating and tripping out.

Likewise, the Virgin Media issue that someone was reporting could be a similar thing - a cabinet insulated by snow with its air vents blocked would potentially do that.

We've a lot of very distributed telecommunications infrastructure these days. Instead of your lines going to a local telephone exchange in a building, your broadband services are provided from little street cabinets, both in the case of Eir (and all the providers using VDSL) and also Virgin Media (different cabinets)

The one thing with a big fault of 6000+ ESB connections is that it's probably an easy-to-get-to local transformer and can be remedied quickly. Local, smaller, faults in hard-to-reach places are much more difficult.

Sephiroth_dude · 02-03-2018 12:22PM

morgana wrote: »

And we had some fun !

I love it! snow cat

sryanbruen · 02-03-2018 12:22PM

We better get used to periods like this for the next years 'cause with solar minimum just around the corner, these kinds of periods are to be more frequent.

Achasanai · 02-03-2018 12:22PM

Coming down in heavy bursts in Rathfarnham (Terenure end). Fairly deep out there, some drifting. Was expecting it to die off, but it's getting worse.

Poochie05 · 02-03-2018 12:24PM

The drifts are incredible. While the patio has a bare covering, here is the side gate
Wexford Town

windyout · 02-03-2018 12:25PM

DOCARCH wrote: »

Was out for a stroll/romp in the snow in Dublin 16. Nothing can get in or out of our estate with snow drifts...saw somebody try and fail after a lot of digging. Nothing (as in traffic) on Grange Road (Rathfarnham)....pretty much impassable.

Down the road from you at rathfarnham bridge.... he won't be opening any time soon....

Achasanai · 02-03-2018 12:25PM

sryanbruen wrote: »

We better get used to periods like this for the next years 'cause with solar minimum just around the corner, these kinds of periods are to be more frequent.

Can you explain this a bit more? I thought there was a minimum and maximum to a general period, but do you mean that there will be a more extensive minimum period?

weisses · 02-03-2018 12:26PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

And that right there is exactly why the red warning was justified.:cool:

Yes ... for that area (county)

3 cm of snow here in Kerry ...No blizzard

That is the reason the red warning wasn't justified

Some people in decisions making and professional weather forecasting got a bit ahead of themselves i guess

Stunning pics nonetheless

mickmackey1 · 02-03-2018 12:27PM

Last night I was criticising Met Eireann, but I was wrong. We got snow and drifts and all sorts (though not much wind...)

So, Met Eireann, I APOLOGISE

:D

foxyladyxx · 02-03-2018 12:27PM

Very strong winds and heavy snowfall in Sandymount . .

Gonzo · 02-03-2018 12:27PM

still snowing here but it's thawing more than sticking.

A good way to test it is to wipe snow off a surface. Snow melts on impact on the surface I cleared. Very wet snow at this stage and the intensity just isn't there.

RobertKK · 02-03-2018 12:27PM

Snow is quiet heavy here north east of Kilkenny as the drifts continue to grow.

stooge · 02-03-2018 12:28PM

Achasanai wrote: »

Can you explain this a bit more? I thought there was a minimum and maximum to a general period, but do you mean that there will be a more extensive minimum period?

low point expected for 2019-2020 as far as I know

padd b1975 · 02-03-2018 12:28PM

Lucan.

SortingYouOut · 02-03-2018 12:29PM

Nice fall in D4 now and sticking

Artane2002 · 02-03-2018 12:29PM

Nice dinner plates falling in Dublin 5. I'm not sure how but I have almost 50cm in the garden here I'm not trolling/lying!

hmmm · 02-03-2018 12:30PM

weisses wrote: »

Yes ... for that area (county)

3 cm of snow here in Kerry ...No blizzard

That is the reason the red warning wasn't justified

Yes. The next time they need to give forecasts by Eircode. So for example, your house & driveway could be a Yellow warning only, while next door could be Red.

Perhaps Google Maps could display the 42,000 different variations of forecast, so people can plan their trips. "I could go via the Dublin road, but I notice there is a Red warning outside the Centra. I'll go via the Nenagh road instead, as the only warning is the stretch outside the O'Connors house."

Trigger Happy · 02-03-2018 12:30PM

weisses wrote: »

Yes ... for that area (county)

3 cm of snow here in Kerry ...No blizzard

That is the reason the red warning wasn't justified

Some people in decisions making and professional weather forecasting got a bit ahead of themselves i guess

Stunning pics nonetheless

The red warning was for what MIGHT happen across all parts of the country.

And that did happen for a lot of the country. They cannot predict to the square metre what will happen.
And the red warning saved lives- that's the important thing.

BorneTobyWilde · 02-03-2018 12:30PM

http://animate.meteoradar.co.uk/
just keeps coming

hairyslug · 02-03-2018 12:31PM

It's feels like there is a slight lull in the amount of snow falling here in Courtown, definitely feels colder than what it did at around 9am.

Patser · 02-03-2018 12:31PM

Jaysus life changing neck injuries from trying to take pictures of snow, and father hospitalised too.

Hopefully quick recoveries to both, if possible

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2018/0302/944543-cork-mayfield/

Mc Love · 02-03-2018 12:31PM

Zoney wrote: »

Limerick city continued light or moderate snow. Measured car roof again, up to 7 cm now, was 5 cm three hours ago. Slight thaw but compensated for by the extra snow.

Much brighter now and quite light snow, so possible warming as we approach noon and slow down of the snow accumulation.

Light snow but quite good fall from it

Vxlks · 02-03-2018 12:32PM

Snow here in Rathfarnham D14 is Heavy and been like this since about 10! was more snizzle when i awoke

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