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

Franz Von Peppercorn · 02-03-2018 01:15PM

1bryan wrote: »

thaw won't happen properly for a week or so. Heard them talking about it on the radio this morning. Temps should be about 5/6 degrees tomorrow which should help somewhat, but hard frost due sunday night which will make things treacherous for monday morning.

5 degrees will thaw a lot of snow. Maybe not what Kildare got though.

xabi · 02-03-2018 01:15PM

Hasn’t stopped in Cork City, but it’s wet and there’s a thaw starting

Cantona's Collars · 02-03-2018 01:15PM

joes girls wrote: »

Southeast Wexford, we are getting hammered here, unreal amounts of Snow Falling non-stop.

Went for a walk met 2 vehicles, an Isuzu Trooper and a Hilux. You can't even get to the road from my place. I cleared away from around the doors and within an hour it was covered by another 2 inches.
Dug my way to the side gate, opened it and had 4 feet of snow at the other side.

glen25 · 02-03-2018 01:16PM

Anyone know if the M6 motorway out of galway (as far as athlone) is passable?

jo06555 · 02-03-2018 01:16PM

Never see anything like this in waterford and it's still bucketing down as I type ...

TitianGerm · 02-03-2018 01:17PM

TheMilkyPirate wrote: »

I've never seen anything like this in Wexford, My.mother is 70 says this is the worst she has ever seen, There's drifts up over peoples 6ft front doors. Fire brigade is stuck up the road trying to shovel it out the last hour. Get pics up later

I'm in Enniscorthy and I've 35-40cm of snow all around me. It's up to 60cm in some parts, and it's still snowing quite heavily.

Itssoeasy · 02-03-2018 01:18PM

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

While it looks like it snowing heavily in cork city I believe it's actually thawing sadly. The leaves and stuff are green again and snow is falling down off car windows etc

Not on the northside where I am it isn't, and it might be very slight. The temps will probably drop again nearer sunset. The cloud cover hasn't broken yet.

cdeb · 02-03-2018 01:18PM

Classical big flakes now in Greystones, to add to the foot or so here already (more in drifts).

Clouds out to the east are all black.

sryanbruen · 02-03-2018 01:19PM

I personally prefer and thought 2010 was more impressive here for my area specifically, Dublin 13.

I know that Kildare certainly has some shocking scenes but I'm only speaking for my area.

patneve2 · 02-03-2018 01:19PM

Snowing again but doubt ill get past the light/moderate intensity. Snow cover 0 cm in windswept areas to about a foot in some sheltered gardens

severeoversteer · 02-03-2018 01:20PM

here in east galway, made it half a mile up the road in the jeep and had to turn back, snow drifts 7 foot deep at least have the back roads level with the fields cant tell where the road is.

revelman · 02-03-2018 01:20PM

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

While it looks like it snowing heavily in cork city I believe it's actually thawing sadly. The leaves and stuff are green again and snow is falling down off car windows etc

Extraordinary given what is happening just a few miles down the road here. The snow is getting heavier and heavier by the minute and hasn’t stopped for 3 hours!

Ewan Hoosarmi · 02-03-2018 01:21PM

What strikes me about the pictures of the drift-clogged roads is that there are no cars or buses trapped in them... Unlike the pictures taken in 1982. Now we see the benefit of the red alert system.

billymitchell · 02-03-2018 01:21PM

PixelTrawler wrote: »

There is a definite thaw in Clonsilla. Neighbours roofs starting to turn black again. Water is dripping off the icicles at a fair rate. Its been snowing the last 2 hours or so but the amounts are low. Its not snowing enough to replace whats thawing. Current temps on the outside sensor is +1c

Its been bucketing snow over the road in Carpenterstown since about 10am this morning, but it does also seem to be thawing slightly at the same time. Still building up though

thomasj · 02-03-2018 01:21PM

PixelTrawler wrote: »

There is a definite thaw in Clonsilla. Neighbours roofs starting to turn black again. Water is dripping off the icicles at a fair rate. Its been snowing the last 2 hours or so but the amounts are low. Its not snowing enough to replace whats thawing. Current temps on the outside sensor is +1c

Down the road from you in hartstown and there's no sign of a thaw coupled with it still snowing heavily.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 02-03-2018 01:21PM

Loughc wrote: »

What about places that didn’t get hammered last night? They avoiding snow today?

Looks like it. The front is receding west.

Loughc · 02-03-2018 01:22PM

sryanbruen wrote: »

I personally prefer and thought 2010 was more impressive here for my area specifically, Dublin 13.

I know that Kildare certainly has some shocking scenes but I'm only speaking for my area.

Completely agree. Borderline non event for D13. Almost everywhere else had some great snowfall though.

SleetAndSnow · 02-03-2018 01:22PM

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Not on the northside where I am it isn't, and it might be very slight. The temps will probably drop again nearer sunset. The cloud cover hasn't broken yet.

That's what I'm hoping for, the snow to continue until Sunday set when it will freeze and sticking starts again. Although my dark skies app is predicting rain to come around 9/10

Cantona's Collars · 02-03-2018 01:22PM

TitianGerm wrote: »

I'm in Enniscorthy and I've 35-40cm of snow all around me. It's up to 60cm in some parts, and it's still snowing quite heavily.

It's pretty epic alright. Puts 2010 in the ha'penny place.
Just saw a video of Penney's in Wexford,all the snow on the roof sliding off into the street.

noah45 · 02-03-2018 01:22PM

Thawing in Athlone now

TheMilkyPirate · 02-03-2018 01:23PM

Snow getting heavier again in Wexford town big flakes this time. Unbelievable

MJohnston · 02-03-2018 01:23PM

I think I'd like a thaw here in Cabra, because we're basically stuck now - not snowed in as such but the snow on the street is higher than the surrounding pavements, and there's just no way of our car going anywhere at all. Meanwhile we've a toddler, so we can't really go far on foot either, the pram gets just as stuck. We have a baby bike trailer that can be pushed and that's usually great for off-roads, so we might try it, but right now it's still too windy and there's still snow coming down. Thankfully I was one of those silly panic buyers (or you know, someone who is prepared), so we're grand for food and milk until Monday (and I'm sure we'd be fine a few days beyond that too), but we've all been cooped up for a week now, cabin fever will reach record levels soon.

So, as much as I've loved this week of snow, I wouldn't be too bothered to see it stop for a while now.

Davaeo09 · 02-03-2018 01:23PM

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

Looks like it. The front is receding west.

Not really. Kilkenny last night hadn't much fresh snow. Its been going now for about 4 hours

SweetCaliber · 02-03-2018 01:23PM

Tramore is still under severe snow, really heavy and no let up yet.

Here is some more pics, the roads in these pics are main roads and are under about a foot to 2 foot of snow currently. Snow drifts in the area are up to 4 - 5 feet.

Also if anyone can view this, main street tramore earlier:

https://www.facebook.com/aine.phelan/videos/10155475247362725/

02-03-2018 01:23PM

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Not on the northside where I am it isn't, and it might be very slight. The temps will probably drop again nearer sunset. The cloud cover hasn't broken yet.

Snow, though a bit wetter, still piling up here in Bishopstown but I have noticed it is starting to slide off the cars as it is obviously getting a bit milder.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 02-03-2018 01:23PM

sryanbruen wrote: »

I personally prefer and thought 2010 was more impressive here for my area specifically, Dublin 13.

I know that Kildare certainly has some shocking scenes but I'm only speaking for my area.

I agree. Same area.

Is there a meteorological explanation. Is it as simple as a stalled front?

Itssoeasy · 02-03-2018 01:23PM

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Not on the northside where I am it isn't, and it might be very slight. The temps will probably drop again nearer sunset. The cloud cover hasn't broken yet.

That's what I'm hoping for, the snow to continue until Sunday set when it will freeze and sticking starts again. Although my dark skies app is predicting rain to come around 9/10

Netweather says the chance of snow fall gets less tonight but doesn't show it as rain.

stevenup7002 · 02-03-2018 01:24PM

TheMilkyPirate wrote: »

Snow getting heavier again in Wexford town big flakes this time. Unbelievable

Any sign of thaw down there?

SleetAndSnow · 02-03-2018 01:25PM

revelman wrote: »

Extraordinary given what is happening just a few miles down the road here. The snow is getting heavier and heavier by the minute and hasn’t stopped for 3 hours!

Same here! Looks like more heavy stuff is coming according to netweather. It's weird to see it snowing yet some things melting, my phone says it 1°c currently so maybe

Elmer Blooker · 02-03-2018 01:25PM

sryanbruen wrote: »

I personally prefer and thought 2010 was more impressive here for my area specifically, Dublin 13.

I know that Kildare certainly has some shocking scenes but I'm only speaking for my area.

Agree. Emma didn't really make it north of the Liffey. I'm hearing no reports of any disruption from places north of Dublin such as Drogheda, Dundalk, north Co Dublin etc.
I'm giving up now, whats left of Emma has stalled and I'm expecting nothing more than flurries from now on.

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