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

One of my fine big conifer trees, that stood for 40 odd years, came down last night with the combined weight of snow and the wind.

There could be some heavier snowfall for a time with more accumulations in the east overnight.


Yes, that includes Dublin city...temperatures generally won;t get above freezing (slightly above for a time on east coasts), falling back after dark.

Took the dog for a walk earlier (Perrystown, D12), it's like The Day After Tomorrow out there. Wind has the ground stripped back to the impacted stuff that froze on the ground yesterday in places, three steps later it's in drifts feet deep.

I'm going looking for my ski goggles before I go back out, could barely see with the wind.

Cantona's Collars wrote: »

Unless they're hover cars they're going nowhere,2 foot of lying snow on the road and drifts double that, even walking is a challenge.
I'm just trying to get my head around their stupidity.

Where you are. While some parts are snowed definitely snowed under, in other parts of Dublin traffic is circulating freely. Though I appreciate some people looking at 2 foot drifts from their door across their estate road would not realise this from what they are seeing.

MJohnston wrote: »

Very inaccurate - there are loads of reports in this thread from North Co Dublin, north Dublin City, and Meath.

Theres decent snow, but Emma didnt add a huge amount to what was already there.

The heaviest showers in the north county Dublin area were the first batch on Tuesday afternoon. The afternoon sun beforehand seemed to give them an extra kick.
The isle of Man shadow really only got going after dark on Tuesday evening.

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

There could be some heavier snowfall for a time with more accumulations in the east overnight.


Yes, that includes Dublin city...temperatures generally won;t get above freezing (slightly above for a time on east coasts), falling back after dark.

What about cork and kerry inland kermit? The front Will surely clear that way dumping more snow there?

Thaw has begun here in Ennis/Clarecastle my lovely icicles are all gone though still snowing

Mullaghteelin wrote: »

Theres decent snow, but Emma didnt add a huge amount to what was already there.

The heaviest showers in the north county Dublin area were the first batch on Tuesday afternoon. The afternoon sun beforehand seemed to give them an extra kick.
The isle of Man shadow really only got going after dark on Tuesday evening.

It did here in Cabra, which is north of the Liffey. There was a good 30cm of extra snow here since about 8pm yesterday, it was relentless. This added to the 10cm or so that had been on the ground since Tuesday's streamers.

There are other photos and reports from places North of the Liffey which got plenty of additional snow too.

I’m in glencullen and it’s very bad huge drifts the roads are no more there is plenty people trying to drive in 4 by 4s and can only get a certain distance

TECH85 wrote: »

Hey , so just lookin at raintoday radar it looks like there still a massive amount precip out to our south east . Alot of it looking like as it moves in it will get heavier !
Whats ye’r take on this ?
Still snowing now stop since last night , south tipp.
Thanks

It hasn’t stopping snowing at all today in Enniscorthy. I’d say the drifts in my back have grown 30cm since 7.30am. Went for a walk earlier to check on my mother and paths and roads average 20-40cm deep. Drifts against walls and cars from 1 - 1.8m+. Much more than 2010. It’s lashing down snow in the last hour. The path I cleared a hour ago now has a 3cm covering. I don’t see this clearing by Monday.

Considering the state of the Country after all the snow it's funny that they are now telling people to go out.