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

Garden furniture will disappear at this rate, it was nice knowing you :pac:



Strangely enough there are drips of water coming from the icicles underneath the table, snow filling up and thawing at the same time.

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

The emergency response guys seem to be thinking the country will reopen tomorrow.
What a joke it's snowing constantly here in Cork and we be lucky to be back on the roads Monday. Gerry was on thus morning saying the snow would turn to rain today, he's backtracking on this now. He's proven poor enough on his advice compared to the female staff last 2 days....even if it rains tomorrow the roads are going to be a no go until very best case Sunday

It's actually quite annoying. I certainly won't get anywhere tomorrow. Hasn't stop snowing in Midleton area all day and as I'm up quite high I can only guess it's a small bit worse where I am.

I added it up, its been snowing now in D14 for about 28 hours

Very little snow fell here overnight but the wind has left big drifts and many secondary roads are impassable unless you drive a tractor

*RED ALERT*

Can confirm moderate dinner plates in Malahide for the first time since Wednesday.

mada999 wrote: »

no real snow falling in Dundalk since last night... a good 3-4 inches on the ground...

One of the highest snowfalls so far is in West Dublin, Dublin 15 according to Siobhan Ryan ...40 cm at 9 am with another 10/15 on the way. Still snowing hard.

D9Male wrote: »

Proper heavy snow now in Dublin 9. Emma is sorting me out eventually.

Yes, nice to see it after I'd given up. At least it will top up lying snow despite not sticking to cleared wet concrete surfaces.

thejuggler wrote: »

86 years young on a sledge just outside Cork City. Well done Eileen.

That’s brilliant 😀

The snow plough/grit spreader just passed my house half an hour ago and made zero impact on the road here in north Tipp still bucketing down. Heaviest snow I have ever seen in my near 40 years that is without doubt.

It's snowing away again moderately here near Mallow. Great to be out and about in this weather and the children are having a ball. Be great if it lasted till Sunday but looks like tomorrow will put a big dent in it not that Emma seems to be going anywhere in a hurry!

Very little snow fell here overnight but the wind has left big drifts and many secondary roads are impassable unless you drive a tractor

By the Phoenix Park here. My God it has been snowing forever, and is tipping down still. I cannot open back door to feed the birds.

I hear there may be a thaw tomorrow. That scares the bejaysus out of me, bad and all as the drifts of snow are. When it thaws and freezes on top of that, the place will be like an ice rink. Driving dangerous off the main roads, and impossible to walk without slipping all over the place!

I tried to walk up the road earlier, but I sank into the snow nearly up to my knees. Came back quickly!

The forecast for me was spot on though, have to say. Getting a twitchy bit of cabin fever though!

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

There were heavy snowfalls in Cork city in 1978, 1982 and 1987. In 1987 temperatures dropped so low that people were able to walk and cycle on the Lough.

I sort of remember 78 - I was 4 though, and maybe memories of 82 have blended into it. I definitely remember 87, but this seems worse - probably because in 87 I didn't start very far outside my park and front garden. In 2010 we could walk on the Lough, and the ponds in the Glen froze over and my mad broke her hand trying to skate out on the frozen floods on the Lee Fields. The freeze in 2010 was worse alright, but this is epic snow.

Edit: My niece was born in March 95 and it snowed on that day too.

There's actually a semi thaw happening now, but it's still snowing - its dripping off trees and bushes a small bit.

If it gets back to minus figures tonight in cork I can't see how it will turn from snow to rain. I mean it's gonna happen I know and will most likely wake up tomorrow with half the snow gone down here.