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

pegasus1 · 02-03-2018 05:44PM

Addle wrote: »

The main difference between this episode and previous is that it's all on the ground.
The wind has blown the snow off every tree and roof around.

Still on trees, sheds, hedges here south of Kilkenny City...light snow all day, same as yesterday and last night but 3-4 inches is all and sticking since yesterday morning...

patneve2 · 02-03-2018 05:44PM

proper heavy snow now in dalkey. Crazy conditions. Accumulating very fast now

Wexfordboy89 · 02-03-2018 05:46PM

Went for a little trek safe to say I wont be going to far for a few days.hope u can see the pics

sryanbruen · 02-03-2018 05:46PM

I love it when people get artistic or creative like this! Absolutely brilliant.

https://twitter.com/sean78x/status/969614315341910017

sunsetbeachfan · 02-03-2018 05:46PM

Been constantly snowing all day the path was cleared four hours ago and is not completely covered in snow again, few inches. Really heavy snow and gusts. Stillorgan Dublin. I've a flight Sunday morning Dublin Airport and don't see it happening somehow. Was meant to be flying today but was cancelled.
What are the chances of flights leaving Dublin Sunday morning? Apologies if I should have asked this in another thread.
Never experienced weather like this in my 29years. Been watching tv3and rte weather programmes most of the day. Also never seen the TV schedule taken over by weather so much before. This is really is historic in Dublin for snow. I went to Blackrock and noticed in stillorgan there is that bit extra snow fall.

micks_address · 02-03-2018 05:47PM

wakka12 wrote: »

Does anyone else's dog hate the snow? My dog won't even go outside for a pee anymore because of the snow

Our Jack Russell thought the snowman in garden was intruder.. Barked mad at it

Cork Boy 53 · 02-03-2018 05:48PM

revelman wrote: »

I was really surprised to find lower measurements of snow depth a few minutes ago compared to what I found this morning here near Kinsale. Surprised because we have had constant moderate (and at times heavy) snow since 8am this morning.

This morning I got measurements of 28 cm on a level part of my driveway and 60cm on the front lawn. Just now I got 26cm on the driveway and 50cm on the same spot in the front lawn. Walking a bit down the road, there does appear to be a bit of a thaw going on. Having said that the road outside my house doesn’t exactly look like it’s going to be ‘passable’ any time soon (though I’ve just discovered we are now status orange so I think I might chance taking the car out later

By tomorrow it will all have thawed.

Heroditas · 02-03-2018 05:48PM

Been pelting down all day in Lucan. Temperature never got above 0.5c.
Dropping again now so no thaw for the next while.
All this heavy snow today with th driving winds is going to give is some monstrous drifting earlier. Easily the worst snow event I can remember since 82!

irishrover99 · 02-03-2018 05:49PM

Can anyone please give an update on the snow in ranelagh.

My wife has been asked to go into work on a skeleton staff and giving a near impossible task despite been told she was off in the morning time. Bloody fuming I am.

2 inches at least have fell up the road in the last few hours.

02-03-2018 05:49PM

TheBody wrote: »

What are the main roads like in Maynooth?

Not great, but pass-ible in the centre when I walked in earlier.

Awful outside the town Id say, local estates totally impassible.

revelman · 02-03-2018 05:49PM

Eoin247 wrote: »

They keep repeating on the news that people have cabin fever, and cant stay put much longer....

...Jesus christ it's been one day lads.

How would these people survive in an actual crisis?

We’ve had significant snow since Tuesday evening here and haven’t been able to leave the house since (apart from going outside to measure snow!). In rural Ireland you don’t have snow ploughs outside your door. We’ll be lucky if we can get out of here on Sunday so 5 days inside, some of which has been without power, is legitimate grounds for cabin fever I think! Though I take your point about the Dubs and other urban dwellers...

largepants · 02-03-2018 05:49PM

I can't understand how Waterford an Cork have been taken off red alert so early.

patneve2 · 02-03-2018 05:49PM

this is beyond epic. coming down at a very fast rate

Dodge · 02-03-2018 05:50PM

We’re now into 48 hours of straight snow in Clondalkin. As heavy now as at any stage (day time anyway) since the first flakes on Tuesday

It’s insane tbh

Mafra · 02-03-2018 05:50PM

Has been snowing kilkenny/Carlow area constantly since at least 8am yesterday morning. It has been little tiny flakes all day here, but lots of it.
It will be a shame to see it thaw when it does.

brianblaze · 02-03-2018 05:51PM

irishrover99 wrote: »

Can anyone please give an update on the snow in ranelagh.

My wife has been asked to go into work on a skeleton staff and giving a near impossible task despite been told she was off in the morning time. Bloody fuming I am.

2 inches at least have fell up the road in the last few hours.

Rathmines here. 12cm in back garden but main roads are gritted and a few cars on them

haminka · 02-03-2018 05:51PM

scruff monkey wrote: »

That's not song, it's birds screaming "feed us hoooomans"

We left bread outside yesterday and today I found crows' footprints straight in front of our door. Put out more seeds and bread, fortunately our little gob****es consider snow too disgusting to go outside so the birds are safe from the cats. I think the birds know the moment it gets warmer they are back to keeping a safe distance from us.

gerrybhoy · 02-03-2018 05:52PM

Sorted ..

CianRyan · 02-03-2018 05:52PM

WestWicklow1 wrote: »

What's the N81 like heading north from Baltinglass, Blessington, Tallaght?

Going by local conditions in Tallaght, I'm gonna say impassable.

Vxlks · 02-03-2018 05:52PM

i just heard on TV3 that the places in a red level warning are expected heavier snowfalls later this evening into tonight...

What the heck!? it's meant to GET WORSE? ITS POURING IN D14 ALL DAY...

although please tell me its true i wanna have a ton of snow.

jonny_b · 02-03-2018 05:52PM

Mafra wrote: »

Has been snowing kilkenny/Carlow area constantly since at least 8am yesterday morning. It has been little tiny flakes all day here, but lots of it.
It will be a shame to see it thaw when it does.

Three inches in Carlow town that’s all we got. It’s still snowing but doesn’t seem to be accumulating. We missed the major event

Tom Cruises Left Nut · 02-03-2018 05:53PM

leahyl wrote: »

Anybody seen the reporter on sky news in Sallins - the place looks like the Antarctic!

It is

Donegal Storm · 02-03-2018 05:55PM

Just been out for a two hour trek an some incredible scenes around here, never seen anything like it, drifts half way up the telephone poles in places. Still coming down thick and fast now as well, 48 hours and counting without a pause!

hhmmm? · 02-03-2018 05:55PM

Absolutely chucking it down here in Sandyford. No let up at all. Will be snowed in the weekend at this rate.

NAGDEFI · 02-03-2018 05:55PM

Who is that eadgit co presenting the Afternoon Show!? He's after asking a climatologist was 'Black 1947 after the famine' particularly bad snow!!

100 years out..now coincidentally there was severe snowfalls from December 1846- Feb 1847.

hatrickpatrick · 02-03-2018 05:56PM

So remember late last night / "very early in the morning" when people around Sandycove were worried about a thaw?

We're basically back to blizzard conditions here now. If anything the snow is actually heavier than it was yesterday

caviardreams · 02-03-2018 05:56PM

sunsetbeachfan wrote: »

Been constantly snowing all day the path was cleared four hours ago and is not completely covered in snow again, few inches. Really heavy snow and gusts. Stillorgan Dublin. I've a flight Sunday morning Dublin Airport and don't see it happening somehow. Was meant to be flying today but was cancelled.
What are the chances of flights leaving Dublin Sunday morning? Apologies if I should have asked this in another thread.
Never experienced weather like this in my 29years. Been watching tv3and rte weather programmes most of the day. Also never seen the TV schedule taken over by weather so much before. This is really is historic in Dublin for snow. I went to Blackrock and noticed in stillorgan there is that bit extra snow fall.

Yes, has not stopped all day in Stillorgan. Very heavy with poor visibility now. In the last hour the N11 has started to get coated again after having been totally clear - I would guess in another hour it could be solid white . Heaviest snowfall yet since this started.

diceyd · 02-03-2018 05:56PM

Haha

Kermit.de.frog · 02-03-2018 05:56PM

Have the finer snow here now. This really does the job. Heavy.

morticia2 · 02-03-2018 05:57PM

Radar looks like the Welsh are firing a snow cannon at our east coast. Perhaps we should have thought twice before beating them at the rugby

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