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

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Time to start a new thread as the other one reaches its capacity!

I'm sure kermit.de.frog will add a forecast and keep it updated for us.

So to kick it off a few mouth watering charts of the snow and cold potential over the coming days, stay safe.

Looking very windy going into Thurs night and look at those windchill readings!

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MJohnston

Really lightening up here in D7, not direct sunlight or anything, but there is plenty of solar radiation getting through to provide some extra melt (the reflectivity of the clouds might actually help heat things up a bit more there, I'm not sure?).

Honestly, I'm glad of the thaw - I really enjoyed it from Tuesday to Friday, but at that point things started getting really extreme here, even this close to the city centre we felt isolated/disconnected. Couple that with a general sense of increasing amounts of people testing the limits of that disconnection (from authority) - if not outright lawlessness in places, although not in our area thankfully - and I'm kind of glad things are returning to normal. As I've said before, it might just be that I have a kid now that I'm less interested in prolonged snow spells. That might change if I ever move to my dream house in some mountains in the middle of nowhere, where I'll be happy for it!

sunbabe08

Lashing rain coming down in cork :-(

weatherfiend

See the depth

Calibos

Unfortunately for me near the Seafront in Bray Peak snow was about 2 inches deep on the flat despite 30 hours of moderate to heavy snow Thursdays 9pm into the wee hours of this morning. ie. Falling snow only kept pace with the thawing or natural compacting under its own weight. So for me this entire period didn't beat the first hour of snow under a streamer on Nov 26th 2010 nevermind the entire period. I really thought that worst case would be 1987 1ft of snow on the level for the Seafront area while other areas of Dublin and Wicklow got levels one starts measuring in fractions of a metre. I would have been happy with that and not really expected more given I'm on the Seafront. Twas not to be though and I'm 'Bitterly' disappointed

Whats going to be really strange given this event happened near the beginning of March, is that if we get some decent sunny mild weather in the next couple of weeks, how weird is it going to feel sweating while cutting the grass or a hedge in a T-shirt and remembering that literally a few weeks previously that garden or hedge was under several feet of snow and drifts. Those two scenarios are usually several months apart at a minimum.

Who knows, maybe this year will play out like 2010. A Snow event at the beginning of the year and then another in Nov/Dec before the calendar year is out.

Ludo

Heavy rain in Rochestown, Cork now. Bring it on. Time to wash it all away...

Colser

Ludo wrote: »

Heavy rain in Rochestown, Cork now. Bring it on. Time to wash it all away...

Back to normality alright,rain running down the windows but it's been a fantastic few days.

gabeeg

weatherfiend wrote: »

Just been for a lovely walk before it all thaws. Amazed to see the duck pond frozen over. And the depth of snow made walking difficult for the dogs but they loved it

Cool. Where's the duck pond?

ninebeanrows

Calibos wrote: »

Unfortunately for me near the Seafront in Bray Peak snow was about 2 inches deep on the flat despite 30 hours of moderate to heavy snow Thursdays 9pm into the wee hours of this morning. ie. Falling snow only kept pace with the thawing or natural compacting under its own weight. So for me this entire period didn't beat the first hour of snow under a streamer on Nov 26th 2010 nevermind the entire period. I really thought that worst case would be 1987 1ft of snow on the level for the Seafront area while other areas of Dublin and Wicklow got levels one starts measuring in fractions of a metre. I would have been happy with that and not really expected more given I'm on the Seafront. Twas not to be though and I'm 'Bitterly' disappointed

Whats going to be really strange given this event happened near the beginning of March, is that if we get some decent sunny mild weather in the next couple of weeks, how weird is it going to feel sweating while cutting the grass or a hedge in a T-shirt and remembering that literally a few weeks previously that garden or hedge was under several feet of snow and drifts. Those two scenarios are usually several months apart at a minimum.

Who knows, maybe this year will play out like 2010. A Snow event at the beginning of the year and then another in Nov/Dec before the calendar year is out.

You got unlucky on both counts! Portmarnock was just North enough to get a nice feed of powder feeders from Wednesday night through until Friday midday. It largely missed out on the Emma snow but still got that additional two inches last night as you mention.

In an ideal world for those on the immediate coast we needed those conditions Wednesday through Friday morning to persist for longer to give us deep stuff.

mickmackey1

thejuggler wrote: »

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

She's famous

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43253956

Deblowin

First post! We live at 200 m ASL near Rathcoole. Thaw starting to set in now. Generally we had around 30 cm - nowhere really sheltered from wind effects. Local roads running north south have spectacular drifts up to 4 m. Magic. Hard to capture the immensity and beauty of it but I'll post some pictures later when I am allowed as a new poster.

RobertKK

Starting to snow again on the hills north east of Kilkenny.

I was chatting to a person who had come from Kilkenny city to visit the hills, he had to abandon the car lower down and couldn't get over how bad it was and how high the snow drifts are. Said it is a different world compared to lower down.

Need someone to dig out the road as it will be there for a long time if it isn't removed and dumped as a snow plough wouldn't clear the road. The area is classified as mountainous by the department of agriculture.

JJayoo

Could be some heavy flooding

Jojo37

Kinda sad watching all the snow melt. Measured outside my house this morning and we got about 10 inches (North Cork) not bad considering we were late to the party. Had a great day yesterday and morning today out playing with the kids so can't really complain. Back to normality Monday!

Cork Boy 53

Calibos wrote: »

Unfortunately for me near the Seafront in Bray Peak snow was about 2 inches deep on the flat despite 30 hours of moderate to heavy snow Thursdays 9pm into the wee hours of this morning. ie. Falling snow only kept pace with the thawing or natural compacting under its own weight. So for me this entire period didn't beat the first hour of snow under a streamer on Nov 26th 2010 nevermind the entire period. I really thought that worst case would be 1987 1ft of snow on the level for the Seafront area while other areas of Dublin and Wicklow got levels one starts measuring in fractions of a metre. I would have been happy with that and not really expected more given I'm on the Seafront. Twas not to be though and I'm 'Bitterly' disappointed

Whats going to be really strange given this event happened near the beginning of March, is that if we get some decent sunny mild weather in the next couple of weeks, how weird is it going to feel sweating while cutting the grass or a hedge in a T-shirt and remembering that literally a few weeks previously that garden or hedge was under several feet of snow and drifts. Those two scenarios are usually several months apart at a minimum.

Who knows, maybe this year will play out like 2010. A Snow event at the beginning of the year and then another in Nov/Dec before the calendar year is out.

The difference this time is that the snowfall happened at end of Feb/beginning of March, while the first spell of very cold weather in 2010 occurred in Jan of that year. Jan this year was nothing out of the ordinary weatherwise so it`s not really playing out the same.

weatherfiend

gabeeg wrote: »

Cool. Where's the duck pond?

In Sandyford - Belarmine. If you zoom it in you can just see the Drake in the middle of the reeds. That is normally water

Rebelbrowser

Colser wrote: »

Back to normality alright,rain running down the windows but it's been a fantastic few days.

its not doing a whole lot of melting though. still 80% of snow intact

Kermit.de.frog

There were quite a few disruptive cold snaps this season, mostly from the north west, a couple of frontal snow events too (narrowly missed for Dublin). The west and north in particular have not gotten away lightly this winter.

It's been a very good winter overall for cold weather (if you like cold weather and snow).

lolie

Snowed lightly here for a few hours today and the odd flake still blowing in the wind.
No rain yet.

nuac

MJohnston wrote: »

Really lightening up here in D7, not direct sunlight or anything, but there is plenty of solar radiation getting through to provide some extra melt (the reflectivity of the clouds might actually help heat things up a bit more there, I'm not sure?).

Honestly, I'm glad of the thaw - I really enjoyed it from Tuesday to Friday, but at that point things started getting really extreme here, even this close to the city centre we felt isolated/disconnected. Couple that with a general sense of increasing amounts of people testing the limits of that disconnection (from authority) - if not outright lawlessness in places, although not in our area thankfully - and I'm kind of glad things are returning to normal. As I've said before, it might just be that I have a kid now that I'm less interested in prolonged snow spells. That might change if I ever move to my dream house in some mountains in the middle of nowhere, where I'll be happy for it!

Look forward to helping your kid build his/her first snowman, go on first sleigh-ride etc. Enjoy

endacl

Starting to melt here. Icicles have dropped, and the end is nigh.

Thank fcuk.

Cork Boy 53

Rebelbrowser wrote: »

its not doing a whole lot of melting though. still 80% of snow intact

Give it a bit of time, the heaviest rainfall is still to come.

spookwoman

Anyone notice on the melted steps outside their doors lots of snail shells. the birds are doing a right job on the snail population

Cork Boy 53

So it seems that the Beast has been declared dead. Any chance he could be resurrected anytime in the near future?

hmmm

Is it worth clearing some snow off roads/paths now, or do you think the rain melt it?

whattodo1

So happy to see the thaw, I measured the snow this morning it was 2 foot and the snow drifts were bigger then my 7ft fence tinahely co wicklow
Pic from yesterday

BabysCoffee

hmmm wrote: »

Is it worth clearing some snow off roads/paths now, or do you think the rain melt it?

Definitely clear paths if you can

Deblowin

Am going to let the weather do the work - too tired from running around in the stuff for the past few days!

sryanbruen

Remember that beast from the east events usually don't last very long so even if this took place in January, its longevity may have not been affected. January 1987 for example whilst VERY EXTREME was also very short.

Macy0161

Wintry mix here near Roundwood now, mainly rain. Still cut off for cars, so at least some chance of people, and more importantly deliveries, getting in and out. It's been epic, but let the digging begin!

We've close to 3 foot lying (rather than drifts) and over 6 foot in the drifts. The area they'll have to clear up over 15foot high drifts. Won't be getting the cars out quickly anyway!

Cork Boy 53

sryanbruen wrote: »

https://twitter.com/RTEArchives/status/969927794036797440

If there was no thaw underway now snowmobiles could have been in use again this time around.