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

Lashing rain coming down in cork :-(

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 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.

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.

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.

Could be some heavy flooding

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

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

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

Thank fcuk.

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

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

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

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.