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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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Ultimate Seduction

Could someone link me to the original storm Darwin thread? I wasn't on boards at the time. Will pass away a bit of the Nightshift for me! ;-)

I can't locate the thread with the search

Ultimate Seduction

The Pest from the West on its way this weekend? These types of fakenews websites should be shut down an banned.

tiegan

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Could someone link me to the original storm Darwin thread? I wasn't on boards at the time. Will pass away a bit of the Nightshift for me! ;-)

I can't locate the thread with the search

This is one of the threads https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057145715

Cork Boy 53

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Could someone link me to the original storm Darwin thread? I wasn't on boards at the time. Will pass away a bit of the Nightshift for me! ;-)

I can't locate the thread with the search

I wasn't on these forums then either but, as far as I can see, this the thread you're looking for.

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=88964589

sdanseo

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

The Pest from the West on its way this weekend? These types of fakenews websites should be shut down an banned.

There will be a pest but probably not the snowy type

Not beyond possibility for some snow on Wednesday night across the midlands though, ECM shows it cold enough but no precipitation, WRF and GFS clutching at straws but it's very unlikely

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weatherfiend

Just out of interest - my front and back gardens are still covered in snow as is most of the estate (except for the bits that we’ve shovelled in order to get out). I’m amazed that so much is still here even on grass - Sandyford. Currently 3c

Saganist

Still some more chilly stuff to come by the look of it.

nacho libre

Well ,hopefully, with the jetstream so far south, the clash of mild and cold air causes another snowy episode before March is over.
It won't be anything like what we had, of course. Most of us will be dead before something like that occurs again in Ireland.

ectoraige

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

Hi, is there anywhere on Met Eireann site that shows a complete list of the various warnings that were issued for the Beast from the East/Storm Emma event, that is the warning levels, regions, times they were in force ? I am trying to compile a list and its not easy to see when and where they were issued.

I don't know about their website, but you can scroll back through their Facebook/Twitter profiles and you'll see each warning they issued, including areas and validity periods.

M.T. Cranium

The ECM has dropped the intensity on the weekend low, but GEM (Canadian model) still likes it, GFS sort of so-so. And by intensity, we're talking about a system that would be mostly rain for the southeast, sleet in some other places, snow only on higher ground.

However, this may be the "next big thing" -- ECM is concentrating energy on the following system due in around mid-week or nine days from now. The current track is well south of Munster into southern England with a strong northeast flow over Ireland. And it's certainly cold enough to snow in the north, sleety looking uppers Dublin to Limerick, heavy rain at sea level in south.

Still lots of time for this to evolve or change again, but the bottom line is that the old cold is still lingering just to the north, and upper level dynamics have not warmed nearly as much as you might suspect from the slow thaw. The only difference now is that the source to the northeast is cut off and so slightly milder air from the nearby parts of the Atlantic are filtering in. Later this week, a slight chill develops in these upper levels compared to today, but only enough to bring the freezing level down to high ground in the west. That retreats slightly by Saturday and we have the brush with the enigmatic low of certain promise, followed by whatever the ECM can deliver. It could get very active, or it may be a series of near miss type scenarios. There is no guarantee but one or more snowfalls in the 5-10 cm range could occur later this month or even in April. But you can handle that, right?

Artane2002

MÉ said sleet and snow in the North and west on Saturday 'but nothing comparable to recent events'. I've never seen them saying something like what I quoted until today.

UpTheHillFrom

Craanford Village North Wexford over the weekend.

https://youtu.be/fsSOxc1Mxh0

Deblowin

Our drive and road still covered in snow to 20-30 cm now icy and hard. Slow thaw. There are three foot compacted drifts between us and where the council diggers have managed to get to. We walked to Rathcoole village yesterday - hard to believe the mess. Snow has been piled off the roads onto footpaths in places including those the kids would have used to get to school today. I understand the need to clear tracks for e.g. emergency traffic but dumping it on paths is not a great idea. Maybe it also reveals our priorities for getting around. Lots of kids and buggies will be sharing the road today with cars managing snow narrowed lanes. I hope they all take care.

blackbird99

galtees today, first time seeing them since last thursday

Cork Boy 53

Artane2002 wrote: »

MÉ said sleet and snow in the North and west on Saturday 'but nothing comparable to recent events'. I've never seen them saying something like what I quoted until today.

Someone in ME must have read this.

wakka12 wrote: »

I think a reload of cold would be really funny even if its not a severe one, even the slightest mention of snow on Met eireann would have the country going mad panic buying again thinking the same snow was coming back

Kermit.de.frog

Well this event has passed and a severe one. There will be snow lying (sometimes deep) in many inland areas for a few days yet.

I won't be contributing as much as i'm literally fatigued after it.

Thanks to everyone who joined in and posted their experiences and those who contributed. Despite the disruption and difficulties of the event I know most enjoyed it as well. That's what it's about.

Cheers.

iamwhoiam

Deblowin wrote: »

Our drive and road still covered in snow to 20-30 cm now icy and hard. Slow thaw. There are three foot compacted drifts between us and where the council diggers have managed to get to. We walked to Rathcoole village yesterday - hard to believe the mess. Snow has been piled off the roads onto footpaths in places including those the kids would have used to get to school today. I understand the need to clear tracks for e.g. emergency traffic but dumping it on paths is not a great idea. Maybe it also reveals our priorities for getting around. Lots of kids and buggies will be sharing the road today with cars managing snow narrowed lanes. I hope they all take care.

Our cul de sac was blocked and no one could get cars out so on Sunday everyone came out with shovels and snow shovels to clear it .After much pondering on where to actually shovel it to they made an executive decision to pile it in larger heaps on the foothpath .Yes we have to walk on the road but there really wasnt much option as most drives are concrete with two cars parked .The roads around us have done the same as we really had no choice

sjb25

Unbelievable few days have worked since Thursday morning got home to my family yesterday

Thanks to Kermit and MT and the other regulars in here they ment I was prepared and my family was well safe while I was away

Great hard work by all emergency services

HighLine

Still a lot of snow up in the Wicklow Mountains.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt0OdwTMkRU

davidsr20

We’re still on a status orange tread lol all over days ago

Cork Boy 53

davidsr20 wrote: »

We’re still on a status orange tread lol all over days ago

All over days ago? Tell that to the people in the east and southeast of the country where there are still many areas with deep drifts of snow and all the people who have no running water or electricity , and the farmers and businesses who have suffered severe damage and disruption as a result of the severe weather. Far from over.

Macy0161

Yep, and for all the stuff about "panic buying" last week, I went to a southside dublin supermarket at lunch, and very limited stocks of anything perishable still. I thought I'd leave the limited supplies making it up to the mountains for those still only able to get out on foot, but I didn't want to be too fusy!

Bogwoppit

Still people trapped in my area.

RobertKK

davidsr20 wrote: »

We’re still on a status orange tread lol all over days ago

We can all look at our own situation and say that if that is the case. But it doesn't make it fact for others, it took the council many hours to dig through the amount of snow in my area yesterday, given the large volume of snow that had drifted on the road. They continue this work today elsewhere.
Maybe you live in an urban location, but in rural areas, there are many areas in the country that still have to be cleared, that said even urban areas are still being affected by the aftermath of the weather event.

fin12

https://www.irishexaminer.com/examviral/you-can-now-go-on-a-quest-for-the-last-loaf-of-bread-in-the-new-beast-from-the-east-game-831111.html

Beast from the East game.

George Sunsnow

To be brutally honest,it has always been the way that a majority of people enjoy snow for the first few days but after that it gets tiresome and expensive

I love snow and the build up to the event and during but with the hardship on the farm work wise (A lot of extra work),not getting in untill 9 at night having to tend to sick or cold animals and worse having lost sheds meaning a mess of trying to House new borns in places not suitable
Plus the flood of thaw and the mounds around the yard
No there’s a limit to my joy and it’s passed a while ago

mikeecho

This country is not equipped to deal with snow.. or any bad weather beyond 24hrs.

So.. as much as i like to see snow etc. We're just not equpied.

The latest beast &Emma were great. But, after 36hrs, it became tiresome.

It's no fun being house bound in a rwd car on summer tyres.
Yes I had plenty of provisions, the dog got plenty of walks, and I missed a few days of work.

But.. being captive in your own house... has it's limits.

George Sunsnow

The roads of south co Wicklow/North wexford today

https://www.facebook.com/wexkidd/videos/10156096336092305/

Casualsingby

George Sunsnow wrote: »

To be brutally honest,it has always been the way that a majority of people enjoy snow for the first few days but after that it gets tiresome and expensive

I love snow and the build up to the event and during but with the hardship on the farm work wise (A lot of extra work),not getting in untill 9 at night having to tend to sick or cold animals and worse having lost sheds meaning a mess of trying to House new borns in places not suitable
Plus the flood of thaw and the mounds around the yard
No there’s a limit to my joy and it’s passed a while ago

Any reports on how many farm animals died?

George Sunsnow

Casualsingby wrote: »

Any reports on how many farm animals died?

I’d rather not think about it tbh
Mine were very lucky given what fell in on top of them