As suggested in other thread, starting new thread, to continue discussion, and reduce the issue of 'Vanilla Tremble' (…another great new Boards feature!!!).
After event, will merge threads.
Cold, but sunny and dry in Dublin. No sign of any of these "weather events".
I haven't been keeping up in here so somebody may have already mentioned this but that band of snow to the northwest of Scotland should push down much of Ireland later this evening. I'm a bit surprised that Met Eireann haven't said much about it, but a lot of people should see light snow from it.
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Wtf are my pics not uploading? Didn't realise Boards has gotten this bad. 😰
That's good to hear, hopefully your commute was ok. Our driveway and lane are like an ice rink this morning. All the snow/rain has compacted as shiny ice. Keeping the kids home. My husband is not fond of ice after breaking his arm in 2010.
Beautiful morning though! Lug still covered in cloud, surrounding hills got a pasting, even some of the forests are white.
Met E just issued a yellow warning covering all of Ireland. Will the majority of Dublin finally see snow falling?
I don't get the appeal of snow at all. We are snowed under in the area of Kerry I am in, can't get out of my housing estate and its very thick. Met Eireann got it right as far as Kerry was concerned.
I never want snow, I love cold, dry weather , even windy weather, but weather I can get out and about in! Even in rain you can walk and you can drive, but not snow. I don't like being stuck at home watching mounds of snow slowly melt and footpaths that are lethal to walk on. I hate the cancellation of services, schools and all that. I was meant to get a flight today to see my sister in Donegal for the first time in a year, I picked a bad day to fly!
So even when people are delighted to hear snow is forecast I dread it. Today we are stuck in melting snow, slippy paths, slush to come, no fresh food in shops, trains, buses and flights cancelled, schools closed, thousands of homes with no power. What is the excitement about this? Especially in Ireland when we have heavy wet snow, not powdery dry snow like the Canadians get alongside blue skies and sunshine! We are not a nation of skiers and snow boarders? I don't get it at all .
Thanks, we'll see how well the band of snow holds up but we should see a few flakes anyway. January 6th/7th has been a bit of a lucky time for snow in Dublin in recent years, it has brought snow in 2021 and 2022, hopefully 2025 can be added to that list.
It's white and fluffy and you can throw balls of it at people
You have a good memory or maybe my memory is bad because I don’t remember snow falling in south Dublin on this date for those years?!
I remember mid to late Jan 2021 we had a good snow shower, think it was a Sunday.
Edit: It was 24 January (just checked my photos app!)
Looks a good performance from last nights GFS and Harmonie with how organised and extensive the overnight and this mornings showers would be.
GFS persisting with a kink in isobars last night with another enhanced organised bit of shower activity tonight, could be precip. almost anywhere on it away from the far south. After that, a return to much more traditional coastal shower activity in the N and NW particularly.
Assuming this is what posters are referencing above.
That looks amazing. I am so jealous. Enjoy it.
The night of January 6th into January 7th brought a dusting to Dublin from a weak front while the night of January 7th 2022 brought a snow shower off a cold westerly, I think it was around 3am, so most people would've been asleep for that one.
Here is tonight's disturbance on the Met Office fax chart
Snowing in south Sligo 90m asl
even stranger that I was sledding and watching kids make snowmen in a Cork city suburb yesterday (Rochestown, within 5km of the city)! Maybe just confine your posts to your own area (Dublin) like everyone else does? Thanks in advance
Took train to Dublin this morning but not before driving in blizzard conditions around Blarney (a Cork city suburb I might add!). Took this pic at Charleville station. Whole journey until about Kildare was a winter wonderland. Reminded me of train journeys from Zurich airport to Austrian ski resorts…
snowing again in north Kerry. I had hoped to get to work but the main road is treacherous. I may get into town but no guarantee I'll get home again. Council clearing R routes and leaving an National route untouched.
For all the song and dance over snow, this is costing me a day's pay and I'm not happy
Snow outside Newport Mayo. It's trying it's best to stick to the ground but it's just too wet. It's sticking to the car and starting to cover the grass. Been going strong for 20 mins so far so hopefully we get a bit to stick.
It’s fun, rare and beautiful.
I worked in essential services during the 2010 freeze and I loath snow now. I had an old light kei car from Japan with narrow profile tyres that kept me moving when nearly everyone else struggled to get out of their driveway.
Snow is not a norm for us so we're never really equipped for the exception and no one should feel we should be. We have helicopters for urgent emergencies, but otherwise everyone snowed in should just stay put.
Snow in South Sligo for last 20 mins 152masl wasn't expecting this after the dty day yesterday.
Get you, it’s not funny anymore. Tipperary is in a bad way too, roads are lethal, people seriously snowed in and some with no water or electricity and trapped in their houses. Even the m8 was a &hit show last night. They should have called a red. Farmers the hero’s of the day round here, pulling cars out of ditches and getting people to safety . But because we are so ill equipped for this weather it is very dangerous especially for those who can’t get out of their houses and need food, medical supplies. Probably only call a red if it was Dublin.
hope everyone stuck on the M8, M9 and N25 got going again- it looked like a nightmare there. Always ensure you’ve enough fuel and some supplies in this weather you never know when you might need them
Snow in North Ros, radar looks active could be a good day in the NW
My road
Gusser, i'm about 10km's from you and i was doing a poor impression of Colin McCrae in my RWD this morning around Clane. Roads were incredibly slippery, footpaths around the house still like an ice rink also.
As i look out the window now i can visibly see some ice on the road.
Farmers are heroes until it melts. Then they're bastards again.
Ah no, the poor farmers, leave them alone 🤣
snowing in Kanturk again!!
Exactly.
People being weird because the reality in other parts of the country is different from their reality, in spite of news reports and photos clearly showing impassable roads.
BuT We Don'T hAvE SnOw feR de KiddS. Fummin here.
Would you rather be in the dark and cold with a power cut or your water cut off?
Snowing in Co Sligo now. Heavy. But raining in snowproof Sligo town. Feck the sea.
