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Jan 2025 - Snow & Freezing Conditions - Discussion PART II

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  • #1622
    WolfeEire
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 1,594 Mod ✭✭✭✭WolfeEire
    Clare (430ft asl)


    Latest cold temps at 5:20pm:
    Ballyhaise, Cavan (-3.6)
    Tullamore, Offaly & Trim, Meath (-3.5)
    Kilmallock, Limerick (-3.4)
    Glenanne, Armagh (-3.3)
    Castlederg, Tyrone (-3.1)
    Portglenone, Antrim (-3)
    Thomastown, Fermanagh (-2.9)
    Gurteen & Limerick Junction, Tipperary (-2.6)

    temp_uknnm1.png pointrosee_eur2gcy7.png

    www.weatheire.com



  • #1623
    WolfeEire
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 1,594 Mod ✭✭✭✭WolfeEire
    Clare (430ft asl)


    Untreated roads, driveways and footpaths will be dicey in the morning, particularly where there has been precipitiation this afternoon in the south of the capital.

    it is expected to freeze right down to sea level in Dublin tonight.

    www.weatheire.com



  • #1624
    10-10-20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,057 ✭✭✭10-10-20


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123034010#Comment_123034010

    I'm just East of Stepaside and Fernhill and I have nothing which resembles that. 😭



  • #1625
    wicklowdub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 856 ✭✭✭wicklowdub


    Nothing but rain off those streamers in the Irish Sea so far in Shankill, D18.



  • #1626
    Shpongler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 263 ✭✭Shpongler


    https://youtu.be/z-icFvdd5cQ?si=7INqNNeFT2XkuFOO

    More drone footage from today, Knocknagoshel Co. Kerry



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  • #1627
    weatherfiend
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 550 ✭✭✭weatherfiend


    still snowing heavily and settling in Sandyford, just at base of 3 rock. The roads of the estate were noticeably slippy when I drove back in at 5pm after only an hour out



  • #1628
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,175 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123033887#Comment_123033887

    Thank goodness, it might reduce the number of these I'm all right jack, Met people should have shut up posts.



  • #1629
    tom1ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,142 ✭✭✭✭tom1ie


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123034348#Comment_123034348

    Ah it didn’t last long before it turned to rain.
    Don’t know what everyone outside of Dublins giving out about tbh 😂😂



  • #1630
    mykrodot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,008 ✭✭✭mykrodot


    I honestly can't believe people are still wishing for snow. If you were on Day 4 of this and living in rural Ireland, not being able to get out of the house you'd be getting fairly sick of it all.

    I am in Kerry and its absolutely baltic, all the snow has frozen into something resembling concrete and spiky rocks! There was no thaw at all today, no sunshine until about 3.30 for half an hour. The birds are everywhere looking for food. Even with hiking poles and hiking boots and having salted the area in front of my house I nearly broke my neck.

    I never wanted snow in the first place as snow like this is pure hardship for rural people, for farmers, for animals. Its easy for city dwellers to go to their local park, their local shop, their local coffee shop and revel in it all. When you can't get out of your house, never mind even into your car its a pain at Day 4 and counting. Bring on the thaw, the sooner the better, and back to normal life!



  • #1631
    WolfeEire
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 1,594 Mod ✭✭✭✭WolfeEire
    Clare (430ft asl)


    Ireland was blanketed in low cloud and fog at lunchtime today, but a clearance over Scotland and northern England revealed extensive snow cover.

    snapshot-2025-01-08.jpg Beige Minimalist Mood Photo Collage (2).jpg Beige Minimalist Mood Photo Collage.jpg

    www.weatheire.com



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  • #1632
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,002 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    Some icy rain just arrived in Greystones. 2.6c atm.



  • #1633
    arctictree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,434 ✭✭✭arctictree


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123034263#Comment_123034263

    Interesting sub zero temps in the Sahara there!



  • #1634
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,175 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123034330#Comment_123034330

    Nice shot's of the wind turbines doing SFA.



  • #1635
    jimbis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭jimbis


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123034309#Comment_123034309

    There was a notable difference between where I took that pic and the car park, probably 50ft difference in elevation at most.



  • #1636
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,175 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123033689#Comment_123033689

    N Tipp.



  • #1637
    SophieLockhart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 217 ✭✭SophieLockhart


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123034263#Comment_123034263

    That Kilmallock temp now plumetted to -5.8. I'm not too far away and can confirm it's absolutely Baltic.



  • #1638
    castletownman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,297 ✭✭✭✭castletownman


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123034366#Comment_123034366

    Easier to set up an amateur weather station at home and gawk at that all day than face the reality of the disruption the actual event causes.

    Chill literally to my bones



  • #1639
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,486 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123034366#Comment_123034366

    People are wishing for snow because they love it and because much of Leinster, particularly the northern half of Leinster (Louth, Meath and North Dublin in particular) hasn't seen a proper fall of snow in over 6 years other than a few flakes here and there. We seem to miss out every single winter due to geography, northerlies don't really work for this part of Ireland. Easterlies have generally been either too early or too late in the season and resulted in cold rain or else they've just been dry easterlies. Frontal snow events rarely work either because the air is usually not cold enough and during frontal events the winds are regularly coming in off a relatively warm Irish sea which turns everything to rain or sleet at best for a large portion of eastern coastal counties.

    I was extremely lucky to get the snow that I did on Sunday. About 1.5cm settled on the ground, would have been more than that just that it took a full hour for the snow to start sticking as it rained for 24 hours beforehand. I know from looking at the Satellite imagery that Dunshaughlin and Hill of Tara where the only 2 white patches in Meath with everywhere else green, so I got very lucky.



  • #1640
    WolfeEire
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 1,594 Mod ✭✭✭✭WolfeEire
    Clare (430ft asl)


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123034423#Comment_123034423

    Low temps at 6.20pm:
    Kilmallock, Limerick (-5.8)
    Killyvehy, Leitrim (-4.6)
    Killyclogher, Tyrone & Durrow, Laois (-4.4)
    Trim, Meath (-4.3)
    Limerick Junction, Tipperary & Kilcogy, Cavan (-3.7)
    Milltown, Armagh (-3.6)
    Garrymore, Laois (-3.5)

    temp_eur2uyl2.png GgymrYdX0AAznJg.png

    www.weatheire.com



  • #1641
    Billcarson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,707 ✭✭✭Billcarson


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123034366#Comment_123034366

    Snow is for life not just for Christmas 😛



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  • #1642
    An Ri rua
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,641 ✭✭✭An Ri rua


    VERY strong fog coming down now north of Tullamore. And I'm reporting from a hill !



  • #1643
    Dazler97
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,457 ✭✭✭Dazler97


    YE even here I'm snow starved we got very little, best bet is a proper easterly I stay in a hotel in Dublin for a few days and I'll be happy 😊



  • #1644
    Captain Snow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 627 ✭✭✭Captain Snow


    Parts south dublin are lethal after that snow sleet mix. Prue ice on roads and paths. Be careful.



  • #1645
    DayInTheBog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 688 ✭✭✭DayInTheBog


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123034366#Comment_123034366

    Well said. I've a colleague 3km outside Tralee who has been blocked in all week. 2 foot of snow in his driveway and the hill to the main road is like a sheet of ice.

    I'll be glad when it's all over.



  • #1646
    .Donegal.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,880 ✭✭✭.Donegal.


    Malin head recent snow



  • #1647
    Mafra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 111 ✭✭Mafra


    IMG_5621.jpeg IMG_5628.jpeg IMG_5626.jpeg IMG_5616.jpeg IMG_5627.jpeg

    Minor road in Kilkenny today. No thaw here and now pretty much frozen. Fog at lower levels all day.



  • #1648
    obi604
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭obi604


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123034503#Comment_123034503

    but but but - in my back yard which is 5 metres by 10, there is no snow or ice, so that must mean everyone within a 200 mile radius of me must be the exact same?

    Don’t know what all the fuss is about 😛



  • #1649
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,624 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123034366#Comment_123034366

    The sooner the snow and ice fecks off the better, it's been a complete nightmare. I'm living rural and roads are lethal, only for local farmers clearing them then the roads would have been inpassable. Now the snow is like cement and difficult to clear. I called to the elderly neighbours to see if they needed anything from the nearest town. There's houses near me with the gutters on the ground,farmers sheds collapsed, mounts of frozen snow everywhere etc. I've all the bird feeders full, I've never seen so many birds using them. I'll happily take constant rain over snow any day of the week



  • #1650
    sryanbruen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,983 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    Beautiful fresh walk on Bull Island. Got out just before the Irish Sea streamers arrived onshore.

    Poolbeg Lighthouse Sugar Loaf snow 8 January 2025.jpg Poolbeg Chimneys mountain snow on frosty Dollymount 8 January 2025.jpg North Bull Wall Irish Sea streamer shelf cloud 8 January 2025.jpg

    Photography site - https://sryanbruenphoto.com/



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  • #1651
    CrowdedHouse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,012 ✭✭✭CrowdedHouse


    😁😁

    IMG-20250108-WA0002.jpg

    Seven Worlds will Collide



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