Jan 2025 - Snow & Freezing Conditions - Discussion PART II

DayInTheBog · 10-01-2025 12:35AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123038599#Comment_123038599

Not quiet yet. I want to get over to inch and Minard on Saturday to get some photos of the mountains.

Rubberchikken · 10-01-2025 12:36AM

I'm glad we have our open fire but also very grateful we kept our power and water when so many didn't.

OOur House is old with 6 chimneys but only one in use now tg.

The Greens be dammed. They can keep their heat pumps and other nonsense.

Greengrass53 · 10-01-2025 12:40AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123039601#Comment_123039601

Neanderthal

Hurrache · 10-01-2025 12:43AM

Some amount of eejits in this thread coming to the surface today with barely an understanding of how our governments have been structured the last few years. You'd swear the Greens were the majority coalition party strong arming their coalition partners into off the wall policies (which are actually main stream across most political parties throughout Europe and elsewhere) getting out the chem trails to freeze the country and sending the Gardai around to put out our fires as a lesson to us all.

Oh yeah, forgot to include RTE are the puppet masters of this grand conspiracy.

They're either under your beds or living rent free in your heads.

DayInTheBog · 10-01-2025 12:47AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123039431#Comment_123039431

Your right. One of my sons teachers should have been made drive from her home on slea head to tralee ( over the Connor pass for good measure) to teach him and my son should have been made walk down our mountain through a foot of snow to the school bus whose driver put his safety on the line driving on dangerous roads.

You don't know what you're talking about.

babyducklings1 · 10-01-2025 12:47AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123039588#Comment_123039588

Id say a good few dusted off the not used boots, had a friend who did same to get sticks from the shed and used a sweeping brush as a walking aid! Some spectacular photographs are emerging from our big freeze and yes in the countryside the landscape has looked spectacular. There will be some very nice calenders , artwork etc .from our very memorable week.

Hamsterchops · 10-01-2025 12:49AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123039459#Comment_123039459

The good news according to Siobhan Ryan (RTE One, 9:30pm weather). "later in the weekend a thumb of mild air at last will be moving in across the country" and hopefully that will be the end of the cold snap 🫰

nearby_cheetah · 10-01-2025 12:53AM

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Are you expecting such weather in June, a time the lost days should be made up but aren't?

Intead, school trips and sports days are cancelled.

Greengrass53 · 10-01-2025 12:53AM

True for you. Last Saturday I saw a host of golden daffodils.Never saw them in early January before. Yet we have this stonewalll refusal to accept the blindingly obvious by the greedy and self interested. And now we have Trump back again. It's so depressing.

Dazler97 · 10-01-2025 01:01AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123039638#Comment_123039638

You do know schools had to close because of the ice and snow ❄️ it's a hazard for students and teachers and as for the weather in June look at last year rain everyday ,flooding and just horrible conditions , think your just stuck in imagination land 😑 and not in reality with the rest of us

ClimateObserver · 10-01-2025 01:20AM

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Traditionally, the King Alfred were one of the more popular daffodils across Ireland. However in recent decades coupled with an ever increasing variety of bulbs there are others such as Mandos and February Gold. The King Alfred typically blossoms on March 1st in an average winter/spring. However Mandos can bloom as early as January. This has very little to do with Climate Change and all to do with an ever increasing variety of imported plants and bulbs from other regions of the world that we've never really had in Ireland before at any great scale.

Back to the thread discussion - another bitterly cold night, already colder than last night, despite the fog.

Eden Park in Derry got down to -8.4c, but this is a private weather station - but interesting to note too.

WolfeEire · 10-01-2025 01:22AM

12.20am low temps:
Eden Park, Derry (-7.9)
Thurles, Tipperary (-7.1)
Thomastown, Kilkenny (-6)
Knocknaconnery, Tipperary (-5.6)
Ballybofey, Donegal & Dromore, Down (-5.4)
Clonmel, Tipperary (-5.2)

Outbreaks of rain (sleet/snow for high ground) extending from SW.

#RIPcoldspell

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im expecting some snow before daybreak and then a slow thaw over the weekend. One last photo of a subzero night here in Clare with full snow cover. Temp minus 2.7c.

Greengrass53 · 10-01-2025 01:46AM

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Phew! Such a relief. All hunky dory again

JJayoo · 10-01-2025 03:19AM

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A lot of sheep on this mountain....

Thargor · 10-01-2025 06:02AM

Fairly heavy snow falling in Limerick City right now.

Thargor · 10-01-2025 06:30AM

It seems very wet though, not really sticking even though its been mostly zero deg c since the snow on Sunday, still loads of snow on the ground all over the place aswell.

DOCARCH · 10-01-2025 06:50AM

At 0500, Ballyhaise, Dunsnay and Mount Dillion reporting -6c. And, Shannon AP reporting Light Snow (1c).

KinnegadKid · 10-01-2025 06:58AM

Here in Kinnegad at 5.50am was just down in the village. Steady -5 cold and crisp

DOCARCH · 10-01-2025 07:01AM

Cold spell definitely (if you could describe it as such here) over now in Greystones. Temperature rapidly rising. 5.1c now.

icesnowfrost · 10-01-2025 07:33AM

leading edge is showing up as snow on radar.

WolfeEire · 10-01-2025 07:36AM

Snowing here for the past 90 mins or so. About 2cm of fresh snow.

This is the scene on the N68 Main Ennis to Kilrush Road.

trixiebust · 10-01-2025 08:23AM

Lots of fresh snow overnight in South Tipp

hoody · 10-01-2025 08:23AM

Woke up to a fresh covering of snow in Loughrea. Still lightly snowing now. Looks lovely but roads will be tricky. Bring on the thaw!

obi604 · 10-01-2025 08:42AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123039903#Comment_123039903

near enough to you. This probably means the roads this morning could be the worst of this current spell in this area. Fresh snow and still freezing temps etc.

WolfeEire · 10-01-2025 08:55AM

about three hours of mostly light, occasionally moderate, snow at my location. I was expecting this. Precipitation a tad more organised than the high Res modelling suggested.

https://twitter.com/wolfeeire/status/1877624461408575935?t=gLfnCYoBFquC26J2kU5NTg&s=19

Duvet Day · 10-01-2025 08:57AM

Miserable wet morning in Cork city,+4.

optogirl · 10-01-2025 08:58AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123039476#Comment_123039476

You know the CAO is open every year. If you think you are missing out you could always apply to be a teacher.

nearby_cheetah · 10-01-2025 09:17AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123039939#Comment_123039939

Why, would that ensure teachers across the country actually complete the full year, without cutting non curricular days to make up for their days off?

Bishop of hope · 10-01-2025 09:27AM

-2.5 here in North longford. Feeling very cold as there's a slight bit of windchill now. Cloudy, as I look south sky looks black, towards the east I can see red or pink tips on the cloud with the impending sunrise. Probably a sign of the impending precipitation to come, whatever that might be. I am babysitting a couple of grandkids today as school is still closed. So fire lit for them in the living room, tough day ahead.

SleetAndSnow · 10-01-2025 09:48AM

And just like that, ice is gone! rain and about 4 degrees in cork city. Normality slowly resuming

Jan 2025 - Snow & Freezing Conditions - Discussion PART II

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