Happy Christmas Freeze Discussion

ninebeanrows · 25-12-2009 4:30pm

Graces7 wrote: »

Where indeed is that thaw?
:mad:

Is it too late to hibernate?

Unfortunately i don't think there will be any thaw for the north and northwest.

Tomorrow will be the mildest day of the week with temps across the country from 2-8c, coldest in the northwest.

Frost and ice quickly settling back in as this protracted cold spell appears to be lasting for the forseable future.

Bitter northeasters forecast to bring lots of rain/sleet for the east with gales and temps of around 3c, with abit of a colder source angle, there could be sustained blizzards for days in the east next week but at this stage it looks like a sleet/rain event. Dublin mountains would be under feet though.

Supercell · 25-12-2009 4:37pm

Northeasters, i'll take that , not those blasted notherlies again !

25-12-2009 4:39pm

Weathercheck wrote: »

Dublin mountains would be under feet though.

I thought there was only 1 mountain in Dublin ? three rock.
The rest is a bit of high ground.
The mountains are in co wicklow.

Mothman · 25-12-2009 4:44pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I thought there was only 1 mountain in Dublin ? three rock.
The rest is a bit of high ground.
The mountains are in co wicklow.

Go on go on,

I'm getting my pop corn

This could be payback time if you rub WC up the wrong way :pac:

4mm today,
3C and falling

Pangea · 25-12-2009 4:53pm

My taps are frozen here in donegal, froze this morning and now again, started snowing now again ,a couple of inches out there! Oh YEAH!

Our man in Havana · 25-12-2009 4:55pm

That happened to me this week. Get a blow torch on it and then leave a tap running slightly overnight.

owenc · 25-12-2009 5:02pm

Snowing big fat flakes here laying here but not heavy want a big blizzard like in donegal but I doubt this is us!

Graces7 · 25-12-2009 5:07pm

Thanks, Weathercheck.

At least I know what to try for. Nowhere will be open tomorrow of course..

Please God I can get down on Monday? Do not want to be a burden to folk here as all are suffering also and have family staying.

I know; it is a great novelty and fun for many, and that is fine, but comes a time when it becomes too much of a danger to enjoy fully.

So forgive please any apparent lack of enthusiasm!! You know by now that I love it too.. Just is too long now, and no end in sight. Practicalities that we tend to take for granted; and basics ron which life itself depends.

But it is different in a town also of course.

If the water would come back that would be such a help .

But there seeems little chance of that now.

It is so primitive and primeval up here now in darkness. The farmers have roared up, luminous- yellow- jerkined, to feed the stock, and gone home again.

All is dark and cold and icy.

Utterly silent and still.

And the mountains shine and gleam white and hard. Bare snow on bare rock.

Weathercheck wrote: »

Unfortunately i don't think there will be any thaw for the north and northwest.

Tomorrow will be the mildest day of the week with temps across the country from 2-8c, coldest in the northwest.

Frost and ice quickly settling back in as this protracted cold spell appears to be lasting for the forseable future.

Bitter northeasters forecast to bring lots of rain/sleet for the east with gales and temps of around 3c, with abit of a colder source angle, there could be sustained blizzards for days in the east next week but at this stage it looks like a sleet/rain event. Dublin mountains would be under feet though.

Gonzo · 25-12-2009 5:16pm

amazingly all the frost never melted despite nearly 2 hours of rain and its starting to freeze over again:(

dbyrne · 25-12-2009 5:33pm

Merry Christmas everyone, hope everyone is safe and sound indoors and has no intentions from moving from their fire tonight.

In donegal town and the snow earlier covered the ground and will freeze once the temperature drops again. Cant get the cars in as the hill is frozen solid still. Have to head home to dublin on Sunday but I am unsure what the next few days holds for here, sligo, leitrim and longford for the drive but I will worry about it on Sunday. Wife is going stirr crazy though as we cannot bring the baby out of the house as we cannot get down the hill.

There are several mountains in dublin, we just pretend that some of them are in Wicklow so that they think they have a monopoly on the mountains on the east coast, cause they really have very little else to offer.

here is some weather - The max temp outside today was 2c , it is currently 1c.
Wind is 0kmh - 2kmh coming from the east with the snow symbol back on the weather station. Pressure is 993.4. Gonna check sky to see what is happening cause my brother just sent me a text to say msn.com have increased their chances of snow tonight.

Have a good one.. or two

force eleven · 25-12-2009 5:41pm

Don't know how many of you have been out on the roads today, but here, after todays short spell of freezing rain, they are complete ice rinks. I hope that no one is injured or killed on the roads tonight, because it really is a night for staying in. And the frost has set in again after a brief thaw. Still plenty of ice around on the grass too.

Bog Butter · 25-12-2009 5:44pm

Merry Christmas folks!

I woke up this morning to a freezing foggy landscape. It looked like we had the hardest frost of the current spell. The car thermometer said -6 while on my way to mass at 10am.

There was no thaw all morning and I think the fog had a lot to do with it. It sarted raining at around 1pm and it continued for some time. I thought no more of it until I read the Aertel news which said to avoid the roads around Navan. Navan was the only place mentioned. I went straight out and checked the roads: Absolutely lethal; covered in black ice!!

I live between Navan and Kells and not far from a river which a tribiturary of the Boyne. Navan of course has the Boyne running through it. So am I right in thinking the rain froze straight away as it landed on the road?

wild handlin · 25-12-2009 5:47pm

Hi All,

Firstly can I wish everyone here a Happy Christmas!!

The weather here has been un-real the past few days here in Enniskillen.

The condensation on the inside of the windows had frozen solid this morning, the UKMO stated Enniskillen (at it's peak) was -9.1!! Bruuhh!!

Clouds rolled in and had started snowing about 13.00, but really started falling about 14.00 and continued until about 15.30!! A good 3 - 4 cm's or so have fallen, on top of what was already falled over the fast few days, recon there's over 3 inches of the stuff where it hasn't thawed at all!!

After dinner I took the dog for a walk down to the lakes, the River Erne is completly frozen over - I've never ever seen that happen in all the years I've lived here, truely remarkable. Needless to say I didn't dare try to walk on the ice!!

Snow is strange, it's very powdery (the fresh snow) and has settled ontop of the frozen slush. Took a walk down to the Dublin road and the conditions are seriously bad. 1 or 2 cars passed me as I was walking on the foot-path, only doing about 15-20mph, never seen the roads as bad.

Anyway, it's still freezing here outside, and hasn't been the slightest thaw at all!!

Take care to anyone on the roads - never seen em so bad!!

Graces7 · 25-12-2009 6:03pm

A light will burn here all night for prayer for safety for all who are out.

Already a pile up on the MI in England.

Over and out....

Supercell · 25-12-2009 6:25pm

http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/ireland/couple-rescued-from-dublinwicklow-mountains-439553.html

Couple rescued from Dublin/Wicklow mountains
25/12/2009 - 12:05:11

A couple who went for a late-night drive in the Wicklow mountains last night had to be rescued early today after their vehicle broke down.

The couple were stranded in the remote Featherbeds area of the Dublin/Wicklow Mountains after the driver burned out the car's clutch trying to deal with the icy roads.

"Despite the numerous alerts on the radio and television, the couple went for a drive on Christmas Eve in the mountains, which last night experienced sub-zero temperatures," a spokesperson for the local mountain rescue team said.

At 4.15am, gardaí put a call out to the Glen of Imaal and Dublin/Wicklow mountain rescue teams.

The team leader of the Glen of Imaal rescue team spent some time on the phone trying to get a recovery vehicle to go to the couple, as vehicle recovery is not the remit of mountain rescue teams.

When it became apparent that no one was able to assist, two mountain rescue 4x4s were dispatched and team members recovered the couple and drove them to where they could get a taxi home.

"Mountain Rescue remind motorists to listen to weather warnings and AA advice on the radio. Should assistance be required mountain rescue teams will help stranded people but will not recover vehicles," the spokesperson added.

These people are idiots, what the hell were they thinking?, its insane up the mountains in daylight in this weather, but at night?

Its going to be atrocious tomorrow up the mountains, its atrocious here on the slopes, the rescue services have enough on their plate as it is, dont become another statistic.

whitemocha · 25-12-2009 6:28pm

big time idiots:rolleyes:

nacho libre · 25-12-2009 6:56pm

i assume neither of that couple post on or view the weather forum here.:p i hope they hung their heads in shame when they were rescued!

Mothman · 25-12-2009 6:56pm

Surfaces freezing here despite cloud cover and a little rain.
Air temp +1.3C,
grass temp -0.1C

Max today 3.9C
4mm rain and there is still some ground frozen despite the rain and the air temp being above zero for most of the past 54 hours

Takeshi_Kovacs · 25-12-2009 7:00pm

Yeh, ice did not fully thaw here today, and temps have dropped slightly to 2.2 C atm.

nacho libre · 25-12-2009 7:00pm

down to -1 c. the roads are diabolical after todays rain - like an ice rink( i would hate to be in a line of cars on a steep hill:o.) i'm surprised evelyn didn't emphasise this rather than focusing on the frost not being as extensive or severe. the way things are now they are even worse than what we've had up to now in many parts of the country

Takeshi_Kovacs · 25-12-2009 7:12pm

nacho libre wrote: »

down to -1 c. the roads are diabolical after todays rain - like an ice rink( i would hate to be in a line of cars on a steep hill:o.) i'm surprised evelyn didn't emphasise this rather than focusing on the frost not being as extensive or severe. the way things are now they are even worse than what we've had up to now in many parts of the country

Yes definetly this, the last few days of colder ice dont seem to be as slippery as this wetter slush/ice.

Aside from this, is there any weather stations (amateur even) on any high ground in Ireland. I cant recall ever hearing of any in the Reeks or closeby.
I realise that they wouldn't be near of importance as low level stations (and a lot more extreme than surrounding land), but it would be very interesting to see difference height has on temps rainfall etc.
I believe Scotland operates a few high mountain stations

irish1967 · 25-12-2009 7:41pm

just travvelled the 20 miles from Letterkenny to Lifford.. Temp in car was a constant 0.5c the whole way. Letterkenny was a white out but Lifford is not so bad. Snow had been here since last week and just froze ice on ice on ice on ice. Seems a slight thaw at the minute.

Lettterkenny was amazing.. big fluffy flakes.. I am trying to remember the last time I say it actually snow on Christmas day here.

kaltz · 25-12-2009 8:05pm

Roads are like glass here in Mullingar. Never seen anything like this before. Lumps of ice on the car.

Pangea · 25-12-2009 8:14pm

Freezing hard now over the snow that fell today ,dangerous conditions.
No thaw here ,what a nice suprise , i thought by tonight it would be wet and the snow and ice would be gone , far from it!

:D

owenc · 25-12-2009 8:42pm

Pangea wrote: »

Freezing hard now over the snow that fell today ,dangerous conditions.
No thaw here ,what a nice suprise , i thought by tonight it would be wet and the snow and ice would be gone , far from it! :D

A bit of athaw here but only on rooves will hopefully freeze anyway!

Danno · 25-12-2009 8:48pm

Takeshi_Kovacs wrote: »

Aside from this, is there any weather stations (amateur even) on any high ground in Ireland.

visit http://live.laoisweather.com/kerry1

paddybar · 25-12-2009 8:52pm

just been outside and while the nearest iwn stations (I'm in between Glanworth and Charleville )are saying 4.0 c, the car,paths and the roads are frozen solid and the road especially is like a sheet of glass.So be careful out there.

Pa ElGrande · 25-12-2009 9:17pm

Same conditions in West Limerick, roads are a sheet of glass.
Stay indoors this evening, by the fire.

Mothman · 25-12-2009 9:29pm

Freezing hard here now with air temp about to go sub zero
Grass temp -5C
Clear

ninebeanrows · 25-12-2009 9:37pm

Terrible out there, freezing hard again.

Ice everywhere.

Its crazy how it can be so cold but insist on not snowing in this country!

arctictree · 25-12-2009 9:45pm

Disappointing day here in the east. Cold rain for most of the day. These temps would cause major snowfall under different atmospheric conditions. +1.1c here at the moment and clear.

From reading some of the posts here, conditions in the NW are totally different than the SE. Just a bit wet here and cool.

deaglan169 · 25-12-2009 9:47pm

Danno wrote: »

visit http://live.laoisweather.com/kerry1

http://www.reachbroadband.com/weather/

this one is located on top of mount leinster on the tower itself

Sierra Oscar · 25-12-2009 10:16pm

Pa ElGrande wrote: »

Same conditions in West Limerick, roads are a sheet of glass.
Stay indoors this evening, by the fire.

Thats what I will be doing anyway. Thank goodness most people do not need to be up early tomorrow for work!

Gonzo · 25-12-2009 10:26pm

there should be a good thaw starting from 2moro and lasting till about wednesday, hopefully all the roads will be clear by 2moro evening.

ninebeanrows · 25-12-2009 10:29pm

Gonzo wrote: »

there should be a good thaw starting from 2moro and lasting till about wednesday, hopefully all the roads will be clear by 2moro evening.

Where you getting this from?

For Dublin the next few days equal

Tomorrow . Max 5c, Min 0c
Sunday Max 3c, Min -4c
Monday Max 3c, Min 0c ......... then potential wintriness from east starts.

Gonzo · 25-12-2009 10:31pm

I was going by the RTE forecast, 6C in Dublin 2moro and Sunday, and BBC have Dublin down for 7C Monday and 8C Tuesday. that should be enough to melt most of the frost around these parts?

dryan · 25-12-2009 10:37pm

Mains water pipe into the house is frozen till last night - praying for that thaw to happen sooner rather than later!!

Pangea · 25-12-2009 10:50pm

Seen this wee guy out today!

Hunchback · 25-12-2009 11:04pm

I have to drive from the Galway/Mayo border to Dublin to visit my family in the morning. Feeling pretty worried about it, I had a slight crash this time last year in icy conditions ( in January, I think ) on my laneway, which is pretty darn icy again now.
I wouldn't mind so much if I just had to dissappoint my mum and dad and bother and a couple of others by not showing, but I really need to get there because of my very young nephews and nieces, who I hardly ever see, so I seriously have to make it.
I'm figuring once I make it to Headford everything will be pretty much gritted, but there is about 5 miles of sheltered and twisty road before that, including my own little road that is a complete ice rink, but only about one kilometre long. Fingers crossed for a thaw? No, wait, thats silly, I'll prolly be leaving as early as ten.

irish1967 · 25-12-2009 11:15pm

Thawing here in east Donegal for the first time in a week. Frost gone from the car at last .

Pangea · 25-12-2009 11:22pm

irish1967 wrote: »

Thawing here in east Donegal for the first time in a week. Frost gone from the car at last .

No thaw here in south donegal , ice is getting worse and worse ,i think the roads would be extremely dodgy.

irish1967 · 25-12-2009 11:26pm

Pangea wrote: »

No thaw here in south donegal , ice is getting worse and worse ,i think the roads would be extremely dodgy.

I have to head back down trough the gap tomorrow again and i have one dodgy hill.. hope its clear:eek:

squonk · 25-12-2009 11:34pm

Freeze going on here in North Clare. Road is like glass. Surprisingly a thunder shower that had fairly active lightening just passed to my north in the last 20 mins. Seems to be another on the way judging by the ME radar that should hit me dead on. What an interesting weather day!

Sierra Oscar · 25-12-2009 11:58pm

The tarmac is glistening outside, it will be freezing hard later.

sdanseo · 26-12-2009 12:16am

METAR: EIDW 260000Z 23008KT 9999 FEW016 03/02 Q0993 NOSIG
short-TAF: out of date (31 hours)
long-TAF: EIDW 252300Z 2604/2624 20006KT 9999 SCT020 TEMPO 2604/2624 4000 SHRASN BKN008 BKN020CB

I'm losing faith in these forecasts, EIDW is much more exposed than here and further from the coast (we're 200m from Broadmeadow Estuary) and the road is treacherous outside for the 6th night in a row.

Decoding for those who need it; at 0000Z on the 26th wind from hdg230 (SW) @ 8kts (15km/h), Visibility >10km, clouds Few @1600ft, Temp03/DP 02 and 993hPa, no significant change expected.

The forecast: 04 to 24 UTC wind from hdg200 (SSW) @6kts (10km/h) scattered cloud @ 2000ft, temporary visibility from 04 to 24hrs 4000m with Broken clouds @800ft and broken cumulonimbus clouds @ 2000ft (i.e. precip likely). SHRASN=showers of sleet, basically.

However up till now it's been fairly accurate and it's forecasting rain/sleety snow for tomorrow albeit a low probability, so that'll do me :P

Mobhi1 · 26-12-2009 12:18am

Freezing hard - roads, footpaths and cars all covered in ice a lot of which was there all day.

thecretinhop · 26-12-2009 12:41am

Sun 3 Jan0:005:59-1 °c-9 °c1010 mb1.5 mm100 %

34 mph

6:0011:590 °c-5 °c1011 mb5.7 mm100 %

35 mph

12:0017:592 °c-6 °c1012 mb10.8 mm100 %

36 mph

18:0023:591 °c-7 °c1014 mb6.1 mm99 %

31 mph

firstly does anyone know did it snow at all in belfast? my bet is riding on that happening, secondly i now know metcheck is very dodgy but still holy fck if its right:cool:

SpitfireIV · 26-12-2009 12:45am

Jaysus! Some day out there, in fact, the f&^king weather meant some of my family couldnt make it down for Christmas! :mad:. What I cant understand is how, this morning when the air temp was -2c and the dew point even lower that it rained! Not even a hint of sleet let alone snow!! Whats up with that?

It was this very rain, falling on a well frozen ground which eventually turned to ice and has made the roads incredibly dangerous! I've never seen anything like it! :rolleyes:

fricatus · 26-12-2009 2:37am

Just walked home from a party here on the east side of Waterford and I can safely say that this is the worst freeze I've ever experienced. The rain that fell earlier turned to ice and has made the roads like an ice rink!

Cars were going by at 15 km/h as I was walking home, and I had to plan where I would walk so as to get the maximum grip. I found myself walking along the grassy verges a lot, through the grassy front parts of estates, and also wherever leaves had gathered, just so as to stay upright! I nearly brained myself more than once but got home in one piece.

Unbelievable weather. I've never seen the like!

hoody · 26-12-2009 3:48am

Heavy shower of hailstones in Galway at the minute - set off a load of car alarms.

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