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Freezing Weather Discussion - Widespread Snow Tonight/Tuesday

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    #452
    Snowaddict
    Registered Users Posts: 490 ✭✭Snowaddict


    I think that forecast update just there now is definitely an upgrade...

    ''Resulting in significant deposits locally'' - That's a bit more like it, it appears Met Eireann are really trying to cover themselves without giving too detailed specifics.

    SA :)


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    #453
    ffarrell
    Closed Accounts Posts: 187 ✭✭ffarrell


    That is how extreme the weather can be in the Dublin/Wicklow mountains. They get the highest snowfall in Ireland and I suppose they always have really. When I was up there last February you could not see the military road....just the top of the 10 foot signpost. When I went skiing at 1450 metres in the French Alps there was actaully a lot less snow.:D:D


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    #454
    Wibbler
    Registered Users Posts: 411 ✭✭Wibbler


    I'm feeling underwhelmed by the east's chances of seeing snow over the next week. Met.ie have taken the edge off my excitement with their latest forecast for tonight and tomorrow.

    What starts off as a promising dump 4-5 days out, becomes "wintry showers" as we near the event, eventually becoming "scattered wintry showers for coastal areas", just in time for the next snowmaggeddon event to show up on the far horizon to taunt us. :D

    Is this what Winter 1963 was like? Give me a Jan 1982 any day. ;)


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    #455
    WolfeIRE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,667 ✭✭✭WolfeIRE


    ffarrell wrote: »
    That is how extreme the weather can be in the Dublin/Wicklow mountains. They get the highest snowfall in Ireland and I suppose they always have really. When I was up there last February you could not see the military road....just the top of the 10 foot signpost. When I went skiing at 1450 metres in the French Alps there was actaully a lot less snow.:D:D

    Sally Gap (from RTE website)
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    #456
    nacho libre
    Registered Users Posts: 16,690 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    Duiske wrote: »
    Anyone curious as to what the story is in Scotland with rain/snow, this is a handy site. Check out the first few North/Highland cams. Thats what I want to wake up to tomorrow :D

    http://www.trafficscotland.org/lev/list.aspx

    http://www.trafficscotland.org/views/delay/E_Al_5.jpg?ts=100104180001

    yes, it would be nice to wake up to that:D


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    #457
    [Deleted User]
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    The met also said on radio one just now "resulting in significant deposits locally"

    Talk about fence sitting.

    I have to be frank-they are becoming useless and lazy.
    Not in the veracity of their forecasts but in the quality of them


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    #458
    Mental Mickey
    Registered Users Posts: 10,642 ✭✭✭✭Mental Mickey


    Maybe they're having difficulty predicting it....?


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    #459
    Duiske
    Registered Users Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭Duiske


    Kippure wrote: »
    http://www.irelandsweather.com/forum/index.php/topic,790.15.html


    A couple more photos of the snow today in the wicklow mountains

    Wow. Alp De Wickla :)


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    #460
    nacho libre
    Registered Users Posts: 16,690 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    Wibbler wrote: »
    I'm feeling underwhelmed by the east's chances of seeing snow over the next week. Met.ie have taken the edge off my excitement with their latest forecast for tonight and tomorrow.

    What starts off as a promising dump 4-5 days out, becomes "wintry showers" as we near the event, eventually becoming "scattered wintry showers for coastal areas", just in time for the next snowmaggeddon event to show up on the far horizon to taunt us. :D

    Is this what Winter 1963 was like? Give me a Jan 1982 any day. ;)

    i agree. i would also love it if met eireann were punished for their negative forecasts. how dare their forecast not reflect a snow lovers wishes;)


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    #461
    Mental Mickey
    Registered Users Posts: 10,642 ✭✭✭✭Mental Mickey


    nacho libre wrote: »
    i agree. i would also love it if met eireann were punished for their negative forecasts. how dare their forecast not reflect a snow lovers wishes;)

    :D


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    #462
    Deep Easterly
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    Despite full cloud cover temp in back to near 0c. 0.2c currently.


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    #463
    Chicken Run
    Registered Users Posts: 590 ✭✭✭Chicken Run


    well I've had my "pre-snow headache" for about 3 hours now and when I went out to bring in the horse it was starting here.... just a few tiny flakes, but the temp has come up a small bit from the -2C it was earlier to 1.5C (cat's water dish still frozen though....)

    We'll see....

    I'll put 2 euro on the kid's school not going back on Thursday due to weather though.


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    #464
    WolfeIRE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,667 ✭✭✭WolfeIRE


    Deleted User wrote: »
    The met also said on radio one just now "resulting in significant deposits locally"

    Talk about fence sitting.

    I have to be frank-they are becoming useless and lazy.
    Not in the veracity of their forecasts but in the quality of them

    We chop and change our forecasts too without fear of causing confusion throughout the whole country (although I am sure some would disagree as lots of people read this thread). ME cannot issue a snow warning when there is a chance that things might change dramatically in the short term. Secondly, snow in ireland is very difficult to forecast for specific regions. I am not defending ME nor am I defending Boards.ie. It's just one big guessing game when it comes to snow in ireland.

    the bottom line here is that nobody can tell for sure what the hell is going to happen. All we can do is suggest, which is what makes this boards.ie interesting.


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    #465
    Timistry
    Registered Users Posts: 745 ✭✭✭Timistry


    Crap radio forcast!


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    #466
    Kippure
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,186 ✭✭✭Kippure


    Duiske wrote: »
    Wow. Alp De Wickla :)

    Unreal scenary up there.


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    #467
    snaps
    Registered Users Posts: 7,138 ✭✭✭snaps


    Deep Easterly wrote: »
    Currently talking about safe driving. Hope this advice is taken on by some of the stupid drivers who seem to disregard the state of the roads over the last couple of weeks. I get the impression sometimes that some people on the roads are merely out to impress at how fast they can drive on ice.

    And without lights on too!


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    #468
    ninebeanrows
    Registered Users Posts: 12,778 ✭✭✭✭ninebeanrows


    Deleted User wrote: »
    The met also said on radio one just now "resulting in significant deposits locally"

    Talk about fence sitting.

    I have to be frank-they are becoming useless and lazy.
    Not in the veracity of their forecasts but in the quality of them

    Yea it really is unacceptable at this point, they come to the point where they are useless.


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    #469
    snaps
    Registered Users Posts: 7,138 ✭✭✭snaps


    Deep Easterly wrote: »
    Despite full cloud cover temp in back to near 0c. 0.2c currently.

    Lucky you...1.4c here. I see Shannon Radar is OFF AGAIN!


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    #470
    ffarrell
    Closed Accounts Posts: 187 ✭✭ffarrell


    Very cloudy in west dublin with temperature currently standing at 0 degrees and very, very light precipitation falling....like sleety snow. It it gets any heavier it will be snow, 100 per cent sure.:D


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    #471
    Deep Easterly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,150 ✭✭✭Deep Easterly


    Weathercheck wrote: »
    Yea it really is unacceptable at this point, they come to the point where they are useless.

    That seems a little bit harsh WC. It has been pointed out many times the the Met are not in a position to ramp. They have to generalize the best they can for the little time they have when doing public media broadcasts.


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    #472
    Scubadevils
    Subscribers Posts: 8,322 ✭✭✭Scubadevils


    Well if I wake tomorrow to find no snow around here and lots over in the West as the met are predicting, I am definitely going up to Glasnevin to protest. I am sick of them sending the snow to the west, sick of it. :pac:


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    #473
    Deep Easterly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,150 ✭✭✭Deep Easterly


    snaps wrote: »
    Lucky you...1.4c here. I see Shannon Radar is OFF AGAIN!

    How is your temp tread currently? I am going by my la cross sensor reading at the moment, and the trend is still falling. Because it is stuck inside a bush it may be a bit off accuracy wise. I am sure my Davis on the other side of town is probably reading a little higher.


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    #474
    Mental Mickey
    Registered Users Posts: 10,642 ✭✭✭✭Mental Mickey


    ffarrell wrote: »
    Very cloudy in west dublin with temperature currently standing at 0 degrees and very, very light precipitation falling....like sleety snow. It it gets any heavier it will be snow, 100 per cent sure.:D

    whereabouts in D west r u? I'm in Palmerstown.


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    #475
    ffarrell
    Closed Accounts Posts: 187 ✭✭ffarrell


    Yeah it is snow ok but it is so light that you would barely notice it. Still falling but barely noticeable but it is snow.:D Could and should be a sign of things to come but I do not see anything on Met Eireann radar. Very starnge!!!:rolleyes:


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    #476
    ffarrell
    Closed Accounts Posts: 187 ✭✭ffarrell


    Mental Mickey wrote: »
    whereabouts in D west r u? I'm in Palmerstown.

    Castleknock


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    #477
    glossy
    Registered Users Posts: 699 ✭✭✭glossy


    ffarrell wrote: »
    Very cloudy in west dublin with temperature currently standing at 0 degrees and very, very light precipitation falling....like sleety snow. It it gets any heavier it will be snow, 100 per cent sure.:D

    off to check outside :D


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    #478
    Mental Mickey
    Registered Users Posts: 10,642 ✭✭✭✭Mental Mickey


    ffarrell wrote: »
    Yeah it is snow ok but it is so light that you would barely notice it. Still falling but barely noticeable but it is snow.:D Could and should be a sign of things to come but I do not see anything on Met Eireann radar. Very starnge!!!:rolleyes:

    They probably can't keep up with the change??


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    #479
    hotwhiskey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 592 ✭✭✭hotwhiskey


    Met Eireann are a joke since last night the have changed there weather charts more times that what i can remember, I have come to the conclusion that the stick there heads out the window to see whats happening.


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    #480
    glossy
    Registered Users Posts: 699 ✭✭✭glossy


    :D
    yep the good lamp post light, can see it ...


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    #481
    Elnin09
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭Elnin09


    Very light drizzle / sleet falling in leixlip now. Feels bitter outside. Hopefully we wake up to a blanket of snow in the morning but i think we may come up short again ! It will be interesting to see the weather forecast on RTE later !


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