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The Big Freeze ( Sunday 10th January )

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,992 ✭✭✭Shane732


    From AA -

    Avoid the right lane on the exit for J5 Leixlip off the M4 as well as the slip road from the N4/Lucan Rd outbound at the Spa Hotel. •The Strawberry Beds & Tinkers Hill remain impassable. Knockmaroon Hill should be avoided. Icy on the Newcastle Rd, the Griffen Rd and Chapel Hill. • Very icy and slushy on Brookfield Rd, the SCR at Islandbridge, Military Rd and Kilmainham Lane.

    • The M50 has been gritted but care is still advised on the on/off-ramps. • Conditions have improved somewhat around Kinsealy & Malahide - continue to drive with care around the housing estates.

    • Roads around the Glencullen and Stepaside areas are treacherous. Drive with extra care. • Take extra care over all bridges in the city centre, including Church St Bridge, James Joyce Bridge, Harolds Cross and Baggot St due to the very slippery conditions. Also on Bridge St approaching the Quays.

    Dublin roads still look to be pretty bad


  • Subscribers Posts: 8,322 ✭✭✭Scubadevils


    When I got up this morning and saw what little snow there from last night was quickly melting, I decided to go to the snow so made the trip out to Glendalough, and I sure did see snow :D Amazing up there, we saw about 5 other people while we up there and the snow higher up was almost untouched, fresh powdery snow... lots of it. And better still, while we were up there it starting snowing heavily.

    An odd encounter while we there though too... we could see an individual walking towards us and couldn't determine what he/she was wearing... turned out to be a guy in full viking gear with a sword resting on his shoulder! Not what you would expect to see up there - wish I had taken a picture, but the sword looked sharp :eek:

    Anyway, highly recommend taking the trip. For future cold spells that is what I will be doing, given my little micro climate in Lusk doesn't deliver...

    Snow13.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,992 ✭✭✭Shane732


    Lough Ree in dublin is it?

    You are taking the piss right??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,585 ✭✭✭Heroditas


    Shane732 wrote: »
    From AA -

    Avoid the right lane on the exit for J5 Leixlip off the M4 as well as the slip road from the N4/Lucan Rd outbound at the Spa Hotel. •The Strawberry Beds & Tinkers Hill remain impassable. Knockmaroon Hill should be avoided. Icy on the Newcastle Rd, the Griffen Rd and Chapel Hill. • Very icy and slushy on Brookfield Rd, the SCR at Islandbridge, Military Rd and Kilmainham Lane.

    Dublin roads still look to be pretty bad

    That doesn't appear to have been updated since last night/early this morning.
    N4 and M50 were fine earlier.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,025 ✭✭✭d'Oracle


    North Cork wrote: »
    In tonight's news

    DUBLIN
    DUBLIN
    DUBLIN
    DUBLIN
    DUBLIN
    DUBLIN
    DUBLIN
    DUBLIN
    DUBLIN
    DUBLIN
    DUBLIN
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    DUBLIN :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

    Admit it, you switched off during the murder story.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 218 ✭✭2manyconditions


    Just watched the weather there on RTE. A gradual improvement he said - TO RAIN. An IMPROVEMENT!!! :mad:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 324 ✭✭cranks


    Sandymount, Dublin.
    Has turned from vaguely mild and rain to chilly with fine sleet in the last 20 minutes.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,461 ✭✭✭Queen-Mise


    A thaw coming - from every fibre of my being, THANK GOD. Apologies to the snow lovers.

    Although we may still see more snow before the thaw. So funny I want a thaw and snow at the same time :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:


  • Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭pinc


    Just hearing the tip-tap of rain on my roof here in east Galway!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭billy the squid


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,524 ✭✭✭owenc


    Can we expect any snow here in the morning was a slight thaw temps have Been 2c all day


  • Subscribers Posts: 16,602 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    Shane732 wrote: »
    From AA -

    Avoid the right lane on the exit for J5 Leixlip off the M4 as well as the slip road from the N4/Lucan Rd outbound at the Spa Hotel. •The Strawberry Beds & Tinkers Hill remain impassable. Knockmaroon Hill should be avoided. Icy on the Newcastle Rd, the Griffen Rd and Chapel Hill. • Very icy and slushy on Brookfield Rd, the SCR at Islandbridge, Military Rd and Kilmainham Lane.

    • The M50 has been gritted but care is still advised on the on/off-ramps. • Conditions have improved somewhat around Kinsealy & Malahide - continue to drive with care around the housing estates.

    • Roads around the Glencullen and Stepaside areas are treacherous. Drive with extra care. • Take extra care over all bridges in the city centre, including Church St Bridge, James Joyce Bridge, Harolds Cross and Baggot St due to the very slippery conditions. Also on Bridge St approaching the Quays.

    Dublin roads still look to be pretty bad

    thats not been updated since 9am this morning or so, very out of date. Most roads in dublin are absolutely fine, due to thaw/rain.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,278 ✭✭✭kenmc


    feckin raining here in D14 too. stupid goddamn country this, can't even organise a bloody snowfest properly. Seriously think it's time to sell the country to Germany - proper beer, proper roads,proper car and now proper snow - they have it all.....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 533 ✭✭✭poolboy


    What a let down this whole (non) event was a couple of cm of snow washed away by rain in a couple of hours. This country truly is a sh%thole cant even do weather right


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 763 ✭✭✭alfa beta


    Here's a pic of my little street in cork - Alexandra road.
    Probably won't see it looking like that again for a while.
    [IMG]file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/HXMI/My%20Documents/My%20Pictures/snowy%20pics/snowy%20pics%20009.jpg[/IMG]


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,932 ✭✭✭hinault


    It's likely to freeze each night this week : so ground surface will still be slippy even if there is no further snow.

    Heard on News at 1 on radio today, that provisionally it looks like we could have a return to polar conditions after next weekend.
    Too early to say for definite.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,423 ✭✭✭tinkerbell


    Oh yippee, the thaw seems to be coming. Thank feck for that, I am so sick of this snow!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 324 ✭✭cranks


    alfa beta wrote: »
    Here's a pic of my little street in cork - Alexandra road.
    Probably won't see it looking like that again for a while.
    [IMG]file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/HXMI/My%20Documents/My%20Pictures/snowy%20pics/snowy%20pics%20009.jpg[/IMG]

    Nice one!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,065 ✭✭✭JanuarySnowstor


    Drying up now in cork, which is the best thing could happen to keep our lying snow in tact.
    If the sky clears it could easily freeze.

    It's a pity the cold spell is ending for us weather fans, but hey it could return in a week or so, who knows
    It's already been a remarkable Winter and it's still early Jan
    Usually we dont see any snow until well into Feb


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 500 ✭✭✭hawker


    What are the roads like in town alpha beta. Not sure about travelling to work tomorrow.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,524 ✭✭✭owenc


    kenmc wrote: »
    feckin raining here in D14 too. stupid goddamn country this, can't even organise a bloody snowfest properly. Seriously think it's time to sell the country to Germany - proper beer, proper roads,proper car and now proper snow - they have it all.....

    Yea I will probably wake to rain the morning... As for selling sell it to austrailia they are out of Europe!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 413 ✭✭Tipsygypsy


    a bit more snow falling here in Craughwell. We've had a day of lots of really small short snow showers... less than a cm in all, but better than nothing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 177 ✭✭lyndonjones


    Drying up now in cork, which is the best thing could happen to keep our lying snow in tact.
    If the sky clears it could easily freeze.

    It's a pity the cold spell is ending for us weather fans, but hey it could return in a week or so, who knows
    It's already been a remarkable Winter and it's still early Jan
    Usually we dont see any snow until well into Feb

    Is the airport still closed?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭irish1967


    I have been wAiting since 10am for anything to fall from the sky. So close now.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 763 ✭✭✭alfa beta


    hawker wrote: »
    What are the roads like in town alpha beta. Not sure about travelling to work tomorrow.

    Dunno about city centre. But the hills around me here on the northside are tricky at the mo. Saw plenty drivers attempting Military Hill (Off Wellington Rd) today and simply sliding backwards down it.

    I would say that if your drive to work is on the flat (or relatively flat) you'll be fine. Just avoid steep hills (which I know is sorta tricky in Cork!)

    Oh - and don't blame me when you end up in a ditch... :rolleyes:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    itsy bitsy gay snow falling in east clare, why can't we get a proper dumping??


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 500 ✭✭✭hawker


    I'm living up a hill where it's still snowing. Otherwise it's the n25 all the way to town. I can decide in the morning.

    Cheers.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,379 ✭✭✭snow ghost


    It's trying to snow in Lucan!:D


    Constipated Clouds???


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,015 ✭✭✭Ludo


    Very heavy snow shower in Cork now again...probably the last one from the sounds of things...

    And there goes the power again...FFS...third time tonight.


  • Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    alfa beta wrote: »
    Here's a pic of my little street in cork - Alexandra road.
    Probably won't see it looking like that again for a while.
    [IMG]file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/HXMI/My%20Documents/My%20Pictures/snowy%20pics/snowy%20pics%20009.jpg[/IMG]
    Love the car tracks ;)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 763 ✭✭✭alfa beta


    Ludo wrote: »
    Very heavy snow shower in Cork now again...probably the last one from the sounds of things...

    And there goes the power again...FFS...third time tonight.


    looks lovely but it seems to be only sleet here (st lukes) - and doesn't appear to be adding anything to what's already on the ground - if only it was a couple of degrees colder tonight...


  • Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭vizualpics


    Nice big flakes in Castlebar now, but not that heavy...its great to see, was envious of the East last night and the south today so nice to get soe here in Mayo...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,039 ✭✭✭Seloth


    Theres a mixture of rain and snow...the snow in the garden is slightly broken up form the patch I cansee but the road has gotten a foot deeper :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,264 ✭✭✭✭Alicat


    Sleety rain in Malahide :( Not a surprise I understand, I just thought I'd share :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11 sue3


    It's slowly but surely getting stronger here in claremorris...fingers crossed. Tonight might be the night the west gets the snow!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,441 ✭✭✭jhegarty


    Stopped in Bandon in the last 30 minutes.

    First real break since noon.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    nothing but a bit of rain earlier in navan that has so far only managed to turn the packed snow on my road into very dangerous looking black ice so that'll be fun in the morning.

    so are we not going to get the massive blizzards that were forecast?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭irish1967


    Nothing here yet. Dear god how slow can a front move.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,065 ✭✭✭JanuarySnowstor


    Snowing now again here too, perhaps the temp is remaining steady now at zero:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,199 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    sue3 wrote: »
    It's slowly but surely getting stronger here in claremorris...fingers crossed. Tonight might be the night the west gets the snow!

    i saw heavy snow there earlier. it was sticking in the higher spots too.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 418 ✭✭The Paws


    The snow has stopped here. it was snowing non stop for about 9hours. Everything is so white!! It is so lovely!! The road is covered in snow so it is quite difficult to drive and to avoid footpaths etc ...
    Is there more snow to come?


  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,135 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    been snowing light/mid light non stop here for the last hour.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,199 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    irish1967 wrote: »
    Nothing here yet. Dear god how slow can a front move.

    wow you have great patience:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,571 ✭✭✭✭road_high


    Feels like a definite thaw here in Kilkenny city :(
    Feels like the mildest it's been in weeks I think. So much for the big snow event we were expecting. Last Wednesday was far more significant.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 628 ✭✭✭*eadaoin


    sorry to see the snow on it's way out now, it's been raining softly here in dundrum for quite a while now and the snowman on my balcony has dissipated leaving only some soggy jelly tots and a puddle of water :(

    there's still quite a covering on the ground here, when i went out for a walk today there were several inches of lovely white snow. the footpaths were deadly though, not looking forward to the journey to work tomorrow!

    i loved following everyone's excitement on this forum though, was fantastic! :D i'll keep watching as the week goes on, i see met eireann have a little snowcloud over dublin on tuesday so fingers crossed ;)

    here's a photo to remind all the dubs of the good times:

    4263220017_1e647b05be_b.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,278 ✭✭✭kenmc


    Queen-Mise wrote: »
    A thaw coming - from every fibre of my being, THANK GOD. Apologies to the snow lovers.

    Although we may still see more snow before the thaw. So funny I want a thaw and snow at the same time :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
    tinkerbell wrote: »
    Oh yippee, the thaw seems to be coming. Thank feck for that, I am so sick of this snow!

    Why are there always so many bloody heathens!?!? :(
    I really can't understand how folk can dislike snow. It's the bestest thing EVER.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,667 ✭✭✭WolfeIRE


    BBC Vid forecast

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/10209

    Like the forecasters decision to opt out of saying whether it will snow or not in uk. Little cough:pac:

    That vid shows snow for south west on tuesday.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,199 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    meanwhile there is utterly pointless light snow mixed with rain here.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 228 ✭✭wild handlin


    Spitting rain here at Enniskillen. Major thaw today, most of the snow has now gone - some of which had been here since the 20th December!! Outside tap works for the first time since before Christmas too. I see there's alot coming up towards here - but I'd imagine it will be mostly of rain. :( Pity that, never mind, it was fun while it lasted!! Went outside earlier, felt like Autumn, very warm in comparrison to what it was!! Tempature has since dropped back - but don't think it's cold enough for snow.
    Sorry if it's been asked here b4, but whats the prospect for snow on Tuesday - I gather there's a heavy band of precip making it's way south to cover the country...


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,199 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    WolfeIRE wrote: »
    BBC Vid forecast

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/10209

    Like the forecasters decision to opt out of saying whether it will snow or not in uk. Little cough:pac:

    That vid shows snow for south west on tuesday.

    dear god not again. i can't take anymore letdowns:pac:

    so, tuesday you say. ill book my ticket now then!!


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