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The Big Freeze ( Sunday 10th January )

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,597 ✭✭✭WIZE


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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 65 ✭✭moonbug33


    Still snowing good here in Killorglin...........lots of lovely white fluffy bits.


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


    GFS upgrades snow potential for Tuesday morning (note that this will most likely turn to rain eventually). Could be a messy rush hour for some.

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11 sue3


    claremorris - its doing its best to break through.... am just outside the town...nothing too heavy but we'll get...We'll bide our time..just like enda!


  • Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭vizualpics


    I done a hike up a hill near Castlebar today to about 400m and there was 1-2 metre snow drifts in places, was amazing to see, I dont think I've ever seen snow so deep! Going back to a meteorologist (conusltant) that was on newstalk during the week from the uk, he said there would be pockets of mild weather where there would be a slight thaw but the cold snap would last until end of Feb, early March...I dont think we hve seen the last of the snow for the winter just yet....I think this is merely the appetiser...Its only the 10th of Jan...As someone said earlier, its usually Feb when we get snow and the big snow of 47 started properly in Feb...I'm certainly looking forward to more anyway after a brief thaw, just think of it as a period where you can go ut and stock up on food and beer again for the next event!!


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


    moonbug33 wrote: »
    Still snowing good here in Killorglin...........lots of lovely white fluffy bits.

    Stay away from those sheep. :eek:


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


    alfa beta wrote: »
    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...


    All the snow slid off the bonnet of my car earlier during the rain shower. It is covered again now with the current snowfall...long may it continue. Roads are hell around here. been loads of crashes in the estate as idiots try to get up or down the very steep hills.


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


    in Hell


    so that's why it's not snowing!:p


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


    Temp has jumped from 1.5 to 1.8 in last 15 mins. Was steady fir last 6 hours and all of a sudden a jump. Sign of an approaching front??

    Wild handling- you could have another good drop of snow before the morning. Might start as rain like it did down the country but hopefully turn to snow.


  • Registered Users Posts: 125 ✭✭nifheorais


    hoody wrote: »
    The lightest snow ever falling in Galway now... but it is snow ;)

    yippee!

    We seem to escaped the snow during the Big Freeze.:mad::mad::(:(


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


    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...
    you are killing me at this rate it will be green grass and 5c in the morning what's dp there is -1c here....


  • Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭kopijacked


    Trains are still running tomorrow anyway



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


    light wet snow here at the moment... as has been for a good while... waiting for the huge pizza size floaters to come... WHERE ARE YOUUUUUUU??????? :confused: (the only big floaters here at the moment are in the pub toilets... bloody tourists :eek:)


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


    irish1967 wrote: »
    Temp has jumped from 1.5 to 1.8 in last 15 mins. Was steady fir last 6 hours and all of a sudden a jump. Sign of an approaching front??

    Wild handling- you could have another good drop of snow before the morning. Might start as rain like it did down the country but hopefully turn to snow.

    Do not know if you can tell me nut can I see any snow?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,597 ✭✭✭WIZE


    so that's why it's not snowing!:p


    Im suprized you dont have Steam


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


    You calling me a nut???? ;)

    You should but at this speed that front is going to be arriving with you in about 5 hours !!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,281 ✭✭✭Ricky91t


    owenc wrote: »
    Do not know if you can tell me nut can I see any snow?

    What?!?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 252 ✭✭danni2


    Been snowing here for nearly 4 hours now and still snowing, mainly light to moderate snow:)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 355 ✭✭francosp


    kopijacked wrote: »
    Trains are still running tomorrow anyway


    That should do it


    Great vid btw


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


    owenc wrote: »
    Do not know if you can tell me nut can I see any snow?


    Pidgeon English???


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


    irish1967 wrote: »
    You calling me a nut???? ;)

    You should but at this speed that front is going to be arriving with you in about 5 hours !!

    Lol sorry i ment but shows snow at front rain in Belfast if that's snow and it lasts that long we are bound to get a covering


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,039 ✭✭✭force eleven


    danni2 wrote: »
    Been snowing here for nearly 4 hours now and still snowing, mainly light to moderate snow:)

    Shows how erratic this front has been. I guess I'm about 15 miles away or so as the crow flies, and it is only starting here....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,205 ✭✭✭eskimocat


    irish1967 wrote: »
    Temp has jumped from 1.5 to 1.8 in last 15 mins. Was steady fir last 6 hours and all of a sudden a jump. Sign of an approaching front??

    Wild handling- you could have another good drop of snow before the morning. Might start as rain like it did down the country but hopefully turn to snow.

    Hi Irish

    Not a drop to report here in Dromahair, figured it might hit us before reaching you but perhaps its running more along west coast, sorry i haven't caught up with charts and directions etc..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 756 ✭✭✭Timistry


    moonbug33 wrote: »
    Still snowing good here in Killorglin...........lots of lovely white fluffy bits.
    `

    Is it heavy?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,281 ✭✭✭Ricky91t


    For those of us in North east Kerry and Probably South West Limerick we've had nearly 12 hours of constant snow!

    And although it's pretty much slow and tiny now,It's still going :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 490 ✭✭Snowaddict


    Yes getting marginal now away from high ground
    PPN is getting lighter which doesn't help marginality
    Still what a great days snow, best hope now is for it to clear from cork and leave it maybe freeze up a little!

    So you've changed your stance from a thaw from tomorrow evening with snowfall persisting all night in Cork almost completely in the space of an hour..

    JS, I admire your optimism & as optimistic as I am you need to inject some realism. Also, a bit of respect to Met Eireann would not go astray on here. Firstly, it's John Eagleton & secondly Cork was clearly highlighted in the risk zone. Since when does Cork not consitute part of the south of the country?

    Your opinons change so rapidly they are hard to keep up with & you are not right on everything. For example, six days ago you said that this HP cell would collapse when I said that it wouldn't & that the evolution was similar to Dec 96/Jan 97 which gave a lot of snow to several parts of the southeast. I've been in various parts of Co. Kilkenny today (Southeast) & there has been a lot of snow. On the other hand, I also posted that the breakdown would be more drawn out, however I was wrong on that score & it is coming more rapdily, as suggested by Su Campu.

    Today has been excellent for Cork, for Waterford, for many parts of the South & a fair few in the East, but you will have a thaw setting in before the night is out, contrary to your predictions.

    SA :)


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


    Ricky91t wrote: »
    For those of us in North east Kerry and Probably South West Limerick we've had nearly 12 hours of constant snow!

    And although it's pretty much slow and tiny now,It's still going :)
    and in west clare.


  • Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭kopijacked


    francosp wrote: »
    That should do it


    Great vid btw

    Thanks!

    :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 245 ✭✭Figuramatyi


    No Snow at all here in Galway City, only very light rain for the last few hours. Mightily depressing.


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


    Snowaddict wrote: »
    you will have a thaw setting in before the night is out, contrary to your predictions.

    SA :)
    and in one fell swoop, a Corkonian's heart shatters into tiny little pieces.:pac:


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


    eskimocat wrote: »
    Hi Irish

    Not a drop to report here in Dromahair, figured it might hit us before reaching you but perhaps its running more along west coast, sorry i haven't caught up with charts and directions etc..

    Have faith.. it will come


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 423 ✭✭je55ie


    Asked earlier but noone answered me? i have about 5cm of snow and just wondering is it meant to thaw before the morn, just want to get an idea of what the roads are going to be like for work, im in kerry, cheers Jessie


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,127 ✭✭✭squarecircles


    SNOWING IN MAYO BY THE COAST.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,476 ✭✭✭ardmacha


    Pidgeon English???

    Perhaps you mean Pidgin English.
    It is always better to be careful with spelling when casting aspersions on others.


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


    WolfeIRE wrote: »
    and in west clare.

    WolfeIRE, what's the snow depth there now?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 252 ✭✭danni2


    Shows how erratic this front has been. I guess I'm about 15 miles away or so as the crow flies, and it is only starting here....
    Wow, I was expecting it to start snowing from this front around 3pm today but didn't start till after 7pm, this is one stubborn front.


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


    WolfeIRE, What's the snow depth there now?
    About 7-8 cms fell today nacho on top of the inch that was lying already. Went sledding down a hill this eve. No sled so a leftover cardboard box from christmas present worked nicely. I find the lie on your front manouvre is the best for high speed descents although it plays havok with your bowels. :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,506 ✭✭✭SpitfireIV


    I'm so dissapointed, still.........:(:o:(:o:(:o:(:(:(:(:( and to make matters worse, I fell on my ass for the second time this during this cold spell today!! :mad::(

    Currently raining/bit of sleet here.

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  • Registered Users Posts: 490 ✭✭Snowaddict


    WolfeIRE wrote: »
    and in one fell swoop, a Corkonian's heart shatters into tiny little pieces.:pac:

    :D

    Great to hear Wolfe that you have also had snowfall today. You have been rewarded for your excellent Model Analysis and predictions.

    SA :)


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


    ardmacha wrote: »
    Perhaps you mean Pidgin English.
    It is always better to be careful with spelling when casting aspersions on others.

    :eek:

    And perhaps I didn't.

    It is always better to be careful with aspersions when casting spellings on others. ;)


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


    Snowaddict wrote: »
    :D

    Great to hear Wolfe that you have also had snowfall today. You have been rewarded for your excellent Model Analysis and predictions.

    SA :)

    i see.. so that's why i haven't got snow today:mad::D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11 sue3


    SNOWING IN MAYO BY THE COAST.
    Is it snowing much?.....it's barely falling in claremorris


  • Registered Users Posts: 347 ✭✭isle of man


    Snowing like mad on the hills,
    starting at lower lvls now temp has dropped from 3.0c to 0 in just over an hour.

    webcam of the snow, http://www.dotet.co.uk/index.php?id=4 click on bungalow laxey village to see a screen of white:)


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


    Light spits of rain have just begun to fall here. About time. I will, of course, be sick as a dog if all it does is rain now after waiting this long for it to get here:o


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 676 ✭✭✭ayumi


    are schools closed in dublin,rte 9.1 news have siad that schools closed until tuesday


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,390 ✭✭✭fintonie


    owenc wrote: »
    Do not know if you can tell me nut can I see any snow?

    your closer you tell it


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Not melting but its certainly not as cold as the last few nights.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 546 ✭✭✭quietobserver


    jessie37 wrote: »
    Asked earlier but noone answered me? i have about 5cm of snow and just wondering is it meant to thaw before the morn, just want to get an idea of what the roads are going to be like for work, im in kerry, cheers Jessie


    prob still be snow jessie, but it is thawing, i can hear the water dripping into the gullies outside, in saying that its started snowing again here in galway.

    would be more worried about underlying ice than fresh snow for tomorrow


  • Registered Users Posts: 595 ✭✭✭Chicken Run


    WolfeIRE wrote: »
    and in west clare.

    and still coming down, albeit a bit lighter now in East Clare, though we only have about 4-5cm lying

    Well done though - you deserve it


  • Registered Users Posts: 103 ✭✭moogester


    Been watching that front get slowly closer for hours & when it finally gets here its rain :mad:


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