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Snow Reports/ Chat - Potential Blizzards & Heavy Snow - 29/11/2010

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  • #752
    beatrice33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 177 ✭✭beatrice33


    Is the dart running ok? Work tomorrow.
    :(. Looks like is going to snow here in Bray,the sky has that yellow tint

    Edit:snowing!


  • #753
    Sierra Oscar
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,759 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sierra Oscar


    beatrice33 wrote: »
    Is the dart running ok? Work tomorrow.
    :(. Looks like is going to snow here in Bray,the sky has that yellow tint

    Dart services are running as per usual currently.


  • #754
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,151 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    All trains said they'll be unaffected.

    Currently clear skies, -2, DP -2.2 in Athlone. And I'm in work with no heating :(


  • #755
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,894 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    hasnt snowed here in an hour now with snow showers going all around me. Thaw seems to have eased tho so temp must be going down.


  • #756
    inabina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 638 ✭✭✭inabina


    cavemeister wrote: »
    Blizzard in Sandyford

    doesnt a blizzard involve having some wind? its dead still!!


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  • #757
    LostChild
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33 ✭LostChild


    Coming down heavy again in Sandyford. Roads were just gritted, as the chaps drove away it started pelting down again. Can't see the grit now.


  • #758
    jay28
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 441 ✭✭jay28


    Just heard a weather warning on the radio, they said 10 inches of snow for wicklow over the next 48hours? that cant be right can it?
    Nice sunny afternoon here at the moment

    1.9c and dp-6.5 at the moment here


  • #759
    lrushe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,713 ✭✭✭lrushe


    Lashing snow at the Red Cow!


  • #760
    adox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,057 ✭✭✭✭adox


    Not looking forward to the drive home this evening. Hoping the boss will let us leave early.


  • #761
    lord lucan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,583 ✭✭✭lord lucan


    Fairly chucking it down here now,some of it seems to be beginning to stick and temp has dropped back to 0c.


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  • #762
    kenmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,299 ✭✭✭kenmc


    nice and steady in goatstown


  • #763
    ibarelycare
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58,456 ✭✭✭✭ibarelycare


    Gorgeous big flakes here in Blanch. Looks to be sticking too. The business across the road from me had their complete car park cleared from snow a few hours ago and now it's covered in white again :)


  • #764
    McNuggy10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 79 ✭✭McNuggy10


    lord lucan wrote: »
    Fairly chucking it down here now,some of it seems to be beginning to stick and temp has dropped back to 0c.

    Was still belting down in Clondalkin just before I got in the shower (which was amazng btw in this cold weather)
    Just out of the shower and still bucketing down!


  • #765
    inabina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 638 ✭✭✭inabina


    LostChild wrote: »
    Coming down heavy again in Sandyford. Roads were just gritted, as the chaps drove away it started pelting down again. Can't see the grit now.

    i am in sandyford and the roads are clear - snow is not sticking to them yet.


  • #766
    LookingFor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,682 ✭✭✭LookingFor


    Still going in D15. Settling now most of the 'thawed' areas, except for the roofs.


  • #767
    missingtime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,942 ✭✭✭missingtime


    Bugger off Snow!

    I have to drive to Dublin from Cork on Thursday!

    I am NOT missing The National.


  • #768
    sdanseo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,291 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    Sleet a small while ago in Malahide, right by the coast, snow melting slowly.

    This better get put right after dark!!
    missingtime wrote: »
    Bugger off Snow!

    I have to drive to Dublin from Cork on Thursday!

    I am NOT missing The National.

    *cough* your signature is very apt with a statement like that in this forum :pac:


  • #769
    LouiseD3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭LouiseD3


    Coming down heavy now in tallaght!! Very dark skies!!


  • #770
    claire2010
    Closed Accounts Posts: 71 ✭✭claire2010


    little bit of thaw in south Wexford earlier snowing now again :)


  • #771
    dorsetlily
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭dorsetlily


    Any reports of snow in Kildare ?


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  • #772
    premiercad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 354 ✭✭premiercad


    http://www.met.ie/weathermaps/3hr-rain.gif


    3-hour forecast shows the start of the system


  • #773
    pokerface_me
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 829 ✭✭✭pokerface_me


    Pouring snow here in Tallaght, Sky completely dark roads outside white already had no thaw today and whats falling is sticking, and did i hear Gerry say 10 inches tonight, my woman will be very happy!!!


  • #774
    lucernarian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,243 ✭✭✭lucernarian


    seamus wrote: »
    It's actually not all that bad. Regional roads tend to stay slippy for a while, but the majority of main roads are clear and driveable after a day or two. Statistics from our snowfall in January showed that the roads were safer than ever because people were either driving less or not driving at all, and overall people were driving more slowly. It's a benefit of living in a small country that we can survive for a week or more without using our cars or by only making short trips and doing everything else by foot - going down to the shops, going to the pub, etc.

    I think snow tyres would be overkill in this country unless you drive for a living.

    These guys:
    http://www.snowchains.co.uk/main/weisssock.htm

    Have been getting good press in this country because they offer a good solution for short trips over the short-term without having to buy or change tyres.
    I was actually about to post about how my mum was unable to drive up the road to her house because of ice on the steepest part of the road. A couple of neighbours had to give the car a push while not slipping on the fresh snow themselves and the car was eventually moved. This is in Co. Louth, within a mile or so of a motorway.

    Now the snow chains solution is appropriate too, but I get the impression that they'll look "silly" to be used in Ireland and many people who should use them won't bother. All-weather tyres would look better and less noticeable. (read: noisy)


  • #775
    jedishelly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭jedishelly


    Just started snowing quite heavily in Greystones. Sky is a solid mass of dark grey clouds.


  • #776
    darkman2
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8,632 ✭✭✭darkman2


    sdonn wrote: »
    Sleet a small while ago in Malahide, right by the coast, snow melting slowly.

    This better get put right after dark!!



    *cough* your signature is very apt with a statement like that in this forum :pac:



    Temperatures are actually going to rise after dark so :(


  • #777
    LookingFor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,682 ✭✭✭LookingFor


    premiercad wrote: »
    http://www.met.ie/weathermaps/3hr-rain.gif


    3-hour forecast shows the start of the system


    Is that 'the system'? I wasn't sure if it was due that early...it's supposed to be hanging around early tomorrow morning.


  • #778
    Nicki123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 294 ✭✭Nicki123


    very heavy snow in Firhouse now and it's sticking to everything. Visibility is pretty poor.


  • #779
    pokerface_me
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 829 ✭✭✭pokerface_me


    Temp in Tallaght has dropped from 0c to -2 in 18 minutes. If tonight happens it will be epic, i barely remember the snow of 81 up here in Tallaght, will this be something along the same lines.

    Visability in Snow atm is 30 yards


  • #780
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,066 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Clear again over Blackrock now. Temps should start falling fairly rapidly.


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  • #781
    LostChild
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33 ✭LostChild


    inabina wrote: »
    i am in sandyford and the roads are clear - snow is not sticking to them yet.

    In Aikens Village it is sticking, main road looks fine but the grit in the estate is covered by snow now. Been coming down heavy here for 20 mins or so. Tomorrow morning it will be treacherous in the estate if what's predicted happens.


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