National: Severe Cold/ Snow Discussion (Thanks to all!)

Mental Mickey · 17-12-2010 11:13am

Bugger. Come to Dublin, goddammit(the snow i mean!:D)

Harps · 17-12-2010 11:14am

irish1967 wrote: »

Longest and heaviest shower so far.

Same, looks amazing right now, visibility is extremely low and its gone on for ages. Most showers last night only lasted 10 minutes at most, this one is half an hour so far and by far the heaviest I've seen! This could be an epic day at this rate

And as with everyone else, the stream doesnt seem to work

WolfForager · 17-12-2010 11:16am

Jaysus according to this it's 99 degrees in Claremorris :pac: :pac:

http://www.irelandsweather.com/

dmaxontour · 17-12-2010 11:17am

redsteveireland wrote: »

nope...

even when i log in it still says it cannot be displayed

The link didn't work but I did a search for ireland and found a video called snow.

Don't know if this link will work:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/northwest-ireland

It's gone now.

ednwireland · 17-12-2010 11:18am

irish1967 wrote: »

Longest and heaviest shower so far.

wish it would just f**k off tbh, sick to death of this weather

and people who dont know how to drive on snow shouldnt be out in it :mad:

and OH drove to sligo to work this morning, hope she gets home

eskimocat · 17-12-2010 11:19am

rainbowtrout wrote: »

The N4 between Carrick on Shannon and Boyle is fine for driving, but more snow is due here later.

I was in Lough Key Forest Park (Boyle) this morning, and the only one out there. It was beautiful. My dogs had a ball running around in the snow.

It seems to be treacherous around Sligo, on the local radio station Ocean FM there was a lorry jackknifed on the Collooney roundabout and cars were sliding all over the place in Sligo Town! Talked to a work mate who came from Sligo to Collooney today and she said it was really dangerous. Cars are advised to avoid hilly areas in Sligo.

Meanwhile in Dromahair the snow is pelting down! There was approx 3 inches of fluffy white snow down earlier.

kenmc · 17-12-2010 11:19am

Mental Mickey wrote: »

Bugger. Come to Dublin, goddammit(the snow i mean!:D)

Weren't you moaning last week about how you couldn't get to work and had to get taxis etc etc? You've changed your tune! :eek: Welcome aboard!

irish1967 · 17-12-2010 11:20am

Something up out on the bypass Ed... Artic been stopped for a while.. now ambulance has arrived

Mental Mickey · 17-12-2010 11:21am

kenmc wrote: »

Weren't you moaning last week about how you couldn't get to work and had to get taxis etc etc? You've changed your tune! :eek: Welcome aboard!

LOL. It looks like it could be here(Dublin) for the weekend, so that doesn't bother me too much.

Mental Mickey · 17-12-2010 11:22am

irish1967 wrote: »

Something up out on the bypass Ed... Artic been stopped for a while.. now ambulance has arrived

hope they're ok??

RoisinD · 17-12-2010 11:22am

Here in north west Clare it is a beautiful sunny, crisp day. Temp 2.1. Have been watching the showers come down through Mayo & Galway and they either stay out to sea and travel down to Kerry or disappear as soon as they reach Galway Bay.

irish1967 · 17-12-2010 11:22am

Just heard from OH.. Mountcharles bypass almost impassable beacuse of stranded Trucks.. gritter there at the minute trying to give them grip. Another artic stuck in Dunkineely and another at Brenter. Chaos out there this morning.:eek:

Mental Mickey · 17-12-2010 11:23am

irish1967 wrote: »

Just heard from OH.. Mountcharles bypass almost impassable beacuse of stranded Trucks.. gritter there at the minute trying to give them grip. Another artic stuck in Dunkineely and another at Brenter. Chaos out there this morning.:eek:

That's cos people don't know how to drive in it.

Winger_PL · 17-12-2010 11:23am

Mental Mickey wrote: »

Bugger. Come to Dublin, goddammit(the snow i mean!:D)

Were you not one of the moanier people around here, something about the snow making life harder?

Harps · 17-12-2010 11:26am

R252 closed at Fintown as well, thats my route home so looks like I'll be stuck here for the weekend

WolfForager · 17-12-2010 11:27am

Mental Mickey wrote: »

That's cos people don't know how to drive in it.

Or the ice and snow means that road now has a low coefficient of friction and the tyres can't find and purchase on it.

Or you know, "people don't know how to drive on it".

Vizual Pics · 17-12-2010 11:29am

Musicmental85 wrote: »

I'm supposed to travel to ballina tonight for mums retirement do. Is it that bad?? Would I make it?

No I wouldnt attempt to drive to Ballina unless absolutely necessary, it is coming down really heavy here now, with breaks for 15-20mins and then blizzard conditions again, as I said already, cars and trucks are getting stuck on the National primary route (N5) so the national secondary roads into ballina are going to be even worse!

Give her a phone call instead, I'm sure she will understand and arrange to bring her out for Dinner in the "Ice House" restaurant the next time your down! Better to be safe than sorry!

ongarboy · 17-12-2010 11:29am

Tralee got a fair pasting this morning per the live webcams from Kerry County Council's website

webcam_ashe.asp

gbee · 17-12-2010 11:30am

ednwireland wrote: »

and people who dont know how to drive on snow shouldnt be out in it :mad:

and OH drove to sligo to work this morning, hope she gets home

Given this comment above, you let your OH out in it?

john mayo 10 · 17-12-2010 11:30am

snowing very heavy in foxford showers are getting heavier and more frequent .its a whiteout out there at the moment

inabina · 17-12-2010 11:48am

ongarboy wrote: »

Tralee got a fair pasting this morning per the live webcams from Kerry County Council's website

great example of why we wanted the single NATIONAL THREAD! I am in Dublin, but I want to see Tralee too!

Vain · 17-12-2010 11:50am

ongarboy wrote: »

Tralee got a fair pasting this morning per the live webcams from Kerry County Council's website

Nice the 2nd web cam is only up the road from me never knew they had one. Had blizzard like snow for about 20min a few min ago again in Tralee Co Kerry never seen snow so heavy before:cool:

irish1967 · 17-12-2010 11:50am

hmmm my 11.45 shower is late !... jeez.. timetables !;)

Mental Mickey · 17-12-2010 11:52am

irish1967 wrote: »

hmmm my 11.45 shower is late !... jeez.. timetables !;)

Could be stuck in traffic??

Bog Butter · 17-12-2010 11:53am

ME:

Bitterly cold today, with a risk of icy conditions and showers of hail and snow, the showers mainly in Ulster, Connacht and west Munster during the day, but becoming more widespread this evening, with a risk of prolonged falls in many areas, leading to fresh accumulations.

Any guesses as to how many inches of snow will fall in the east?

irish1967 · 17-12-2010 11:53am

Mental Mickey wrote: »

Could be stuck in traffic??

Ah its ok.. its here now... snowing heavily again Donegal Town

dacogawa · 17-12-2010 11:54am

M.T. Cranium vs. Weathercheck

"Canadian Cyclone" takes on "Rain Man"

IN
"THE SNOWDOWN"

There can only be one winner here!
And we'll all know by tomorrow

Mental Mickey · 17-12-2010 11:54am

malman wrote: »

ME:

Any guesses as to how many inches of snow will fall in the east?

Nobody has a clue.

snow ghost · 17-12-2010 11:55am

There was a good three inches of snow on the car this morning... and a few more good snow showers. It's getting all too easy. :pac:

Roads around here are not bad to drive on at the moment as it is fresh, dry powdery snow without any ice underneath it, so easy to grip, that will change if it freezes - it will be lethal.

Biggest danger on the roads around here are idiot drivers.

Mental Mickey · 17-12-2010 11:55am

dacogawa wrote: »

M.T. Cranium vs. Weathercheck

"Canadian Cyclone" takes on "Rain Man"

IN

"THE SNOWDOWN"

There can only be one winner here!
And we'll all know by tomorrow

PMSL

outsourced_ire · 17-12-2010 11:56am

Just checked out the HIRLAM model here:

http://www.dmi.dk/dmi/index/danmark/vejrkort.htm

Click Nedbor...

Looking good for Cork for the weekend :cool:

ninebeanrows · 17-12-2010 11:57am

dacogawa wrote: »

M.T. Cranium vs. Weathercheck

"Canadian Cyclone" takes on "Rain Man"

IN
"THE SNOWDOWN"

There can only be one winner here!
And we'll all know by tomorrow

Nooooooooooo, i do not want to be known as mild man! And i am not saying MT is incorrect, i base my thoughts on the model outputs and they will change with such.

Therefore i hope i lose this so called 'Snowdown' !

leahyl · 17-12-2010 11:59am

Is it pretty unlikely now that cork will get any significant snow? Judging bt what the eagle apparently said on 96fm this morning we're in for balmy weather (ok slight exaggeration!) but you know what I mean!!

Should have known really that all those amazing charts would never come to pass in the real world!:(

Big Daddy Cool · 17-12-2010 11:59am

Weathercheck wrote: »

Nooooooooooo, i do not want to be known as mild man! And i am not saying MT is incorrect, i base my thoughts on the model outputs and they will change with such.

Therefore i hope i lose this so called 'Snowdown' !

you hope you lose, stand up for your predictions man

Mental Mickey · 17-12-2010 12:00pm

leahyl wrote: »

Is it pretty unlikely now that cork will get any significant snow? Judging bt what the eagle apparently said on 96fm this morning we're in for balmy weather (ok slight exaggeration!) but you know what I mean!!

Should have known really that all those amazing charts would never come to pass in the real world!:(

It's changing all the time. They(ME), are probably doing as much guesswork on this as we are!?

snow ghost · 17-12-2010 12:01pm

Weathercheck wrote: »

Nooooooooooo, i do not want to be known as mild man! And i am not saying MT is incorrect, i base my thoughts on the model outputs and they will change with such.

Therefore i hope i lose this so called 'Snowdown' !

The loser has to eat yellow snow. :pac:

Big Daddy Cool · 17-12-2010 12:02pm

the weather channel predicts theres a 50-60% chance it will start snowing here in meath around 4pm today :rolleyes:, and will keep going til at least 11pm tomorrow night

Cionád · 17-12-2010 12:02pm

Hows the isle of man holding up?

The streamer going into North Wales looks peachy!

leahyl · 17-12-2010 12:03pm

Mental Mickey wrote: »

It's changing all the time. They(ME), are probably doing as much guesswork on this as we are!?

Yes I know I keep telling myself that but like even MT in his chart of predicted snowfall for each region didn't even mention the south as such - like he divided it into east and west munster but like cork city isn't really either of those!! Its just south!!

monster1 · 17-12-2010 12:04pm

Nooooo! lost the signal on sky and cant get near the dish to clean it away, snowing heavy here again.

dacogawa · 17-12-2010 12:04pm

Weathercheck wrote: »

Nooooooooooo, i do not want to be known as mild man! And i am not saying MT is incorrect, i base my thoughts on the model outputs and they will change with such.

Therefore i hope i lose this so called 'Snowdown' !

Dont be talking like that, we need a upbeat attitude if this is going to go on pay-per-view

suitseir · 17-12-2010 12:05pm

Anybody got an update on Donegal/Killybegs area?

Mental Mickey · 17-12-2010 12:05pm

leahyl wrote: »

Yes I know I keep telling myself that but like even MT in his chart of predicted snowfall for each reason didn't even mention the south as such - like he divided it into east and west munster but like cork city isn't really either of those!! Its just south!!

Christ, ye even type like that too!!??

irish1967 · 17-12-2010 12:05pm

meanwhile.. still whiteout conditions here.

irish1967 · 17-12-2010 12:06pm

Mental Mickey wrote: »

Christ, ye eventype like that too!!??

Big Daddy Cool · 17-12-2010 12:07pm

dacogawa wrote: »

Dont be talking like that, we need a upbeat attitude if this is going to go on pay-per-view

agreed, i feel weathercheck is in danger of turning into the audley harrison of weather predictions before this potential snow fight.

corsica · 17-12-2010 12:07pm

Love this thread, great to see updates from all round the country.

Bitterly cold here in Dub, nothing else

little bess · 17-12-2010 12:08pm

Beautiful blue skies to the north of me (northside dublin cc) but fast moving dark clouds to the south . They semm to be formed and moving in a long streaming way , anyone getting snow out of these southside anywhere?

M.T. Cranium · 17-12-2010 12:08pm

We could split the difference and call it a draw. I was calling for the heavier Friday evening into Saturday amounts based on this feature coming south being perhaps stronger than the models were saying. Also from reports where it is snowing, the water ratio in the snow is probably more like 20:1 than the standard 10:1 so that snowfall amounts in this round may be easier to attain with given amounts of moisture. (like, 3 mm of precip gives 6 cms of snow at this ratio rather than 3 cms of snow). Light, fluffy snow -- later it will compact so that snow depths would be less than snowfalls.

Anyway, this is also a good place to grab a power nap for 3h before the 12z comes in. I'm enjoying all the reports from the snowy northwest (and one from Kerry) and the pictures are lovely. I hope that the train stops in Dublin this evening. We shall see ... all comments about the models very true, they are fickle, we should not go out with models, just regular gals.

Seriously, I think the models have done some astounding things right too, in the past seven days, just to get the general idea of this development of a polar vortex coming straight out of the polar region towards Ireland, I find it quite difficult to imagine what sort of forecast would have been made fifty years ago from a week in advance (anything related to my research would also be out of play in that consideration).

See y'all in a while then.

Brenireland · 17-12-2010 12:09pm

To my lovely neighbours in the Royal County of Meath,their's been snow here in westmeath & its heading your direction....I think...:D

National: Severe Cold/ Snow Discussion (Thanks to all!)

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