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Possible Cold Reload

Redsunset

Very hard to read the current thread so,
Put all general chit-chat about will it or won't it in here, Leave the other for Model Discussion Only Please.

So i'll get ball rolling,

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Mountainsandh

mountainy man wrote: »

I freeze bread, milk, rashers and sausages and all the normal frozen foods. be prepared:D and dont forget the chocolate.

Milk ? How does that fare when you defreeze it ? I must stock up my freezer, I'm in South East but around 190masl, and I got snowed/freezed in a lot during the last events (previous years). Have snow chains and a 4x4 this year so should be ok, but in really extreme conditions might still be tricky enough to get out of my place down to the main road 3/4 miles away.

... Mountainy man ... *** flutters eyelashes... ***

seanknowsall

I still sticking to my view that Ireland wont see a single flake below 300 metres from this "Siberian blast"..... and even in the mountains the snow will be what you would expect during a typical Irish Winter. Its all speculation and just wait until Tuesday... major downgrade will be on hte cards... the intense cold will fail to reach beyond Eastern France and will give little more than a few sunny cold days and some night time frosts in Ireland. The Atlantic will break through on Tuesday and that will be it. I work in Dublin Airport and I can tell you that we consult official agencies...Met Eireann and other European ones and they still adamant that we do not have to put the snow plan into action as there will be nothign to worry about in the next ten days. Just watch the retractions and gradual downplaying of forecasts by the "experts" on here, like all those in the model discussion room.......

Nabber

Although this winter didn't come with much frost or snow (so far)
We had some pretty intense low systems off the North West and now a 1060 high in Russia.
Not only snow has to make it interesting

Although it does help. Plus snow makes all areas look the same rich or poor. Snow is a social saviour

JMSE

UPGRADE, UPGRADE, UPGRADE !!!!!!!!!!

from beer to whiskey, you get to pee less

but on a serious note, if we're getting Siberian weather, does that mean theres someone somewhere getting our weather, I mean are the Icelanders goin pure mental up there right now on boards.ice over the prospect of getting a right hammerin' of drizzzzzle for 10 days on end ???

darkman2

Whooa! Just want to say I did not advise anyone to panic buy or anything crazy of the sort. This is not at all certain to happen as badly as predicted on the models. Last thing I want is some irrate farmer hunting me down with a pitch fork if things don't work out.

Irish Steve

K_1 wrote: »

Spend all you want preparing when even Gerry Murphy is forced to concede that it's going to snow!

will that be before or after Hell has frozen over

:D

Seriously, if that's possible any more at the moment, I appreciate all the comments people are making about the charts, but do we HAVE to quote the chart as well in the reply, it's getting very hard to tell what's new data and what's a copy of a copy of a quote of a reply:D

K_1

The whole idea of caution seems to have left the forum. Remember in mid December the monster storm that was threatening to wipe out half the country at 72hrs?

Just advising against investing in preparations - be smart, i.e. be ready, but don't go spending a few k on a snow plough yet, or a months food supply yet! Spend all you want preparing when even Gerry Murphy is forced to concede that it's going to snow!

alfa beta

Doh

Fiskar

thomasj wrote: »

Thanks redsunset

So lets start it off!

Does anyone know of any snow songs that dont relate to christmas?

Dean Martin - Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

aboyro

i am tinning food right now, fill the freezer and what ever i can't squeeze in i just leave outside from tuesday night on!!!!!!!!! oh lord have mercy, bring it on:D

Yahew

This will be bigger than 1982 & 1963 combined. I am buying tinned food.

mountainy man

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

2 Meter Air Temps , basically ground level

Major upgrade again from 18z , will do up a comparison video soon on the two runs

be gone with yer auld model talk yer messin up the chat thread :pac: (joking;))

pistolpetes11

cyclops999 wrote: »

Was just wondering on the GFS [Temp 2m] does this mean temp 2 metres from ground level ( sorry if question sounds stupid)

2 Meter Air Temps , basically ground level

Major upgrade again from 18z , will do up a comparison video soon on the two runs

mothel

Flying Fish wrote: »

Believe :-)

I BELIEVE!!

Min

cyclops999 wrote: »

Was just wondering on the GFS [Temp 2m] does this mean temp 2 metres from ground level ( sorry if question sounds stupid)

Yes.

mothel

thomasj wrote: »

I can safely say after a few embarassing falls last year (im thankful there wasnt an rte camera crew around :pac: ) i will be investing in something like this!

http://www.google.ie/imgres?q=snow+grips&um=1&hl=en&client=tablet-android-samsung&sa=N&v=133247963&biw=600&bih=872&tbm=isch&tbnid=AvflXneBGX-IVM:&imgrefurl=http://www.snowandicegrips.co.uk/yaktax-pro-snow-and-ice-grips-12-p.asp&docid=eJOtKWf905dg0M&imgurl=http://www.snowandicegrips.co.uk/ekmps/shops/snowandice/images/yaktax-pro-snow-and-ice-grips-12-p.jpg&w=300&h=300&ei=_m0kT7LFJNGHhQfMsrWQBA&zoom=1

I have those exact ones. Used them last year and they're brilliant! Take them off before going indoors though, they're deadly on tiled or wooden floors!

cyclops999

Was just wondering on the GFS [Temp 2m] does this mean temp 2 metres from ground level ( sorry if question sounds stupid)

Min

Looks like a major upgrade of severe cold potential.

Flying Fish

mothel wrote: »

I just want a chance to justify buying snow boots which are in the box under the bed in the spare room since early October...

Believe :-)

mothel

mountainy man wrote: »

Being prepared for things like this is important, Ive been expecting bad weather but it has never come. I've had 7 small "snow events" this winter so far although none that have lasted on the ground for more than two days.

I live on a high mountain road which is pretty steep to navigate in the ice and snow so I keep about a month or so of supplies, large chest freezer helps, I freeze bread, milk, rashers and sausages and all the normal frozen foods. A good supply of tinned stuff beans, soup and tuna ect, dry goods such as flour, pasta and porridge oats. Feed for the hens too! and the cat you don't want to have to give her your tins of tuna.

I don't have a piped water supply up here so I have a rain water tank and this froze solid last time so need to keep containers of fresh water indoors, Also have an alternative to electric for cooking on in case of outages such as a camping gas stove and spare gas.

Reading back on that and it sounds like I'm a mad american prepper , I'm not :pac: ,But I dont want to go without the finer things in life if I am snowed in, any way might never happen and this may only affect the east if at all,
be prepared:D and dont forget the chocolate.

Sounds like paradise! I'm so jealous!

duckysauce

mothel wrote: »

I just want a chance to justify buying snow boots which are in the box under the bed in the spare room since early October...

they must be melted by now

mothel

I just want a chance to justify buying snow boots which are in the box under the bed in the spare room since early October...

mountainy man

darkman2 wrote: »

I'd hope after spending the last week or more getting to grips with the setup that people would use sense at this stage and just be aware. That's all. No need to panic buy or anything crazy like that. But just keep in the back of the mind that conditions could be radically about to change. Be aware of it particularly for elderly people and animals and that.

Being prepared for things like this is important, Ive been expecting bad weather but it has never come. I've had 7 small "snow events" this winter so far although none that have lasted on the ground for more than two days.

I live on a high mountain road which is pretty steep to navigate in the ice and snow so I keep about a month or so of supplies, large chest freezer helps, I freeze bread, milk, rashers and sausages and all the normal frozen foods. A good supply of tinned stuff beans, soup and tuna ect, dry goods such as flour, pasta and porridge oats. Feed for the hens too! and the cat you don't want to have to give her your tins of tuna.

I don't have a piped water supply up here so I have a rain water tank and this froze solid last time so need to keep containers of fresh water indoors, Also have an alternative to electric for cooking on in case of outages such as a camping gas stove and spare gas.

Reading back on that and it sounds like I'm a mad american prepper , I'm not :pac: ,But I dont want to go without the finer things in life if I am snowed in, any way might never happen and this may only affect the east if at all,
be prepared:D and dont forget the chocolate.

cotton

darkman2 wrote: »

I'd hope after spending the last week or more getting to grips with the setup that people would use sense at this stage and just be aware. That's all. No need to panic buy or anything crazy like that. But just keep in the back of the mind that conditions could be radically about to change. Be aware of it particularly for elderly people and animals and that.

The 9 cats & 4 dogs here probably won't even notice from the sofas. But thanks for the reminder DM2, I've now gotten extra blankets & food at the ready for the feral cat colonies I manage.
Elderly neighbours are sorted too, both myself & neighbour have jeeps so they just give us their lists for the shops & we've enough firewood here to heat a small village.
Basically we're all prepared thanks to the theads here last winter.:)

Irish Steve

darkman2 wrote: »

I'd hope after spending the last week or more getting to grips with the setup that people would use sense at this stage and just be aware. That's all. No need to panic buy or anything crazy like that. But just keep in the back of the mind that conditions could be radically about to change. Be aware of it particularly for elderly people and animals and that.

Indeed. Well aware of those aspects, a large fish pond and 2 cats covers the animal side, I have had problems one year with the filtration pipes freezing, and lever action ball valves can blow the body of the valve when they freeze if they are in the off position, which can be a problem for replacement, depending on the structure of the pipes.

Getting in and out is not an issue usually in a 4 x 4

, but the water tank issue caused huge problems in some areas last year, my son lost his supply for the best part of a week due to supply pipe freezing, and a filter housing in the garage also cracked when it froze, and I suspect that a lot of people will get caught if it gets as cold as the charts are suggesting, the European temperatures are lower than anything that's been seen here in a long time.

Most people around here are pretty good with checking on neighbours, and getting things for them if they can't get out, there are times when some of the minor roads can be tricky if they've not been gritted, it was "entertaining" last winter watching some of the BMW drivers trying to get out of some of the local estates, they didn't handle the conditions very well

82 wasn't a massive problem, but there were no deliveries of fresh milk or bread for a number of days, there was no way for the distribution systems to operate. I've been here just over 20 years, and we've not had a long cold spell in that time, I have to admit I'm not convinced that the emergency response systems would cope well with a combination of significant snowfall and a long cold spell, if for no other reason than that dealing with powdery snow is not something that the usual equipment here is set up for, and if there's a significant wind still blowing, it gets cleared and then blows straight back again where it came from, wet snow is much easier in that respect, it just forms big immovable lumps that once cleared stay that way.

There was a period of 2 or 3 days in the late 80's here where we had snow like that, it just moved when driven in, rather than packing to solid ice, and in central Dublin, where I was working at the time, it caused chaos, as too many people just didn't know how to drive in it, there were huge numbers of minor accidents in the city.

The water scenario is the one that could be an issue, if the cold spell is a long one, it got serious last year, and the cold spell was as such relatively short in comparison, too many taps running will cause all sorts of issues.

It's going to be an interesting few days, that's for certain.

thomasj

I can safely say after a few embarassing falls last year (im thankful there wasnt an rte camera crew around :pac: ) i will be investing in something like this!

http://www.google.ie/imgres?q=snow+grips&um=1&hl=en&client=tablet-android-samsung&sa=N&v=133247963&biw=600&bih=872&tbm=isch&tbnid=AvflXneBGX-IVM:&imgrefurl=http://www.snowandicegrips.co.uk/yaktax-pro-snow-and-ice-grips-12-p.asp&docid=eJOtKWf905dg0M&imgurl=http://www.snowandicegrips.co.uk/ekmps/shops/snowandice/images/yaktax-pro-snow-and-ice-grips-12-p.jpg&w=300&h=300&ei=_m0kT7LFJNGHhQfMsrWQBA&zoom=1

delw

holy jasus first page & its turned into a music tread

mikeyboy

Let It Snow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtshrka_ptQ

(Christmas free clip)

thomasj

H2UMrsRobinson wrote: »

thomasj wrote: »

Thanks redsunset

So lets start it off!

Does anyone know of any snow songs that dont relate to christmas?

"Baby it's cold outside" is the closest i can get.

A favourite of mine!

One i was thinking of that reminds me of christmas and they were playing it on the radio over christmas but never once mentioned christmas or anything associated with it was sleighride

Just hear those sleigh bells jingling,Ring ting tingling too come on, it's lovely weatherFor a sleigh ride together with you Outside the snow is falling And friends are calling "yoo hoo",Come on, it's lovely weather For a sleigh ride together with you. Giddy yap, giddy yap, giddy yap,Let's go, Let's look at the show,We're riding in a wonderland of snow.Giddy yap, giddy yap, gidd yap,It's grand, Just holding your hand,We're gliding along with a songOf a wintry fairy land Our cheeks are nice and rosyAnd comfy cozy are weWe're snuggled up togetherLike two birds of a feather would beLet's take that road before usAnd sing a chorus or twoCome on, it's lovely weatherFor a sleigh ride together with you. There's a birthday partyAt the home of Farmer GrayIt'll be the perfect ending a perfect dayWe'll be singing the songsWe love to sing without a single stop At the fireplace while we watchThe chestnuts pop. pop! pop! pop! There's a happy feelingNothing in the world can buyWhen they pass around the coffe and the pumpkin pieIt'll nearly be like a picture print by Currier and IivesThese wonderful things are the things We remember all through our lives! Just hear those sleigh bells jingling,Ring ting tingling tooCome on, it's lovely weatherFor a sleigh ride together with youOutside the snow is fallingAnd friends are calling "yoo hoo",Come on, it's lovely weather For a sleigh ride together with you. It's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you.

cotton

Snow (Hey Ho) by the Chiili Peppers...........not that it's about Snow as we know it.;)