Any frozen rivers/lakes yet?

arctictree · 19-12-2010 6:13pm #1

Just wondering with the extreme cold weather have any of our major rivers and lakes starting freezing over?

The resevoir here in Roundwood completely froze over last night and the next few nights will just make this thicker. AFAIK, we need some really really cold nights to get the process started on the bigger rivers/lakes.

Oops. Mods, can you move this into the main weather forum?

KStolen · 19-12-2010 6:26pm

Just post a picture of the resevoir, then it'll be in the right place!

Also I really want to see the frozen resevoir.

Tabnabs · 19-12-2010 6:52pm

If you look at the forum on the IWAI site, they have pics of the freezing rivers and lakes. It doesn't take much for the sheltered parts of the big lakes to freeze over.

muckish · 19-12-2010 8:29pm

This was the foyle last week as the ice started to break up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXgZ4dxvlxs

duckysauce · 20-12-2010 12:21am

Shannon is frozen again

lough key

Berty · 21-12-2010 4:50pm

I haven't gotten out there yet but Lough Gur in Limerick is frozen again.

muckish · 21-12-2010 5:20pm

RIver Foyle at Lifford. Frozen from bank to bank in parts.

skibum · 21-12-2010 11:30pm

@Duckysauce: some nice pics there, did you take them yourself?

I "jumped" in to lough key many, many years ago, Dad got a loan of a small cabin cruiser and the fu(ker broke down (the boat, not dad

) and we were stuck there for about five days waiting for it to be fixed, brings back happy memories

Fingalian · 21-12-2010 11:39pm

I reckon the Broadmeadow estuary is frozen over at Swords, must try for a pic in the morning.

lolie · 21-12-2010 11:56pm

i might check out lough sheelin in nxt few days. if its not frozen solid this week it never will be

Mars Bar · 22-12-2010 6:19pm

The lake in Maynooth by the train station is frozen...

cscook · 22-12-2010 6:23pm

At the 12th Lock

Zzippy · 23-12-2010 3:22pm

Posted this in the thread in the main weather forum too. Lower Lough Corrib this morning. Ice about 5-6 inches thick. Swans were congregated at 2 small areas of open water near the river mouth, they are having a hard time of it.

waterways · 23-12-2010 9:30pm

duckysauce wrote: »

Shannon is frozen again

Hi duckysauce,

when was the pic taken?

I'm astonished that the lake is not completely frozen over as many others today, Lough Ree between Hodson Bay and the Inner Lakes and Derg between Terryglass and Portumna. I've read that Lough Key has underwater springs and current. Is that the reason?

sarsfield06 · 25-12-2010 1:12pm

Christmas morning, the river Inny, Co Longford

CatFromHue · 25-12-2010 2:00pm

not a major lake but blackrock park, dublin, which is about 100m or so from the sea has frozen over. there were swans walking around on the lake.

peasant · 25-12-2010 2:00pm

The tidal end of Ballysodare Bay, Sligo (salt water) on Christmas morning

Supercell · 25-12-2010 5:17pm

Thought my eyes were playing tricks on me in the light when I saw what looked like big sheets of ice flowing under the East Link bridge, but these pics taken from the traffic cams site confirms it. Theres sheets of ice flowing down the Liffey.

arctictree · 25-12-2010 5:50pm

Supercell wrote: »

Thought my eyes were playing tricks on me in the light when I saw what looked like big sheets of ice flowing under the East Link bridge, but these pics taken from the traffic cams site confirms it. Theres sheets of ice flowing down the Liffey.

Wow - thats amazing. So, these are the conditions required for the liffey to start freezing. 10 days or so of sustained cold. Maybe another week would be needed for an ice fair?! Pity its gonna get milder but we still have one more night of freezing conditions. Wonder if it will be more frozen in the morning?

misterdeeds · 25-12-2010 5:57pm

arctictree wrote: »

Just wondering with the extreme cold weather have any of our major rivers and lakes starting freezing over?

The resevoir here in Roundwood completely froze over last night and the next few nights will just make this thicker. AFAIK, we need some really really cold nights to get the process started on the bigger rivers/lakes.

Oops. Mods, can you move this into the main weather forum?

I took a walk to town yesterday and as I was crossing johns bridge the river nore was frozen coudnt believe my eyes pitty I didnt hav my camera or phone with me

kindredspirit · 25-12-2010 6:18pm

Lough Gur Christmas morning.

kindredspirit · 25-12-2010 6:23pm

Part of our back pond.

rainbowdash · 25-12-2010 8:31pm

arctictree wrote: »

Wow - thats amazing. So, these are the conditions required for the liffey to start freezing. 10 days or so of sustained cold. Maybe another week would be needed for an ice fair?! Pity its gonna get milder but we still have one more night of freezing conditions. Wonder if it will be more frozen in the morning?

Yes, it taken a lot of weeks to get to this point. My local river was beginning to freeze over yesterday morning, another few nights is all it would have taken I reckon for it to freeze completely. My brother was telling me his local river is completely frozen and its reasonably large.

lolie · 25-12-2010 9:03pm

took a stroll on lough sheelin earlier, 6 inch ice

meercat · 25-12-2010 9:08pm

n ice lolie;)

fryup · 25-12-2010 11:33pm

Frozen canal Killaloe, co clare

lolie · 26-12-2010 10:32pm

few more from lough sheelin yesterday, few smudges on the lens but

crover hotel in background

small crack

brother throwin stones

sunset

more sunset

sarsfield06 · 27-12-2010 1:22pm

Id be worried if I say a crack while in the middle of a lake!

Lough Owel, Westmeath, Christmas morning

fryup · 29-12-2010 12:38am

christmas day, lough derg, killaloe

Daroxtar · 29-12-2010 1:08am

I was at Lough Owel on Christmas day too. Some sight

BEASTERLY · 29-12-2010 1:14am

The tidal part of the slaney was nicely frozen over on christmas day, i dont have any pics but there is a nice one on flikr from somebody.

Any frozen rivers/lakes yet?

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