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Severe Weather Snow / Ice Weds 28 FEB ( Onwards ) ** READ MOD NOTE POST#1**

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  • #502
    aidanodr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,850 ✭✭✭aidanodr


    Patrick Street / Washington St CORK

    https://twitter.com/akwyz/status/968992527658438656


  • #503
    Casualsingby
    Closed Accounts Posts: 191 ✭✭Casualsingby


    Gaoth Laidir wrote: »
    What's your take on national Red. Possible they're seeing something we're not?


  • #504
    little bess
    Registered Users Posts: 483 ✭✭little bess


    I have to say, it seems a bit crazier out there now in Raheny than it has been all day. I would not like to be out in that wind,snow/graupel and cold right now.


  • #505
    UsedToWait
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,273 ✭✭✭UsedToWait


    SleetAndSnow wrote: »
    Yeah I feel like this red warning is just to protect people and stop them from travelling. South and east still looking to be hammered. I highly doubt harmonie has something different unless met eireann received info from somewhere.

    If it reduces the overall strain on those who must work through this spell, then it's worthwhile, in my opinion


  • #506
    Shadylou
    Registered Users Posts: 252 ✭✭Shadylou


    Lovely and quiet in Cork city.....not a huge amount of snow compared to what seemed to fall, I hope the kids wake up to proper snow in the morningi


  • #507
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,207 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    jo06555 wrote: »
    Was this a official statement at 11pm?

    it was indeed
    National Weather Warnings

    STATUS RED

    Snow-ice Warning for Ireland
    Further heavy snow showers will bring accumulations of significant levels with all areas at risk.

    Blizzard conditions will develop from the south Thursday afternoon and evening as heavy snow and strong easterly winds bring snow drifts northwards over the country. Eastern and southern coastal counties will be worst affected.

    Issued:Wednesday 28 February 2018 23:00
    Valid:Wednesday 28 February 2018 23:00 to Friday 02 March 2018 15:00


  • #508
    shmaupel
    Registered Users Posts: 186 ✭✭shmaupel


    JCX BXC wrote: »
    Red warning seems a bit OTT to be honest, hope I'll be proved wrong. For example, what snowfall is Leitrim and Donegal going to get?

    Surprisingly we've had a good deal of snow today in quite a few parts of Donegal. Not as much as further south so not really getting much coverage on TV etc but to put in perspective, we are at sea level bang on the shore and this is the most snow my 80 year old father has seen since '47.


  • #509
    tomcosgrave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 327 ✭✭tomcosgrave


    Dublin 13 just now. Wind is blowing fine powdered snow all over the place!

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    RL78ekG.jpg


  • #510
    SeaBreezes
    Registered Users Posts: 1,525 ✭✭✭SeaBreezes


    Thunder snow in kinsale


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  • #511
    Heckler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,335 ✭✭✭Heckler


    Mahony0509 wrote: »
    Rochestown in Cork, here. Stopped snowing, but its eerily bright. It's like the middle of the day. Occasional thunder and lightning from here anyway.

    Lough here. No thunder or lightning but yes spooky bright ! Was called to look at it !Wouldn't go as far as middle of the day but very very bright. Moon reflecting off snow ? I have no idea but I love it !


  • #512
    DVDM93
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,144 ✭✭✭DVDM93


    I was beginning to lose hope here in Galway but eh...

    2 days off, 4 day weekend, yesssss! :D

    RED WARNING NATIONWIDE!

    Thank you Emma x


  • #513
    GiftGrub100
    Registered Users Posts: 302 ✭✭GiftGrub100


    Shadylou wrote: »
    Lovely and quiet in Cork city.....not a huge amount of snow compared to what seemed to fall, I hope the kids wake up to proper snow in the morningi

    Don't think that will be an issue


  • #514
    erica74
    Registered Users Posts: 2,619 ✭✭✭erica74


    jo06555 wrote: »
    Was this a official statement at 11pm?

    Official from Met Eireann, status red across the country 11pm tonight until 3pm on Friday.


  • #515
    otherfrog
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭otherfrog


    jArgHA wrote: »
    Is it just me or did anyone else see a couple of lightning strikes from Cork city in the past five minutes? I can't get over how bright it is outside

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    Not just you.

    Ditto on how bright it is. Street lamps beaming onto white surfaces, cloud is low.


  • #516
    Oneiric 3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,238 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    SleetAndSnow wrote: »
    Yeah I feel like this red warning is just to protect people and stop them from travelling.

    Off topic again, but it isn't Met Eireann's place to 'protect' people. It is, however, their job to tell people what the weather is going to be like, so people can make their own informed decisions.

    New Moon



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  • #517
    Hyblaeus
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭Hyblaeus


    Really surprised by how much snow we got in Douglas this evening, still some lightening around too!! Here a link to some photos of the aftermath

    https://imgur.com/gallery/tw59a


  • #518
    thomasj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,834 ✭✭✭thomasj


    Met eireann have issued a nationwide red alert from now until 3pm Friday.


  • #519
    Elmer Blooker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,184 ✭✭✭Elmer Blooker


    tomcosgrave wrote: »
    Dublin 13 just now. Wind is blowing fine powdered snow all over the place!
    Insane! I haven't seen a whiteout like this since 1987- not even in 2010!


  • #520
    brianville
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭brianville


    Good crack of thunder and lightning in Bandon .


  • #521
    Pawack
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭Pawack


    Wind has really picked up. Max wind gust this evening of 64km. Sideways snow. Situated on the east side oh Howth head.


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  • #522
    ARated
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭ARated


    Just gone through extremely windy very heavy shower in Balgriffin. Ramping up again. Radar showing large intense streamers.


  • #523
    Larbre34
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,357 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    SleetAndSnow wrote: »
    Yeah I feel like this red warning is just to protect people and stop them from travelling. South and east still looking to be hammered. I highly doubt harmonie has something different unless met eireann received info from somewhere.

    Read the whole red snow/ice criteria:

    "Significant falls of snow likely to cause accumulations of 8 cm or greater below 250 m AMSL. Slippery paths and roads due to accumulation of ice on untreated surfaces; situation likely to worsen."

    Given the overnight lows of -7 or so throughout the Country, the second sentence applies even where snow might not fall again until late tomorrow.


  • #524
    lolie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,381 ✭✭✭lolie


    No showers here since about 8 o'clock, about 3 inches on flat ground and more in drifts.
    It's nearly daylight out now with the full moon, time to bring the dog for a stroll.


  • #525
    sryanbruen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,666 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    https://twitter.com/JoTravers_Dub/status/968994280730759168

    Photography site - https://www.sryanbruenphoto.com/

    Weather photo portfolio - https://sryanbruen.myportfolio.com/weather-1



  • #526
    Mahony0509
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭Mahony0509


    My father works in the CUH in Cork. Quick shoutout to all the nurses, doctors and maintenance staff keeping the hospitals running during this time. Many are camping in the Maternity ward there and a lot of have been booked into B&Bs and Hotels in Bishopstown.


  • #527
    refusetolose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭refusetolose


    my view in cork :)

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    snowed in!

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  • #528
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,671 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Only thing really missing is those big flakes, in Dublin at least


  • #529
    snowstorm445
    Registered Users Posts: 932 ✭✭✭snowstorm445


    On and off snow here in D4 for the past half-hour. Most of the surfaces that thawed earlier are covered again.

    Edit: really heavy now!


  • #530
    NegativeCreep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,351 ✭✭✭NegativeCreep


    Bucketing down in Blanch again after a quiet hour!


  • #531
    SleetAndSnow
    Registered Users Posts: 4,693 ✭✭✭SleetAndSnow


    Larbre34 wrote: »
    Read the whole red snow/ice criteria:

    "Significant falls of snow likely to cause accumulations of 8 cm or greater below 250 m AMSL. Slippery paths and roads due to accumulation of ice on untreated surfaces; situation likely to worsen."

    Given the overnight lows of -7 or so throughout the Country, the second sentence applies even where snow might not fall again until late tomorrow.

    true, I had forgotten about the ice aspect of it.


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  • #532
    Daniel2590
    Registered Users Posts: 1,645 ✭✭✭Daniel2590


    fritzelly wrote: »
    Only thing really missing is those big flakes, in Dublin at least

    Yeah the most that we've had here is the odd small flake floating around, all grauple otherwise.


  • #533
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 24,005 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    Nothing here in Ennis, very cold but no snow.


  • #534
    Larbre34
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,357 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    fritzelly wrote: »
    Only thing really missing is those big flakes, in Dublin at least

    Big means wet, dry and powdery for the win. Or least for the drift records tomorrow


  • #535
    200motels
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,604 ✭✭✭200motels


    We here in Waterford are going to get hammered tomorrow, I remember 1982 well and this could be worse.


  • #536
    Saganist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,333 ✭✭✭Saganist


    NUTS again in D11. So windy.... My patio door is filling with snow obscuring my view out to my back garden.


  • #537
    jds0ur
    Registered Users Posts: 152 ✭✭jds0ur


    Full on blizzard at Dublin Airport, this is insane!


  • #538
    Larbre34
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,357 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    200motels wrote: »
    We here in Waterford are going to get hammered tomorrow, I remember 1982 well and this could be worse.

    Hmmm, could be rain for ye.


  • #539
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    thomasj wrote: »
    Met eireann have issued a nationwide red alert from now until 3pm Friday.

    Very severe weather by Irish standards, probably a normal day in Siberia.


  • #540
    weatherfiend
    Registered Users Posts: 541 ✭✭✭weatherfiend


    So bright outside in D18 Sandyford. Had some amazing showers about 30 mins ago and all the footprints and wheel tracks almost filled in. Freezing outside at -4.9c


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  • #541
    cavemeister
    Registered Users Posts: 593 ✭✭✭cavemeister


    Here in Celbridge, my oil tank measure stick has been very handy. The deepest snow in my garden @ 11:30pm is 7 inches. Not too shabby.. Storm Emma hasnt even hit yet. At this rate, the roof of my house will probably cave in from the weight of the snow!!!!

    Stay safe everyone and enjoy this freak weather anomaly tomorrow.


  • #542
    kirk buttercup
    Registered Users Posts: 784 ✭✭✭kirk buttercup


    Wicklow still has absolutely nothing. So strange, everywhere else seems to be getting pasted .


  • #543
    ANDREWMUFC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 484 ✭✭ANDREWMUFC


    Serious question will the pubs be open tomorrow and Friday


  • #544
    SleetAndSnow
    Registered Users Posts: 4,693 ✭✭✭SleetAndSnow


    UsedToWait wrote: »
    If it reduces the overall strain on those who must work through this spell, then it's worthwhile, in my opinion

    oh its definitely worthwhile. If it means less people travelling after one of the coldest nights in the season, then its great. Thats what I meant by 'protect' part of my message. Aka at least people in the west etc know there could be some bad stuff when they wake up / tomorrow afternoon etc.


  • #545
    YanSno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 358 ✭✭YanSno


    Blizzard conditions in swords


  • #546
    P.lane78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 470 ✭✭P.lane78


    Orange glow outside ...errie bright ...and thunder snow .....class stuff


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  • #547
    TitianGerm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,354 ✭✭✭✭TitianGerm


    Larbre34 wrote: »
    16 hours anyway, at least. And it wont just be you!

    I'm in Enniscorthy in Wexford and had very little up to now. On the charts I mentioned in my last post it's giving moderate snowfall for the best part of 24 hours.

    The town is built on hills so there will be kids flying everywhere on sleds once everything settles down.


  • #548
    bloodless_coup
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,480 ✭✭✭bloodless_coup


    Will my bin be collected on Friday morning. It's full to the brim.


  • #549
    esposito
    Registered Users Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭esposito


    Daniel2590 wrote: »
    Yeah the most that we've had here is the odd small flake floating around, all grauple otherwise.

    Agreed. Too much graupel for my liking. However, it will be proper snow when Emma arrives


  • #550
    nacho libre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,958 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    Snowbiee21 wrote: »
    Did gaoith meant to say the showers would up the intensity instead of slack off..

    No his point was the warmer the upper air at 700hpa the less instability, therefore less heavy showers from now on.


  • #551
    The Rape of Lucretia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭The Rape of Lucretia


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Very severe weather by Irish standards, probably a normal day in Siberia.

    Do they have red weather alerts for weeks or months at a time in Siberia, where people dont go outside ?


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