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Greenland Express: Snow showers possible from Monday night

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    #1502
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users Posts: 23,447 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    I would recommend the mods simply keep this thread open for Thursday in to Friday for any snow potential.

    Happy to add to OP...

    It's still the "Greenland Express" - albeit a Dart rather than a Commuter train. ;)

    Change of title should do it? Keep it all in the one place...:)


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    #1503
    Gaoth Laidir
    Registered Users Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    I would recommend the mods simply keep this thread open for Thursday in to Friday for any snow potential.

    It's still the "Greenland Express" - albeit a Dart rather than a Commuter train. ;)

    Change of title should do it? Keep it all in the one place...:)

    So have a second thread for Thursday's snow??.


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    #1504
    lucernarian
    Registered Users Posts: 9,235 ✭✭✭lucernarian


    It's hard to keep track of anything in these huge threads.

    It's bad enough that it's huge but to cover a second event too? Let's close this sure and open a new one, Mod willing ;)


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    #1505
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users Posts: 23,447 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    Gaoth Laidir wrote: »
    So have a second thread for Thursday's snow??.

    I'm referring to Thursday afternoon - Friday evening. Not the frontal event. That's covered already.


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    #1506
    Lumi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,466 ✭✭✭Lumi


    Mod Note

    There’s already a seperate thread for the frontal ‘event’ here
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057830670
    We can tweak the title of that one to reflect the potential for Thursday/Friday afternoon. 3 seperate snow threads covering such a short time would be too confusing!

    I’ll leave this one open for a while longer so that people can post further comments/images/reports etc


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    #1507
    sjb25
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    lucernarian wrote: »
    I Mod willing ;)

    lol:)


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    #1508
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users Posts: 23,447 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    Lumi wrote: »
    Mod Note

    There’s already a seperate thread for the frontal ‘event’ here
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057830670
    We can tweak the title of that one to reflect the potential for Thursday/Friday afternoon. 3 seperate snow threads covering such a short time would be too confusing!

    I’ll leave this one open for a while longer so that people can post further comments/images/reports etc

    I'm trying to save the bother of 3 threads.

    If it's preferable to mix it with the other thread that's fine. Happy to update the OP. A mod will have to post it though as I can't edit the OP.:pac:


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    #1509
    sryanbruen
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    Boolavogue, Co. Wexford

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    Unsure where this one is from

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    Wicklow

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

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



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    #1510
    typhoony
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    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    I'm trying to save the bother of 3 threads.

    If it's preferable to mix it with the other thread that's fine. Happy to update the OP. A mod will have to post it though as I can't edit the OP.:pac:

    not sure there's much chance of widespread snow Thursday or Friday, maybe snow weak enough snow Showers for NW,West on Friday. Thursday temps during the day look too high for any settling snow


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    #1511
    Gonzo
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    I think this thread should stay open for today anyway. Thaw ongoing here and gaining strength. Still about 3 or 4cm on the ground here but I don't think there will be much left by this evening. All roads around here are clear. I understand that driving conditions earlier this morning where quite difficult. I don't think we will see much more snow from this, but then again I really did not expect yesterday evening to unfold the way it did, so anythings possible.


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    #1512
    m17
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    #1513
    grenouille1966
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    Dublin airport got a right lashing last night and this morning.

    7/8 cm of lying snow and lots of flights diverted to Liverpool, Shannon and Cork.

    Still very cold in Dublin but the snow has all melted here in Dublin 15.


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    #1514
    joujoujou
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    Probably not so stunning pictures compare to the ones I had a real pleasure to see here before, but, well...

    All the photos shoot from my house, I couldn't get out on that moment yesterday, sorry for that. :o

    Mayo/Roscommon border yesterday afternoon heavy snowfalls:

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    Rear garden:

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    Some interestingly looking clouds:

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    #1515
    grenouille1966
    Registered Users Posts: 146 ✭✭grenouille1966


    https://www.google.ie/amp/www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/major-overnight-delays-dublin-airport-14165420.amp


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    #1516
    JCX BXC
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    grenouille1966 wrote: »
    Dublin airport got a right lashing last night and this morning.

    7/8 cm of lying snow and lots of flights diverted to Liverpool, Shannon and Cork.

    Still very cold in Dublin but the snow has all melted here in Dublin 15.

    No flights to Cork


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    #1517
    redsteveireland
    Registered Users Posts: 3,033 ✭✭✭redsteveireland


    Now that's a proper yellow warning from N.I

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    Edit: This should probably be in the other thread, snow blindness, I didn't see it until now.


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    #1518
    Rebelbrowser
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    Confused now lads. Where do we post about (small) chance of widespread snow showers on Thursday afternoon & evening/Friday morning? Different from frontal snow event tonight many hundred miles north of me.....


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    #1519
    JCX BXC
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    grenouille1966 wrote: »
    https://www.google.ie/amp/www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/major-overnight-delays-dublin-airport-14165420.amp

    Filled with inaccuracies, runway reopened at 1:20am.


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    #1520
    DOCARCH
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    Rebelbrowser wrote: »
    Confused now lads. Where do we post about (small) chance of widespread snow showers on Thursday afternoon & evening/Friday morning? Different from frontal snow event tonight many hundred miles north of me.....

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057771366

    If something more interesting is on the cards, I'm sure a new thread will pop up! :)


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    #1521
    sparrowcar
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    grenouille1966 wrote: »
    Dublin airport got a right lashing last night and this morning.

    7/8 cm of lying snow and lots of flights diverted to Liverpool, Shannon and Cork.

    Still very cold in Dublin but the snow has all melted here in Dublin 15.

    7/8mm not cm?
    Was this not discussed earlier?


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    #1522
    grenouille1966
    Registered Users Posts: 146 ✭✭grenouille1966


    sparrowcar wrote: »
    7/8mm not cm?
    Was this not discussed earlier?

    7 cm.....you don't close an airport or have snow ploughs out for 7 mm!!!!

    Look at the video. There were blizzards in.many parts of Dublin.last night and early this morning.


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    #1523
    Mobhi1
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    I don't live all that far from Dublin Airport and there was no really measurable snow here, no more than a few mm., maybe a cm on the car roof. It's nearly all gone now, and it's raining. The temperature's 4.8C, DP 2.0C.


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    #1524
    DOCARCH
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    grenouille1966 wrote: »
    7 cm.....you don't close an airport or have snow ploughs out for 7 mm!!!!

    It was 7mm.

    Imm or snow or ice can close an airport....aircraft don't deal well with it (braking action)!


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    #1525
    United road
    Registered Users Posts: 223 ✭✭United road


    grenouille1966 wrote: »
    7 cm.....you don't close an airport or have snow ploughs out for 7 mm!!!!

    Look at the video. There were blizzards in.many parts of Dublin.last night and early this morning.

    GL said 7mm himself earlier. In fact he corrected himself and said it was 7mm.
    It was not 7cms lying there at any stage


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    #1526
    wakka12
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    grenouille1966 wrote: »
    7 cm.....you don't close an airport or have snow ploughs out for 7 mm!!!!

    Look at the video. There were blizzards in.many parts of Dublin.last night and early this morning.

    With airports its usually not the snow quantity thats an issue at all, russia and canada get feet upon feet of fluffy dry snow and airports cope fine. Its the borderline 0-1C temps here with snow that causes constant thawing/freezing is very hard to keep airports open in


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    #1527
    Gaoth Laidir
    Registered Users Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    grenouille1966 wrote: »
    Dublin airport got a right lashing last night and this morning.

    7/8 cm of lying snow and lots of flights diverted to Liverpool, Shannon and Cork.

    Still very cold in Dublin but the snow has all melted here in Dublin 15.

    Max reported at the airport was 1 cm of lying wet snow. 7 mm was reported on the runway. Wet snow is a lot more slippy than dry snow. Friction coefficient was measured at only 11% at the time.


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    #1528
    Captain Snow
    Registered Users Posts: 600 ✭✭✭Captain Snow


    Stay away form the road between Glencree and Sallys Gap Junction. Its an absolute Ice skating rink.


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    #1529
    George Sunsnow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,043 ✭✭✭George Sunsnow


    wakka12 wrote: »
    With airports its usually not the snow quantity thats an issue at all, russia and canada get feet upon feet of fluffy dry snow and airports cope fine. Its the borderline 0-1C temps here with snow that causes constant thawing/freezing is very hard to keep airports open in

    Not so much that but November to April DME for example would have a full time snow and ice clearance team working daily

    They’d be clearing snow probably weekly if not daily at other icy airports

    That experience rhythm and routine is impossible at DUB,so no comparison


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    #1530
    sparrowcar
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    grenouille1966 wrote: »
    7 cm.....you don't close an airport or have snow ploughs out for 7 mm!!!!

    Look at the video. There were blizzards in.many parts of Dublin.last night and early this morning.

    Yes you do and yes they did.


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    #1531
    Meteorite58
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    https://twitter.com/severeweatherEU/status/953747403072471040


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