Fierce Cold Spell from Sunday (February 1st)

Im beginning to think we will definitely see some now but I dont think its gonna end up as widespread as the 1982/1987/1991 chaos. Most eastern areas could see 2 to 3 inchs of snow on the ground - but that is nothing compared to the snow we used to get in the 80s. Roads will be dangerous and it will be very cold, 2 to 3 inchs in low lying areas and maybe up to 6+ in mountain regions. But what I dont expect is an 80s style armageddon were
- Schools remained closed for a week or 2
- were ice formed both inside and outside windows
- were pipes frooze everywhere
- there wont be neighbours putting money into a pot to organise their own private jcb hire to clear the road from 10 foot snowdrifts so that we could walk 2 miles to get milk and bread (we did this in 1982 and 1987)
- Dublin Airport wont close down for a week
- there wont be week long esb outages
- there wont be an entire week without public transport

^^ all these things happened in my childhood during the 80s and 1991 but I very much doubt this cold snap will bring anything close to the scale of those points i listed above. We will do very well to get 3 to 4 inchs and that should be more than enough snow for anyone. I also woulnt be banking on an entire week off work next week, maybe 1 or 2 days at most if were lucky.

On another note it looks like rte are starting to look at the cold snap in the longer term, they mentioned even colder conditons for next thursday/friday than it will be on monday/tuesday so plenty of play for yet.