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DOCARCH · 30-03-2010 7:13am

Madness! One of the biggest transformations I have seen!

Went to bed around 11 last night and it felt mild out, 9.2c to be exact.

Now moderate snow, 1.0c DP 0.5c, with about half an inch on the ground!

owenc · 30-03-2010 7:16am

DOCARCH wrote: »

Madness! One of the biggest transformations I have seen!

Went to bed around 11 last night and it felt mild out, 9.2c to be exact.

Now moderate snow, 1.0c DP 0.5c, with about half an inch on the ground!

Lol... Still sleeting And still 1c when are the colder dp's coming for Frick sake

snaps · 30-03-2010 7:18am

The table has turned this morning from yesterday. Today the west and north west is the milder part of the country. Went to bed last night and it was 1c, this morning a mild 3.7c. Wind seems near enough due north here.

Lashing rain as i type with a very black sky.

Supercell · 30-03-2010 7:22am

Light/moderate snow here, settling too, nice.

burger1979 · 30-03-2010 7:24am

Was snowing all the way in from navan on the n3 to sandyford ind est via the M50. alot of slush on the roads, especially as you head further south on the M50. looking out the window now the snow is falling, does not seem heavy but it is constant and the wind is a blowing like a good thing.

rc28 · 30-03-2010 7:27am

Moderate snow here in Meath, not heavy enough to stick yet - ground very wet

owenc · 30-03-2010 7:29am

snaps wrote: »

The table has turned this morning from yesterday. Today the west and north west is the milder part of the country. Went to bed last night and it was 1c, this morning a mild 3.7c. Wind seems near enough due north here.

Lashing rain as i type with a very black sky.

Lol yea that Is weird for some reason the wind is having effect on temps in Scotland and other areas.. Luckily I'm not effected but dp's are bring effected so it's sleeetimg at 1c!!

Graces7 · 30-03-2010 7:42am

Cionád wrote: »

Some people like snow. Some people like fast cars. Some people like horror movies. Would be boring if everyone had the same interests don't you think?

That is a lame comparison.

You can watch eg horror movies in your own home. And no one else is affected.

Snow on the other hand affects many and often very adversely. eg death, illness, hypothermia.. Farmers stand to lose lambs this week also.

It seems as if many here have little thought for others?

After all, if it is snow you love, there are always countries where you can indulge your obsession safely and fully, without harm and suffering to others.

As you can watch horror films in safety.

It was interesting and revealing in the bad winter how folk obsessed with snow until they had had it for eg two days. And felt what it really involved in this land that is not ready for it. They soon changed their tune - especially when the fuel bills came in.

Some of us were cut off for weeks also of course, and endured steadfastly.

No way would we want this to last, or the snow to stay. Not in almost-April.

Many of us also rely on what we can grow, or on income from farming.

Thankfully, no one here is in charge, and snow cannot be ordered.

But dramatic headers like this get boring.

Back maybe later... bitter cold again here

Graces7 · 30-03-2010 7:46am

patneve2 wrote: »

Gosh you are such a fool! If someone has an obsession with planets or astronomy, I don't go on the astronomy forum saying "what's your obsession with planets"...same goes for EVERYTHING. Everyone has their OWN interests, be it pin-up porn or snow...

Another lame comparison; this is a weather forum not a snow mania forum.

irish1967 · 30-03-2010 7:47am

Very cold and windy here. Bitter ! No sign of any white stuff. Snow shield holding firm !

marlie2005 · 30-03-2010 7:48am

Deleted User wrote: »

What a brain dead comment...

Hope the snow is something to remember, couple of days off work would be fun !

couple of days in work would be fun

Graces7 · 30-03-2010 7:48am

Min wrote: »

Or a love of temperatures in the low 20's....

Wonderful thought.. thank you!

irish1967 · 30-03-2010 7:50am

This is a snow thread though. In a weather forum. I wouldn't say we are snow addicts just fans of extreme weather.

Victor Meldrew · 30-03-2010 7:52am

Chucking it down in Donnybrook

Graces7 · 30-03-2010 7:52am

barney 20v wrote: »

is it true that personal abuse is not allowed on boards....?

anyway, i will follow this non-event with curiosity just to see how excited you folks get about 9-10 mm of snow

It is true; report the post

The proof of true unbalanced obsession is that rules get ignored.

owenc · 30-03-2010 7:53am

irish1967 wrote: »

Very cold and windy here. Bitter ! No sign of any white stuff. Snow shield holding firm !

dw the only ones with snow re higher up.... Did you watch BBC weather?? She said blizzards even at low levels

Graces7 · 30-03-2010 7:54am

owenc wrote: »

Makes everything look nice... Can play in it .. Gets rid of depressing green grass for once!!

So superficial is this post.

Grass feeds critters; snow kills them.

Ever thought of retiring to the North pole?

Birdnuts · 30-03-2010 7:56am

Graces7 wrote: »

That is a lame comparison.

You can watch eg horror movies in your own home. And no one else is affected.

Snow on the other hand affects many and often very adversely. eg death, illness, hypothermia.. Farmers stand to lose lambs this week also.

It seems as if many here have little thought for others?

After all, if it is snow you love, there are always countries where you can indulge your obsession safely and fully, without harm and suffering to others.

As you can watch horror films in safety.

It was interesting and revealing in the bad winter how folk obsessed with snow until they had had it for eg two days. And felt what it really involved in this land that is not ready for it. They soon changed their tune - especially when the fuel bills came in.

Some of us were cut off for weeks also of course, and endured steadfastly.

No way would we want this to last, or the snow to stay. Not in almost-April.

Many of us also rely on what we can grow, or on income from farming.

Thankfully, no one here is in charge, and snow cannot be ordered.

But dramatic headers like this get boring.

Back maybe later... bitter cold again here

Whats your problem?? - if you don't like snow/cold why do you live half way up a mountain??. I love this weather since it puts mankind in its place cos it shows that despite all the abuse we throw at her, nature is still in charge. So much of nature has been destroyed or tamed to boredom - thankfully not the weather - yet!!

Grudle · 30-03-2010 7:57am

Heavy enough snow in Saggart this morning and was starting to stick when I was jumping on the bus at 7:45

Graces7 · 30-03-2010 7:58am

Coles wrote: »

This is going to be very tough on farmers, particularly as the growth of grass has been so delayed. If this turns out as bad as Weathercheck suggests then there will be huge numbers of livestock lost.

There is a lambing shed opposite us; they spent hours yesterday tryig to bring the ewes in in appalling conditions.

The worst weather for lambing is icy wet as they cannot get started and so many die soon after birth.

And yes, almost no grass growth yet.

MrsToad · 30-03-2010 7:58am

South Co. Kilkenny.
At 7am there was a covering of 1 to 2cm of snow, which is now being washed away by a very light drizzle.

Su Campu · 30-03-2010 8:00am

Well, I suppose with it snowing at low levels, it's time to fess up that I was wrong to not trust the models.

They were saying it all along but I thought there were reasons to believe they were overdoing it. I guess we CAN get good snow at this time of the year!

Now to see if it will stick though.....:D

Graces7 · 30-03-2010 8:00am

Supercell wrote: »

Parts of Ireland had a seriously snowy winter this year , not just engerland had all the sneachta you know.
Those same parts want one last snow day before the summer

Speak for yourself.

We were hard hit and cut off for weeks and there is NO WAY we want any more.

We need to be out selling this weekend for the work for abandoned babies in India. Not snowed in or blown off our feet.

owenc · 30-03-2010 8:04am

Su Campu wrote: »

Well, I suppose with it snowing at low levels, it's time to fess up that I was wrong to not trust the models. They were saying it all along but I thought there were reasons to believe they were overdoing it. I guess we CAN get good snow at this time of the year!

Now to see if it will stick though.....:D

Why am I still getting sleet?? Ugh boy over on other forum bragging about getting snow after mild sector but I sickened him telling him were gettting blizzards

Graces7 · 30-03-2010 8:10am

Birdnuts wrote: »

Whats your problem?? - if you don't like snow/cold why do you live half way up a mountain??. I love this weather since it puts mankind in its place cos it shows that despite all the abuse we throw at her, nature is still in charge. So much of nature has been destroyed or tamed to boredom - thankfully not the weather - yet!!

YAAAWWWWN!

Cliche after cliche and not readling what is written.

It is you who have the problem not us..

REALLY!

ALL weather shows what you find important, not just the kind that kills and maims. As this does.

April is needing warmth for growth and life; that too is totally beyond our control.

We love snow also; but not when lambs and livelihoods are in danger.

That is the difference here.

To enthuse without thought..

Then to make vapid accusations! REALLY!

Graces7 · 30-03-2010 8:14am

Offline now; snowing up here but please God it will not stick....

Blow away, snow.. Blow gently warmth and life to all...Dry the lambs and green the grass and keep all safe this day.

Work to do and other vital chores to do.

Blessings and peace

Birdnuts · 30-03-2010 8:15am

Graces7 wrote: »

Birdnuts wrote: »

Whats your problem?? - if you don't like snow/cold why do you live half way up a mountain??. I love this weather since it puts mankind in its place cos it shows that despite all the abuse we throw at her, nature is still in charge. So much of nature has been destroyed or tamed to boredom - thankfully not the weather - yet!!

YAAAWWWWN!

Cliche after cliche and not readling what is written.

It is you who have the problem not us..

REALLY!

ALL weather shows what you find important, not just the kind that kills and maims. As this does.

April is needing warmth for growth and life; that too is totally beyond our control.

We love snow also; but not when lambs and livelihoods are in danger.

That is the difference here.

To enthuse without thought..

Then to make vapid accusations! REALLY!

Typical poor mouth farmer - you should see the type of weather and conditions farmers in other countries have to put up with, without generous handouts from the taxpayer I might add eg. Most of the livestock in Mongolia died this winter due to its severity. The overwhelming sense of entitlement among certain groups in this country is getting to be more then tiresome!!

WIZE · 30-03-2010 8:17am

Wet snow here in Celbridge

ch750536 · 30-03-2010 8:18am

Doh, all my snow gone this morning.

Vudgie · 30-03-2010 8:24am

Graces7 wrote: »

Offline now; snowing up here but please God it will not stick....

Blow away, snow.. Blow gently warmth and life to all...Dry the lambs and green the grass and keep all safe this day.

Work to do and other vital chores to do.

Blessings and peace

God these posts are tiresome....give it a rest.

Pretty wet stuff in Dublin though it has been constant since I got up at 6. Not particulalry sticking other than on cars and roofs but in higher ground in Sandyford and Stepaside I hear that it has been sticking for a couple of hours.

Pretty crazy when it was 10c on the M50 at 9pm last night...thought we might of got some snow/sleet tonight but this is much earlier than expected and a more prolonged spell is probably likely through the day.

munsterlegend · 30-03-2010 8:26am

Su Campu wrote: »

Well, I suppose with it snowing at low levels, it's time to fess up that I was wrong to not trust the models. They were saying it all along but I thought there were reasons to believe they were overdoing it. I guess we CAN get good snow at this time of the year!

Now to see if it will stick though.....:D

yeah i was surprised myself...what are the models saying for today in your view?

jambofc · 30-03-2010 8:36am

1.3/-0.3

still rain here,looks like trims snow shield is well and trully working AGAIN :mad:

ninebeanrows · 30-03-2010 8:38am

Quite surprised.

Some decent chunks of snow falling.

Of the wet kind but i really didn't expect any till later as 850hpa temps are meant to be like 0c now!

Trogdor · 30-03-2010 8:40am

Can we keep it on topic please:) if anyone feels the need to start a new thread for debate on the morals of enjoying extreme weather feel free to start a new thread but try to remain civilised!
Meanwhile, bursts of rain and wet snow here, 3.2C/1.7C

Min · 30-03-2010 8:41am

Birdnuts wrote: »

Graces7 wrote: »

Typical poor mouth farmer - you should see the type of weather and conditions farmers in other countries have to put up with, without generous handouts from the taxpayer I might add eg. Most of the livestock in Mongolia died this winter due to its severity. The overwhelming sense of entitlement among certain groups in this country is getting to be more then tiresome!!

I don't believe she is a farmer and so what if farmers do not want snow. I am a farmer who can't sell my cattle thanks to regulations from the government involving TB, I am getting no taxpayer handouts, I have too many cattle as I had to keep them all for the winter and not good enough for the factory, I had to spend thousands to keep them fed, its costs a lot when any die to have them disposed of. I need grass and warm weather, it is not a case of poor mouth farmer, it is a case of real life.
Your attitude is one of speaking without knowing circumstances,nice to see farmer hatred is a live and well.....not
We aren't in any other country, I saw the people in Mongolia are suffering and I could understand as I know how the feel, I was close to tears with that story on the BBC and I hear the people there are crying. We all have to suffer but no point looking for extra suffering with more bad weather to add to the already non show of grass......similar to Mongolia....

Speak Now · 30-03-2010 8:41am

Graces7 wrote: »

Wonderful thought.. thank you!

Low 20's F not C

Speak Now · 30-03-2010 8:47am

owenc wrote: »

Why am I still getting sleet?? Ugh boy over on other forum bragging about getting snow after mild sector but I sickened him telling him were gettting blizzards

Are you to near the coast owen?
Seems like the northerly might be keeping the dew points just on the wrong side of marginal for you.

ninebeanrows · 30-03-2010 8:58am

The precipitation should intensify during the morning and afternoon along eastern areas with another pulse into Ulster later and then pushing back southwards.

Midnight - Winter storm with widespread snow and gales

Many areas will see lying snow by early Wednesday with appreciation levels as discussed last night.

By midnight gusts of 60mph will occur in eastern areas.

Heavy snow will be affecting much of the country and blizzard conditions are possible at times as temperatures fall.

The snow will only clear the east slowly on Wednesday morning while winds continue strong veering northwesterly.

To be honest i didn't expect it to be snowing this early in some eastern areas but its a good sign although not necessarily indicative that it will last all day. Although it seemingly has a good chance has precipitation rates increase during the day, snow for pretty much all from around 6pm i would suggest though.

ninebeanrows · 30-03-2010 9:05am

Some really large flakes thrown in now as the intensity increases.:D:D

March 30th

:D

burger1979 · 30-03-2010 9:12am

I wish it would all just go away. i mean dont get me wrong i loved the roller coaster during january but i mean its the beginning of april and all's i want is some sun and warmth..........is it too much to ask???

DOCARCH · 30-03-2010 9:14am

Light snow again despite temp at 1.6c DP 1.4c.

average_runner · 30-03-2010 9:15am

WeatherCheck;

Are we just going to get what we are getting now in Dublin, wet snow and not sticking?

How Soon Is Now · 30-03-2010 9:16am

burger1979 wrote: »

I wish it would all just go away. i mean dont get me wrong i loved the roller coaster during january but i mean its the beginning of april and all's i want is some sun and warmth..........is it too much to ask???

Ya its crazy at this stage i mean i kinda half enjoyed it for a while january but im hoping it clears up for the long weekend i have plans and i bet im not only one and poxy snow appears lol.

Is interesting how crazy weathers been last couple months what next like.

jambofc · 30-03-2010 9:17am

light sleety/snow here now,just adding to the puddles
good start what with it not really supposed to get heavy till later

Birdnuts · 30-03-2010 9:18am

Min wrote: »

Birdnuts wrote: »

I don't believe she is a farmer and so what if farmers do not want snow. I am a farmer who can't sell my cattle thanks to regulations from the government involving TB, I am getting no taxpayer handouts, I have too many cattle as I had to keep them all for the winter and not good enough for the factory, I had to spend thousands to keep them fed, its costs a lot when any die to have them disposed of. I need grass and warm weather, it is not a case of poor mouth farmer, it is a case of real life.
Your attitude is one of speaking without knowing circumstances,nice to see farmer hatred is a live and well.....not
We aren't in any other country, I saw the people in Mongolia are suffering and I could understand as I know how the feel, I was close to tears with that story on the BBC and I hear the people there are crying. We all have to suffer but no point looking for extra suffering with more bad weather to add to the already non show of grass......similar to Mongolia....

I take your point - I was referring more to certain types of farmers and their attitude:)