Tuesday - Friday windstorms & snow - REPORTS AND CHAT THREAD

whiteandlight · 13-12-2011 4:03pm

My weddings in ballina on saturday,hope it doesn't get too bad! 17th December last year was shocking :eek:

Sun again here in leixlip. There's a lot of drying between snow showers so it will be interesting to see if they end up sticking if the temps drop some more

lila44 · 13-12-2011 4:06pm

pretty darn bad in letterkenny at the minute! don't leave the house if you dont have to!

irish1967 · 13-12-2011 4:07pm

Wind severe in last 45mins. Definately worst hour of the day so far. Constant driving rain with severe gusts. Intermittent lose of phone and broadband.

irish1967 · 13-12-2011 4:08pm

3 Donegal posts confirming its at it's peak up here now I think.

lila44 · 13-12-2011 4:08pm

i know it sounds bad but it would be pretty cool if the power went...a good opportunity to sit around the fire and have a good chat!

WolfeIRE · 13-12-2011 4:10pm

More video of snow showers from West Clare this afternoon.

Incredible wind chill. Showers have eased considerably. Keep an eye out though for some possible streamer type activity off the west coast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIEiZ7zWhhc

rhonin · 13-12-2011 4:12pm

Windiest part of the day so far here.

SeaFields · 13-12-2011 4:15pm

Thunder and lightning in south kerry just now with some serious hail stones.:D

pretty-in-pink · 13-12-2011 4:27pm

windy but sun out for now in south dublin. it feels far from done though.

Pangea · 13-12-2011 4:30pm

What time is high seas?

NIALL D · 13-12-2011 4:32pm

some very wild snow showers here today. im up around 150m , below that seems to be mainly sleet/hail..

every time a shower passes over the wind really picks up and the snow is blowing mad.. havent seen blowing snow like this in quiet a few years.

showers are comin an going every 20-30 mins, jus as its starting to accumulate the shower stops and snow melts away. temp dropping now and getting dark so id say it should start to build up soon..:)

on another note , press interactive on sky news- there giving a fair chance of snow on and off for nearly most of the week..

Acoshla · 13-12-2011 4:39pm

Clear blue skies here right now in East Galway. Windy, had hailstone showers earlier on but right now it's not too bad...

Hooter23 · 13-12-2011 4:42pm

First proper snow flakes galway city just now stop already though

nanoro · 13-12-2011 4:52pm

Pangea wrote: »

What time is high seas?

High tides are at different times around the country:

http://www.irishtimes.com/weather/tides.html

danthefan · 13-12-2011 5:09pm

Was just speaking to the old man and he was saying he'd just heard a forecast to expect more of the same tomorrow, I thought tomorrow was going to be fairly alright?

Pangea · 13-12-2011 5:19pm

nanoro wrote: »

High tides are at different times around the country:

http://www.irishtimes.com/weather/tides.html

Thanks but I recall in one of the previous storms people on here mentioning high seas at times different to full tide (if that makes sense).

Pretty insane here at the moment, its too bad to go outside.

rhonin · 13-12-2011 5:22pm

Pangea wrote: »

Thanks but I recall in one of the previous storms people on here mentioning high seas at times different to full tide (if that makes sense).

Pretty insane here at the moment, its too bad to go outside.

Might be to do with the full moon meaning higher seas. Not sure though.

Radharc na Sleibhte · 13-12-2011 5:28pm

Were last Fridays gusts not as bad (here in the w nw n)?
Today has been bad around here, but nothing amazingly out of the ordinary, so far?

(Sligo)

Pangea · 13-12-2011 5:36pm

The storm here now is a lot nastier than last weeks.

kevmol88 · 13-12-2011 5:36pm

Record wave recorded off Ireland
13 December 2011

http://www.met.ie/news/display.asp?ID=139

John.Icy · 13-12-2011 5:37pm

Snow/sleet showers throughout the day, looks like thats it for a few hours. Wind? A summer breeze. What I'd do to be in the NW for a day.

Deep Easterly · 13-12-2011 5:45pm

Pangea wrote: »

Pretty insane here at the moment, its too bad to go outside.

Full storm force 10 at Malin Head on 4pm reports (48kt mean speed)

http://www.met.ie/latest/reports.asp

and gusting 69kts, which is BF 12 (Hurricane force!)

Finner Camp gust 63kt, which is BF 11, though mean speed lower at 33kt.

Snow angel · 13-12-2011 5:52pm

Sleet/snow showers intermittently in kilcock all day... Bit windy but nothing to write home about.

snubbleste · 13-12-2011 5:56pm

kevmol88 wrote: »

Record wave recorded off Ireland
13 December 2011 http://www.met.ie/news/display.asp?ID=139

wave height of 20.4 metres..that's a 6 storey house :eek:

irish1967 · 13-12-2011 5:58pm

My f****** mobile signal and broadband is gone piggy backing on next doors wifi. Storm here is fierce. Constant gusting heavy rain. Much worse than last week.

Spindle · 13-12-2011 5:58pm

kevmol88 wrote: »

Record wave recorded off Ireland
13 December 2011

http://www.met.ie/news/display.asp?ID=139

Grabs surf board.........:D

shootie · 13-12-2011 6:10pm

Two short (about a minute or two long) flurries of snow in North Co. Wexford today. First snow ive seen here since last January. At about 7 this morning and around lunchtime. Nothing since, quite calm wind-wise as well for now.

Iancar29 · 13-12-2011 6:13pm

Can anyone confirm that the prolonged band of precip in the north is falling as snow/sleet/ rain? ... id expect to hear a good half foot reported in places by morning if its snow! haha

jo06555 · 13-12-2011 6:15pm

So what changed so much that the south actually saw snowflakes today? And does This mean we may see more in the coming weeks?

monkey 456 · 13-12-2011 6:16pm

Will it snow again in dublin?

Tuesday - Friday windstorms & snow - REPORTS AND CHAT THREAD

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