Cold Spell Phase 2 (Wednesday onwards)

dedon

darc wrote: »

severe weather warning issued yesterday. Met said yesterday's respite would not last more than a day. Weather last night gave warning of snow showers, some prolonged & very cold conditions.

Based on this, I changed work plans. - Seems to have held up near exactly as they said.

How much more warning is required??????????

they didnt issue a proper warning. i.e via news broadcasts.They just said it might snow lightly. This could cause fierce disruption

scary

just sleety rain in clondalkin damn all you people 2 miles away

DOCARCH

Just over an inch here now. Still 0.8c DP 0.2c

Defcol

Furp wrote: »

The snow turned to sleet and then it all melted away.

Boo urns! :mad:

ibarelycare

Getting a lot heavier in Blanch now but still doesn't seem to be to the extremes it was in city centre. Here's hoping!!

lucernarian

heaviest rate of snow i've seen since the snow in louth in jan 08. about to have a snowball fight, bubye!

pistolpetes11

If dew points stay around there current point this precip looks like it has settled in for the afternoon ,

They give a reading up till 3.30 and its still hovering over us

http://www.meteox.co.uk/h.aspx?r=&jaar=2009&maand=02&uur=14&minuut=30&dag=05&id=633694356667818812&type=expbld

Supercell

Lollers at the hysterical reactions here by some, one heavy shower giving a temporary dusting and its like the apocalypse has arrived early

roryc1

light snow in leixlip

LookingFor

Not sticking on surfaces here that didn't already have snow still on them, but it's nice and heavy, nice to look at.

francosp

Back to proper snow here in D CC

Wont stick though

Mr Benevolent

What's yer prediction then SC?

DOCARCH

Supercell wrote: »

Lollers at the hysterical reactions........temporary dusting

Ehhhh.....hysterical! Wouldn't be so sure about the temporary bit, here anyway!

Ding Dong

friend of mine here in Blackrock Dublin lives in Kildare and is thinking about heading for home now! Can anyone advise what the afternoon will bring so I can advise him?

rc28

Snowing heavy enough on dub city centre for last hour- about 2-3cm on grass

dedon

Ding Dong wrote: »

friend of mine here in Blackrock Dublin lives in Kildare and is thinking about heading for home now! Can anyone advise what the afternoon will bring so I can advise him?

Dont rely on Met Eireann anyway. I'd say get out of there

DOCARCH

Ding Dong wrote: »

friend of mine here in Blackrock Dublin lives in Kildare and is thinking about heading for home now! Can anyone advise what the afternoon will bring so I can advise him?

God only knows! Really difficult to advise - could keep snowing or could turn to rain in 10 minutes!

Still bucketing down here anyway.

Min

I'm more curious about the rain/sleet and snow for Sunday.

On the 7:55am weather broadcast on Radio 1 they said snow for Leinster and Ulster.

So what do the weather forecasters here think?

Mr Benevolent

It may be a temporary dusting, but the knock-on road effects will be much, much worse. It's panic, fair enough, but it's justified considering everyone's experiences on the road on Tuesday.

Min

dedon wrote: »

Dont rely on Met Eireann anyway. I'd say get out of there

I'd rely on Met Eireann:
Staying very cold today and tonight. Further sleet and snow showers today over much of Leinster and parts of east Munster.


btw more than showers unless a shower lasts for 6 hours plus......

Mothman

Back to snow and moderate. Slush turning white
0.9/0.1C

francosp

Sleety rain now in City Centre

Thats our lot I think. Good while it lasted. :mad::mad::mad:

A-Trak

Still coming down as snow in D16

Mothman

I think that at this stage conditions are unlikely to improve, I'd say slushy mess at best.

Supercell

I think any snow lying on roads near the coast is likely to be temporary and will quickly melt once the precipitation dies away.
Inland in places (maybe 10km+ inland) like Naas etc where there apparently was some decent snow this morning it may be slushy for a while and I'd rather drive in those conditions in daylight, slushy roads and darkness are an accidant waiting to happen.

Loomis

Been snowing now a while in Merrion Square. Ground totally wet but stuck anyway:

pistolpetes11

dying off a bit in Sandyford ,

As i type its picked up again , lashing down now

francosp

Stopped now altogether, bit of drizzle is all Im seeing at the minute

babyhack

Mr. Anderson wrote: »

Been snowing now a while in Merrion Square. Ground totally wet but stuck anyway:

Your in the building beside me

49 says hello :P

Stopped now

BH

Supercell

Mothman wrote: »

Back to snow and moderate. Slush turning white
0.9/0.1C

1.3°C here and snizzle! With no coverage on cleared surfaces, even cars.