Cold Spell Discussion (17/12/09) (Cold, Ice and Snow now arriving)

Slippin Jimmy

What are the chances of snow in Navan?

ntlbell

snowing away here in Cabra :D

Trogdor

temp 4.6C dp -4.0C bit of light snow here

francosp

Duffff-Man wrote: »

What are the chances of snow in Navan?

Have a look at the radar for now

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

Longer forecast will be done by the experts

The pink blobs is snow. Looks like you just misses it for now.

fintonie

leahyl wrote: »

What?! Are you exaggerating now Fintonie?!

a wee bit, trying to keep the optimism going,

I remember in the early 80s on a Friday it started snowing about 4/5 in the morning and snowed for the next 24hrs non stop,

2-3 inches were predicted there were 12/15 feet drifts,

we were walking on top of the hedges cars buried for weeks the snow was still on the sides of the roads in may,

it was great we spent the whole day Fri out in it,

this was in Ireland by the way.

danni2

What are we expecting to see tomorrow, met eireann says there will be wintry showers of sleet and snow affecting the north and will spread further south during the afternoon and evening, how far south will they make it?

leahyl

fintonie wrote: »

a wee bit, trying to keep the optimism going,

I remember in the early 80s on a Friday it started snowing about 4/5 in the morning and snowed for the next 24hrs non stop,

2-3 inches were predicted there were 12/15 feet drifts,

we were walking on top of the hedges cars buried for weeks the snow was still on the sides of the roads in may,

it was great we spent the whole day Fri out in it,

this was in Ireland by the way.

Wow that's amazing - unfortunately i was too young to remember that -actually prob wasn't even born - what year was that?

ardmacha

Wow that's amazing - unfortunately i was too young to remember that -actually prob wasn't even born - what year was that?

January 1982.

12-16 hours of snow, followed by a week of record low temperatures (-19c) so that everything froze. Nothing like it since.

francosp

Helen Curran just on RTE..

Sleet/snow for North and East tomorrow... Nothing out of the blue..

P.S. I would :D

leahyl

ardmacha wrote: »

January 1982.

12-16 hours of snow, followed by a week of record low temperatures (-19c) so that everything froze. Nothing like it since.

Oh ok 3 years too early for me!! Darn it - going mad i missed that now...!

Rougies

ardmacha wrote: »

January 1982.

12-16 hours of snow, followed by a week of record low temperatures (-19c) so that everything froze. Nothing like it since.

Yep, I was only 2 but can still remember it. I have a couple of little 5 second clips stored in my brain. Probably explains why I've been a snow addict all my life

Here's a thread about it...
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055468647&highlight=1982

pistolpetes11

Looks like there is still more to come tonight !

francosp

leahyl wrote: »

Oh ok 3 years too early for me!! Darn it - going mad i missed that now...!

Dad told me about that year. I was 2, there was no milk deleveries for over a week, he and his mates had to truck it down on makeshift snowshoes ( tennis rackets ) to the local dairy and drag the milk back up on a small pullie tied to his back.

Worst thing was that my brothers christening happened at the time and there where like 20 people in my dads house that couldn't get home. They where there for days..... Snow half way up the window... :eek::eek:

"The day after tomorrow" had nothing on 1982" :D:D:D

ardmacha

ardmacha wrote: »

January 1982.

12-16 hours of snow, followed by a week of record low temperatures (-19c) so that everything froze. Nothing like it since.

snowed for 3 days solid here that time with thunder and 10ft drifts on the coast.
Up near croghan and the annagh area where mr boots posts from,the drifts were up to the tree tops in the woods thats 30ft high.
Incredible stuff.!

leahyl

Ok folks i absolutely must go to bed - i've been on this freakin thing for about 4 hours! Leahyl is sleepy:p

I shall talk to ye tomorrow - hope lots of snow comes yer way!

Over and out:)

pistolpetes11

Deleted User wrote: »

snowed for 3 days solid here that time with thunder and 10ft drifts on the coast.
Up near croghan and the annagh area where mr boots posts from,the drifts were up to the tree tops in the woods thats 30ft high.
Incredible stuff.!

The type of talk that dreams are made of , will we ever see the likes again ?

maybe a freak event will come upon us this weekend

pauldry

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/snowrisk.asp

depending on this for our weekend snow!

better be right.;)

spadder

fintonie wrote: »

a wee bit, trying to keep the optimism going,

I remember in the early 80s on a Friday it started snowing about 4/5 in the morning and snowed for the next 24hrs non stop,

2-3 inches were predicted there were 12/15 feet drifts,

we were walking on top of the hedges cars buried for weeks the snow was still on the sides of the roads in may,

it was great we spent the whole day Fri out in it,

this was in Ireland by the way.

Ahh " The Big Snow" - happy days
I remember building igloos. I also remember Telecom eireann were blaming the big snow for backlogs on installations up to 2 years later!!!
The governmet at the time said they are flying equipment in to deal with the snow, everyone thought this meant American style snow plows, they bought a few skidoos!!

nacho libre

danni2 wrote: »

What are we expecting to see tomorrow, met eireann says there will be wintry showers of sleet and snow affecting the north and will spread further south during the afternoon and evening, how far south will they make it?

i'd say a few should make it as far as you, but the bulk of the showers will likely be in north connacht and ulster

fintonie

Deleted User wrote: »

snowed for 3 days solid here that time with thunder and 10ft drifts on the coast.
Up near croghan and the annagh area where mr boots posts from,the drifts were up to the tree tops in the woods thats 30ft high.
Incredible stuff.!

yeah I was thinking it was more than 16hrs, it was mad watching the few cars which did venture out in it when it first started with the chains on there tyres.

heavy snow here now.
proper dry stuff in a strong wind.

pistolpetes11

pauldry wrote: »

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/snowrisk.asp

depending on this for our weekend snow!

better be right.;)

Would be tasty alrite if that provided ,

better of looking into a bush than looking at these things , hence the wink !

irish chumley

have been hammered here in essex uk with heavy snow since just after 9pm - must be few inches by now!

pistolpetes11

fintonie wrote: »

yeah I was thinking it was more than 16hrs, it was mad watching the few cars which did venture out in it when it first started with the chains on there tyres.

Can you actually buy snow chains in Ireland ?

bassy

welcome aboard and nice 1st post:)

irish chumley wrote: »

have been hammered here in essex uk with heavy snow since just after 9pm - must be few inches by now!

fintonie

irish chumley wrote: »

have been hammered here in essex uk with heavy snow since just after 9pm - must be few inches by now!

did you vote for olly;)

WolfeIRE

irish chumley wrote: »

have been hammered here in essex uk with heavy snow since just after 9pm - must be few inches by now!

Was speaking to my Aunt earlier this eve. She works at the prison in Chelmsford. She says the city is being battered. Was on BBC News tonight too.

fintonie

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

Can you actually buy snow chains in Ireland ?

im not sure but there was a few cars on the roads in the first 4/5 hrs with the chains on,

then it was time to take out the snow mobiles (dont know how to spell that) jasus it would of been some crack if we had a few of them back then,

you would never drive a quad after it.

eskimocat

spadder wrote: »

Ahh " The Big Snow" - happy days
I remember building igloos. I also remember Telecom eireann were blaming the big snow for backlogs on installations up to 2 years later!!!
The governmet at the time said they are flying equipment in to deal with the snow, everyone thought this meant American style snow plows, they bought a few skidoos!!

I think that i remember that one... i was only little but i remember counting all the cars that couldn't make the crossroads beside our house and reporting to mum when another one went in, there was a whole line of them at one stage, all ditched into the field in a row... mental. We had fishbox sleigh and had mad fun on the main road which was closed for days and days... North west Donegal, right beside the sea, it was mental!! coolest thing i ever saw. Ah the good old days. Away for past 7 hours and have missed something like 30 odd pages!!! sugar! anyway road from Ballymote to Dromahair very frosty, its -2 here in Dromahair. Starry night.

fintonie

fintonie wrote: »

yeah I was thinking it was more than 16hrs, it was mad watching the few cars which did venture out in it when it first started with the chains on there tyres.

yeah,bus eireann or cie as they were then had chains on their wheels when they got going again down this way.

Still snowing here
currently 1.8/-0.8c