Cold Spell Discussion [Snow showers hitting east from 4pm] ( New Years Eve 2009 )

inabina · 01-01-2010 5:25am

after all the patient waiting, dogged by that miserable front that plagued us on tue and wed, eventually, most of us seem to be happy campers. it has been a long road, 2009, its over now, may we look forward to a great 2010, snowbound till Mar 31 and heatwave thereafter!:cool::cool:

zenno · 01-01-2010 5:27am

inabina wrote: »

amazing the things u get away with this time of night!:D

your dead right. like i said it's a Giant frog throwing snowballs. well anywho. frosty like mad tonight. you can feel it with the heating shut down. but snow will spread itself accross the counties through the next few days thats for sure. theres still a few coming in ...

eskimocat · 01-01-2010 5:28am

WolfeIRE wrote: »

ITS A BOY!!!

Charlie was born this eve weighing eight pounds. Mothere and baby doing great. Coming home tomorrow night. What a day but all is well that ends brilliantly. Thanks to those who posted earlier asking. I was looking at boards in the hospital during the long day but did not get to reply. Thanks guys and gals.

Wolfe

ps. delighted to hear that so many of you saw snow

Congratulations!!!!! delighted for yourself and the missus!! welcome baby Charlie to the world and to Boards.ie!!!

ps. made reading through 40 odd pages of posts worth it for this post alone, no snow in Dromahair!! lol.....

inabina · 01-01-2010 5:30am

zenno wrote: »

your dead right. like i said it's a Giant frog throwing snowballs. well anywho. frosty like mad tonight. you can feel it with the heating shut down. but snow will spread itself accross the counties through the next few days thats for sure. theres still a few coming in ...

can we expect this shower activity all day 2mor? its going to turn to the north isnt it? disaster.

zenno · 01-01-2010 5:32am

The images here are a composite of data from two radars - one at Dublin Airport and the other at Shannon Airport. The shaded area shows the coverage of the radars that are present. Data is updated every 15 minutes.

Note: On some images a linear feature may be seen extending from Limerick towards Waterford. This is due to interference from a WiFi system. Occasionally other similar features may be seen extending from Dublin towards the South-east.

lol typical

weather is -3 in dublin airport. i'd say tomorrow eastside dublin will get a nice few flurries of snow.

willie mason · 01-01-2010 5:43am

No snow near Waterford City. Typical. A bit of cold rain and a shmall bit of hard frost was the worse we got over the last two weeks. Haven't had a good fall of snow here in 15-20 years. I only ever got 2, maybe 3, snow days in my whole time at school from 1988-2001.

Waterford truly is the forgotten county! Even the weather ignores us!

zenno · 01-01-2010 5:55am

willie mason wrote: »

No snow near Waterford City. Typical. A bit of cold rain and a shmall bit of hard frost was the worse we got over the last two weeks. Haven't had a good fall of snow here in 15-20 years. I only ever got 2, maybe 3, snow days in my whole time at school from 1988-2001.

Waterford truly is the forgotten county! Even the weather ignores us!

I disagree. it will come to ye. and it will come during this week. if i'm wrong i will eat my hat. and i will do it on live cam.

Duiske · 01-01-2010 6:05am

Just WOW !!

That tiny little shower over west Carlow has just given us the best snow cover since last Febuary. Amazingly heavy !!

zenno · 01-01-2010 6:06am

Duiske wrote: »

Just WOW !! That tiny little shower over west Carlow has just given us the best snow cover since last Febuary. Amazingly heavy !!

excellent.

zenno · 01-01-2010 6:19am

oh yeah here we go again. looking good for the east coast more snow i won't sleep until it blasts down.

Occasional snow showers in east Leinster dying out later but isolated snow showers in the north and northwest becoming more frequent. Elsewhere dry and mostly sunny, apart from patches of freezing fog. Highest temperatures only -1 to +4 degrees Celsius. Winds mostly light, variable or north to northwest.

nesf · 01-01-2010 7:04am

It's a lot balmier than I expected tonight. I want snow damn it! My 3 year old has never seen it etc.

01-01-2010 7:15am

nesf wrote: »

It's a lot balmier than I expected tonight. I want snow damn it! My 3 year old has never seen it etc.

mad mad blizzard continues here in south wicklow.
It's just piling up.all night:D
Hard to describe the intensity of it right now. but visibility is poor.
Several inches at this stage here

Mothman · 01-01-2010 7:28am

Deleted User wrote: »

mad mad blizzard continues here in south wicklow.
It's just piling up.all night:D
Hard to describe the intensity of it right now. but visibility is poor.
Several inches at this stage here

I'm delighted for you

Maybe I should try a bit of reverse psychology, but I generally don't do rants.

With a strong snow shield in my area, I never expect.

My 7yo got her first snow last Feb, 2cm and she went bananas, she'll be delighted with the half cm this morning and my son is well enough to enjoy this time as well.

Its all about expectations...

[shakes fist at it]meanwhile that damn shower just passed to south[/shakes fist at it]

nesf · 01-01-2010 7:30am

Deleted User wrote: »

mad mad blizzard continues here in south wicklow.
It's just piling up.all night:D
Hard to describe the intensity of it right now. but visibility is poor.
Several inches at this stage here

Well sure but then you have to live in a lesser county. We all make sacrifices etc but that's not one I'm willing to make!

zenno · 01-01-2010 7:33am

nesf wrote: »

It's a lot balmier than I expected tonight. I want snow damn it! My 3 year old has never seen it etc.

your wish will be granted...but.. it could be 1 hour away or 200 hours away but it's coming. i'm an optimist.

zenno · 01-01-2010 7:34am

Deleted User wrote: »

mad mad blizzard continues here in south wicklow.
It's just piling up.all night:D
Hard to describe the intensity of it right now. but visibility is poor.
Several inches at this stage here

man take a picture and show us. you lucky person.

well the snow has stuck all over the place here in rivervalley swords and whether it snows or not later,,,it's still white everywere which is nice. went out for a short walk and it's deadly.

sdanseo · 01-01-2010 7:37am

3 hour HIRLAM shows a good bit of precip on the east coast again, if the DPs stay good after 8am that could be a slight topping up:

Accompanied by a semi-optimistic forecast for today and tommorow for Leinster only:

Leinster

Met &#201 wrote: »

01 January 2010- updated at 06:00
Today

Occasional wintry showers, with some snowfall, until early afternoon. Icy conditions persisting on untreated surfaces until sunshine develops. Light to moderate, northwest breezes; highest temperatures 0 to 3 degrees Celsius.

Tonight

Dry tonight with clear periods and slacker winds. Lowest temperatures -2 to -6 degrees Celsius, with widespread ice re-forming on untreated roads and pavements.

Tomorrow

Saturday bitterly cold again with temperatures struggling to reach 1 to 3 degrees Celsius. Sunny spells are likely however, although it may become cloudier for a time later with a few snow flurries. Winds light or moderate, northwesterly throughout.

Same forecast duplicated for Dublin area.

Mothman · 01-01-2010 7:38am

Deleted User wrote: »

mad mad blizzard continues here in south wicklow.
It's just piling up.all night:D
Hard to describe the intensity of it right now. but visibility is poor.
Several inches at this stage here

And that pajero can take a rest today

Graces7 · 01-01-2010 7:41am

You got out then? Good!

irish1967 wrote: »

Happy days for all ye dubs. Cold crisp dry night here in Donegal. Have fun in the capital. At least a pint is cheaper here.

nesf · 01-01-2010 7:46am

zenno wrote: »

your wish will be granted...but.. it could be 1 hour away or 200 hours away but it's coming. i'm an optimist.

Pfft, most of the country could be covered in snow and Cork city could still escape!

dolby · 01-01-2010 7:46am

Do taxi drivers in Dublin get special snow/icy driving training because certain ones are f**king nuts on the roads tonight :rolleyes:

Graces7 · 01-01-2010 7:49am

What a wonderful night many of you have had

Looks.. interesting... A bare inch last night but my green soft grass is white and frozen once more...

Is there nothing in Donegal Town?

Ulster
01 January 2010- updated at 06:00
Today

Occasional wintry showers in the west and north, with some snowfall. Icy conditions persisting on untreated surfaces until sunshine develops; patches of freezing fog may persist also. Light, variable or northwest breezes; highest temperatures -1 to 3 degrees Celsius.

Tonight

Further wintry showers, some of snow, continuing tonight in the north and west but clear spells elsewhere. Light, northwest winds will freshen along northern coasts. Temperatures will fall to between 0 and -4 degrees Celsius, resulting in severe ground frost soon after dark. Widespread ice is likely where roads and pavements remain untreated.

Tomorrow

Snow showers will extend south to many parts of the province during Saturday and accumulations of several centimetres will occur in places. Sunny intervals are likely but it will stay bitterly cold, with moderate, northwest to north winds. Highest temperatures 1 to 3 degrees Celsius

mickger · 01-01-2010 7:50am

Shame those showers die out before they can reach Waterford.Guess our snow shield is in fully working order.

zenno · 01-01-2010 7:56am

nesf wrote: »

Pfft, most of the country could be covered in snow and Cork city could still escape!

thats a fact. but i am an optimist. and not only that, it's looking good on the east side and especially north/north west. but is the rte weather always close or .... ? nope they never are. still looking at charts and sat's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv_wZQJYlo0

01-01-2010 8:28am

After a 10 minute lull,it's snowing hard again
Huge thick flakes like all night.

novarock · 01-01-2010 9:25am

Just back in from work, clondalkin to ranelagh took over an hour. Car spun and everything. There are no markings visible on the roads, including the naas road. The first snowfall has frozen solid. Also the footpaths are barely walkable. It must have slushed and froze again. Nearly went on my arse a few times.

God help the couple of girls on the walk of shame that I saw in their high heels

novarock · 01-01-2010 9:30am

Sorry for the double post. Phone won't let me click edit... meant to add don't go anywhere unless its completely necessary today. So dangerous at the moment...

Supercell · 01-01-2010 9:38am

Had a little snow during the night, everything looks snow blasted, very pretty. Will take some pics at sunup.

owenc · 01-01-2010 9:46am

Well its -6c out and im almost certain that the temps wont rise above 0c so if anything comes its guaranteed to lie!!!!!! Do we have a chance of showers a few people were saying that yesterday but now i don't think so..... if any come will the showers just verify and come here later or what?

zenno · 01-01-2010 9:46am

novarock wrote: »

Just back in from work, clondalkin to ranelagh took over an hour. Car spun and everything. There are no markings visible on the roads, including the naas road. The first snowfall has frozen solid. Also the footpaths are barely walkable. It must have slushed and froze again. Nearly went on my arse a few times.

God help the couple of girls on the walk of shame that I saw in their high heels

dude if you can't see the road markings just imagine the markings there. high heels and stuff got to hand it to the ladies. tough as ice. lol i couldn't even manage to make a snowman. i fell into my little pond i made a while back and am recovering now in the hot boiler. i can see how and why people crave snow. it makes the surroundings of where you are so different and deadly. looks great but it's seriously dangerous on the roads big time so take care dudes.

temp at the moment in dublin airport is -1

Cold Spell Discussion [Snow showers hitting east from 4pm] ( New Years Eve 2009 )

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