Cold Spell & Snowfall Discussion Tuesday/Wednesday (5/6 January 2010)

Dickerty

Heavy fluffy stuff in Dublin CC, not really sticking here the way the hail did. But I would say the suburbs are savage...

Min

thetonynator wrote: »

One serious disadvantage to all this snow is that some very thirsty cattle have to have hundreds of buckets of water hauled to them every day for the last 3 weeks, i'm sick of it!!!

Cold hands too I bet, the cattle here kept the water coming, lower down than the house and a good few would be drinking, there is even ice in outdoor buildings where there is water.

I thank the cattle as the water to house got frozen on Saturday but it was a short pipe to defrost, also turned a heater on under the access to the attic in case it was up there, then when I had given up hope and felt I had wasted hours for no result, it came.

We still have some water problems elsewhere but it is manageable at present, I know what you are going through.

Ronan|Raven

Let it stay in Dublin and the East, the West doesn't want anymore of this **** weather

mrsmaths

Very heavy snowfall right now in Dublin 4 says hubby. None so far here in Ashbourne

ffarrell

InKonspikuou2 wrote: »

Moderate enough snow in north of Finglas for past 15 minutes. Looks like hail or sleet failing now. A bit breezy now too. Far from a fecking blizzard. Some people are sensationalists.

Blizzard here in Dublin 15...a couple of centimetres already..come and see.:D:D:D:D

Dublin_Gunner

Ronan|Raven wrote: »

Let it stay in Dublin and the East, the West doesn't want anymore of this **** weather

Blasphemy.

Supercell

Wow, getting very dark and +SN just started again

Min

Some snow would act as insulation for the ground and for pipes if we are to get to -10C tonight.

ibarelycare

ffarrell wrote: »

Blizzard here in Dublin 15...a couple of centimetres already..come and see.:D:D:D:D

Slowed down a bit in Blanchardstown but still snowing steadily. Flakes seem smaller though.

wushu

Wickow town was a complete white out last night woke this am and not much snow just a lot of slush.. I suspect the wind blowing off the irish sea did it :rolleyes: but just had 30 mins heavy snow shower and white here again was talking with my dad a while ago he said something about sky news saying there is a possibility the east/south coast of Ireland could have a lot of snow on sunday??

Trogdor

jenzz wrote: »

Bucketing down again SC - plenty more on its way to you.

Trog did it rain much last night ? There was a lot less this am ( roads still solid though) but that last few showers topped me up again.. Anyone know what roads around Bray are like ? ( in the town)

I dunno Jennz, roadsa were clear again in the estate this morning here but have been topped up a bit now, main street usually stays clear even in snow but apart from that i don't actually know..

houseoffun14

snow falling in Drogheda

ninebeanrows

The streamer which got to my west for some reason is heading west,

while the big stremear is heading SW.

Madness this.

Hells Belle

starting to cloud over here in Waterford too on one side, the other has beautiful blue sunny sky though...:mad: I've seen 3 flakes in total, and they were mixed with rain so I was only kidding myself it was snow. Im very jealous!!

jenzz

Anyone know where you can find out what schools are open tomo.. Our schools are on a road ( just for school traffic) so would say as lethal as outside my house as no traffic on it. Its not the snow keeping them closed its the ice & the potential for accidents on the way to them

2qk4u

PauloMN wrote: »

:mad: Argh!!!! Like a summer's day here in Trim, except for the freezing cold of course!

Same in Navan...:(

francosp

Eased off now in the City !

BraziliaNZ

looks like it stopping in Dublin CC, now i can go out and get lunch yay

Min

Rain today app on phone gives 85% chance of precipitation for today for Kilkenny.
Hope it gives hope to those nearby who are living in hope.

lucernarian

I'm sure Weathercheck will get some snow. The Met Eireann 3hr forecast currently has the higest intensity snowfall over where he lives! (for 1400hrs, 6th Jan)

http://www.met.ie/weathermaps/3hr-rain.gif

LookingFor

I do not think the volume of snow was THAT big in D15 in this shower. If you look at rooves, I think you get a better idea of how much has fallen, and on rooves that previously had nothing, now there's a light covering, but not a total one.

So I don't think we can talk about cms of snow from that (Unless someone is actually measuring this properly!) I think it looks like more than it actually is when it's bouncing around in the air...

(As I type it's starting to peter out)

edit - (oh wait, it's got heavier again)

Hells Belle

jenzz wrote: »

Anyone know where you can find out what schools are open tomo.. Our schools are on a road ( just for school traffic) so would say as lethal as outside my house as no traffic on it. Its not the snow keeping them closed its the ice & the potential for accidents on the way to them

It was on the news last night that its up to the school to decide - give them a ring, there are usually admin staff in a day or so before the kids, also local radio might have an update.

jambofc

PauloMN wrote: »

:mad: Argh!!!! Like a summer's day here in Trim, except for the freezing cold of course!

have the can's in the fridge and the barby on,come on over for some
look NE cloud's building,c'mon pleaze just a few cm,hope fadeing but im not giveing up just yet :rolleyes:

gonzo you must be seeing something near you by now??????

Slaanesh

Bucketing here in blanch.

Nehaxak

Lashing rain here in Ballymun, all the snow has melted

I might be lieing

Redsunset

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Impressive.


Please god let me get buried in it

Trogdor

VERY dark and very snowy here, visiblity right down. Don't think it's stick unfortunately but my god is it coming down! 1.9C/0.2C

ninebeanrows

To_be_confirmed wrote: »

I'm sure Weathercheck will get some snow. The Met Eireann 3hr forecast currently has the higest intensity snowfall over where he lives! (for 1400hrs, 6th Jan)

http://www.met.ie/weathermaps/3hr-rain.gif

Funny isn't it! And i got nothing but some light sleet/snow for 20 mins that just melted the bitta snow on the ground :eek:

W23

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More dark clouds heading this way (UCD)

joes girls

snowing heavy in wexford town:)