The Big Freeze ( Saturday 9th January 2010 )

Leeside

noah45 wrote: »

We have no snow what so ever in athlone during this cold snap. I'd love some.
What are the chances for snow today?

Hopefully on its way

Take a look at this forecast for 1pm. Not sure if Athlone is under that blue blob or not. Geography not my strong point.:)

http://www.met.ie/forecasts/3hour.asp

Tiriel

Sky is bright here again in UCD - think the snow is taking a nap for a while.

kleefarr

Kilkenny City outskirts...

Temperature: -6.3 °C
Dew Point: -6.6 °C

Woke to a fresh covering of snow. Not much, but enough to cover the tracks from the day before. Is still snowing, but ranging from very light to medium but steadily falling.
Temperature reached a low of -11.1, which is .3 of a degree lower than last night.
The mains water and all taps on the border of the house have frozen. Only the ensuite in the middle of the house is working. Guess that small difference in temp has made a difference. Although we checked with one of the neighbours and they have water.

jambofc

DOCARCH wrote: »

Snow stopped here. 4.5cms of fresh snow.

wow
bout 0.5cm fallen here

WolfeIRE

snow ghost wrote: »

any really big snow fall I have seen in these islands has mostly come unnanounced.

100 pc agree snow ghost. I will take marginal conditions for snow anytime when there is an intense system moving in. Intensity will override marginal conditions to produce snow very often.

I reckon the SW will see the biggest dumping tomorrow night.

Lumi

5.9c here and freezing fog has coated every surface with ice crystals http://www.flickr.com/photos/46389380@N04/4258436021/

smashey

Snowing here now in Strabane

gizzo123

Have to travel from Kerry to Donegal for exams (by car)

Thinking of going today - what do you think? Worried bout
road conditons and safety - would you do it?

I do not know if the exams will be postponed and I do not
want to miss them - any advice on journey?

Gizzo:(

Deep Easterly

snaps wrote: »

Clouds now moving over me, they look very dark as well? Will we see any snow you think? Reckon there is a chance the west may see some? Still -6.8c here, but expecting that to rise now the clouds arriving!

Clouds are not so dark here with plenty of breaks, just the usual lower mid level Sc's. One or 2 small fall streaks though which do look quite stunning over the frozen landscape. Always a chance a flurry or 2 will drift over as far as here but well scattered, if at all, I reckon.

MilanPan!c

Seems to me the only accurate predictions for snow have come about 5-6 hours before the event.

Starting to believe long-range forcasting for specific parts of the country is at best highly unreliable best guesses.

Won't stop me from living in these threads until spring though.

Bishop_Donal

Any idea when we will get next forecast from MT? I'm just terrified of that word sleet.

jambofc

temp's riseing rapidly along the fringe's of the east coast :eek:
3c in some place's.

SpitfireIV

Woohoo! Topup! Everywhere looking fresh and clean again, about another inch or so has fallen!

joes girls

ok it has snowed down here in wexford town ........ cant say when, only out of bed!

smashey

gizzo123 wrote: »

Have to travel from Kerry to Donegal for exams (by car)

Thinking of going today - what do you think? Worried bout
road conditons and safety - would you do it?

I do not know if the exams will be postponed and I do not
want to miss them - any advice on journey?

Gizzo:(

It looks as if the exams are going ahead...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=63877567&postcount=2

Deep Easterly

Fionagus wrote: »

5.9c here and freezing fog has coated every surface with ice crystals http://www.flickr.com/photos/46389380@N04/4258436021/

Nice one!

Mothman

jambofc wrote: »

temp's riseing rapidly along the fringe's of the east coast :eek:
3c in some place's.

Don't mind that. I've had 3-4C everyday. The air over the Irish sea has been in the 3-6C range and this gets blown by the easterly to my site which is 1 mile inland. Places further inland don't get, or at least see far less moderating of temperatures by the Irish Sea

gerrymadden1

-11 in Limerick earlier this morning... never seen temps so low...

back to -8 at the minute but everywhere seems to be dry & crisp.

Lucky we haven't had any snow so far!

MagicMarker

gizzo123 wrote: »

Have to travel from Kerry to Donegal for exams (by car)

Thinking of going today - what do you think? Worried bout
road conditons and safety - would you do it?

I do not know if the exams will be postponed and I do not
want to miss them - any advice on journey?

Gizzo:(

I'd call first at least.

dfbemt

Things are starting to melt here.

Snow that was on side windows of car is gone.

Thaw on

Chicken Run

-12C overnight here - risen now to -8C, mostly clear skies still, no water and no gas... dug out old electric kettle for emergency cup of tea, now about to try and thaw the gas bottle and lag it...

knoximus

-4.0c in kk. light snow.

Tom Cruises Left Nut

Starting to get heavier here now.

Was very very light for the past 40 minutes or so

Do-more

Just starting to snow here in Mullingar, very very light though....

mickger

Bishop_Donal wrote: »

Any idea when we will get next forecast from MT? I'm just terrified of that word sleet.

Check out the forecasts section. He posted his forecast early this morning. Just to warn you sleet is mentioned and even rain :eek:

just a little over 5cms top up here-twas very light for the last while and has just stopped.
It's very very dry snow as I've been brushing it off the grit in the yard for the last while and cursing every new flake that comes down sorrrreeeeee flakes..didn't mean it but stay off the grit please

Mothman

dfbemt wrote: »

Things are starting to melt here.

Snow that was on side windows of car is gone.

Thaw on

There'll be very little thaw on ground, but yes once temperatures rise above zero, a thaw will occur on plants and other surfacesabove the ground and in the sun.

prettyboy81

Heavy snow in North Dublin, covering alot of the roads...

There are 2 JCB's on the M50 clearing the lanes of snow

GinaH

Started here again in Kilkenny/Tipp border. Jesus, the poor outdoor animals, not just the cattle and abandoned horses, but there are dogs living outdoors all over this country.

Pete M.

gerrymadden1 wrote: »

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Lucky we haven't had any snow so far!

WTF :eek:

Dude, don't you know that round these here parts that'd be considered a verynegative statement.

Those Dubs have all the luck. Bring it on, looking forward to drifting snow, but know I'm not going to get it