The Big Freeze ( Saturday 9th January 2010 )

Mental Mickey

thetonynator wrote: »

Eagle says prolonged snow, 10cm:D

Crikey.............I love his forecasts. He sounds like he's on a fine line between being a bit nutty and excited......

Alicat

Felixdhc wrote: »

Big time... lets remain optimistic though! Failing that, get drunk or something tomorrow when there is rain falling and sneachta everywhere else!

Sounds like a good idea!!

kleefarr

Kilkenny City outskirts...

Temperature: -4.3 °C
Dew Point: -4.6 °C

It has just, and I mean just, started snowing. But only a few flakes every few seconds.
Will it get any heavier I wonder.

thetonynator

pvt.joker wrote: »

.....Eagle ...???

John Eagleton, ME meteoroligist ( which i can't spell!!!)

paulhac

The Eagle...John Eagleton from Met E on rte news just now

InKonspikuou2

Looking at the pictures from around Ireland in the snow and ice and it truely is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. And i've been to over 100 countries so i've a lot of comparisons. Colombia is also beautiful. The landscape really compliments this kind of weather back in Ireland. But i could say the same for the lucky few days we get in summer when the sky is clear and the sun is shining.

Supercell

Probably everywhere will see some snow where there is precipitation initially. Whether it remains that and for how long is the question. The further from the coast and the higher up is the longer. It will be a nowcast, nobody knows the answer to how long yet.
I expect most of Dublin/Wicklow/Wexford to have snow to sleet to rain eventually within maybe 5km of the sea. But thats just a personal guess.

MilanPan!c

Rougies wrote: »

Lol, that's a different type of site altogether

I've literally been typing that for weeks and you're the first to notice...

your prize is snow!

irish1967

The Ode of the Weather Thread

All around this great white Isle
From Mizen to Malin Head
All eyes are glued and watching
This fantastic weather thread

The experts come to say their bit
They come here in their dozens
No one knows who they really are
They could be your first cousins

Up north there's guys like Owen C
In Coleraine he is snow bound
If he's not here we should not fear
In 3 foot of snow he's found

A girl in cork we all know well
Has waited in dismay
To see a flake of fluffy white
Upon the Lee banks lay

Then the guy from Shannon's banks
Who asked so many times
Will it snow in Limerick
Now all he does is mimes

This thread's the place to come and watch
Its where all the info's at
From snow to sleet and rain and wind
Even the news guys HAT !

We know he comes we know he reads
We know hes more than regal
We seek him here we seek him there
Of course he's called the Eagle.

You laugh you cry you grit your teeth
You pray for snow all day
Through be careful when you grit you teeth
The council just might take it away

Now Villain in the Carlow lands
He's the lowest of the low
At minus seventeen point seven
On the Gerry Ryan Show

You can talk about your postman
And about John Eagleton
But we all know that this weather thread
Is where the real business is done

miseagustusa

Felixdhc wrote: »

Its times like this that I hate being part of the eastern coastal fringe!

exactly

MilanPan!c

irish1967 wrote: »

The Ode of the Weather Thread

All around this great white Isle
From Mizen to Malin Head
All eyes are glued and watching
This fantastic weather thread

The experts come to say their bit
They come here in their dozens
No one knows who they really are
They could be your first cousins

Up north there's guys like Owen C
In Coleraine he is snow bound
If he's not here we should not fear
In 3 foot of snow he's found

A girl in cork we all know well
Has waited in dismay
To see a flake of fluffy white
Upon the Lee banks lay

Then the guy from Shannon's banks
Who asked so many times
Will it snow in Limerick
Now all he does is mimes

This thread's the place to come and watch
Its where all the info's at
From snow to sleet and rain and wind
Even the news guys HAT !

We know he comes we know he reads
We know hes more than regal
We seek him here we seek him there
Of course he's called the Eagle.

You laugh you cry you grit your teeth
You pray for snow all day
Through be careful when you grit you teeth
The council just might take it away

Now Villain in the Carlow lands
He's the lowest of the low
At minus seventeen point seven
On the Gerry Ryan Show

You can talk about your postman
And about John Eagleton
But we all know that this weather thread
Is where the real business is done

nice wan

miseagustusa

[quote=
I expect most of Dublin/Wicklow/Wexford to have snow to sleet to rain eventually within maybe 5km of the sea. But thats just a personal guess.[/quote]


can you would change that to 5meters please:p

glossy

Felixdhc wrote: »

From what I have read here before I think about 5 miles or so.

often wonder myself, thanks

Figuramatyi

irish1967 wrote: »

The Ode of the Weather Thread

All around this great white Isle
From Mizen to Malin Head
All eyes are glued and watching
This fantastic weather thread

The experts come to say their bit
They come here in their dozens
No one knows who they really are
They could be your first cousins

Up north there's guys like Owen C
In Coleraine he is snow bound
If he's not here we should not fear
In 3 foot of snow he's found

A girl in cork we all know well
Has waited in dismay
To see a flake of fluffy white
Upon the Lee banks lay

Then the guy from Shannon's banks
Who asked so many times
Will it snow in Limerick
Now all he does is mimes

This thread's the place to come and watch
Its where all the info's at
From snow to sleet and rain and wind
Even the news guys HAT !

We know he comes we know he reads
We know hes more than regal
We seek him here we seek him there
Of course he's called the Eagle.

You laugh you cry you grit your teeth
You pray for snow all day
Through be careful when you grit you teeth
The council just might take it away

Now Villain in the Carlow lands
He's the lowest of the low
At minus seventeen point seven
On the Gerry Ryan Show

You can talk about your postman
And about John Eagleton
But we all know that this weather thread
Is where the real business is done

Bravo, just bravo

alo1587

If we dont get the amount of snow like they've forecast down here,i'm gonna go up to met eireann and kick the eagle up the hole with a frosted boot

InKonspikuou2

I don't think the likes of Finglas or Blanch are coastal fringes. Finglas is about 8 miles or so from the coast and whenever there seems to be snow in Dublin it falls as snow there.

thetonynator

irish1967 wrote: »

The Ode of the Weather Thread

Brilliant:D

scotchy

Still nothing in Blackrock (just been outside).

Am getting very excited by the radar pics over the Irish sea, can only be a matter of time.

.

miseagustusa

alo1587 wrote: »

If we dont get the amount of snow like they've forecast down here,i'm gonna go up to met eireann and kick the eagle up the hole with a frosted boot

call for me on your way up:p

Mental Mickey

irish1967 wrote: »

The Ode of the Weather Thread

All around this great white Isle
From Mizen to Malin Head
All eyes are glued and watching
This fantastic weather thread

The experts come to say their bit
They come here in their dozens
No one knows who they really are
They could be your first cousins

Up north there's guys like Owen C
In Coleraine he is snow bound
If he's not here we should not fear
In 3 foot of snow he's found

A girl in cork we all know well
Has waited in dismay
To see a flake of fluffy white
Upon the Lee banks lay

Then the guy from Shannon's banks
Who asked so many times
Will it snow in Limerick
Now all he does is mimes

This thread's the place to come and watch
Its where all the info's at
From snow to sleet and rain and wind
Even the news guys HAT !

We know he comes we know he reads
We know hes more than regal
We seek him here we seek him there
Of course he's called the Eagle.

You laugh you cry you grit your teeth
You pray for snow all day
Through be careful when you grit you teeth
The council just might take it away

Now Villain in the Carlow lands
He's the lowest of the low
At minus seventeen point seven
On the Gerry Ryan Show

You can talk about your postman
And about John Eagleton
But we all know that this weather thread
Is where the real business is done

Reminds me of an old guy who I used to work with. He loved his poems/limericks.

glossy

InKonspikuou2 wrote: »

I don't think the likes of Finglas or Blanch are coastal fringes. Finglas is about 8 miles or so from the coast and whenever there seems to be snow in Dublin it falls as snow there.

phew

Rougies

scotchy wrote: »

Still nothing in Blackrock (just been outside).

Am getting very excited by the radar pics over the Irish sea, can only be a matter of time.

.

If anyone in Dublin doesn't get snow in the next couple of hours, they will be be extremely unlucky

Alicat

My bro said small flakes of snow on one side of Malahide. Nothing here though Only a mile away!

Cantonesque

Nothing in Lucan either... Seem to be breaking up towards land

Bandit12

The coast is going to get plastered

wicklowdub

Its definetly snowing in Dublin city centre - I can see the streams falling against the glow of street lights, seems to be south of the river.

owenc

jenzz wrote: »

No Owen already got the Metre... or was that 3 ??:D

I am serious there is like 2-3 foot of snow up there now in the coleraine mountain (benevenagh) look it up to prove im not lying. the road has been closed 3 times this week......... and the snow is that deep that the small conifiourous trees or whatever type they are nearly covered in snow and the back roads are totally covered in snow....... someone near there in antrim should prove this....... snow is quarter way up the hedge aswell.....

Fyr.Fytr

Snow just started in Swords

roryc1

no sign of snow yet in Ballinteer (Dublin 16) - is anyone in Dublin seeing any snow at the moment? According to the radar we should be

aidan_mc

Snowing on Bray Beach at 18:25

Gonzo

think im gonna miss that huge blob of snow heading for Dublin.

francosp

Radar suggests we should get a bit of a pasting shortly

Mental Mickey

wicklowdub wrote: »

Its definetly snowing in Dublin city centre - I can see the streams falling against the glow of street lights, seems to be south of the river.

will probably get some where I am then???

Alicat

Fyr.Fytr wrote: »

Snow just started in Swords

*cries from frustration*


EDIT: NOOO! Wait! I see snoooooooooooooowww!! \o/

Elliee

Bandit12 wrote: »

The coast is going to get plastered

Hope your right!!

miseagustusa

Bandit12 wrote: »

The coast is going to get plastered

you've just made my year:P

Pangea

Been snowing lightly here in donegal the past hour or 2

demakinz

3 bags of coal 10 bales of bricketts..bring on the snow..most enjoyable tread iv read in a long time.deep down were all just big kids.fair play to all the guys in the know.great forecasts and great fun waiting for the BIG snow.

je55ie

got a few flakes of snow in kerry

irish1967

OK.. its RTE weather time... everyone take a breather !!

Scubadevils

Little fluffy bits blowing around in the wind outside... good stuff!

scotchy

Just started in Blackrock:D

Rougies

Supercell, have you sent in any of your pics to RTE yet? I wanna see them after the news.

fintonie

top stuff irish1967

jenzz

heavy shower now

F,Stop - your up next ..

thetonynator

Thank you Eagle!!!:D:D:D

Ginny

Yup Snowing in northwest Swords, light enough, but clouds look weird.

Bandit12

roryc1 wrote: »

no sign of snow yet in Ballinteer (Dublin 16) - is anyone in Dublin seeing any snow at the moment? According to the radar we should be

Snowing lightly here in Goatstown so should be with you soon.:)

Supercell

Rougies wrote: »

Supercell, have you sent in any of your pics to RTE yet? I wanna see them after the news.

Jaysus no, everytime I look in the photography forum I run away scared like a baby, I really doubt they would show them.

Grim.

couple of light showers of snow in ashford nothing much though