Snow Reports/ Chat - Potential Blizzards & Heavy Snow - 29/11/2010

highdef

More lightning to my north! Just missing most of the precip

Heyes

What's the story for south Dublin is there anymore on the way ?

flanzer

highdef wrote: »

So did you wake up with some sort of 10 inches???

But got out of bed and it became 6 ish.

irelandspurs

Jingle bells,jingle bells jingle all the way

maquiladora

Inbox wrote: »

Yeah my dad said lots of snow forecast and I said to him, ah they're always wrong. And they are, I think after hurricane Charlie they just cover themselves.

They made it very clear on the nine news forecast that up to ten inches would only happen in mountain areas in the east.

highdef

flanzer wrote: »

But got out of bed and it became 6 ish.

lol - You're a gifted man! Another flash of lightning to my north two minutes ago. I think it;s about to settle down, however, going by the radar

irelandspurs

flanzer wrote: »

But got out of bed and it became 6 ish.

I'd put it away,the lightning might hit it

pokerface_me

flanzer wrote: »

The airport is open. A plane just took off there around 10 minutes ago

Im sure it is, they are watching the situation, some mention of lighting striking the runway and slush and ice on runways. Its amazing how 1 part of the city gets a lashing and the other misses out althoughter. It snowed solid for 5 hours here, stopped bout 530 and just started in the last 15mins or so again. 3 cars in tips on the hill outside my door already, and as far as i can make out nothing is making it up Kiltipper hill.t

thegame

careful on these roads..

Very poor conditions on Rathgar Rd and throughout Rathmines. Particularly dangerous along Grand Canal between Harolds Cross Rd to Grove Rd.

irelandspurs

Have to collect the mother in law at 9 to bring her to our house for the day,think its far to dangerous for me to risk my life to collect her.

Irish Steve

pokerface_me wrote: »

the Airport is having a check a 7am, runways are packed with slush and have had some trouble with lightening.

If the airport is closed, it's because they didn't do the work overnight. I was there at 05:30 dropping a friend off for an early flight, one of the transatlantic 330's got in, and what precip was coming down around that time was very wet, and not much of it. The road cover was very light and very wet underneath.

I passed the snow base and there didn't seem to be much activity at all, given that they were due to start serious operations in just over an hour, I would have expected to see some activity at that stage, but most of the snow clearing equipment seemed to be parked up still.

There were problems with lightning cells around midnight for the late arrival flights, and I would expect a few issues this morning as well, there were certainly a few good flashes around, and the cloud generating the lighning is low level, so harder to avoid for arriving and departing aircraft.

ibarelycare

The chances of having a snow day are looking slim to none Damn I regret not going back to sleep an hour ago now!

Inbox

maquiladora wrote: »

They made it very clear on the nine news forecast that up to ten inches would only happen in mountain areas in the east.

I think it was the 6 o'clock weather, then they backtracked significantly. 3 hours in between the broadcasts and the picture from them changed alot. Dan them to hell

Mr.Crinklewood

irelandspurs wrote: »

I'd put it away,the lightning might hit it

I will find a hiding place for it. Xx

yogidc26

does anyone know what Bray is like for snow have to try and get in to work

Inbox

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

I will find a hiding place for it. Xx

Leave it out lads

irish1967

Well no snow made it to the NW coast

whitemocha

well i have 2 very happy campers her 7 and 4 delighted to wake up to loads of snow:D but the wind chill out there is unreal

vibe666

here's a pic from outside my bedroom window about 30 minutes ago.



not exactly 10-12 inches, but it's bad enough. won't be going far today unless it's on a rescue mission.

weather reports just now on RTE are telling everyone to stay at home unless its an essential journey.

pokerface_me

Make that 4 crashes and a Dublin bus stuck half way up killinarden hill with his arse of the bus sticking across the road. The number 50 bus. Still snowing here nice and steady, feel sorry for anyone who has to go out and drive in that.

Welsh Wizard

Where is all the snow????
Met eireann got it wrong again... Perhaps they could step in and run the country instead..... Muppets...!

Figuramatyi

HEAVY Snow in Galway, best morning surprise EVER!!

We're damn lucky!!! Hit by this single band: http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

Watch it yerself:
http://www.galway.net/about/webcam/

fizzlepurplefuz

Ah man its raining now, gawd damn it, i want snow not rain! :(

whitemocha

Welsh Wizard wrote: »

Where is all the snow????
Met eireann got it wrong again... Perhaps they could step in and run the country instead..... Muppets...!

well they didnt get it wrong where i am loads of snow here

kingshankly

woke up here in Louth expecting my 8 inches of snow instead I find the snow we had almost gone. now there's something not right here met eireann are so consistent when it comes to getting it wrong

snaps

By the looks of that band tracking towards the west, Galway will be in for a lot of snow this morning.

Garseys

Around 3-4 inches of snow here, Wind is picking up aswell. Not safe at all!

paulocon

Also in Louth. Stuck my nose out the back door and I think there might be a bit of a thaw on.

Isn't that consistent with what some of the guys on here predicted with it getting colder again from this afternoon on?

opr

Lots of streamers forming in the sea on the latest radar.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/

Opr

delta_bravo

Getting a lot of hailstones here for the last half hour in templeogue, south Dublin. Wind has picked up a good bit now