Big Freeze Discussion / Heavy snow & Blizzards continue - 01/12/2010

Supercell · 01-12-2010 9:08pm

Just short heavy showers here, seems to pile up against itself when it hits land, inland if it makes sense. Toasty warm fire though here so its grand

01-12-2010 9:08pm

I too have Boards overload, and humbly beg, is it supposed to snow for the whole night? or is there a break later?

Sorry, but it IS hard to keep up.

Edit

Just finally got thru to the radar site

LID · 01-12-2010 9:09pm

steveLFC24 wrote: »

Holy ****, hail the size of skittles coming down in D12, it actually hurts standing in it :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

I know...my living room rug is covered with them after they came down the fireplace bouncing out...:)

ragg · 01-12-2010 9:09pm

Shane O' Malley wrote: »

Looks like the north side of dublin will be getting the snow for the next hour or so.

we're missing everything at the minute. no thunder no snow no nothing

percy100 · 01-12-2010 9:09pm

soccerc wrote: »

Since it started snowing all my missus has done is look through the window.......

If it gets any worse I suppose I'll have to let her in.

I'd say youre great craic at parties:p

serious amount of coverage in firhouse now

steveLFC24 · 01-12-2010 9:11pm

LID wrote: »

I know...my living room rug is covered with them after they came down the fireplace bouncing out...:)

I'm in the attic at the moment, sounded like the velux was getting pummeled with stones :eek: went outside and ended up running back in like scared little kid

squonk · 01-12-2010 9:12pm

Massive hail shower in Malahide right now. Feels like the world sending with the lightening in town thrown In too!

del88 · 01-12-2010 9:12pm

ragg wrote: »

we're missing everything at the minute. no thunder no snow no nothing

Coming down nicely in donaghmede..:D

Mmmuffin · 01-12-2010 9:12pm

That thunder and lightening actually freaked me out slightly!

This is a photo I took looking over the M50 before I almost got frozen to death.

dancingqueen · 01-12-2010 9:13pm

Woiooo little hail flying down now.. aky seems fogged up. pray it stays going

Ricky91t · 01-12-2010 9:13pm

Anyone know if there was lightning in Cork city at around 7:30 this evening?

Any more snow for Cork?

Diddler1977 · 01-12-2010 9:13pm

Is there a temp. rise? The snow on my car is thawing.

D15

Shane O' Malley · 01-12-2010 9:14pm

del88 wrote: »

Coming down nicely in donaghmede..:D

The main southern streamer that was hitting the southside today seems to have shifted north. Some big snow showers moving into cc and northside

Yellowledbetter · 01-12-2010 9:14pm

Gorey still getting it too

Wibbler · 01-12-2010 9:14pm

ragg wrote: »

we're missing everything at the minute. no thunder no snow no nothing

Annoying, isn't it? According to the radar we should be seeing something. I'm in Swords and there's just a few flakes every now and again. Those showers are flirting with us - I hope they 'put out' later.

meemeep · 01-12-2010 9:15pm

soccerc wrote: »

Since it started snowing all my missus has done is look through the window.......

If it gets any worse I suppose I'll have to let her in.

Love it - hate to be your missus though:)

matc66 · 01-12-2010 9:15pm

ragg wrote: »

we're missing everything at the minute. no thunder no snow no nothing

I've had thunder and lightning in D7 for the last hour, only bits and pieces of snow/graupel though.

lucy2010 · 01-12-2010 9:15pm

Calibos wrote: »

I am embaressed to admit this but I have a major case of 'sour grapes' goin on atm.
On the East Coasts biggest snow day in 23 years Bray Seafront area accumulated 1 inch of hail/ Graupel combo in a half hour shower at 10am. The resulting slush has 'soaked' up what little 2-3 minute showers of hail and graupel we got on and off the rest of the day. ie. Our slush got bulked up. We have had about 30 minutes total in showers today whereas Greystones on the other side of Bray head about 2 miles away has had 30 minutes without falling snow today. Bray has been under a gap in Cloud Streams all day long.

What we have is enough to be massively inconvenient to people but not enough to be worth a play in nor is it aesthetically pleasing to look at.

If this is all Bray can hope for for the rest of this cold period then I would prefer it were gone.

PS. I recognise that as an adult this level of sour grapes and frustration and resultant bad mood and snappyness all because I didn't get the types or amounts of snow I wanted is symptomatic of addiction and I will soon be seeking professional help.

Calibos - where are you in Bray... seriously the town is a write off, the gardai issued an avoid bray alert earlier, half the streets in the town were impassible, roads snow packed solid & horrendous snow all day long.. If you are looking for snow to fall literly on the sea front i cant see it happening but 2 min up the road there is tons & tons

sdanseo · 01-12-2010 9:16pm

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs617.ash2/156903_463135324505_567939505_5799409_6441276_n.jpg

We've been getting graupel all day. No snow. Bah humbug.

ragg · 01-12-2010 9:17pm

Wibbler wrote: »

Annoying, isn't it? According to the radar we should be seeing something. I'm in Swords and there's just a few flakes every now and again. Those showers are flirting with us - I hope they 'put out' later.

it's like a summers evening here in Lusk :rolleyes:

pistolpetes11 · 01-12-2010 9:17pm

Still bucketing down in Newbridge

Temp -2.7
DP -4.1

Monkaa · 01-12-2010 9:18pm

Yellowledbetter wrote: »

Gorey still getting it too

and carrickmines...we just got battered there for a while but only saw one round of lightening and thunder...skys are clearing now

any more due tonight?

LID · 01-12-2010 9:18pm

steveLFC24 wrote: »

I'm in the attic at the moment, sounded like the velux was getting pummeled with stones :eek: went outside and ended up running back in like scared little kid

Were you hiding up in the attic??!!