Big Freeze Discussion / Heavy snow & Blizzards continue - 02/12/2010

02-12-2010 2:31pm

Bucketing down in Lucan. I was supposed to meet someone in town today too. Im itching to get in. Stir crazy

adox · 02-12-2010 2:31pm

Another deluge here in Blanch. Hoping to get the nod to leave soon.:eek:

ytareh · 02-12-2010 2:31pm

Light snow in Leixlip has been on and off all day...this doesnt look as if its going ANYWHERE!I wouldnt say any guarantees we'll be back in work for Monday ...

Cionád · 02-12-2010 2:32pm

dirtyghettokid wrote: »

rte seem to just make up stuff anyway :rolleyes:

They also said DCU reopened at noon, in fact it is closed until 10am tomorrow at the earliest!

ffarrell7 · 02-12-2010 2:32pm

Just saw the weather ..rain from outh east leinster but snow for wicklow, dublin area and 5 or 6 degrees for wexford/waterford and 2 or 3 for Dublin.
I cannot see it snowing in Waterford..it normally does not snow down there..similar to Devon/Cornwall/Brittany in Northern France.

ct5amr2ig1nfhp · 02-12-2010 2:33pm

Yep DCU closed until tomorrow at least...

"In the interests of the health and safety of our students and staff, the campus will remain closed today, Thursday 2nd December until 10.00am tomorrow, Friday 3rd December due to severe weather conditions. "

LookingFor · 02-12-2010 2:33pm

Incredible snowfall here!

The sentiment on the news seemed to be that today was better than yesterday, but not here. Snow is much more frequent and heavier today than yesterday.

Brenireland · 02-12-2010 2:34pm

so basically what RTE said was that temperatures would reach highs of 5 degrees in South west with possibility of Rain/Hail,However it will remain very cold for the majority of Ireland with heavy snow for the Midlands so no the end is not in sights.

Garseys · 02-12-2010 2:36pm

snow still falling here in tallaght, varying from heavy to light.

picture from eariler here

heyheyhey1982 · 02-12-2010 2:36pm

I'm not one for Bashing Met.ie but they have made a balls of it- they said Tuesday would be bad- it wasnt. Not much hype wednesday- it lashed snow in Dublin and most eastern parts. They cant make there mind up on tmro- They did say Rain for the east tmro- and has a ig cloud of rain over dublin- but on met.ie they have a heavy snow symbol- Between RTE and Met Eir they contradict each other. THey can predict Rain when its Raining- Snow - they havent a clue

richers86 · 02-12-2010 2:36pm

dirtyghettokid wrote: »

rte seem to just make up stuff anyway :rolleyes:

They had a report yesterday on the 1 o'clock news from Dungarvan (where I am), saying there was a blizzard here, there was nothing but blue skies.

rsom · 02-12-2010 2:37pm

Do you think this house needs more insulation in their attic

Dublin_Gunner · 02-12-2010 2:38pm

fiacha wrote: »

Throw spuds at the dish. Might knock some snow off and it'll keep you occupied.

Throw snow balls at it? Less risk of damage...(to either spuds or antenna)

Steopo · 02-12-2010 2:38pm

Finally, finally, finally the ground is white again in Donabate. Not much but it's still lightly snowing and complete cloud cover overhead so hopefully will pick up again. Change in wind direction around 12 made all the difference in getting out of the dreaded IOM shadow. Hopefully Irish Sea bubbles up a bit more for the afternoon

Heroditas · 02-12-2010 2:38pm

Xxhaylsxx wrote: »

Have just spent half an hour trying to get the postman off the drive. was well stuck

Set the dog on him!

premiercad · 02-12-2010 2:38pm

dublin airport closed till 17:30

mrsdewinter · 02-12-2010 2:38pm

Airport closed till 1730 (just heard on air traffic controllers feed)

wicklowdub · 02-12-2010 2:39pm

Isle of Man shadow seems to be aimed at north wicklow at the moment, not getting much out here now.

HellFireClub · 02-12-2010 2:39pm

I've never seen snow as heavy as what is falling in Lucan Village now, absolute whiteout!

ltdslipdiff · 02-12-2010 2:39pm

rsom wrote: »

Do you think this house needs more insulation in their attic

Is it South facing?

Cú Giobach · 02-12-2010 2:40pm

heyheyhey1982 wrote: »

I'm not one for Bashing Met.ie but they have made a balls of it- they said Tuesday would be bad- it wasnt. Not much hype wednesday- it lashed snow in Dublin and most eastern parts. They cant make there mind up on tmro- They did say Rain for the east tmro- and has a ig cloud of rain over dublin- but on met.ie they have a heavy snow symbol- Between RTE and Met Eir they contradict each other. THey can predict Rain when its Raining- Snow - they havent a clue

RTE gets its weather forecast from met eir.

LookingFor · 02-12-2010 2:40pm

Tapering off now.

Pic from about 5 mins ago. Hard to capture fall snow in stills, but trust me, it was heavy!

http://i.imgur.com/RMoce.jpg

rsom · 02-12-2010 2:40pm

ltdslipdiff wrote: »

Is it South facing?

No...East. Compare it to the roofs of the houses next door!

gucciali · 02-12-2010 2:41pm

coming down very very heavy in Tallaght all morning no let up and the sky is pure white. Lots more to come I'd say,we are very close to being snowed in here !

heyheyhey1982 · 02-12-2010 2:42pm

Cú Giobach wrote: »

RTE gets its weather forecast from met eir.

I know- thats what i meant- they contradict each other though they are meant to ahve the same forecast.

djhaxman · 02-12-2010 2:42pm

HellFireClub wrote: »

I've never seen snow as heavy as what is falling in Lucan Village now, absolute whiteout!

Hopefully heading this direction then!

Dubh Geannain · 02-12-2010 2:43pm

What's that bright yellow thing in the sky?

It's hurting my eyes

Simon Gruber Says · 02-12-2010 2:43pm

At the airport at the moment. It's just shower after shower of graupel. With a max of 5 minute breakes in between. Visibility is terrible, can't even see the runway from the roadside. Last couple planes taking off kicked up huge clouds of snow. Others can't find their way back to the terminal. Airport is now closed until 5:30pm with all incoming flights being diverted. Driving conditions getting steadily worse too.