The Freeze bites back -6th December onwards (All discussion here please)

cherryghost

darkman2 wrote: »

Outbreaks of sleet and snow for a while yet. Maybe till 10 or 11pm. Very icy but should be dry rest of the night.

It'a been raining the last 2 hours.

ffarrell7

cherryghost wrote: »

It'a been raining the last 2 hours.

If it is snowing in Drogheda then it should snow in Dublin. Drogeda is usually a bit milder.:D

youngblood

pelting snow now in Mullingar,
V heavy

greenpeter

Gonzo wrote: »

had light rain about an hour ago but nothing since

Still going strong here,
any where i clearded is white

Harps

Love the fact the weather beats tomorrows budget as the top story on RTE

lucernarian

ffarrell7 wrote: »

If it is snowing in Drogheda then it should snow in Dublin. Drogeda is usually a bit milder.:D

Nonsense. Drogheda tends to be a bit colder than Dublin, and even more so outside Drogheda. The NRA weather stations alone would tell you that much! This seems to be climatologically true also, as leaf fall in the Drogheda area happens a week or so earlier in my experience. Dublin has a heat island effect associated for pretty much all the area within or near the M50.

Drogheda also seems to get more snow than Dublin, except perhaps for Dublin 14/16 as you draw closer to the Dublin mountains. It's been like this for me in the past 4 or 5 years.

sunbabe08

Harps wrote: »

Love the fact the weather beats tomorrows budget as the top story on RTE

loving it as well, although i expect that wont last

Scubadevils

Light rain in Lusk!

ffarrell7

ffarrell7 wrote: »

If it is snowing in Drogheda then it should snow in Dublin. Drogeda is usually a bit milder.:D

Drogheda gets significantly less snow than Dublin and is generally milder - check with Met Eireann.

dirtyghettokid

Scubadevils wrote: »

Light rain in Lusk!

are you right in the village? i'm at the edge of lusk and nothing at all here yet

Scubadevils

dirtyghettokid wrote: »

are you right in the village? i'm at the edge of lusk and nothing at all here yet

No on the Ministers Walk side - very light, had to leave my hand out the window for a good bit till I could confirm

sunbabe08

some sort of precipitation is coming into north cork at the moment. any one from north cork?

Irish Steve

Temperature here is -0.2 at the moment, a few large lonely flakes falling a few minutes ago as I was travelling back home from Kilbride, but it stopped as I came into Ashbourne. Hard to call it right now, the air temperature is low enough, but I can't tell what the upper air is like.

The minor roads are worse now than they've been for several days, due to slight thawing during the day, which is now freezing again, so a layer of ice on top of compacted snow.

The main and secondary roads have become reasonable, but even a light fall of snow will be problematic if it happens, as there's a strong chance the first flakes will freeze into ice as they hit the road.

Care is needed on some of the secondary roads where they've been ploughed, as the plough can't take 2 swipes at it, so the cleared area is not 2 vehicles wide, and there are piles of hard snow either side of the track that has been cleared, and you need a tank to be able to hit them without doing damage.

(offtopic) I'd have liked a chieftain tank with a BIG gun on the front to clear the road of people who really should have stayed at home over the weekend. The number of people that really need to read up on how to drive in these conditions BEFORE getting into the car is incredible (/offtopic)

Estate roads are still very difficult. Lot of packed snow, very rutted, and a lot of vehicles very badly parked, making it hard for the people that can still get in and out to do so safely.

News is giving no indication of an early improvement, either a thaw or fresh snow to settle things down:D

Steve.

darkman2

Scubadevils wrote: »

No on the Ministers Walk side - very light, had to leave my hand out the window for a good bit till I could confirm

The neighbours must think you are a nut:eek:

Heyes

What is the weather for Dublin ? We havent had any snow now in about 2 days. Will we get anymore this week ? and not just a small falling ?

jimmynokia

Scubadevils wrote: »

No on the Ministers Walk side - very light, had to leave my hand out the window for a good bit till I could confirm

the snow is beltin down in cavan now:D

noah45

Still nothing in my end of Athlone-south Roscommon, in fact still thawing:(

Scubadevils

darkman2 wrote: »

The neighbours must think you are a nut:eek:

Yeah its an attic window, often see people from houses behind looking up bewildered at me! The aul head/hand out the window weather station :pac:

force eleven

Sleet now here, but it's unlikely to turn to snow for long enough to settle, too slushy and wet.

Poly

Heavy snow in Trim now.

channaigh

whaT time will it hit kilkenny anyone care to guess

Ghost Train

Just read this report of snow in blanchardstown on m50
http://www.aaireland.ie/AA/AA-Roadwatch/Story.aspx?id=92304

Ihavenoname

Really heavy in navan now! Lots sticking

anoble66

rain and temp increasing to 1.2 in Killaloe

RazorT

Heavy wet snow here for last hour. About 3-4cm. Turned to sleet for a while but big flakes for the last while. Roads will be fun in the morning! :rolleyes:

dirtyghettokid

light snow just started falling up here! (near tooman lusk)

DominoDub

Top Tip !!!

Thanks to load of old IBM Server Screws on the soles of my boots I was like a mountain goat on my walk home tonight

lucernarian

Remaining solidly snow here, but the bit of height must be making the difference. About 4-5 centimetres of fresh snow currently.

glossy

Ghost Train wrote: »

Just read this report of snow in blanchardstown on m50
http://www.aaireland.ie/AA/AA-Roadwatch/Story.aspx?id=92304

had to run out to do the lamp post check, yep very light though on my side of Blanch at the mo

piskins72

sleet here now