Possible Return to cold next week - Potentially Severe

Steba

An inch or two of snow and Ireland goes mental!

BEASTERLY

Im not too worried about being starved of showers because the northerly is only to forecast to last a day or two and then the east will be in the firing line. Well thats what the GFS says.

BEASTERLY

Steba wrote: »

An inch or two of snow and Ireland goes mental!

Well more like 16 inches.;)

lucy2010

BEASTERLY wrote: »

Well more like 16 inches.;)

26 " in wexford

Pangea

BEASTERLY wrote: »

Im not too worried about being starved of showers because the northerly is only to forecast to last a day or two and then the east will be in the firing line. Well thats what the GFS says.

Stop saying that , its our turn up North for the big snowfall, yas have enough of it down the country :P

bmarley

roads very bad early this evening, what are they gonna be like in the morn?

Maxamber

Not sure if this is the right place to post this but just wanted to thank (big-time!) the forecasters on this forum: we're at about 300m asl east of the Wicklow Mountains and if I hadn't come across you guys three weeks ago and got organised as a result, we'd have been under a lot of pressure with animals, for fuel and so on.

We've still got 2 feet of snow in the fields, packed ice on our untreated road and it doesn't look like improving any time soon. Minus 3 as I type, so I'm paying close attention to you all (especially MT Cranium) and, again, a BIG thank you!

a4martman

Roads very dodgy for sure in midlands this morning. Freezing bigtime now so back to the long slow spin to work. Still lots of traces of snow around mullingar area today.

Riamfada

stock up on soup?

Iancar29

Ive been in work since friday, havent had much time to look at boards... i ve been havin withdrawl symptoms!

Some1 care to fill me in.... Upgrade on runs?, downgrade?... snow topia?

Well Iano, are ye sitting down...

MT said theres a greenland express coming take a read, and Im sure you'll be salivating like most of us here

dasa29

there is alot of stuff still around mullingar, the canal is still pretty frozen and a lot of footpaths and estate roads are still bad.

On friday the nra told westmeath coco to limit the amount of salt used from 35t instead of the normal 100t.

"Westmeath County Council has been requested by the National Roads Authority to restrict its usage of salt to 35 tonnes per night for the foreseeable future. This is a severe restriction as 100 tonnes of salt is required to treat the identified Priority Routes within the county.

In order to comply with this restriction, it is necessary for the Council to further prioritise routes for treatment and in this regard, ONLY NATIONAL PRIMARY AND NATIONAL SECONDARY ROUTES WILL BE TREATED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. Furthermore, these routes will be treated with a mixture of salt and sand, which is not as effective a de-icer as pure salt. Therefore, motorists are strongly advised to exercise extreme care whenever there is a chance that ice may be present and to assume at all times that surfaces have not been treated. Severe hills that are prone to ice may also be treated on some Regional Routes.

It should be noted that the main streets in the larger towns that have traditionally been treated will not be treated until further notice. Therefore, motorists should take extra care in urban areas."

BEASTERLY

lucy2010 wrote: »

26 " in wexford

In wickla they got around that.

cian1500ww

I'm finished for the holidays on the 17th, BRING IT ON!!!

maquiladora

18Z GFS rolling out, let's see what fun and games this one has....

BEASTERLY

Pangea wrote: »

Stop saying that , its our turn up North for the big snowfall, yas have enough of it down the country :P

Its not my desicion, thats just what the models are saying. I say you will get enough for the two days, then its the easts turn:D

Mayo Exile

12Z UKMO for Sat 18th. Thoughts? Could be interesting.........

JMSE

dasa29 wrote: »

"Westmeath County Council has been requested by the National Roads Authority to restrict its usage of salt to 35 tonnes per night for the foreseeable future. This is a severe restriction as 100 tonnes of salt is required to treat the identified Priority Routes within the county.

100 tonnes is only 4 loads of sand, if theres no salt, cant they just put out sand, 15 years ago there was no salt being used, we didnt go extinct!

JMSE

Mayo Exile wrote: »

12Z UKMO for Sat 18th. Thoughts? Could be interesting.........

Fekced if I know but it looks impressive! Purple rain?

Iancar29

Jake1 wrote: »

Well Iano, are ye sitting down...

MT said theres a greenland express coming take a read, and Im sure you'll be salivating like most of us here

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:.........:D

Big Daddy Cool

JMSE wrote: »

Fekced if I know but it looks impressive! Purple rain?

ha, yeah looks impressive alright, after been on here for the last 2 weeks reading posts, i think it means its not a good sign of things to come.

Big Daddy Cool

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! Not the greenland express

maquiladora

JMSE wrote: »

Fekced if I know but it looks impressive! Purple rain?

Iancar29

Big Daddy Cool wrote: »

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! Not the greenland express

Mountainsandh

^^^
That one'd be just grand

cjmcork

ok so I'm not a regular on this forum, but I've a bit of travelling to do the Tuesday before Christmas - can anyone tell me briefly how's the weather going to be the week after next (Monday and Tuesday)..........many thanks!

Big Daddy Cool

if thats the greenland express, all aboard, choo choo

snow ghost

maquiladora wrote: »

Worse than Prince I fear maq:

Big Daddy Cool

cjmcork wrote: »

ok so I'm not a regular on this forum, but I've a bit of travelling to do the Tuesday before Christmas - can anyone tell me briefly how's the weather going to be the week after next (Monday and Tuesday)..........many thanks!

forget travelling, the greenland express is coming.

Iancar29

Big Daddy Cool wrote: »

if thats the greenland express, all aboard, choo choo

Yas are all a bunch of alcos!....hahaha!