National: Severe Cold/ Snow Discussion (Thanks to all!)

Wertz

irishdub14 wrote: »

:eek: I've never seen the Port Tunnel so congested!

Imagine what it's like at the exit and toward airport interchange.

Rougies

NickDrake wrote: »

A good 4 inches has fallen here.

Met Eireann have serious questions to answer.

A few showers were forecast. No warnings of significant accumulations.

They even has sun over Dublin untill about 4 pm when they changed the image on the website.

They are a shambles of an organisation.

But I suppose it is what we should expect from a State run entity. A load of over piad clowns

It was impossible to forecast the snow in Dublin today. Even an hour before it hit it was difficult to tell if it would hit land or stay out a sea. A very marginal situation.

patneve2

heavy organized shower going to hit soon from the dublin southside coast to about kilcoole...give it 15-20 minutes...

Scubadevils

irishdub14 wrote: »

:eek: I've never seen the Port Tunnel so congested!

I've just come through, now 2 hours since I left Dublin city centre

Needless to say the traffic is heavy enough to be on boards on my phone!

LookingFor

Might be something for D15 soon if current stuff further east stays on track and doesn't disintegrate...

irishdub14

Wertz wrote: »

Imagine what it's like at the exit and toward airport interchange.

Yep, airport junction doesnt look nice either!

4Sheets

Rougies wrote: »

It was impossible to forecast the snow in Dublin today. Even an hour before it hit it was difficult to tell if it would hit land or stay out a sea. A very marginal situation.

The Met did cover themselves saying scattered snow showers..and thats what we got?

JonnyM

are these showers heading further south or inland?
thought we were not supposed to get these till tonite/tomorrow??

stackerman

patneve2 wrote: »

heavy organized shower going to hit soon from the dublin southside coast to about kilcoole...give it 15-20 minutes...

Looks that way alright. Just wish some would push in towards the Kildare/Wicklow/Dublin boarder

Rougies

4Sheets wrote: »

The Met did cover themselves saying scattered snow showers..and thats what we got?

I don't really pay attention to their forecasts tbh. Not becuase they are bad, but becuase they are vague. So yeah, probably.

LookingFor

4Sheets wrote: »

The Met did cover themselves saying scattered snow showers..and thats what we got?

I'm not sure they quite communicated the risk of heavy snow we got in parts of Dublin. But I wouldn't be too hard on them, it seems the last few days have been a nightmare to predict exactly.

glossy

LookingFor wrote: »

Might be something for D15 soon if current stuff further east stays on track and doesn't disintegrate...

i woundt mind some

Rabble Rabble

If the scattered showers hit in Wicklow nobody would bat an eye.

Anyway the closure of Dublin Airport is a total joke. People affected will probably not be able to re-book and will miss Christmas. All for 1-2 inches of snow, the kind of snow which falls in Eastern and Northern Europe, Russia, and much of the US every single winter day.

The snowfall has not been excessive. Open the damned airport.

Wertz

...and all that N bound traffic heading into heavy falls all the way to Drogheda.
Not looking like tht blob is going any more north than tullyesker hill/monasterboice. Saty safe if you're on the m1

cdsb46

Thought it was easing off in ashbourne, but look out the window now and it's coming down just as heavy, thank god i made it home from blanch just in time phew:D

laurence997

Met have forecast snow on the west coast tomorrow. Nice.
Doubt it'll come though :rolleyes:

Shane O' Malley

NickDrake wrote: »

A good 4 inches has fallen here.

Met Eireann have serious questions to answer.

A few showers were forecast. No warnings of significant accumulations.

They even has sun over Dublin untill about 4 pm when they changed the image on the website.

They are a shambles of an organisation.

But I suppose it is what we should expect from a State run entity. A load of over piad clowns

Come on, get real.

They have been saying every time that snow is possible, very difficult to quantify and very changeable.

Boards has been saying how the models are not working due to the unusual nature of the weather.

If you want certainties try death and taxes.

As regards snow and airports around the world, check out what happened in the US over the last two weeks and is happening in Europe right now.

ct5amr2ig1nfhp

Snowing nicely in Malahide now for about 40 mins. Couldn't stay out in it much longer. Got some lovely pics. Snow day tomorrow!

Supercell

NickDrake wrote: »

A good 4 inches has fallen here.

Met Eireann have serious questions to answer.

A few showers were forecast. No warnings of significant accumulations.

They even has sun over Dublin untill about 4 pm when they changed the image on the website.

They are a shambles of an organisation.

But I suppose it is what we should expect from a State run entity. A load of over piad clowns

No, thats ridiculous.
In a streamer setup its impossible to forecast where is going to get hit and where not. Read all the reports of people n Dublin that havent gotten snow. Streamers are very localised, impossible to predict.
That said i do agree a little more human input into the forecasts would be good. These streamers today were certainly not a remote possibility given the current conditions so they should have warned about the possibility of eastern coastal areas getting dumpings. I don't envy them their position, forecasting is very much educated guesswork in these rare conditions.

Rougies

Rabble Rabble wrote: »

If the scattered showers hit in Wicklow nobody would bat an eye.

Anyway the closure of Dublin Airport is a total joke. People affected will probably not be able to re-book and will miss Christmas. All for 1-2 inches of snow, the kind of snow which falls in Eastern and Northern Europe, Russia, and much of the US every single winter day.

The snowfall has not been excessive. Open the damned airport.

Yeah, just open the airport with the runways covered in ice and snow, great idea :rolleyes: And by the way, it was excessive in the short timeframe it all fell in.

darkman2

BearNecessities wrote: »

Snowing nicely in Malahide now for about 40 mins. Couldn't stay out in it much longer. Got some lovely pics. Snow day tomorrow!

Any chance you can upload them?

Fnutkrumpler

Well, UCD's latest update says exams are still go for tomorrow.

We'll see if they can still say that in a hours time. Looks like Dublin south is about to get buried.

Godammit though I really should study.

ninebeanrows

The showers are evading here at the moment, seems to be a more easterly contigent to the wind now. So less southerly jogs to the precip as they hit land.

u140acro3xs7dm

Fnutkrumpler wrote: »

Any D4 folk in here? How many inches do you reckon have fallen there?

Every inch is a step closer to exams being cancelled.

I would say 5 or 6 inches but my missus says 2 or 3"

Elessar

Rabble Rabble wrote: »

If the scattered showers hit in Wicklow nobody would bat an eye.

Anyway the closure of Dublin Airport is a total joke. People affected will probably not be able to re-book and will miss Christmas. All for 1-2 inches of snow, the kind of snow which falls in Eastern and Northern Europe, Russia, and much of the US every single winter day.

The snowfall has not been excessive. Open the damned airport.

Yeah go ahead and open the runway and have aircraft slide off the runway killing those people instead! :rolleyes:

The runways in russia and northern europe are subject to the same safety concerns.

Safety first FFS.

woop

Fnutkrumpler wrote: »

Well, UCD's latest update says exams are still go for tomorrow.

We'll see if they can still say that in a hours time. Looks like Dublin south is about to get buried.

Godammit though I really should study.

yeh updated at 6.46pm. Im suprised to be honest

Monkaa

fecking hell...getting back from town was a nightmare and I didnt experience in any way the worst of it! I got on the luas & the snow was so heavy! Mental! and then they announced no luas service past sandyford so had to walk to foxrock and got collected from there! The traffic was going no where & couldnt believe the depth of snow everywhere...good few inches in a an hour or two! Cant believe met eireann didnt see this coming...they really have got almost everything wrong lol

IngazZagni

NickDrake wrote: »

A good 4 inches has fallen here.

Met Eireann have serious questions to answer.

A few showers were forecast. No warnings of significant accumulations.

They even has sun over Dublin untill about 4 pm when they changed the image on the website.

They are a shambles of an organisation.

But I suppose it is what we should expect from a State run entity. A load of over piad clowns

It was sunny where I am in South Dublin around 4pm. It was quite a clear day until around that time. These showers are extremely difficult to predict as it's not forming from any front. Also I'd advise you to check out the radar footage over the past few hours and you'll see just how scattered this is.

Supercell

Weathercheck wrote: »

The showers are evading here at the moment, seems to be a more easterly contigent to the wind now. So less southerly jogs to the precip as they hit land.

12z showed a little wobble like this at the 850 before going back NE, keep the faith

ct5amr2ig1nfhp

Will indeed, I'll stick 'em up on the weather pictures forum. First I gotta eat and warm up. Absolutely frozen.

darkman2 wrote: »

Any chance you can upload them?