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

IvySlayer

Light snow in Lucan.

Speak Now

When you see Valentia getting to -6 you know something is up

Here are the lowest temps from 2005-2008

2005 Casement -5.6 (March)
2006 Birr -7.8 (March)
2007 Clones -6.5 (Feb)
2008 Casement -7.7 (Feb)

And when you look at the months these temps were recorded it shows how pretty mild the winter months were really.

Entering Dec 2009 we could only have dreamed about the lows we would encounter over the following 12 months.

Anyway this post will probably get lost in the Dublin snow thread so i better copy and post elsewhere :pac:

slingshot

Its absolutely hammering down again at the red cow.
We now have nearly another inch ie over 2.5cm

Sonovagun

Heavy snow for the last hour here in east Meath. Can't see me getting into work today.

anniehoo

Starting again in Blanch.

/i my electric blanket so much

Helmet

Starting to come down lightly here in Balbriggan. Bring it!

chelseavera

8 INCHES!!! of snow in Ballina last night!! Bloody hell! Off to Knock Airport soon - Hoping for the arrival of 4 members of family from UK on 2 different flights. All very exciting!!

Noopti

Nice big flakes in Dublin 2

Heyes

chelseavera wrote: »

8 INCHES!!! of snow in Ballina last night!! Bloody hell! Off to Knock Airport soon - Hoping for the arrival of 4 members of family from UK on 2 different flights. All very exciting!!

Lovely Christmas excitment - I hope everyone gets where they need to this week.

Mental Mickey

IvySlayer wrote: »

Light snow in Lucan.

Light snow???? Are you sure? It's hammering it down in Ballyfermot.

Jamie-b

wicklowdub wrote: »

From Bray down to Arklow has had at least an hours snow this morning on top of last nights, I'd say Wicklow Town is a nightmare (that hill at the Grand Hotel).

That's the hill I need to go up! My car is abandoned elsewhere so I was thinking about getting the bus (stayed up here last night). Can;t figure out if I'd be better able to get into work (South Dub) on 133 from Wicklow or stay up again and bus it to and from D24. Both may be equally as bad

Cionád

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Entering Dec 2009 we could only have dreamed about the lows we would encounter over the following 12 months.

It's mad. And you find yourself thinking last night it only went as low as -14

kennyb3

Sun snow here in D9 now

MilanPan!c

always worth a re-post of the Dublin traffic cams:

http://www.dublincity.ie/dublintraffic/

seriousfizz

Heavy Snow in N. Clondalkin

joes girls

very fine snow now in wexford, but sure it's snow:)

irishdub14

slingshot wrote: »

Its absolutely hammering down again at the red cow.
We now have nearly another inch ie over 2.5cm

Looks pretty bad there!

acer_2010

For those watching the radars, does it look like Carlow will get hit?

Tom Cruises Left Nut

Back following the snow wine incident ! :pac:

Come on Snow, I can see you heading my way !

January

Snowing again in Dublin 15

zacharius

Can someone post that URL that shows the incoming precipitation thingie?

LID

:)Still chucking it down in Dublin 12

LookingFor

I know it's probably not as bad as elsewhere, but I would say there's a 'satisfactory' level of snow here at the moment, and for the last few mins. Very nice powder-y stuff. Visibility is fairly poor now too.

lucernarian

John.Icy wrote: »

Isn't it funny how I said all of this Sat and Sun when Connectivity was useless...

Statement by you failed, sorry....
And I said the east, Not the east coast :P

In defence of dacagowa, I saw that selection of quotes too, which suggested at the time we would not have seen further snow anywhere of a few scatterings along the east coast around wicklow and dublin. It appears that so far in Drogheda and more particularly northwards, a good few centimetres have already fallen over the last 2 days. I also remember you saying that people along the east should consider themselves lucky if they see more than an inch and it appears that analysis was also misguided.

I even made a point of explaining the convective potential to you when you said that the wind forecast was inadequate for proper shower develoipment and I said that a few locations will see a few inches (i had 15cm in my head) over the next couple of days. I was referring to the east coast specifically, but that most of the length of it would see some snowfall and certainly exceeding an inch too:)

So, on the basis of snowfalls in the Drogheda and now the north Wexford areas, I would say that your forecast was indeed understated.

MilanPan!c

irishdub14 wrote: »

Looks pretty bad there!

Not as bad as Heuston Station:

steveLFC24

t|nt|n wrote: »

Back following the snow wine incident ! :pac:

Come on Snow, I can see you heading my way !

Haha I got a good laugh from reading your posts last night :pac:

antodeco

Picture of Heuston Station. Thats not a grainy picture by the way, its the snow falling!

mac80

www.raintoday.co.uk

Tom Cruises Left Nut

steveLFC24 wrote: »

Haha I got a good laugh from reading your posts last night :pac:

Haha, was funny then, not funny now !!

COFFEE ! :pac:

Kur4mA

Ah here! Snow again in Dublin 15. Does it not know I've to do a Starbucks run!?!?