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

craggles

rsom wrote: »

Wonder why the snowfall fills in the gaps and brings them up to the level of the other snow......footprints etc always seem to smoothen out with fresh snowfall

That snow's got it's own mind maaaaaaan

tonybear

Mental Mickey wrote: »

Haven't you had enough already?

Thought i had but then discovered a talent for snowman building that had lay undiscovered for 28 years.

Mental Mickey

tonybear wrote: »

Thought i had but then discovered a talent for snowman building that had lay undiscovered for 28 years.

Supercell

Easily the most pretty snow so far, huuuge big flakes driving down, another 3 or 4 cm in the last hour alone.

John.Icy

MilanPan!c wrote: »

Last time around we had about 2 feet where I am in Rathfarnham. This time, we're about 17 inches.

3-4 feet of snow before Xmas!? Amazing!

What was the deepest measurement you measured, in CM?

And no, you will not get a metre+ plus of snow for Christmas. :P:P

Mental Mickey

Sky turning pink again here in Palmerstown...........more white stuff on the way.

kwik

ballyfermot is disappearing very very quickly

dillo2k10

Hey,
I'm in Ballyfermot at the moment. I am unable to even open the door of my car there is that much snow (12" on top of a table out the back) but I have to get to Liffey Valley,luckly my parents drive a 4x4 and I'm trying to find out what its like at the bridge going to liffey valley (the one that goes over the m50)

Thanks.

kwik

dillo2k10 wrote: »

Hey,
I'm in Ballyfermot at the moment. I am unable to even open the door of my car there is that much snow (12" on top of a table out the back) but I have to get to Liffey Valley,luckly my parents drive a 4x4 and I'm trying to find out what its like at the bridge going to liffey valley (the one that goes over the m50)

Thanks.

i live just off ballyfermot road and the traffic is mad so you would be lucky to get that far mate

caseyann

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Thanks but I’m looking for actual data which shows how bad it was, i.e percipictaton and temps.
As I recall the event was an east and south east event. I remember drifts as big in the Waterford/Kilkenny/Wexford area but the consensus here seems to be it was almost a Dublin only event. I recall during this event Kilkenny recorded a record low of ground temp at its time of -18.1.

Is this any help

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=63818761&postcount=73

Mental Mickey

Cycle maybe?? Or ski??

joes girls

Snowing in wexford town yet again!!!
Me not care anymore, my turkey and ham are in the fridge, and im finished work for the next 5 days:):):):) I so happy now!

Strings

Need to head down to Cork tomorrow but if this keeps up I think it will be impossible, need to make an executive decision whether to head down tonight or not?

BEASTERLY

Light snow on and off all evening here.

Mc Love

Head tonight, will be a lot more traffic in the morning I would imagine!

Cabra

You would be mad to try it tonight - a colleague of mine left Dublin 8 today at 2pm for Limerick and was only as far as the Portlaoise bypass at 6.30pm - still havent heard if she's got there yet

rsom

Pelting it down here in Rathfarnham. House behind mine has a huge overhang of snow from their roof, it's covering the top of their upstairs windows!! Wouldn't like to be underneath that when it falls!!

darkman2

Winds going more Northerly here. Showers won't be coming on to the coast much longer. Have had prolonged snow and hail and it's not a pretty mix for drivers. Once the showers are steered off shore the temperature will plummet and all this will freeze again.

Turner

Head tongiht, only you and the snow plows on the road.

No dithering eejits to get in your way.

bray man

Strings wrote: »

Need to head down to Cork tomorrow but if this keeps up I think it will be impossible, need to make an executive decision whether to head down tonight or not?

showers should die off tonight around midnight so most main roads should be cleared by tomorrow

MilanPan!c

John.Icy wrote: »

What was the deepest measurement you measured, in CM?

And no, you will not get a metre+ plus of snow for Christmas. :P:P

Don't know CMs... I measured on my back table, 23 inches...

so whatever that is in CM.

And I meant cumulative (though looking at it pelting down right now... )

bobby14

-15 already in killygordon........

Mc Love

Cabra wrote: »

You would be mad to try it tonight - a colleague of mine left Dublin 8 today at 2pm for Limerick and was only as far as the Portlaoise bypass at 6.30pm - still havent heard if she's got there yet

I am headin in the other direction Limerick to Swords at 8pm - going to be a long drive. Spare pair of underwear packed and all

del88

rsom wrote: »

Wonder why the snowfall fills in the gaps and brings them up to the level of the other snow......footprints etc always seem to smoothen out with fresh snowfall

Gravity.....a bit like water finding it's own level....wind blows the snow around and more tends to fall into lower areas...

TheMilkyPirate

BEASTERLY wrote: »

Light snow on and off all evening here.

Yeah it's muck, If it's gonna snow then snow if not p!ss off.

pebbles21

Mc Love wrote: »

I am headin in the other direction Limerick to Swords at 8pm - going to be a long drive. Spare pair of underwear packed and all

Did it today in two hours....no probs:D

Gran Hermano

The Day After Tomorrow...







is a white Christmas.

Frank Bullitt

Flash of lightening here in D3,its been consistently snowing now for a few hours as well.

John.Icy

darkman2 wrote: »

Winds going more Northerly here. Showers won't be coming on to the coast much longer. Have had prolonged snow and hail and it's not a pretty mix for drivers. Once the showers are steered off shore the temperature will plummet and all this will freeze again.

Right, you have a northely surface wind, if so, showers wont steer off course, showers follow 850 or upper winds, which are NE, and arn't due a change.

gucciali

it's absolutely crazy here in tallaght.hasn't stopped snowing since this morning , really heavy blzzards now , constant since about six o clock , went out to get the last of the shopping , got stuck twice and crashed once just into a mound of snow though .