Cold week ahead, change is on the way ............

fontenoy7

compsys wrote: »

Yeah, I'm in Dublin and for such a cold winter the lack of snow has been painful. Don't get me wrong, I've seen a few snow showers but if you were to just look at the monthly temps and weather statistics you'd have thought it would have been an epic winter snow wise.

If it were a mild winter I wouldn't have minded the lack of snow so much. But in Dublin there's been so many near misses it's been so hard to watch!

Some parts of Dublin have been well served...in Dublin 15 we had 3 or 4 snow falls......and higher elevations gave had loads of snow this winter.

lucernarian

fontenoy7 wrote: »

Some parts of Dublin have been well served...in Dublin 15 we had 3 or 4 snow falls......and higher elevations gave had loads of snow this winter.

The falls were more like dustings, going on the pictures I saw posted on this forum...

Rock Lesnar

To_be_confirmed wrote: »

The falls were more like dustings, going on the pictures I saw posted on this forum...

Yeah but sometimes thats all you need

compsys

fontenoy7 wrote: »

Some parts of Dublin have been well served...in Dublin 15 we had 3 or 4 snow falls......and higher elevations gave had loads of snow this winter.

Yes. SOME parts of Dublin and on HIGHER elevations. But the vast majority of Dubliners don't live up the mountains or in certain specific areas.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying there's been no snow in Dublin this winter. But amounts have generally been small and for a very cold winter it won't go down as one to remember snow wise.

I can guarantee you that many parts of Ireland will have had lower mean temps this winter compared to say Manchester or other parts of northern England. But the number of snow days in northern England will have dwarfed most parts of Ireland.

lucernarian

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

Yeah but sometimes thats all you need

white powder, nothing sweeter to wake up to.

DOCARCH

Rain has turned icy. Icy bits running down the window as the rain hits/splodges off it.

3.4c atm.

Deank

DOCARCH wrote: »

Rain has turned icy. Icy bits running down the window as the rain hits/splodges off it.

3.4c atm.

Same here, not holding out for much though.

Weathering

Sleet atm in donegal. Lost faith in getting anything decent. The fat lady singing in the hallway has further enhanced this belief

patneve2

90% rain 10% sleet

Weathering

patneve2 wrote: »

90% rain 10% sleet

0% hope

H2UMrsRobinson

I can assure you we had more lying snow last year than this year here in d3. Very disappointing this year. I've still had to pay to heat the house every day but with none of the fluffy good stuff. At least last year I had the upside of a smaller heating bill. I love snow more than most but right now I'm just longing for it to stop raining, warm up and the sun to come out. It's got to the end march to either snow or GTFO.

mumo3

I just want it to stop raining long enough to run out the back and take in what ever washing managed to hold on... yes i hung washing out yesterday morning next thing i knew it was lashing.... so yes I did go %%%k that it can stay there

Eden3

I am remaining eternally optimistic for some snow tonight here in North Meath................... :cool:

Let the last dance with Winter commence .....!

Glico Man

pad199207 wrote: »

Mate texted me that the power is gone in his Belfast Hotel!

Do you know where he's staying? Dropped for about 10 minutes in my area (just south of the University) as well. Back up the last while but the lights are flickering every 5 or so minutes. Really wish I bought some candles earlier

DOCARCH

H2UMrsRobinson wrote: »

I can assure you we had more lying snow last year than this year here in d3.

.....well.....

Last winter/spring I had 1 morning with snow lying at 0900. Believe it or believe it not, this winter/spring, I have had 9 mornings with snow lying at 0900, and, that does not include one or two mornings where there was lying hail!

Sounds epic/great but no morning had a snow depth greater that 1cm - mostly dustings/patchy snow - and most of the days snow was gone by afternoon.

Reiketsu

The wind REALLY started howling again here (not that it eased off that much anyway, but it just picked up again) and looked outside- complete whiteout!

weisses

Reiketsu wrote: »

The wind REALLY started howling again here (not that it eased off that much anyway, but it just picked up again) and looked outside- complete whiteout!

Your so lucky LoG is playing in August

Reiketsu

weisses wrote: »

Your so lucky LoG is playing in August

Hahahaha I know! Wrong side of the Glenshane Pass at the minute :pac:

arctictree

Temp here is dropping slowly. 2.4c now and lashing sleet. Nearly there.

DOCARCH

Rain getting sleetier/more icy here.

Up to 39.6mm now today. Event total now at 67.8mm.

3.2c atm.

Tornando9

Kildare has been in the rain shadow for the whole of this event. I have only recorded 3.6mm since yesterday.
A few miles down the road and its a deluge..

derekon

Tornando9 wrote: »

Kildare has been in the rain shadow for the whole of this event. I have only recorded 3.6mm since yesterday.
A few miles down the road and its a deluge..

Lucky you so

D

dinorebel

Just started snowing in Letterkenny again.

Nabber

Wind picking up too. I thought march would be below average temps and below average rainfall. The amount of rain over the past few days is really going to skew the averages.

I like heavy rain tho. When it hits the window. My son and I sit down at the beach in the car listening to the rain while having a bag of chips. Tis great. If only we didn't live in flood plains. I love floods too.

Reiketsu

Police have issued an urgent warning to motorists throughout Northern Ireland not to travel anywhere in the region unless absolutely necessary.
With more heavy snow expected overnight, the PSNI are warning motorists to avoid the roads network.

Treacherous road conditions have resulted in multiple closures while many other roads are proving impassable due to snow and stranded vehicles.

The Roads Service says north-eastern parts remain badly affected, with additional external contractor resources drafted in on Friday night to assist in clearing roads.

More here: UTV website.

Weathering

dinorebel wrote: »

Just started snowing in Letterkenny again.

How is it now. Meaningless or meaningful?

ninebeanrows

Temp starting a decent decline now. Down to 3.4c here by the coast, 3 more degrees south please!

dinorebel

Weathering wrote: »

How is it now. Meaningless or meaningful?

According to my scientific peek out of the window completely meaningless.

DOCARCH

Cooling down here too.

2.9c DP 2.4c atm.

Still raining. Up to 40.6mm now today. Event total now at 68.8mm.

ninebeanrows

Temp is continuing to budge in moderate rain.

3.1c now.

Let's get this done tonight!