Severe Winter Weather, Snow/Ice - Sun 25th Feb (Onwards) ** READ MOD NOTE POST #1 **

SleetAndSnow

DOCARCH wrote: »

Really not helped by some confusing stuff out of ME...

Nobody seemed the pick up that on the forecast after the 6pm she said rain, sleet and snow moving eastwards across the country tomorrow afternoon.



Not the first time this week they have mixed up east(wards) and west(wards).

the entire thing is a mess. Communication lines need to be fixed and thats why we are getting what we have now with people not trusting the forecasts.

They seem to be not used to saying the opposite directions of what we usually have though alright

jay28

Has MT dropped by this evening with his thoughts? Or have I missed it?

mickmackey1

mikeecho wrote: »

There was graupel in Blackrock/mahon cork around lunch time today.

I'm prepared.
Heater in the attic
Tank full of heating oil
Cars full of petrol/diesel
Lots of dry & frozen food
Bottled water (since ophelia)
Gas heater
Gas camping stove
Batteries
Battery radio
Candles
Condoms
Wine
Whiskey
Grit
Salt
Snow shovel

All you need now is a fast train out of Cork.

Aineoil

Ray Donovan wrote: »

Clare is not in the East so going by every weather report you are fine until Thursday at least. Then you might get some snow.

Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it. I really don't want any snow. I just want to get to work on time. On a good day the journey takes between 40 to 50 minutes on bad, windy roads.

Snowy or icy conditions just make the journey more difficult.

Pangea

Nearly -1 here but strangely no frost visible, it's so dry..

King of Spades

DOCARCH wrote: »

Really not helped by some confusing stuff out of ME...

Nobody seemed the pick up that on the forecast after the 6pm she said rain, sleet and snow moving eastwards across the country tomorrow afternoon.



Not the first time this week they have mixed up east(wards) and west(wards).

They have had rain and sleet moving eastwards tomorrow on Met.ie all day and it’s still there!

Musefan

My husband has confidently bet me a fiver that "none of this will come to pass" and sure, "were just up the road from the shops etc". He laughed at my suggestion of getting in some 5l bottles of water.

I however, was a student in Dublin during 2010. It was hardly possible to confidently walk across campus, let alone carry shopping home. Exams were cancelled, I spent 6 hours on a bus for a 2 hour journey.

I'm looking forward to earning that fiver.

There was quite a few tiny snow flakes falling today. I've found a good nook to watch the action from over the next few days in Dublin 16.

Sephiroth_dude

Alessandro Most Cog wrote: »

Saw a cyclist out tonight in dame Street in shorts.

The place where I'm doing my course, I see a lad wearing shorts everyday o_O.

sdanseo

mikeecho wrote: »

There was graupel in Blackrock/mahon cork around lunch time today.

I'm prepared.
Heater in the attic
Tank full of heating oil
Cars full of petrol/diesel
Lots of dry & frozen food
Bottled water (since ophelia)
Gas heater
Gas camping stove
Batteries
Battery radio
Candles
Condoms
Wine
Whiskey
Grit
Salt
Snow shovel

You paid attention to all the posts about the baby booms of '47, '63 and '82 clearly :pac:

sryanbruen

Pangea wrote: »

Nearly -1 here but strangely no frost visible, it's so dry..

Latest chart of water vapour, the driest of the air is nearly gone out into the Atlantic.

Villain

0.9c but Dew Point -5c

George Sunsnow

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

I honestly think its the media confusing the public rather then ME, the weather forecast at the end of the news could say something totally different then what they just said on the news. Meh

Well... here’s a good one
Evelyn was asked at the news conference lunchtime what she meant in the morning on morning Ireland by dynamic snow
She explained that it was different to convective and tried to explain something about steam in a shower

She had previously spoke in her part of the presentation about storm Emma being the culprit that was going to clash with the cold air causing the snow Thursday Friday HOWEVER then at the end of her reply to the journalist she said the storm didn’t exist yet

There was silence at that point from the journalist

This I watched on RTE news now just before one

Confusionrama

Pangea

How's things lookin for the North West. Any sneachta on the cards?

average_runner

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

The place where I'm doing my course, I see a lad wearing shorts everyday o_O.

I ran at lunch time in shorts. City was grand so we're the quays

No Bills

jay28 wrote: »

Has MT dropped by this evening with his thoughts? Or have I missed it?

Not yet.

Casualsingby

Friday-if it does turn to rain it will still be snow the further north you go so won't be a wash out for everyone. Anyway I know there's a lot of threads already but it could be a good idea to a separate thread for storm Emma and another one for the snow before it.

mikeecho

I'm no weather expert.

But I can only presume, that ME are only stating what they can definitely stand over.
And as it gets closer, they'll ramp up their warning / snow dept prediction.

Just take it that we'll have massive disruption.

Prepare for the worst.

If it's not that bad.. well so what

If it is that bad . You're quids in.

Casualsingby

Also they said they would issue a red warning 48 hours before Emma if it is needed, so will find out by tomorrow evening what they're thinking.

DOCARCH

Casualsingby wrote: »

Friday-if it does turn to rain it will still be snow the further north you go so won't be a wash out for everyone. Anyway I know there's a lot of threads already but it could be a good idea to a separate thread for storm Emma and another one for the snow before it.

Need to keep everybody corralled!!!

We will see, closer to the time.

redsteveireland

pad199207 wrote: »

Wind has increased here in Kildare now with snow whizzing by the street lights. Windchill is nose diving.

My parents are near you and have been updating me. They are like kids at the window waiting for the snow. They said some people are dismissing this event before it has even started.
Talk turned to 82 and dragging a cylinder of gas across Dublin with huge drifts everywhere.
I don't remember it but have seen pictures.

JCX BXC

Temp dropped to 0.3c here in West Clare, however has suddenly risen to 1.1c.

dublinman1990

Going from the weather forecast from John Eagleton on RTÉ R1. Is there any possibility that the rain coming in early on Friday morning with the snow & the "beast from the east" type winds to be "freezing rain"? I am asking this because what I heard the BBC from their forecasts last night is that freezing rain could be coming in to some eastern areas of the UK with their snow showers which could make conditions much worse than expected. To make the question more clearer; Will a spell of freezing rain along with the snow & cold winds come into Ireland early on Friday? Also how bad will that be as we progress through the weekend?

DellyBelly

Pangea wrote: »

How's things lookin for the North West. Any sneachta on the cards?

Luckily for ye I think you'll miss the worst of it. More an East of the country event. You might see some snow but nothing noteworthy

sryanbruen

The beast is really packing a punch on Kent.

https://twitter.com/UKsnow_updates/status/968235529467723776

SleetAndSnow

George Sunsnow wrote: »

Well... here’s a good one
Evelyn was asked at the news conference lunchtime what she meant in the morning on morning Ireland by dynamic snow
She explained that it was different to convective and tried to explain something about steam in a shower

She had previously spoke in her part of the presentation about storm Emma being the culprit that was going to clash with the cold air causing the snow Thursday Friday HOWEVER then at the end of her reply to the journalist she said the storm didn’t exist yet

There was silence at that point from the journalist

This I watched on RTE news now just before one

Confusionrama

Ah what really I didn't see that one. Thats just crazy.

Xenji

-1.3C in Castlebar with a DP of -6C.

sdanseo

George Sunsnow wrote: »

Reporter on RTÉ now saying 6cms Thursday Friday
This is all over the place

They're missing a 0 on the end of that 6

uck51js9zml2yt

snow tomorrow afternoon.
Bliizzards on thurs/fri

pistolpetes11

Crikey she aint holding back on the weather now , BLIZZARDS ! , she SAID BLIZZARDS !!!

leahyl

ME still very much going for blizzards and heavy disruptive snow for Thursday into Friday judging from the forecast on RTE just now