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

gozunda · 24-02-2018 3:30am

gabeeg wrote: »

Did that actually happen though?

Was there masses of people leaving their taps running? I remember being scorned by politicians about it, but I hadn't even considered it until they mentioned it.

I have a bad feeling that we're going to see at least a repeat of the pipe freezing we saw in 2010.

There was one household near here whose underground pipe to the house froze so they opened the stopcock at the road and left it run - taking what they needed when they felt like it. I remember the water was running down the road and then freezing. Pure friggin stupidity imo.

Sam Quentin · 24-02-2018 3:32am

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

http://www.thegardenshop.ie/tap-frost-cover/

Cheap and will do the job for you

Walked past them 100 times in Lidl..
Lidl always knows the CraícðŸ˜

sdanseo · 24-02-2018 3:39am

There were massive nationwide water shortages caused by a combination of wastage and leaks 2010. Was front page news for weeks.

gabeeg · 24-02-2018 3:43am

sdanseo wrote: »

There were massive nationwide water shortages caused by a combination of wastage and leaks 2010. Was front page news for weeks.

Yeah, but nothing much has changed except that our water system is 8 years older and has suffered a 2010.

Davaeo09 · 24-02-2018 3:54am

I love how this forum spikes sooo much before a snow event like this.

Great to see all of the same dedicated and diligent people posting here and the mods doing a good job with separate threads. A big thanks to MT, Kermit etc I dont log in often enough to say thanks but im sure there are allot of people like me who have learned so much from reading yer posts daily. 2010 brought me here and I have never looked back.
I remember when I saw IWO on Facebook first I knew exactly who it was

Mullaghteelin · 24-02-2018 3:58am

squarecircles wrote: »

I'd rather wait 8 years than experience wet sloppy snow that doesn't accumulate.

Im right on the east coast I'll get very dry fluffy snow that also wont accumulate. At least not for very long.
I'll eat my phone if temperatures manages to get below zero with an east wind blasting across the longest fetch of the Irish Sea. Maybe during heavy showers it will, but otherwise I'm expecting air and surface temps to be a little too high to stop the snow from slowly disappearing between falls.

jds0ur · 24-02-2018 3:58am

gabeeg wrote: »

Yeah, but nothing much has changed except that our water system is 8 years older and has suffered a 2010.

Back in 2010, the water system was in ****e, mains pipe burst outside our house, flooded the road then froze over, was like an ice rink, the lads that came to repair it had to do it during the thurdersnow

Casualsingby · 24-02-2018 4:02am

Not long now until the latest runs. This week is going to play havoc with my body clock. Lamppost outside my house fused earlier in the week. Thankfully was fixed today lol

Davaeo09 · 24-02-2018 4:02am

jesus, you just reminded me about thunder snow

:D
I remember driving very late a few nights the first day or two of the snow and seeing blue flashes in the sky and thinking I was going mad :eek:

Also waiting for next runs

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gabeeg · 24-02-2018 4:10am

Casualsingby wrote: »

Not long now until the latest runs. This week is going to play havoc with my body clock. Lamppost outside my house fused earlier in the week. Thankfully was fixed today lol

We are way past lamp-post watching.

There's a chance that you won't be able to see your lampost for all the snow.

Casualsingby · 24-02-2018 4:14am

gabeeg wrote: »

We are way past lamp-post watching.

There's a chance that you won't be able to see your lampost for all the snow.

To be fair that lamppost must think I'm a right freak. I've been staring at her behind the curtains in a darkened room in the middle of the night for years now so she'll probably be glad if I can't lol

dermiek · 24-02-2018 5:08am

Fantasy Island since its a week away but looks nice.

kod87 · 24-02-2018 5:12am

dermiek wrote: »

Fantasy Island since its a week away but looks nice.

that would have 10-15 cms over me, I don't believe that for a second, but as you say it pure fantasy from the models.

Casualsingby · 24-02-2018 5:19am

Latest GFS so far all of Ireland is buried. Link above is 18z. 00z is even more mental.

dermiek · 24-02-2018 5:22am

Map looks like it was coloured in by Junior Infants lol

igCorcaigh · 24-02-2018 5:36am

I'm struggling to understand how to interpret these charts.

What do the colours mean here? I don't think it's temperature, but it doesn't seem to be air pressure either. Does it represent instability or liklihood of precipitation?

I've looked up the meaning of geopotential height but don't really know what it means for interpreting charts.

OneEightSeven · 24-02-2018 5:44am

Casualsingby wrote: »

To be fair that lamppost must think I'm a right freak. I've been staring at her behind the curtains in a darkened room in the middle of the night for years now so she'll probably be glad if I can't lol

Get an IP camera and place it on your windowsill. I have two monitors on my PC and which I can see from my bed. I leave the cameraview on one screen at night so if I hear anything peculiar I can just glance over and see what's happening. On two occasions, I witnessed an intruder on my property, one tired to jimmy open the door with a screwdriver and the other peeking in my car window.

George Sunsnow · 24-02-2018 6:02am

igCorcaigh wrote: »

I'm struggling to understand how to interpret these charts.

What do the colours mean here? I don't think it's temperature, but it doesn't seem to be air pressure either. Does it represent instability or liklihood of precipitation?

I've looked up the meaning of geopotential height but don't really know what it means for interpreting charts.

They’re a measure of how cold the air is from cloud to ground
Below 522 is usually snow
Those are nearer 500
Quite Blizzardatious

Daz9716 · 24-02-2018 6:05am

George Sunsnow wrote: »

They’re a measure of how cold the air is from cloud to ground
Below 522 is usually snow
Those are nearer 500
Quite Blizzardatious

That's a definite model to keep an eye on, did people are met eirreans forcast on there page they said the weather warning is most likely gonna change

George Sunsnow · 24-02-2018 6:09am

Daz9716 wrote: »

That's a definite model to keep an eye on, did people are met eirreans forcast on there page they said the weather warning is most likely gonna change

At a guess orange warnings may go out from Monday
Reds after that locally depending on latest model guidance and human opinion
I’d be surprised if the national emergency co ordination committee isn’t on your screens soon

Casualsingby · 24-02-2018 6:16am

They aren't too happy on netweather but that's for Southern England. Ireland looks great.

Casualsingby · 24-02-2018 6:20am

Anyone got an idea what the highest house in the wicklow mountains is? Wherever it is will be crazy this week.

Daz9716 · 24-02-2018 6:23am

George Sunsnow wrote: »

At a guess orange warnings may go out from Monday
Reds after that locally depending on latest model guidance and human opinion
I’d be surprised if the national emergency co ordination committee isn’t on your screens soon

I hope so too but the models look at alot of snow like 15+cm and that's a red warning for snow in this country , if they **** up they have nobody to blame but themselves

kod87 · 24-02-2018 6:26am

While I'm excited, I'm also worried that the 2018 event will leave me all bitter and disillusioned like the 2010 event did (where I got no snow at all). It's very frustrating to come so close to something exceptional but to miss out by small margins.
I know the end of next week is still up in the air as regards model predictions but I'm worried there might not be enough precipitation around (apart from localised in the east) and this will end in disappointment.

I suppose we just have to wait and see what happens.

igCorcaigh · 24-02-2018 6:27am

George Sunsnow wrote: »

They’re a measure of how cold the air is from cloud to ground
Below 522 is usually snow
Those are nearer 500
Quite Blizzardatious

Ah I see, thanks.
So, the distance between pressure zones is indicative of the air temperatures between them...

irishgeo · 24-02-2018 6:34am

I can't see the need for grown adults raving about snow. Ireland can't handle snow and it's just make people lives harder.

Grown adults getting all upset because it didn't snow.

Sure it's going to be an interesting event but the adults moaning because it didn't snow on them and blaming met eireann is just childish.

Be careful for what you wish for. Maybe you'll be snowed in and without electricity then and will be a whinge at the council or someone else for not warning you and being prepared.

igCorcaigh · 24-02-2018 6:40am

Updated forecast from ME at 05:00h

Wednesday through to Friday:

Extremely cold with severe frosts and daytime temperatures struggling to get above zero by day especially in eastern counties. Widespread snow showers at times, most especially in eastern, southern and northern counties and some disruptive accumulations are likely especially these areas and there is a weather advisory in operation, which will be continuously updated.