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

George Sunsnow

JackieChan wrote: »

Seemingly sheep are particularly at risk. On wiki it states that 1/4 of the UK sheep stock was killed in the 46/47 winter(:eek:). 4 million died in Wales alone

Yeah sheep bury themselves into drifts for shelter and then sufficate

lawred2

gerrybhoy wrote: »

I don't know what is worse, the tale of you knowing two meteorologists or the fact that you took time to type this pish out? Either your pals are pulling your pisser or your illiterate and can't read what's reported nationwide

Why snow amounts expected to fall west of the shannon were discussed when someone is concerned about snow on glass buildings in Glasnevin is also beyond me..

Artane2002

highdef wrote: »

Is that according to a weather station in your garden/nearby or is it what your phone says? If it's your phone, that's the current temperature at Dublin Airport, your closest official reporting station. Artane is likely to be a fair bit milder than the airport as it mainly concrete and is likely to be around freezing, if not a little above.

If the temperature reading is indeed from your own station, I take it all back!

It is -2c according to my phone. So that means it is what Dublin Airport reports. Thanks, didn't know that literally 10 minutes down the road would be up to 3c lower than here.

PS my mother was laughing when I told her what is coming next week! Can't wait to see her look of disbelief if there is a status red warning!

ZX7R

JackieChan wrote: »

Seemingly sheep are particularly at risk. On wiki it states that 1/4 of the UK sheep stock was killed in the 46/47 winter(:eek:). 4 million died in Wales alone

Seemly they think a major reason for this is that farmers removed Reeds from their land giving the sheep nothing to lie down by and shelter, snow would build up around the reeds and sheep creating a little snow burrow

highdef

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

.... a little above, 0.3c in my backyard not that far from Artane.

I guessed well

riggerman

With all this talk of downgrade 's after just 1 run I think I'll head to the pub for a few and check the evening runs when I come home. We have upgrades and downgrades since the start of this week . We still are over 6 full days from Friday and a lot can change in that time folks. The Cork snow will fail and I can down the hills in west Cork on a fertilizer bag filled with straw reliving 1991 as a kid .

Sorry meant for the other thread

teddybones

Currently 0 degrees in coastal wicklow according to my weather station. Forecast was to be 2 to 4 degrees. Have a feeling this cold outbreak is going to be very severe.

Danno

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

I wonder where will be first to report the snowfall!

Get your bets out now.

Drogheda area.

Meanwhile its a damn cold clear night in South Laois at -1.1c and almost calm.

MissMoc

My weather station is showing -1.6 already, it showed -5 last week.

highdef wrote: »

Is that according to a weather station in your garden/nearby or is it what your phone says? If it's your phone, that's the current temperature at Dublin Airport, your closest official reporting station. Artane is likely to be a fair bit milder than the airport as it mainly concrete and is likely to be around freezing, if not a little above.

If the temperature reading is indeed from your own station, I take it all back!

Itssoeasy

The main thing may not be here yet but it's a lot colder now in cork then I expected. I assumed tomorrow night but it's a lot colder sooner than I expected.

km79

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

I wonder where will be first to report the snowfall!

Get your bets out now.

Outside Swanners window

Pangea

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

https://www.bbc.com/weather/features/43184987

This guy seems to predict a Snowmageddon type event

Shows the showers getting as far as Donegal, thanks for giving me some hope

Chilly Willy

Nice mild night here in Wicklow, hard to believe there’s snow on the way.

BLIZZARD7

Chilly Willy wrote: »

Nice mild night here in Wicklow, hard to believe there’s snow on the way.

Define mild? :pac:

HighLine

Chilly Willy wrote: »

Nice mild night here in Wicklow, hard to believe there’s snow on the way.

Mild? It's -2.2 in Ashord, Wicklow.

-0.2 just west of Athlone now and falling.

sjb25

BLIZZARD7 wrote: »

Define mild? :pac:

Well his username would suggest he is used to cold temps

sryanbruen

Chilly Willy wrote: »

Nice mild night here in Wicklow

Mild :pac:, bleeding bitter mate.

Pangea

BLIZZARD7 wrote: »

Define mild? :pac:

Its funny question actually, my father always uses mild for calm weather and not for temperatures like most people do now.

Bio Mech

Chilly Willy wrote: »

Nice mild night here in Wicklow, hard to believe there’s snow on the way.

So mild that my car is frozen up already. Which part of Siberia are you used to?

Spanish Eyes

Rain on the wind now.

I detest these downgraders mightily. But whatever.

Pangea

George Sunsnow wrote: »

Yeah sheep bury themselves into drifts for shelter and then sufficate

I think some of the snow lovers on here are at risk of doing this too :pac:

MissMoc

Yes, me included! I told anyone that would listen how bad it was supposed to be! Will I ever learn?

Pangea wrote: »

I think some of the snow lovers on here are at risk of doing this too :pac:

Say my name

George Sunsnow wrote: »

Yeah sheep bury themselves into drifts for shelter and then sufficate

This probably should be in the "I bet you didn't know that" thread in After Hours.

Sheep go with the wind in a storm or gale.
Cattle will go against the wind in a storm or gale.

So in a field when it's windy. The cattle will stick their heads down and walk into the wind till they get to a ditch and then turn around and just have their backs to the wind with the ditch giving them added shelter from the wind.
The sheep will do the opposite and walk with the wind till they get to the ditch in the field. Except now the sheep are on the windward side of that ditch in the field and if there's snow, blizzard, drifting conditions the snow will gather up against these ditches and the sheep will be buried. They won't move just stay there as the snow blows and mounts up against the ditch. Burying them.

Whispered

-1 here in Kildare.

Consonata

Is there an updated expectation upon the original post I was seeing reports of 20cm of snow over the week for the Dublin area. Surely that is a bit optimistic.

ED E

Getting nippy.

munsterlegend

Say my name wrote: »

This probably should be in the "I bet you didn't know that" thread in After Hours.

Sheep go with the wind in a storm or gale.
Cattle will go against the wind in a storm or gale.

So in a field when it's windy. The cattle will stick their heads down and walk into the wind till they get to a ditch and then turn around and just have their backs to the wind with the ditch giving them added shelter from the wind.
The sheep will do the opposite and walk with the wind till they get to the ditch in the field. Except now the sheep are on the windward side of that ditch in the field and if there's snow, blizzard, drifting conditions the snow will gather up against these ditches and the sheep will be buried. They won't move just stay there as the snow blows and mounts up against the ditch. Burying them.

If you say baa-ram-ewe to them they'll move alright so I hear.

MissMoc

Has thread crashed or are we just all worn out form watching over the past 5 days?

kittyn

Mr.S wrote: »

So no snow ?

Not tonight there wasn’t any snow forecast........