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

ThaitaniumM

davidsr20 wrote: »

The main band of snow is set to fall on Thursday through to friday. Could end up being freezing rain as the air above snowfields will be lower in temps. All depends on the evolution of the models

stephenjmcd

Wow that was some forecast. Graphics explaining the warnings. Saying this is happening and on screen even a line saying stock up on essentials.

Nettle Soup

ThaitaniumM wrote: »

The main band of snow is set to fall on Thursday through to friday. Could end up being freezing rain as the air above snowfields will be lower in temps. All depends on the evolution of the models

The roads will be like ice if we get that.

joes girls

Great forecast from Joanna��

LEIN

It's the calm before the storm here.

I have windows open here in the house to let some air in.

Certainly won't be doing the same this time tomorrow.

JCX BXC

Still cloudy in West Clare, the odd sunny spell, hoping it clears soon!

Larbre34

beefburrito wrote: »

How do you think we'll fare out in the Banner County ????

Daytime highs 3 or 4, overnight lows -1 or -2, some frost depending on breeze, mostly dry with a few flurries, possibility of significant snow towards next weekend, though this is marginal and could fall as rain particularly in west Munster. Stay tuned.

SleetAndSnow

Cloudy and 5 degrees in cork city, winds coming from the southeast though and are cold enough

sjb25

joes girls wrote: »

Great forecast from Joanna��

But did we get a wink for the boardsies

I missed it

Spanish Eyes

It is a dazzlingly beautiful sunny day here in Dublin now.

Hard to believe what's coming down the tracks......:eek:

mirrorwall14

Anyone know how long it takes to go up on RTE player?

JCX BXC

Larbre34 wrote: »

Daytime highs 3 or 4, overnight lows -1 or -2, some frost depending on breeze, mostly dry with a few flurries, possibility of significant snow towards next weekend, though this is marginal and could fall as rain particularly in west Munster. Stay tuned.

Knock a good 4c off those daytime temperatures for Wednesday/Thursday, and a good 5 or 6 for nighttime temperatures.

SleetAndSnow

mirrorwall14 wrote: »

Anyone know how long it takes to go up on RTE player?

an hour or two usually

CeilingFly

"Sheepishly reappears"

Now looks like major winter event with heavy snowfall through to next weekend.

Now I need to change a load of stuff. Feck you snow

But once I implement plan B, I intend to enjoy it - nice 50m slope in my back garden - and I saw a "pre-election" (public meeting bs) FF poster nearby - hopefully no-one else has stolen it

LEIN

mirrorwall14 wrote: »

Anyone know how long it takes to go up on RTE player?

Usually within the hour.

joes girls

sjb25 wrote: »

But did we get a wink for the boardsies

I missed it

No she didnt do the wink last night either, this must be her serious i mean business face!

Mullaghteelin

Larbre34 wrote: »

Daytime highs 3 or 4, overnight lows -1 or -2, some frost depending on breeze, mostly dry with a few flurries, possibility of significant snow towards next weekend, though this is marginal and could fall as rain particularly in west Munster. Stay tuned.

It should be much colder than that in Clare from Tuesday night to Thursday.
This is not our usual polar maritime setup. The winds in Clare will be coming off a cold land, with snow cover upwind, and exceptionally low dew points entrained in the flow.
Overnight lows should easily drop below -1C

What detail did she give about the warnings, I missed it thanks?

davidsr20

[Deleted User] wrote: »

What detail did she give about the warnings, I missed it thanks?

Wasn’t any different to last nights weather really.

Delta2113

BBC weather had a technical fault after the news and some female announcer just read out forecast for today.

pilly

Villain wrote:

I think Met Eireann might need to consider dropping colour from the advisories in future. The media can’t seem to grasp the difference!

I actually think the new system has caused so many people to be sceptical of the warnings.

There's a yellow warning every week so people are just starting to ignore them.

Maybe the bar is set too low for a yellow?

Nettle Soup

davidsr20 wrote: »

Wasn’t any different to last nights weather really.

Joanna has stopped winking.

We need a way for Joanna to communicate with us Boardsies. Some keyword she can use to show that she monitors this forum.

Can anyone think of an odd word or phrase she can use in upcoming weather bulletins to give us a sign???

Edit: Maybe the word "ramp"! Joanna, please use the word ramp at 6 or 9.

SleetAndSnow

Nettle Soup wrote: »

Joanna has stopped winking.

We need a way for Joanna to communicate with us Boardsies. Some keyword she can use to show that she monitors this forum.

Can anyone think of an odd word or phrase she can use in upcoming weather bulletins to give us a sign???

'theres no downgrade!' might work

ThaitaniumM

Will have to see the next rollout of the GFS and ECM to see where we stand. Any shift to the south or East and I'll be confident that we'll see snow through all of Thursday to saturday. As long as the low stays relatively near Ireland of course

sryanbruen

pilly wrote: »

I actually think the new system has caused so many people to be sceptical of the warnings.

There's a yellow warning every week so people are just starting to ignore them.

Maybe the bar is set too low for a yellow?

In fairness, yellow just means be aware. Don't need to do anything for it.

dacogawa

Delta2113 wrote: »

BBC weather had a technical fault after the news and some female announcer just read out forecast for today.

The cold has already got into the system :pac:

patneve2

Excluding the Friday event, I think that an accumulation 8-10cm is realistic in extreme coastal locations (like Howth, Dalkey etc..), 10-15cm 5 km inland and 15 to 25cm 10-15km from the coast. Showers being driven well in land. Not even thinking about the Friday LP.

joes girls

Emergency task force to meet in the morning, i hope this time if they give a red warning they will give better guidelines. During Ophelia's red warning people were still afraid to not go to work.
Red Warning you should stay at home.

squarecircles

she said it !!!

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lawred2

It's like a summer morning in Dublin at the moment. Rugby training earlier was balmy.