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

sjb25

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???

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

Th cat game from super troopers lets see how many can be got into a forecast

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1rlSjdnAKY4

cherryghost

Anyone interested in other models, FIM is rolling out now and its also trending a more southerly track for the low, favourable uppers until 4th for most of the country following on also.

Reckless Abandonment

joes girls wrote: »

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.

Could walk to work where possible.

pilly

sryanbruen wrote:

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

Yeah I know, I get that but when there's one every week and it means nothing but the usual weather then people start to ignore even the orange.

The amount of people who have said to me "ah it's ridiculous, they've warnings every week"

vistafinder

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

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

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

Something like this I would imagine

sjb25

Reckless Abandonment wrote: »

Could walk to work where possible.

Oh yeah cause that will go well

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_a2mawvf-5o

endacl

Reckless Abandonment wrote: »

I understand where you are coming form. But at the end of the day this is a thread about snow mainly filled with snow lovers . Most of the people getting a hard time are the ones who just pop and say "it won't snow" and not backing it up with anything other that " it never snows in ireland" " you lot always get excited over nothing"
As far as hardship and the rest. No one here can stop what's coming. If Anything threads like this help.

‘Mainly filled’ is the key phrase, of course. I’ll be thrilled to see not one single solitary flake of snow, because, yeah, while it’s pretty to look at and it’s a rare occurrence here yada yada....it’s also a pain in the hole when you need your day gotten on with. If I want snow it’s only a cheap Ryanair flight away. At home though, I like my roads clear.

I follow the thread as it’s excellent from an information POV. I just skip over most of the giddykid posts.

cyclops999

patneve2 wrote: »

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.

What snowfall amounts 60km from east coast ?

Max Prophet

sjb25 wrote: »

Oh yeah cause that will go well

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_a2mawvf-5o

This is his back story

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukp1dwISkT4

He's had a tough time.

fricatus

pilly wrote: »

Yeah I know, I get that but when there's one every week and it means nothing but the usual weather then people start to ignore even the orange.

The amount of people who have said to me "ah it's ridiculous, they've warnings every week"

Give them this handy guide:

1. Is my location included?
2. If so:
Yellow = keep it on your radar
Orange = be ready to take action
Red = email your employer so they know you’ll be taking them to court if they kick up about your absence.

joes girls

Reckless Abandonment wrote: »

Could walk to work where possible.

But what's the point in the warnings if people don't take heed of them, like really if you don't make it to your office is it really going to shut down the country!

patneve2

cyclops999 wrote: »

What snowfall amounts 60km from east coast ?

Hard to tell. Would say significant falls are possible far in land and showers on wednesday could even remain intact well over 100 km inland. Find yourself in the path of the precip and you could even get 15cm, find yourself on the side and you could get 5cm. Please don't take this prediction as gospel as it could be inaccurate.

pilly

I find it so hard to work out the forecasts as I live on the borders of Tipp/Cork/Limerick and drive in all of them every day.

I could have not a flake of snow here and hit dangerous roads in ten minutes.

So whilst I love a bit of a snow I hate the stress of trying to figure out if it's safe to go somewhere or not.

ThaitaniumM

vistafinder wrote: »

Something like this I would imagine

Boardsies hopping on the snow train :P

cherryghost

Who wants aboard a hype train! Specifically a Norway hype train (live)!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qghQ5eKGcyE

George Sunsnow

Regarding the lunchtime farming forecast,there’s only one thing I have to say

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuaVSoSKW2Q

ThaitaniumM

Ok I was caught in a train of thought and could be derailing the topic. Time to get back on track.

irishfeen

So Tuesday evening and Thursday evening looking like a country event?

crazyjim

I'm guilty of "Snonanism"
- compulsively looking at weather forum
- furiously w***ing on about the risk of snow until I've worn myself out

In all seriousness it's so warm and mild in Dublin it's difficult to imagine heavy snow like 1982 is possible. Thanks for all the expert views on here

vistafinder

George Sunsnow wrote: »

Regarding the lunchtime farming forecast,there’s only one thing I have to say

And the winner is :pac:

m17

Snow fall for Wednesday 28/02/18 by metcheck

Harry Palmr

Just looking at the shortening shadow on the back lawn I'm struck that we're about to be robbed of some possibly lovely early spring weather. Thrust back into winter when the shed is casting a shadow of only about 3 meters is just wrong.

patneve2

German radar giving us a sneak peak at what is likely to occur here starting Tuesday evening. Moderate to heavy snow showers slamming into the coast and travelling far inland on an ENE wind. All of this is occurring in N Germany with very high pressure, 850s at about -15 and sea surface temps a good bit cooler than the Irish Sea. Also, important to note that the GFS progged very light precip over N Germany, showing us that its quite rubbish at predicting convection.

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/radar?CONT=euro&CREG=dwddg

Webcam from Rostock port.

http://www.rostock-port.de/en/livecam/webcam.html

Mullaghteelin

patneve2 wrote: »

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.

Snow fall amounts yes, but the cynical coastal dweller that I am does not expect that much accumulation, at least not at sea level on the extreme coastal fringes.

I'm in Balbriggan, and even the intense cold easterly of February 1991 saw a lot of the snow melt or evaporate away during the day.
In December 2010 a slow thaw would set in whenever the breeze picked up from the east. The snow survived in 2010 because we had a light breeze blowing off the land most of the time, and the sun was at its weakest.

BorneTobyWilde

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StwCqaeHP8A

thomasj

IT related joke thrown in!

https://twitter.com/memenow/status/967759339674112000

Pangea

A forecast for the ages there by Joanne

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SleetAndSnow

Pangea wrote: »

A forecast for the ages there by Joanne

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Once that possible school closures means for us in cork city too we will be very happy! Hehe

hairyslug

An absolutely beautiful day here in Courtown, if I didn't know better, I would be out cutting the grass like the other ejjits in the estate..

Pangea

What stuck out from the farming forecast for me was that it showed northern half of the country under precipitation for most of Wednesday and Thursday aswell.