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

sdanseo

Cantona's Collars wrote: »

https://preview.ibb.co/fmqvHc/IMG_20180225_192650.jpg

Taken from the technical thread.

That picture will be absolutely historic if it verifies.

Still 100hrs away though.

Hooter23

Casualsingby wrote: »

75% chance of 55cm snow for Dublin? Am I reading that correctly?

So your telling me I have 100% chance at 40cm the most snow...I dont think we're reading it right:pac:

wakka12

Casualsingby wrote: »

75% chance of 55cm snow for Dublin? Am I reading that correctly?

Can somebody answer this?
Seems important lol.
Do the percentages mean likeliness? Or does 50 percent mean the most likely?

power pants

sdanseo wrote: »

That picture will be absolutely historic if it verifies.

Still 100hrs away though.

I'm from the UK and people there are saying Ireland are a bunch of pansies as they have snow too forecast and no major warnings etc

Is Ireland expecting more than the UK due to the Irish Sea boosting it or simply we're not used to it and they are?

JCX BXC

mirrorwall14 wrote: »

Was that aimed at me? I only asked about MT craniums post because there was no conclusive answer here....

No not aimed at you at all, Infact I wouldn't consider that post an offense at all

sdanseo

Hooter23 wrote: »

So your telling me I have 100% chance at 40cm the most snow...I dont think we're reading it right:pac:

wakka12 wrote: »

Can somebody answer this?
Seems important lol.
Do the percentages mean likeliness? Or does 50 percent mean the most likely?

No, low chance of the least/most happening

25% chance of the 25%/75% columns verifying

And 50% chance of the 50% column occuring.

squarecircles

Impending Cold spell making the RTE headlines at 9

Chrongen

Calibos wrote: »

Current model output says it won't turn to Rain except over the extreme southern coast of England. ie. certainly at the moment its looking like a 1987 or even a 1982 level frontal snow dumping......on top of whatever the east coast got from Tuesday to Thursday with the Lake effect snow from the Irish Sea. This might even mean that I have my fill of snow for the rest of my life!! This could be legendary and be something you tell your grandkids about.....or the low pressure system could miss us entirely and we 'only' get 2010 level snow. Its not looking like turning to rain over us going on current model output though.

:eek:

I was stranded in Dusseldorf Airport for 3 days back then.

Could this really be that bad (in Dublin)?

Kermit.de.frog

power pants wrote: »

Is Ireland expecting more than the UK due to the Irish Sea boosting it or simply we're not used to it and they are?

The UK has amber warnings issued.

The event on Friday could effect Ireland in a bigger way than the UK and not just for snow. We need to keep an eye on wind speeds as well.

mirrorwall14

I think the graph is something like this for Dublin though I've no clue how to embed and i'm crossing fingers that this works....





https://imgur.com/a/2Pqjp

Edit: The wrap around image tags aren't working

allthedoyles

I see there could be thunder with the snow . Something I've never witnessed .

Snaggerman

Just wondering if anyone would know if this event will involve high winds? A group of us are heading to a Prem game on Saturday, via overnight ferry from Dublin port. Getting worried that ferries might not run....

SleetAndSnow

power pants wrote: »

I'm from the UK and people there are saying Ireland are a bunch of pansies as they have snow too forecast and no major warnings etc

Is Ireland expecting more than the UK due to the Irish Sea boosting it or simply we're not used to it and they are?

And here we have people saying a yellow isnt needed!

But yeah I expect more talk about alerts in the 9pm forecast, but not given as we have a countrywide yellow atm

davidsr20

News headlines covering weather event coming up next on RTÉ 1 news

Aimsir

How long will this cold spell last?

tashiusclay

NoodleMc wrote: »

Just back from the shops. Overheard a conversation where one lad was telling another that he had heard from someone he knows who works in M.E. (when I heard M.E. I reversed direction and pretended to be extremely interested in the fresh fish, when of course I was actually heading to the tinned goods aisle), that..and I quote "He's telling me it's going to be like the 80's".

Nearly skipped out of the shops!

(Mind you I'm assuming that by 'Like the 80's' he was referring to snow amounts and not the hairstyles! :eek:)

Sounds like you're hoping for a major coke session to kick off soon..??

davidsr20

Aimsir wrote: »

How long will this cold spell last?

Up till next weekend so far

SleetAndSnow

Anybody wanting to watch the news can watch it live here on rte player if not at a tv https://www.rte.ie/player/ie/live/8/

GDSGR8

Snaggerman wrote: »

Just wondering if anyone would know if this event will involve high winds? A group of us are heading to a Prem game on Saturday, via overnight ferry from Dublin port. Getting worried that ferries might not run....

The game might be cancelled/postponed perhaps. Where is it?

Gal44

Have a flight going from knock airport Friday 😳

Casualsingby

I think showers could make it further west than is currently thought due to the strength of the winds.

Snowbiee21

Some models are actually going for a few show showers in the east tomorrow , could we be taken by suprise?

Snaggerman

GDSGR8 wrote: »

The game might be cancelled/postponed perhaps. Where is it?

Anfield, more worried about the ferry tbh, reckon it'd have to be epic snow for game to be cancelled.....

wakka12

Snowbiee21 wrote: »

Some models are actually going for a few show showers in the east tomorrow , could we be taken by suprise?

I noticed the BBC graphics showed what looked like to me as some snow showers in leinster area some point in the evening tomorrow

sryanbruen

Now would you look at that, GFS underestimating the cold air/blocking feature.... surprise surprise.

https://twitter.com/EssexWeather/status/967862729926234113

BLIZZARD7

Snowbiee21 wrote: »

Some models are actually going for a few show showers in the east tomorrow , could we be taken by suprise?

I wouldn't be surprised to see a few flakes in the east by tomorrow evening, nothing of real consequence yet though.

tom1ie

Snaggerman wrote: »

Just wondering if anyone would know if this event will involve high winds? A group of us are heading to a Prem game on Saturday, via overnight ferry from Dublin port. Getting worried that ferries might not run....

I'm supposed to be heading to London for the spurs vs Huddersfield match also! I'm flying on Fri afternoon so I'm hoping this won't be too bad..........

willowthewisp

Snaggerman wrote: »

Anfield, more worried about the ferry tbh, reckon it'd have to be epic snow for game to be cancelled.....

Not really, if conditions aren’t safe for supporters accessing the stadium they tend to cancel games.

Trimm Trabb

tom1ie wrote: »

I'm supposed to be heading to London for the spurs vs Huddersfield match also! I'm flying on Fri afternoon so I'm hoping this won't be too bad..........

Also how bad is it going to be in the UK? Some the games could be called off if travel and paths etc are deemed dangerous for supporters?

Chrongen

snowstorm445 wrote: »

Yeah Monday should be absolutely fine, no real accumulation likely. Around Tuesday evening should start to get very dodgy, although probably not as bad as Wednesday will be.

Thanks Snow.

I can work from home anytime but I like to go in.

If Tuesday afternoon/evening is looking sketchy then I'll go tomorrow and then hibernate for the rest of the week.