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

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BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Weather at 9.30 was boring, nothing to see here. Dunno what that is about.
Maybe she's backtracking

Why would the weather forecast on TV be lying about the weather? If it happens any other way than they broadcast they end up getting slated.

Larbre34

Lot of overthinking here lads, the first thing Joanna did was to re-iterate the weather advisory. The 9.30 forecast isnt long range, the outlook for Tuesday to Saturday is unchanged.

pistolpetes11

There wont be any major warnings until after the emergency committee meeting in the morning , thats why IMO Met E haven't being going beyond Thursday

jobless

So are we talking airport shut down kind of weather this week?

JCX BXC

ThaitaniumM wrote: »

Pub run has the low going more westerly. Uh oh...

And expect more of this back and forth.

Still dropping a truly significant and crippling amount of snowfall nationwide.

davidglanza

So is cork getting snow

Shadylou

After that weather forecast I won't be dusting off my snow boots lol.... a lot of fuss and very little action, we won't be getting any snow in cork city....maybe a bit of sleet but nothing major

JCX BXC

davidglanza wrote: »

So is cork getting snow

Yes.

Perhaps you could take a quick gander at the posts compiled by members with alot of effort?

nacho libre

TheMilkyPirate wrote: »

An odd approach for someone with an interest in the weather to take. I hope it's the mother of all blizzards and snows heavy for three days I couldnt care less if we need Noah's ark on Saturday, When is the next time you're going to have the chance to see something like this again in Ireland.

(Hint: A long time)

Indeed.
Syran how could you say that:( of course people who don't like snow will think the following is bonkers: but this is the stuff of dreams for a snow lover. The system later in the week could be a once in a life time event- it could well be on par with the epic blizzards of 1917 and 1933. I stress if it comes off, because if it seems too good to be true it usually is.

SkepticQuark

Shadylou wrote: »

After that weather forecast I won't be dusting off my snow boots lol.... a lot of fuss and very little action, we won't be getting any snow in cork city....maybe a bit of sleet but nothing major

Same user on Ophelia:
"Definitely a storm in a teacup.....ive seen a few branches off trees but nothing worth keeping the kids off school for and losing a days wages"

Same people, back again I see.

gozunda

ThaitaniumM wrote: »

Pub run has the low going more westerly. Uh oh...

So more rain therefore?

JCX BXC

gozunda wrote: »

So more rain therefore?

Significant and crippling snowfall, preceded by a bit of rain.

sryanbruen

https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/967884530211225600

TECH85

JCX BXC wrote: »

And expect more of this back and forth.

Still dropping a truly significant and crippling amount of snowfall nationwide.

It could be almost unbelievable amounts and defo a once in a lifetime experience if everything falls into place !!

Coopaloop

I've never wished for a weekend to go faster, but honestly I can't wait for this week. I'm buzzing with excitement.
On a serious note, I wish more people would believe me when I tell them about this week's weather, everyone I tell thinks I'm mad, I'm worried a lot of people are horrendously under prepared for it, I only hope that ME put out a severe warning and that people take note and not brush it off as a non event.

nacho libre

Did anyone see the latest forecast with Tomasz. Epic is the word!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43190440

FastFullBack

Shadylou wrote: »

After that weather forecast I won't be dusting off my snow boots lol.... a lot of fuss and very little action, we won't be getting any snow in cork city....maybe a bit of sleet but nothing major

That's 4 times now you've said that. Have a read through the first post and others posts. Widespread snow is forecast Wednesday and Thursday and that includes Cork.

PowerToWait

There should be some sort of vetting procedure for posting on this thread. Just so teeth grindingly frustrating at times.

Cheers to the regular, informative posters. Playing a blinder.

aidanodr

SCHOOLS OUT? Met Eireann warn parents to prepare for ‘possible Irish school closures’ as ‘Beast from the East’ weather event could see temperatures plunge to -10C

MET Eireann have warned parents to “prepare for possible school closures” as the ‘Beast from the East’ could see Irish temperatures plunge to -10C this week.

Forecaster Joanna Donnelly said there’s a “real possibility” of schools shutting by midweek or later on in the week.

She said: “The possibility of school closures during the mid or later end of the week is a real possibility with this extreme weather event coming our way.”

Minister Eoghan Murphy is to convene the National Emergency Co-ordination Group for Severe Weather tomorrow morning – with the Department for Education to be represented.

The Department continues to monitor the situation nationwide.

And the Government’s winter ready site said the decision to close rests with the school management authority.

Stephen Hawkins football boots

The Guys on the technical thread don't seem too convinced about the snow now

0byme75341jo28

Shadylou wrote: »

After that weather forecast I won't be dusting off my snow boots lol.... a lot of fuss and very little action, we won't be getting any snow in cork city....maybe a bit of sleet but nothing major

I'm always baffled by comments like this. How are you so sure there will be no snow? Meteorologists spend years studying this stuff and work very hard to make their forecasts as accurate as possible based on the best information available to them. Do you really think you're more qualified to make such a bold statement like that than the meteorologists are?

It is possible that there will be no snow, and if that's the case the forecasters will let us know. But as of right now it's very likely Cork will be seeing snow.

SleetAndSnow

Just incase you don't read the technical thread, the pub run 18z has made the low go to the south coast, move to the south west and so far up the west coast rather then the 12z which hat it hit the cork coast and go all the way up the UK. This 18z means warmer air moving in it seems which means some rain after the snow fall which isn't really what we want. Hopefully it is just an outlier though. This is for friday/saturday next week still freezing cold. Also more experienced people feel free to correct my message, im still learning from you guys!

wakka12

Stephen Hawkins football boots wrote: »

The Guys on the technical thread don't seem too convinced about the snow now

On friday and saturday

heffoo

Stephen Hawkins football boots wrote: »

The Guys on the technical thread don't seem too convinced about the snow now

Must be just after reading a different thread than you so.

Davaeo09

nacho libre wrote: »

Did anyone see the latest forecast with Tomasz. Epic is the word!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43190440

oh they went there

stephenjmcd

Stephen Hawkins football boots wrote: »

The Guys on the technical thread don't seem too convinced about the snow now

That's for next weekend. This is basically nailed on now for during the week

mumo3

Could we be looking at power outages and the rest? My mother still talks about the army bringing water due to the snow in '82 freezing pipes and the likes.... Should we be stocking up on fire wood...no electricity means no central heating

pistolpetes11

Stephen Hawkins football boots wrote: »

The Guys on the technical thread don't seem too convinced about the snow now

Thats pretty much untrue , there discussing the latest run from one of the 3 main players

The other two are well against it and its against its own earlier runs , please make sure of your facts

adam240610

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

Thats pretty much untrue , there discussing the latest run from one of the 3 main players

The other two are well against it and its against its own earlier runs , please make sure of your facts

The 18z has seemed to be wildly different from the other ones consistently as of late.

SleetAndSnow

adam240610 wrote: »

The 18z has seemed to be wildly different from the other ones consistently as of late.

thats why its called the pub run, it doesn't have as much info as the 12z run does (neither does the 6z which I learnt about from an earlier post!) It can be right sometimes but the 12z is usually the GFS most accurate