Severe Weather Snow / Ice Weds 28 FEB ( Onwards ) ** READ MOD NOTE POST#1**

Ninthlife

A very fine snow being blown about here Sth Kildare. Snowed on and off but had a good bit of a thaw this afternoon.

Im hoping for more snow but whatever happens the laughs and smiles on my kids faces while we played in the snow and bulit Olaf the snowman will last a life time

Chong

I cant believe how these snow grains as Gaoth puts it have built up in the past 25 mins in Swords having filled in footsteps properly on our driveway.

tteknulp

Very Fine Snow Dublin 13 , Temp -1

ninebeanrows

It is strange that the 'rain' has managed to cover the car tracks that were visible 30 minutes ago!

adam240610

sdanseo wrote: »

For what it's worth, my window is soaking wet.

One side of it is is -2 degrees

The other side is +21 degrees.

The air in between the panes can only do so much, it's not going to stay frozen.

It is here somehow These are rooftop ones, slowly getting quite hard to see through

leahyl

Can’t believe how calm it is on the northside of Cork city....no wind at all

Johann.

Chong wrote: »

I cant believe how these snow grains as Gaoth puts it have built up in the past 25 mins in Swords having filled in footsteps properly on our driveway.

It's insane. I've never seen anything like it and unsure we will again!

jones 19

Rte news report was an extreme warning, if it unfolds like she says its extremely band for most of the country. It'll be one +one v soon, worth watching.

delly

Report from Drogheda is very heavy winds and what I think is snow, but appears very light. When it hits the window it appears as rain or water, yet the areas of the ground that have been walked on are filling back up.

Reputable Rog

Light dusting in Mallow, hardly worth the wait.

jds0ur

Give it time folks, this is only the start of it, give it a few hrs

tikkamark

Incredibly fine snow here on the Meath Westmeath border but it’s absolutely bucketing down it has been snowing non stop here since last night 13” and rising on the lawn and the drifts are up level with hedge tops.....i put snow chains on my van they do an awesome job of motoring on through the worst of it.

Cazale

Looks like rain in Newbridge but when you go outside it's very fine snow. It would cut through you with the wind too.

MrMischief

Rain in D13 and slowly thawing the snow on the car

bennyl10

Seerofthings wrote: »

Raining here in Dublin City Centre. Massive overreaction by MT/ the Government me thinks #snowflakes

If it's freezing snow in Rathmines I doubt it's raining in city..

None of it has been an overreaction! The storm hasn't reached dublin yet ffs!!

ZX7R

An easy test to prove what's falling, put a small mirror in the freezer few minutes, bring outside if rain hits it, it will freeze straight away, if it's fine sizzle, it will stay on mirror as is

pad199207

Weathercheck wrote: »

It is strange that the 'rain' has managed to cover the car tracks that were visible 30 minutes ago!

Magic Rain

Dickerty

Seerofthings wrote: »

Raining here in Dublin City Centre. Massive overreaction by MT/ the Government me thinks #snowflakes

City will always be warmer and more sheltered. You are the exception, not the rule.

lawred2

Seerofthings wrote: »

Raining here in Dublin City Centre. Massive overreaction by MT/ the Government me thinks #snowflakes

This is gone beyond boring at this stage

Jimjay

Very fine snow in wicklow town near the coast. Not rain. Had nothing and now the ground has fine dusting of white. Its very light and getting blown around.

irishrover99

Stuck a black sleeve out the window and it's the finest/smallest white stuff I've ever seen.

In fact if you bagged it, the notorious might be interested in buying it.

RustyGate

d'Oracle wrote: »

You can still make a call yourself, you have just been informed that it could be very dangerous to carry on as usual.

Not possible to carry on as normal, as everything has been closed due to red alert - businesses, shops, pharmacies, even petrol stations, today on south Dublin which until this evening has been effectively just for a few flurries and a manageable amount of lying snow from Tuesday night. Tonight into tomorrow the warning is justified, but before this evening, completely OTT in my opinion. We Irish, according to relatives abroad, are 'far too fragile' when it comes to these things. The last day or two the authorities have been treating the snow so far as if it was radioactive fallout.

stooge

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote: »

Gas thing is I'm in the same county (south Ros) and we have 7 inches of snow outside my back door.

same here in s.roscommon. absolutely EPIC snow from 6am until about 4pm! Although I think we may just be on the edge of anything that will happen tonight.

nacho libre

A few people dead in England due to the snow.

fritzelly

This rain is clearing all the footprints on the pavement

bozharry1

Ice rain in Portlaoise.Bit of a wind gathering too.

MaccaTacca

Snow is now starting to accumilate on top of what’s already there in Bray. Very heavy winds accompanying snowfall.

I think the storm has now properly started, and judging by the radar, Bray, South Dublin and North Wicklow are only just on the northern fringe of Emma.

I think we’re in for a historic night.

sdanseo

Yggr of Asgard wrote: »

I believe it when I see it, right now it's not even 0 degrees.

Temps



Dewpoints are getting very high. We're 1-2 degrees from all out rain. My limited knowledge is that as the leading edge passes temps should drop again, but this system is so bewildering I don't even know.

Since apparently wind turbines now slow the earth's rotation, it could be 10 degrees and sunny in an hours time and I probably shouldn't be surprised.

Itssoeasy

leahyl wrote: »

Can’t believe how calm it is on the northside of Cork city....no wind at all

There is a wind blowing. It's not that calm.

Cantona's Collars

Cazale wrote: »

Looks like rain in Newbridge but when you go outside it's very fine snow. It would cut through you with the wind too.

I think that's what's confusing people, looking out you'd think it was raining,try going out in it and it's a different story. It's like needles of ice blowing in the wind.