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

wakka12

revelman wrote: »

I know it is probably an impossible task. But is there any way of getting more accurate measurements or estimates of how much snow has actually fallen? People are talking about the snow being several feet deep but are we sure that they are not looking at drifts? I’m not asking people to go out obviously but remember measurements on grass will overstate because of the air space. Looking at a flat surface e.g a top of a car would be better. Probably the wind makes it more difficult to do this though.

It's really hard to estimate because of drifts and sublimination daily but it seems to me like the only places that got over a foot of precipitation is parts of Kildare

CSU

Tallaght

erica74

revelman wrote: »

I know it is probably an impossible task. But is there any way of getting more accurate measurements or estimates of how much snow has actually fallen? People are talking about the snow being several feet deep but are we sure that they are not looking at drifts? I’m not asking people to go out obviously but remember measurements on grass will overstate because of the air space. Looking at a flat surface e.g a top of a car would be better. Probably the wind makes it more difficult to do this though.

My measurements have been on the flat ground so 4 inches of snow over night in South Kilkenny and yesterday we had already had around 4 inches so about 8 inches altogether, maybe between 8 and 10 inches altogether.

Cloudio9

Red alert needs to be downgraded for most areas. No reason why Dublin should not be more or less fully open for business this morning.

fred funk }{

wakka12 wrote: »

It's really hard to estimate because of drifts and sublimination daily but it seems to me like the only places that got over a foot of precipitation is parts of Kildare

I haven't been out yet but I can bet that we got that, at least.

red_bairn

Cloudio9 wrote: »

Red alert needs to be downgraded for most areas. No reason why Dublin should not be more or less fully open for business this morning.

Where are you in Dublin?

flanzer

Cloudio9 wrote: »

Red alert needs to be downgraded for most areas. No reason why Dublin should not be more or less fully open for business this morning.

You talking about Dublin, Ohio???? :eek:

The red alert is for people's safety FFS

CianRyan

Looking outside the windows I Tallaght, looks like over a foot of snow laying in flat ground, even after being walked on yesterday and there are drifts out the front of over a meter, still snowing hard with strong winds.

thos

Balbriggan/Gormanston area - not much difference since last night. Saw some comments to say worst yet to come for north east, that right?

revelman

revelman wrote: »

Is anyone else on the south Cork coast seeing RAIN? We appear to have got about 10cm of snow last night on top of the 20cm that was already on the ground. There are snow drifts several feet deep. But I’m pretty sure I’m seeing rain outside right now. Obviously I don’t want to go out in it to check. Putting my hand out the window it feels like the normal drizzle we get here every other day of the year...

The rain has now given way to dry snow. The snow is bucketing it down here at the moment. Blizzard conditions. Crazy stuff!

Alan Smithee

Absolutely bucketing down snow in Rosslare at the minute (as it has been all night) with drifts of several feet in certain areas and yet parts of the ground adjacent hardly covered at all. For an area so close to the coast with usually no snow this is spectacular.

dave1982

Looks like Cobh had non stop snizzle all night good covering but nothing spectaular. We got hardly no wind

Cloudio9

red_bairn wrote: »

Where are you in Dublin?

Portmarnock. I get it's not a normal day but stay indoors is completely inappropriate.

wakka12

Cloudio9 wrote: »

Red alert needs to be downgraded for most areas. No reason why Dublin should not be more or less fully open for business this morning.

I don't know what part of Dublin you're in but in D14 there's a huge amount of snow and I'm unsurprised there's not a single car passing on the road outside my house due to one foot snow drifts

pp_me

Happy snow day

lawred2

Don't think much fell around Portmarnock in the end. Not much different from yesterday.

appledrop

Thankfully got no more snow here in North County Dublin. Still really windy. Hope it all melts soon!

GeneHunt

Looking at the ME radar, it looks like the Wicklow mountains is blocking Emma on her path NW.

Lia_lia

Just got up there and looked out the window. Lots of snow in Cork city compared to when I went to bed. Still snowing!

mickger844posts

Lots of heavy snow in Waterford City overnight and still going strong. The eye opener for me is the drifts. Will be interesting to get some totals later.

www.waterfordcityweather.com

pistolpetes11

Cloudio9 wrote: »

Red alert needs to be downgraded for most areas. No reason why Dublin should not be more or less fully open for business this morning.

And your qualifications / background to decree this are ?

pnpweirdo

2/3 inches in limerick. Nothing too serious. Never once fell as serious snowflakes only dust all night

pp_me

Happy snow day

EPAndlee

Here in the south east parts of my garden are well over half a foot deep

Cloudio9

flanzer wrote: »

You talking about Dublin, Ohio???? :eek:

The red alert is for people's safety FFS

Most of the county had more more snow on Wednesday. There are pockets of deep snow in parts of South and West Dublin but for most of the city/county we should be going about our daily business.

RobertKK

It is blizzard like in the gusts here, but not sustained to be a blizzard at my location on the Kilkenny hills, the snow is picking up, the road was blocked yesterday before any more drifting snow, yesterday had 2.5ft drifts at 1pm, so expecting them to be impressive later.

obi604

Hi

Has the storm essentially passed now ?

ImThatGuy

Harolds Cross Road this morning, those familiar with the area will be shocked to see Maxol is closed 😀

leahyl

Snowing now where I am but not big flakes or anything....almost like dust particles :-P

pistolpetes11

Cloudio9 wrote: »

Most of the county had more more snow on Wednesday. There are pockets of deep snow in parts of South and West Dublin but for most of the city/county we should be going about our daily business.

I'm presuming from this post you have been out and around Dublin this morning to make such a decision ?

You not just judging this from an IMBY perspective are you ?