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

Naos

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Looks like air travel will be gone as well

Where you hear that?

PowerToWait

ixus wrote: »

I don't understand why people are letting their vehicles and driveways become encased in snow. (I'm in North Kildare too). It is going to be a nightmare to shift compacted, frozen snow. I've shifted it every day even though I have no intention of going anywhere (couldn't if I tried).

Same here. Though another poster was laughing at people clearing their drives.

I've no intention of moving the car but if I absolutely need to at least I can. Waiting for a thaw seems folly.

Steopo

North county Dublin including coastal areas doing very well out of this phase. From a thaw earlier we're back to last nights levels and still snowing and radar looking good

revelman

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Keelin confirms that the 'East Coast' means Dublin really as far as the NECC is concerned. I knew it. I knew it.

I thought she said the “south east really means the Dublin area, doesn’t it” - which had me slightly confused

lawred2

Ravage1616 wrote: »

Looting in a Lidl in Citywest!

https://twitter.com/46flynn/status/969640903060131845?s=21

what else can you expect from a pig but a grunt

The_Valeyard

ixus wrote: »

Well covered here (north kildare) with dry powder again after similar.

Dublin 15 here. Covered again. Very windy. Falling as rain but freezing again. At least another inch in last three hours.

MrMischief

Sutton , Dublin 13 had a decent thaw today. But after a couple of hours of driving light snow there’s a good 3 to 4cm on the ground. Worst it’s been all week here. Just back from Howth and roads starting to become very dodgy.

jd

Wexford RNLI posted a video of a very ice Wexford Harbour
https://www.facebook.com/WexfordRNLI/videos/vb.311282632274944/1616692778400583/?type=2&theater

Kermit.de.frog

The grains accumulate really fast especially when they are blown against a surface.

Sarn

Naos wrote: »

Where you hear that?

Some flights already cancelled from Dublin airport tomorrow morning.

Itssoeasy

MrMischief wrote: »

Sutton , Dublin 13 had a decent thaw today. But after a couple of hours of driving light snow there’s a good 3 to 4cm on the ground. Worst it’s been all week here. Just back from Howth and roads starting to become very dodgy.

Dodgy because of the snowfall or temperature dropping which it's doing in cork.

Irish Steve

Serious surprise here, Ashbourne SE Meath. Had to head out for a while around 1500, and at that time, the roads in the town were not an issue, the side roads were marginal depending how many people had been out before me, and it had been very light snow most of the day.

Outside the town was a different story, the (old) N2 south of Ashbourne towards 9 mile Stone was one and a half lanes, with significant banks on the side of the road where earlier overnight drifts had been cleared, but the wind was still blowing powder snow off the fields and on to the road. The minor roads to Kilbride from Ashbourne and Ratoath were impassable, due to significant drifts about 4 Ft deep that extended for some distance, so it wasn't possible to get to Kilbride today.

Since 1600, things have changed, we were clearly right on the edge of the snow, in that it was very light, but over the last couple of hours, the quantity of snow falling has increased considerably, I've just looked out of the back door, and the footprints I left when I came in have now been refilled, and the snow that was in place has been topped up again.

Looking at the weather radar, I wonder how soon this is going to stop, there looks to be a very long streamer of snow cloud all the way back across the UK that's heading for this area, with the speed that it's moving at, I am wondering if there will still be snow falling until mid day tomorrow, possibly even later.

That sentiment is borne out by the recent announcement from both Aer Lingus and Ryanair that their programmes for tomorrow are disrupted, with a significant number of cancellations up until 1100 tomorrow. That may be because they are anticipating that DAA may be struggling to clear the runways etc because of the overnight snow, but I have to wonder if this is going to last a lot longer than we thought it was.

It could be an "interesting" weekend.

patneve2

Still coming down and have basically doubled my snow cover. Intensity lighter now. Hoping to squeeze snother few inches out of this beast. Dalkey

Itssoeasy

I can't post the video as I'm on my phone but some gob****e decided to go for a swim! And a passer by had to try and help him out. A swim of all things this week.

SortingYouOut

More snowfall in D4 than yesterday. Still tonight to go, how will the thaw go tomorrow??

Mahony0509

Surely won't be thawed by Monday?

erica74

We made it!! Finally a sense that the snowfall is really done but it's starting to get seriously cold now!

stevenup7002

wakka12 wrote: »

The sky is lilac..must be some effect the snow is having. looks stunning

It is. Clouds are lilac and the sky is a deep purply blue. Picture really doesn't do it justice at all, but this is the best I could get:

HONKEY TONK

Itssoeasy wrote: »

I can't post the video as I'm on my phone but some gob****e decided to go for a swim! And a passer by had to try and help him out. A swim of all things this week.

Woman today

https://independent.bbvms.com/view/embed/2911425.html

cabledude

SortingYouOut wrote: »

More snowfall in D4 than yesterday. Still tonight to go, how will the thaw go tomorrow??

Could see it being put off until Sunday myself.

Itssoeasy

HONKEY TONK wrote: »

Itssoeasy wrote: »

I can't post the video as I'm on my phone but some gob****e decided to go for a swim! And a passer by had to try and help him out. A swim of all things this week.

Woman today

https://independent.bbvms.com/view/embed/2911425.html

Thanks. Why did she think going swimming was a good idea though I'll never know.

stephenjmcd

Mahony0509 wrote: »

Surely won't be thawed by Monday?

Based on charts and forecast most areas may well be

SortingYouOut

Itssoeasy wrote: »

I can't post the video as I'm on my phone but some gob****e decided to go for a swim! And a passer by had to try and help him out. A swim of all things this week.

Is that the eegit who was on the news? Selfish b**ch could have dragged someone else into the mess she was in. She's lucky to be alive. What a thoughtless act, it really baffled me.

um7y1h83ge06nx

Itssoeasy wrote: »

I can't post the video as I'm on my phone but some gob****e decided to go for a swim! And a passer by had to try and help him out. A swim of all things this week.

Was that the one at the Forty Foot? Saw it on the RTE News tracker. Some thick cnut to be doing that. He might have increased the countries average intelligent if he drowned.

davidsr20

Seems to be calming down in a lot of areas now.

Itssoeasy

Charlotte Prehistoric Sweatshirt wrote: »

Itssoeasy wrote: »

I can't post the video as I'm on my phone but some gob****e decided to go for a swim! And a passer by had to try and help him out. A swim of all things this week.

Was that the one at the Forty Foot? Saw it on the RTE News tracker. Some thick cnut to be doing that. He might have increased the countries average intelligent if he drowned.

I've no idea where it was.

fatherted1969

Set off for a 24hr shift this morning. Usual time is 20 minutes from monasterevin to athy turned into a 2hr + drive this morning. Road to Athy was closed so had to go up the motorway through to the naas exit then back down the motorway and took the kilcullen exit to about 6 miles the far side of Athy. White knuckle driving the whole way. Athy seem to have gotten off light enough. Hopefully I'll have someone coming in tomorrow to let me off

cnocbui

Could you nip down the road and get a loaf of bread please, we're nearly out - thanks.

Calibos

For those who didn't believe me that Storm Emma wasn't amounting to much accumulation near Bray Seafront on Thursday/Friday despite 24 hours of non stop heavy 'Snow'.

Not my Video btw.

fullstop

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Thanks. Why did she think going swimming was a good idea though I'll never know.

Cause she's a selfish c*nt