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

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revelman wrote: »

All the old people here in south Cork said that the last time we had this much snow is 1947. We already have more snow than 1982 here and this is before Emma has arrived. I spent 3 years in Austria and even I think this snow is remarkable. I understand why the shops are cleaned out here. Given how localized extremely heavy snow fall is proving to be, don't you agree that Met Eireann have an impossible job to strike the right balance here in their warnings?

It was worse in 1982 at this point, maybe not when the storm hits though.

sicknotexi

It's weird snow where I am( Monasterevan) consistent showers all day but the roads are clear and even the footpaths have a thaw on. Not convinced that emma won't turn into a slushfest.

daheff

John.Icy wrote: »

Sweet has to be N.Kildare atm as it much more continuous there.

been snowing pretty much continously (couple of short breaks) all day here. Reckon we now have 15-20cm here.

Back garden is snowed over yesterdays tracks...and most of this mornings already

And we havent seen Emma yet!

policy75

youtube! wrote: »

Ah TV3s intrepid weather presenter Deric O h'Artagain has just informed us that we will have possibly 25-30 cms of snow accumulating in some areas and this equates to Five and a half to six inches ! What a fool I've been all these years believing differently!

TV3 has got the weather forecast so badly wrong this week. It would seem they are trying to make up for it by now forecasting a 'day after tomorrow' scenario. God knows they could be right this time

patneve2

Wouldnt be surprised if sleet fell briefly before the ppn gets going this evening. Id say the coast should see a decent amount of snow but it will be of a wetter variety. Ppn intensity trying to pick up here but its still really only light snow. Really hope this system delivers tonight!

piplip87

The Virginia snow machine has not stopped since yesterday evening. Looking on New weather the Streamers are going to go another few hours. Was up the hill earlier and its knee high in places

munsterlegend

munsterlegend wrote: »

I don't want to hear any more snow reports from cork city until I am getting in on the action!

Are you confident we will see some??

wakka12

No accumulation since Tuesday night in D6 /D14 somebody please tell me Emma will make it to Dublin

revelman

youtube! wrote: »

It was worse in 1982 at this point, maybe not when the storm hits though.

Where are you based?

pad199207

Total whiteout here in Naas again!

skeleton_boy

Snow starting to get more moderate in Cork City. Breeze picking up also

Green Peter

Ive seriously lost faith in the YR app, its snowing fairly heavy here in galway and its being saying no precipitation for the last few hours. I thought it was the bees knees.

Alanstrainor

It has been snowing quite a bit in North Dublin, Portmarnock today, but I don't think it's amounted to any real increase in snow depth on the ground. In the last hour or so there's been no snow at all.

pnpweirdo

Any latest satellite of the storm. How far is the real snow

laugh

Big snow flakes falling here in West Wicklow

BLIZZARD7

wakka12 wrote: »

No accumulation since Tuesday night in D6 /D14 somebody please tell me Emma will make it to Dublin

Check the grass/side roads - it's blowing off everything else but is accumulating slowly.

Charles Babbage

pnpweirdo wrote: »

Any latest satellite of the storm. How far is the real snow

Arriving Wales.
UK met office make Wales Red Alert
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/met-office-issues-red-weather-14352416

Frank Bullitt

Pretty consistent in D3, snow isn't heavy but I just came in from driving and the wind is very up.

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revelman wrote: »

Where are you based?

Fair point, I'm not in Cork so can only speak for South Dublin right now. I vividly remember back then having drifts which completely covered my dad's car, could only make out a vague shape.

Safiri

revelman wrote: »

All the old people here in south Cork said that the last time we had this much snow is 1947. We already have more snow than 1982 here and this is before Emma has arrived. I spent 3 years in Austria and even I think this snow is remarkable. I understand why the shops are cleaned out here. Given how localized extremely heavy snow fall is proving to be, don't you agree that Met Eireann have an impossible job to strike the right balance here in their warnings?

Absolutely, it's an impossible job as you are always going to have people on both sides of the coin, storm in a tea cup to the apocalypse and with the unpredictable nature of weather, it's always going to be difficult. I don't have an issue with the warning system but the media hype of these events(extraordinarily as they are) has reached mass hysteria with people panicking like the world is about to end.

leahyl

pad199207 wrote: »

Total whiteout here in Naas again!

Jesus,Naas must be buried by now!

pad199207

Estate is becoming impassable now. the drifts are close to cutting off my road

Dank Janniels

Them Yanks at the airport sound like awful doses!!

revelman

youtube! wrote: »

Fair point, I'm not in Cork so can only speak for South Dublin right now. I vividly remember back then having drifts which completely covered my dad's car, could only make out a vague shape.

Ya, my father, who was a truck driver, jackknifed his truck in 1982. He is amazed by our pre-Emma snowfall here since Tuesday evening. Stay safe!

leahyl

pad199207 wrote: »

Total whiteout here in Naas again!

Jesus,Naas must be buried by now!

A Dub in Glasgo

https://twitter.com/JonnyMcAuley/status/968946389551022080

MidMan25

Drove today through Kilkenny, up to Kildare, back down through Laois, Tipp and home to Cork on the motorways.

Some difference around the place! Kildare was definitely the worst. Tipp meanwhile was snowless. Hats off to the lads in ploughs etc, the motorways were perfect to drive on. Home is 5 miles from the coast in East Cork. We've about 15cm already. It'll be an interesting few days!

Whiplashy

Rapid thaw on here on the Tipp/Kilkenny border. We're going to be out of snow soon.

foxyladyxx

Ooh wind really picking up in Dublin bay.

Vladimir Poontang

Is there some sort of invisible dome over Limerick?

Not a flake in sight. Windy and cold but that's it, bone dry otherwise