Cold: Snow/Ice - Sat 17th March Onward - READ MOD NOTE POST #1

ongarboy

It's funny, it's snowing quite heavily and continuously in Dublin 15 yet when my partner and I drove to our local cafe an hour ago, the snow free space under our car when we left was still snow free when we came back just now so the latest round of snow seems to be melting on impact.

Calibos

Heavy Grain Snow on Bray Seafront atm but the thaw is outpacing the falling Snow as Gaoth Laidir indicated earlier.

pauldry

Santry snow like you Kermit

TheRiverman

Reading all the posts here one thing sticks out,the obvious lack of gritters on our roads again.Its no wonder we have thousands of tons of grit stockpiled when it is not being used.Almost total failure by our authorities once again.

The Mig

Definitely more snow compared to 2 and a half weeks ago. I love it!

Leaksireland

Got caught outdoors in a whiteout once in avoriaz in the alps.
Scary stuff, very disorienting.
It was only when I was 50 meters from a 15 story apartment block that it came into view.

BabysCoffee

TheRiverman wrote: »

Reading all the posts here one thing sticks out,the obvious lack of gritters on our roads again.Its no wonder we have thousands of tons of grit stockpiled when it is not being used.Almost total failure by our authorities once again.

From twitter it looks like Fingal, DLR & Dub City were all out gritting last night and this morning

antodeco

Seems to be thawing more than the snow is falling in Ballyfermot. Anywhere my foot prints were and now much clearer. Anywhere with thick snow seems to be staying. Not sure which is going to win!

Thatnastyboy

TheRiverman wrote: »

Reading all the posts here one thing sticks out,the obvious lack of gritters on our roads again.Its no wonder we have thousands of tons of grit stockpiled when it is not being used.Almost total failure by our authorities once again.

In semi-rural kildare here and we have had 4 passes of gritters in the past hour, the first 2 plowed the road too. Its a truly shocking job theyre doing alright :pac:


Have somewhere between 5 & 10cm on the ground here, with drifts up to 40cm around the house.

pad199207

Ploughs are our in Naas. There’s drifts on my driveway.

Well over a foot beside the garden wall

fullstop

Leaksireland wrote: »

Got caught outdoors in a whiteout once in avoriaz in the alps.
Scary stuff, very disorienting.
It was only when I was 50 meters from a 15 story apartment block that it came into view.

Apparently it's like that in Rathfarnham and Limerick today!

grenouille1966

fullstop wrote: »

Apparently it's like that in Rathfarnham and Limerick today!

Limerick????

Doubt that......heavy snow in Dublin ok..

grenouille1966

The Mig wrote: »

Definitely more snow compared to 2 and a half weeks ago. I love it!

no comparison to two weeks ago.....huge snow then....a lot today in west Dublin....10/15 cm.in.places compared to 50/60 two weeks ago

JanuarySnowstor

Hard to know what will happen in Cork
The wind being northeast rather than southeast means we are missing out quite a bit. Will the stuff to our Northeast slide down over us or fizzle out??

traco

Leaksireland wrote: »

Got caught outdoors in a whiteout once in avoriaz in the alps.
Scary stuff, very disorienting.
It was only when I was 50 meters from a 15 story apartment block that it came into view.

Group of us got caught in one on a run in France. Ridiculous stuff. Had to stop and hang tight. Lasted about 30 mins thankfully but visibility was maybe 2-3m at best. Really dangerous and nothing you can do.

dark crystal

Been snowing constantly since I got up this morning, but starting to come down heavily now in Waterford City.

Cantona's Collars

Any exposed surface where snow has been cleared is staying clear. The road outside my place was covered this morning but a wet mess now with only minimal traffic on it.

Gonzo

despite a temperature of -1 at home, there is a thaw going on. If this was in January or February snow totals would be much higher.

traco

Looks like decent coverage in Naas. The road outside wouldn’t have been ploughed and looks clear, wouldn’t have massive traffic on it. Definitely not going to have the travel impact of the previous event.

Easterly Beasterly

grenouille1966 wrote: »

no comparison to two weeks ago.....huge snow then....a lot today in west Dublin....10/15 cm.in.places compared to 50/60 two weeks ago

Depends where you are though. Here in Shankill, we got more over the past 12 hours than during Emma

average_runner

Easterly Beasterly wrote: »

Depends where you are though. Here in Shankill, we got more over the past 12 hours than during Emma

But it won't last long.

ZX7R

Cantona's Collars wrote: »

Any exposed surface where snow has been cleared is staying clear. The road outside my place was covered this morning but a wet mess now with only minimal traffic on it.

That time of the year I am afraid, higher solar melting happens.
Some places will keep cloud cover with snow fall for most of the day if it clears tonight that will be will be when the fun starts everything will freeze

BorneTobyWilde

Blizzard like conditions at times in Kilkenny

munsterlegend

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

Hard to know what will happen in Cork
The wind being northeast rather than southeast means we are missing out quite a bit. Will the stuff to our Northeast slide down over us or fizzle out??

I think fizzle out. It has all morning anyway on the radar.

brookers

is there going to be another snow event towards end of March?

harr

Finally stopped here in laois...has only stopped last five minutes and the sun appeared the thaw was Instant. Still plenty of snow about but roads starting to clear and I doubt any new snow will stick...

Mr Bumble

Picking up again in Delgany after lull. Very fine schnizzle but heavy.....are more showers beginning to bubble up off Anglesey?

Mafra

Hi everyone, any reports please of snow conditions Wexford Rosslare area?

Danno

Still sub-zero in south Laois

Pwindedd

Right I'm heading to the park with pooch. Will take some pics. Still snowing here in D11.