Cold Spell (of depth and duration uncertain!) starting Tuesday 7th March

giveitholly · 09-03-2023 2:20pm

Ridiculous to be up on Carrauntohill in these conditions

https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/1633785220578025473?t=75Fm5EVxpVVqVt7Lm5MLwQ&s=19

Tony EH · 09-03-2023 2:21pm

^

Stupid, stupid, people.

SMH

Dazler97 · 09-03-2023 2:24pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120334310#Comment_120334310

Sounds abit like Balamory

Pacing Mule · 09-03-2023 2:24pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120334683#Comment_120334683

He / she isn't mistaken.

The Orange alert for Dublin has changed from 10pm start to midnight start and has been removed from todays warnings. Dublin is yellow warning now. It stayed up as an Orange warning for approx 20 minutes before they changed their minds.

weatherfiend · 09-03-2023 2:25pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120334854#Comment_120334854

For God’s sake what eejits!!!! And thoughtless putting their rescuers in danger 😡

Larbre34 · 09-03-2023 2:29pm

They should be billed the full cost of that rescue to the services, the hours, the fuel, the consumed equipment, everything. Morons.

SuperBowserWorld · 09-03-2023 2:29pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120334890#Comment_120334890

Entitled ******* eejits.

weatherfiend · 09-03-2023 2:30pm

Plenty of snow on 3 Rock, Sandyford. Can’t take pic yet because the clouds are right down over it

squonk · 09-03-2023 2:32pm

Thawing here in north Clare with the rain. Wind is picking up now too. I was expecting a reload of snow later in tge afternoon. Is this still the case or have things changed?

nacho libre · 09-03-2023 2:34pm

Selfish brats for sure. I wonder did they even have the decency to apologise to the rescuers for their actions.

maebee · 09-03-2023 2:39pm

Lashing rain in Limerick city now. The massive whiteout we woke up to is gone now.

pauldry · 09-03-2023 2:40pm

Sleet and rain in Sligo. Wheres the snow (apart from Clare). Gonzo is right. March is too late for snow

nacho libre · 09-03-2023 2:42pm

Well, anyway the snow is at its heaviest now, quite big flakes too, which is nice to see!

Elmer Blooker · 09-03-2023 2:43pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120334730#Comment_120334730

Another Snow Letdown

squonk · 09-03-2023 2:44pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120334854#Comment_120334854

Idiots. How did they expect their trek was going to end? The bad weather had been well warned. Anyone heading to the mountains yesterday is an eejit.

pauldry · 09-03-2023 2:45pm

Where ever is still precipitating after dark will have snow

I think MTs 12cm fir here was a dream I had. Sleet and puddles everywhere.

After 3 it will turn to snow though with low pullingcold down

Gonzo · 09-03-2023 2:45pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120334970#Comment_120334970

Not much snow from what I can see apart from Clare and maybe a few high ground areas in the midlands and Wicklow Mountains. By the time this eventually turns to snow will there be much precipitation left in it by then. An absolute miserable day today just wet and very cold.

Not reading much if any reports of snow in the north-west and Northern Ireland where this was supposed to be snow all the way through. Looking at Netweather radar and it's rain/sleet away from high ground across Ireland, Northern Ireland and much of England.

A heavier pulse has arrived here now with a mixture of cold rain, sleet and some isolated wet snow flakes.

If this was mid January we could have potentially be looking at something closer to resembling the January 1982 blizzard as temperatures would have been a few degrees colder overall than what we experience on March 9th. Todays event is an entire week after the Beast/Storm Emma in 2018 and a week later in March makes a big difference.

squarecircles · 09-03-2023 2:45pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120334970#Comment_120334970

i think theres going to be no snow for western coastal extremities, all the snowfall accumulation forecasts were inaccurate.

turning into a bit of a pigs ear.

the absurdness of being under an orange warning and its pissing it down.

maybe should go to spain or Greece if you want some snow, youd have a better chance.

glightning · 09-03-2023 2:46pm

Nothing sticking here in County Antrim at the mo. Snow is too light and last night's snow is all but gone now. Temp is +2c. Need the snow to become heavy to get that air temp down and get an initial covering going again.

100m ASL

Beechwoodspark · 09-03-2023 2:47pm

Kids have me vexxed over the snow - any hope of a good fall of crisp snow in Kildare area that will last at least until Sunday??

Not interested in slush, sleet, damp melted snow ...

lertsnim · 09-03-2023 2:51pm

Tremendous amount of rain in Waterford currently.

Deagol · 09-03-2023 2:54pm

Absolutely epic snow here this morning - i measured it ~6" deep on several flat surfaces (no drifting etc). It's raining heavily now but snow isn't budging at all so far. (West clare, 100m ASL).

daheff · 09-03-2023 2:56pm

phone weather app was telling me for the last 36 hours (and still is) that we'd have near on 30 hours of continuous snowfall. Its telling me now that its snowing in my location.

looking out the window its just cold, manky rain. not even sleet.

This isn't what i pay my tax money for. I want snow. I blame the Greens and their global warming policies. 🤪

sryanbruen · 09-03-2023 2:57pm

Cruagh Wood and Kilakee, Dublin.

peterofthebr · 09-03-2023 2:59pm

Sounds like more snow tonight in lots of places.. as long as pipes don't freeze its not so bad

Supercell · 09-03-2023 3:00pm

@sryanbruen Fantastic pics, fair play for going up there in these conditions, a proper winter wonderland.

glightning · 09-03-2023 3:02pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120335004#Comment_120335004

It's snow for sure here in Northern Ireland, but it's just not heavy enough to lie as the ground is now wet and air temp is 2c. Flakes are all small to medium and just a light intensity at the mo.

fineso.mom · 09-03-2023 3:03pm

Very pretty this morning, West Limerick, beautiful fluffy snow. It's raining now though and lot of slush everywhere.

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Ragwort and Stones · 09-03-2023 3:06pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120335004#Comment_120335004

Portlaoise had very good snowfall and isn't high asl. Only thaw the last hour. From 8am. More by 12pm.

Ragwort and Stones · 09-03-2023 3:10pm

I don't know what people expect. There's no point in comparing January with March. Or July with September. This is a good snow event for almost mid March. The back end has to come yet. As a poster said yesterday, it's a free hit. If you get snow great, if you don't we're a little out of season.

Cold Spell (of depth and duration uncertain!) starting Tuesday 7th March

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