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    Ireland Regional Weather Discussion 16/01/2018 Onwards

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    I actually feel for Joanna Donnelly of Met Eireann during times like these.

    She got some shocking guff from people over Hurricane Ophelia not living up to the hype in the area in which they lived, yet in other parts of the country it was a very severe event. 

    Now she's talking about the snow potential this week and to be weather ready, and she's right yet people are laughing it off and not taking it seriously. I do despair. 

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    Ireland Regional Weather Discussion 16/01/2018 Onwards

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    This situation though regarding warnings, a lot of people bashed Met Eireann for issuing a status red warning during Hurricane Ophelia yet people did die during the storm, some could argue the red alert warning stopped further people from dying. There is talk that a red alert could be issued this coming week at some point which will only cause a headache for employers, anytime from now on when there's a status red warning people are just not going to go into work.

    Ireland Regional Weather Discussion 16/01/2018 Onwards

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    12 hours ago, Bottled Snow said:

    Yes the east and southeast in the firing line  However I expect showers to push across the country at times in the strong easterly wind. So anywhere could see snow by midweek. Excited now....Been waiting years to see a true beast hit our shores again and this looks almost on a par with the 1987  beasterly. That buried much of the eastern half of Ireland in feet of snow.  Living in the southeast, I was lucky enough to experience its full force. The snow showers were so frequent that even as the sky cleared as one shower passed through there were snow flakes tumbling down as the next shower followed on its heels. This lasted for 3 days followed by 2 dry cloudy days before mild southerlies took over. That was the only disappointing thing about the 1987 spell that unlike Jan 1982 or Dec 2010, a freeze never followed the snow and it soon turned milder with rain. Would love to see a Jan 87 repeat next week but with an extended cold period thereafter. I kept records of Jan 87 and have  studied charts ever since. I honestly  believe the synoptics next week will run that spell close for severity, irrespective that we are later in the season.     exciting times and hopefully everyone gets in on the action..   and all that before a possible frontal snow event later next week....         

    I can't comment on previous events that are before my time, but I mean you can't top 2010 this time can you? I mean that went on for ages and temps barely went above freezing on most days, what was it like a month almost? I mean which was worse 87 or 2010?

    Ireland Regional Weather Discussion 16/01/2018 Onwards

    in Regional

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    From IWO.

    OUTLOOK ... The first three or four days of March could see a severe snowstorm developing, as most guidance shows a strong Atlantic low trying to push away the cold air but failing in that, looping around south of Ireland for up to two days before drifting away to the east. That will bring an extended period of snow, strong northeast winds 60 to 100 km/hr, and continued very cold temperatures in the range of -3 to +2 C. There could be brief mixing of sleet or ice pellets into this storm near the Wexford coast but at the moment it does not appear likely to change the snowfall over to liquid forms anywhere else, amounts could be extreme in this scenario, so as this is not a confirmed outcome yet, I am just going to say keep in touch with forecasts and be aware of the potential for very heavy snowfall amounts and severe disruption. Even if this Atlantic low happened to stay a lot further south and not impact the cold spell, other likely outcomes would be cold, windy and snowy in their own ways.

    SSW Related Cold Spell - It's here

    in Spring Weather Discussion

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    25 minutes ago, MattTarrant said:

    Why hasn't BBC News even got an article on the approaching cold?!? 

    Anyway a seriously & dangerously cold GFS Run! 

    I'd imagine they still are just waiting to be sure, nobody likes to overhype things but even though I never hype things this cold spell needs to be hyped !!! :yahoo:

    If I was travelling you'd really have to consider to chances of disruption and getting stuck somewhere. Not a nice experience. 

    Hurricane Ophelia

    in Hurricanes, Cyclones and Extreme weather worldwide

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    Personally Ophelia never really happened here in Louth, although a man died here from a fallen tree, it was rather quiet where I was.

    But consider 3 people died with a red warning for all counties, so many stayed at home, figure may have well been in double digits it if was not for the early warnings by Irish state services and weather services. 

    Going to be annoying tomorrow listening to all the "storm me backside" comments... what storm etc.

    A storm is different for every person, it all depends where you live.

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    Hurricane Ophelia

    in Hurricanes, Cyclones and Extreme weather worldwide

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    1 minute ago, Darandio said:

    Been monitoring a couple of other non weather related forums that I use and one guy stands out in particular. Seems to be currently in Dublin and there is hardly any wind so nothing to worry about, has decided that everyone worrying is a snowflake.

    It's complacency like this that worries me the most in events like this.

     

    I get you Darandio, but it does feel pretty calm here right now, i know that will change though. People not interested in weather don't understand the risks.

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