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MET ÉIREANN HAS issued a weather advisory warning people that there will be “exceptionally cold” weather next week.
“Significant wind chill and severe frosts” are expected.
“Disruptive snow showers are expected from Tuesday onwards, particularly in the east and southeast,” Met Éireann said.
The advisory kicked in shortly after noon today and will remain in place until midday next Friday, 2 March. Met Éireann said snow and ice warnings will be issued “nearer the event”.
It’s expected be very cold on Monday night, with a severe frost and the risk of snow showers along northern and eastern coasts. Temperatures will dip to minus four degrees Celsius.
It will turn progressively colder from Tuesday onwards with severe frosts and snow showers becoming more widespread. Some “disruptive” accumulations of snow are likely, especially in the east and southeast.
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I’m done with the cold now – it can bugger off. It’s nearly March and I’d like to feel my fingers again now thanks.
So much for ‘global warming’ – oh, wait, they changed it to ‘climate change’ when it suited the scaremongering better.
@Dara O’Brien: say that to the polar bears
@Dara O’Brien: climate ≠ weather
@Niall Gallagher: no problem, they’ll be moved in beside me by May at this rate
@DJ François: that’s the hippies version of “god put dinosaur bones on earth to test your faith”
@Niall Gallagher: Status of the polar bear populations
Last updated 2017 with data from the IUCN Polar Bear Specialists Group 1 population was in decline
2 populations were increasing
7 populations were stable
9 populations were data-deficient (information missing or outdated)
Some populations are still hunted quite heavily, and their status is uncertain.
@Dara O’Brien: What are you wittering on about?
@Dara O’Brien: In fact it was a massive unprecedented stratospheric polar, warming event that caused this weather system to become displaced from northern latitudes where it belongs. The East coast of US is currently experiencing unprecedented high temperatures, 10 C above seasonal average.
https://thinkprogress.org/february-record-breaking-temperatures-faed2dcf217b/
And they didn’t change the name of anything. Climate change and global warming are 2 distinct terms. In the same way that ‘climate’ and ‘weather’ are not the same thing.
@Dara O’Brien:
“So much for ‘global warming’ – oh, wait, they changed it to ‘climate change’ when it suited the scaremongering better.”
Its still Global Warming, as the world continues to warm.
They changed it to climate change because people like yourself were unable to wrap your head around the fact that just because its cold where you are does not mean it is cold everywhere.
The results of a warming globe include a shift in what would be the norm for regional weather patterns.
So yes, its cold here now. Yet year on year globally the temperature has been creeping up and all sorts of new records are being set.
But lets not bother with fact. Clearly its all just scaremongering as its going to be cold next week.
@Dara O’Brien: Please read peepel. https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/whats-difference-between-global-warming-and-climate-change
@Dara O’Brien:
Your not a Donald Trump supporter by any chance are you? If you are that would explain a lot.
@Dara O’Brien: The Climate Change debate on the Internet is an example of two sides where one is backed by science, evidence and a method…while the other is touted by the unscientific, the vested interests in today’s profits and their mouthpieces. It relies on the poorly edcated people to lap up the nonsense and misinformation and this tactic unfortunately works on some poeple.
The fact that some people think it’s a two-sided debate is down to their own ignorance, willful or otherwise.
And I apologse for even using the word ‘debate’ in this regard.
@Dara O’Brien: z
@Dara O’Brien:
Yes Dara correct and realistically climate change is another way of saying the weather
Lads, why are you getting your knickers in such a knot! I happen to hold an opinion that I’ve yet to see enough evidence to convince me that our climate changing is a direct result of human activity and not just a natural progression.
If I recall correctly, the world had an ice age a few millennia ago and the dinosaurs didn’t drive diesel volkswagens did they?
As for the ‘Trump supporter’ comment – that’s just a lazy Godwin’s law of the ages. I’d be too left to ever support a Republican, not that this has any bearing on a climate change discussion.
@DJ François: it’s a Bill Hicks line. Creationist says “good put dinosaurs fossil on earth to test our faith”.
@Dara O’Brien: Most uneducated comment ever award goes to^
@Dara O’Brien: It’s not a case of having an opinion. Can you have an opinion on the evidence for gravity? What you have is ignorance of the facts.
@Dara O’Brien: With the melting of the Arctic icecaps affecting the Gulf Stream, the initial effects of climate change on Ireland have always been that we would get colder. It’s utterly depressing that there are people in Ireland who still believe that this isn’t happening.
@David Kly: it saddens me that you’re depressed – especially when it’s for no good reason.
I’m not stating that the climate/weather is changing. What I’m saying is that there’s no irrefutable evidence I’ve seen to prove that this is being caused by human activity and not just a natural cycle of the earth, as happened a few thousand years ago – before humans were around.
Decisions are being made which have very real consequences on taxation, income and many other aspects of life with no definite basis. We now have a proliferation of electric cars where the battery manufacturing process is having a severe impact on natural resources.
Until there’s proof that this isn’t a natural cycle that can’t be stopped by expensive and arduous behavioral changes, I’d rather the status quo.
@Paraic McDonagh: Nice one.
@Dara O’Brien: at least they didn’t call it an orange weather alert – whatever about being sick of the cold i’m bloody sick of the constant coloured weather alerts every second day.
@Dara O’Brien: Did you even google “evidence for man made climate change” ? You haven’t seen irrefutable evidence, because you haven’t even bothered your arse to look. https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/
I wish people would stop saying Spring starts on the 1st of Feburary, Spring starts on 21st of March and anything up to that is winter.. We can have anything up until early April..
@David Garland: Its because of some pagan calendar we go by or something no?
They are not wrong to say so – but i agree that its a little silly and maybe we should move away from it.
Or maybe we have already and i am not up to date on it – i learned it was Feb 1st in school many a year ago.
@Gavin Conran: The meteorological Spring begins on March 1st.
@Gavin Conran: i learned in school many decades ago that spring officially starts on 21st March and there are 4 seasons.
@Vincent: That’s correct like in North America and some countries with continental climates. Could never understand the 1st Feb nonsense as Feb was always the 2nd coldest month of the year in the northern hemisphere
@David Garland: 1st February
@Johnny Bellew: back to school: it starts on March 21st ;)
@Nuala Horgan: 21st March…
Nice one. Plenty of snow please.
@Honeybadger197: Yay. I love the cold weather. Sitting in front of a roaring fire with a glass of wine watching tv is my idea of bliss.
@Sinead Hanley: Only after you’ve spent the afternoon/evening building a snowman, of course! :)
@Honeybadger197: __ You can get your spade, and fork off with the snow.
@Ted Murray: Ah cheer the fork up.
@Honeybadger197: I know! We only had enough snow last time to build a 12 inch snow man. Shure he was melted after an hour.
@Sinead Hanley: how dare you do that when there are homeless people around the city.
@Ciarán Ó Dubhda: parents and children must not have fun building snowmen because there’s homeless people?
@Ciarán Ó Dubhda: But i live in the ar$ehole of Clare. Snowmen are the only ones sleeping outdoors here.
@Siobhán Ni Mhurchú: No matter what the topic is on this, someone always brings up the homeless, I was just keeping that trend going
@Sinead Hanley: there’s nothing better than the fire, pjs and a glass of wine.
Time to get the shorts and t shirt out so.
Don’t forget the bag of cans
I hope that those hoping for snow are snowed in for the week. Won’t be long changing their tune then.
Lambing Bulb for the tank in the attic, two bottles of jack, next weeks shopping done in advance and plenty for fertiliser bags for the kids to go down the hills and possibly combine it with the Jack when there in bed
This is going to be alot worse than most people realise.All 5 of the major weather models in Europe are now in agreement for a very serious weather event for Ireland.The country will come to a standstill over the next 7 to 10 days beginning on Tuesday next.Significant sustained snowfalls are expected and some places could see up to 40 mm especially the east of the country.Comparisons are been made with the winter of 1947 on weather forums.Met Eireann have been holding back all week despite the forecasts of all other major models.I expect Met Eireann will issue the highest possible red alert in the coming days.
@Keith Ryan: in fairness the way this winter has been it wouldn’t be met eireann if it wasn’t issuing an orange or red weather alert – their new favourite past-time – would prefer if they spent the effort trying to improve their accuracy in weather predictions – I have lived in so many countries and we are BY FAR the worst when it comes to accurate weather forecasting. I get it… we are a small island in the Atlantic blah blah I know its not easy- but seriously they are are shockingly poor most of the time.
@Dave Hammond: To my knowledge since the warning system began met eireann have only ever issued a red warning once and that was for storm Ophelia back in October.The reason I think met eireann have lost alot of credibility is for all the yellow warnings they have given.The criteria for a yellow warnings is so low it’s given for ordinary Winter weather.Yellow warnings are pointless imo.
@Keith Ryan: agree , ‘to be fair’ I was referring to the article and the snow expected , and I anticipate they will issue an orange or red alert for that , I agree it’s the yellow alerts every second day bringing the whole bloody thing into disrepute , alerts loose their meaning and effectiveness if they become the norm
Ha so much for global warming
@Gearoid De Burca: Another chap lacking intelligence!
@Brian Ó Dálaigh: Place is freezing and u think it’s warming up
Beast from the east is on its way.
Yawn!!!!!! The story of the boy who cried wolf springs to mind when I see any extreme weather alerts from Met Eireann lol.
@Ciaran Fairley: Actually they’ve left it as late as they can and are holding off issuing the actual warning until later still for this reason exactly.
My seeds say to plant in May after the last frost. Nothing has changed in many years
@Michael Pearse Dolan: your seeds talk to you?
@Kerry Blake: They do when they grow :-)
I hate this country. I have no heating, I have no income. I have no money. Welfare won’t listen to me. And it’s going to freeze next week. Joys.
@Jane Alford: I love this country.
@Nuala Horgan: good for you. If I wasn’t trapped, I’d leave in a heartbeat. Zero jobs anywhere but Dublin. I can’t move there, the salaries on offer mean with the rents, I’d starve.
@Jane Alford:
Why stay in a country you hate?
For some real science check out spaceweather.com and check out the sun spot count.
If the sun continues its current behavior next winter will be severe.
Sunspot number: 0
What is the sunspot number?
Updated 23 Feb 2018
Spotless Days
Current Stretch: 6 days
2018 total: 24 days (44%)
2017 total: 104 days (28%)
2016 total: 32 days (9%)
2015 total: 0 days (0%)
2014 total: 1 day (<1%)
2013 total: 0 days (0%)
2012 total: 0 days (0%)
2011 total: 2 days (<1%)
2010 total: 51 days (14%)
2009 total: 260 days (71%)
Updated 23 Feb 2018
@Joe Caulfield: But 99.999% of scientists say CO2 levels control the climate…..Not sunspots…..Can global warming become global cooling….
@John003: 97% of CLIMATE scientists entertain the co2 theory so they can get funding money. This is how real scientists work :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANMTPF1blpQ
@Joe Caulfield: This is not proven just a theory climate change is real. Global warming refers to the whole world warming up in general not just Ireland and it also implies that we go through weather extremes more often stop throwing out this fake news just because you haven’t done your homework anybody can watch a video and make a claim. Your honestly as bad as the flat earthers but you’ve just got more real proof for your point. Again this does not make it true but no point trying to prove you wrong.
Its about time we start building some ski lifts!!!
@ Kerry Blake They do when they grow :-)
Here we go again, It’s winter so expect winter weather. We are so lucky in Ireland that we do not get any extremes in weather. But why do ‘mit eireann’, & RTE try to make ordinary weather at this time of year the biggest story of the year. I think to draw people to their website(s). Remember the shutdown last October with ‘I feel ya’ another joke’ which all bought in to. Cop on, as most folk like me that work outdoors will know, YOU know when bad weather is coming.
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