The Beast from the East

[eloisesparkle]

What's the weather like in your area of Ireland - North or South ?
I'm in Dublin and nothing happening yet thank goodness.
DCs hoping school will be closed tomorrow and Thursday.

Cold, clear and sunny in Cork... supermarkets crazy apparently - queues down the aisles!

No bread left in my local supermarket yesterday.

After a bright, clear day it's now snowing in Cork, hopefully it will put out the gorse fires.

Essex here, been an odd one. Decent layer of snow this AM & was snowing heavy on & off this morning but clearing nicely now. Cold tho!

My DD has been off school today cos their boiler broke...sun's been cracking the flags, it feels like she's skiving 😂

Still no snow where I live in Dublin

Husband reports a total lack of snow in Mayo :)

Snow where I am (west of Dublin) but more hailstoney than snowy.

I'm sort of hoping it never hits properly.

No red warning, so schools open (so far).

Snow in the midlands where I am but not a huge amount. If it stays like this i'd say local schools will open in the morning.

Virtually no snow here in Essex. Clear and very, very cold though.

Just outside Dublin and the hail has given way to fluffy snow. I heard the milkman deliver a few mins ago... Too cold to go bring it in. I wonder if it will be frozen by morning.

Good layer of snow in Cork this morning, still falling

Red weather warning here - school cancelled today and tomorrow! About 2 inches so far. Seems this will be a grower rather than a shower

Essex this morning 🙄 The Beast from the East has scuppered us this way; roads closed or blocked, schools closed, shops closed. The road pictured is a main route out of the village, usually drivable even in snow...eerily silent & empty today 😂

Snow has finally arrived in Dublin.
DCs delighted - no school.

-2 in Belfast according to my phone but no snow and clear and sunny. Quite breezy though.

No school here either. I think it could have opened but it's a rural school and buses aren't running so numbers would be very low.

Yes, I spoke too soon about the lack of snow in Essex last night.

It arrived with a vengeance after that. Schools and colleges closed and roads barely passable in our area.

That'll teach me.

In Louth, yesterday a bit of snow and slushy roads.
This morning a good dusting of snow but nothing drastic ( a lot less than in 2010).
Creche will be closed until next week, luckily I'm on nights this week ( unless work closes).

We had no snow overnight, schools open...dropped the kids off & now its coming down with intent!!

I woke up at 5 and it was so bright this morning with the full moon and the snow. We've only got a couple inches at the minute but I couldn't get the car up the street, the wheels just spun out so I gave up, it's not worth it. DH is away on his bike as usual and got in no problems.

Can anyone remember the name of that wind tracker website mentioned on Mumsnet circa Storm Ophelia please ?

I I use the Windy app. Is that the one you are looking for Eloise?

Yes thank you

It was fairly windy during the night but no or very little snowfall ( louth). The roads are very icy, and personally I would avoid driving ( not just the road conditions, it's the fact that people tend to drive like idiots in unusual conditions). Tv3 keep saying we're one of the worst areas ( Drogheda), but honestly I don't think it's that bad. Still I'll stick to the recommendations, better safe than sorry.

We are buried. Over three feet in the garden, all roads into and out of the village closed

I can't see dd getting into work tomorrow