It’s not as bad as I thought it was going to be be.
Bit of a frost but not too hard
Wasnt supposed to be too bad til tomorrow evening
This evening / tomorrow is when thing are to kick off on the east but Thursday will be the big day.
I thought the frost was supposed to be bad enough though
Not supposed to be bad till tomorrow mate.
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Bit of frost on the windscreen here but that’s all tbh.
The beast from the east 
It’s like lads complaining their bus is late when it’s not due until tomorrow
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That’s the way things are gone these days.
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One of the red top papers are going with the front page headline of “Beast from the Yeast” with a picture of an empty shelf where the bread once was
Robbed this from Boards
Tuesday, 27 February, 2018
Forecasts for Ireland
ALERT for 5 to 15 cm of snow later today in parts of Leinster, east Ulster, and spreading at times to eastern Connacht and Munster where 3 to 10 cm a more likely total. ADVANCE ALERT for severe cold tonight and tomorrow, and for snow and blowing snow with blizzard conditions likely in some parts of Leinster, 10 to 25 cm snowfalls possible (5 to 15 cm away from main snowfall areas of south and central Leinster), and also ADVANCE ALERT for severe snowstorm conditions Thursday-Friday possibly spreading to all counties from the south, merging with heavy snow streamers further north.
TODAY … Variable cloud, becoming rather windy and very cold, with outbreaks of snow (possibly starting as rain or sleet right along the east coast but changing to snow, and a start as snow more likely any distance inland), potential for 5 to 15 cms in Leinster, 3 to 10 cms in south and east Munster, traces to 3 cms further west and north. Highs -1 to +3 C, mildest near south coast, with significant wind chill by afternoon (-3 to -5 C), with temperatures likely to drop during snowfall to -1 C. Snow may be accompanied by thunder this afternoon especially near east coast. The snow is expected to be sleety and rather light in general this morning but heavier by afternoon and evening. Some parts of west Ulster and north Connacht could have sunny spells. Winds generally northeast 20-40 km/hr this morning increasing to 40-60 km/hr by afternoon.
WEDNESDAY … After a very cold start (lows -11 to -5 C, coldest in west Ulster and inland Connacht, north Tipperary) becoming very windy with outbreaks of heavy snow likely, thunder possible, accumulations of 10 to 25 cms in parts of Leinster could be disruptive to travel, 5 to 15 cms in parts of Munster and east Ulster, tapering to trace amounts near west coast (but some bursts of heavier snow could reach as far west as Galway and Limerick). Highs only -4 to -1 C, feeling like -10 C in the wind which will be easterly 50 to 90 km/hr. This is likely to become a “red alert” situation both for cold and snowfall.
THURSDAY-FRIDAY … A severe winter storm appears very likely, although those conditions may already be occurring by Wednesday in parts of Leinster. This storm is likely to spread to all parts of Ireland with strong east winds 70 to 120 km/hr in exposed coastal south and southwest, more like 50 to 80 km/hr elsewhere), heavy snow, blowing snow and blizzard conditions especially over open rural and higher terrain. There is potential for 20 to 50 cms of snow during this period. Temperatures will be steady in the range of -2 to +1 C. The strongest winds in the southwest should occur after snow ends but it could be ongoing in higher parts of Kerry and west Limerick (cc @TreatyStones ), inland Cork. By Friday afternoon, somewhat milder air may have pushed into the south coast and across most of Kerry, parts of Limerick and Cork, with temperatures there rising to 4-6 C near sea level, and downsloping across higher ground in Kerry the very strong southeast winds could be damaging in exposed locations. Further north the wind will not be as extreme and any milder trend could be either muted or non-existent depending on how strong the resistance of cold air is to this glancing blow. Some guidance continues to suggest no incursions of rain or milder air at all so the somewhat milder scenario is perhaps a 2:1 favourite from the guidance available now.
Note also that full moon (0052h Friday 2nd) will coincide with strong winds on the south and east coasts and could produce shoreline flooding from unusually high tides on Thursday and Friday. Cork and other locations may be at some risk of at least minor flooding as a result.
OUTLOOK … The weekend of 3-4 March appears likely to continue rather cold with the risk of further snow that could continue to be heavy in some northern and perhaps central counties, but details are very “low confidence” at this point. One or two more lows could attempt to do what the first one was trying to do, and perhaps with similar results (less extreme in general though). The best bet at this point seems to be overcast, mixed sleety precipitation, and temperatures 2 to 5 C with moderate winds. Then into the following week, colder air may actually make a return from the north with temperatures staying quite cold and further chances for snowfalls developing. Some guidance suggests much milder air will begin to arrive late in that week (around 9th March). It seems equally possible that this will be held back though.
Who provides the forecasts that are supposedly more accurate than Met Éireann?
A geek.
Some anti climax. 
we’re due to get about 12 hours of bad weather and most of that will be when we are all tucked up in bed 
You’ve half the country out buying up all the milk and bread available on Sunday/Monday and the cold not due to hit until Thursday and the bread gone stale
What a fucking country.
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Winter is coming (in wexford at least).
Some loons on here, will ye at least wait for it to start before complaining it wasn’t what they predicted 
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Weird this morning. -2 according to the car and not a screed of frost on the windscreen. Never seen that before. Obviously there is zero moisture in the air. Must be that dry cold that they talk about elsewhere. I predict this is going to be epic
We are hoping for the best but preparing for the worst
I’m hoping for snow and lots of it
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The other half are buying sleds to make use of the bad weather