Winter road condition and school closure report By David G Scott
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Updated: 13:12, 08 January 2021
Get the Courier and Groat sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day s newspaper Dangerous patches of black ice have been reported throughout Caithness and gritters have been busy dealing with the matter.
Highland Council reported this morning that a light dusting of snow prevailed on most roads in the county with some routes having up to one inch of snow.
Blading by snow ploughs was carried out where necessary and the council is treating all roads as required .
Gritter operating in Wick.Picture: DGS
Yves here. “Attraction” isn’t exactly the word I’d use for the IPPC climate reports due out in 2021 and 2022, unless you are the sort that enjoys renderings of a freight train bearing down on you. However, for climate change activists, the IPPC studies are critical rallying points, both for reinforcing the urgency of taking action and for getting behind some (many?) of their recommendations.
Despite the speed bump posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is rolling toward completion of its Sixth Assessment Report, the latest in a series that began in 1990.
IPCC’s assessments, produced by many hundreds of scientists volunteering countless hours, have long been the world’s most definitive statements on human-induced climate change from fossil fuel use. Rather than carrying out its own research, the IPCC crafts its consensus assessment reports based on the vast array of peer-reviewed work in science journals. The draft reports are scrut
Fallstreak hole spotted by a member of staff, Dónal Black. Photo taken today near Santry, Co. Dublin. It happens when the supercooled water droplets in the cloud freeze and form ice crystals that become too heavy and fall out of the cloud leaving a hole. https://t.co/1A0KBVGAgZpic.twitter.com/g0m7mFU2Ecâ Met Ãireann (@MetEireann) December 30, 2020
Met Ãireann forecaster Andrew Doran-Sherlock said any accumulations of snow would be fragmented across the country, with no particular area getting a blanket covering. Thursday night will be largely dry, apart from a few wintry showers mainly in parts of Leinster and east Ulster. Temperatures could drop to -2, bringing widespread frost and icy patches as moderate northwestern winds sweep in.
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Motorists in the Highlands warned of snow, sleet, freezing rain, and black ice on the region s routes By Philip Murray
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Updated: 11:11, 07 January 2021
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Snowy scenes, like this one last week, have been affecting some higher routes. Picture: Gary Anthony.
MOTORISTS and pedestrians have been urged to take care after overnight snow and sleet left many routes in a treacherous condition.
Highland Council has reported a real mix of conditions in many parts of the region, amid a continuing Met Office yellow weather warning for snow and ice.
New nationwide weather warning in place as icy spell continues
Status Yellow low temperature / ice warning for Ireland.
Issued at 11:00am this morning (Thursday, January 7), the alert will be valid from 5:00pm this evening through to 11:00am tomorrow.
This follows on from two weather warnings for snow and ice yesterday, which expired this morning.
Across the country, Met Éireann warns that it will be cold tonight with minimum temperatures of 0° to -4°. Ice will form on untreated surfaces, the national meteorological office adds.
Meanwhile, the UK Met Office has issued a
Yellow ice warning for the six counties of Northern Ireland.