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Ice warnings for the whole of Ireland have been issued for tonight through to tomorrow morning by Met Éireann and the UK Met Office. Met Éireann issued a Status Yellow ice warning for Ireland until 10am tomorrow and the UK Met Office have a Yellow Snow and Ice Warning in place from 9pm to 10am tomorrow for all of Northern Ireland. Met Éireann warned of hazardous conditions, including icy stretches on roads and paths, due to the freezing temperatures. For Northern Ireland, snow showers and icy patches will likely cause some travel disruption. The outlook is for very cold weather...

OK, here's a thread where all the Steve Irwin bashers can post away to their hearts content. Please leave the threads titled "In Memory..." or "Tribute to..." alone. Not every single thread about Steve Irwin on FR has to include the incident of him holding his son in the croc enclosure, a mention of Darwin, and/or the word "Fool" Sometimes the old saying is true "If you can't say something nice about someone, don't say anything at all."

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0006 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0621 PM CST SAT JAN 01 2005 AREAS AFFECTED...SERN MN...NCNTRL/NERN IA...MUCH OF WI...FAR NRN IL AND MUCH OF LOWER MI/SRN UPPER MI CONCERNING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET VALID 020021Z - 020615Z SIGNIFICANT ICE/SLEET EVENT WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WHILE PROGRESSING ENEWD FROM THE UPPER MS VALLEY ACROSS THE WRN/NRN GREAT LAKES REGION THROUGH 06Z. TWO CORRIDORS OF HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TO OCCUR DURING THIS TIME. ONE AXIS IS ANTICIPATED TO EXTEND FROM NCNTRL/NERN IA NEWD ACROSS SERN MN...CENTRAL/NERN WI AND THE WRN U.P. OF MI. THE OTHER AXIS ACROSS PORTIONS OF...

Report in and let's make sure everybody is safe and has power!