Cold week ahead, change is on the way ............

Deank

munsterlegend wrote: »

Or in the case of a digital clock once a day!

A digital clock wouldn't show anything.....:pac:

And that quote in the Sun is from today, pretty much now casting.

I'm not sure he's ever predicted anything correctly, I bet someone will prove me wrong though, couldn't be ar$ed looking tbh.

Rebelbrowser

From an Imby perspective tomorrow afternoon and evening is an outside bet for fun and games down south. Gfs and UKmo show precipitation making it to the sw. gfs says it will be rain but UKmo is of course silent. nao says no precipitation at all. alas all models agree any precipitation will push up against -8 / -9 uppers. thickness at 530 or so isn't great but you'd never know....

Cogsy88

Sky gone black here yet nothing showin on the radar.

whiteandlight

Is everyone posting the same attachment or is there some thing wrong with mobile boards? Looks wierd

Edit: Definitely mobile boards. Not showing on main version and the attachment showed on mine too Rolf

whiteandlight

Mine has arrived and set up!!! Sweet set for the price. Anyone any idea how to set up the sandy soft software?

finnharpsboy

Musicmental85 wrote: »

Mine has arrived and set up!!! Sweet set for the price. Anyone any idea how to set up the sandy soft software?

where did you get it? have u a link?

Deank

Musicmental85 wrote: »

Mine has arrived and set up!!! Sweet set for the price. Anyone any idea how to set up the sandy soft software?

Got mine the other day too, assembled it and downloaded the SW, haven't got around to setting it up yet, need to find and 25 ft pole to put the instruments on first otherwise the readings wil be pants

whiteandlight

My readings will be pants anyways-I've resigned myself to that but I'll be interested to compare even just for my locality. I'm in a rental so only option was attaching to the top of the shed-I'm pretty sure both my landlord and the neighbours would tell me where to get off if I put up a 25 foot pole

Software working now, usb issue on the computer at first that a reboot fixed. Very easy to set up on cumulus, pick the station and it pretty much goes from there.

Deank

finnharpsboy wrote: »

where did you get it? have u a link?

Great value

http://www.maplin.co.uk/b-grade-usb-touchscreen-wireless-weather-forecaster-682792

whiteandlight

Whoops sorry mods I meant this to be in the other thread, didn't realise I was hijacking! Please move them if its better

Deank

Musicmental85 wrote: »

My readings will be pants anyways-I've resigned myself to that but I'll be interested to compare even just for my locality. I'm in a rental so only option was attaching to the top of the shed-I'm pretty sure both my landlord and the neighbours would tell me where to get off if I put up a 25 foot pole

Software working now, usb issue on the computer at first that a reboot fixed. Very easy to set up on cumulus, pick the station and it pretty much goes from there.

Good to know I might just try set it up in a temporary position for now, sure what else would I be doing on the Thursday before Good Friday besides having a few beers and looking at my weather readings:-)

Deank

Musicmental85 wrote: »

Whoops sorry mods I meant this to be in the other thread, didn't realise I was hijacking! Please move them if its better

Same I though I was posting in the weather station forum, the new touch boards :O

April O Neill

This evening in Dublin is quite pleasant - cold but not biting. Dry.

Weathering

Irelands worst weather is on at 8.30 tv3 for anyone interested

Weathering

It concentrated more on sob stories than actual weather. They also think cold winters will become less and less common. I heard the head of the met office on bbc news earlier in the week saying extremes of cold and heat will increase so who knows. IMO I agree more with the met office

mickmackey1

April O Neill wrote: »

This evening in Dublin is quite pleasant - cold but not biting. Dry.

Maybe thats why water is being restricted so you poor sods :pac:

April O Neill

Was listening to RTE Radio 1 yesterday at around 6pm and the subject being discussed was climate change. One of the contributors said "Well, I don't think that climate change is happening can be denied, I mean, look outside. It's nearly April and it's snowing". Now I'm no climate change denier (I think it will just take many, many years of study for a picture to emerge), I just thought that statement was odd. Snow in March isn't THAT unusual, and the month is known for being hugely changeable. That there's snow is hardly a smoking gun. I have photos of me and my siblings playing in lying snow (depth probably ~6cm) in April 1990. (not particularly high ground either) When my sister was born in an early 1980s mid-May, there was a dusting of snow on the ground. Weather isn't climate!

To Alcohol

Weathering wrote: »

Irelands worst weather is on at 8.30 tv3 for anyone interested

Only have to step outside to see that. :pac:

mumo3

April O Neill wrote: »

Was listening to RTE Radio 1 yesterday at around 6pm and the subject being discussed was climate change. One of the contributors said "Well, I don't think that climate change is happening can be denied, I mean, look outside. It's nearly April and it's snowing". Now I'm no climate change denier (I think it will just take many, many years of study for a picture to emerge), I just thought that statement was odd. Snow in March isn't THAT unusual, and the month is known for being hugely changeable. That there's snow is hardly a smoking gun. I have photos of me and my siblings playing in lying snow (depth probably ~6cm) in April 1990. (not particularly high ground either) When my sister was born in an early 1980s mid-May, there was a dusting of snow on the ground. Weather isn't climate!

sure the one show one BBC1 where showing footage from lying snow in the 70's in June :eek: now imagine this board if that where to happen:p

patneve2

April O Neill wrote: »

Was listening to RTE Radio 1 yesterday at around 6pm and the subject being discussed was climate change. One of the contributors said "Well, I don't think that climate change is happening can be denied, I mean, look outside. It's nearly April and it's snowing". Now I'm no climate change denier (I think it will just take many, many years of study for a picture to emerge), I just thought that statement was odd. Snow in March isn't THAT unusual, and the month is known for being hugely changeable. That there's snow is hardly a smoking gun. I have photos of me and my siblings playing in lying snow (depth probably ~6cm) in April 1990. (not particularly high ground either) When my sister was born in an early 1980s mid-May, there was a dusting of snow on the ground. Weather isn't climate!

Agreed. I think that the main problem is that people's weather memory is rather short. Every time there is an unusual weather event the media as well as common people shout out climate change etc etc but the truth is that we've seen this before. Would wonder what people would say if we got another start of April like 1917, snow drifts metres high and inaccessible towns for days. Thing is climate change exists, climate is dynamic and is always changing... I would be far more worried if we got exactly the same weather every year forever

mumo3

peoples chatter about snow always reminds me of a story my mam told me about when I was little .. major snow in the early 80's after about two days the neighbour knocked in to check on my mam (given she had a young family) he was going to the local barracks to collect water with some of the other neighbours ... My mam just looked on shocked... poor neighbours had been getting water from the army while she was bathing four kids in warm baths ... she was the only house that from some reason the water supply hadnt been effected... she had no idea what the rest of them where going through:o

Weathering

patneve2 wrote: »

Agreed. I think that the main problem is that people's weather memory is rather short. Every time there is an unusual weather event the media as well as common people shout out climate change etc etc but the truth is that we've seen this before. Would wonder what people would say if we got another start of April like 1917, snow drifts metres high and inaccessible towns for days. Thing is climate change exists, climate is dynamic and is always changing... I would be far more worried if we got exactly the same weather every year forever

Yeah I completely agree with what you're saying. In fairness to the show tonight it's point was how frequent extremes have been happening since 2009 with the floods in the west in south west,John Eagelton said it was a one in 300-400 year event,then weeks later the snow came which was the coldest winter for almost 50years. Then we all know how bad the following december to quote met.ie "We would characterise December 2010 as the most extreme cold spell in terms of
the “depth of cold” but the cold spell of 1963 was significantly longer." link http://www.met.ie/climate-ireland/weather-events/ColdSpell10.pdf

That's a lot of crazy weather for Ireland in a short period of time. With this March shaping up to be the coldest in 50years and lasts years March I think was the warmest for around 50plus years too.

I know weather isn't climate but all weather adds up to climate in time,so it will be interesting to see if the events of the last few years are only a flash in the pan or the start of shift in Ireland's climate. Time will tell

tteknulp

Talking about climate , the wet weather we should have this march is deflecting towards portugal , spain , france because of the strong scandanavian high , see it on the european weather forum for this w/e its unatural look out to coast off west of ireland , see where it ends up ,its mad .

Deank

Weathering wrote: »

Yeah I completely agree with what you're saying. In fairness to the show tonight it's point was how frequent extremes have been happening since 2009 with the floods in the west in south west,John Eagelton said it was a one in 300-400 year event,then weeks later the snow came which was the coldest winter for almost 50years. Then we all know how bad the following december to quote met.ie "We would characterise December 2010 as the most extreme cold spell in terms of
the “depth of cold” but the cold spell of 1963 was significantly longer." link http://www.met.ie/climate-ireland/weather-events/ColdSpell10.pdf

That's a lot of crazy weather for Ireland in a short period of time. With this March shaping up to be the coldest in 50years and lasts years March I think was the warmest for around 50plus years too.

I know weather isn't climate but all weather adds up to climate in time,so it will be interesting to see if the events of the last few years are only a flash in the pan or the start of shift in Ireland's climate. Time will tell

We live in Ireland, we'll always have weather, one extreme or the other, caught between the Atlantic and the European mainland makes our weather a joy to forecast, that's why us weather freaks spend hours a day on here debating the outcome of marginal forecasts, sure where else would yeh get it but Ireland and that's what makes our weather so special.

April O Neill

Weathering wrote: »

Yeah I completely agree with what you're saying. In fairness to the show tonight it's point was how frequent extremes have been happening since 2009 with the floods in the west in south west,John Eagelton said it was a one in 300-400 year event,then weeks later the snow came which was the coldest winter for almost 50years. Then we all know how bad the following december to quote met.ie "We would characterise December 2010 as the most extreme cold spell in terms of
the “depth of cold” but the cold spell of 1963 was significantly longer." link http://www.met.ie/climate-ireland/weather-events/ColdSpell10.pdf

That's a lot of crazy weather for Ireland in a short period of time. With this March shaping up to be the coldest in 50years and lasts years March I think was the warmest for around 50plus years too.

I know weather isn't climate but all weather adds up to climate in time,so it will be interesting to see if the events of the last few years are only a flash in the pan or the start of shift in Ireland's climate. Time will tell

Yeah, it was more that the contributor (on the radio show I mentioned) said "There's snow outside - CLIMATE CHANGE!" without going into any further details. He really did just leave it at that.

Oneiric 3

Weathering wrote: »

That's a lot of crazy weather for Ireland in a short period of time.

Crazy temps yep (though only crazy in relation to time of year rather than actually being so) but crazy weather I would disagree with. If anything, extremes of weather (wnd/rain/snow/thunderstorm events etc) are becoming far less extreme IMO. I don't think I have ever witnessed such a continunial run of insipidity as I have over the last few years.

hotwhiskey

April O Neill wrote: »

Yeah, it was more that the contributor (on the radio show I mentioned) said "There's snow outside - CLIMATE CHANGE!" without going into any further details. He really did just leave it at that.

If he had seen snow in May he would have had a heart attack. May 97' I was laying blocks for a new factory the snow showers were that heavy we a had to go for shelter.

May 6th


May 7th

mumo3

So as stupid as this may seem to some .... is that it for the snow?:o

sunbabe08

how is it for the next 2 days the south east is the only area in ireland where it's going to rain according to met eireann?

ninebeanrows

hotwhiskey wrote: »

If he had seen snow in May he would have had a heart attack. May 97' I was laying blocks for a new factory the snow showers were that heavy we a had to go for shelter.

May 6th


May 7th

I think i remember this! Playing football in the warm sun but snowflakes falling, i think at the time i was fobbed off. I was only a youngin'!