Severe Weather My Arse

Sean Quagmire

Why are weathermen such useless numpties? How in this day and age is it so difficult to forecast weather correctly?
I'm looking out the window at the clearest skies I've seen in the last 4 months. In fact I've actually been checking the forecasts over the last few weeks to plan golf outings and stuff and I cannot recall the forecasts from Met Eireann ever being correct - not once! I'm off now to do a spot of gardening and sand down the decking for varnishing tomorrow. Hell I might even dry the clothes on the line over night.

keith16

You are living in the middle of nowhere.

Met Eireann provide forecasts for Ireland.

Weather is different in different places.

Iwasfrozen

It's been lashing all day in Dublin. What ever bog hole you're from it doesn't cover the whole country.

KTRIC

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

It's been lashing all day in Dublin. What ever bog hole you're from it doesn't cover the whole country.

It was cold too, were you frozen ?

Sean Quagmire

I'm from Dublin. It rained a bit this morning that's it. F*ckin barbecue weather out there at the minute

The Backwards Man

Another glorious day in Donegal too. Met Eireann doesn't cover Donegal though so their warnings don't apply to us.

bbam

Sean Quagmire wrote: »

Why are weathermen such useless numpties? How in this day and age is it so difficult to forecast weather correctly?
I'm looking out the window at the clearest skies I've seen in the last 4 months. In fact I've actually been checking the forecasts over the last few weeks to plan golf outings and stuff and I cannot recall the forecasts from Met Eireann ever being correct - not once! I'm off now to do a spot of gardening and sand down the decking for varnishing tomorrow. Hell I might even dry the clothes on the line over night.

We had farmland flooded today... probably 5 acres of ours and another 20-30 down stream from us...

SCOOP 64

Heavy rain in morning , but rest of day fine, was expecting it to be windy.

finix

Are you a Rabbit ? Is your hall door ''Roundy'' ? Is there little pellets just outside your door ? Are you on Salad tonight ?

Stavros Murphy

There's a foot of snow here in Kildare. Shocking stuff. Everythings white. Didn't see that coming.


edit - just mentioned this to the missus and she has confirmed there was a large bit of bogroll stuck to the bridge of me nose. I removed it and it seems there may not in fact have been any snow..

Diabhal Beag

It's building up nicely out whest. Eerily calm.

Karl Stein

How the hell did your arse get severely weathered?

Have you been renting out your bum?

Shady Tady

Sean Quagmire wrote: »

Why are weathermen such useless numpties? How in this day and age is it so difficult to forecast weather correctly?
I'm looking out the window at the clearest skies I've seen in the last 4 months. In fact I've actually been checking the forecasts over the last few weeks to plan golf outings and stuff and I cannot recall the forecasts from Met Eireann ever being correct - not once! I'm off now to do a spot of gardening and sand down the decking for varnishing tomorrow. Hell I might even dry the clothes on the line over night.

I'm going to open all my windows tonight, the humidity is just too much, hope there's a light breeze to air the house!

Sean Quagmire

bbam wrote: »

We had farmland flooded today... probably 5 acres of ours and another 20-30 down stream from us...

Sorry to hear that.

Larianne

I nearly fell over with the gusts of winds this morning in Co. Galway.

dmc17

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Another glorious day in Donegal too. Met Eireann doesn't cover Donegal though so their warnings don't apply to us.

The sea will probably cover it tonight though

Sean Quagmire

Charles Rocher wrote: »

How the hell did your arse get severely weathered?

Have you been renting out your bum?

I would do but your mother has the market sewn up.

BillyMitchel

Leaving the clothes out over night?

Are you a badass?

Nemeses

Ah sure best way to judge the weather is to look out the window in the morning.

Also, I don't have a TV

Sean Quagmire

BillyMitchel wrote: »

Leaving the clothes out over night?

Are you a badass?

I'm all about dat night drying

Karl Stein

Sean Quagmire wrote: »

I would do

You would do?

Lol....

dgt

Bit of a downpour at about 2pm in Navan other wise it's been sunny :cool:

biko

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

What ever bog hole you're from it doesn't cover the whole country.

Ha, I'll remember this next time some wind blows over a lawn chair in Dublin and a thread is created in AH

Here in Galway it's actually quite calm atm but supposed to pick up and flood later/tomorrow.

MonstaMash

http://www.yr.no/place/Ireland/

Best forecast site ever, never fails to get it right.

biko

It started snowing here.

oppenheimer1

Well they have a Level 3 - Seek Shelter alert on the weather forum, and they're not ones to over hype a damp squib.

Smidge

MonstaMash wrote: »

http://www.yr.no/place/Ireland/

Best forecast site ever, never fails to get it right.

iPhone weather app!
Peasant:P

zenno

Sean Quagmire wrote: »

Why are weathermen such useless numpties? How in this day and age is it so difficult to forecast weather correctly?
I'm looking out the window at the clearest skies I've seen in the last 4 months. In fact I've actually been checking the forecasts over the last few weeks to plan golf outings and stuff and I cannot recall the forecasts from Met Eireann ever being correct - not once! I'm off now to do a spot of gardening and sand down the decking for varnishing tomorrow. Hell I might even dry the clothes on the line over night.

My ex wife said the same thing many years ago, and look what happened her. There she was hanging up the washing on the line, and I told her a storm was a coming, and a nasty one at that. She took no notice of my ramblings, and there, just to the west was a mini tornado of which happened to hit her direct and sucked her up into the sky never to be seen again.

Be careful. It's called the calm before the storm.

Smidge

zenno wrote: »

My ex wife said the same thing many years ago, and look what happened her. There she was hanging up the washing on the line, and I told her a storm was a coming, and a nasty one at that. She took no notice of my ramblings, and there, just to the west was a mini tornado of which happened to hit her direct and sucked her up into the sky never to be seen again.

Be careful. It's called the calm before the storm.

Was your wife the "wicked witch of the East" by any chance?

If so, I know where she ended up

Not severe, just crappy, cold & wet!

zenno

Smidge wrote: »

Was your wife the "wicked witch of the East" by any chance?

If so, I know where she ended up

She was found in a large accumulation of precipitation on the north-west coast off donegal, and she's a coming back to work on us all, seek shelter from the north-west. She's a strong and powerful lady.

MJ23

I'm in shorts ant I tshirt, out cutting the grass.

Gran Hermano

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

Well they have a Level 3 - Seek Shelter alert on the weather forum, and they're not ones to over hype a damp squib.

I disagree, certain 'weather fans' love the hype and extremes.
Not saying we don't deserve a level 3 alert for the south and west and probably a 2 for the east for next 24 hours but anyone who's witnessed the hype/madness around snow threads would know not just to save the pinch of salt for the icy paths.

pow wow

Thunder and lightning in Cork a little while ago, probably just the Dubs trying to nuke us

Sir Arthur Daley

Did another cut of silage earlier, cracking weather, celebrating now with a bbq and beers.

zenno

pow wow wrote: »

Thunder and lightning in Cork a little while ago, probably just the Dubs trying to nuke us

You bet. Corkeliens will feel her power...

Sean Quagmire

zenno wrote: »

You bet. Corkeliens will feel her power...

I have power in my pants for her.

pow wow

Sean Quagmire wrote: »

I have power in my pants for her.

Nothing like having standards.

Diageio_Man

I think the red alert is there because the storm is comming in at the same time as high tides , so the warning is for flooding round the coast's.

Diageio_Man

Diageio_Man wrote: »

I think the red alert is there because the storm is comming in at the same time as high tides , so the warning is for flooding round the coast's.

and inland as the ground is saturated, as Scottie used to say "she canne soak up any more.... Jim!"

TPD

My flight tomorrow morning has been cancelled. Feck sake.

Stavros Murphy

biko wrote: »

It started snowing here.

Check your face for bogroll. Just to be sure.

It's snowing here!

Sir Arthur Daley

Not to burst any ones bubble here but whatever snow it will make it will be all gone tomorrow

Gran Hermano

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

It's snowing here!

Enjoy it in 'here'. Wonder is it snowing 'there' yet.

zenno

Sean Quagmire wrote: »

I have power in my pants for her.

Ye don't want to have it there blowing in the wind kid. But the answer is blowing in the wind.

Gran Hermano

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Enjoy it in 'here'. Wonder is it snowing 'there' yet.

How would I know what the weather is like there, i'm here!

zenno

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

It's snowing here!

Where is here ? you could be in the north pole for all I know.

I'm in Leitrim.

Tsipras

Snowing in Galway too

zenno

I'd hope to see a bit of snow overnight in the east, it could happen around the area of Dublin airport, it's high ground. Will see what happens.