SPRING WEATHER 2015 - GENERAL DISCUSSION

sparrowcar

sparrowcar wrote: »

Always delighted with a blast like this. Kills off loads of midge and wasps that have come out to play early in the warm weather.

Same here. Even in the last week the amount of midges has increased massively. At the start of last week the evenings were fine, already now at midday I'm being eaten alive. :P

ninebeanrows

If only this was 4 months ago!.... people would be getting very excited

Elmer Blooker

This dramatic change from summer to winter this week reminds me of two records made in 1945 at the Phoenix Park that still stand to this day.
April 20th, 22.2c
May 4th, -5.6c

Wanderer78

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

April 20th, 22.2c
May 4th, -5.6c

be ta jasus

FWVT

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

This dramatic change from summer to winter this week reminds me of two records made in 1945 at the Phoenix Park that still stand to this day.
April 20th, 22.2c
May 4th, -5.6c

Was that a daily MAX of -5.6 on May 4th? If not then you're comparing apples and oranges.

Wanderer78

FWVT wrote: »

Was that a daily MAX of -5.6 on May 4th? If not then you're comparing apples and oranges.

good point. didnt think of that

Oneiric 3

It is the minimum temp. Still pretty impressive by any account.

Wanderer78

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

It is the minimum temp. Still pretty impressive by any account.

tis mad actually. what a difference

Clonmel1000

Forecast for bank holiday weekend not looking promising at all.....

Elmer Blooker

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

It is the minimum temp. Still pretty impressive by any account.

very impressive for May with the nights so short at that time of year. The lowest I recorded this winter was -4.5c.

Wanderer78

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

very impressive for May with the nights so short at that time of year. The lowest I recorded this winter was -4.5c.

i think it was a very dry winter as well. havent looked at the data though to confirm

Oneiric 3

Wanderer78 wrote: »

i think it was a very dry winter as well. havent looked at the data though to confirm

Very marked east/west split with the winter rainfall this year. It was well drier than average in the eastern half yet unusually wet in the western half.

snowstreams

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Very marked east/west split with the winter rainfall this year. It was well drier than average in the eastern half yet unusually wet in the western half.

The turloughs in the west have been very low for the last few months though. It seemed like a very dry spring.
Maybe its been very wet in the extreme west but not in the mid west?

Gonzo

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Very marked east/west split with the winter rainfall this year. It was well drier than average in the eastern half yet unusually wet in the western half.

has to be true, it's barely rained here since Christmas up untill the cold set in a few days ago and very showery.

Oneiric 3

snowstreams wrote: »

The turloughs in the west have been very low for the last few months though. It seemed like a very dry spring.
Maybe its been very wet in the extreme west but not in the mid west?

Your more or less spot on and maybe my post was a bit too general. Feb in particular was very dry in comparison but overall Dec & Jan, and then March were wetter than average over much of the west (particularly further west - apart from Mace Hd, which seems to be going through a 'dry' spell since the start of 2014) while it remained relatively dry over much of the east. This chart shows rainfall totals for the reporting stations on met.ie for the Dec-March period and set against the national average for just this one period - just to put the data into some sort of context.






Data in the chart C/O Met Eireann (from the daily totals so may differ from the monthly total tables a small bit on their site)

maquiladora

ECM flirting with the idea of a warmer, more settled spell in FI.

Supercell

That would give lovely warm fohn conditions to the lee of the Wicklow mountains here, wouldn't be surprised to see temps near 25C here if that came off with sunshine.

Rikand

Best man at a wedding on the 8th



After all the rubbish of the week previous, this would be grand!

maquiladora

12Z ECM going for high pressure in FI land again. 1040mb.

Rikand

maquiladora wrote: »

12Z ECM going for high pressure in FI land again. 1040mb.

It was nice while it lasted.....

maquiladora

Rikand wrote: »

It was nice while it lasted.....

Thats GFS, ECM still looks nice in FI. Could easily change though.

Chris_5339762

FI at this time of year ALWAYS has high pressure sitting over us. Trouble is, it rarely makes it out of FI.

Oneiric 3

Chris_5339762 wrote: »

FI at this time of year ALWAYS has high pressure sitting over us. Trouble is, it rarely makes it out of FI.

Main thing is though is that it looks like temperatures will be more what they should be for the time of year. FI charts not fantastic but not bad either if you like mediocre weather.

Schadenfreudia

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

FI charts not fantastic but not bad either if you like mediocre weather.

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There is nothing I love more than mediocre weather :rolleyes:

Rock Lesnar

Ah yes, another morning of heavy rain lashing off the roof in the north east to be followed by more heavy showers, at this stage forget the sun, i'd take a week of dry cloudy weather then this muck.

Rikand

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

Ah yes, another morning of heavy rain lashing off the roof in the north east to be followed by more heavy showers, at this stage forget the sun, i'd take a week of dry cloudy weather then this muck.

oh how everyone complained about this when we had it for 2 summers on the bounce

maquiladora

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

Ah yes, another morning of heavy rain lashing off the roof in the north east to be followed by more heavy showers, at this stage forget the sun, i'd take a week of dry cloudy weather then this muck.

The sun is out here in the south in the wake of that rain. You should see the same clearance later. Showery, but still nice to have bright spells.

OldRio

Rikand wrote: »

oh how everyone complained about this when we had it for 2 summers on the bounce

All I want is the ground to be dry enough to get animals out to pasture. The ground is saturated.

Dickie10

giving a disaster of a week

Rock Lesnar

Rikand wrote: »

oh how everyone complained about this when we had it for 2 summers on the bounce

You'll find im not one of them, i will take dry weather in any way it comes.

The clearance is coming Maq, rain has stopped and i can blue sky in the distance.