AUTUMN WEATHER 2015 - GENERAL CHAT THREAD

JCX BXC

Sunny here in west Clare, looks to last maybe 10mins.
Colder than 8am this morning when it was 8 4c, its now only 6.5c

WheatenBriar

Day 2 of the big freeze in Arklow
Currently 7.1c and sunny
Bit breezy

pauldry

Bar anyone here predicting cold most charts exaggerate the cold or warm in summer. If a 10 day looks like 0c its generally 5 or 6c. This weekend last week looked blizzards. Then wednesday snow in north then friday snow for 2 hrs then today 11.8mm of RAIN in sligo to swell the garavogue

So GFS charts dark blue means wintry showers n purple means 1 or 2c

Snow continues to be rare but therel be lots of short cold snaps this winter. If this weekend is 1 id say 12.

WheatenBriar

Day three of the big freeze in Arklow
Sunny 6.5 c No frost

Meanwhile the third main news item on rte radio one this morning was it was going to go below freezing before 9pm this evening...
On that Part I kid you not, it was a news item,not the forecast
I thought Waterford whispers had taken over their newsroom

Clonmel1000

Its bizarre I honestly think this winter could be the worst yet in terms of exaggerated weather stories. There is absolutely nothing unusual about our weather this weekend. Its typical end of November weather. Why its deemed worthy of a place on the news headlines is ridiculous. Its almost as if the rampers have taken over the news agenda.

Gonzo

over the past 4 days we've had a few bits of rain and sleet and about 3 hours of frost early on Friday evening and that warrented blanket coverage of this 'cold snap' on newspapers and even some tv channels. Unbelievable!.

gerrybhoy

Gonzo wrote: »

over the past 4 days we've had a few bits of rain and sleet and about 3 hours of frost early on Friday evening and that warrented blanket coverage of this 'cold snap' on newspapers and even some tv channels. Unbelievable!.

agreed,front page headlines,ott radio and TV coverage,you'd think there was nothing else happening in the world eh...god help us if we get a prolonged cold spell the press will be unbearable ffs

Storm 10

Looks very nasty weather next Saturday according to ME on farming weather

km79

Storm 10 wrote: »

Looks very nasty weather next Saturday according to ME on farming weather

I have been to Westport twice this year
may bank holiday weekend - complete washout so could not bring kids to Westport house
went back in mid July - see above
well guess what.........we are going to Westport house winter wonderland next Saturday

johndeere3350

Storm 10 wrote: »

Looks very nasty weather next Saturday according to ME on farming weather

Nasty as in rain wind snow? What

km79

johndeere3350 wrote: »

Nasty as in rain wind snow? What

looks very wet

WheatenBriar

Remember now folks folks,worth a reminder,it was the third item on the rte radio one news this morning.. Frost is to set in by 9pm as temps go below freezing
That was a news item,headlining that temps will go below freezing by nine tonight

Please keep the reports coming on this unprecedented event!

Oneiric 3

If this weekend's 'cold snap' is a taste of what is to come this winter, then you can keep it. Give me a raging, warm SW'ly with driving rains anytime over this pointless tripe.

FWVT

WheatenBriar wrote: »

Remember now folks folks,worth a reminder,it was the third item on the rte radio one news this morning.. Frost is to set in by 9pm as temps go below freezing
That was a news item,headlining that temps will go below freezing by nine tonight

Please keep the reports coming on this unprecedented event!

I'm afraid the media in Ireland are quickly turning into the tabloid wafflers of the UK Daily Mail-Maddenesque genre. The reason is of course that there is a market for it, because most people watch, read and listen to it.

pauldry

Temperatures in Sligo have "plumetted" to 3.5c on what will be the coldest November night in "at least a year"

Gonzo

1C here now and the second frost of the season is settling.

Storm 10

johndeere3350 wrote: »

Nasty as in rain wind snow? What

Saturday going to be a stormy day with Artic air pushing in from the North West according to the farming weather on RTE 1 today

JCX BXC

Dublin airport reporting -1 at 9:30pm. Wow!
Belfast international at -2 at 9:20pm.

A Dub in Glasgo

-2 °C here, such a shame that the mild rainy weather returns in the morning

pauldry

2.2c in Sligo. Can already see cloud at bottom of sky in moonshine

Think zero celsius is prohibited in sligo town anyway though got to 1.3c last Friday at 530pm..coldest of Winter here

sryanbruen

Typical end of November week coming everybody. Nothing interesting or remarkable

Schadenfreudia

Plus 1.5C here, nearly calm and nearly clear - a tincture of frost on some car roofs!

Yipee!

maquiladora

A 16 degree shift in upper air temperature over the south in the space of 24 hours.

Thursday :



Friday :

ninebeanrows

Continued signal for a monster Low to form in the north Atlantic around Sunday...

Look at this ensemble member!

gerrybhoy

Weathercheck wrote: »

Continued signal for a monster Low to form in the north Atlantic around Sunday...

Look at this ensemble member!

right for us dummies, what does that mean chief?

rickdangerouss

gerrybhoy wrote: »

right for us dummies, what does that mean chief?

A possible storm, which could be on track to affect Ireland, however these storms tend to decrease in intensity as they approach us.

+138hrs is a long way away in terms of different outcomes.

maquiladora

Still looking like a chance for showers to turn from rain to something more wintry for a brief window on Friday evening, though probably just on higher ground/northern parts.

Not much else interesting happening around here in the coming days it seems.

Hooter23

Weathercheck wrote: »

Continued signal for a monster Low to form in the north Atlantic around Sunday...

Look at this ensemble member!

And on the bbc weather yesterday it showed a very strong jetstream coming from the nortwest straight over us at the weekend

Clonmel1000

Look like those of us who urged caution and were sceptical about any cold snowy weather coming before the end of November are going to be right.

pauldry

Imagine if we just had mild wet windy weather every week

We dont

We get something like

2 snow days
10 frost days
8 mild sunny days
15 wet days
15 cloudy days
6 storms
20 showery days
10 hail shower day
4 sunny windy days