Spring Weather 2016

Meteorite58

Slow moving fronts that arrive later tonight through tomorrow giving a long wet day, slower to reach the East coast.





Parts of the South and the West getting the highest accumulations by Sat night

Meteorite58

National Weather Warnings

STATUS YELLOW

Rainfall Warning for Wicklow, Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Cork and Kerry
Heavy rain on Friday with accumulations over 30 mm likely on higher ground.

Issued:Thursday 31 March 2016 16:00
Valid:Friday 01 April 2016 00:01 to Friday 01 April 2016 23:59

JCX BXC

Is Clare purposely left out of that? Or did they just forget the county in which they have their primary rainfall radar again?

munsterlegend

Carnacalla wrote: »

Is Clare purposely left out of that? Or did they just forget the county in which they have their primary rainfall radar again?

Limerick left out as well!

sryanbruen

Just the start of April and already 40mm or more in places? WOW..

JCX BXC

Wouldn't it be great if Met Éireann declared that the warning was a april fools joke and the weather tomorrow was actually 15-17c in clear skies and calm conditions :P

sryanbruen

Carnacalla wrote: »

Wouldn't it be great if Met Éireann declared that the warning was a april fools joke and the weather tomorrow was actually 15-17c in clear skies and calm conditions :P

If only, if only .

lolie

sryanbruen wrote: »

Well he said "warmer" than average :rolleyes:.

It's not the drier sunnier weather that caused it though.

ronnie3585

Wind whipping and the rain has arrived in Galway City:(

kingshankly

Some of you guys can spot non existent snow weeks in advance
Any sign of some non existent heat on the horizon

JCX BXC

Getting out of bed this morning was a hard task.

I don't find today too bad, its been weeks or longer since we have gotten a washout day like today, although looking at the outlook I may not be so happy this time next week. At least the showers may be thundery, if it's gonna rain make it interesting.

sryanbruen

April 2012 was horrible enough, I don't want this April to turn out like that!

km79

Feels like we dodged a bullet today in east Galway ! Was expecting an absolute washout . Less than 10 mm since it started and 2.6 mm in one hour was the worst of it
Thank god for small mercies
Now to hope for the same tomorrow

Clonmel1000

km79 wrote: »

Feels like we dodged a bullet today in east Galway ! Was expecting an absolute washout . Less than 10 mm since it started and 2.6 mm in one hour was the worst of it
Thank god for small mercies
Now to hope for the same tomorrow

Wish we could say the same thing about here. Miserable miserable miserable. And of course its the weekend.

PukkaStukka

Something of a squall line pushing through north county Dublin at the mo

Oscar Bravo

dry clear and sunny behind the front in Castlebar.

yellowlabrador

The rivers are up round Dunmanway. The Sally has burst it's banks. I hope Bandon is safe.

sumtings

Dry down here in Clonakilty, was expecting rain but seems to be staying more easterly than the models were suggesting, thankfully.

kittyn

Rain doesn't look like it's going anywhere fast ....... Looks like waterproofs for the match later on

Clonmel1000

8 degrees heavy persistent rain here thoroughly miserable. I'll say it again very little difference between our seasons.

sryanbruen

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

8 degrees heavy persistent rain here thoroughly miserable. I'll say it again very little difference between our seasons.

Yep and through the week ahead as the looks of things, Tuesday is the only good day. It's officially April 2012 all over again here.

sryanbruen

What a difference a year makes!

Cork Airport's totals

April 2015 (1st-30th): 16.0mm
April 2016 (1st): 15.9mm

youreadthat

16C and sunny here in Eastern England.

jack o shea

Is there a worse strip of land in the world for bad weather than this island?

JCX BXC

jack o shea wrote: »

Is there a worse strip of land in the world for bad weather than this island?

Probably, but we excel in horribly negative attitudes at least.

Clonmel1000

Carnacalla wrote: »

Probably, but we excel in horribly negative attitudes at least.

What's positive about a day like today?

sryanbruen

jack o shea wrote: »

Is there a worse strip of land in the world for bad weather than this island?

The Faroe Islands. They're very rarely sunny and 10x more rare than our lack of heatwaves or droughts etc. Check out how dull they are.

sryanbruen

youreadthat wrote: »

16C and sunny here in Eastern England.

Stop showing off :P:(:mad:

JCX BXC

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

What's positive about a day like today?

Sunny and Calm here

Its getting beyobd belief, when we have good weather, the thread goes dead, the second we get a rain shower we get -"SICK OF THIS WEATHER" "WE HAVE THE WORST WEATHER IN THE WORLD" "THIS IS AWFUL" "MUCK"

Oscar Bravo

Dry with bright spells in Castlebar. 12 degrees in just a light south easterly breeze.

jack o shea

It's been raining non stop since last November.

Clonmel1000

When did we have good weather?

JCX BXC

Unfollowing this thread, sorry.

There's some great users on here, but the doom and gloom of the few here just makes it miserable.

Clonmel1000

Carnacalla wrote: »

Unfollowing this thread, sorry.

There's some great users on here, but the doom and gloom of the few here just makes it miserable.

Small bit over reactionary don't ya think?

youreadthat

sryanbruen wrote: »

Stop showing off :P:(:mad:

Well that March high pressure was positioned well for Ireland and Scotland but for here it was meh! :pac:

4068ac1elhodqr

UK Met Office is predicting late spring April to June to be above-average temperatures for the Isles across the next three months., due to Godzilla El Nino

sryanbruen

Meadow Stocky Drill wrote: »

UK Met Office is predicting late spring April to June to be above-average temperatures for the Isles across the next three months., due to Godzilla El Nino

More tabloid mumbo jumbo.

sryanbruen

Look at this difference already.

My totals for the first 4 months of the year

2015: 129.2mm
2016 (April so far): 239.4mm

highdef

sryanbruen wrote: »

Look at this difference already.

My totals for the first 4 months of the year

2015: 129.2mm
2016 (April so far): 239.4mm

Nearly 10" of rain in less than two days???

sryanbruen

highdef wrote: »

Nearly 10" of rain in less than two days???

No hahaha.

January - March 2016 and including the first 2 days of April.

Schadenfreudia

First two days of April so far have delivered a mere 7.8mm of rain...though it was raining here on and off all day.

Oneiric 3

sryanbruen wrote: »

Look at this difference already.

My totals for the first 4 months of the year

2015: 129.2mm
2016 (April so far): 239.4mm

This is reflected on a national level too. Charts showing % of average rainfall for the year so far for the last few years. This year much wetter than last to date, but still not as wet as was the same period in 2014



Data sourced from Met Eireann.

sryanbruen

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

This is reflected on a national level too. Charts showing % of average rainfall for the year so far for the last few years. This year much wetter than last to date, but still not as wet as was the same period in 2014



Data sourced from Met Eireann.

Without the Winters, they wouldn't be that high (2014 and 2016)

Gonzo

it's been raining now for almost 48 continuous hours, today was truly brutal and it's still lashing, garden is getting swamped again.

WheatenBriar

Non stop rain in Arklow since 3am Friday morning,it just has not stopped at all
Currently still raining
Total since it started over 46mm and rising here
Scary stuff

Gonzo

the rain never let up once last night and still drizzling right now, garden is back as bad as it was in November/December.

irelandspurs

Can't wait for some nice warm weather

sryanbruen

irelandspurs wrote: »

Can't wait for some nice warm weather

Have to wait until May...

Oscar Bravo

In a change from usual form its actually dry and bright in castlebar with light winds. 10 degrees.

irelandspurs

sryanbruen wrote: »

Have to wait until May...

:(:(:(