Spring Weather 2016

Clonmel1000

Was out training tonight it's absolutely skinning cold horrible night. Is there some talk of better weather next week?

sryanbruen

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Was out training tonight it's absolutely skinning cold horrible night. Is there some talk of better weather next week?

No sign at the moment I'm afraid :mad:. What happens with this area of low pressure over the weekend is very uncertain right now.

Clonmel1000

sryanbruen wrote: »

No sign at the moment I'm afraid :mad:. What happens with this area of low pressure over the weekend is very uncertain right now.

I thought there was some talk of it after the news last night?

JCX BXC

From met eireann : "There is a signal for an improvement to somewhat milder conditions from Monday on but it remains unsettled with further rain or showers."

Clonmel1000

Just reading the met eireann forecast for the weekend it honestly reads like something that you would see in mid January. Spring my arse.

OldRio

God this is depressing.

Those foreign property websites are getting some views in this house. Small farms in the Gallicia area of Spain. From 30k to 150k. Some with vineyards!


*Stares wistfully out of the window to observe acres of mud and thinks of what could be*

RobertKK

Yesterday had this almighty hail shower here north of Kilkenny city, the place was white in a matter of seconds, the shower which lasted about 20 minutes give or take overall changed to rain and then it was starting to turn to snow before the shower cleared.
Temperature in the shower went down to 2.7C and the daily mean temperature was 5.0C.

I was looking at my records and last year for the same day the temperature reached a max of 18.9C with a mean temperature of 11.3C.
That said April 2015 had a very cold end to the month.
Maybe we get the reverse this year, well I hope so.

Schadenfreudia

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Just reading the met eireann forecast for the weekend it honestly reads like something that you would see in mid January. Spring my arse.

If only we did read such forecasts in mid-January :rolleyes:

Think of all those folk who were insisting Spring started on the 1st of February...just as our long warm spell was ending!

Clonmel1000

sryanbruen wrote: »

Look on the positive side!

Recent colder than normal Aprils and the Summers that followed them

2015 (well April was pretty variable really) - Summer was meh.. pretty average
2013 - Epic Summer, one of the better ones.
2012 - Worst Summer I have experienced (though 1986 is the worst in Grange's records...)
2000 - A grand Summer, wasn't remarkably great but wasn't very bad either! It was a good Summer to experience as a whole.
1998 - Horrible June & July with an alright August - so a bad Summer
1994 - Exceptionally dull and cool Summer - one of the worst

WOW... I expected more than that. Only 2013 and 2000?

Well Spring meanwhile

2015 - Summer was meh (as I said above)
2013 - Again... epic Summer
2006 - Summer was my favourite ever
2005 - Summer was alright... nothing remarkably decent but wasn't terribly bad
2004 (some might have mixed opinions on this Spring) - Like 2005, wasn't terribly bad
2002 - Man... dullest Summer I ever experienced

And there we go, there's the positives, only one recent bad one in this list!

Really wouldn't count 2013 as an epic summer. 3 great weeks in July. Actually in Ireland that is epic apologies.

JCX BXC

In fairness Clonmel, it was a great summer. 3 amazing weeks in July is a VERY good Irish summer.

I really think you need to emigrate, your standards for Irish weather are far too high, that's why they are never being met.

Clonmel1000

Carnacalla wrote: »

In fairness Clonmel, it was a great summer. 3 amazing weeks in July is a VERY good Irish summer.

I really think you need to emigrate, your standards for Irish weather are far too high, that's why they are never being met.

Which I acknowledged. Pity some in the winter thread wouldn't take their own advice when it comes to expectations and snow....i have zero expectations for our weather trust me although I get amused/annoyed when I see people telling us that frankly rubbish wet weather is somehow welcome or not so bad.

sumtings

Carnacalla wrote: »

In fairness Clonmel, it was a great summer. 3 amazing weeks in July is a VERY good Irish summer.

I really think you need to emigrate, your standards for Irish weather are far too high, that's why they are never being met.

You know, even the day of the week the good weather is on matters. I liked summer 2014 and I feel like it was good on the weekends, sryanbruen might be able to confirm

Oneiric 3

I agree with Syran. Summer 2013 was a good summer. Not just because of the hot spell in July, but also because of a fair amount of dry, sunny and warm weather in June. Early June 2013 was especially beautiful and while not quite as warm as the following month, it was of a higher calibre than what occurred in July imo.

JCX BXC

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Which I acknowledged. Pity some in the winter thread wouldn't take their own advice when it comes to expectations and snow....i have zero expectations for our weather trust me although I get amused/annoyed when I see people telling us that frankly rubbish wet weather is somehow welcome or not so bad.

It goes both ways though. If I see a warm spell, I will get excited, If I see a very cold spell, I'll get excited.

I understand for you, you appear to be quite outdoorsy, rain and sh1te can be very unwelcome. But for me, sometimes there's nothing nicer than sitting on front of the fire on a windy, wet winters night with a cup of tea/some assorted alcohol. Of course in April, it gets pretty annoying.

sryanbruen

sumtings wrote: »

You know, even the day of the week the good weather is on matters. I liked summer 2014 and I feel like it was good on the weekends, sryanbruen might be able to confirm

And I will be able to confirm. I will post tomorrow for y'all!

Schadenfreudia

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Which I acknowledged. Pity some in the winter thread wouldn't take their own advice when it comes to expectations and snow....i have zero expectations for our weather trust me although I get amused/annoyed when I see people telling us that frankly rubbish wet weather is somehow welcome or not so bad.

In Ireland, constantly complaining about wet weather is a bit like posting every evening "I getting sick of this bloody country, it's getting dark again tonight"

Clonmel1000

Another miserable spring day to report today😊

JCX BXC

Snow showers in the TAF for NOC from 2am-6am tonight.

Reported as Snow-Rain (sleet) for SNN and graupel for DUB and ORK.

sryanbruen

sumtings wrote: »

You know, even the day of the week the good weather is on matters. I liked summer 2014 and I feel like it was good on the weekends, sryanbruen might be able to confirm

Confirmation

June 2014

7th/8th - A mixed bag of sunshine and showers but warm of 16-19c largely - not bad for early June - in Ireland!
14th/15th - Sunny spells and warm. Highs getting up to 22c in places where sun was best to be seen.
21st/22nd - Sunny spells and warm again.
28th/29th - 28th was largely showery but the 29th was mostly fine. Both days were warm but the nights were very cold, especially for June.

July 2014

5th/6th - Showers in the west but mostly fine elsewhere with pleasant sunny spells and though it was cool, it felt nice in the sun!
12th/13th - The 12th was largely cloudy with drizzle but it wasn't cool! The 13th was a mixed bag with patchy rain in parts but mostly dry with some sunny spells and warm.
19th/20th - Very humid and warm weekend but with scattered showers about and some sunny intervals. Some showers were very heavy on the 19th.
26th/27th - Sunshine and showers but warm!

August 2014

2nd/3rd - On the 2nd, parts of the east had their wettest August day on record (including me) whilst the west escaped with sunny conditions. The 3rd was sunshine and showers. The 2nd was cool in the east but elsewhere (and everywhere on the 3rd), it was warm.
9th/10th - The 9th was a fairly quiet day with just the odd shower but sunny spells largely and warm. The 10th had sunshine and showers. However, Hurricane Bertha (which had most effect on the UK) brought heavy rain in the early morning to the eastern regions. It was a cooler day also.
16th/17th - Sunshine and showers. Unseasonably cool.
23rd/24th - The 23rd was a quiet day with sunshine and showers whilst the 24th had rain in the southwest but both days were very cool. The 23rd had the coldest August night on record in Northern Ireland as a matter of fact.
30th/31st - The 30th had sunny spells and it was milder than recent days in the sun! The 31st was dry in the east but ex-hurricane Cristobel affected the west - though rain was not heavy at all! In fact this ex-hurricane helped build the high pressure in the very dry September after this soggy August.

I'd say it would depend on month as each month was different in Summer 2014!

June 2014 - Quiet, warm and dry mostly
July 2014 - Warm and showery
August 2014 - Wet or showery and cool

sryanbruen

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

I agree with Syran. Summer 2013 was a good summer. Not just because of the hot spell in July, but also because of a fair amount of dry, sunny and warm weather in June. Early June 2013 was especially beautiful and while not quite as warm as the following month, it was of a higher calibre than what occurred in July imo.

True!

June 2013 - Started off with a very sunny and pleasant beginning to the month with temperatures up to 20-22c in many places in the sun. On the 10th, however, things went down hill and rain began showing its hand. In fact on the 10th and 14th, Valentia Observatory recorded 32mm on both of these days (64mm). After this soggy week, the rest of June was mixed with sunny spells, temperatures not particularly remarkable (not very cold nor very hot) and showers. Any rainfall was very weak! June was one of the more memorable Summer months due to its beginning and the weak precipitation after the period 10th-14th.

July 2013 - Well unlike how June began, it started off largely unsettled and cool actually! On the 2nd, I recorded 12mm of rainfall. However, from the 4th onwards, a blocking high brought a long drought in places until the 22nd. This was the most memorable heatwave or drought in Ireland since July 2006. There was unstoppable sunshine from the 8th-12th whilst from the 13th-16th, it was cloudier in most places (due to rainfall near the west of Ireland whilst it was actually in the west of Scotland). However, on the 17th-19th, sunshine was again widespread with temperatures up to 31c in Kerry on the 19th - the highest in Ireland since June 1976. The 20th-22nd was more cloudy but there was still some sunny spells plus it was very warm still. From the 23rd to the end of the month, it was unsettled but still largely warm!!!! In fact, July went out with a BANG. Some places recorded over 60mm on the 24th alone just because of the thunderstorms and heavy rainfall which was caused by the heat. In spite of the drought, July 2013 was a wetter than normal month in many places because of the way it went out with a bang. The heatwave and drought of July 2013 was what made Summer 2013 memorable in the UK and Ireland but it is not only why I consider it an epic Summer!

August 2013 - The whole month was mixed with no long dry spells or no long wet spells. After the 1st-4th, precipitation was mostly low and was not an issue! However, the 15th was an exception as well as the 20th in northwestern regions. August was largely dull compared to the past two months. In spite of this fact, from my own experience, August did not feel all that dull! In fact, it was very pleasant like the past two months! It was mostly warm throughout but not exceptionally so with loads of 20-22c from time to time which is what I'd like to see right now (in April 2016!!) but no we get 8-10c.

Though August was the worst of the three, each of the months of Summer 2013 had a pleasant factor to my life weather wise and that is why I considered it an epic Summer (by Ireland standards).

sumtings

sryanbruen wrote: »

Confirmation

In fact this ex-hurricane helped build the high pressure in the very dry September after this soggy August.

I'd say it would depend on month as each month was different in Summer 2014!

June 2014 - Quiet, warm and dry mostly
July 2014 - Warm and showery
August 2014 - Wet or showery and cool

Wow! Thank you, I was on Inisheer in the Aran islands on the 26th of July 2014, it was a lovely day, I got foolishly sunburnt(is there any other kind these days) and it was so bad I couldn't go out to the silent disco that was on in Galway that night cause I was so sick from it. Only time since childhood that happened me.

That September was so good is probably why it sticks in my memory as being a good summer, a good end colours memory.

Stealthfins

Carnacalla wrote:

Reported as Snow-Rain (sleet) for SNN and graupel for DUB and ORK.

Anything in west Clare

sryanbruen

sumtings wrote: »

Wow! Thank you, I was on Inisheer in the Aran islands on the 26th of July 2014, it was a lovely day, I got foolishly sunburnt(is there any other kind these days) and it was so bad I couldn't go out to the silent disco that was on in Galway that night cause I was so sick from it. Only time since childhood that happened me.

That September was so good is probably why it sticks in my memory as being a good summer, a good end colours memory.

Apart from the 1st-4th, 11th-13th and 21st, September 2015 wasn't half as bad either :cool:. It would be awesome if we could have a month like September 2014 again! The mad fact was that Mace Head had its driest September on record in 2014 and a year later, it had its wettest September on record in 2015 :pac:. I am praying that May will be good month like September 2014! We deserve it after this **** April so far. Plus Summer 2014 stays in my memories not because it's the most recent good Summer but also because that every trip I went out on with my youth club, the weather was perfect. We did not have to change a day or cancel a trip because of the weather! We chose to go to the beach on the 23 July (but we planned on 26 May! (that was the day we chose the dates for all of our trips also). The weather was amazing for the beach on the day! Sunshine hit 14 hours (16 hours of sunshine here - so a full day) and temperatures were up to 26-27c!

JCX BXC

Stealthfins wrote: »

Anything in west Clare

If SNN gets sleet then West Clare gets graupel.

From experience, snow in April here is non existant.

Iancar29

Carnacalla wrote: »

Snow showers in the TAF for NOC from 2am-6am tonight.

Reported as Snow-Rain (sleet) for SNN and graupel for DUB and ORK.

12z hi res showing a fairly heavy shower passing through Munster over night.



And then a rash of mix ppn throughout the morning / early afternoon.

kingshankly

Seriously snow fllck away off

JCX BXC

Fairly beefy looking shower looks to be heading towards Clare. Current temp of 2.6c so if its hail it will be quite accumulating!

Xenji

Heavy snow currently in Castlebar, not sticking though.

CJhaughey

Snowing here in SW Cork, not sticking, solar panel is giving 2 deg outside temp.

GreyRock Lass

North Clare plastered in the white stuff!!

redsteveireland

When I read about wintry showers I didn't expect lieing snow...
And judging by the radar it fell a few hours ago.

irish1967

Snowing in Donegal Town. Video from Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/Donegal.Waterbus/videos/1182799905064496/

Forever21

Cold but a beautiful sunny morning here in Waterford city

Lumi

Snow showers in Galway this morning. It's melting fast but I passed plenty of snow-covered cars on the drive to work

SeaFields

Was talking to my father in law awhile ago. He got a good covering of snow last night. Granted he is a good bit ASL but it's making finding new born lambs in white fields a rather hectic morning in south Kerry.!

snowstreams

I got a similar amount of snow here near athenry.
It was actually frozen and not slushy which was surprising so I made a quick snow man for the kids!

Pangea

Sometimes the benefit of not following the weather forecasts, ninja snow here in Donegal, completely unexpected

Clonmel1000

09th April snow we don't have seasons. Weather forecast fir tomorrow in these parts is shocking to. Having said that its a lovely bright sunny(November/February) morning here.

sumtings

There was snow here too in Limerick at about 8.50, was out to see the high tide, it didn't stick at all and was mixed in with drizzle. Still claiming it as snow!

Woodcock hill had a covering of white.

Thargor

Went out at 3am in South Galway to check a cow in heavy snow, only sticking to the cars and other machines though. Burren mountains all white this morning in bright sunshine, looks amazing.

sryanbruen

No snow but it's a lovely sunny morning with blue skies virtually everywhere in sight at Grange.

sumtings

Lovely here in Limerick, reminds me how beautiful this place can be.

Was out at high tide, 6.65m, which is very high here, was lucky there wasn't the swell of about 6 weeks ago, but there was still a small amount of flooding by the Hunt museum back garden.

JCX BXC

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

09th April snow we don't have seasons.

Tell me that again when it's July and 25c.

JCX BXC

STATUS ORANGE

Rainfall Warning for Cork
40 to 70 mm Rainfall. Heaviest falls along the south coast and in mountainous areas. High tides also

Issued:Saturday 09 April 2016 11:00
Valid:Sunday 10 April 2016 06:00 to Monday 11 April 2016 06:00


STATUS YELLOW

Rainfall Warning for Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford
25 to 50 mm rainfall. Heaviest falls in mountainous areas

Issued:Saturday 09 April 2016 11:00
Valid:Sunday 10 April 2016 06:00 to Monday 11 April 2016 06:00




Also, Alert for a very strong easterly wind in southern areas tomorrow morning/early afternoon. Cork airport is forecasting a wind of 29kts gusting 45kts from the east!

Meteorite58

No great improvement in temps next week but picks up a bit better around Fri and Sat

The growth is really slow at the moment

Meteorite58

Dont often have such a strong wind from that direction

High Tide Cobh 20.38

JCX BXC

Graupel with a temperature of 9.7c never fails to confuse me.

Clonmel1000

Carnacalla wrote: »

Tell me that again when it's July and 25c.

Like last July? Or even July 14 12 11 10 09 08,07 how many july days were 25 degrees? Id hazard a guess that snow in April is as likely than 25 in July.

JCX BXC

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Like last July? Or even July 14 12 11 10 09 08,07 how many july days were 25 degrees? Id hazard a guess that snow in April is as likely than 25 in July.

Then you would knowingly be completely blowing it out of proportion by guessing that.

I'd be surprised if we have ever, in the history of Irish weather, received a July without reaching 25c.

sryanbruen

Carnacalla wrote: »

Then you would knowingly be completely blowing it out of proportion by guessing that.

I'd be surprised if we have ever, in the history of Irish weather, received a July without reaching 25c.

July 2015!