Spring Weather 2016

sryanbruen

Carnacalla wrote: »

Quite a temperature drop at Dublin Airport!
16:30 - 9c
17:00 - 4c.

Drove from Killarney to Kenmare earlier, surprised to be greeted by snowcapped mountains and showers of sleet and snow. Sunny now in West Cork, besides that a horrific day, but nothing so terribly out of the ordinary. We can and do get this sort of weather at any time of the year. As well its only one day, of course its quite disappointing to some, but hey it's our climate isn't it?

Criteria for a named storm is orange level warnings, has the wind criteria been met? (Gusts of 110-130km/h)

No, I have never suffered anything like I have today in MARCH - so that's why I'm very disappointed and frustrated. It don't matter if it's our climate because I haven't seen rain this heavy in my area in March before - yes I have a very low maximum daily rainfall for March.

Rock Lesnar

After a miserable night and early morning there's been no rain here since 11am, field next door is flooded again, and the water is lovely and brown, after dry manure was spread on it thursday

prunudo

sryanbruen wrote: »

No, I have never suffered anything like I have today in MARCH - so that's why I'm very disappointed and frustrated. It don't matter if it's our climate because I haven't seen rain this heavy in my area in March before - yes I have a very low maximum daily rainfall for March.

Did you not get the heavy rain on 21rd March 2013, Here in North Wicklow we had torrential rain. It was the same storm that brought the snow to the north east ( it was a friends wedding, hence why the random date sticks in my mind)

sryanbruen

jvan wrote: »

Did you not get the heavy rain on 23rd March 2013, Here in North Wicklow we had torrential rain. It was the same storm that brought the snow to the north east ( it was a friends wedding, hence why the random date sticks in my mind)

Nope unless you mean 21st March 2013? But even then I only had 11.8mm which is hardly much.

prunudo

sryanbruen wrote: »

Nope unless you mean 21st March 2013? But even then I only had 11.8mm which is hardly much.

You're right, it was 21st, we had bad flooding here, don't have exact figures.

sryanbruen

jvan wrote: »

You're right, it was 21st, we had bad flooding here, don't have exact figures.

Glenmacnass in Wicklow recorded 98.9mm that day.

Meteorite58

Looks like Dublin could escape the worst of the rain for the parade and festivities tomorrow.

sryanbruen

Unless we get more sunshine than showers these next few days, surprisingly to people here is that March will end up duller than normal here and the dullest since 1996.

JCX BXC

Could hopefully make for a good summer.

sryanbruen

Carnacalla wrote: »

Could hopefully make for a good summer.

Yeah well 50% chance of a good summer if March ends up being poor overall and it already is in my eyes - that dry spell was welcome alright but not great! I am 80% certain that it will be a good summer because of how the patterns been going. 2013 might be a close one to what might happen but now since then when I made me predictions, I feel a closer match will be 1999 which had a brilliantly warm July - which is all that matters really of what makes a good summer to most people (examples: 1983, 1989, 2006 (June was brilliant also though) and 2013). Like without July in those summers, they wouldn't be half as good.

Schadenfreudia

Slieve Gullion wrote: »

There seems to be so little between the seasons the last couple of years. It's like one long autumn.

There was a song about our climate that was a big hit around 1979!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsCdlX-5UjE

mountainy man

Snowing here now, enough now

Clonmel1000

sryanbruen wrote: »

Yeah well 50% chance of a good summer if March ends up being poor overall and it already is in my eyes - that dry spell was welcome alright but not great! I am 80% certain that it will be a good summer because of how the patterns been going. 2013 might be a close one to what might happen but now since then when I made me predictions, I feel a closer match will be 1999 which had a brilliantly warm July - which is all that matters really of what makes a good summer to most people (examples: 1983, 1989, 2006 (June was brilliant also though) and 2013). Like without July in those summers, they wouldn't be half as good.

Really interesting you mention this. 2013 is often mentioned around here as being a great summer. But my recollection and correct me if I'm wrong is of a great 3 weeks in July from about the 6th to 27th? June and August 13 were very average.

Went for a run this evening. Horrendously cold windy and showery. December and January were far more benign just that bit darker.

sryanbruen

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Really interesting you mention this. 2013 is often mentioned around here as being a great summer. But my recollection and correct me if I'm wrong is of a great 3 weeks in July from about the 6th to 27th? June and August 13 were very average.

Went for a run this evening. Horrendously cold windy and showery. December and January were far more benign just that bit darker.

I'll PM you this.

Mars Bar

Jesus lads, the size of the hailstones that just fell in North East Galway! That was intense.

Gonzo

been dry here so far today but that's all about to change, massive showers making their way across the country about to hit here soon, skies are black to my west.

Clonmel1000

Down in Tramore trapped in coffee shop. It's hammering down rain windy and freezing cold. Horrendous. People just sitting glumly looking out at it.

sryanbruen

From like 11 April onwards, Met Office are saying a large area of high pressure could develop (including Ireland) and bring some warm spells interspersed with colder spells but mostly dry and quite sunny. This is not what I expected at all for April coming! The most likely spot that it will centre around is the northeast of Scotland which will bring an easterly flow of air and sometimes southeasterly. If it's easterly, then don't expect warm conditions I'm afraid!

km79

sryanbruen wrote: »

From like 11 April onwards, Met Office are saying a large area of high pressure could develop (including Ireland) and bring some warm spells interspersed with colder spells but mostly dry and quite sunny. This is not what I expected at all for April coming!

That would be DELIGHTFUL

Clonmel1000

km79 wrote: »

That would be DELIGHTFUL

Would be fantastic. Here's hoping.

sryanbruen

Also for the first 10 days of April, though it will be unsettled, it will become gradually a bit warmer with temperatures average everywhere but sometimes even slightly above.

joujoujou

Stop dreaming, lads. It's Ireland.

sryanbruen

joujoujou wrote: »

Stop dreaming, lads. It's Ireland.

Of course there always has to be a person who rains on our parade of excitement.

Oneiric 3

sryanbruen wrote: »

From like 11 April onwards, Met Office are saying a large area of high pressure could develop (including Ireland) and bring some warm spells interspersed with colder spells but mostly dry and quite sunny

Just in time for my birthday :cool: although history would dictate that the weather on that accursed day (12th) will be cold, windy and showery, much like today. I expect nothing more, nothing less.

sryanbruen

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Just in time for my birthday :cool: although history would dictate that the weather on that accursed day (12th) will be cold, windy and showery, much like today. I expect nothing more, nothing less.

April 12th has not been a bad day in my records though of course there are some exceptions

2015: Wet, windy and cool.
2014: Cloudy, mild with some showers at times but mostly dry.
2013: Sunny, dry and mild.
2012: Sunshine and showers. Very cool.
2011: Very sunny, dry and mild.
2010: Very sunny, warm and dry.
2009: Sunny, dry and mild.

^ Recent April 12ths here.

Schadenfreudia

Looks like the headline summary for March 2016 will be "cool and dry".

At least the Parade got that lovely dry sunny weather the Capital is famed for

sryanbruen

Schadenfreudia wrote: »

Looks like the headline summary for March 2016 will be "cool and dry".

At least the Parade got that lovely dry sunny weather the Capital is famed for

Not here if today's showers or tomorrow's ones are heavy because I am nearly at me average total for March now.

Schadenfreudia

sryanbruen wrote: »

Not here if today's showers or tomorrow's ones are heavy because I am nearly at me average total for March now.

But you are sitting in a rather damp spot! - mush be the orthographic effect of Howth Head

Casement, DA and Phoenix Park are all showing totals even lower than mine....

sryanbruen

Schadenfreudia wrote: »

But you are sitting in a rather damp spot! - mush be the orthographic effect of Howth Head

Casement, DA and Phoenix Park are all showing totals even lower than mine....

Yeah I have very low monthly totals and the 40 year records all average to even lower :pac:. My highest is only October with 71mm.

March 2016: 43.9mm
Average: 46.4mm

This is how close I am to my average.

Pangea

Hottest March Day on record on this day in 1965, anyone know what the temperature was?

http://www.rte.ie/archives/2015/0327/690122-hottest-day-in-march/