What's the weather like in your area 2

_Brian

What an absolute beaute of a morning out there.

Going to wrap up and heat off to a forest somewhere for a walk.

Reggie.

_Brian wrote: »

What an absolute beaute of a morning out there.

Going to wrap up and heat off to a forest somewhere for a walk.

I'm sure that's the most horror films begin.....just saying

Buford T. Justice XIX

Bright, dry morning here. A bit of a nip in the air but a very nice day.

There was a lot of water here the last few days and a lot of pools of water in the fields.

pedigree 6

_Brian wrote: »

What an absolute beaute of a morning out there.

Going to wrap up and heat off to a forest somewhere for a walk.

I went for a walk around the land this morning to get some fresh air in the lungs.

Still can't get over how good the land and grass is for the time of year. Another time the grass would be yellow.

The forecast is giving a 50/50 chance of colder weather for next week. While I like cold weather sometimes. This time of year your attention would be on preparing for turnout and getting wire and fences right before calving starts. So I hope it doesn't materialize.

Genghis Cant

Powerful morning here. Woeful mild last night replaced by a frost around daybreak. Talk of a nice frost tonight.

Base price

Was heading home from a family do at my Mam's house last night 1.30 and the roads were dodgy. The gritters must have been out before dawn as you could see the grit on the road when I left to head to Longford.
Beautiful day here and it was bright until nearly 5pm. Looks like a frosty night with clear skies.

Reggie.

Base price wrote: »

Was heading home from a family do at my Mam's house last night 1.30 and the roads were dodgy. The gritters must have been out before dawn as you could see the grit on the road when I left to head to Longford.
Beautiful day here and it was bright until nearly 5pm. Looks like a frosty night with clear skies.

Looks like it will be frosty here too as the skies are clear

ArKl0w

Brace yourselves!
Jan 1 to 3 will be bitter cold with a chance of snow in coastal counties then benign weather for the rest of the week

The following weekend looks now increasingly even colder with more widespread wintry/snow showers

As for January,a day or two ago,I summarised my thoughts HERE

Since I posted that the usual indicators for very cold weather have got stronger not weaker
There's a frightening amount of very bitter cold up to our north and east and with high pressure in the Atlantic,the risk of weather drifting in from the east or North is higher and if it comes,you'll know all about it
So be prepared,if it happens
Hopefully not!!

whelan2

14 degrees at 1pm on 30th December. There's something seriously wrong there

pedigree 6

whelan2 wrote: »

14 degrees at 1pm on 30th December. There's something absolutely brilliant there

FYP.:)

Grass is still growing here and soil temperature has increased as well.
Soil temp is 7c at Johnstown castle and 8.6c in belmullet, Co.Mayo.

Looks like rain New Years Eve night/New Years morning and then a brief 2 day cold spell.
This apocalyptic cold spell for January looks like being pushed back further into the future. But the weather is going to cool down from what it is here now but nothing serious yet (can change of course).

Someone must be praying.:D

Base price

whelan2 wrote: »

14 degrees at 1pm on 30th December. There's something seriously wrong there

10.5 degrees at half seven this evening - it's madness Ted 😊

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Base price wrote: »

10.5 degrees at half seven this evening - it's madness Ted 😊

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Mac Taylor

BP, I'm surprised, I thought I knew you, I had you down for classic fm not. Newstalk. We live and learn:D

On the subject of weather it is unbelievably mild, I'm sitting here drinking a limsip as I try to get over man flu. Great way to ring in the new year:mad:

whelan2

Mac Taylor wrote: »

BP, I'm surprised, I thought I knew you, I had you down for classic fm not. Newstalk. We live and learn:D

On the subject of weather it is unbelievably mild, I'm sitting here drinking a limsip as I try to get over man flu. Great way to ring in the new year:mad:

My dad did 10 days in bed over christmas with a dose, didnt even go to mass for christmas:eek: Then my mother got it, seems to alot of chest infections, sinus type doses around

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Mac Taylor wrote: »

BP, I'm surprised, I thought I knew you, I had you down for classic fm not. Newstalk. We live and learn:D

On the subject of weather it is unbelievably mild, I'm sitting here drinking a limsip as I try to get over man flu. Great way to ring in the new year:mad:

Ah Mac we are peas in a pod, I'm sipping Lemsip too. I have a bit of a dose but nothing to complain about

Mac Taylor

whelan2 wrote: »

My dad did 10 days in bed over christmas with a dose, didnt even go to mass for christmas:eek: Then my mother got it, seems to alot of chest infections, sinus type doses around

Same thing going around here. Pig sick of it at this stage. Hot whiskey next.

whelan2

Base price wrote: »

Ah Mac we are peas in a pod, I'm sipping Lemsip too. I have a bit of a dose but nothing to complain about

Lemsip must be making a fortune

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Base price wrote: »

Temp

Ah base you don't listen to that weasel Chris o donohue on news talk 👎

Timmaay

whelan2 wrote: »

Lemsip must be making a fortune

The southern versions are utterly rip offs and a lot less stronger than the northern/UK own brands. I always stock up afew boxes of them, and other over the counter medicines when I'm in the UK.

whelan2

Timmaay wrote: »

The southern versions are utterly rip offs and a lot less stronger than the northern/UK own brands. I always stock up afew boxes of them, and other over the counter medicines when I'm in the UK.

Yes but you have to be careful if on other medication, blood thinning meds etc, my da can only take the original ones

Base price

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Ah base you don't listen to that weasel Chris o donohue on news talk 👎

I do occasionally when I'm on the road otherwise I seldom listen to the radio or watch the TV. Sorta got to like him when he was with Ivan on the morning slot. However I become apocalyptic when I hear Hook. I like listening to Sarah Carey on Saturdays when I get the chance. Other than that its RTE 1 (Morning Ireland & Drive Time), Moncrieff, Lyric FM, Spin, or CD's.

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Lyric in the mornings

whelan2

Alot of rain last night, alot cooler today

Username John

Some change overnight...

Was as mild last night, was out to the car in my t-shirt and you wouldn't feel the cold...

Then lashing heavy rain for a while around midnight...

And this morning, lovely blue skies but much colder and a wind that'd skin you...

_Brian

We had a crisp white frost this morning, has cleared off now, bright and sunny with a cold breeze, 5c

davidk1394

Beautiful day here. Sunny with a slight breeze around 4°C. Stark contrast to this day last year

C4d78

Some drop in temperature today. Been spoilt all along. Had to come to an end at some stage. Probably good for housed cattle etc.

charolais0153

Don't know what temp but its fierce cold

davidk1394

Like a spring morning here. Sunny around 2°C

farmerjj

A couple of weeks like today would be great, get some slurry out

High bike

Cold one here too first time I had to break ice in the troughs this winter

foxy farmer

Left a pub quiz around midnight with clock showing +1° near the sea. By the time i was home it was down to -3° about 3 miles inland.

ganmo

I can see blue sky through the fog...very strange

Buford T. Justice XIX

Cool and calm here. Everything you need for slurry spreading is there today, except the date:(

pedigree 6

Well 2016 was a great year weather wise.:)
It was drier and warmer than average.

http://www.met.ie/climate/monthly-weather-reports.asp

(For the annual summary. Go to the months and click on annual.)
And check out the rainfall Longterm average %.
Mace Head in galway only got 78% of normal annual rainfall.

whelan2

I thought the mornings would be a bit brighter by now? Still dark at 8 am

Base price

I see according to Met Éireann we can expect snow in the second half of next week.
Another mild and misty night here.

rangler1

whelan2 wrote: »

I thought the mornings would be a bit brighter by now? Still dark at 8 am

At this time of the year you get 3 minutes more daylight in the evening for every minute more in the morning,

whelan2

rangler1 wrote: »

At this time of the year you get 3 minutes more daylight in the evening for every minute more in the morning,

Before Christmas I was saying it will be brighter when kids are getting the bus to school, they leave house at 7.54(exactly:rolleyes:) it's not much brighter now than it was before Christmas

davidk1394

Dull miserable day here

pedigree 6

whelan2 wrote: »

Before Christmas I was saying it will be brighter when kids are getting the bus to school, they leave house at 7.54(exactly:rolleyes:) it's not much brighter now than it was before Christmas

Don't forget last November was the brightest November in Ireland in many years.
November is usually the darkest month of the year due to the sun being low on the horizon and the difficulty of the light getting through the moisture and cloud in the atmosphere. But this November that moisture and cloud was missing due to the high pressure systems over us and to the south west of us.
So more light than a normal November.

You could include December in this as well as mostly same conditions as November.

But take this evening as an example you can see the long shadows from the high level cloud to the south west of Ireland.

This was absent last November and December.

ArKl0w

Just a heads up,first proper polar outbreak is coming Thursday to Saturday
Some especially in Ulster Connaught north Leinster including whelan2 and west Munster will have settled snow are you ready?
Everywhere will have frost lasting all day Friday probably
Today's farming forecast will hint at it

Beyond that even deeper cold from the east about a week later is a low possibility stay tuned

whelan2

some rain fell last night

whelan2

ArKl0w wrote: »

Just a heads up,first proper polar outbreak is coming Thursday to Saturday
Some especially in Ulster Connaught north Leinster including whelan2 and west Munster will have settled snow are you ready?
Everywhere will have frost lasting all day Friday probably
Today's farming forecast will hint at it

Beyond that even deeper cold from the east about a week later is a low possibility stay tuned

Any update on this?

ArKl0w

whelan2 wrote: »

Any update on this?

Yup,next 48hrs is as expected except now much of Munster is likely to see snow showers even on low ground from about noon tomorrow north into Laois possibly
A spell of rain and sleet down there turning to wet snow on hills before that clears to the showers
Ulster Connaught and north Leinster is likely to see showers all day tomorrow and into the evening mostly snow away from coasts
It will readily settle there worst on high ground
A sleety mix near coasts
Likely to be a hard freeze Thursday night even in the wind and especially Friday night so lying snow will stay
Sunday should see a big thaw
That's the current thinking

There is only a small risk of an easterly (ten times colder) towards next weekend at this stage
Weather models aren't to be trusted at the moment that far out at the moment,there's very low confidence today amongst Met forecasters of a return of that more severe cold right now

ArKl0w

Attached is a map of where snow should be falling according to the latest guidance by tomorrow evening,looks like even I'm flukily in the firing line :eek:

Pink is snow

whelan2

Great drying out here today

davidk1394

Sunny day here with strong wind around 8°C

Base price

Sunny 7 degrees broken by heavy rain showers and a cold wind that would skin you.

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Base price wrote: »

Sunny 7 degrees broken by heavy rain showers and a cold wind that would skin you.

Gone bitterly cold here and overcast