Spring 2017 - General Discussion

AirbusA343

Cloudy morning here in D5. Fairly breezy too.

JCX BXC

Blustery drizzly day here in West Clare, awful for the parades.

Harry Palmr

You can certainly tell what day it is............

Xenji

Horrible day in Castlebar, 8.6mm of rain so far and very blustery.

Graces7

Xenji wrote: »

Horrible day in Castlebar, 8.6mm of rain so far and very blustery.

Non stop deluge up here too and wild wind. a curtain of rain hiding everything..

West Connemara.

JCX BXC

And Clare now added into today's rainfall warning. Great!

Xenji

Parade has now been postponed till Sunday due to the weather conditions, Westport and Louisburgh have postponed theirs as well.

AirbusA343

Wet afternoon here in Dublin 5. Persistent rain for about 2 hours now.
UPDATE 16:02: Rain has eased off now, back to square one with overcast weather.

Gonzo

horrible day here, hard to believe its 10C, feels much colder. Damp, windy and wet all day, not a day to be outside at all.

horsefarm

Very very blustery this afternoon in the hills of S.Dub
Rotten day

Gaoth Laidir

Gonzo wrote: »

horrible day here, hard to believe its 10C, feels much colder. Damp, windy and wet all day, not a day to be outside at all.

Current windchill values...

Andy From Sligo

dirty wet ol' day here in Sligo all day - accompanied by huge blustery winds

Meteorite58

Potential for strong winds in the W early Monday and blustery weather spreading across the country.

Gaoth Laidir

GFS has windespread snow from a westerly later in the week. Needless to say it's not backed up by other models.

pad199207

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

GFS has windespread snow from a westerly later in the week. Needless to say it's not backed up by other models.

And needless to say it's not needed!

Graces7

Still deluging and blowing up here after as wild and wet a night as any this year.

Ground around the cottage is waterlogged and the far bank of the stream is flooded over. And still raining and blowing.

The lane is a stream all by itself.

West Connemara 400 ft asl.

Meteorite58

Strong wind potential for Mon morning has shifted well off the NW Coast in the latest runs.

highdef

Evelyn was quite sure of a severe frost for this coming Tuesday night, saying it will be below zero everywhere.

JCX BXC

highdef wrote: »

Evelyn was quite sure of a severe frost for this coming Tuesday night, saying it will be below zero everywhere.

Had an almost complete frost drought here since November, so one last final hard one wouldn't be the worst thing.

The poor grass though!

sryanbruen

highdef wrote: »

Evelyn was quite sure of a severe frost for this coming Tuesday night, saying it will be below zero everywhere.

I think they're going a bit overboard with the minimum temperatures there. Tuesday night will be cold though.

Meanwhile, the final week of March after a northerly wind from Wednesday-Friday, is looking very settled, warm and sunny. Looking like a very good spell of weather towards the end of the month starting next weekend. Let's hope it happens.

Oscar Bravo

STATUS YELLOW

Wind Warning for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo
South to southwest winds, veering westerly, will strengthen for a time tonight, increasing 50 to 65 km/h and will gust 90 to 100 km/h in exposed coastal and hilly areas.

Issued:Sunday 19 March 2017 15:00
Valid:Sunday 19 March 2017 23:00 to Monday 20 March 2017 06:00

Gonzo

todays BBC forecast is showing sleet and snow showers for here, even in eastern areas tomorrow night and into Tuesday, I doubt it will be cold enough for that but it is going to feel quite chilly for 5 days. A shock to the system for many, hopefully it will be dryer with less in the way of showers.

Next weekend onwards is looking decent with settled and milder conditions.

Graces7

The wind has been buffeting the cottage much of the night and is loud now .

Interesting days ahead, clearly .

West Connemara 400 ft asl,

Graces7

Just had a squally shower of wet hail. High rainbow too...bitterly cold out there now.

Oscar Bravo

Extremely squally here in castlebar today, frequent showers of hail/sleet

Meteorite58

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Extremely squally here in castlebar today, frequent showers of hail/sleet

Getting windier here in Kerry too with big showers moving through, over 1.0 mm in the last one.

sryanbruen

From this weekend coming (25th/26th) to the 29th, it is looking absolutely wonderful with a stubborn high pressure of 1035mb set to build right over the country bringing warm days and cold nights along with plenty of sunshine.

Also, today has been a beautiful day with plenty of blue skies here though the wind made it feel cold.

MidMan25

sryanbruen wrote: »

From this weekend coming (25th/26th) to the 29th, it is looking absolutely wonderful with a stubborn high pressure of 1035mb set to build right over the country bringing warm days and cold nights along with plenty of sunshine.

Also, today has been a beautiful day with plenty of blue skies here though the wind made it feel cold.

Gardening season is upon us so this is good to hear

Buffalobill29

Snowing here right now and apparantly goung to last for hours.

JCX BXC

Buffalobill29 wrote: »

Snowing here right now and apparantly goung to last for hours.

What do you mean apperently going to last for hours?