Spring 2017 - General Discussion

Villain

I see a visit to some mountains in my weekend

Could be some large falls of snow on high ground over the next 48 hours!

Doctor Shivering

Villain wrote: »

I see a visit to some mountains in my weekend

Could be some large falls of snow on high ground over the next 48 hours!

Lugnaquilla even now looks plastered from head to toe viewed from Arklow
Looks chunky deep with the binoculars

blackbird99

galtees today

munsterlegend

Warnings issued by Met Eireann for today:


http://m.met.ie/weather-warnings.aspx?t=National

Doctor Shivering

Looking like rain on the Wicklow mtns and the Galtees over the weekend not snow
As this will be starting overnight tonight,now is the time to head to the hills as by Saturday it will be washed away

Graces7

Nasty warnings there. Wet, wet and more wet.

chilly here and damp air. Still a dusting of snow atop the more northerly peaks.

ninebeanrows

Anywhere accessible by public transport close to the snow in Wicklow? Might head up tomorrow for a gander

DOCARCH

Weathercheck wrote: »

Anywhere accessible by public transport close to the snow in Wicklow? Might head up tomorrow for a gander

Not really. 44B goes to Glencullen, but I reckon that's not going to be high enough, unless your willing to hike!

Villain

Doctor Shivering wrote: »

Looking like rain on the Wicklow mtns and the Galtees over the weekend not snow
As this will be starting overnight tonight,now is the time to head to the hills as by Saturday it will be washed away

Really? I wouldn't have thought Lugnaquila would be washed clear by Saturday.

nacho libre

Doctor Shivering wrote: »

Looking like rain on the Wicklow mtns and the Galtees over the weekend not snow
As this will be starting overnight tonight,now is the time to head to the hills as by Saturday it will be washed away

STATUS YELLOW

Weather Advisory for Ireland

Cold and very unsettled weather will continue right over the weekend.
There will periods of heavy rain, with some severe downpours at times, especially in southwestern, western and northwestern counties with spot flooding. Some falls of sleet and snow at times there also

If there is precipitation in the east, it will likely be snow at times on mountain tops there too.

HighLine

nacho libre wrote: »

STATUS YELLOW

Weather Advisory for Ireland

Cold and very unsettled weather will continue right over the weekend.
There will periods of heavy rain, with some severe downpours at times, especially in southwestern, western and northwestern counties with spot flooding. Some falls of sleet and snow at times there also

If there is precipitation in the east, it will likely be snow at times on mountain tops there too.

Would think Doc has it right... nothing on the BBC forecast in terms of snow showing for the Wicklow Mountains and this is about the highlight of snow risk chart below...

Rougies

Weathercheck wrote: »

Anywhere accessible by public transport close to the snow in Wicklow? Might head up tomorrow for a gander

Not sure if there's any snow on Fairy Castle now, but I'll post this anyway for future reference.

As DOCARCH said the 44B to Glencullen is your best bet. From there you can hike to Fairy Castle (Two Rock Mtn) which is 536m asl. It's only 2.3 km with 250m raise in alt. (about 40 mins hike) from the 3506 bus stop (second last stop before Glencullen). You can get the 44B from Dundrum Luas Station.

Bus route:
https://www.dublinbus.ie/Your-Journey1/Timetables/All-Timetables/44b2/

Bus stop location:
https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Glencullen,+Ballyedmonduff+House/@53.2330033,-6.2231673,610m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x486709e3e1bb8cf5:0x5343bb105b84564!8m2!3d53.2327288!4d-6.2216909


Fairy Castle location:
https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Fairy+Castle/@53.2397365,-6.2490544,2108m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x48670a1d437549bf:0x883b24ced25ae231!8m2!3d53.2391293!4d-6.2450945


Map of trails in the area:
https://www.opencyclemap.org/?zoom=15&lat=53.23514&lon=-6.23228&layers=B0000

Approximate hike route:



NOTE: There's a sign saying keep out at the entrance to the forest because they're working on MTB trails in the area, but you can ignore that, just don't go near the work.

Oscar Bravo

Despite a forecast of heavy rain in the West it's been dry all day in castlebar. Was expecting a much worse day.

km79

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Despite a forecast of heavy rain in the West it's been dry all day in castlebar. Was expecting a much worse day.

Seems to have drifted further east alright
Started here around lunch and though that was it for the night but cleared after 2 hours again
For now anyway

JCX BXC

Been lashing in West Clare all day, 11mm so far.

Gonzo

another dismal, cold, wet and mucky day. Really hoping for a dry spell to develop soon. Sick of all this rain.

Doctor Shivering

Villain wrote: »

Really? I wouldn't have thought Lugnaquila would be washed clear by Saturday.

Yeah there'll be spotty coverage left tomorrow as there will be heavy rain up there
It's just not cold enough
BBC graphics don't even have any on high ground in NI

blackbird99

most of the snow has been washed of the galtees already from the first band of rain,

Villain

Doctor Shivering wrote: »

Yeah there'll be spotty coverage left tomorrow as there will be heavy rain up there
It's just not cold enough
BBC graphics don't even have any on high ground in NI

It might get a top up though early Saturday morning

Clonmel1000

It's a bloody miserable cold wet evening a real terrible start to the spring. Our winter will probably arrive now until June when we'll get 2 months of spring before back into October again in August.

mickger844posts

Heavy showers this afternoon some of which were hail. 8.6mm in total precipitation

www.waterfordcityweather.com

Tigerandahalf

Looks like we are in for a very wet spell til Sunday at least. We are probably due a wet spell after the very dry autumn/winter we have had.

MidMan25

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

It's a bloody miserable cold wet evening a real terrible start to the spring. Our winter will probably arrive now until June when we'll get 2 months of spring before back into October again in August.

Such a whinger :pac:

road_high

The last while had been awful here in Kilkenny/Carlow. Wet everyday and very windy at times. A real nasty relentless miserable feel to it. If even it's not raining you can feel it's not far away, very cold and unsettled.
Assume the rest of the country has been the same?

Meteorite58

Heavy rain on and off today and feeling very cold here near Tralee, grey low overcast sky, stopped for awhile early evening and raining again now, 13.6mm from that trailing cold front moving up over the country. More to come.







https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/837270469325819904

km79

Rain promised has definitely moved further east
Been watching it all day and the met office graphic shows it
And now yr.no has come on board
Had been forecasting nearly 30mm over just 12 hours tomorrow but it's nowm looking better !

road_high

km79 wrote: »

Rain promised has definitely moved further east
Been watching it all day and the met office graphic shows it
And now yr.no has come on board
Had been forecasting nearly 30mm over just 12 hours tomorrow but it's nowm looking better !

Yea the last few hours in Kilkenny have been awful. Incessant scawles of heavy rain

Clonmel1000

road_high wrote: »

The last while had been awful here in Kilkenny/Carlow. Wet everyday and very windy at times. A real nasty relentless miserable feel to it. If even it's not raining you can feel it's not far away, very cold and unsettled.
Assume the rest of the country has been the same?

Absolutely it's utterly miserable.

Clonmel1000

MidMan25 wrote: »

Such a whinger :pac:

I know I'd forgotten that if you don't like weather "events" you're a whinged here. Seriously outside of the few here I've met nobody whose enjoying this weather it's awful.

JCX BXC

Fair enough, but not every time a bit of rain falls!

We are in a shocking climate, and have just had one of the mildest and driest winters, be grateful not pessimistic!

Clonmel1000

What's the medium range forecast for march does anyone know?

I'm not being pessimistic just realistic really.

sryanbruen

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

What's the medium range forecast for march does anyone know?

I'm not being pessimistic just realistic really.

Staying very unsettled for the next week and turning milder then a possible cold snap mid-March as what the models are showing though I doubt it.

JCX BXC

Didn't hear your realism when the weather was good.

I'm enjoying the nice rainy days, find it relaxing in a nice way.

Of course sun is better, but not at this time of year, I'd rather keep our limited High pressure systems until June/July/August thanks

MidMan25

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

I know I'd forgotten that if you don't like weather "events" you're a whinged here. Seriously outside of the few here I've met nobody whose enjoying this weather it's awful.

Nobody enjoys but just get on with it, it's Ireland, it rains a lot. It must be awful to be Irish and to not be able to just accept the mostly terrible/uninteresting weather we get.

JCX BXC

Completely calm the last hour here in West Clare, although there has been 2mm of rain. Weather station hasn't showed any wind at all.

Such a contrast to last night!

Clonmel1000

JCX BXC wrote: »

Didn't hear your realism when the weather was good.

I'm enjoying the nice rainy days, find it relaxing in a nice way.

Of course sun is better, but not at this time of year, I'd rather keep our limited High pressure systems until June/July/August thanks

I was constantly trumpeting the good weather here during the winter. Good as in an Irish context. Agree with you on high pressure systems in summer though all I'm saying is it's miserable now especially for those of us out and about a lot. I'm on the road a lot and this weather is the pits and in no way relaxing.

Clonmel1000

MidMan25 wrote: »

Nobody enjoys but just get on with it, it's Ireland, it rains a lot. It must be awful to be Irish and to not be able to just accept the mostly terrible/uninteresting weather we get.

Bit like the snow bunnies on here or is that different because it's not part of the clique?

km79

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

I was constantly trumpeting the good weather here during the winter. Good as in an Irish context. Agree with you on high pressure systems in summer though all I'm saying is it's miserable now especially for those of us out and about a lot. I'm on the road a lot and this weather is the pits and in no way relaxing.

I agree with you !

road_high

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

I was constantly trumpeting the good weather here during the winter. Good as in an Irish context. Agree with you on high pressure systems in summer though all I'm saying is it's miserable now especially for those of us out and about a lot. I'm on the road a lot and this weather is the pits and in no way relaxing.

Do a lot of motorway driving daily and have a big strong car but finding this weather really unpleasant to travel in- between the gusts of winds and blinding spray from trucks, it's horrible.

Clonmel1000

road_high wrote: »

Do a lot of motorway driving daily and have a big strong car but finding this weather really unpleasant to travel in- between the gusts of winds and blinding spray from trucks, it's horrible.

Whinger!!!!

But seriously it's awful stuff to travel in. I've done a few long commutes this week and another one tomorrow and it's exhausting in this weather. Even then when you get out of the car you've wind rain and cold lashing into you. Syran is this unusual for time of year from your records?

MJohnston

Try being a cyclist. My son finally got old enough to sit in a bike trailer, and I was all ready to get in a bit of desperately exercise, but the wind and (to a lesser extent) the rain put paid to that

nacho libre

sryanbruen wrote: »

Staying very unsettled for the next week and turning milder then a possible cold snap mid-March as what the models are showing though I doubt it.

The bbc forecaster at 9:55 was talking about a colder spell next weekend and he mentioned it lasting for a while. It seemed a bold statement to make this far out.

Graces7

Hard heavy rain all the night long.. Thanks to the forecast I brought fuel in yesterday so sitting snug but it is so cold.

And yes, deeply thankful I do not have to go out but that is forward planning.

Wednesday morning and early afternoon were totally lovely. Sunny, calm, dry.

Doctor Shivering

Very wet in South Wicklow
6c with a dp of 5
Cold but that would equate to rain on the mountains here,sleet at the very top maybe but quite a washout of yesterday's good snowc cover on Lug Is say

LEIN

Looks like a heavy batch of rain has just arrived here in Greystones.

Graces7

No ceasing up here. The track will be awash as all the mountain streams cross it and will be flowing deep and full. Thankfully the one through the garden here was deeply dug and does not overflow. Love being so close to it all....

JCX BXC

Another 12.6mm here this morning in West Clare, fields flooding again.

Amazing how they were dry for so long and then just at the end of winter flooded!

And statistically, this time of year is our driest!

Rock Lesnar

Over on the east coast in bettystown today and the rain is pelting down, truly awful day

sryanbruen

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Whinger!!!!

But seriously it's awful stuff to travel in. I've done a few long commutes this week and another one tomorrow and it's exhausting in this weather. Even then when you get out of the car you've wind rain and cold lashing into you. Syran is this unusual for time of year from your records?

It is unusual for March to get a very wet spell but it's not as unusual as let's say a March like 2013 (extremely cold). The odd March here and there tends to get a very wet day like 6th in 2001, 11th in 2004, 26th in 2006, 30th in 2008, 29th/30th in 2010 and 21st in 2013. It's unusual because like JCX BXC said above, March is statistically his driest part of the year. Many places have different drier parts of the years though like February is my driest month but April or May tend to be the driest across the country.

Here's a picture of Cork flooded in early March 2014



This was as a result of the extremely wet Winter of 2013/14 but a band of heavy rain on the 2nd of March also contributed.

March gets a very wet day (25mm or more) for synoptic stations on average every 2 years so it's a bit unusual but not remarkably so.

Meteorite58

Moderate to heavy rain her in Tralee. Another 10mm and counting since midnight , + 25mm in 24 hrs. Sferic showing up too.