Spring 2017 - General Discussion

Gonzo

horrendous day here yet again, cold, wet, dark and miserable. Garden is very soggy from all the rain of the past month.

Rock Lesnar

Gonzo wrote: »

horrendous day here yet again, cold, wet, dark and miserable. Garden is very soggy from all the rain of the past month.

Was grand up my side of meath, a bit of drizzle for an hour in the afternoon, otherwise dry with bright spells on and off, it felt a bit raw alright but was ok when sun was out

Buffalobill29

Gonzo wrote: »

horrendous day here yet again, cold, wet, dark and miserable. Garden is very soggy from all the rain of the past month.

I used to dislike the rain but isn't it good for you and it keeps the grass green. also we had a lovely sunny spell for 5 hours yesterday.

Pat Dunne

Buffalobill29 wrote: »

I used to dislike the rain but isn't it good for you and it keeps the grass green. also we had a lovely sunny spell for 5 hours yesterday.

Can you give a little more detail as to how "rain can been good for you"? Other than putting in your whiskey or been a constituent part of lager, ale or stout?

Oneiric 3

Pat Dunne wrote: »

Can you give a little more detail as to how "rain can been good for you"?

Sure.

It is the only source of 'fresh' water on the planet, which is essential for virtually all life on earth. I like my tea, and without rain, I'd not be able to have an aul cup of schald when I feel the need. Indeed, up to 80% of your body is made up of fresh water, which originally fell as rain. Also, without rain, we'd not be able to grow crops. There would be no plant life. Our '40 shades of green' would become one shade of grey. Need I go on?

Gonzo

Buffalobill29 wrote: »

I used to dislike the rain but isn't it good for you and it keeps the grass green. also we had a lovely sunny spell for 5 hours yesterday.

I would gladly trade green grass for brown scub land like what they have in Spain in exchange for sunny and warm Spring-Autumn each year! Sprinklers can make the grass green again anyway!.

Harry Palmr

One heavy shower in east Waterford, otherwise it was fine once the early cloud broke.

MJohnston

Gonzo wrote: »

I would gladly trade green grass for brown scub land like what they have in Spain in exchange for sunny and warm Spring-Autumn each year! Sprinklers can make the grass green again anyway!.

That's the beauty of the Schengen visa

Rougies

MJohnston wrote: »

That's the beauty of the Schengen visa

The Schengen agreement is visa free by definition. And Ireland is not in the Schengen area anyway.

Graces7

Moist and misty.. dark and drab.

PS acid rain?

MJohnston

Rougies wrote: »

The Schengen agreement is visa free by definition. And Ireland is not in the Schengen area anyway.

I know, I didn't know of a snappier yet friendly way to say "well, you're free to move to Spain!"

Honestly, in the future people will look back* on Irish weather whinging the same way we regard tribal rain dances or sun worship - it's like a ritual people undertake in the belief that it will somehow alter the weather.

*if there's anyone left

Rock Lesnar

breezy and misty day in north meath, doesn't feel cold

redsteveireland

That's training cancelled for another week so, heavy rain again all evening. Not much chance of the pitches around the west recovering by this weekend.

Mars Bar

redsteveireland wrote: »

That's training cancelled for another week so, heavy rain again all evening. Not much chance of the pitches around the west recovering by this weekend.

Yep. Blanket bans the past two weekends from the Galway FA. I see more coming too.

JCX BXC

Beautiful day here in West Clare, feels like spring!

km79

JCX BXC wrote: »

Beautiful day here in West Clare, feels like spring!

Just logged onto same the same about east galway

Gaoth Laidir

Something tells me this observation from Nigeria today is a mistake...:rolleyes:

sryanbruen

Feeling like May warmth today in the sunshine at Grange... what a change from what March has brought so far for the first 7 days.

Oscar Bravo

Absolutely lovely day out

highdef

Went for an hour long walk around 1pm. I wouldn't agree it felt like May warmth at all. The breeze was very cool indeed and even wit the sun shining, there was very little heat except when I passed a very sheltered part of one street when I felt the tiniest inkling of heat, about as much as to be felt in early March. I was wearing a hoody and I felt rather chilly for the first 20 minutes or so. This is Dublin city west, BTW.

Having said that, it was nice to see the sunshine and some blue sky.

sryanbruen

highdef wrote: »

Went for an hour long walk around 1pm. I wouldn't agree it felt like May warmth at all. The breeze was very cool indeed and even wit the sun shining, there was very little heat except when I passed a very sheltered part of one street when I felt the tiniest inkling of heat, about as much as to be felt in early March. I was wearing a hoody and I felt rather chilly for the first 20 minutes or so. This is Dublin city west, BTW.

Having said that, it was nice to see the sunshine and some blue sky.

I spoke for northeast Dublin :cool:, not breezy at all here.

MJohnston

highdef wrote: »

Went for an hour long walk around 1pm. I wouldn't agree it felt like May warmth at all. The breeze was very cool indeed and even wit the sun shining, there was very little heat except when I passed a very sheltered part of one street when I felt the tiniest inkling of heat, about as much as to be felt in early March. I was wearing a hoody and I felt rather chilly for the first 20 minutes or so. This is Dublin city west, BTW.

Having said that, it was nice to see the sunshine and some blue sky.

Would say it was very different in Phoenix park then as I was too warm for my top layer coat and a t-shirt and jumper were good enough! Absolutely lovely, yes a bit of a chill in the wind, but the sun is heating things up nicely. It's probably all relative to how cold it was a couple of days ago, but I could have sat out there all day.

Gonzo

first decent day in about a month, feels warm compared to what we have been having recently and things starting to dry out a little bit.

sryanbruen

Gonzo wrote: »

first decent day in about a month, feels warm compared to what we have been having recently and things starting to dry out a little bit.

Last decent day here was February 8th, so it was exactly a month .

highdef

And I guess heat and cold is a very subjective thing.

sryanbruen is obviously located in a very sheltered area. Being a fairly high density housing area, shelter is easy to come by. Dublin airport (also in north east Dublin) is reporting breezy conditions with gusts to 46kmph at 15:00 which is a drop from the previous hour. However that is a much more exposed site.

With the sun to the south at it's highest point and fairly breezy weather from the west, it's not quite so easy to get shelter and sunshine and a feeling of actual warmth. At this time of the year, your best bet to find some nice heat is to have either calm conditions or very light winds with a bit of a northerly component whilst you are situated with a south facing large wall behind you and it's not far off high noon.......I long to feel a bit of REAL heat

Doctor Shivering

Sunny and 13c with not much breeze here near Arklow
It's certainly not Shivering:D

highdef

Doctor Shivering wrote: »

Sunny and 13c with not much breeze here near Arklow
It's certainly not Shivering:D

Ah you are in a great spot to sheltered from that westerly breeze....I would well imagine many places along in Wicklow to the lee of the mountains are having a very pleasant day

sryanbruen

The mid month cold spell is really fading away now nacho libre .

nacho libre

sryanbruen wrote: »

The mid month cold spell is really fading away now nacho libre .

Ah i was just about to post about it:D I'm not too bothered at this stage, as you'd need something akin to March 2013 for snow to lay during day, and that wasn't ever suggested. I am already looking towards next winter:pac:

pedigree 6

Go Saturday!
Go on ya good thing.:p






Expect higher temps in favoured areas too.

giveitholly

so lads any sign of a few dry days coming up in the next 7-10 days or what are the charts showing?

Graces7

Blissful beautiful day yesterday!

Driving is a great pleasure and release for me as I lose my physical ease of mobility more and more and I am of course new here so many "roads untravelled" which for me have a sacredness...

SUN! I explored Galway beyond Connemara and sun all the way. Shining off the lakes and ocean, even off the overspilling rivers....

No not warm; a definite chill in the air in exposed places and still snow atop the highest mountains when I came back to Connemara.

Long may this last!

West Connemara 400 ft asl

MJohnston

Today - now that is an unequivocally gorgeous day!

Graces7

Ah I could get used to this.. sitting on a rock by a stream, face lifted to WARM SUN and the robin singing his sweet song.. Sweet sweet day...

Doctor Shivering

Lovely day again
Still some snow on Lugnaquilla today

https://imgur.com/gallery/3oP92

Graces7

Doctor Shivering wrote: »

Lovely day again
Still some snow on Lugnaquilla today

https://imgur.com/gallery/3oP92

I drove to and past Killary Fjord yesterday and snow on two of the peaks there too; am not on first name terms with their Majestic Heights yet or ever....;)

But so quiet too.. no wind. shhhhh!

Gonzo

a peach of a day here, first day in well over a month that I didn't require a jacket to go outside.

Rock Lesnar

Gonzo wrote: »

a peach of a day here, first day in well over a month that I didn't require a jacket to go outside.

yep same here, got the grass cut for the 1st time this year, took a while though, plenty of growth in it over the last 3 weeks

Gonzo

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

yep same here, got the grass cut for the 1st time this year, took a while though, plenty of growth in it over the last 3 weeks

our garden is like a meadow and still way too wet to take the mower out.

Clonmel1000

Nice day today what is call a decent march day. Clouded over this pm and got a bit chilly but was lovely in the sun this morning. Ground way to wet to cut though. Would love a month of this.

sryanbruen

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Nice day today what is call a decent march day. Clouded over this pm and got a bit chilly but was lovely in the sun this morning. Ground way to wet to cut though. Would love a month of this.

I'd love a month of this



(March 27th 2012)

Rock Lesnar

Gonzo wrote: »

our garden is like a meadow and still way too wet to take the mower out.

yeah mine was like a meadow to, i just fired up the mower and mowed through it, to be fair the ground was dry, so was the grass that wasn't in shade, it was a lot better then i taught it was going to be, because on monday it was very squelchy under foot

JCX BXC

Beautiful sunny morning here in West Clare.

cml387

JCX BXC wrote: »

Beautiful sunny morning here in West Clare.

You were very lucky in Clare this morning, I can see from the sattelite.

I'd say it's changed by now, heavy drizzle here in Fermoy.

Clonmel1000

Normal service resumed its grey dull and cool.

Oneiric 3

sryanbruen wrote: »

I'd love a month of this



(March 27th 2012)

A few days like that are certainly nice but I have to say, I get bored of weather like that very quick. When the sky is consistently clear like that I begin to feel the sky has totally emptied itself or something. Like there is a void. This may be psychological though since I do live in a region that is one of, if not the dullest on the entire planet and such sunny scenes take a bit of getting used to. :P

Gonzo

back to the cool, grey and drizzly dank.

sryanbruen

Very pleasant here with sunny intervals in between grey cloud - my favourite weather besides snowfall.

Oneiric 3

Brace yourself folks, the 'mercury could soar' to a whopping 14.0c this weekend! :eek: Time to bring out the sun tan lotion, sit around in fields and parks, wearing trendy shades, waving our hair and looking purrrdy; or queue up at the ice cream van because culture dictates that we must do such things when the pale, diluted, washed out Irish sun appears in early March.

http://www.msn.com/en-ie/weather/topstories/irish-weather-temperatures-soar-to-14c-as-ireland-prepares-for-sun-drenched-weekend/ar-AAo5Fln?ocid=spartanntp#image=1

Why is it that mass media outlets always seek to humour and appeal to the lowest common denominator? I guess there is money to be made from absolute bollix. :rolleyes:

JCX BXC

That's by far the best thing I've ever read, I fully thought it was Waterford Whispers at first!

Temperatures soar to 14 f*ucking degrees ahahah