Autumn 2017 - General Discussion

Oscar Bravo

2pm met reports. Mace Head gusting 50 knots. winds on the increase.

Hooter23

Has picked up in Galway in last few minutes very gusty/squally type wind....

Meteorite58

Not far off reaching a gust of 100 km/h on Mace Head, stronger winds to move down the coast this evening.

JCX BXC

Already reached 44kts, what will it be like later!

Xenji

OldRio wrote: »

You see the problem is, for such a small island, we have large variations in our weather.
Here in the West it has rained nearly every day since the beginning of August. I can't get outside to do some of the work I want. The ground is so wet. It's depressing.

As for telling people to move? Deary me. Someone has anger issues. Here's a cheaper and less stressful solution to YOUR problem. Don't read their posts.

BTW. More rain today but we have a change. It's windy as well. Wonderful.

Even in the west the weather can differ significantly, for example for the summer months Shannon Airport recorded 302mm of rain, Athenry recorded 359.4mm, while Newport recorded 471mm.

sryanbruen

Xenji wrote: »

Even in the west the weather can differ significantly, for example for the summer months Shannon Airport recorded 302mm of rain, Athenry recorded 359.4mm, while Newport recorded 471mm.

Newport has been very significantly wet since December 2014.

Lumi

Mod Note

JCX BXC wrote: »

It is an option though Clonmel, if the weather is bothering you short of the point of severe depression (which is the way you've been coming across the past few years) of course it's an option.

You've been warned repeatedly about these sort of personal attacks on Clonmel1000.
Take a short break from the forum

Xenji

sryanbruen wrote: »

Newport has been very significantly wet since December 2014.

Tell me about it, Castlebar has been on par or slightly worse off when you compare the figures, but we do get nice bright spells mixed in as well, so it is not all bad, but close to 6500mm of rain in 3 and a half years is not that pleasant either.

Doltanian

The tail end of Irma has arrived here in Kerry just like a lad in the pub said it would last night. :eek:

Oscar Bravo

Very squally shower passing through Castlebar now. some wind in it!

Xenji

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Very squally shower passing through Castlebar now. some wind in it!

The tents at the food festival are doing well to stay up in it.

Oneiric 3

Not to bad in Galway, bright breezy conditions with the odd shower. Feeling warm out. 13.3c.

ninebeanrows

Big squall just passed through Dublin CC

Meteorite58

Picking up here in Kerry, Ballybunion Buoy gust 47Kts , wave height 3.7m Wind dir. W

Feeling cool at 12.9C

Frequent heavy squally showers, some big convection out there with a low chance of thuderstorms forecast.

Oscar Bravo

Just 9 degrees at Knock airport now.much fresher.

OldRio

Yeah, I should have said Leitrim and not the West.
The differences in our weather are huge.

Hooter23

Not much wind in Galway atm its seems to be the kind of wind that just comes along with the showers...and its not to bad in between

Clonmel1000

Harvey squall just through carrick on suir had to pull over the car. Very intense for a few minutes temperatures dropped from 15 to 10 degrees almost immediately. Bright sunny breezy again now.

Hooter23

Bigger showers moving in from the west coast now...expecting wind to pick up again soon so

Oscar Bravo

I noticed that here in Castlebar. Overcast now with more prolonged showers.

Xenji

Mace Head gusting at 53kts on the 20.00, the wind seems to be far more sustained in the last hour or so in Castlebar with 12mm of rain so far.

acequion

JCX BXC wrote: »

Move then!

Jaysus Christ you'd swear this was a new thing, Ireland weather has always been the same, this incessant moaning by users on here is more depressing than the weather itself!

Get over yourself would you! How old are you anyway? Because yes this is a relatively new thing. It's called CLIMATE CHANGE and it's affecting our tiny Atlantic island quite disproportionately, so people have every right to complain. Even if it inconveniences some people,like yourself hiding behind the rose tinted specs!

I'm in my 50's and while Irish weather was never great compared to nearby north European countries and always quite rainy, once upon a time we actually did have seasons. When I was a child we always went to the beach from June through to August. I live right by the Atlantic in Kerry. We were always sunburned and then tanned in days before sunscreen and no that's not nostalgia. Oh you'd get a share of poor days in summer, maybe even weeks the odd summer but nothing that would remotely compare with the shyte we get nowadays. In winter we used to get frost and often snow. We wore big winter coats. Nowadays you could go through an entire winter with just a jacket.

Posters trying to make out that we're comparing Ireland to places like the south of Spain are also patronising. I've lived all over Europe and in summer I'm lucky enough to get away a lot. And I completely agree with Gonzo that our climate is now one of the most horrible. And completely sympathise at how culture shocking it is to return to this weather after a few weeks in a more clement place.

Some posters on here are hell bent on deluding themselves about Ireland's recent climate. Maybe some of them are lucky enough to escape the worst of it over in the sunny south East. But more seem to have an almost demonic insistence on denial and go spare when some of us come on and point out the truth.

As for heating in September, this is probably one of the worst Septembers in recent years. While our summers suck [ sorry deniers!] one of the better months has been September. This year it's dire. Most of my flowers [ my pride and joy that with huge TLC last until November] are dead and gone and it's heating on every evening.It's more like early November.

That is the reality of the Irish climate. If not the worst or most dangerous [though people affected by floods would disagree], definitely one of the gloomiest and chilliest in Summer and overall most depressing. Let's call a spade a spade!

Oneiric 3

After a bright day, turned very dark and windy in the last couple of hours. First hints of Autumn.

MJohnston

acequion wrote: »

That is the reality of the Irish climate. If not the worst or most dangerous [though people affected by floods would disagree], definitely one of the gloomiest and chilliest in Summer and overall most depressing. Let's call a spade a spade!

Why are people so convinced this is the truth? Our climate in Ireland is, almost in every single factor you can imagine, one of the world's most average. And by that I mean we are almost slap bang in the middle of the bell-curve for annual min-max temps, rainfall totals, rainy days, sunny days, etc. The 'Cfb' climate we have is again, almost dead-centre in the range of classifications.

And trying to quantify how 'depressing' a country's climate is just seems pointless.

Elmer Blooker

It may feel wintry out there but the second half of September is looking anticyclonic and I've no doubts whatsoever that we will see temperatures getting into the low 20s at least before the month is out.
We are seeing lots of charts like this.

sryanbruen

And to think the GFS was showing an Arctic onslaught at the end of September on the 00z run today :pac::

km79

Gone windy in east Galway

Oscar Bravo

2100 reports. Mace head gusting 56 knots.

Gonzo

brutal day here today. First day in a few months since I had to wear a winter fleece, jeans and rain jacket whenever I'm outside. We've had plenty of showers and even hail, bitter cold, wind chill and very gusty conditions and dark skies. It's only 10th September, but feeling much more like late October or early November.

In no way was last September this bad except for that one weekend towards the end of the month. It seems as if we have been stuck in this north-westerly flow of low pressure after low pressure since mid July. Fingers crossed the signs of improvement will turn out to be true.

sryanbruen

Gonzo wrote: »

brutal day here today. First day in a few months since I had to wear a winter fleece, jeans and rain jacket whenever I'm outside. We've had plenty of showers and even hail, bitter cold, wind chill and very gusty conditions and dark skies. It's only 10th September, but feeling much more like late October or early November.

In no way was last September this bad except for that one weekend towards the end of the month. It seems as if we have been stuck in this north-westerly flow of low pressure after low pressure since mid July. Fingers crossed the signs of improvement will turn out to be true.

Sorry if I sounded a bit "troll" like when I said I'm loving this September so far and when you replied to me on that. I'm just really sick and tired of the fine Septembers and warm humid nights that it's nice to feel a chill in the air for a change in September.