Autumn 2018 - General discussion

Graces7

An altogether perfect autumn day.. complete with being dangerously dazzled by the lowshining sun as I drove today...

The ocean and mountains are a shining and a shimmering of breathtaking loveliness.. awesome weather

As we crossed back, a distinct sharpness in the air, breathing of frost.

m17

Claremorris co mayo 17/10/18 6.15 temperature 10°C

sryanbruen

Each day since Sunday has had their great moments and the past week in general bar Friday/Saturday has been bliss for the most part, Wednesday last week was special in particular.

Mostly clear skies again this evening in Dublin 13.

Artane2002

sryanbruen wrote: »

Each day since Sunday has had their great moments and the past week in general bar Friday/Saturday has been bliss for the most part, Wednesday last week was special in particular.

Mostly clear skies again this evening in Dublin 13.

Wednesday was probably the best day since June 28 for me. September had nice days but none of them beat Wednesday. Today has been nice too, a bit cloudier than recent days but still some good sunshine.

ZX7R

Beautiful day today,plesently warm in the sun shine, the breeze would skin you though when the sun would disappear

spookwoman

Glorious evening in Waterford. Quite warm and little or no breeze on the coast



Sunset over the Metal Man

Donegal Storm

Did anyone see a meteor/fireball in the sky at 11pm tonight? Saw a really bright streak travelling towards the south horizon that disappeared after about 2-3 seconds. Was very noticeable and bright but can't find any reports of it online!

Artane2002

If MT's current forecast happens exactly like it sounds, then this will easily be my favourite October that I can remember.

SleetAndSnow

First frost of the year on cars and the grass here in cork city for me!

Rock Lesnar

First significant frost of the season here, the lawns and garden is white, and more importantly the sun is shining

Lucreto

First light frost in Naas, enough to freeze the windscreen but not the other windows.

Hopefully plenty more to come.

highdef

Fairly thick fog. Overnight low of -1.1c. currently -0.3c. North Kildare.

m17

Ballinasloe co galway 18/10/18 8.10 temperature -1°C

Elmer Blooker

A new air pressure record for October looks certain, at the moment it stands at 1043hpa. Met.ie doesn't give the place or date where or when this record was set.

Gonzo

first frost of the season has cleared here with dazzling autumn sunshine, perfect conditions for mid October.

sryanbruen

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

A new air pressure record for October looks certain, at the moment it stands at 1043hpa. Met.ie doesn't give the place or date where or when this record was set.

31 October 1956 at Malin Head?

https://www.met.ie/climate/weather-extreme-records

Andy From Sligo

Donegal Storm wrote: »

Did anyone see a meteor/fireball in the sky at 11pm tonight? Saw a really bright streak travelling towards the south horizon that disappeared after about 2-3 seconds. Was very noticeable and bright but can't find any reports of it online!

my wife was driving through Edgeworthstown at around 1.30am and saw like a shooting comet thing in the sky

Oscar Bravo

Nice night out with a good view of Mars close alongside the Moon.

Harry Palmr

Mellow fruitfulness man

A fab Summer and now a gorgeous Autumn in the south east. If only we could have more years like this:)
(I know it was TOO dry earlier on.... but what a year!!)

Donegal Storm

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

my wife was driving through Edgeworthstown at around 1.30am and saw like a shooting comet thing in the sky

Odd if there were two in the one night, mine was 11pm on the dot! I've found a few reports on twitter from Derry so know I'm not crazy at least.

It looked pretty much identical to this

sryanbruen

https://twitter.com/MattHugo81/status/1053332176492789766

mickger844posts

Regardless to whether that blocking pattern verifies it must be a near record amount of patterns like this we have seen in the last year or so. Remarkable stuff considering how elusive they have been in the past.

pad199207

mickger844posts wrote: »

Regardless to whether that blocking pattern verifies it must be a near record amount of patterns like this we have seen in the last year or so. Remarkable stuff considering how elusive they have been in the past.

I was just going to post the same thing. It has been a brilliant year for blocking. If the status quo continues well then I see no reason not to be excited going into the winter season.

Meteorite58

Been a great spell of weather, cloudier today but decent temp getting up to 15.9C here in Tralee. Looking forward to a few frosty and foggy mornings hopefully, like here a few days ago, as pressure builds next week .

Donegal Storm

pad199207 wrote: »

I was just going to post the same thing. It has been a brilliant year for blocking. If the status quo continues well then I see no reason not to be excited going into the winter season.

Wasn't there a similar spell to this in October 2010? Maybe I have the wrong year but seem to recall a lot of clear calm weather with some frosty nights

sryanbruen

Donegal Storm wrote: »

Wasn't there a similar spell to this in October 2010? Maybe I have the wrong year but seem to recall a lot of clear calm weather with some frosty nights

Correct

Artane2002

I don't think I've seen any frosts so far, hopefully I have my first frost soon. It's been a beautiful week with lots more nice weather to come

SleetAndSnow

No clear skies in Cork City this evening, just cloud. Was nice during the morning and afternoon though.

DanielL18

Wednesday‎ ‎17‎ ‎October‎ ‎2018 19:04, West Cork