Autumn 2018 - General discussion

Clonmel1000

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

That Galician area had fabulous weather until a few days ago. It was in the 20s for most of Oct.

Yeah we realized that from talking to people here. It’s biting cold now really wintry.

highdef

After a beautiful day, temperatures have been dropping like a stone in the past hour or so. Just gone sub zero @ -0.2c. North Kildare

SleetAndSnow

looking at netweather rain radar, interesting to see rain coming from the west over Ireland and the East over the UK!

Currently about 4/5 degrees here in Cork City but dry!

Edit: might actually be colder m, there’s frost on the card atm

Meteorite58

Snow on the mountains in Killarney yesterday.

Pics taken about 15.00 approx.

highdef

Down to -1.7c now which makes it colder than last night.... And it's not even 19:30.

Meteorite58

Got down to -2.3C here near Tralee overnight giving a hard frost this morning which was slow to clear . Fantastic calm bright day with blue skies until high cloud began to fill in the afternoon. Cooled down now to 1.9C with light rain drizzle showing up on radar approaching the coast.

Pic about 9.45

Meteorite58

Can make out snow on some Mountains. Fantastic Sat Pic of Ireland today from NASA.


Got up to 11.1C here near Tralee today , 1.8C now with cloud.

Meteorite58

Temp rising under cloud here in Tralee, now 2.7C. Looking cold across the country,

snowstreams

A little bit of snow on mweelrea in mayo today beside the sea.
I saw more snow on lower mountains that were inland.

Kermit.de.frog

Temperatures will be rising after midnight as that cloud in the west makes further inroads.

This will be pushed back again slowly through tomorrow and tomorrow night looks bitter in the eastern half of the country, if anything a bit colder than tonight.

Kamili

What's going on with netweathar radar over Limerick?

bazlers

Hi All.

I remember MT Cranium posted a few years back about his back ground and how he got into long range forecasting in Canada back in the 70s I recall, can't fully remember the details. Is this post still about I would be very interested in reading it again.

Thanks.

Rougies

bazlers wrote: »

Hi All.

I remember MT Cranium posted a few years back about his back ground and how he got into long range forecasting in Canada back in the 70s I recall, can't fully remember the details. Is this post still about I would be very interested in reading it again.

Thanks.

I think this is what you're looking for:



https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=93536721


Great read.

hatrickpatrick

What do ye reckon are the chances of a dry day and night for Dublin on Halloween, this coming Wednesday? Neither Met Eireann or YR predict any rain for Dublin, which given the very large low-pressure setup predicted by both the ECM and GFS, and the GFS' precipitation chart showing an absolute washout on Wednesday afternoon between 1 and 7, seems quite bizarre.

Hoping to see a couple of the usual decent bonfires in the city, so naturally fairly concerned about the chances of a torrential rain event during the day

bazlers

Rougies wrote: »

I think this is what you're looking for:



https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=93536721


Great read.

Thanks Rougies.
Brilliant.

sryanbruen

https://twitter.com/MetEireann/status/1056818008444846080

Billcarson

Must be the coldest Oct night in a number of yrs. At least since 2010? I recorded -0.9c imby last night. My earliest airfrost since 2010.

sryanbruen

Billcarson wrote: »

Must be the coldest Oct night in a number of yrs. At least since 2010? I recorded -0.9c imby last night. My earliest airfrost since 2010.

Lowest October minimum temperatures from weather bulletins and summaries back to 1991:

Year|Date|Minimum Temperature|Station
1991|30th|-0.6|Mooncoin
1992|30th|-5.5|Ardee (Boharnamoe)
1993|17th|-6.0|Straide & Markree Castle
1994|4th|-2.4|Naas (Gowran Grange)
1995|29th|-1.1|Ardee (Boharnamoe)
1996|8th|-0.7|Straide
1997|25th|-1.8|Ballinamore
1998|18th|-1.2|Kilkenny
1999|5th|-1.9|Ballinamore
2000|21st|-1.6|Fermoy (Moorepark)
2001|28th|-0.2|Straide
2002|19th|-3.8|Fermoy (Moorepark)
2003|24th|-5.5|Fermoy (Moorepark)
2004|20th|-3.8|Ballinamore
2005|13th|-1.8|Straide
2006|13th|0.6|Ardee (Boharnamoe)
2007|25th|-2.7|Mullingar
2008|29th|-3.0|Casement Aerodrome
2009|7th|-1.9|Cavan (Loretto College)
2010|25th|-4.3|Carrickmacross (Dunoge)
2011|28th|-0.5|Dungarvan (Carriglea)
2012|27th|-4.0|Gurteen
2013|11th|-1.9|Straide
2014|7th|-1.5|Castleconnell
2015|17th|-2.0|Markree Castle
2016|25th|-2.5|Markree Castle
2017|27th|0.2|Mount Dillon
2018|28th|-4.5|Gurteen


Data comes from Met Éireann.

The minimum of -4.5c at Gurteen yesterday is the lowest October minimum in Ireland since 2003.

highdef

My minimum in North Kildare was -4.4c.

JCX BXC

My min was +2.3c, recorded before midnight. Yesterday morning I got +0.2c. No air frost get sadly! West Clare.

m17

Tuam Co galway 28/10/18 13.25 temperature 6°C

SleetAndSnow

Just turned wet, temperature dropped and some hail showers in cork city

Is the Shannon radar still down? Nothing showing on netweather or other radar apps I use.

Comhrá

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Just turned wet, temperature dropped and some hail showers in cork city

Is the Shannon radar still down? Nothing showing on netweather or other radar apps I use.

Shannon radar seems to be working fine:

http://archive.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp

Rock Lesnar

Really enjoyed the last 2 weeks of weather here, no rain, and dry and bright a lot of the time, looks like a decent week ahead to until friday

Gonzo

spent the past 2 days in Limerick, it was certainly cold but not nearly as cold as it was at home. It got close to -4C in Dunshaughlin last night, a very cold temperature for late October.

Artane2002

Glorious morning in Dublin 5. Very cold and unusually heavy frost for October. ME are showing -4c for Dublin.

q85dw7osi4lebg

-2 in Drogheda at 8.30am

sryanbruen

Several stations below freezing this morning.

Dublin Airport got down to -4.3c.

DOCARCH

Overnight low of -2.5c in Dublin 16.

First October air frost here since October 2012!

sryanbruen

sryanbruen wrote: »

Dublin Airport got down to -4.3c.

Just noticed that this makes it the coldest October night on record at Dublin Airport beating its previous record of -3.3c on 25th October 2010.

Not the coldest October night overall in Dublin as Phoenix Park recorded -5.6c on 31st October 1926.