Spring 2019 - General Discussion

sryanbruen

Not a bad start to Spring 2019 in Dublin with some nice sunny spells, all set to change later.

Kutebride

Hard to believe to change so much later. Lovely skies in Meath

Mortelaro

BBC weather just now has a lot of snow and strong winds in Leinster from Storm Freya

SleetAndSnow

Mist has started here in cork city and its a bit chilly as well.

Just saw the UKMO graphic of storm Freya (didn't even know this was coming, too busy with exams!) It showed strong enough winds for us down here but was that just a graphical error? Not really heard much about it

DOCARCH

Mortelaro wrote: »

BBC weather just now has a lot of snow and strong winds in Leinster from Storm Freya

For when that be?

Mortelaro

https://twitter.com/Netweather/status/1101420684666961920?s=19

snowstreams

Mortelaro wrote: »

BBC weather just now has a lot of snow and strong winds in Leinster from Storm Freya

The gfs run that mountain weather.com use doesnt show much snow even for the top of lug on sunday yet.



https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Lugnaquilla/forecasts/925

Mortelaro

snowstreams wrote: »

The gfs run that mountain weather.com use doesnt show much snow even for the top of lug on sunday yet.



https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Lugnaquilla/forecasts/925

Its definitely a graphics glitch
Somebody must have pressed the wrong button
It's still on the 1pm graphics but nothing's mentioned except wind
Embarrassing for meteogroup

Xenji

Dark and wet start to Spring in Castlebar.

Gonzo

was a fantastic day till about 2pm with long spells of warm sunshine. Cloudy now with Atlantic muck not far away.

Kermit.de.frog

*ring ring*

"999, what's your emergency?"


"Hello, yes, there is wet stuff falling from the sky and i'm frightened..."

sryanbruen

My Spring 2019 forecast will be a short one due to a lack of research (thanks to the US government shutdown back in Dec/Jan which put a large debt into it) and more gut feeling or completely guessing than anything else. Of course, I'll be reviewing the Winter one when all stats come in (safe to say it was rather good outside of February for the UK but for Ireland, quite poor).

March is looking like a wetter than average month largely dominated by Atlantic depressions driven by a stronger than average jet stream which is the culmination of a very organised Polar Vortex. Maybe on the relatively cool side but nothing exceptional. Possibility of something warmer/drier later on could offset the fairly cool conditions.

I feel April will be a dry month for most with high pressure returning bringing warmer conditions too. Maybe not quite April 2017 dry standard but dry enough away from possibly the northwest where there could be some rain at times from the jet stream close by.

I feel May will be a cool and wet month. The last time we saw a cool and wet May was 2015. Nature has to balance out sometime with an unsettled May and I think May 2019 will be the one. Although, I do think there could be some notable warmth at one point in May similar to the previous two Mays despite being dominated by cool and wet conditions for the most part.

Overall, a rather average Spring temperature wise with a wet (maybe even very wet) March and wet May offsetting the dry April giving a rather wet Spring.

Just for fun (cannot emphasise this enough).

Gonzo

March could well be our wettest month since last November, looks very unsettled with no shortage of rain over the next 2 weeks. March 2018 was also incredibly wet with high rainfall totals.

DOCARCH

Gonzo wrote: »

March could well be our wettest month since last November, looks very unsettled with no shortage of rain over the next 2 weeks. March 2018 was also incredibly wet with high rainfall totals.

Sort of need it!

January/February were very dry (here in Dublin).

I want to use my hose in July!

pad199207

Have just had my wettest day of the year so far. A staggering 9.2mm

Gonzo

awful day here in Meath, looking at the radar rain is covering nearly the entire country. We could well be in for another very wet and highly unsettled March.

Latest ensemble runs looks like delivering plenty of rain over the next 2 weeks

Gonzo

another wet and quite chilly day tomorrow, could be some wintry precipitations on mountains as the rain clears.



This is why I scored February a 7/10, despite missing out on cold and snow, we got my second favourite solution, dry, settled, sunny and very mild. There is nothing I hate more than day after day of rain and cold rain, a typical raging Atlantic.

Clonmel1000

Awful awful day. The few days we got during the week are such rare moments. Really enjoyed them even if I was in work but today is a horrible day.

Oscar Bravo

Despite a wet morning its now a nice bright dry afternoon here in Castlebar

Gonzo

just had some biblical rain about 20 minutes ago, lost all tv channels and gutters overflowing. Rain starting to ease now, but an absolutely miserable afternoon, not a day to be outside at all.

SleetAndSnow

brightening up in cork city, but still fairly windy.

Clonmel1000

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

brightening up in cork city, but still fairly windy.

Stopped here now too after some awful rain. Have a bad feeling about March actually but thankfully heading away for 10 days.

Gonzo

I don't mind a poor March and April, best to get a raging Atlantic out of the way during Spring to something much calmer and settled by May/June.

Clonmel1000

Gonzo wrote: »

I don't mind a poor March and April, best to get a raging Atlantic out of the way during Spring to something much calmer and settled by May/June.

I think in this country we have to take the good weather whenever it comes.

Xenji

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Despite a wet morning its now a nice bright dry afternoon here in Castlebar

It's a big difference, nearly 15mm of rain this morning, still blustery though.

Oscar Bravo

4pm
Mace head gusting 53 knots
Belmullet gusting 52 knots
Newport gusting 52 knots

sryanbruen

Very blustery in Dublin 13 with some heavy outbursts of rain, fairly strong gusts every now and then and some sunny spells. Not the nicest of days.

Donegal Storm

Awful start to spring here in Letterkenny, pouring rain all yesterday afternoon and again up until 2pm today. Heavy showers and strong winds now, more wintry than most of the actual winter was

Gonzo

could be some surprise sleet or very wet snow in places tomorrow, particularly midlands and high ground. I doubt anything will stick at lower levels. Could be the first flakes since last March in some areas.

Artane2002

I'll jump up and down with excitement if I see a flake of snow after the worst winter that I can remember. I would say 2016-17 was worse because of how dull it was but that had snow at least. I hope we get a Spring 2016 (or 2018 but we aren't going to get the same amount of snow as then) repeat.

Clonmel1000

I’d love a nice mild dry sunny spring.

KingJeremy

Wet snow falling for the past half hour at Galway/Tipperary border

acequion

Yep snowflakes falling here in Tralee too. Very pretty to look out at but I wouldn't fancy being out in it.

Artane2002

Didn't expect the snow to fall this early. Anyway, yet another March with snow and yet another March that has been better than the winter months (combined sometimes). I think we can count on March for wintry weather! I sort of forgive winter 2018-19 and I can finally place it ahead of 2016-17 now and this is now the 4th best winter of the decade after being the worst . I think we might be able to trump January 2018 and March 2016 so this could be my 4th best snowfall of the decade.

Ms2011

Where the hell did that snow comes from?!!!
Lashing now in Carlow, was not expecting that today!!!

Artane2002

There was a gorgeous sunrise with pink skies and lying snow. There's still snow left on the cars and a bit on the grass with some icy patches and sunny spells.

JCX BXC

My god last night was a dirty night in Galway, such heavy rain and hail!

Mortelaro

Mortelaro wrote: »

BBC weather just now has a lot of snow and strong winds in Leinster from Storm Freya

Mortelaro wrote: »

Its definitely a graphics glitch
Somebody must have pressed the wrong button
It's still on the 1pm graphics but nothing's mentioned except wind
Embarrassing for meteogroup

The BBC snow graphics were spot on Friday regarding Freya,48hrs out!!

Gonzo

snow almost melted here now, a very quick thaw over the past 2 hours.

Rock Lesnar

Gonzo wrote: »

snow almost melted here now, a very quick thaw over the past 2 hours.

Slow thaw here, driveway and roads clear but the lawns, garden, and fields are still white

Neddyusa

Mortelaro wrote: »

The BBC snow graphics were spot on Friday regarding Freya,48hrs out!!

Intentionally or accidentally?

Rock Lesnar

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

Slow thaw here, driveway and roads clear but the lawns, garden, and fields are still white

Ha, 20mins of a heavy shower of rain and snow is near gone

JCX BXC

Decent sized hail today.

JCX BXC

Place is completely white after a hail shower in Galway.

Gonzo

next weekend is looking quite cold and unsettled, possibly similar to the weekend just gone. Mid March is also looking quite cold.

GFS looking a bit wintry for next Sunday, to be taken with a pinch of salt for now.



Next Monday continues with a possibly cold and wintry theme:

Oscar Bravo

Lots of lightning out west

SleetAndSnow

Chilly in cork city with a cold wind but nice blue skies.

JCX BXC

Massive clap of thunder in Galway City, I note there's no thread for spring/summer convection?

highdef

I'm in North Kildare, current temperature is 0.9c and falling fairly quickly. I see that there a large and fairly heavy shower heading my way in a half hour or so. Will be interesting to see what falls from it!

Gonzo

some very heavy showers in the western half of the country mostly of rain and sleet with some thunder in places.

We've had a dry day in south Meath, although the ground is very wet from all that melted snow.

Edward M

We've had heavy rain and a couple of heavy hail showers here in south Cavan today, its currently +2 here now feeling cold.