Winter 2019/2020 - General Discussion

Kutebride

Calm and dry in Dublin 2.
Its lovely pm.
Seems odd not to be fighting a gust or wind as of late

Danno

Temperatures dropping here in south Laois. This afternoon we reached 7.2c. Currently 4.9c.

Rock Lesnar

Temp is currently 2.9c here in my area of meath, from 8.6c today, feels milder though

Oscar Bravo

Status Yellow - Wind warning for Wexford, Wicklow, Cork, Kerry and Waterford

South to Southeast winds will reach 50 to 60 km/hr gusts 90 to 100 km/hr, mainly in coastal areas and on high ground.

Valid: 18:00 Wednesday 12/02/2020 to 02:00 Thursday 13/02/2020


Updated: 17:32 Wednesday 12/02/2020

SleetAndSnow

Absolutely pouring down in cork city for the last half an hour. As if things weren't waterlogged enough. A long dry spell is badly needed.

Gonzo

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

. A long dry spell is badly needed.

We need a major pattern change for this to happen. The Atlantic has thrown everything it can at us for the past 5 to 6 months with barely any interruption. We've had a few dry days since mid September and a very short lived high pressure, which hasn't really done anything to dry out the saturated land.

Any high pressure's in this current set up are very short lived, not lasting more than a few days. We would need a good 3 to 4 weeks of relatively dry conditions to dry out the land to any great extent. March is just around the corner and that is often a very wet month and the westerlies are set to continue for the rest of February.

sryanbruen

January was actually quite a bit drier than average despite the westerly influence. We got away with murder honestly.

SleetAndSnow

Gonzo wrote: »

We need a major pattern change for this to happen. The Atlantic has thrown everything it can at us for the past 5 to 6 months with barely any interruption. We've had a few dry days since mid September and a very short lived high pressure, which hasn't really done anything to dry out the saturated land.

Any high pressure's in this current set up are very short lived, not lasting more than a few days. We would need a good 3 to 4 weeks of relatively dry conditions to dry out the land to any great extent. March is just around the corner and that is often a very wet month and the westerlies are set to continue for the rest of February.

Not great to hear that. Still bucketing down in cork city, longest heavy spell of rain ive seen in a while. Bouncing off the cars. Well heres to hoping March bucks it usual trend and becomes a dry one, unlikely though.

Calibos

Wicklow mountains covered in Snow when I saw them from the bridge over the Dargle this afternoon. Is this rain thats currently started and set to fall for the next few hours, is it failing as snow up the Wicklow mountains and top up whats up there big time or is it going to fall as rain up there too and wash all the snow away?

Gonzo

sryanbruen wrote: »

January was actually quite a bit drier than average despite the westerly influence. We got away with murder honestly.

I would hate to think what the ground would be like if January continued with the autumn/early winter deluges. I don't think February will be as wet as the autumn months but with not much dryness around, every bit of rain we get just keeps the saturated ground going!

SleetAndSnow

Up to 11.6mm of rain so far from this system in cork city and still coming down. Winds picking up slightly now too so.

Tigerandahalf

Serious lightning showing up on the radar off the west coast.

Oscar Bravo

Very heavy band of rain from Galway down towards Cork moving East/NE. recent lightning south of Kinsale

SleetAndSnow

Have my blinds open watching TV, parents have velux windows in the kitchen. It's like somebody tipped over a bucket and it all just fell down. I never saw such a heavy downpour as I just did you couldn't see. Lasted about 10 seconds before returning to normal rain but it's like it all just came down as one big area of water. Don't even know how to describe it really because I never saw rain that heavy even during thunder storms

Rougies

Calibos wrote: »

Wicklow mountains covered in Snow when I saw them from the bridge over the Dargle this afternoon. Is this rain thats currently started and set to fall for the next few hours, is it failing as snow up the Wicklow mountains and top up whats up there big time or is it going to fall as rain up there too and wash all the snow away?

Rain except for the highest peaks, Kippure etc might get a top-up.

Unreal wind and rain in Cork city at the moment.

Burts Bee

Mental in North cork

Brendan howlin'😂 in Cork at the moment, torrential rain also....well his predecessor or something.

Oscar Bravo

10pm
Cork airport gusting 39 knots in moderate rain. one thing to note at 9.30 pressure was 991hpa , at 10pm its 989hpa. dropping quickly.

Logan Roy

Vicious gusts and driving rain in East Cork, some flashes of lightning out to sea as well.

Oscar Bravo

Logan Roy wrote: »

Vicious gusts and driving rain in East Cork, some flashes of lightning out to sea as well.

Lots out to sea off the South coast alright.

Oscar Bravo

1030pm

Shannon Airport gusting 51 knots with the wind varying between south east and south west.

SleetAndSnow

Cork airport temp dropped from 7 to 4 in half an hour. TAF Also updated at 21:48, strange time. Seems to have added thunderstorm possibility?

Oscar Bravo

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Cork airport temp dropped from 7 to 4 in half an hour. TAF Also updated at 21:48, strange time. Seems to have added thunderstorm possibility?

and a wind shift from South easterly to South westerly.Rain band gone through. the showers following could also be heavy.

Oneiric 3

Radar image from about an hour ago. Shows just how crap the coverage is over Ireland.



With the intensity of that rain band suddenly increasing as it crosses a thin, straight line that lies from Sligo to Waterford.

SleetAndSnow

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

and a wind shift from South easterly to South westerly.Rain band gone through. the showers following could also be heavy.

Just had one, heavy enough and surprisingly sleety in nature possibly almost melted hail

Gaoth Laidir

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Radar image from about an hour ago. Shows just how crap the coverage is over Ireland.



With the intensity of that rain band suddenly increasing as it crosses a thin, straight line that lies from Sligo to Waterford.

HAARP

No, it looks to be a software glitch. The radar over Wales is doing it too.

pad199207

Gusty winds and heavy rain has arrived in Kildare now.

Mortelaro

A lot of snow drifts on the hills around Croghan west of Arklow still
Some fields are almost all covered
Not washed away
There must have been a lot up there!

Goldfinch8

A more than welcome dry day in Mayo. Slight northerly breeze with a touch of coolness to it but pleasant to be out and about in it.
7c.