Winter 2019/2020 - General Discussion

Gonzo

a fairly decent day in Meath, mostly unbroken sunshine and sunny most of the day.

babybuilder

Lights out second time this week. Lightning strike here in Inishowen. Exactly same time as before - 16.30. Hail followed by rain 3°C

Rougies

Caught a decent little snow shower this afternoon in the Dublin mountains at 450m asl. Pure snow with no wetness to it.


https://streamable.com/tc7iq

Donegal Storm

Frequent heavy showers and strong wind in Letterkenny, garden and pretty much everything else is totally waterlogged. Well and truly fed up with this winter

Nqp15hhu

The snow is back! We have some lying above 300metres already.

Here are two videos.

At 1200 feet:
https://streamable.com/j3wuk

At 800 feet:
https://streamable.com/l5rc9

So there should be a decent covering above 300m in the morning if this continues!

Interesting!

Clonmel1000

Raw day in the midlands today. A few sharp showers with hail and biting cold. Was unpleasant around lunchtime out in it but wasn’t to bad by sunset albeit still very cold. Fields flooded land sodden.

Nqp15hhu

Gonzo wrote: »

best chance of that will now be next winter unfortunately. March can still deliver such conditions but it's usually very short lived.

Really! Snowing above 200m here at the moment and there looks to be a few days this week where we could get snow, at least on the hills.

giveitholly

Nqp15hhu wrote: »

Really! Snowing above 200m here at the moment and there looks to be a few days this week where we could get snow, at least on the hills.

Unfortunately majority of people looking for snow don't live above 200m

Nqp15hhu

They don’t but the airmass over the next few days is still relatively cold..so it could snow with evaporative cooling.

Where I am at the moment, we have cooled down to about 2.5c so we’re not far off low level snowfall. We just need a heavy and prolonged shower.

I’m finding it so raw and cold these last 2 weeks , January was milder ! Hate the tail end of Winter

Graces7

It has gone blissfully, wondrously quiet. Awed at the peace after days and nights of that banshee wailing and wearing heavy duty ear plugs in bed to even get any sleep. Sheer unadulterated peace!

west mayo offshore

Nqp15hhu

Euro4 seems to think there is going to be accumulations overnight in Ulster? Maybe?

Temp is down to 2c here now so we’re not actually far off snow!

http://modeles14.meteociel.fr/modeles/euro4/runs/2020021706/euro4_uk1-46-41-0.png?17-11

Hooter23

Just imagine how warm it would feel in the sun in febuary and march if we got that mild weather we always get in december and january...no sure this is ireland where the milder air arrives in the middle of winter and the cold arrives in spring

The_Brood

Gonzo wrote: »

To be fair the past 6 to 7 months have been brutal with no let up of the Atlantic conditions, it's been groundhog day more or less most days since September 20th bar a few exceptions. This has to be one of the most prolonged zonal patterns we have had in a long time without interruption. We know the weather here isn't always like that as 2018 was a shining example of varied and more seasonal weather.

Unfortunately the form horse for this country is the relentless Atlantic onslaught of cloud, mist, cool/mild temperatures, wind and rain. It can genuinely make people feel fed up as they spend the majority of time indoors. Heading outside for a one hour walk every day can do wonders for all of us, but it's not always that easy to find a spare hour per day to do this, especially if you work in the city and when you do get the time, it's usually raining!

Flying to warmer climates or a break in very warm or hot temperatures is also very good to do, I really think everyone needs a break from the Atlantic muck at least a few weeks per year (2 weeks abroad plus a few weeks break from it here in Ireland if we are lucky).

Ireland is a great country, sadly our weather is not that inviting, but when we do get a week of warm and sunny conditions across the country in the summer, it transforms our country into something even more spectacular and lifts everyone's spirits!

Winter can be handled, even a brutal stormy winter can be handled...but when time comes for summer, and there's barely any sun anywhere to be found - with 17C half-cloudy days sensationalised as "heat wave" emergencies where people and the press almost start begging for cooler conditions....you're like....what planet is this.

I think a big problem is that Ireland is known internationally somehow as having a "mild" climate, which suggests some degree of pleasantness in one way or another. Somehow that narrative has persisted for decades and continues to persist. Yet Iceland for example is perceived as some kind of exotic Artic survival challenge - when it is literally one or two degrees cooler than Ireland. Bizarre.

Logan Roy

Iceland is a good 3-4 degrees colder than Ireland on average, they are not comparable at all.

Nqp15hhu

Hooter23 wrote: »

Just imagine how warm it would feel in the sun in febuary and march if we got that mild weather we always get in december and january...no sure this is ireland where the milder air arrives in the middle of winter and the cold arrives in spring

Noticed that over the last two years!

Nqp15hhu

Logan Roy wrote: »

Iceland is a good 3-4 degrees colder than Ireland on average, they are not comparable at all.

Hmmm.. it depends where you live. It’s quite similar in summer.

The_Brood

Logan Roy wrote: »

Iceland is a good 3-4 degrees colder than Ireland on average, they are not comparable at all.

A 3 degrees difference is pretty darn comparable. But the international perception of green and mild Ireland and frozen wonder Iceland you'd think there was at least a 30 degrees difference.

Logan Roy

The_Brood wrote: »

A 3 degrees difference is pretty darn comparable. But the international perception of green and mild Ireland and frozen wonder Iceland you'd think there was at least a 30 degrees difference.

If Ireland was 3-4 degrees warmer we'd be averaging 22-23 most days during the summer and people wouldn't be so disappointed with the weather

3-4 degrees is a big difference

Andrew00

Make it end

km79

Andrew00 wrote: »

Make it end

Not allowed ask for dry calm mundane weather
That’s not “weather” apparently

Graces7

Substantial rain sweeping in. Sounds liquid rather than solid it has been a blessedly quiet night, much appreciated.

pad199207

Wet Snow in Kildare, heavy enough 250m+ asl

harr

As others have said I don’t mind the winters once they are followed by a decent summer. It can be so depressing having to go through a wet miserable winter only for summer to be a washout.
I had friends visit from the US over the winter and yes they were expecting rain but not the cold that came with it and I think they were miserable.
They live in a location where they have proper season’s.... snow in winter and warm in summer.
All we get here in summer is a warmer version of the winter weather.
Last summer was a washout for us and had to cancel a lot of door activities with the kids.
Will definitely try to get on a sun holiday this year..

pauldry

150mm of rain in parts of West since start of Feb

110mm in Sligo

August 2019 and January 2018 are recent comparible months to this washout

Graces7

A vicious fingerbiting wind out there..

Oscar Bravo

Status Yellow - Rainfall warning for Connacht, Longford, Donegal, Clare and Kerry

Heavy rainfall through Wednesday into Wednesday night, with 25 to 40mm expected. Localised flooding is likely as ground is saturated at the moment and river levels are elevated following recent heavy rainfall.

Valid: 04:00 Wednesday 19/02/2020 to 04:00 Thursday 20/02/2020

Issued: 11:00 Tuesday 18/02/2020

completedit

That swirling wind and noise has of it seems to have been around forever at this stage. This time last year btw think we had a a few days of around 17 degrees at one point. I remember being out my front garden drinking coffee

Xenji

pauldry wrote: »

150mm of rain in parts of West since start of Feb

110mm in Sligo

August 2019 and January 2018 are recent comparible months to this washout

It's actually becoming a common trend in the west, Newports rainfall average in the last 10 years for January and February combined is 338mm.

Oneiric 3

This morning's ECMWF rainfall totals out to the end of the month does not bode well for the regions that have already seen excessive totals so far this month.



Must admit, as much as I love a good rainy day or 4, a few dry days wouldn't go amiss at this stage. Both the front and back garden are mud baths at this stage.