Spring 2020 - General Discussion

4Ad

Hooter23 wrote: »

It looks like we are finally getting spring weather now and for another week or more...we are well overdue a proper spring at this stage anyway

The wind would cut you in two here in East Clare..

Hooter23

4Ad wrote: »

The wind would cut you in two here in East Clare..

I noticed this too in Galway...but if you find a sheltered spot out of the wind with the sun...it goes from feeling like winter to summer...the difference is huge when you get out of that wind you could easily get sunburnt if out for a few hours

Oscar Bravo

If you look out now theres a great view of Venus just right of the moon at the moment. (ISS pass at 8.29pm)

Meteorite58

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

If you look out now theres a great view of Venus just right of the moon at the moment. (ISS pass at 8.29pm)

Thanks for the heads up Oscar Bravo, was out watching it with my wife and the young fella, spectacular!

Meteorite58

Beautiful cool still clear night here near Tralee.

Barometer 1038.6 hPa Rising Rapidly.

Kutebride

Cool and cloudy Meath

Donegal Storm

Lovely skies these past few nights, will actually miss going for a walk in the dark from now on with the clocks changing!

sryanbruen

Malin Head had a 1047 hPa MSLP observation at 2300 UTC. The Irish record for March is 1047.1 hPa!

pauldry

sryanbruen wrote: »

Malin Head had a 1047 hPa MSLP observation at 2300 UTC. The Irish record for March is 1047.1 hPa!

It's about to be well beaten 1050 likely

But 1052 record will be just missed

Oscar Bravo

Malin head on 10am met reports was 1051hpa

sryanbruen

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Malin head on 10am met reports was 1051hpa

Finner Camp and Belmullet now are too.

Might as well save this current obs page for historical sakes. Apparently, this is the first time that Ireland has had a MSLP of 1050hPa or above since 1957!

SleetAndSnow

Cloud going away and sun starting to come out in Cork City! A week of no rain and mostly sun. This is great

Cork Boy 53

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Cloud going away and sun starting to come out in Cork City! A week of no rain and mostly sun. This is great

Yes. We need all the good news we can get in current circumstances.

SleetAndSnow

https://twitter.com/MetEireann/status/1244242045864116224?s=20

Jimbob1977

Chilly breeze in Limerick.

Temperature more akin to November or February.

Oscar Bravo

Clear blue skies here in Castlebar with a light NE breeze. Cool in the shade. (Very bright ISS pass tonight @8.41pm) . On a side note rare to have bright blue skies and no aircraft overhead at all. Strange days

Hooter23

Its amazing how clear the sky has been last few days with no planes around

pad199207

One word. Arctic.

Oscar Bravo

The M4 62093 Donegal buoy recorded an atmospheric pressure of 1051.9 at 12:00 today.
This is the highest atmospheric pressure recorded by a buoy and also equals the synoptic station
record for Ireland which was logged at Valentia, Co Kerry on 28th January 1905.

esposito

Just back from a walk. Very cold with that biting northeast wind but when it eases off and the sun is out it’s actually very pleasant

Logan Roy

Hooter23 wrote: »

Its amazing how clear the sky has been last few days with no planes around

I think the low humidity has something to do with as well? I was out walking the local boreens yesterday with panoramic views of the mountains on the Cork/Tipp border to the north and Ballycotton lighthouse to the south. It was remarkably clear compared to usual.

OneEightSeven

All of the chemtrails conspricery therosts are out in force in the last week or so.

Mortelaro

Theres still old snow on Lugnaquilla

pad199207

OneEightSeven wrote: »

All of the chemtrails conspricery therosts are out in force in the last week or so.

Yeah don’t mind them

Hooter23

Very cold breeze could have been even colder had that freezing air coming down from the arctic directly hit us...like it was suppose to do in earlier forecasts...lucky it didnt too cold as it is especially when the cloud comes along

Joe Public

Just to add to the "clear sky" subject, the sky is amazingly clear tonight. I don't remember seeing such a clear sky for more than 40 years.
Is lack of air craft the main reason?

fleet_admiral

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

The M4 62093 Donegal buoy recorded an atmospheric pressure of 1051.9 at 12:00 today.
This is the highest atmospheric pressure recorded by a buoy and also equals the synoptic station
record for Ireland which was logged at Valentia, Co Kerry on 28th January 1905.

Can you break that down for us lay people?

Oscar Bravo

Joe Public wrote: »

Just to add to the "clear sky" subject, the sky is amazingly clear tonight. I don't remember seeing such a clear sky for more than 40 years.
Is lack of air craft the main reason?

I think the main reason is that theres a big high pressure off the NW coast steering down a cool clear North easterly airflow . I agree with you,even now, the amount of stars to be seen is the best in a long time.
More cloud from tomorrow but very little rain for the week.

Oscar Bravo

fleet_admiral wrote: »

Can you break that down for us lay people?

Basically a big area of high pressure north west of Belmullet which gave us the cool(cold) weekend.

Thelonious Monk

Yes the brightness of stars and moon has been ridic last few nights in Dublin 5. Is this just down to this pressure stuff that I don't understand? I was thinking maybe it's down to lack of cars and planes and less activity in the city, but I'm probably wrong.