Autumn 2024 - General Discussion

acequion

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122637765#Comment_122637765

Yes it was wonderful again today and ditto here with the house heating up. Great not to have to put on heating this week, making up for heating costs in last week's cold spell.

Got to spend some of my afternoon on Barrow beach. Bliss.😎

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JCX BXC

Great week in the West, land dried out well and plenty of heat in the house in the evenings.

pauldry

Might get 20c tomorrow and 19c Sunday. You can notice the shortness in the evenings even though its sunny. Will be a big shock once the 11s and 12s come next week to replace the 20s.

pauldry

Despite my app on my phone saying today would be cloudy met eireann still have this. It's cloudy.

I don't think Met work at weekends

Gonzo

Today is a big improvement over yesterday, some sunny spells and temperature of 17C.

alentejo

Where? In Dublin same old grey with ne wind

Gonzo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122639373#Comment_122639373

in Meath, but it didn't last long, back to full cloud now but at least it's slightly milder than yesterday.

Kutebride

You'd miss the tonic of blue skies. (Thought I posted earlier this morning). Anyway missing the blue skies.

Dark and mainly calm Meath.

17⁰ Meath

acequion

First overcast day in Tralee in almost a week, missing the blue skies and sun warmth already.

Really hoping those low temps forecast for next week don't materialise.

Dazler97

Cloudy here in carrick was sunny everyday since Monday, definitely alot cooler today

Cluedo Monopoly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122638023#Comment_122638023

Great photos. Looks like a magical unforgettable day from dawn to dusk Mykrodot. I have never been to Blaskets, must make an effort to get there. Dunquin is a special place.

Thunder87

The past couple of days in Dublin are reminiscent of most of high summer, warmish but extremely dull, gloomy and breezy with not even a hint of sun

appledrop

We just had a biblical shower here around 10pm.

We have had so little rain, I was like 'What the feck is that when it started pounding off the skylights'

I'd say the flowers and plants are dancing after that!

Gonzo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122641319#Comment_122641319

We had that too here in Meath, very intense rainfall for a short period of time. This was also the first rain I've seen since the wet day in southern Spain 2 weeks ago on the Saturday.

Dazler97

It's actually raining a little here in carrick very light but falling , no proper rain till Tuesday or Wednesday, the week ahead is looking dryer than usual 😀 I'll take that but since we had the warm spell I kinda let about half my mams plants die woops , #gobshite

pureza

Took its time crossing the Irish sea,but the rain has now arrived in SE Wicklow

mcburns07

Very very dull in Cork all day. Mild though.

pauldry

Met eireann forecast for Sligo was 19c yesterday and sunny it was 16c n cloudy, today it had 19c again and partly cloudy. Nearer but it was 17c and only about an hr of sun. So a weekend that they forecast about 15hrs of sun Saturday and Sunday for Sligo yielded 1 hour. Shambolic forecasting if you ask me.

.Donegal.

Been cloudy here since Friday afternoon bar a 20 minute spell today .

Comhrá

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122643276#Comment_122643276

Forecast for Munster today was for showers, some heavy with a risk of thunder.

It was dry and overcast for the entire day here in Limerick and indeed most of Munster. Some light rain in the southeast according to the radar and that was it.

Met Eireann's forecast was very wide of the mark as it has been far too often in recent times.

adocholiday

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122643830#Comment_122643830

Yesterday Met Eireann was forecasting heavy rain for most of the afternoon today in South Wicklow. It's lightly raining on and off since around 6 here, was just an overcast day really. They've been really struggling with the forecasts for the past year or so I think.

appledrop

Very dull day here in NCD, lights on all day.

Definitely chillier than it has been about 15 degrees, god love us next week when highs of 10 and 11 degrees hit!

Artane2002

It's hilarious how we're paying back for the great weather last week. We had four very sunny days in a row but today will be the fourth day in a row without a second of sunshine. This would be unusual even in winter, and we even had a similar three day run at the very start of the month as I mentioned at the time. This month is reminding me a lot of July 2021, with very sunny weather bookended by poor weather, though both the good and bad weather that month was more 'extreme' than this month.

Meteorite58

Dull overcast morning in Tralee but calm and mild at around 14 or 15C. Lights on getting up this morning and on the cars going into work , nice Autumn feel in the town park with leaves falling and a good crop of mushrooms.

gilly1910

Just back from a cruise in the Carribean, and seriously depressed at the thought of no sun that one could lie in for at least the next seven months, not to mention the horrible short evenings, I might have to organise a quick sun break to Tenerife in the New Year. In saying that, much and all as I love the sun, it was actually too hot over there, 35+ degrees most days with serious humidity, and the only time you could lie out was when the ship was moving.

Cluedo Monopoly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122644531#Comment_122644531

Yes but while it was overcast at the weekend after a glorious week of sunshine, it has been bone dry - in Galway anyway.

I was able to cut the grass yesterday because the grass was bone dry - same today. I'd expect a lot more dew and humidity at this time of year so we must still be under significant high pressure.

The rainfall levels at Mace Head are extraordinary this far into September. Only 12mm so far. September 2023 had 155mm in total. Massive difference.

Dublin Airport is the same - 22mm (134mm in Sept 2023).

DOCARCH

At least we dodged what England/Wales is getting today. In some places they were expecting/forecasting up to 2 months worth of rain (up to 120mm) today.

compsys

God. There hasn't been a minute of sunshine in Dublin since last Thursday evening.

Fairly depressing.

It has been realtively dry. But honestly I'd take sunshine and showers over this.

I'm off to Seville on Thursday for 4 days. I'll get some sun there at least!

Artane2002

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122645574#Comment_122645574

We had a heavy shower a few nights ago but it has been dry other than that. I'm not too fussed about the weather if it's not raining but four days in a row with no breaks in the cloud, let alone not even a glimpse of sunshine, is mad, even by our standards, and it's dark cloud too. There's a bit of an early March feel to the weather.

Thunder87

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122646814#Comment_122646814

Not sure if you were in Dublin all summer but July in particular had loads of days like this, maybe the stats would say otherwise but it doesn't feel particularly unusual to me at least

e.g. looking at the 3 hourly report symbols here for Dublin Airport there was hardly any sunshine at all between the 10th and 27th of July, the handful of partly cloudy reports are nearly all at either at 6am or 9pm but the core daytime hours were fully overcast almost every day