Spring 2025 - General Discussion

Dazler97

Great chances of seeing the northern lights tonight 👌 that's if cloud cover doesn't spoil it

Cluedo Monopoly

Great to see snow pics in April!

Very nice day here today but I believe we are getting the long overdue rain on Friday. Some places in Europe have had very heavy rainfall in the last 7 weeks. Spain were delighted because their reservoirs were very low after a drought last year.

I heard my first cuckoo this evening.

DellyBelly

Nice evening in Dublin after a horrible day…very cold though

Calibos

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123363314#Comment_123363314

Most of it gone by the time I got up there with the dogs at 4pm after work. Drove back down to Bray via Glendalough. Had the dogs there last week and was wearing a T-shirt. Today was icy, misty and windy and wearing wooly hat, gloves and scarves. LOL.

Kutebride

What a sunset driving Wicklow to Meath, after most horrible day.

2⁰ on waking today. Seemed to around max 6⁰ in the hills. Like 22⁰ in me garden last Friday.

Boooo the cold (with such inclement conditions today)

6⁰ Meath

Robwindstorm

Horrible day of rain in Meath. Brightened up in the evening but a sharp frost looks imminent.

Meteorite58

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123362487#Comment_123362487

Got down to 0.2C here near Tralee this morning, had to get warm water to get the ice off the car windows at 08.10. got up to 13.4C and cold again tonight now at 4.2C and calm. Great day between Tralee- Cork- Tralee from early to late tonight.

Very fortunate for the fine day in the SW.

https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?v=-12.977075479370066,50.95100383473882,-2.9367904282245227,55.714909918902144&t=2025-04-16-T22%3A12%3A40Z

pureza

Frosty morning in Arklow,min was 0.6c

A very snowy Lugnaquilla behind the trees

DellyBelly

Stunning morning in Dublin...hardly a cloud in the sky

Artane2002

I wouldn't usually be posting much about the weather in Dublin anymore because it tends to be very bland but there's an impressively hard frost for the time of year out there this morning.

pureza

A better view of Lug this morning

Covered from head to toe

ClimateObserver

Went down to -2.2°C on the Kilkenny-Laois border last night, a nippy start to the day but lovely to see clear blue sky again. Clouds popping up now showing the strength of the sun is increasing with each passing day - the dreaded inland convection.

sryanbruen

Could see some snow on the Wicklow Mountains peaks from Bayside, Dublin this morning left over from yesterday. Was weird to see with blue skies at this time of year.

appledrop

Jaysus that's some rain this morning in Dublin yet again.

Thank god I'm so obsessed with the weather, no trapssing around the Zoo or farm in that weather for us!

That's the problem nowadays with all the booking online and in advance. In the old days my father would decide the night before or even on morning of a nice day that we were going to beach, Zoo etc!

Tomorrow looking like more of same, Monday might be our best hope.

Cluedo Monopoly

Today is without doubt the cloudiest and wettest day in about 7/8 weeks. A day for the fire and TV. Watch the explosive growth after this.

Athenry received just 6.7mm of rain this month until today. Tomorrow will be perfect for fishing with new rains and oxygen activating the fish to move and feed.

Robwindstorm

A day for the fire is right cluedo.

I agree with you there appledrop, pre booking is a disaster at times. Imagine dragging the kids around Emerald Park today.

appledrop

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123368073#Comment_123368073

We had the exact same day here on Wednesday, your right though about growth, I was just thinking looking out kitchen window this morning that everything is looking very green.

As the 3 year said 'Yippee mammy rain, the flowers will be dancing'😂

That's because we spent all last week watering them in evening.

adocholiday

Wicklow gone to an orange warning now for the next 24 hours or so

Status Orange - Rain warning for Wicklow

Met Éireann Weather Warning

Spells of heavy rain.

Expected Impacts:
• Localised flooding

Valid: 10:28 Friday 18/04/2025 to 11:00 Saturday 19/04/2025

Issued: 10:28 Friday 18/04/2025

KanyeSouthEast

there’s a reason I try to go abroad at every opportunity when I’m off work and today is a stark reminder of why. Desperate. Fine to say a day for the fire but when it’s a day few from work the last thing most people want to do at the end of April is sit by the fire.

mcburns07

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123368227#Comment_123368227

The last 6 weeks have been great, one wet day isn't going to kill anyone…..

Cluedo Monopoly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123368227#Comment_123368227

Can you show any posts you made during the many weeks of lovely dry sunny weather? 😂

Gonzo

The Easter weekend washout is well and truly under way here in Meath.

KanyeSouthEast

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123368338#Comment_123368338

no? Why would you care? I was enjoying the weather and busy with other things. What a strange obsession.

OldRio

Bank Holiday weekend. People off work. Weather crap. Its not hard to understand people's frustration.

appledrop

Needless to say queues to get into shopping centre are unreal and I thought I was early at 10am and it would be quite 😅

zell12

The foliage growth is going to be spectacular after today

Oscar Bravo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123368227#Comment_123368227

Lol the misery returns . Not one post during the great spell we had and bang the first wet day poor me returns .

appledrop

Loads of us posted during the nice weather, but most of us were working and kids in school so limited time to enjoy it.

Most of us are lucky to be off this weekend( the supermarket was busier than Christmas!) so it's crap when we can't get out and about and enjoy it.

No doubt some will be on to say it's grand just wrap up!

Calibos

If he still lives in the South East he has a lot less to moan about than most in the country anyway. He should be thankful for the few truly miserable periods of weather we get in the South East as it gives him his rationalisation/excuse to go off gallivanting to Sunnier climes multiple times a year by the sounds of it.😉😉

adocholiday

Many of the weekends during the past good spell, particularly in the SE, were not all that great. During the week was great but not much use when you're in work. I think there was 1 weekend out of 4 or maybe 5 that was decent. And I was acutely aware of it because I've been trying to get an outside job done and it's been so frustrating to try to finish it when the weather was good during the week.