Winter Weather 2016/17 - General Discussion

Almost spring like today here in castlebar, 12 degrees, calm. Nice breaks in cloud in places. No mist or drizzle thankfully

The overcast is really drear.

Personally I'd love clear conditions with sunshine in the day and frost and fog at night.

sryanbruen wrote: »

Now I'm suffering the conditions that Pat Dunne reported to me yesterday. It has been a very dreary day with on and off drizzle. To be honest, it's not "horrible" by any means. I much prefer this over an extremely wet day like April 11th last year.

I don't, I'd rather it just fecking rain rather than this drizzly ****e.

I have to say it has been a very pleasant winter overall so far. Hope it continues in the same vien over the next few months

sryanbruen wrote: »

Given how exceptionally dry it has been at Grange with only 6.2mm up to this point of the month, I'm not surprised at all that the Atlantic looks like coming back. I still don't see January coming out as a wet month though which will make it the fourth successful drier than normal month over Ireland (as a whole, of course there are station exceptions). I think something similar like the December Christmas period is coming.

I've recorded 39.6mm here in West Clare.

Just looking at some MSLP stats here for the first half of January and at with the current national figure on 1024.6 hPa, this works out as the highest pressure value for the Jan 1-16 period since 1985, which rather than being the drabbest first half of January on record, did actually produce a lot of frost and in some places, snow. The highest MSLP value I can find in the series for the period in 1967, which again, produced some decent frosts and cooler weather.

This really shows just how utterly bland this month has been so far. Constant high pressure readings yet very little frost overall. Just day after day of constant mild drabness and it looks like this won't be changing much over the course of this week and into at least the early part of next week. What a horrible, groundhog day winter this has been to date. I just wish all this high pressure that has destroyed this winter would feck off and die a horrible death.

Gonzo wrote: »

I'm beginning to think we may not see snow in February and instead it will greet us when it's too late during March and possibly April.

Apart from the JMA, when was February expected to be a cold month i.e. the possibility of snow in February?

Yes the most boring weather ever for the last 3+ months....Im sure it will be back with a vengeance come summertime:rolleyes:

The cold will prob arrive as we head into springtime as usual...

mickger844posts wrote: »

The weather has a funny way of balancing itself out, I have learned this from collecting data in Waterford City for over 6 years now. It really is unprecedented for the Atlantic to be quiet for such a long period. Also we have been extremely unlucky that none of these high pressure systems have been in the right position for us to get a proper cold blast. I fear that when we want High Pressure eg the months of May to September it may not be forthcoming.
With regards this Winter I'm looking to Feb. to hopefully deliver some sort of decent cold spell. Alternatively a storm or two but please not what we have had for the previous few months. It's been such a yawn.

BUT what about Winter 2005/06? Which I've mentioned a couple of times, I think everybody's sick and tired of hearing me mention it by this stage . That in turn was followed by a mixed Spring, an absolute brilliant Summer and the warmest Autumn on record.

pedigree 6 wrote: »

Boooo to all the this winter haters.:D

This has been the best mildest driest winter that I've ever experienced here.
I've a great cover of grass for the cows now when they calve.
The grass grew all winter.
I hope to get more land work done this week.

This winter is putting more money in my phoca.
More please.:pac:

Thank god I'm not alone in loving this Winter.

No posts here in 24 hours!! That can only mean one thing mild weather