Winter Weather 2016/17 - General Discussion

JCX BXC · 20-01-2017 08:45AM

Very light grass frost here again in West Clare this morning, temperature 3.0c.

Oscar Bravo · 20-01-2017 09:36AM

Disappointingly murky here in castlebar this morning, hard to see it brightening up much

ArKl0w · 20-01-2017 10:01AM

Gorgeous morning in Arklow,a complete reversal of yesterday!

Gonzo · 20-01-2017 10:17AM

still very cloudy here just like yesterday.

highdef · 20-01-2017 10:21AM

Sun is just coming out at home now, near Enfield. Here in Inchicore, it's brightening up and looking at the satellite, it should be glorious by noon in Dublin

DOCARCH · 20-01-2017 11:21AM

On the border here in Dublin 16...cloudy to my north and clear to my south. Sun is out here now. The first sun and bits of blue sky seen all week!

Lumi · 20-01-2017 12:28PM

The early morning fog has burnt off in Galway city - cool, calm and sunny now with frost lingering in the shade.

Clonmel1000 · 20-01-2017 01:22PM

Beautiful bright sunny day glorious.

Oscar Bravo · 20-01-2017 01:41PM

Sun is out now. Grand job

Gonzo · 20-01-2017 02:30PM

sun here now as well, a great day to be outside.

Graces7 · 20-01-2017 03:41PM

Been a lovely day although driving with the low winter sun dazzling through the windscreeen is not pleasant... I can hear the wind rising now, huffing and howling around the mountains; West Coast now by the way.

Eamondomc · 20-01-2017 06:47PM

A damp mizzly mild morning here, 6 degrees, cleared up to a sunny afternoon, got to 8 degrees around mid afternoon, got cold in the last hour or so, down to 1 degree now and what looks like a mist or fog forming in places.
North Longford

Harry Palmr · 20-01-2017 06:59PM

I may cut the grass this weekend! That sort of winter. Certain will get out the hedge trimmer and shears.

Rock Lesnar · 20-01-2017 07:47PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

I may cut the grass this weekend! That sort of winter. Certain will get out the hedge trimmer and shears.

Same here, lawnmower might make an early appearance this year, fair bit of growth over the last 2 weeks

ArKl0w · 20-01-2017 08:04PM

Great night with no light pollution to look at the sky
Question-
From here Low in the Eastern sky,just south of east almost but not quite under the hook of the plough there's a twinkling colourful star,what is that?
It's not a 10th the brightness of Venus but the twinkling and the colours are obvious to the naked eye
At times it looks like a stationary jet
I've seen it before,I thought it was moving but no it's not
Any ideas? It's hardly a satellite?
The twinkling colours look green and red

mickmackey1 · 20-01-2017 08:23PM

The brightest star in the sky is Sirius, it's in the south-east now and generally twinkles furiously due to atmospheric turbulence. Not sure what you mean by the 'hook of the plough' though, that's well over towards the north. Maybe you mean Orion.

Tigerandahalf · 20-01-2017 08:26PM

Glorious autumn/winter we are having. So little rain. It can be a beautiful time of the year with the blue skies and no humidity.

vistafinder · 20-01-2017 08:27PM

How in the Fcuk do they keep chasing easterlies for weeks and weeks on end in the netweather forums. It must be exhausting.

I could be wrong but from other years when SSW starts popping up its getting desperate.

I love cold and snow but usually around the end of February when the sun starts getting warmer and the birds start singing it switches to looking forward to those beautiful spring days.

Yesterday was so nice here in West Cork that the jumper was off while working in the garden, clear blue skies and the birds singing. I just had to sit down and watch the sun setting. I think the switch has been flicked a bit early this year.

pedigree 6 · 20-01-2017 08:44PM

ArKl0w wrote: »

Great night with no light pollution to look at the sky
Question-
From here Low in the Eastern sky,just south of east almost but not quite under the hook of the plough there's a twinkling colourful star,what is that?
It's not a 10th the brightness of Venus but the twinkling and the colours are obvious to the naked eye
At times it looks like a stationary jet
I've seen it before,I thought it was moving but no it's not
Any ideas? It's hardly a satellite?
The twinkling colours look green and red

Capella?

http://earthsky.org/tonight/what-star-in-the-northeast-flashes-red-and-green

ArKl0w · 20-01-2017 08:53PM

mickmackey1 wrote: »

The brightest star in the sky is Sirius, it's in the south-east now and generally twinkles furiously due to atmospheric turbulence. Not sure what you mean by the 'hook of the plough' though, that's well over towards the north. Maybe you mean Orion.

Thanks It probably is Sirius then
Forgive me what I describe as a plough looks like a formation of an old time horse plough not The Plough,but looking at it closer it's a formation like a swallow's wings,two u's together

In the north sky east of Morth there's another twinkler which google is suggesting is Capella?
Both are higher now than Venus why isn't its light also twinkling? Presumably because it's light is a reflection?

ArKl0w · 20-01-2017 08:54PM

pedigree 6 wrote: »

Capella?

http://earthsky.org/tonight/what-star-in-the-northeast-flashes-red-and-green

No I don't think so see my last post

pedigree 6 · 20-01-2017 08:55PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

I may cut the grass this weekend! That sort of winter. Certain will get out the hedge trimmer and shears.

Grass. You say.:pac:
A good winter for it.:D
This is the 20th January 2017. You would think it was the 20th March.

I've never witnessed a winter like this.

sryanbruen · 20-01-2017 08:56PM

pedigree 6 wrote: »

I've never witnessed a winter like this.

Really?

ArKl0w · 20-01-2017 08:57PM

vistafinder wrote: »

How in the Fcuk do they keep chasing easterlies for weeks and weeks on end in the netweather forums. It must be exhausting.

I could be wrong but from other years when SSW starts popping up its getting desperate.

I love cold and snow but usually around the end of February when the sun starts getting warmer and the birds start singing it switches to looking forward to those beautiful spring days.

Yesterday was so nice here in West Cork that the jumper was off while working in the garden, clear blue skies and the birds singing. I just had to sit down and watch the sun setting. I think the switch has been flicked a bit early this year.

Ah netweather,the refuge of the lunatics:D
So many glorified experts in there who have other posters looking up in awe at them even though they mostly hopecast and get it very wrong
Murr is a jinx on snow
I swear whenever he's on there hope casting,the opposite always happens

pedigree 6 · 20-01-2017 09:04PM

sryanbruen wrote: »

Really?

Maybe i'm getting better at this farming lark too.
But I'm in my thirties and we've certainly never had as much grass at this time of year since I grew up here.
But looking at the neighbours they seem to have as much grass as me too.

So this really is a complete freak of a winter following on from a freak dry autumn too.
(In a good way).:)

SEPT 23 1989 · 20-01-2017 09:06PM

Never remember a January so warm

sryanbruen · 20-01-2017 09:16PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Never remember a January so warm

What about 2016 (the second half), 2012, 2007, 2002, 1998? I could go on with more examples. January 2002 was the mildest on record.

sryanbruen · 20-01-2017 09:18PM

pedigree 6 wrote: »

Maybe i'm getting better at this farming lark too.
But I'm in my thirties and we've certainly never had as much grass at this time of year since I grew up here.
But looking at the neighbours they seem to have as much grass as me too.

So this really is a complete freak of a winter following on from a freak dry autumn too.
(In a good way).:)

I remember Winter 2011/12 seeing similar grass and plants growth.

vistafinder · 20-01-2017 09:24PM

ArKl0w wrote: »

Murr is a jinx on snow
I swear whenever he's on there hope casting,the opposite always happens

He he :pac:

pedigree 6 · 20-01-2017 09:28PM

sryanbruen wrote: »

I remember Winter 2011/12 seeing similar grass and plants growth.

Maybe for you. But it wasn't here. These new farm grass varieties will really take off in growth when they get the right temperatures. But I have old grass as well it's doing very good this year too but not as well as the new varieties. But the old varieties are doing the best ever growth this year as compared to other years.

I really never witnessed a winter like this here.
(It's not over yet though).

Winter Weather 2016/17 - General Discussion

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