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Winter 2017-18: Discussion

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    #962
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 10,085 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    3pm His Res Vis
    Showing big showers down along the west coast
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    #963
    Harry Palmr
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    Hope no one bothered betting on a white Christmas.


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    #964
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,739 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    Hope no one bothered betting on a white Christmas.

    yep, generally very mild between Sunday and Christmas Day and possibly beyond unless there are sudden changes. Many places could see up to 14C at times next week, however a very short lived cooler incursion can happen.


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    #965
    pad199207
    Registered Users Posts: 7,131 ✭✭✭pad199207


    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    Hope no one bothered betting on a white Christmas.


    Why would anyone bet on the Irish Weather?


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    #966
    nagdefy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,520 ✭✭✭nagdefy


    I have no pictures but there was heavy snowfall in my homeplace this morning and my niece and nephew had their 4th consecutive day off school. Cars couldn't get to the road and a few people who did got stuck.

    It has been an extraordinarily potent north westerly for us. My nephew and niece, 8 and 6, cried because they wanted to go to school!!! Cabin fever!

    Put some pics on the 13/14th snow/ice thread now.


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    #967
    esposito
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    Gonzo wrote: »
    yep, generally very mild between Sunday and Christmas Day and possibly beyond unless there are sudden changes. Many places could see up to 14C at times next week, however a very short lived cooler incursion can happen.

    Looks like a repeat of two years ago so. Unwanted high temperatures for Christmas Day making it very unseasonable. However, beyond that is anyone’s guess. Tentative signs of something more interesting around New Years?


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    #968
    Comhrá
    Registered Users Posts: 4,766 ✭✭✭Comhrá


    mickmackey1 wrote: »
    Earliest sunset is today at 4.19 so not long now till a stretch in the evenings :)

    As a matter of fact, by Dec. 20th (next Wed) sunset for Limerick is 4.20pm so there'll be a tiny stretch in the evenings already!

    http://www.sunrise-and-sunset.com/en/sun/ireland/limerick


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    #969
    Clonmel1000
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    esposito wrote: »
    Looks like a repeat of two years ago so. Unwanted high temperatures for Christmas Day making it very unseasonable. However, beyond that is anyone’s guess. Tentative signs of something more interesting around New Years?

    I’m heading away for Xmas and I can assure you the warm temperatures for Xmas day will be more than welcome.


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    #970
    sryanbruen
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    esposito wrote: »
    Looks like a repeat of two years ago so. Unwanted high temperatures for Christmas Day making it very unseasonable. However, beyond that is anyone’s guess. Tentative signs of something more interesting around New Years?

    Not to mention the flooding rains of that Christmas, remember the Boxing Day Cumbrian deluge?

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    #971
    esposito
    Registered Users Posts: 1,347 ✭✭✭esposito


    Clonmel1000 wrote: »
    I’m heading away for Xmas and I can assure you the warm temperatures for Xmas day will be more than welcome.

    Good for you. I like my Christmas to be crisp and cold and my summers warm and sunny thank you very much.


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    #972
    esposito
    Registered Users Posts: 1,347 ✭✭✭esposito


    sryanbruen wrote: »
    Not to mention the flooding rains of that Christmas, remember the Boxing Day Cumbrian deluge?

    Indeed. We were inundated with storms this time 2 years ago along with the very mild temperatures. Hopefully no stormy element this Christmas


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    #973
    Lucreto
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    So it looks like a third year in a row for a mild Christmas.

    How can I enjoy my food coma in front of the fire if it's too warm outside. :(


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    #974
    Clonmel1000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,047 ✭✭✭Clonmel1000


    esposito wrote: »
    Good for you. I like my Christmas to be crisp and cold and my summers warm and sunny thank you very much.

    How does that generally work out for you?


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    #975
    MidMan25
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    esposito wrote: »
    Looks like a repeat of two years ago so. Unwanted high temperatures for Christmas Day making it very unseasonable. However, beyond that is anyone’s guess. Tentative signs of something more interesting around New Years?

    Christmas day is 11 days away, nobody has a clue what it looks like.


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    #976
    pad199207
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    esposito wrote: »
    Looks like a repeat of two years ago so. Unwanted high temperatures for Christmas Day making it very unseasonable. However, beyond that is anyone’s guess. Tentative signs of something more interesting around New Years?

    If there’s going to be no snow or at least frost I’d have unseasonable high temperatures for Christmas Day instead.
    Something surreal about being outside on Christmas Day in short sleeves with a glass of wine!


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    #977
    CrowdedHouse
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    esposito wrote: »
    Looks like a repeat of two years ago so. Unwanted high temperatures for Christmas Day making it very unseasonable. However, beyond that is anyone’s guess.

    2015?

    In Oranmore I had a max of 4.6°C and almost 18 mm of rain to boot. Not mild in my book.

    Seven Worlds will Collide



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    #978
    pauldry
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    Christmas Eve has some potentially cooler weather maybe even cold for the North. Maybe hailstones in Sligo Christmas Eve night.


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    #979
    Nettle Soup
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,312 ✭✭✭Nettle Soup


    CrowdedHouse wrote: »
    2015?

    In Oranmore I had a max of 4.6°C and almost 18 mm of rain to boot. Not mild in my book.

    Everywhere you go, you always take the weather with you.


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    #980
    CrowdedHouse
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    Nettle Soup wrote: »
    Everywhere you go, you always take the weather with you.

    Yea and Four Seasons in One Day too!

    Seven Worlds will Collide



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    #981
    pauldry
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    And distant sun


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    #982
    nagdefy
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    And the clouds they are crying on you
    And the birds are offering up their tunes


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    #983
    Oneiric 3
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    "They look down
    at the ground,
    missing;
    never seeing the heavenly rain fall"

    Always was, and always will be, the ultimate weather/sky watcher anthem for me:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV7w5TaYjRA

    New Moon



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    #984
    sryanbruen
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    CrowdedHouse wrote: »
    2015?

    In Oranmore I had a max of 4.6°C and almost 18 mm of rain to boot. Not mild in my book.

    It was a mild Christmas for the majority of Ireland. Northern regions, though mostly Scotland than Ireland, started off quite cold with the leftovers of the relatively cool air from Christmas Eve. However, elsewhere it was mild and rain tried to push up from the south. The two air masses did not contrast with each other that well and the stark contrast created very heavy rain for some places which would only get worse into St. Stephen's Day. Some localised locations in the north, though again mostly Scotland, got away with a White Christmas in the relatively cooler air and the precipitation.

    You, for example in Oranmore, as you say recorded a maximum of only 4.6c. However, me here in Dublin, recorded a maximum of 12.2c under 21.2mm of rainfall. I remember it very well, it was an awful Christmas and weather wise, was easily one of the poorest I've seen in my life so far.

    Here's the synoptics for 12:00 on 25 December 2015:

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    #985
    CrowdedHouse
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    sryanbruen wrote: »
    It was a mild Christmas for the majority of Ireland. Northern regions, though mostly Scotland than Ireland, started off quite cold with the leftovers of the relatively cool air from Christmas Eve.

    You, for example in Oranmore, as you say recorded a maximum of only 4.6c. However, me here in Dublin, recorded a maximum of 12.2c under 21.2mm of rainfall. I remember it very well, it was an awful Christmas and weather wise, was easily one of the poorest I've seen in my life so far.

    Very interesting thank you, just checked for Roscrea too, it was 3 to 5C during daylight hours but started to rise at 5pm and ended up 10.9C at midnight

    Seven Worlds will Collide



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    #986
    snowstorm445
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    Some fairly vile 12z runs this afternoon, not many signs of cold that some posters have suggested this side of the new year. Something may be lurking beyond that, but it looks like a typical 2010s winter affair atm. :(


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    #987
    sryanbruen
    Registered Users Posts: 13,530 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    snowstorm445 wrote: »
    Some fairly vile 12z runs this afternoon, not many signs of cold that some posters have suggested this side of the new year. Something may be lurking beyond that, but it looks like a typical 2010s winter affair atm. :(

    One (ridiculous, far out there) run will not disappoint me.

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    #988
    sryanbruen
    Registered Users Posts: 13,530 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    Remember people who intend to write off Winter 2017/18, we have until June to see if it has come to fruition lol.... just like in 1975 when Winter didn't arrive 'til June.

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    #989
    pad199207
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    An unusually white frost out there tonight. Only -1.7c.
    Cars and grass are totally white. Like snow.


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    #990
    George Sunsnow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,043 ✭✭✭George Sunsnow


    sryanbruen wrote: »
    Remember people who intend to write off Winter 2017/18, we have until June to see if it has come to fruition lol.... just like in 1975 when Winter didn't arrive 'til June.

    le8lzj1.jpg
    I remember that :O

    It was known as the 6 o clock shower in Dublin
    It arrived here in Arklow around 8 in daylight
    Quite a white out and settled untill next morning!


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    #991
    Gaoth Laidir
    Registered Users Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    Strange that Dublin Airport doesn't snow up as snow on the 2nd of June 1975, but snow does show up on the 19th! It must be referring to hail, though, as the minimum temperature that day was 14 °C.

    https://en.tutiempo.net/climate/06-1975/ws-39690.html


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