Spring 2021 General Discussion

Oneiric 3 · 07-03-2021 7:02pm

Says it all really:

Just like last summer, the west is bearing the brunt of the constant cloud. Some broken sunshine at times yesterday (and for the first time since last Monday) but once the late afternoon came in, cloud filled in again, just as it so easily does, as the recent winter has proved, during anticyclonic spells so as to prevent even a frost developing, which would be more the norm under these particular set ups.

08-03-2021 2:39pm

At the risk of Oneiric's Wrath,its a gorgeous sunny day in Arklow today
Currently 11c

Gonzo · 08-03-2021 2:46pm

was lovely and sunny in Meath up to about an hour ago but cloud is now rolling in from the west and the sun is just about gone.

Oneiric 3 · 08-03-2021 7:30pm

AuntySnow wrote: »

At the risk of Oneiric's Wrath,its a gorgeous sunny day in Arklow today
Currently 11c

No wrath from me. We had lovely low grey, featureless skies here today with even some spits of rain now and again just to keep the place nice and damp.

I miss the dry haze though, because as Pangea observed recently, it gave the place a 'different look'. The weather was dull throughout the hazy spell, but it was a nice sort of dull.

Gonzo · 08-03-2021 7:36pm

and the mini dry spell has come to an end, spots of rain here now. Hopefully we don't have to wait another 9 months for a week of dry weather.

Cluedo Monopoly · 08-03-2021 11:41pm

The last week or more have been superb for exercise and spring cleaning outside. The water levels have also reduced considerably in the rivers and lakes.

Thelonious Monk · 09-03-2021 10:39am

Today is ok in Dublin but looks like from this evening it's going to go back to really windy and horrible for the foreseeable future. I enjoyed our couple of weeks of calm, hope it's not too long until the next time.

mcburns07 · 09-03-2021 11:33am

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Today is ok in Dublin but looks like from this evening it's going to go back to really windy and horrible for the foreseeable future. I enjoyed our couple of weeks of calm, hope it's not too long until the next time.

It's meant to improve from next Monday!

pauldry · 09-03-2021 3:29pm

Yes next week looks OK...apart from in the West where we will be bedivilled with cloud again. It was sunny in Sligo Monday and Saturday last week but cloudy and dull all the other times. Then rained Sunday and Yesterday and today....and probably every day until next Tuesday

Gonzo · 09-03-2021 3:38pm

next week still looks good and far into FI the start of April is also starting to look like it could be really nice. If we do get several really good spells of high pressure between now and the end of May there is always the worry we could end up with another pigs ear of a summer like last year.

Supercell · 09-03-2021 4:39pm

Gonzo wrote: »

next week still looks good and far into FI the start of April is also starting to look like it could be really nice. If we do get several really good spells of high pressure between now and the end of May there is always the worry we could end up with another pigs ear of a summer like last year.

I agree, I'd almost be hoping for a rubbish spring if it meant we had nature rebalance and give us a decent summer. In particular the second week in August when we are AirBnB'ing it in Wexford!

Oscar Bravo · 09-03-2021 5:00pm

Dark wet and windy here in Castlebar.

OldRio · 09-03-2021 5:20pm

Dark and miserable and wet here in Leitrim. The wind is getting fairly strong as well.

Emme · 09-03-2021 5:39pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Says it all really:

Just like last summer, the west is bearing the brunt of the constant cloud. Some broken sunshine at times yesterday (and for the first time since last Monday) but once the late afternoon came in, cloud filled in again, just as it so easily does, as the recent winter has proved, during anticyclonic spells so as to prevent even a frost developing, which would be more the norm under these particular set ups.

It was a nice change after the West (apart from Cork) getting the better weather for most of the winter months and the North West getting more breaks last summer from June 2 on while the East was subjected to near constant deluges and cloud when it wasn't raining.

It didn't last, the rain and wind are back again.

OldRio · 09-03-2021 6:09pm

Emme wrote: »

It was a nice change after the West (apart from Cork) getting the better weather for most of the winter months and the North West getting more breaks last summer from June 2 on while the East was subjected to near constant deluges and cloud when it wasn't raining.

It didn't last, the rain and wind are back again.

Not sure about that. The weather from mid June has been cloudy and wet here in Leitrim. Wonderful Spring but Summer was a washout.

Emme · 09-03-2021 7:16pm

OldRio wrote: »

Not sure about that. The weather from mid June has been cloudy and wet here in Leitrim. Wonderful Spring but Summer was a washout.

It was a washout from June 2 in the east. At least you had until the middle of June.

KanyeSouthEast · 09-03-2021 7:38pm

Emme wrote: »

It was a washout from June 2 in the east. At least you had until the middle of June.

You sure about that? Go back and read the summer threads. Lots of people disagreed!

Kermit.de.frog · 09-03-2021 9:22pm

Meh, isn't this what we all want right now? :cool:

https://twitter.com/DublinAirport/status/1366886307587325953

Donegal Storm · 09-03-2021 9:35pm

Emme wrote: »

It was a washout from June 2 in the east. At least you had until the middle of June.

Summer was awful in the NW other than a 10 day spell in early August, we had nice weather for the June bank holiday then it immediately went to sh*t & we barely saw the sun after that.

And speaking of the sun its a good 10 days since I last saw it around here now. Constant grey skies so far this month and a horrible wet and windy day today

Gonzo · 09-03-2021 11:13pm

KanyeSouthEast wrote: »

You sure about that? Go back and read the summer threads. Lots of people disagreed!

June, July and August was awful here in Meath, summer ended on June 2nd, I've talked many times about how poor last summer was for much of Dublin, Meath, Wicklow and Kildare. One of the worst summers over the past 30 years for lack of sunshine, endless low hanging cloud and unremarkable temperatures. Second week of June to the beginning of August was a washout, then a week of cool and cloudy weather then back to a washout for the rest of August. Summer came back on the final day of August and first week of September was decent then it was back to the deluges.

Xenji · 09-03-2021 11:58pm

Emme wrote: »

It was a nice change after the West (apart from Cork) getting the better weather for most of the winter months and the North West getting more breaks last summer from June 2 on while the East was subjected to near constant deluges and cloud when it wasn't raining.

It didn't last, the rain and wind are back again.

Nearly 700mm of rain in west Mayo says otherwise for having a better winter and we had close to 500mm last summer.

Harry Palmr · 10-03-2021 9:11am

Great to see a settling high pressure develop for next week. Hopefully it'll be a sunnier one this time

Gonzo · 10-03-2021 12:34pm

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Great to see a settling high pressure develop for next week. Hopefully it'll be a sunnier one this time

hopefully we get another nice week, but at same time I'd be concerned if we get of high pressure between now and end of May. A good spring is usually followed by a terrible summer.

KanyeSouthEast · 10-03-2021 3:53pm

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Meh, isn't this what we all want right now? :cool:

https://twitter.com/DublinAirport/status/1366886307587325953

Nope

Tyrone212 · 10-03-2021 4:04pm

Gonzo wrote: »

June, July and August was awful here in Meath, summer ended on June 2nd, I've talked many times about how poor last summer was for much of Dublin, Meath, Wicklow and Kildare. One of the worst summers over the past 30 years for lack of sunshine, endless low hanging cloud and unremarkable temperatures. Second week of June to the beginning of August was a washout, then a week of cool and cloudy weather then back to a washout for the rest of August. Summer came back on the final day of August and first week of September was decent then it was back to the deluges.

Gurteen in Tipperary recorded the least amount of summer sunshine. 86 hours less than Casement Dublin. August was driest in Dublin, wettest in Kerry. Overall for the summer, Oak Park Carlow was the driest 217.2mm and Valentia Kerry was the wettest with 561.1mm.

Villain · 10-03-2021 4:26pm

FYI meteociel.fr is offline due to fire at OVH Datacenter in case anyone is wondering why.

nacho libre · 10-03-2021 6:48pm

Torrential rain at the moment! I have not seen rain like it in a good while!

appledrop · 10-03-2021 7:49pm

nacho libre wrote: »

Torrential rain at the moment! I have not seen rain like it in a good while!

Yea I know. A few times today I have been like, what is that noise and then I realised its the rain pelting off velux windows.

We can't complain. It has been so dry in Dublin for last while we were due a bit of rain to help the flowers grow!

Graces7 · 11-03-2021 11:45am

Lovely to see some sunshine ..whereupon the clouds roll in, the wind rises and a deluge!

west mayo offshore

Pangea · 11-03-2021 12:03pm

A real miserable morning, very wintry showers sleet and hail in the mix.

Supercell · 11-03-2021 12:26pm

Showers making their way right across the country and even beefing up, haven't had a morning like this in quite some time in Dublin.

Graces7 · 11-03-2021 12:31pm

Supercell wrote: »

Showers making their way right across the country and even beefing up, haven't had a morning like this in quite some time in Dublin.

Same out here ( love the flowers on your posts!)

But God bless him; the postman got here... depends on the wind direction. He was armour plated in luminous yellow...

west mayo offshore

Thelonious Monk · 11-03-2021 1:16pm

Very windy in Dublin but it's been mostly sunny at least the last couple of hours, going to get to the park soon for a run I hope I don't get drenched

Gonzo · 11-03-2021 1:16pm

just had a very heavy hail shower, even some sleet mixed in with it.

Thelonious Monk · 11-03-2021 1:45pm

Yup left the house 60 seconds later back in house completely drenched, the hail hurt in that wind

Graces7 · 11-03-2021 3:22pm

A ruffled ocean ..usually flat calm in shelter; I could barely stand up. Just behind the garden fence..

appledrop · 11-03-2021 6:50pm

The hail showers here today in NCD are unreal.

Got drenched and hailstones were so sore on my face and legs!

Artane2002 · 11-03-2021 7:11pm

any reports from Dunshaughlin/Ashbourne? there was an intense-looking shower there on the radar about an hour ago, almost streamer-like.

Thelonious Monk · 11-03-2021 9:21pm

got out for a jog around 5 before a pretty mental hail storm in D5. The wind is absolutely baltic.

Goldfinch8 · 11-03-2021 9:41pm

A very raw and windy day in Central Mayo also. Heavy and blustery showers of mainly hail rolled in from the Atlantic from early morning. Not the most pleasant day to be out in but the ever changing cloudscapes were quite something at times. Some very impressive cloudtops on those hail showers.

Tyrone212 · 11-03-2021 9:41pm

Snowflakes mixed in the current shower.

Nqp15hhu · 12-03-2021 1:27am

XC weather thinks it’s going to snow here tomorrow night. We’ll see.

The upper air would need to cool by 2c or so

Nqp15hhu · 12-03-2021 7:17am

Some heavy showers through the night here, falling as snow above 700 feet.

https://streamable.com/qj6jsd

Temperatures are just a degree or so too high for sea level snow

Graces7 · 12-03-2021 7:27am

A wild, cold, loud morning here. Deluges battering and wind howling.

Same as yesterday and it seems to have been thus for " ever". And I am very glad it is not my week for a shopping delivery as they could not cross yesterday and it looks as bad today.

A day to light the fire and dream of summer...

West Mayo offshore

pauldry · 12-03-2021 9:30am

Snow on the Ox Mountains in Sligo

pad199207 · 12-03-2021 11:09am

Slight dusting of snow on the cars early this morning in Kildare

Nqp15hhu · 12-03-2021 11:58am

The last shower was very prolonged and heavy, finally leaving a covering of snow above 250 metres. It is rapidly melting but nice to see.

The Sperrins look to be well coated above 500 metres.

It will be interesting to see if it snows to low levels in Ulster tonight.

Tyrone212 · 12-03-2021 3:46pm

Status Yellow - Rainfall warning for Donegal
Met Éireann Weather Warning

Heavy rain at times during the period. Potential for surface and river flooding.

Valid: 15:00 Friday 12/03/2021 to 15:00 Saturday 13/03/2021

Graces7 · 12-03-2021 4:12pm

Just had an almighty thunderclap!

and a deluge again. Hail . Did not expect that..

Whatever has happened to the weather this year.

West Mayo offshore.

Just read the met.ie summary and they were 100 % correct about this afternoon to the last detail. Amazing!

Tyrone212 · 12-03-2021 4:37pm

Interesting article from the French Met on factors which favour Night cooling. Mouthe is a good example of this. Personally I never even considered tree coverage as a factor.

-the fact that the valleys are sparsely wooded. The absence of vegetation at the bottom of the valley favors the cooling of the soil compared to areas covered with forests, which on the contrary help to limit losses by radiation;
-the presence of snow on the ground, which causes a much greater loss of energy than grass, especially when it comes to fresh snow. In an already cold air mass, the presence of snow will promote an additional drop in air temperature which can reach 10 to 20 degrees depending on the nature of the crystals on the surface of the snowpack;
-the particular topography of the flat-bottomed valleys. This form of "bowl" favors the loss of energy by radiation

Full article https://meteofrance.com/actualites-et-dossiers/magazine/les-secrets-de-la-meteo/la-meteo-en-questions/pourquoi-mouthe-doubs

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