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Spring 2021 General Discussion

daniel_t1409

I know it's early to start this thread but in fairness the winter thread was started in August so.....:P.

Last spring was one of the best ever - basically 2-3 months of sunshine and very little rain, resulting in a hosepipe ban. Followed by one of the dullest, wettest summers.

There is still plenty of winter left but I just want to start some early discussion on this spring, predictions, etc.

I would like a nice dry spring to give the ground a chance to dry out - it's been saturated since last June.

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Tyrone212

Snowflakes mixed in the current shower.

Goldfinch8

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.

Thelonious Monk

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

Artane2002

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

appledrop

The hail showers here today in NCD are unreal.

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

Graces7

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

Thelonious Monk

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

Gonzo

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

Thelonious Monk

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

Graces7

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

Supercell

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.

Pangea

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

Graces7

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

west mayo offshore

appledrop

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!

nacho libre

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

Villain

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

Tyrone212

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.

KanyeSouthEast

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

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

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

Nope

Gonzo

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.

Harry Palmr

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

Xenji

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.

Gonzo

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.

Donegal Storm

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

Kermit.de.frog

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

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

KanyeSouthEast

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!

Emme

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.

OldRio

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

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

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

Oscar Bravo

Dark wet and windy here in Castlebar.