A new general discussion thread for the new season that is upon us.
Torrential Hail in KE
despite the sunshine the wind is making it feel chilly today. Hopefully we will get lucky and get a few relatively warm and dry days later next week. Could do with a break from the wind, cool temperatures and rain.
Its not far off a gale here in Arklow today,gusting 50kmh
With a temp around 12c,despite the Sun,its not pleasant
There's a decent gale howling all morning here in Dublin, the windiest it's been in a long long time
I would also love a decent gale. It has been so bland of late. Nobody has complained about the colour of weather warnings in ages! 😊
Sunny brisk morning in Kildare. Heavy showers overnight.
A fresh sunny morning. I see MT'S outlook has dropped talk of storms and going for mild, even warm, weather (warm for early October). Was hoping for a decent Autumn gale.
It's real sore throat and colds time too. April and May can be like it too.
I always feel like an acclimatisation needs to be done around end of Sept and early Oct. People really feel the cold when the weather initially turns but it doesn't take long before they have 'toughened up' for want of a better phrase.
Similarly, Claremorris is currently on 14.5c, which is 0.1c more than that the record. So looking like this station will finish either the joint highest Sept on record, or a very close second. What is guaranteed is that it will finish with its highest mean minima on record.
15.4c mean for Oak Park near me. I calculate a 13c mean for today the 30th. Which would end the month at 15.3c mean. I think that's near record territory for that station..
Nationally, Sept 2021 has fallen back down to 2nd place, with the record warm Sept 2006 looking like it will remain unchallenged at this point. Table data up to the 29th:
However, it is quite possible that this month will finish with the highest mean minima on record, or at the very most, joint highest with that of 2006.
From Met Eireann.
Looks like the final Sep total for Dublin Airport will be 103.9 hours or thereabouts as little to no sunshine expected here today so the cloudiest September in Dublin since 1993! Cork Airport as I expected has surpassed its 2016 total with 76.0 hours now to 28th.
Wonder how the mean temperatures will be. Phoenix Park is currently around 15.7C to 28th Sep (albeit this is a midnight to midnight estimation rather than the climatological 09-09) which is on par with 2006 its warmest on record. I anticipate it has dropped below 2006 after yesterday.
When you can get 20c on 1st November, in sunshine, in Dooks Kerry, in 2015, 22c 3 weeks earlier is possible in favourable conditions. I remember many a 21C.
22 degrees in mid-October!? Please no.
GFS 12z going for an Indian summer from 7th October. The operational run is on the warmer side of the ensemble but there are several other members also going for just as warm or warmer. Unlikely to verify but if we did temperatures up to 22C could be expected.
Even if we don't get the very warm operational run verify there is definitely a notable warming trend into the second week of October.
I'm back. Hope everyone is well. An interesting summer here in Donegal. Those 10 days in July were just out of this world. Gave us all such a lift.
Looking forward to what I hope will be a busy winter. Wouldn't mind a good autumn storm in the meantime....
Definitely chance of a storm in the next week to 10 days
What is typical October weather for Ireland ? Also has MT made his winter forecast yet ?
I know it's too early to call but I think hurricane sam could hit us next week depending on the jetstream and the azores high
I know this is out of place, but in anticipation of the coming winter😉
I was looking up the historic data sets on the Met Eireann Website. I was looking at one for Birr from 9th January until 26th January 1881 inclusive. It's a period of 18 days, it must be one of the coldest 18 days ever recorded in Ireland, it includes the 16th January, when -19.1C was recorded in Markree Castle, Sligo. We have a mean temperature of -4.8C for the period at Birr! The end and beginning of January were relatively mild. The month as a whole averaged -1.06C. But those 18 days... They included 10 ice days and a few very near misses.
Yes sorry visable sorry stupid autocorrect lol I would have loved to see some flashes today but sadly I didn't here in Carrick on Shannon
Visible I assume? They would be if I was looking out! 😃 A lot of dark clouds out to sea but busy working without the sea view at the moment.
Are thunderstorms viable from you now? Some sparks off the east coast again
Aw I bet it was good alright :)
Charts for this weekend are looking pretty ferocious in N Ireland especially, wondering if/when the first warnings will start rolling out. Really hope the storms hold off until Monday! (Belfast marathon on Sunday morning, might be cowering under my bedsheets if this mornings charts play out)
Numerous showers in Kerry today, 4.2mm recorded at my site but there was some huge showers in Tralee , one about 15.00 where I couldn't get out of the car for a few minutes. Good sunny spells also. Got up to 15.4C so still warm in the car in the sunshine, feeling cool tonight at 11C, house although heated up nicely today is cooling down now, probably need a bit of heat for an hour tomorrow night, a small fire should do it.
NASA EOSDIS from earlier today, some nice convection showing up.
I try to not put the heating on till around Halloween if I can.
Fire lit for the first time in a long time. Temperature outside only 9C and feeling very cool.
I could see that from Greystones earlier! Impressive CB. Didn't take a picture.
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