Spring 2023 - General Discussion

Back to this absolute muck today, lashing rain and freezing cold a total write off, shopping centre packed sure where else would you be going on a day like this?

If the EC is correct, you may get your final wish about a long hot and dry summer with a ridge of high pressure almost slap bang over top of the UK & Ireland (1976 and 1995-esque) 😉 just for fun, don't start getting sucked in by early false hopes 🤣

Poor, just like any other long range forecast. Purely just for fun 😉

Wow, well spotted highdef, interesting feature. That looks very intense.

We will miss those dry calm grey days now!

Is there a chance of more snow next week?

No we didn't. Spring 2020 was record sunny so maybe that's what you have in mind. Summer 2020 was atrocious (it had a fine spell in the northwest in August though), Summer 2021 had an average June, a heatwave in an otherwise rubbish July, and similarly, a nice week or so in an otherwise terrible August. I don't consider 2022 a Covid summer but June and July 2022 were fairly poor while August was excellent. Summers 2021 and 2022 were warm, 2022 notably so, but neither were classic long hot summers like 1976, 1989, 1995, 2018, etc.

Very mild this morning here in Castlebar in a southerly airflow. Cloudy though and looking wet for the afternoon

Rotten day in Cork, 12 degrees, grey skies and relentless drizzle.

The difference in temperature today is unreal. When I looked out this morning dry but dull so I was all wrapped up for my walk.

I was sweating after about 10 mins and when sun came out, I had to take jacket off for a while!

Sun didn't last but it was so nice to have mild temperatures again, rain on the way though.

Well the problem is I'm a very cold creature so looking at weather app no real use to me🤣. The thing with walking is you do feel cold at the beginning but then warm up. I often bring 2 coats on a walk to cover ever eventuality.

The absolute worst thing is to ask my husband if its cold out before I head out because he will always say no as he never feels the cold!

So true Oscar Bravo, that was like our car park in work on Fri, everyone texting each other at crack if dawn to see if we would be in our not and then by time we were all going home not even a bit of ice left, never mind snow.

As my mother always says March of many weather.

No named storm in winter or to date in spring in Ireland. We haven't even come close to having a named storm this year. Anyone know the last time this happened since the naming system was introduced?

I’m down in the Canaries today and yesterday were a balmy 27 degrees glorious sunshine blue skies. Heaven.

Correct.