A new thread for Spring general discussion.
Wet start in Greystones with definitely no snow. 4.9c atm.
It’s stopped raining in enniscorthy but still incredibly gray. The ground is saturated and I’ve been talking to locals that have crops in the field they can’t get to or ground they can do nothing with. Cattle can’t get out to the abundant grass and fodder is getting low in some places. The whole way down from south Dublin this morning it hammered rain.
Is this because of El Niño or La Niña or is this what we have to “look forward to” for the foreseeable ? Also is there any sign of some high pressure bringing warm weather or even some windy warm dry weather for a week or so?
Its getting very depressing now,
Due for my first round of golf in a year on Saturday in Trim ,
What you reckon any luck of getting some dry weather Saturday or even leading into Saturday
Imagine having to covid que outside the supermarket and being stuck inside the house during this onslaught of a year
Opened the door this morning to take the dogs on their routine walk. The dogs took one look at the lashing rain, looked at me, and went 'Nah, not going to happen'
Horrid morning. Leitrim.
Its like being in the film Bladerunner the last many months. Constant rain. Likely to head back to La Niña later this yr.
Feels like for the last 12 months it’s been constant rain, didn’t even really enjoy summer 2023 that much because of it. It’s as if we’re permanently stuck in an El Niño cycle. I miss the La Niña weather during Lockdown period of 2020-2022, I remember I did a lot of outdoor hiking and dining outdoors was enjoyable because there was very little rain.
Nice day yesterday but rain overnight and misty morning. One step forward 2 steps back in terms of the ground drying out a bit.
One rough morning in Meath.
Incorrect. The Greeks had established it was round centuries before the Roman Empire.
Bitterly cold??? 8c here in Meath wouldn't call that bitter. Milder air coming in shortly.
lashing rain and Bitterly cold this morning in the north east you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s mid January not mid April
Almost a completely dry day here in Dublin..did get a few spits of rain but nothing compared to the last few weeks...feels very cold though. Only thing keeping me going is that Summer will be kicking in shortly...hopefully things improve dramatically
I'm 100% on the same train of thought as you guys. As you say acequion ,Drought conditions will probably occur at some stage in the coming months too. Hard to believe now though.
Unfortunately I think you're right. I wouldn't be as into environmental issues as you appear to be, but I've been reading up on this whole marine heatwave in the north Atlantic phenomenon and it doesn't give much reason for optimism. In a normal weather environment you'd say the rain has to stop soon, we're due a dry spell, it's just been a very wet year etc etc, but we're not in a normal weather environment and if this really is the much dreaded climate change it's having a very adverse effect on our Irish weather which was never great. You'd have to be worried. Going by recent trends we probably will get a dry spell and probably a hot heat wave, no predicting when, and most likely followed by another period of deluges.
Like I say, I'm no expert in this area and I would dearly love to be wrong, but nobody can deny that our weather for the past 24 months or so has been abnormal, and that's allowing for our normally poor weather standards.
Oak Park is my nearest Met station and the mean is 9.8c for the first 8 days of April. The 33 year April mean is 8.4c.
You wouldn't think the last 8 days were a degree and a half above the monthly mean, especially as that mean is effected by weather generally warming up post mid month.
The first 8 days of April 2024 are probably 2c above the mean for the first 8 days of April at Oak Park.
It shows our perception of April is warmer than the reality.
As regards rainfall Oak Park has roughly had its quota for the month in 8 days. I always find it interesting looking at the nearest Met Station stats near you. Problem is there aren't enough stations through large swathes of the country.
Nice bright day in Portlaoise, 12-13c. You wouldn't be sitting out in it though!
They believed the world was flat. Not great judges on that score lol.
We are due a dry month very soon. It has been relatively wet since July 2023 (9 months) but we had 3 incredibly dry months in the first half of 2023 (February, May and June) so I expect we will get a couple of very dry months soon. In fact Dublin also had a very dry January 2023. I think May and June will be dry again this year.
Mace Head is usually very wet but it highlights how dry Feb, May and June were last year. The Corrib lake levels were extremely low last June.
Feb 2023 = 35mm (98mm average)
May 2023 = 30mm (81mm average)
June 2023 = 56mm (82mm average)
Actually November 2023 was also very dry. 79mm against an LTA of 150mm.
I think the Romans are a better judge of time personally
well statistically it has changed, wetter and milder in the last 30 years
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41185624.html
We were Hirbenia to the Romans and id still agree with them.
In that respect nothing has changed on our beautiful rock.
True blue sky. Dublin 2
Stepping out soon. Cool enough at 11° I suppose, so probably deceiving to look out at. Sheltered in the city buildings until the walk across the Liffey no doubt.
It was confirmed as the hottest March on earth globally, 10th consecutive hottest month in a row. We've had horrible weather but winter was still mild, climate change manifests in a pretty sh*tty way in Ireland if that's what it is.
Seems like a laugh to most in this country anyway if FB article reactions and comments are anything to go by.
if it’s not raining it’s windy Christ this country would depress ya
Must be down to global cooling time to light the coal and put the plastic bottles in the wrong bin 😂
Beautiful sunny, windy, dry, cold day.
Perfect.
sun finally comes out and a bit of warmth in the day
😀😀😀😀. Love it now that sounds like a cracking day!
Currently on the Costa del sol soaking up mid twenties wall to wall sunshine.
That is all.
if you said to me it’s was Feb today I’d believe you an early spring late winter feel about in the biting wind showers and sodden landscape. At least it’s stopped raining and the grey slate is gone for a while.
