Winter 2025/26 - General Discussion

That weather on RTE 1 with Mark Bowe is shocking. Hes not fit for tv.

His meteorological CV is quite impressive

https://www.rte.ie/weather/weather-team/2023/0306/1360524-mark-bowe/

The problem with Mark Bowe is his lack of presentation skills. He speaks far too quickly and rarely finishes his words.

He is no wink man or eagle for sure. I would love to see a presenter in the vein of those two- learned people who wear it lightly, but more importantly are able to communicate it to the likes of me in an entertaining and folsky manner

actually a lovely bright sunny day hear near Trim… not bad at all…

Yeah I think he was on Radio a lot longer than tv. I can't remember the exact years he was on tv to be honest.

Hi all

nice to see Ireland experience some wintry weather recently even if many didn't see any snowfall

here in Sweden it was a slightly later start than normal to our winter in Norra Gotland but we have had decent snowfall and very low temperatures over the last two weeks-current snow depth is 20cm at my local weather station(Sorbytorp) and we have been getting down to minus 15 some nights

the north eastern coast north of Gavle has seen some spectacular snow fall since the 1st of Jan even by Swedish standards

some stations have had nearly 1 metre of accumulated snowfall there(Harnebo for example)

also in the south there have been some very heavy snowfalls there with places such as Oskarshamn reporting 50cm of snowfall and Gothenburg had public transport shut down due to the amount of snow falling

and up in the far north they have had extremely low temperatures-down to minus 40 in places

this week will be much milder than recent weeks and we should get back up to zero or slightly above freezing in many areas in Sweden

there are signs next week though that temperatures might start dropping again so maybe Ireland will get another cold blast in 10 days or so

I think he was on TV from at least 2000. I'm sure I remember him on TV giving forecasts during the cold spell of late Dec 2000 for example.

Waterford city was very mild today in terms to temp but when it rained it poured! Very Very heavy showers.

Heavy Showers last night. 1C with blue skys. I for one hope that's the last of the frost and ice. Heating doesn't pay for itself and Ice is lethal to foot or wheel.

Lovely day and cold. Highs of 7 and down to 3 and 4 for next week or so in Dublin. Are the cold lovers happy enough with this? I'm enjoying how calm it is.

3.5° in north Longford, cloud cover, overnight frost has disappeared in a westerly breeze.