Winter 2025/26 - General Discussion

Notable how much the relative humidity has dropped. Hard surfaces are drying out quicker and more throughly than they have in many weeks.

We could do with about a month of it.

The photo was taken a couple of years ago. People are nostalgic for a clear day, the weather's been so bad.

"A rare clear day."

Vaguely!

A lovely dusting of snow on Caherconree on the Dingle peninsula (taken after an quick dip at Cromane) and also on the Reeks this afternoon. Beautiful bright day but it could be the last one for a while. Kerry has been blessed lately.

Lovely and sunny 🌞 here in carrick today makes a change , place is gonna turn into Venice if we get any more rain , I'd day puddles will freeze tonight as temperatures nationwide will dip below 0ºc

Not to nitpick but this is getting beyond stupid. Advising people to stay inside tomorrow but to go out early if you must. Going out early is when it’ll be the “worst” for the majority of people as it could be icy then and what exactly are the other hazards after that apart from some possible snow in the W and NW. So in essence go out when the roads/footpaths will be at their slippiest for the majority of the country but stay inside after that. Bonkers.

Stay inside for tomorrow', says meteorologist

Met Éireann has warned of treacherous conditions tomorrow due to a "mix of hazards" on the roads.

Speaking on RTÉ's Drivetime, meteorologist Linda Hughes advised people to "stay inside for tomorrow".

Ms Hughes urged people to travel early tomorrow morning if possible. 

"There's a mix of hazards our there tomorrow, so give plenty of time. 

"As always slow down on the roads. There will be some treacherous conditions with the ice followed by that heavy rain and possibly sleet and snow in the northwest as well. 

"So if you can - stay inside for tomorrow," she said.

I heard that too on the wireless. Where does a meteorologist get off telling folk to stay inside in relatively normal winter weather? Imagine if everyone followed through on that advice, businesses would be hit, a noticeable minor impact on economy would be seen

@ 04:25 https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22584417/

Why do we need advice to stay indoors in ordinary cold Winter weather? Since when did it become a thing to stay inside becuase its icy or even snowy out?!! Its like Met Eireann are trying to cover all bases now in case they're blamed for something!

Bad weather is part of life, not something we can blame any meteorologist for….. it happens. I absolutely DO think we need to be warned when a storm is coming , or a blizzard, they can kill ……..and for that rain in Dublin last night not to have been forecast is hard to understand . But telling people to stay indoors because its icy out seems over the top. Farmers need to feed livestock, people need to go to work, people have appointments, weddings, funerals.

I've never heard as many warnings about 12 hours of a cold spell in Winter, its from 9pm tonight to 10am tomorrow…. that's it! Maybe tomorrow will be like something out of "The Day After Tomorrow" ……otherwise what is going on with Met Eireann lately?

Gerald Fleming and Evelyn were exceptional leaders for Met Éireann. They called almost every serious weather event exactly. When Evelyn retired we saw an almost immediate shift where warnings were called late or not at all. I remember several times when the UK Met were left to name storms that were impacting Ireland more. It wouldn't have happened under Evelyn.

Of course the models are atrocious lately, for whatever reason we are going backwards on their accuracy

It will be biblical lol. I'm surprised there's still milk and bread available in the shops.

Good advice from met.ie. you don't have to do it, just if you want. You're not going to be arrested or forced home like.

"Stay inside if you can". What is wrong with that advice?

Its not good advice though as she says if you must go out, go early in the morning and that’s when it’ll be most “hazardous” for the majority of the country then in the form of ice. After that it’s a standard wet day for most so in what world does the national weather service have to advise its population to stay at home for a bit of standard fare rain. We'd never leave the house for half the year if that’s the case.

It’s not like she specified some areas that may see snow to, it was a blanket statement that actually encourages the majority of the people to go out when the conditions will be most dangerous on roads/footpaths etc for them. Advising people to stay at home should be reserved for when it’s actually needed not a standard day. They’re becoming a joke.

I agree but I think it's a case of damned if they do and damned if they don't. Then you've got plenty of people who never watch or listen to Irish news and weather (and not all of them are foreign) so how are they supposed to be aware of weather warnings.

Its hard to believe what we are reading and seeing on the news. Posters on here at 10/11pm last night were reporting how heavy the rain was and that there would be serious floods on the roads this morning. Met Eireann were asleep and issued a warning at 2.37am when the damage was done. They then send Linda Hughes out on the news this evening saying not to go out tomorrow Saturday and yer man Mark Bowe said it was a complex situation. Its not that complex when its been hammering down rain for 3 or 4 hours that theres gonna be floods. But thats just last night, they are very poor of late and this is coming from a long term poster that always defended them on here.