Autumn 2019 - General Discussion

Kutebride · 30-09-2019 8:39pm

Man it's rough out there. Meath.

Birdnuts · 30-09-2019 8:41pm

vladmydad wrote: »

Ireland’s climate definitely has a negative effect on mental health. Imagine just over 2 hours away, in the Algarve or Malaga, you can have a year round outdoor lifestyle. God it’s very tempting.

My retired Uncle recently came back from Safari in SA and has just left again to spend 2 months in his apartment in Cyprus = lucky sod!!

ZX7R · 30-09-2019 8:43pm

Birdnuts wrote: »

My retired Uncle recently came back from Safari in SA and has just left again to spend 2 months in his apartment in Cyprus = lucky sod!!

He's retired fair play to him for enjoying it

Tigerandahalf · 30-09-2019 9:05pm

Out of interest are yearly rainfall totals increasing over the last 10 years?

We hear a lot about rising temperatures and higher sea temperatures which you would think would lead to more rainfall?

A sodden day. Thankfully we got that good week in September as otherwise it has been a washout since the 1st of August.

We could get a lovely dry Autumn yet. We seem to be getting cycles of 4-6 weeks of very dry or very wet weather lately.

Donegal Storm · 30-09-2019 10:59pm

Utterly miserable in Letterkenny since around 3pm, still pouring down now. We've been lucky enough in the past 10 days that most of the heavy rain fell overnight but this afternoon and evening definitely made up for lost time

DOCARCH · 30-09-2019 11:01pm

Skies have cleared/rain has stopped in Dublin 16. 25.0mm since midday.

appledrop · 30-09-2019 11:07pm

Wow that was some amount of rain today. It was biblical at times!

That will really hike up the rainfall totals for Sept as it will just make it for last day.

Feels like it's just raining all time for last 10 days or so. Yes I know that's not the case but so many heavy showers on and off all the time that's how I feel about it.

Xenji · 30-09-2019 11:27pm

Nearly 23mm of rain in Castlebar since midday and still falling, 187mm of rain now for the month, but we did have a very nice dry and warm week midway through so it was not all bad and the mean temperature was actually up nearly 1.5C

Oneiric 3 · 30-09-2019 11:40pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxg4C365LbQ

Graces7 · 01-10-2019 5:03am

Wild, wuthering winds … song of the ocean loud and strong. A melody since the beginning of time. Strong beyond our powers. Restful is that once we accept it and lean into it. Work with it and within it.

west mayo offshore stronghold

SleetAndSnow · 01-10-2019 8:15am

Heavy showers during the night in cork city but has finally dried up and is mostly cloudy now with a hint of blue sky. Better then yesterday’s washout

Rock Lesnar · 01-10-2019 8:32am

Cloudy, cool, breezy and thankfully dry in Meath this morning, finished up with close to 40mm of rain yesterday

Comhrá · 01-10-2019 8:39am

Damp and murky in Limk City this am. We had 23.6 mm totals yesterday. Wettest day for a long time.

Harry Palmr · 01-10-2019 10:24am

Weather forecast for today and the actual reality of today quite at odds. Mixed skies at dawn, now sunny.

ninebeanrows · 01-10-2019 10:51am

Very windy in coastal Dublin the last few hours.

Latest Airport Obs

Wind 27 kt from the North with gusts up to 39 kt

Mortelaro · 01-10-2019 10:56am

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Weather forecast for today and the actual reality of today quite at odds. Mixed skies at dawn, now sunny.

Yup I've put the washing out on the line

Graces7 · 01-10-2019 11:18am

Sneaky snarky wind chill out there. Trying to persuade the fire to light... shivers...occasional showers.. Nothing drastic ..

west mayo

KildareP · 01-10-2019 11:44am

Absolutely rotten in Castleknock.

Looking out at sheets of rain going near horizontal past the window and the trees being absolutely battered by wind.

Seems to be increasing steadily over the last few hours.

Dreading what it will be like going home later if it keeps up, it wasn't much better leaving the house in North Kildare this morning either.

Gonzo · 01-10-2019 12:13pm

another wet and miserable day here at Dunshaughlin, it's been raining close to 24 hours now.

now the September monthly rainfall totals for Dunsany are in..... I was expecting it to beat March 2019 making September the second wettest month of the year. We certainly beat March, we have also beaten August, making September 2019 the wettest month of 2019 so far.

September 2019 - 125mm
August 2019 - 123.9mm
March 2019 - 109.4mm

Over 100mm of rain has fallen here over the past week, making this week propably the wettest week in several years perhaps.

Mortelaro · 01-10-2019 12:25pm

Gonzo wrote: »

another wet and miserable day here at Dunshaughlin, it's been raining close to 24 hours now.

now the September monthly rainfall totals for Dunsany are in..... I was expecting it to beat March 2019 making September the second wettest month of the year. We certainly beat March, we have also beaten August, making September 2019 the wettest month of 2019 so far.

September 2019 - 125mm
August 2019 - 123.9mm
March 2019 - 109.4mm

Over 100mm of rain has fallen here over the past week, making this week propably the wettest week in several years perhaps.

86.7 mm here in Arklow for the entire September
46 of that on Saturday and Monday
Currently dry with some sunshine
Getting cloudier though
Very windy
Clothes out on line are almost dry already

Gonzo · 01-10-2019 12:28pm

Mortelaro wrote: »

86.7 mm here in Arklow for the entire September
46 of that on Saturday and Monday
Currently dry with some sunshine
Getting cloudier though
Very windy
Clothes out on line are almost dry already

We really need a week or more of dry weather at this stage, my garden is like a swamp and there is still surface water in my driveway since last Saturday!

Tomorrow looks like a dry and sunny day but it won't be nearly enough to even begin drying the place.

highdef · 01-10-2019 12:29pm

KildareP wrote: »

Absolutely rotten in Castleknock.

Looking out at sheets of rain going near horizontal past the window and the trees being absolutely battered by wind.

Seems to be increasing steadily over the last few hours.

Dreading what it will be like going home later if it keeps up, it wasn't much better leaving the house in North Kildare this morning either.

Funnily enough, the ECM model is showing wind gusts of 100kph or more around lunchtime today in coastal north Dublin and to a slightly lesser extent in east Meath. I don't recall any mention of this on this thread. I also don't know if it will be accurate as it seems to be both a bit of an oddity and also rather localised.

sideswipe · 01-10-2019 1:00pm

Feels like the tail end of a hurricane already here in east Wicklow! Some very strong gusts and raining steadily.

m17 · 01-10-2019 1:18pm

Salthill galway 01/10/19 temperature 11°C

Kutebride · 01-10-2019 1:19pm

Miserable. Dublin 2.

Mortelaro · 01-10-2019 1:21pm

sideswipe wrote: »

Feels like the tail end of a hurricane already here in east Wicklow! Some very strong gusts and raining steadily.

Light drizzle blowing in the wind in Arklow
North gusting 50kmh

Oscar Bravo · 01-10-2019 1:21pm

A dry bright afternoon in Castlebar with good sunny spells. Light to moderate northerly breeze making for some good drying

Gonzo · 01-10-2019 1:31pm

rain easing off here now to drizzle but very gusty and generally miserable. Lots of surface water on roads with mud and leaves everywhere.

thomasj · 01-10-2019 2:10pm

Irish rail tweeted not long ago that the waves are coming over the sea wall at seapoint, but their drains are holding up well.

Graces7 · 01-10-2019 2:26pm

Sudden dazzling sunshine! The wind is chasing the clouds so fast they cannot keep up. The elderberry tree is getting battered back and forth. All is well ..

west mayo offshore island

SleetAndSnow · 01-10-2019 3:11pm

Sunny spells in cork city but the wind is chilly, definitely coldest wind so far. Ground is very slow to dry aswell .

Think the Lee overflowed yesterday causing some flooding due to high tides, it was very high anyway. Wonder willsimilar happen tonight

Gonzo · 01-10-2019 3:25pm

still raining slightly here in Meath, making it 24 hours of non-stop rain.

Turning much colder as skies may clear later in the night and the first possible frost of the season. Temperatures could get as low as 0C in a few places, low single digits in most places.

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Tomorrow we get a 1 day break from all this rain, but fear not there is bucketloads of rain on the way from Thursday and possibly an absolute soaking on Saturday.

Rock Lesnar · 01-10-2019 3:38pm

Sun is shining in my area of meath for the last hour, feels fairly chilly in the breeze though

Donegal Storm · 01-10-2019 7:13pm

Nice enough day in Letterkenny again, cool but dry and bright with plenty of sunshine

ZX7R · 01-10-2019 7:27pm

Donegal Storm wrote: »

Nice enough day in Letterkenny again, cool but dry and bright with plenty of sunshine

Going to be a cold night tonight , might even see fist sub 0 of the season

Rock Lesnar · 01-10-2019 9:04pm

Clear and very cool here in meath.

That other thread is a right mess now

SleetAndSnow · 01-10-2019 9:19pm

Heating on for the first time since last March here in Cork City, cold enough out at 8/9 and its expected to get lower.

appledrop · 01-10-2019 9:39pm

The wind earlier in North county Dublin was unreal. I've seen pictures from howth + waves were crashing over pier wall. We walk this pier in winter + summer + that wouldn't be a regular occurrence.

I cant understand how there was very little warning about those winds. I'm worried we are not prepared for storm that might be coming. I know its had to predict at moment but my fear is we over hyped Storm Opehila but we might be underestimating this one.

Rock Lesnar · 01-10-2019 10:07pm

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Heating on for the first time since last March here in Cork City, cold enough out at 8/9 and its expected to get lower.

Yeah heating on here since yesterday evening, finally stopped wearing the shorts outside to, sad day all round

ZX7R · 01-10-2019 10:31pm

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

Yeah heating on here since yesterday evening, finally stopped wearing the shorts outside to, sad day all round

Stove lit today

Harry Palmr · 01-10-2019 10:53pm

Woosies.

ZX7R · 01-10-2019 11:18pm

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Woosies.

Not really , wife is not long after an operation she sore and feels cold.
I'm doing daddy and mammy so needed the stove lit also to dry clothes ,my son is special needs and get through a lot of clean clothes in a day.

Oscar Bravo · 01-10-2019 11:30pm

Frost in places tonight ,Athenry down to 4 degrees @ 11pm

Graces7 · 02-10-2019 6:30am

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Woosies.

even I lit the stove yesterday and it has to be cold for me to do that, believe me.

Just a couple of hours to take the edge off the chill

Kutebride · 02-10-2019 6:30am

Cars all frosted over. 3° Meath.

Graces7 · 02-10-2019 6:33am

Eerily still out here. SILENCE! Calm before storm.. will go for a short wander at first light...But so still it makes you stop and listen.. rare this happens.

west mayo offshore

SleetAndSnow · 02-10-2019 7:16am

Frost on the cars here in cork city this morning. Thin but it’s there.

Lucreto · 02-10-2019 8:06am

Had a bit of frost this morning, just the front windscreen and the roof of the car.

Earliest frost I have recorded in my area.

Rock Lesnar · 02-10-2019 11:44am

Lovely day out there, blue sky and sun is shining, might even get the grass cut later on

SleetAndSnow · 02-10-2019 2:20pm

Day has turned out to be great in cork city. Warmed up from the cold this morning and blue skies with a little cloud

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