Spring 2021 General Discussion

Tyrone212 · 16-03-2021 8:31pm

AuntySnow wrote: »

We now have our first sea breezevof the Summer (:D) in Arklow
18kmh East
Currently 16.3c

Weather just now Mt dillion was mentioned as the hot spot today with 15.3c recorded if I remember correctly. Maybe you were the real hot spot. Did you get any higher than that?

16-03-2021 8:37pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

I don't get how people can live in the West of Ireland and not expect it to be cloudy and rainy pretty much all of the time, I thought that was just the deal over there?

Not too different on the coasts.

https://www.met.ie/climate/what-we-measure/sunshine

The major difference across the country is rain not sun.

Meteorite58 · 16-03-2021 9:10pm

Sea fog around the Kerry coasts this morning slow to lift, drizzle in Tralee early afternoon but lifted inland soon after leaving in good sunshine and feeling very mild. Fog was draped along the foot of the mountains and out to sea late afternoon and had lifted to form low straggly cloud overland , formed overland again early evening.

High of 13.3C and currently 8.1C

Flat calm

Barometer nice and high and still rising at 1035.3hPa

NASA EOSDIS from earlier today showing up well the sea fog off the N Kerry coast and over Loop head

Donegal Storm · 16-03-2021 9:51pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Not too different on the coasts.

https://www.met.ie/climate/what-we-measure/sunshine

The major difference across the country is rain not sun.

Interesting map, not surprisingly shows that Letterkenny is probably the least sunny major town in the country :rolleyes:

Oneiric 3 · 16-03-2021 11:01pm

That map is, at best, a 'best guess', and at worst, just made up. Met Eireann don't record sunshine for most of the north and west. Knock, Belmullet & Malin Hd are the only stations that do as far as I know. So how do they know how much sunshine we get... or don't get, here in Galway, or the bulk of Connacht & west Ulster?

If I remember correctly, when Claremorris & Clones did record sunshine totals, they came in with the lowest overall annual totals not only nationally, but globally.

Oneiric 3 · 16-03-2021 11:14pm

Oneiric 3 · 16-03-2021 11:24pm

Tyrone212 wrote: »

Weather just now Mt dillion was mentioned as the hot spot today with 15.3c recorded if I remember correctly. Maybe you were the real hot spot. Did you get any higher than that?

The Arklow met station reached a similar value, but given that it only reports every 30 mins, this may not be the actual highest max it recorded today.

16-03-2021 11:34pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Well that makes more sense to me too, but I am but the messenger.

Oneiric 3 · 16-03-2021 11:35pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

I don't get how people can live in the West of Ireland and not expect it to be cloudy and rainy pretty much all of the time, I thought that was just the deal over there?

'Over there...'

Of course, given that we live on the Atlantic side of this great & expansive continent of Ireland, we are never going to compete with the Floridian style sunshine you get over there in the far east pretty much all of the time.

17-03-2021 12:49am

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

The Arklow met station reached a similar value, but given that it only reports every 30 mins, this may not be the actual highest max it recorded today.

Mine was 16.3c approximately 6kms SW of the Arklow met Station

Tyrone212 · 17-03-2021 12:59am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Not too different on the coasts.

https://www.met.ie/climate/what-we-measure/sunshine

The major difference across the country is rain not sun.

For tiny NI you're roughly averaging 1 hour less sunshine per day over the course of the year from best to worst. Coastal areas fair much better as that map you provided shows. Big difference in rainfall for NI as well.

On the whole, Northern Ireland is cloudier than England, because of the hilly nature of the terrain and the
proximity to the Atlantic. Even so, the coastal strip of County Down manages an annual average total of over
1450 hours of sunshine. This compares favourably with some coastal areas of England and Wales, though not
with the figures of around 1750 hours achieved by many places along the south coast of England. The dullest
parts of Northern Ireland are the upland areas of the north and west, with annual average totals of less than
1100 hours.

The wettest places are in the upland area around Killeter Forest in the extreme west
of County Tyrone, where the annual average reaches about 2000 mm. The driest places are further east -
around Strangford Lough and close to the east coast, and near to the southern and eastern shores of Lough
Neagh - where the annual totals are just under 800 mm

Source Met office climate Ni

Donegal Storm · 17-03-2021 1:55am

I'd think it'd be possible to get reasonably accurate sunshine hours from raw data from satellite imagery for the past 20 years, I'm assuming the data isn't publicly available but sounds like a good college project for a data science student

From a quick google search I found this random and unverified map, from this it looks like Letterkenny is right up there with the dullest settlements on earth

lolie · 17-03-2021 3:10am

appledrop wrote: »

Yea I actually saw a tortoiseshell butterfly. It must have come out of hibernation with the nice weather.

Just back from my second walk today and tomorrow to look forward to as well!

No butterflys here yet, plenty of Buzzards scowling overhead and i seen the Bluetits in and out of their anual nesting hole in the wall.
Looking forward to a nice day here but i doubt it will be as sunny as today, as long as it's dry though.

17-03-2021 10:24am

Beautifull morning here near Arklow,looking over at a Snowy Lugnaquilla

https://twitter.com/Arklowweather/status/1372115653193261057?s=19

sryanbruen · 17-03-2021 11:23am

National weather records for St. Patrick's Day across Ireland.

KanyeSouthEast · 17-03-2021 12:31pm

Yesterday was a glorious March day beautiful sunshine and warm in the sunshine. Today obviously not so good. Back to cloudy but in typical Irish low expectations at least it’s dry!

pauldry · 17-03-2021 1:34pm

Yeah cloudy and 9.2c in Sligo.

Oneiric 3 · 17-03-2021 1:35pm

Imagine if there was 80 knot + winds today. It would be a media / science fear mongering frenzy about climate change and global warming.

But the maps show that the Atlantic was in a very cold state on this day, how could this be? I thought cold air = good and warm air = bad?

In all seriousness though, there would have been some colossal snow/hail/thunder showers in that already near storm force flow. Would have been a day to remember if we were around at the time.

pad199207 · 17-03-2021 1:59pm

Glorious in Kildare now

appledrop · 17-03-2021 2:03pm

It's another stunning day here in NCD.

Great to see everyone out and about enjoying the sunshine.

Makes a change from standing in freezing cold watching the parade.

No doubt we will get a freezing cold day next year when parades hopefully return!

adocholiday · 17-03-2021 2:11pm

Stunning day here in South Wicklow. Garden furniture is out, lawn cut and bbq ready to go for later. Might be a short lived spell but making the most of it. Probably be all packed away again by Monday!

17-03-2021 2:38pm

adocholiday wrote: »

Stunning day here in South Wicklow. Garden furniture is out, lawn cut and bbq ready to go for later. Might be a short lived spell but making the most of it. Probably be all packed away again by Monday!

Not necessarily
Agree its an absolutely Gorgrous sunny day down here again
Complete with a sea breeze!

Harry Palmr · 17-03-2021 3:29pm

Sunny, the wind does have a slight edge to it.

km79 · 17-03-2021 3:32pm

Disappointing day in South Mayo
It’s dull and feeling cooler

pad199207 · 17-03-2021 3:33pm

This day is turning out even better than I thought. Beautiful

Supercell · 17-03-2021 4:31pm

Clear blue azure skies, gorgeous, we all need it

DOCARCH · 17-03-2021 4:35pm

Beautiful day in Dublin 16. Despite being only 13.4c atm I had to come in from the garden for a bit as it's warm in the sun.

lolie · 17-03-2021 4:43pm

Beautiful day again after a foggy frosty start, a lot sunnier than i expected it ti be.
I finally get to use the sunhat i ordered of Aliexpress last May but only arrived before Christmas.

pauldry · 17-03-2021 5:12pm

Foggy misty day in Sligo. Got to 9.4c but back to 8.9c

Still last year it rained all day and 3 years ago it was 3.5c so this prob goes down s a good day. However last week the forecast was 14 to 17c and sun everywhere.

zisdead · 17-03-2021 5:16pm

I remember the Summerhill Tornado like it was yesterday. I was in the small village of Rathmolyon in a bar with my then girlfriend and all of a sudden the sky went what I can only describe as green as hailstones about the size of squash balls began to crack the windows. We ran outside to see a rain wrapped funnel about a mile away. We waited 5 minutes for the most intense hail I have ever saw (anywhere) to subside and then set out to get closer to where we suspected the tornado might have crossed the Rathmolyon to Enfield road. About 5 minutes up the road we came across 2 dead cows which had been thrown clean out of a field!!

If anyone was watching the club final in croker that day they would have saw the dying hailstorm cross over with hail at pitch level.

Supercell · 17-03-2021 5:28pm

pauldry wrote: »

Foggy misty day in Sligo. Got to 9.4c but back to 8.9c

Still last year it rained all day and 3 years ago it was 3.5c so this prob goes down s a good day. However last week the forecast was 14 to 17c and sun everywhere.

Have a sister in Collooney and she concurs, where she is is honestly like another country to here in southern Dublin weatherwise.

Elmer Blooker · 17-03-2021 5:48pm

sryanbruen wrote: »

National weather records for St. Patrick's Day across Ireland.

The -8c at Collooney in 1989 stands out after what was an extremely mild winter.

Beautifull morning here near Arklow,looking over at a Snowy Lugnaquilla

If you're seeing that from the direction of Arklow then I can only presume there is a lot more snow on the north side of the mountain.
13.8c now but more like the middle of summer in a sun trap.
I think it was 1999 when it was around 19c on Pat's Day and followed by a fairly decent snowfall in April?

KanyeSouthEast · 17-03-2021 6:08pm

Nice afternoon sun got progressively stronger and the skies bluer. Bit of an edge on the breeze though but still you’d take it all day every day in March.

Donegal Storm · 17-03-2021 6:23pm

Grey and misty up here again, looks like the brief spell of partly cloudy weather yesterday morning was our fill of sunshine for the month

Storm 10 · 17-03-2021 6:28pm

Disappointing day in Galway no sun in cloudy sky temp 12 degrees was expecting a better day to be honest

Gonzo · 17-03-2021 6:34pm

fantastic day in Meath, unbroken blue skies all day and dazzling mild sunshine. The lawn got it's first cut of the season too.

SleetAndSnow · 17-03-2021 6:46pm

Beautiful day in Cork City. Warm, but a bit of a breeze which is also warm but stops you from sweating. Really really nice day

Oneiric 3 · 17-03-2021 6:59pm

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pad199207 · 17-03-2021 7:35pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

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Ouch

17-03-2021 9:19pm

Cooling down steadily in Arklow
High was 14.6c
Now 7.2c
Lovely clear sky still

KanyeSouthEast · 18-03-2021 11:22am

Dull cloudy overcast I’d say it could have rained a bit overnight. Was in cork city yesterday afternoon . Was lovely and sunny and bright but there was a breeze and it absolutely was not a warm breeze as mentioned by someone else here.

km79 · 18-03-2021 11:31am

pad199207 wrote: »

Ouch

More of the same today but cooler

18-03-2021 11:49am

Milky sunshine here in Arklowbut the sea breeze has got up again so its fresh
Currently 10.4c
Was 12c pre breeze

Supercell · 18-03-2021 12:47pm

AuntySnow wrote: »

Milky sunshine here in Arklowbut the sea breeze has got up again so its fresh
Currently 10.4c
Was 12c pre breeze

Same here, looks like its trying to do a repeat of yesterday but with a stronger breeze off the sea it doesnt feel as warm.

18-03-2021 2:04pm

Supercell wrote: »

Same here, looks like its trying to do a repeat of yesterday but with a stronger breeze off the sea it doesnt feel as warm.

Glorious down here now,temp is hit by that cold sea breeze but we'll take it!
Jusr nudging 13c

pad199207 · 18-03-2021 2:10pm

Some sunny spells breaking through in Kildare now

namloc1980 · 18-03-2021 5:20pm

Nice day today but definitely cooler than yesterday.

18-03-2021 6:08pm

Gorgeous sunny evening in Arklow and a great dsy
Warmer than yesterday here
Currently 15.2c

km79 · 18-03-2021 7:14pm

km79 wrote: »

More of the same today but cooler

A lot cooler

Oneiric 3 · 18-03-2021 8:33pm

AuntySnow wrote: »

Gorgeous sunny evening in Arklow and a great dsy
Warmer than yesterday here
Currently 15.2c

Cloud even heavier today here but it did give us some delightfully damp, dreary, drizzly conditions in the first part of the day, so can't complain too much.

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