Early Summer: Noticeably warmer from Saturday (24th March)

Redsunset · 26-03-2012 7:56pm

kingshankly wrote: »

Can't believe how quiet it is here with near record temperatures for march being set if it was record low temperatures for march this place would be buzzing with snow bunnies

Perhaps we are all out enjoying it while it lasts

And Bellmullet hit new record today of 20.3 c for march

darkmaster2 · 26-03-2012 8:01pm

Amazing weather. Hard to believe it's still only March

cherryghost · 26-03-2012 8:11pm

kingshankly wrote: »

Can't believe how quiet it is here with near record temperatures for march being set if it was record low temperatures for march this place would be buzzing with snow bunnies

Wait until we hit the mid 20's, we'll have people in here complaining that its too hot and they want some rain :rolleyes:

Harps · 26-03-2012 8:12pm

Great to still have bright daylight this time of the evening, really feels like summer this week

Great view of the Moon and Venus out there right now as well, clearly visible even with the sky still bright

Su Campu · 26-03-2012 8:35pm

redsunset wrote: »

Perhaps we are all out enjoying it while it lasts

And Bellmullet hit new record today of 20.3 c for march

20.4 °C according to the 18Z synop.

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Nabber · 26-03-2012 10:24pm

cherryghost wrote: »

Wait until we hit the mid 20's, we'll have people in here complaining that its too hot and they want some rain :rolleyes:

Wont be long untill we need some. Lets hope the water butt craze can keep us going another week

Lovelu weather out. Skies are just as lovely at night too.

mickger844posts · 26-03-2012 11:05pm

Max of 15.8c today with a gusty SE wind keeping it cooler but it did ease off in the late afternoon. Smashing day overall.

Inbox · 26-03-2012 11:42pm

It's a great little country

. What's it going to be like at the weekend and next week?

Birdnuts · 27-03-2012 1:03am

redsunset wrote: »

Perhaps we are all out enjoying it while it lasts

And Bellmullet hit new record today of 20.3 c for march

Drove down the night before to the farm near Belmullet - an amazing day was had:cool: Bit sore from sunburn now though having left my summer hat in Blessington!!:(:rolleyes:

Popoutman · 27-03-2012 11:00am

Finally I got some reasonably clear skies on a Monday night to get some stargazing done.
I put the scopes on the front step at about 8pm, and I got to go out after completion of my college assignment at about 1am to thermally-stable scopes. Seeing wasn't too good at ~2 arcsec blurs (epsilon lyra wasn't an easy split in the 100mm), but I could see Cassini's on Saturn reasonably easily, as well as Cydonia and the polar ice cap on Mars. There was a lot of fine dust or other small particulates suspended in the atmosphere as the tranparency just wasn't there and there was a fine halo around anything bright and all deep-sky extended objects were really hard to see.
It was a nice warm night till half two or so when I went to bed, with no dew on my scopes - this was a refreshing change from the usual! No fog either at that stage.
Tonight I'll try to be out earlier to get a few video clips of Jupiter, venus, and the Moon if the seeing has improved.
It's really good to have proper sunshine during the day and clean clear skies at night!

mike65 · 27-03-2012 11:15am

You probably should have posted that on the Astronomy board!

Sponge Bob · 27-03-2012 1:35pm

The Mullet was at 19.9 in the 12z and over 1c warmer than anywhere else, G'wan the Mullet!

snowstreams · 27-03-2012 1:42pm

That budweiser app from last summer would have been handy now with parts of ulster and connacht topping 20c by noon. Warmer than what I saw most of last summer!

lawhec · 27-03-2012 2:51pm

Omagh reporting 24.0 degrees currently.

Deep Easterly · 27-03-2012 2:58pm

21c at Bellymullet on 2pm reports, which could be anything between 20.5c to 21.4c which breaks yesterday's record.

Harps · 27-03-2012 3:00pm

Absolutely stunning day here, best of the week so far with the slight cooling breeze of the past few days gone. 22.1C and still rising

Belmullet at 21C on the 2pm report, another new record there today!

Finner reporting light rain

Elmer Blooker · 27-03-2012 3:08pm

Sponge Bob wrote: »

The Mullet was at 19.9 in the 12z and over 1c warmer than anywhere else, G'wan the Mullet!

21c now, yesterday's March record didn't last long.
Only 19c at Valentia, I would expect it to be higher due to the Reeks and a light easterly - I've seen some unusually high temps there over the years in a set up like this.
17.2c at the moment but feels much warmer after yesterday's chilly wind.
Light rain at Finner- next Sunday is April 1st not today!
http://www.sat24.com/en/gb

SeaFields · 27-03-2012 3:22pm

Deep Easterly wrote: »

21c at Bellymullet on 2pm reports, which could be anything between 20.5c to 21.4c which breaks yesterday's record.

22c on the 3pm reports!

Another record gone. Lasted all but an hour :cool:

CB19Kevo · 27-03-2012 3:25pm

Currently 22.8 in south kerry...
Wind is down to 1.1km/h but it was gusty earlier.

Harps · 27-03-2012 3:35pm

The national record is 23.6C, doubt Belmullet will make it but a few amateur stations are already above it

Malin Head with a 5C drop to 13C and Finner with recent rain, don't know what that's all about but its 22.2C here with a heat index of 25C!

eskimocat · 27-03-2012 3:38pm

Harps wrote: »

Finner reporting light rain

Nah Harps, I reckon the station is simply sweatin'... :pac:

octo · 27-03-2012 4:08pm

Harps wrote: »

The national record is 23.6C, doubt Belmullet will make it but a few amateur stations are already above it

Malin Head with a 5C drop to 13C and Finner with recent rain, don't know what that's all about but its 22.2C here with a heat index of 25C!

Record set in Trinity College on March 28, 1965. Sounds like Finner is acting up again....

lawhec · 27-03-2012 4:12pm

Omagh amateur station reporting maximum reached earlier of 24.6c

ninebeanrows · 27-03-2012 4:16pm

Serious day out there. Upto 20c in the city i would imagine.

A cool 17/18 by the coast.

Pangea · 27-03-2012 4:19pm

23.5C here.

MiNdGaM3 · 27-03-2012 4:21pm

Considering the Omagh maximum is at least 4C higher than any of the five other stations within 50km of it, including one just 7km away, I won't be taking it's readings as gospel!

Sponge Bob · 27-03-2012 4:22pm

22.2c. G'wan the Mullet ya good thing!

lawhec · 27-03-2012 4:35pm

MiNdGaM3 wrote: »

Considering the Omagh maximum is at least 4C higher than any of the five other stations within 50km of it, including one just 7km away, I won't be taking it's readings as gospel!

It's possible that a false positive is making it read warmer temperatures than it actually is, especially as in early afternoon it's giving UV level readings well above 7. Comparing it to a cheap thermometer I have which has a sensor on a NNE facing wall it's maximum temperature so far today is 20.6c.

The station in question is here.

Harps · 27-03-2012 7:35pm

Belmullet with a 22.2C max easily beating its old record, Malin Head also beating its record with a 19.8C. Claremorris, Shannon and Valentia within 0.5C of their all time records

http://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynop?lang=en&zona=uk&base=bluem&proy=orto&ano=2012&mes=03&day=27&hora=18&vtx=Tx&Send=send

Not sure what happened at Malin but after reaching nearly 20C it dropped to 12.8C by 3pm, onshore breeze maybe?

pauldry · 27-03-2012 10:10pm

34.9c in sligo today. New record for March.

oops the sun was shining on my thermometer.

No in the shade it was 20.5c in Sligo today.

Thats as high as it will get here in this spell. Tomorrow 17 or 18 as the dreaded Northwesterly begins to make its slow return. Better news for the South though as parts there have missed out on the real heat.

SEPT 23 1989 · 28-03-2012 11:36am

I take it this will all end at 5.30p.m Friday

MiNdGaM3 · 28-03-2012 1:02pm

Warming up nicely in Cork city, currently 17.1C after a low of 7.1C. Warmest temperature of the year so far!

Harps · 28-03-2012 1:23pm

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I take it this will all end at 5.30p.m Friday

Sadly yes, its due to get cooler and cloudier on Friday and over the weekend!

Slightly cooler here today but just hit 18.0C so a chance we'll break 20C for the 4th day in a row

Just looking at the 1pm reports, Cork is at 17C which beats its March record of 15.7C

MiNdGaM3 · 28-03-2012 2:00pm

Still climbing, now 18.2C.

Need to reach 21.7C to beat the warmest daily mean though, which is very unlikely.

MiNdGaM3 · 28-03-2012 3:14pm

Harps wrote: »

Just looking at the 1pm reports, Cork is at 17C which beats its March record of 15.7C

Cork airport record broken again 18C as of 3pm.

DOCARCH · 28-03-2012 3:32pm

Up to 18.2c here now. Warmest since Sunday (when I recorded 19.3c).

Pangea · 28-03-2012 3:43pm

20.3C here at the moment.

MiNdGaM3 · 28-03-2012 3:46pm

19.9C in Cork city now... almost at the first 20C of the year!

Snazzy_Chazzy · 28-03-2012 3:51pm

Ya reckon it will be tanning weather tommorow? i think friday will be nice but no tans

ednwireland · 28-03-2012 4:14pm

28/03/2012 16:00 21.1 °C 64 % 1037.2 hPa
28/03/2012 15:40 21.4 °C 64 % 1037.4 hPa
28/03/2012 15:20 21.7 °C 61 % 1037.4 hPa
28/03/2012 15:00 21.1 °C 65 % 1037.9 hPa
28/03/2012 14:40 20.2 °C 64 % 1038.0 hPa

sunbabe08 · 28-03-2012 4:31pm

sunshine!!!!!!!!!!!! loving it.

:D:D

Red Crow · 28-03-2012 4:43pm

Will it be like this next week too? I'd love to get a proper day of this beautiful weather.

Musicman2000 · 28-03-2012 5:54pm

Eli Manning wrote: »

Will it be like this next week too? I'd love to get a proper day of this beautiful weather.

Not looking like it, enjoy the next day or so.

MiNdGaM3 · 28-03-2012 6:11pm

Reached 20.1C, so highest of the year so far. Currently 18.1C and falling away steadily enough. Dissertation will be finished this evening, so I might actually have time to enjoy the sun tomorrow!

Gonzo · 28-03-2012 7:27pm

5 really nice clear blue sky days in a row now, should get another in tomorrow before normal service resumes.

pauldry · 29-03-2012 12:47am

didnt break 20c in sligo today. only got 18.8c

not bad for March.

gone all foggy now and think some cloud behind that.

no wall to wall sun tomorrow except South of Ireland maybe.

MiNdGaM3 · 29-03-2012 7:47am

A diurnal range of 20.3C in Mullingar yesterday. Max of 19.4C, min of -0.9C.

Not often we get that kind of range in Ireland.

mike65 · 29-03-2012 11:01am

Will this heat never end? :pac:

Elmer Blooker · 29-03-2012 12:37pm

MiNdGaM3 wrote: »

A diurnal range of 20.3C in Mullingar yesterday. Max of 19.4C, min of -0.9C.

Not often we get that kind of range in Ireland.

Amazing! The only time I ever saw a range as great as that would have been December 25-26 '10 when we had a rapid thaw.
We're not far past the equinox and the nights are just about long enough for temps to plummet under clear skies.

Speak Now · 29-03-2012 1:07pm

Currently 18c in Waterford.

Early Summer: Noticeably warmer from Saturday (24th March)

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