Spring 2021 General Discussion

Tyrone212 · 30-03-2021 7:30pm

Cloudy all day. Thinned a bit in the last couple of hours. High of 15c. Rain already in to Donegal and Mayo.

30-03-2021 7:40pm

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

17.8 at Mt. Dillon today, according to Joanna

Max here in Arklow of just 12c
Currently 8.5c
Hazy sunshine all day from late morning
Airflow from the Sea throughout,explaining the struggling temp

DOCARCH · 30-03-2021 7:48pm

AuntySnow wrote: »

Max here in Arklow of just 12c
Airflow from the Sea throughout,explaining the struggling temp

Was in Greystones today and there was a real nip despite the sunshine!

In Dublin 16, high of 16.9c today. 13.1c atm.

OldRio · 30-03-2021 7:54pm

Nqp15hhu wrote: »

Yah

I have a couple of hundred seedlings and small plants in the poly tunnel. They are all on a hot bed but if it gets very cold, catastrophe.

Nqp15hhu · 30-03-2021 8:23pm

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

Me too, In our tedious climate I'd gladly take something that has the potential to be historic, 'a 1917'

We do really well here with N’ly flows so I am hoping that the -10/-11 850hPa’ s will encourage a lot of instability and heavy, frequent snow showers.

I am quite looking forward to the cold front too, looks to be a North American style one.

Mimon · 30-03-2021 8:29pm

Nqp15hhu wrote: »

No thanks praying it comes... one last blast of winter thanks.

I got a good dose of sun working in the garden all evening. Not burned but need some aftersun all the same. No thanks for any mucky sleet mix now.

15- 18 degrees all the way to May with low to mid 20's after that until the end of September please.

Will take the occasional bit of rain to keep the farmers happy and keep everything green!

Mimon · 30-03-2021 8:33pm

AuntySnow wrote: »

Max here in Arklow of just 12c
Currently 8.5c
Hazy sunshine all day from late morning
Airflow from the Sea throughout,explaining the struggling temp

One advantage of being 60km from the coast now is never get that easterly sea influence in spring and early summer.

Dublin used to remind me of a mini San Francisco with that cold sea moderation in spring/early summer.

pad199207 · 30-03-2021 8:42pm

Fabulous to look at, but my god not needed.

JCX BXC · 30-03-2021 8:48pm

Fabulous day in West Clare, wall to wall sunshine all day long. High of 16.5°c and with a nice breeze, however I found myself a nice sheltered spot and actually got a touch of sunburn.

Since sunset a seafog has set in, currently 8.9°c.

Oneiric 3 · 30-03-2021 10:09pm

Wouldn't care a jot if this forecast northerly vanished in the next few runs - in fact I actually hope it does. It's just too little too late. Time for some spring warmth to get things growing. All this northerly will do is keep the non-descript chill of the winter just gone going for longer, and who in their right mind would want that?

Elmer Blooker · 30-03-2021 10:27pm

Mimon wrote: »

15- 18 degrees all the way to May with low to mid 20's after that until the end of September please.

That doesn't happen in Ireland, a six month summer has never happened and isn't going to happen.
Severe frost in early April is quite common, today we are only ten days beyond the equinox so nights are still relatively long. A severe frost in late April is rare and can be very damaging to plants and vegetation but nature can easily recover from an early April severe frost.

lolie · 30-03-2021 10:50pm

km79 wrote: »

What the hell is going on ?

Great day in the West. Washed both the cars . Not that they will be going anywhere but they look nice now

Ditto here in Cavan. It was a bit hazy early on but turned out to be a glorious afternoon and evening.
I'll not begrudge anyone their snow but seeing the countryside alive with the good weather i wont shed a tear if it doesn't materialise.

Oneiric 3 · 30-03-2021 11:12pm

AuntySnow wrote: »

Yes back to the weather
I see Cecilia Daly on BBC NI weather a few minutes ago has a max temp in Belfast of 7c on monday
That wouldnt be too cold
I hope she's right!

Max temps would be around that alright but consider that dewpoints will be low and winds are likely to be strong so the 'feels like' temperature will be brutishly lower, especially in exposed northern regions. If this flow was slacker then we would have better opportunity for some big inland convection which would be (to me at least) a more interesting talking point.

Meteorite58 · 30-03-2021 11:13pm

As good as it gets here in Kerry today. Got up to 17.2C at my site and currently 7.2C and calm from around the early afternoon and it has been practically cloud free since. I could see the difference in the growth since early this morning in the hedgerows and in my garden when I came home this evening, lovely green hue appearing now in the trees.
Timing not great with the upcoming cold spell and the new leaves will no doubt get scorched but out here near the coast if it is not the cold it is salty gales in off the Atlantic but the trees are normally resilient and have seen them recover a battering in time.

Looks cooler and cloudy for here tomorrow and damp but good warm temps again on Thurs and bit lower Fri and Sat, looking like a good dry spell up till later Sunday. Doing tons of jobs outside lately and looking like a great opportunity for the rest of the week especially with the extra hour in the evenings, was putting down a few blocks after 20.00 tonight with my wife holding the torch near 21.00 so I could point the last few !

NASA EOSDIS today.

lmwUz9O.png?1

Nqp15hhu · 30-03-2021 11:20pm

AuntySnow wrote: »

Yes back to the weather
I see Cecilia Daly on BBC NI weather a few minutes ago has a max temp in Belfast of 7c on monday
That wouldnt be too cold
I hope she's right!

Belfast is usually one of the milder places in NI in a NW or N flow, as showers don't usually make it to that area.

GFS says 2c for here, Met office and others say 4/5c max. Based on what we saw on Sunday, I would imagine temps will drop substantially in any snow showers as the freezing level above the PBL will be very low.

Rikand · 30-03-2021 11:34pm

Cloud formations in the sky right now. Roughly east/south east of athlone if anyone is in the vicinity to look. They look like really thick contrails running in a north/south direction which is a direction planes dont fly in this neck of the wood and they are illuminated against a clear sky. Cant be nocilucent clouds as they are in the wrong part of the sky from where I normally see noctilucents.

Sky is other wise completely clear apart from these clouds. Maybe they are just normal thin clouds being illuminated by the rising moon ?

Oneiric 3 · 30-03-2021 11:34pm

A look back at the 850 temp for April 1st 1917 chart when the biggest snow storm of the 20th century hit.

There must have been a serious trough imbedded in that particular flow.

https://www.met.ie/cms/assets/uploads/2017/08/HeavySnows1917.pdf

Oneiric 3 · 30-03-2021 11:41pm

Rikand wrote: »

Cloud formations in the sky right now. Roughly east/south east of athlone if anyone is in the vicinity to look. They look like really thick contrails running in a north/south direction which is a direction planes dont fly in this neck of the wood and they are illuminated against a clear sky. Cant be nocilucent clouds as they are in the wrong part of the sky from where I normally see noctilucents.

Sky is other wise completely clear apart from these clouds. Maybe they are just normal thin clouds being illuminated by the rising moon ?

Clear here (NE Galway) until after sunset then a broad bank very low cloud, bordering on fog, rolled in. Don't know what is causing the roll effect near you but must the front edge of that same cloud bank.

Nqp15hhu · 30-03-2021 11:42pm

Looking at the charts it's almost as if the polar vortex has relocated from eastern North America to the Mid Atlantic, cold air is gone from North America in this run, or pushed far north.

30-03-2021 11:45pm

Nqp15hhu wrote: »

Belfast is usually one of the milder places in NI in a NW or N flow, as showers don't usually make it to that area.

GFS says 2c for here, Met office and others say 4/5c max. Based on what we saw on Sunday, I would imagine temps will drop substantially in any snow showers as the freezing level above the PBL will be very low.

I'd be quite happy to see Belfast or Antrim reach those kind of levels (7ish celcius)as there would be some hope of similar down here
Basically not a severe cold spell

Nqp15hhu · 30-03-2021 11:56pm

AuntySnow wrote: »

I'd be quite happy to see Belfast or Antrim reach those kind of levels (7ish celcius)as there would be some hope of similar down here
Basically not a severe cold spell

I think the maxima will be revised. If the GFS is to be believed temps will struggle to exceed 2c or 3c, with freezing levels of <300 metres during the day!

Donegal Storm · 31-03-2021 12:00am

100% overcast in Letterkenny again. At least it was dry and calmer so nice evening for a walk

Kunta Kinte · 31-03-2021 1:01am

Nqp15hhu wrote: »

No thanks praying it comes... one last blast of winter thanks.

No way, it can keep away. Not welcome.

Nqp15hhu · 31-03-2021 1:54am

Lol Davis forecasts a high of 2.8c for my station on Monday! That would be exceptionally cold for April!

OldRio · 31-03-2021 9:04am

Misty morning first thing and now drizzle. Co. Leitrim.

Thelonious Monk · 31-03-2021 10:11am

Quite a nice morning in Dublin l, calm and bright enough. Yesterday was fantastic.

Oscar Bravo · 31-03-2021 11:08am

A dark wet morning here in Castlebar and feeling cold to.

Mimon · 31-03-2021 11:22am

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

That doesn't happen in Ireland, a six month summer has never happened and isn't going to happen.
Severe frost in early April is quite common, today we are only ten days beyond the equinox so nights are still relatively long. A severe frost in late April is rare and can be very damaging to plants and vegetation but nature can easily recover from an early April severe frost.

I'm well aware of that! Jeez. It was what I want, never mentioned whether that I thought that it was realistic or not!

What do you do in your spare time? Telling 4 year olds that Santa doesn't exist?

Nqp15hhu · 31-03-2021 11:25am

I think we had two frosts here in May last year getting down to -2c

Nqp15hhu · 31-03-2021 11:44am

Netweather is very confusing. A few talking about eastward movement and downgrades?

Must be in their backyard. The cold spell is still very much on, with Monday now being -10c 850hPa on the 6z.

pad199207 · 31-03-2021 12:35pm

Another very pleasant spring day with good spells of sunshine now. 16°

pauldry · 31-03-2021 3:51pm

9.2mm of rain so far in Markree today. and 8.5mm in my own raincup in Sligo

Was only expecting 1 or 2mm from this

Oneiric 3 · 31-03-2021 4:09pm

Radar over the last 8 hours or so:

Rain looks to be running in a rapid SW to NE line yet the wind here is zero and the clouds, at least at the lower levels, are motionless all day.

SleetAndSnow · 31-03-2021 5:20pm

Lovely day in Cork City. Warm in the sunshine!

Nqp15hhu · 31-03-2021 6:24pm

Only 9c here, weird to see that some have had sunshine this week. Best we had was sunny spells.

Donegal Storm · 31-03-2021 9:10pm

Needless to say another cloudy murky day in Letterkenny, good riddance to that month. Forecast on my phone showing sun tomorrow and Friday so April might have more sunshine in the first few days than we've managed in this entire month

compsys · 31-03-2021 10:02pm

Donegal Storm wrote: »

Needless to say another cloudy murky day in Letterkenny, good riddance to that month. Forecast on my phone showing sun tomorrow and Friday so April might have more sunshine in the first few days than we've managed in this entire month

You've been unlucky. There have been some beautiful days in Dublin this month.

Like today, a lot of the forecast cloudy days turned out to be sunny. It's often the opposite.

appledrop · 31-03-2021 10:15pm

We have been so lucky in Dublin over the last few days, weather has been unreal.

Looks like it's all change tomorrow and Munster/West will benefit from good weather. According to Met Eureann it will reach 18 or even 19 degrees.

In contrast only about 11 or 12 in East but still dry.

sryanbruen · 31-03-2021 10:34pm

compsys wrote: »

You've been unlucky. There have been some beautiful days in Dublin this month.

Like today, a lot of the forecast cloudy days turned out to be sunny. It's often the opposite.

Have certainly noticed this, especially the third week when it was forecast to be anticyclonic gloom after the Tuesday but each day had nice sunny spells for a while.

As you say, it's more often than not the opposite with good sunshine forecasted but we get some annoying low cloud or thick haze/high cloud ruining it.

From the limited data I have on March, it has been an average to very slightly sunnier than average month for Dublin but below average for most. Haven't had a relatively dull month now since the record dull August (and summer..) but none of them have been exceptionally sunny either.

March was good but not one to remember, often very boring just like most months since 2018.

appledrop · 01-04-2021 11:06am

Dull and a bit chilly compared to recent days in Dublin, but can't complain after the fabulous weather we have had!

km79 · 01-04-2021 11:19am

Cool dull grey in South Mayo
Really disappointing day
Only nice day so far was Tuesday

Tyrone212 · 01-04-2021 12:16pm

Tornado in Cavan 2006
Rte report from 1st April 2006

https://www.rte.ie/archives/category/environment/2021/0303/1200572-cavan-tornado/

pauldry · 01-04-2021 1:05pm

Lovely and warm and sunny in Sligo

km79 · 01-04-2021 1:06pm

km79 wrote: »

Cool dull grey in South Mayo
Really disappointing day
Only nice day so far was Tuesday

Slowly brightening ......

pad199207 · 01-04-2021 2:23pm

Horrible wind out there and feeling bitter with a windchill. Really need to get the heat going now into April. Dreading next week.

namloc1980 · 01-04-2021 2:32pm

Took next week off work and typically it looks like it's going to be very cool, if not plain cold. .

Tyrone212 · 01-04-2021 3:08pm

Much cloudier than forecast for my location. Hopefully tomorrow and Saturday make up for it.

Goldfinch8 · 01-04-2021 3:49pm

A slow burner of a day that has gradually turned into a lovely pleasant Spring afternoon just east of Castlebar. Just touching 15c here now. A lot better than being stuck under that weatherfront like we were for a good bit of yesterday.
Valentia hitting a very respectable 20c in the 3pm reports today. Lovely stuff.

alentejo · 01-04-2021 4:10pm

Cloudy and bitterly cold in Dublin today

Danno · 01-04-2021 4:35pm

Cold air making it's presence felt here across south Laois, had maxed at just 14c around 3pm, has since dropped to 11c.

Meanwhile, Valentia 21c and way out on the Dingle Peninsula, Ventry is 23c!!!

Spring 2021 General Discussion

Comments