Spring 2020 - General Discussion

Oneiric 3 · 08-03-2020 1:28pm

Latest GFS temp anomaly forecast for next Friday:

Long way off yet but if it plays out anything like it is forecast, then this would be the deepest negative anomaly I have seen for the general Norwegian Sea region in quite a number of years, and certainly since I started looking at these maps.

km79 · 08-03-2020 3:04pm

http://twitter.com/MetEireann/status/1236652095371173888

24 hour rainfall warning for just clare
Bizarre

Gonzo · 08-03-2020 3:32pm

RTE lunchtime forecast showed between 200% and 250% of normal rainfall across the country over the next week, highest values in the west. Looks like the deluge is back for this week.

SleetAndSnow · 08-03-2020 4:08pm

Second torrential hail shower of the day in cork city. Shopping center I’m in has a glass roof and boy is it loud

Graces7 · 08-03-2020 5:56pm

Squally all the day long with occasional sunshine. The squalls are violent and wind thrown.

Thelonious Monk · 08-03-2020 7:04pm

Looks like it'll be windy and horrible all week again. I can't remember a stretch of weather this bad, ever, those few days where it died down during the week were a small respite.

Graces7 · 08-03-2020 7:29pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Looks like it'll be windy and horrible all week again. I can't remember a stretch of weather this bad, ever, those few days where it died down during the week were a small respite.

Well some folk wished for a real winter.. Be careful what you wish for!

I left Orkney to escape the gales and dire wet. I have been cheated!

Rock Lesnar · 08-03-2020 8:03pm

Had a couple of real heavy showers today that left 6mm of rain but otherwise not to bad, plenty of sun in between, tomorrow looks awful

Thelonious Monk · 08-03-2020 8:43pm

Graces7 wrote: »

Well some folk wished for a real winter.. Be careful what you wish for!

I left Orkney to escape the gales and dire wet. I have been cheated!

You probably should have done some research first

Gonzo · 08-03-2020 8:43pm

the dry spell of the past week is certainly behind us now with no shortage of rain or showers over the next week. We were beginning to make progress with drying out the land but like any dry spell between September and now, they are very short lived.

There are still promising signs for the second half of March, but these were originally for February, then the first week of March, then the 2nd and now they are pushed back into the 3rd or 4th week of March.

Logan Roy · 08-03-2020 9:04pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

You probably should have done some research first

Imagine moving to Offshore Island, Mayo, to escape gales and rain :pac:

Graces7 · 09-03-2020 4:48am

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

You probably should have done some research first

As I have said before I did! You have no idea of the climate out there, 2 hours away from the mainland.

Gales of up to 127 MILES per hour that lasted three days. Barely got light in winter; at most 4 hours daylight. Thick mud everywhere.

Sounding familiar?

lol.... I was very careful re Ireland and was here in the late 70s also and a much brighter Ireland then. Walked and cycled in the sunshine then.

All your fault!

Graces7 · 09-03-2020 4:53am

Logan Roy wrote: »

Imagine moving to Offshore Island, Mayo, to escape gales and rain :pac:

See my other mail!

And been in Ireland 20 years, mostly west coast and never like it has been of late. This winter has been bad everywhere. The weather is dying, diving.

And by the way I came offshore to escape far worse things than gales and rain! FAR worse! Safe even from covid19 out here. A paradise compared with DUBLIN!

Listening to the tide crashing stones on the nearby shore.. Lovely! No traffic, no noise, so pluses weigh out the minuses.. THANK YOU all for reminding me of that! Peace!

So yes, imagine!

lol...

Graces7 · 09-03-2020 4:54am

Gonzo wrote: »

the dry spell of the past week is certainly behind us now with no shortage of rain or showers over the next week. We were beginning to make progress with drying out the land but like any dry spell between September and now, they are very short lived.

There are still promising signs for the second half of March, but these were originally for February, then the first week of March, then the 2nd and now they are pushed back into the 3rd or 4th week of March.

Dire days.

Please excuse me now as I am in too much pain to think so back abed with extra pain meds.. no not the virus as the island isolation and my locked door safeguard me! stay safe and dry and here for email and pm

Wine Goddess · 09-03-2020 8:41am

Graces7 wrote: »

Dire days.

Please excuse me now as I am in too much pain to think so back abed with extra pain meds.. no not the virus as the island isolation and my locked door safeguard me! stay safe and dry and here for email and pm

Get well soon Grace.

JCX BXC · 09-03-2020 12:30pm

Oh it's just awful out again. Galway city.

Xenji · 09-03-2020 2:31pm

Over 20mm of rain since early morning in Castlebar.

km79 · 09-03-2020 2:35pm

Xenji wrote: »

Over 20mm of rain since early morning in Castlebar.

Yellow rain warning for clare looks even more bizarre now

nacho libre · 09-03-2020 2:40pm

Jeez its making up for the few fine days we had last week, floods beginning to appear in the fields again.

Gonzo · 09-03-2020 2:44pm

it's as if the past week of relatively dry weather didn't happen. Very heavy rain here in Meath and pools of water collecting all over the driveway and running down the side of the roads.

Comhrá · 09-03-2020 2:53pm

Bucketing down all morning in Limerick City. Awful day, cold too...around 10c.

Harry Palmr · 09-03-2020 6:16pm

I almost hate to mention it but after a few days of computer says yes/no/yes/no it now says yes for a settled spell developing around the 17th onwards

Logan Roy · 09-03-2020 6:42pm

Dismal day in Cork, wet, extremely overcast, mild. Anything is better than this.

km79 · 09-03-2020 6:46pm

Very very wet on south mayo
Floods on roads again

Oneiric 3 · 09-03-2020 7:49pm

GEFS 12z 5 day upper pressure forecast.

Hopefully not another false dawn.

Gonzo · 09-03-2020 8:05pm

we've had about 10 false runs over the past month, let's hope this one verifies because if it does, it is a definitely pattern change to something far dryer. A few dry days between lengthy periods of deluges does not in any way solve the saturation levels.

Oscar Bravo · 09-03-2020 9:23pm

The rain has eased off here in Castlebar. Very windy though , however its the mildest night in a while. 12 degrees.

Darwin · 09-03-2020 10:44pm

Endless rain here in Laois, heaviest it has been all day. Local river has risen by over 1 metre since this morning and still rising.

appledrop · 09-03-2020 11:08pm

It's like the dry week never happened. Everywhere was starting to dry up but today's deluges were just unreal.

Surface water all over the roads + fields will be all flooded again.

When is it ever going to stop raining!

uck51js9zml2yt · 09-03-2020 11:15pm

I've a pool of water in my lawn. I'm on a hill

North Kerry

Gonzo · 09-03-2020 11:50pm

appledrop wrote: »

It's like the dry week never happened. Everywhere was starting to dry up but today's deluges were just unreal.

Surface water all over the roads + fields will be all flooded again.

When is it ever going to stop raining!

looks very unsettled up to about March 16th, after that there is a chance things may start to dry out. A very unsettled week to come and Thursday looks potentially wintry as well.

Kutebride · 10-03-2020 2:13am

Rotten night.
Meath

Gonzo · 10-03-2020 2:28pm

plenty of water logging is back here in Meath after yesterday's deluge. Rained close to 24 hours.

nacho libre · 10-03-2020 4:40pm

Well it looks like the end to the near constant deluge could be in sight in about a weeks time; the jetstream tending to go north, which means an end to the conveyor belt of lows. It will be dry but we could end up with something a bit colder for the time of year.

Gonzo · 10-03-2020 7:05pm

nacho libre wrote: »

Well it looks like the end to the near constant deluge could be in sight in about a weeks time; the jetstream tending to go north, which means an end to the conveyor belt of low. It will be dry but we could end up with something a bit colder for the time of year.

this has to be one of the longest and wettest zonal patterns we have ever had. Since 20th of September we have been hammered with rain and wind and very little alteration in temperatures. Probably no more than 11 or 12 dry days since then over a 6 month period!

lolie · 10-03-2020 8:12pm

Lovely fresh evening out.
Nice stretch in the evenings and great to hear the birds still mad singing at 7pm.

Oscar Bravo · 10-03-2020 8:29pm

lolie wrote: »

Lovely fresh evening out.
Nice stretch in the evenings and great to hear the birds still mad singing at 7pm.

Nice moon also on the rise to the east now. Almost full.

Oscar Bravo · 10-03-2020 8:34pm

Status Yellow - Snow/Ice warning for Donegal

Showers will turn increasingly wintry during Wednesday with a mix of hail, sleet and snow, leading to icy conditions on untreated surfaces. Some localised accumulations will occur.

Valid: 15:00 Wednesday 11/03/2020 to 08:00 Thursday 12/03/2020

Issued: 19:00 Tuesday 10/03/2020

Thelonious Monk · 10-03-2020 9:00pm

Gonzo wrote: »

this has to be one of the longest and wettest zonal patterns we have ever had. Since 20th of September we have been hammered with rain and wind and very little alteration in temperatures. Probably no more than 11 or 12 dry days since then over a 6 month period!

Worst stretch of bad weather by far that I can remember. Felt like a storm at times today. If this is to become the norm I need outta here!

Clonmel1000 · 10-03-2020 9:10pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Worst stretch of bad weather by far that I can remember. Felt like a storm at times today. If this is to become the norm I need outta here!

Lanzarotte is your friend TMðŸ˜Ž

Thelonious Monk · 10-03-2020 9:18pm

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Lanzarotte is your friend TM&#55357;&#56846;

I've a mate there who said it's going to be 26c tomorrow, the bastard.
The icing on the cake of this weather is that we probably wont be allowed fly anywhere now for ages!

appledrop · 10-03-2020 9:20pm

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Lanzarotte is your friend TMðŸ˜Ž

That's where I was hoping to escape to in a few weeks but who knows where we will be allowed go by then!

Clonmel1000 · 10-03-2020 10:29pm

Hopefully you’ll get going we’re back out at Easter ourselves fingers crossed. I can’t tell you how good it is here. Actual proper nice weather.

Birdnuts · 10-03-2020 11:08pm

Looking stormy and cold on thursday according to 12Z GFS

Donegal Storm · 10-03-2020 11:16pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

I've a mate there who said it's going to be 26c tomorrow, the bastard.
The icing on the cake of this weather is that we probably wont be allowed fly anywhere now for ages!

I cracked back in January and booked a week in Spain, been craving some heat and sunshine for ages but looking increasingly likely we won't be able to go now, sickened

appledrop · 10-03-2020 11:18pm

Donegal Storm wrote: »

I cracked back in January and booked a week in Spain, been craving some heat and sunshine for ages but looking increasingly likely we won't be able to go now, sickened

I think all of us on this thread cracked + booked a sun holiday. The constant rain for 6mths has been too much.

I always go away in summer but about 6 years since I went away before that. Typical I picked the wrong year!

Gonzo · 10-03-2020 11:21pm

I still have a holiday in Spain during July, hopefully things will have settled down by then, not cancelling anything until I see how the next 3 months pans out.

Oscar Bravo · 10-03-2020 11:23pm

Birdnuts wrote: »

Looking stormy and cold on thursday according to 12Z GFS

Gerry Murphy on the forecast at 9.30 also said they are watching a small low and warnings may come into effect tomorrow.

On the plus side next week is looking much better with light winds and very little rain.

Graces7 · 11-03-2020 4:58am

Wild wuthering wind and hard, heavy rain. The sounds a constant leitmotif, redolent of a world in turmoil.

At first light yesterday, a wander meandering along a lane here; battling the wind was invigorating and elemental.

Beat the rain home.

Everything out here is late; but yesterday saw a couple of daisies and the rose hedging and fuchsia are showing small hesitant buds.

Never before in my years here in Ireland have I needed to light fires in March. Needing to tail them off. But chilly indeed.

A day ahead to hunker down and stay home. Listening to the wildness outside, safe and snug.

Kutebride · 11-03-2020 8:05am

Fab sunrise. Meath

Spring 2020 - General Discussion

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