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Spring 2017 - General Discussion

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  • #102
    sryanbruen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,666 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    6.8mm so far today at Grange, that's wetter than like 90% of all days during Winter 2016/17 :P.

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  • #103
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,961 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    yet another wet, miserable, mucky day. Garden is starting to get very soggy at this stage. The past 3 to 4 weeks have just been awful. Sick of it.


  • #104
    Clonmel1000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,047 ✭✭✭Clonmel1000


    Gonzo wrote: »
    yet another wet, miserable, mucky day. Garden is starting to get very soggy at this stage. The past 3 to 4 weeks have just been awful. Sick of it.

    Whinger.


  • #105
    sryanbruen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,666 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    nacho libre wrote: »
    The bbc forecaster at 9:55 was talking about a colder spell next weekend and he mentioned it lasting for a while. It seemed a bold statement to make this far out.

    I know, that was Jay Wynne. I'm not believing any cold spells that are being hinted at by models since the late December-early January cold spell that was hinted at which never happened.

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  • #106
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,227 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    When a new weather event thread is started, could we be informed on this thread? I keep missing them!


  • #107
    sryanbruen
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    JCX BXC wrote: »
    When a new weather event thread is started, could we be informed on this thread? I keep missing them!

    Alright, I will post in this if I see a new weather event thread from now on.

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  • #108
    sryanbruen
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    [LEVEL 1 Weather Alert - Be Aware] Heavy Rain Friday-Saturday 03/04 & Risk of Snow Saturday 04:

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  • #109
    DOCARCH
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    Clonmel1000 wrote: »
    Whinger.

    Pot...kettle...what? :P


  • #110
    Clonmel1000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,047 ✭✭✭Clonmel1000


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    Pot...kettle...what? :P

    I know sarcasm doesn't carry well on the internet


  • #111
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,840 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    a couple of years back This was 2/3/2015 (sorry i know this thread is for 2016/17 but the winter weather 2015 thread was closed)



    And then 3rd March 2015 12:42am:

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  • #112
    DOCARCH
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    @ Andy From Sligo....moved your post into Spring weather as March is Spring....no matter what the year! :)


  • #113
    Buffalobill29
    Registered Users Posts: 114 ✭✭Buffalobill29


    I hear about all of this snow on the forecast and i havn't seen a flake of snow yet...why do they keep lying to us. We have been in spring for the last 8 months and i want to experience a bit of winter snow for a effin change. I dont get what people don't undeestand about that. All i see is stupid pictures of the wicklow mountains, conemara and carrauntoohil. How come we didnt get any snow on low ground? Whats all the talk of snow for if all we get is stupid rain? This needs to change. I for one am sick of the lies.


  • #114
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,227 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Buffalobill29 wrote: »
    I hear about all of this snow on the forecast and i havn't seen a flake of snow yet...why do they keep lying to us. We have been in spring for the last 8 months and i want to experience a bit of winter snow for a effin change. I dont get what people don't undeestand about that. All i see is stupid pictures of the wicklow mountains, conemara and carrauntoohil. How come we didnt get any snow on low ground? Whats all the talk of snow for if all we get is stupid rain? This needs to change. I for one am sick of the lies.

    I'd recommend actually reading the forecasts!

    "the rain may turn to sleet and snow at times on the higher ground."


  • #115
    Buffalobill29
    Registered Users Posts: 114 ✭✭Buffalobill29


    JCX BXC wrote: »
    I'd recommend actually reading the forecasts!

    "the rain may turn to sleet and snow at times on the higher ground."
    They're all damn liars and the articles too are click bait scum! They barely get anything right!


  • #116
    JCX BXC
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    Buffalobill29 wrote: »
    They're all damn liars and the articles too are click bait scum! They barely get anything right!

    Articles? Show me a Met Eireann article, and I'd love even more to see a clickbait one. You're referring to sources like the Daily Mail etc. You do realise that all these articles misquote Met Eireann all the time.

    Try reading the actual forecast and taking it at face value.


  • #117
    Gonzo
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    if met eireann mention that it could be cold and frosty with wintry showers over high ground, The Daily Mail and other similar rags issue warnings that temperatures will easily go as low as -10C widely and a foot or more of snow.

    Same goes for warm weather, if it looks like going beyond 20C, the british rag papers in particular highlight potential 3 months of 32C+ and endless droughts.

    The same crap gets published every year.

    They rarely issue reports on rain because rain is boring and we get that all the time and doesn't sell papers.


  • #118
    Gaoth Laidir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    Buffalobill29 wrote: »
    I hear about all of this snow on the forecast and i havn't seen a flake of snow yet...why do they keep lying to us. We have been in spring for the last 8 months and i want to experience a bit of winter snow for a effin change. I dont get what people don't undeestand about that. All i see is stupid pictures of the wicklow mountains, conemara and carrauntoohil. How come we didnt get any snow on low ground? Whats all the talk of snow for if all we get is stupid rain? This needs to change. I for one am sick of the lies.

    So the fact that you've not seen snow is the fault of forecasters...I mean the Daily Mail? Toys. Pram.


  • #119
    Oneiric 3
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    The Daily Mail is a well known hate rag, and like most British tabloids, is rooted in fascist thought and thinking. The Daily Mail in particular has a long and inglorious history of spurring on hatred of minorities, which I suppose stems from the days when they supported Hitler and right-wing fascism. Why rags like these are allowed on Irish news paper shelves I don't know.

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    New Moon



  • #120
    Meteorite58
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    Wind picked up here on the Kerry coast this evening up to 40 km/h NW

    Met Eireann this evening mentioned could have strong winds on SW /S coasts on Sunday.

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  • #121
    Clonmel1000
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    Cool overcast breezy morning about as unspringlike as you could hope to find.


  • #122
    MJohnston
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    Sitting in St Stephens Green and while it's chilly enough, when the sun comes out (which it's doing pretty often), it's really nice and warming. Pretty lovely morning, although the rain clouds are starting to accumulate


  • #123
    pad199207
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    MJohnston wrote: »
    Sitting in St Stephens Green and while it's chilly enough, when the sun comes out (which it's doing pretty often), it's really nice and warming. Pretty lovely morning, although the rain clouds are starting to accumulate

    Ahh we have our own graces7 in the east too! :)


  • #124
    Graces7
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    Bitter, biting cold here across in the west. Grey dark clouds. shivers!


  • #125
    JCX BXC
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    Sunny in West Clare, lots of sunny spells this morning, currently 8.1c.

    The fields are like lakes though.

    Only 1.4mm since midnight.


  • #126
    sryanbruen
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    Wettest March day in many places yesterday since 2004 (when Valentia recorded 42.0mm on the 11th)

    Roches Point - 39.5mm
    Moore Park - 34.0mm
    Shannon Airport - 32.4mm
    Cork Airport - 32.0mm
    Valentia Observatory - 30.2mm
    Mace Head - 29.3mm
    Newport - 26.3mm
    Sherkin Island - 26.1mm
    Athenry - 24.5mm
    Claremorris - 22.7mm

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  • #127
    Meteorite58
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    Kerry /Cork looking very windy tomorrow morning, and a second round of windy weather perhaps in the evening in the W ( other models not showing it as windy in the W in the evening ) EDIT: Clare also looks windy earlier Sun morning according to the ARPEGE with a fast moving area of LP running across the country.

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  • #128
    nacho libre
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    sryanbruen wrote: »
    Wettest March day in many places yesterday since 2004 (when Valentia recorded 42.0mm on the 11th)

    Roches Point - 39.5mm
    Moore Park - 34.0mm
    Shannon Airport - 32.4mm
    Cork Airport - 32.0mm
    Valentia Observatory - 30.2mm
    Mace Head - 29.3mm
    Newport - 26.3mm
    Sherkin Island - 26.1mm
    Athenry - 24.5mm
    Claremorris - 22.7mm

    What is the wettest March day on record? Also what is the coldest March daytime temperature ever recorded here? Thanks in advance.


  • #129
    JCX BXC
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    nacho libre wrote: »
    What is the wettest March day on record? Also what is the coldest March daytime temperature ever recorded here? Thanks in advance.

    A lovely cool -17.2 is the coldest March temperature ever recorded in Ireland.


  • #130
    Meteorite58
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    Quick moving frontal rain arriving in the early hours into the SW before moving up over the country. Forecast of wintry weather for a time early in the midlands tomorrow.

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  • #131
    nacho libre
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    JCX BXC wrote: »
    A lovely cool -17.2 is the coldest March temperature ever recorded in Ireland.

    Wow!! What year was that? I did not think it was possible to get a temperature that low in March. It would be great to see the charts at the time.


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  • #132
    sryanbruen
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    nacho libre wrote: »
    What is the wettest March day on record? Also what is the coldest March daytime temperature ever recorded here? Thanks in advance.

    I'm not sure about them as I will have to do some very challenging research to get the answers. But I will do it! In relation to the coldest March day on record (referring to the minimum temperature that JCX BXC posted), here ya go:

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  • #133
    Oneiric 3
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    Just to add that that -17.1c occurred in Sligo. (Markee Castle)

    I'll let Syran deal with the rain stats though in more recent records, the end of March 2010 was quite wet.

    New Moon



  • #134
    sryanbruen
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    The wettest March day on record is March 6th 1992 when Cloone Lake, Co. Kerry recorded 122.0mm of rainfall.

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  • #135
    JCX BXC
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    Amazing day here in West Clare, cool in the wind but glorious sunshine. Lots of flowers blooming today too!


  • #136
    sryanbruen
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    [LEVEL 1 Weather Alert - Be Aware] Wind Warning for Wexford, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Waterford

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057713440

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  • #137
    Oneiric 3
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    sryanbruen wrote: »
    The wettest March day on record is March 6th 1992 when Cloone Lake, Co. Kerry recorded 122.0mm of rainfall.

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    New Moon



  • #138
    Harry Palmr
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    All the winter weather crammed into a couple of weeks!


  • #139
    Graces7
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    That was unexpected. When the mountains unveiled themselves briefly, there was snow atop all of them... pure white.. then a huge rainbow arched around it.. too high they are for the rainbow to be above them.

    Then the veils came down again, and now the wind is howling. It was too bitter to stay out ... even for snow and a rainbow... ;)


  • #140
    Clonmel1000
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    Cold very showery blustery horrible day again.


  • #141
    Meteorite58
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    Wet, windy and turning mild from Tuesday.

    https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/838387573487767552


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  • #142
    sryanbruen
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    [LEVEL 1 Weather Alert - Be Aware] Rainfall Warning for Cork and Kerry

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  • #143
    Oneiric 3
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    Syran, terrific stats!

    To be honest, I think they deserve a thread of their own. That way, your hard work won't get lost in a more busy thread like this and as well as that, you'll have your own space to post more great stats like these.

    New Moon



  • #144
    DaithiMa
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    A question for the experts as I am clueless when it comes to reading charts. What are the chances of the rain we are forecast heading across the Irish Sea and falling at Cheltenham in the coming week? I am into horse racing, and if it is going to be wet next week over there it could make a big difference to my bank balance.


  • #145
    Graces7
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    Thanks to Oneiric3 I am realising that west coastal Connemara seems to have a micro climate.

    Looking at met.ie, they seem to say two things, the second for coastal areas.

    Looking at the map, West Connemara

    is almost surrounded by water; the sea and lakes. And is mountainous.

    Torrential rain all the night long.

    The forecast on met ie has fresh winds,, but strong in coastal areas.

    And rain that will ease in the east...

    Never noticed before.


  • #146
    Graces7
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    Just been out and there is a lower and much more defined snowline on the mountains here. Fine sight but brutally cold.

    West Connemara, 400 ft asl

    NB the mountains behind and around the cottage are up to 729 m (2,392 ft) A sheer steep rise behind me.


  • #147
    javagal
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    Not sure if these type of questions are allowed, or if there is a specific thread for them(as they are quite annoying) but I wondered if anyone could point me in the direction of an accurate weather forecast.
    Headed to Disney Paris next week with my two smallies and one forecast is giving me sleet and snow and another 12 degrees and sun.
    Is any one site better than another?

    Again, I know these questions are annoying but it's the first time to bring the baby abroad, don't want to leave the thermals behind if we're in for snow but suitcase already bursting.


  • #148
    km79
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    Getting a nice top up of rain in Galway this morning
    :(


  • #149
    Graces7
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    km79 wrote: »
    Getting a nice top up of rain in Galway this morning
    :(

    I know, I know.. sheeting down here, or , rather, given the wind, sideways, Been out for coal... Dreadful sleety stuff too. Shivers.

    West Connemara, 400 ft asl


  • #150
    sryanbruen
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    javagal wrote: »
    Not sure if these type of questions are allowed, or if there is a specific thread for them(as they are quite annoying) but I wondered if anyone could point me in the direction of an accurate weather forecast.
    Headed to Disney Paris next week with my two smallies and one forecast is giving me sleet and snow and another 12 degrees and sun.
    Is any one site better than another?

    Again, I know these questions are annoying but it's the first time to bring the baby abroad, don't want to leave the thermals behind if we're in for snow but suitcase already bursting.

    http://www.bbc.com/weather/2988507

    I would not rely on any forecast though cause next week is in the rather unreliable time frame.

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  • #151
    mountainy man
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    Very heavy snow shower about an hour ago, whitened the ground but mostly gone now but for higher up on the mountain. A very soggy S.E. Sligo.


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