Spring 2019 - General Discussion

Gaoth Laidir · 21-04-2019 1:19pm

ZX7R wrote: »

A would that have any affect on the planes you fly reduced vizability ect

For airliners, no, but for light aircraft flying visually, possibly. The past week has already been difficult in that respect.

squarecircles · 21-04-2019 1:47pm

SleetAndSnow · 21-04-2019 2:04pm

Cloudy and only about 12 degrees down here in West cork. Cork airport reporting 13 degrees and cloudy at home in the city so similar there too I'm assuming. Total opposite of yesterday,

Mortelaro · 21-04-2019 2:14pm

Windy in Arklow gusting to 35kmh off the cold sea,so just 16c here now but sumny

sryanbruen · 21-04-2019 2:29pm

21.1c at Dublin Airport, new April record beating 20.5c in 1987.

munsterlegend · 21-04-2019 2:41pm

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Cloudy and only about 12 degrees down here in West cork. Cork airport reporting 13 degrees and cloudy at home in the city so similar there too I'm assuming. Total opposite of yesterday,

Beautiful day near Mallow just about missing out on that cloud on the coast.

SleetAndSnow · 21-04-2019 2:44pm

munsterlegend wrote: »

Beautiful day near Mallow just about missing out on that cloud on the coast.

Weather forecast was pretty spot on last night. Showed.the coast and the city having cloud from from just above the city clear skies and warmer. Enjoy it!

Edit: city has clear skies too actually. Just a thick cloud down here

Meteorite58 · 21-04-2019 3:21pm

JCX BXC · 21-04-2019 3:29pm

sryanbruen wrote: »

21.1c at Dublin Airport, new April record beating 20.5c in 1987.

Reporting a rounded 22°c at 2:30pm, even higher.

Kutebride · 21-04-2019 4:13pm

Dull NE Galway

Gonzo · 21-04-2019 4:22pm

still glorious sunny day here with gin blue skies.

glad i'm not on holidays in south of Spain this easter.

https://www.webcamfuengirola.com/webcam-paseo/

acequion · 21-04-2019 4:28pm

Meteorite58 wrote: »

Just got back late last night and am delighted with it here in Tralee. A beautiful spring day. What on earth do we want with 22C in April! :eek: But from June on, yes please. :pac:

Gonzo · 21-04-2019 4:31pm

acequion wrote: »

Just got back late last night and am delighted with it here in Tralee. A beautiful spring day. What on earth do we want with 22C in April! :eek: But from June on, yes please. :pac:

I'd be perfectly happy with this every single day between now and October 7th.

Hopefully we will get some days up to 30C in June, July and maybe August.

acequion · 21-04-2019 4:34pm

Gonzo wrote: »

still glorious sunny day here with gin blue skies.

glad i'm not on holidays in south of Spain this easter.

https://www.webcamfuengirola.com/webcam-paseo/

Back in the noughties I used to go to southern Spain at Easter. And generally got lousy weather there while it was good at home. Seems to be the case again this year.

Nothing worse than weather like a bad Irish summer when you go away for a bit of sun. The trick is go to Spain in the summer to escape a bad Irish summer.

That's what I try to do nowadays.

acequion · 21-04-2019 4:39pm

Gonzo wrote: »

I'd be perfectly happy with this every single day between now and October 7th.

Hopefully we will get some days up to 30C in June, July and maybe August.

I wouldn't. I love seasons. I love warmth from June to end of September and then I love to see autumn arriving. And then a nice crispy winter.

Generally doesn't happen in Kerry. And temps up to 30C. Dream on! Sorry to be a party pooper but we could get a right let down this summer. I'd still be planning the get aways to Spain just in case!

highdef · 21-04-2019 4:46pm

acequion wrote: »

I wouldn't. I love seasons. I love warmth from June to end of September and then I love to see autumn arriving. And then a nice crispy winter.

Generally doesn't happen in Kerry. And temps up to 30C. Dream on! Sorry to be a party pooper but we could get a right let down this summer. I'd still be planning the get aways to Spain just in case!

Eh, temperatures exceeded 30c in my bank garden last June. And that wasn't a dream either.

squarecircles · 21-04-2019 4:48pm

im not sure whether to go to the off license,the pub or go to bed,

no wonder theres an alcohol problem in this country.

right now right across mainland europe everyones out enjoying the early summer like weather.brilliant blue skies and plenty of uv light.

youd hardly find a bench to sit on in this country.

such appalling recreactive infrastrutre,and its obvious why now.

km79 · 21-04-2019 4:54pm

squarecircles wrote: »

im not sure whether to go to the off license,the pub or go to bed,

no wonder theres an alcohol problem in this country.

right now right across mainland europe everyones out enjoying the early summer like weather.brilliant blue skies and plenty of uv light.

youd hardly find a bench to sit on in this country.

such appalling recreactive infrastrutre,and its obvious why now.

I cut the lawn earlier and then went for a cycle with the young lad
Spent most of yday in Coole Park

It’s a wonderful country with plenty to do when the sun is shining

esposito · 21-04-2019 5:31pm

acequion wrote: »

Sorry to be a party pooper but we could get a right let down this summer. I'd still be planning the get aways to Spain just in case!

You could well be right - this summer could be a major disappointment but my hunch is that we will get something similar to last year. It would be nice to have a warm and sunny August for a change. It has been a long time since that happened. Still, I am booking a trip to Spain in July as usually June tends to be our best summer month here

OldRio · 21-04-2019 5:37pm

Overcast all day. Fed up.
Leitrim

lawred2 · 21-04-2019 6:53pm

lawred2 wrote: »

Visiting sister in North Kerry for the weekend.. hope it going to hold up.. no doubt our arrival will herald the clouds and a chill breeze

Couldn't have been more on the money.. two days of blue skies at home adding insult to injury.

Oh well. At least it didn't rain. No bad weather. Only the wrong clothes or something like that.

MidMan25 · 21-04-2019 7:21pm

acequion wrote: »

I wouldn't. I love seasons. I love warmth from June to end of September and then I love to see autumn arriving. And then a nice crispy winter.

Generally doesn't happen in Kerry. And temps up to 30C. Dream on! Sorry to be a party pooper but we could get a right let down this summer. I'd still be planning the get aways to Spain just in case!

You really are in the wrong country if you are hoping for defined seasons. That arguably applies even more to your location in the west.

compsys · 21-04-2019 7:47pm

sryanbruen wrote: »

21.1c at Dublin Airport, new April record beating 20.5c in 1987.

Was 20.5 really the April record? Seems insanely low.

Donegal Storm · 21-04-2019 7:57pm

Nice enough day in Donegal, plenty of cloud but good sunny spells and warm enough for a t-shirt. Definitely not depressing here

MidMan25 · 21-04-2019 8:11pm

Decent day in Cork but gone cold now, only 9 degrees.

Cork Boy 53 · 21-04-2019 8:17pm

MidMan25 wrote: »

Decent day in Cork but gone cold now, only 9 degrees.

Started off overcast and misty this morning, had good sunshine this afternoon and has turned cloudy and chilly this evening. Definitely change on the way.

SleetAndSnow · 21-04-2019 8:28pm

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

Started off overcast and misty this morning, had good sunshine this afternoon and has turned cloudy and chilly this evening. Definitely change on the way.

Cloudy all day on the coast of West cork and a cold breeze along with that.

Artane2002 · 21-04-2019 8:42pm

Today has been the only truly pleasant day here in Dublin 5. Yesterday was decent, the sky was too milky for me to call it a great day though. It clouded up in the evening too.

acequion · 21-04-2019 9:24pm

highdef wrote: »

Eh, temperatures exceeded 30c in my bank garden last June. And that wasn't a dream either.

Your back garden isn't the whole country. And even in your back garden I doubt temps of over 30C is a regular occurrence. So anything rare, while delightful,is pretty much a dream imo.

acequion · 21-04-2019 9:44pm

MidMan25 wrote: »

You really are in the wrong country if you are hoping for defined seasons. That arguably applies even more to your location in the west.

Am perfectly aware of that. But as people are expressing their weather preferences, that's exactly what I'm doing in my post.

sryanbruen · 21-04-2019 10:24pm

compsys wrote: »

Was 20.5 really the April record? Seems insanely low.

Yep. It has reached at least 20c in April only 3 times back to 1942 {26 Apr 1987, 10 Apr 2011 & 28 Apr 1967} though now 5 counting yesterday (Saturday) and today (Sunday). Thing is that at this time of year, Dublin Airport is vulnerable to easterly winds off the relatively cold Irish Sea and it doesn't usually record high temperatures anyway.

pauldry · 21-04-2019 11:14pm

Tomorrow might be 5

Actually ogimet has 21.7c as temperature

riggerman · 22-04-2019 8:27am

Beautiful morning here down in West Cork after the overcast conditions yesterday. Slight breeze with blue skies.

pauldry · 22-04-2019 9:10am

Beautiful day in Sligo but near gales blowing

Gonzo · 22-04-2019 11:49am

another beautiful day, enjoy it while it lasts, back to normal service from Wednesday with cool and unsettled conditions lasting into the weekend and beyond into next week.

JCX BXC · 22-04-2019 12:24pm

Sunny and 20.2°c in West Clare. Beautiful day, pity about the breeze!

Donegal Storm · 22-04-2019 12:26pm

Warm and almost totally clear in Donegal with strong winds. I say almost clear because yet again some brainless idiots thought it'd be a good idea to set a fire on a dry windy day so there's plenty of smoke about

OldRio · 22-04-2019 12:28pm

Well at last, sunshine. Glorious but very windy.
Leitrim.

pad199207 · 22-04-2019 1:00pm

Sunny but windy in N Kildare. 21c

Rock Lesnar · 22-04-2019 1:09pm

After been in hospital the last couple of day, im out to enjoy the sun, the shorts are on, the grass is cut, and the barbie is ready

Xenji · 22-04-2019 1:10pm

Lovely and bright in Castlebar, with a refreshing light breeze, 20.3C currently.

Meteorite58 · 22-04-2019 1:37pm

Most of the country looks clear atm

20.3C here near Tralee with a pale milky blue sky. Breezy again. A few mid level cumulus about earlier.

Front being kept well off the coast.

MidMan25 · 22-04-2019 2:01pm

Gone very cloudy and cool here on the coast in Cork. Had to put on a jumper washing the car.

SleetAndSnow · 22-04-2019 2:05pm

Clear blue skies and warm but a cold sea breeze on the coast in West cork here midman! Really localised cloud

Kermit.de.frog · 22-04-2019 3:03pm

Wouldn't be surprised to see some thundery pulses of rain developing later.

MidMan25 · 22-04-2019 3:10pm

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Wouldn't be surprised to see some thundery pulses of rain developing later.

Just had one here in East Cork

Gonzo · 22-04-2019 5:06pm

the breeze this afternoon certainly knocked the edge off the temperatures since this morning. Still very pleasant tho.

Storm 10 · 22-04-2019 5:44pm

Stunning day in Galway gone cloudy now but blue sky until around 5pm

km79 · 22-04-2019 5:48pm

Storm 10 wrote: »

Stunning day in Galway gone cloudy now but blue sky until around 5pm

It’s been a fantastic weekend

Mortelaro · 22-04-2019 5:57pm

Became noticeably clouded in Arklow after a gin blue morning(grass frost ,a min of 2.9) but a beautiful day none the less
Max was an acceptable 17.8c
Currently 17.2c
You can see overhead the clouds moving in from the SE,which might import Welsh thunder at some point tomorrow or the next day
For a change,I'd rather it didn't as we have a hen hatching and thunder will kill the little chicks in the eggs

Spring 2019 - General Discussion

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