SPRING WEATHER 2015 - GENERAL DISCUSSION

Wanderer78 · 29-04-2015 10:29am

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

very impressive for May with the nights so short at that time of year. The lowest I recorded this winter was -4.5c.

i think it was a very dry winter as well. havent looked at the data though to confirm

Oneiric 3 · 29-04-2015 1:14pm

Wanderer78 wrote: »

i think it was a very dry winter as well. havent looked at the data though to confirm

Very marked east/west split with the winter rainfall this year. It was well drier than average in the eastern half yet unusually wet in the western half.

snowstreams · 29-04-2015 2:41pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Very marked east/west split with the winter rainfall this year. It was well drier than average in the eastern half yet unusually wet in the western half.

The turloughs in the west have been very low for the last few months though. It seemed like a very dry spring.
Maybe its been very wet in the extreme west but not in the mid west?

Gonzo · 29-04-2015 3:23pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Very marked east/west split with the winter rainfall this year. It was well drier than average in the eastern half yet unusually wet in the western half.

has to be true, it's barely rained here since Christmas up untill the cold set in a few days ago and very showery.

Oneiric 3 · 29-04-2015 3:55pm

snowstreams wrote: »

The turloughs in the west have been very low for the last few months though. It seemed like a very dry spring.
Maybe its been very wet in the extreme west but not in the mid west?

Your more or less spot on and maybe my post was a bit too general. Feb in particular was very dry in comparison but overall Dec & Jan, and then March were wetter than average over much of the west (particularly further west - apart from Mace Hd, which seems to be going through a 'dry' spell since the start of 2014) while it remained relatively dry over much of the east. This chart shows rainfall totals for the reporting stations on met.ie for the Dec-March period and set against the national average for just this one period - just to put the data into some sort of context.

Data in the chart C/O Met Eireann (from the daily totals so may differ from the monthly total tables a small bit on their site)

maquiladora · 30-04-2015 10:13am

ECM flirting with the idea of a warmer, more settled spell in FI.

Supercell · 30-04-2015 7:02pm

That would give lovely warm fohn conditions to the lee of the Wicklow mountains here, wouldn't be surprised to see temps near 25C here if that came off with sunshine.

Rikand · 30-04-2015 8:40pm

Best man at a wedding on the 8th

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After all the rubbish of the week previous, this would be grand!

maquiladora · 30-04-2015 8:54pm

12Z ECM going for high pressure in FI land again. 1040mb.

Rikand · 01-05-2015 3:33pm

maquiladora wrote: »

12Z ECM going for high pressure in FI land again. 1040mb.

It was nice while it lasted.....

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maquiladora · 01-05-2015 3:49pm

Rikand wrote: »

It was nice while it lasted.....

Thats GFS, ECM still looks nice in FI. Could easily change though.

Chris_5339762 · 03-05-2015 6:08pm

FI at this time of year ALWAYS has high pressure sitting over us. Trouble is, it rarely makes it out of FI.

Oneiric 3 · 03-05-2015 7:29pm

Chris_5339762 wrote: »

FI at this time of year ALWAYS has high pressure sitting over us. Trouble is, it rarely makes it out of FI.

Main thing is though is that it looks like temperatures will be more what they should be for the time of year. FI charts not fantastic but not bad either if you like mediocre weather.

Schadenfreudia · 05-05-2015 12:24am

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

FI charts not fantastic but not bad either if you like mediocre weather.

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There is nothing I love more than mediocre weather :rolleyes:

Rock Lesnar · 05-05-2015 5:41am

Ah yes, another morning of heavy rain lashing off the roof in the north east to be followed by more heavy showers, at this stage forget the sun, i'd take a week of dry cloudy weather then this muck.

Rikand · 05-05-2015 9:32am

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

Ah yes, another morning of heavy rain lashing off the roof in the north east to be followed by more heavy showers, at this stage forget the sun, i'd take a week of dry cloudy weather then this muck.

oh how everyone complained about this when we had it for 2 summers on the bounce

maquiladora · 05-05-2015 9:35am

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

Ah yes, another morning of heavy rain lashing off the roof in the north east to be followed by more heavy showers, at this stage forget the sun, i'd take a week of dry cloudy weather then this muck.

The sun is out here in the south in the wake of that rain. You should see the same clearance later. Showery, but still nice to have bright spells.

OldRio · 05-05-2015 10:27am

Rikand wrote: »

oh how everyone complained about this when we had it for 2 summers on the bounce

All I want is the ground to be dry enough to get animals out to pasture. The ground is saturated.

Dickie10 · 05-05-2015 11:45am

giving a disaster of a week

Rock Lesnar · 05-05-2015 11:59am

Rikand wrote: »

oh how everyone complained about this when we had it for 2 summers on the bounce

You'll find im not one of them, i will take dry weather in any way it comes.

The clearance is coming Maq, rain has stopped and i can blue sky in the distance.

ComfortKid · 05-05-2015 1:36pm

s.m wrote:

Really hoping it won't last I certainly don't want to see a repeat of may 2013

2013 was our best summer in a long time? I wouldn't mind a horrible cold may if it means better june and july

JCX BXC · 06-05-2015 1:51pm

Please god June will be nice, I don't give a crap about may as long as we get a good June/July/August.

maquiladora · 07-05-2015 8:24pm

Thats a nice early plume into the south of England. Touching +18 uppers. Would be mid 20s on the ground. A bit further west would have been nice. :rolleyes:

JCX BXC · 07-05-2015 9:15pm

Lovely that today anyways, nice and close. No wind, just pleasant.

WheatenBriar · 07-05-2015 9:19pm

Carnacalla wrote: »

Lovely that today anyways, nice and close. No wind, just pleasant.

meanwhile over here in Arklow,we got 22.1mm of rain today in a non stop shower train :eek:
A horribly cold wet day
Same island different coast

Thargor · 08-05-2015 9:58pm

Graphics department in RTE on the ball tonight for anyone who forgot where Ireland is:

JCX BXC · 08-05-2015 10:55pm

Could there be a story behind this?

tvnutz · 09-05-2015 5:28pm

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

THURSDAY and or FRIDAY are likely to see an interval of heavy rain as low pressure moves into the south. Timing is somewhat different on various models and this event could take place mostly overnight. Highs about 12 C with easterly winds developing as the low approaches.

Might this be overnight Thursday into Friday? I'm running a sports day in my school on Thursday 16th...terrified there will be a load of rain and ruin it! Don't care if its not sunny, just as long as its not p!ssing rain all day!

sunbabe08 · 09-05-2015 9:51pm

Thargor wrote: »

Graphics department in RTE on the ball tonight for anyone who forgot where Ireland is:

Same thing again tonight. What's up with this? I know we r a small country, but most of us know where Ireland is

ThaitaniumM · 12-05-2015 2:50pm

It's all very quiet here, no changes on the horizon?

vickers209 · 12-05-2015 5:07pm

Nearly time to start a summer thread

JCX BXC · 12-05-2015 5:24pm

Not much point of a summer thread if we don't get one

Birdnuts · 12-05-2015 8:32pm

vickers209 wrote: »

Nearly time to start a summer thread

I just hope April wasn't our Summer. This month has been wretched so far:(

Alonso77 · 12-05-2015 9:51pm

Birdnuts wrote: »

I just hope April wasn't our Summer. This month has been wretched so far:(

May 2013 was pretty crap too as I recall and we know how that summer went so no need for despair yet!

Clonmel1000 · 12-05-2015 10:01pm

I actually think the Irish summer lasts from the June to August bank holiday weekends. Anything before is Spring after is Autumn. Very short window to get teal summer weather.

Schadenfreudia · 12-05-2015 10:05pm

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

I actually think the Irish summer lasts from the June to August bank holiday weekends. Anything before is Spring after is Autumn. Very short window to get teal summer weather.

Statistically, it extends to the very early days of September.

Rock Lesnar · 12-05-2015 10:15pm

Well from what iv'e been reading this evening about ''el nino'' we may just close this thread now and head straight to the winter thread

Rock Lesnar · 12-05-2015 10:16pm

Lovely mild breezy day today, hopefully same again tomorrow, before more wet and miserable muck on thursday

Clonmel1000 · 12-05-2015 10:21pm

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

Well from what iv'e been reading this evening about ''el nino'' we may just close this thread now and head straight to the winter thread

Oh?

Rock Lesnar · 12-05-2015 10:38pm

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Oh?

Ah now to be honest, i know nothing about it to comment on it, apart from what i read today, alli got from it was, if this happens then maybe this will happen, im pretty much more informed people would no doubt have much more to offer on it then me, I prefer the look out at the window and see what its at, method myself..

Clonmel1000 · 12-05-2015 10:57pm

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

Lovely mild breezy day today, hopefully same again tomorrow, before more wet and miserable muck on thursday

Not summers weather though.

Birdnuts · 12-05-2015 11:37pm

Alonso77 wrote: »

May 2013 was pretty crap too as I recall and we know how that summer went so no need for despair yet!

That is true - but what are the chances of 3 good summers in a row??Very low looking at past stats. Plus this year so far has more of a 2011 feel which had a great April followed by a pretty dreadfull summer. El Nino conditions ring alarm bells too for our prospects this year:(

Clonmel1000 · 13-05-2015 7:31am

Birdnuts wrote: »

That is true - but what are the chances of 3 good summers in a row??Very low looking at past stats. Plus this year so far has more of a 2011 feel which had a great April followed by a pretty dreadfull summer. El Nino conditions ring alarm bells too for our prospects this year:(

Actually a quick review of the last 5 Mays doesn't make for pretty reading its generally been pretty mediocre to bad. However I tend to take the view that on average our climate is due a bad summer again this year. The last 2 simmers have been good made a lot better in some peoples minds by the 6 that went before them but the weather at present is poor for late spring regardless.

lapua20grain · 13-05-2015 8:36am

Not a bad one this morning not roasting but warmer than I thought it would be

Gonzo · 13-05-2015 3:11pm

first dry day we've had since the 3rd week of April. Terrible May here so far, temps have struggled to make it past 12C all month and looks like after this 24 hour respite were back to rain, wind and temps will barely making 9-11C over next few days. This May is almost a repeat of May 2013. We will be lighting fires for at least another week by the looks of it.

Lumi · 13-05-2015 5:54pm

First dry day in 19 days in Galway city.
Today was fabulous though, warm and sunny witha high of 18.2C

Clonmel1000 · 13-05-2015 6:19pm

Breezy here in Tipp warm in the sun but chilly out of it. Its dry and bright at least but I wouldn't be getting too excited the forecast is gloomy.

Schadenfreudia · 13-05-2015 7:33pm

Fifth dry day in a row here - after the deluge of the first week of May.

Rock Lesnar · 13-05-2015 7:42pm

Grand day in my part of Co.Meath, Warm Sunny and mostly cloudless skies all day, bit nippy now but still sunny

ComfortKid · 14-05-2015 9:52am

Lovley here in South West yesterday, 20Â°c with a breeze. I got 3 loads of drying done.. Cold and wet again this morning. Are people still lighting the fire? Im tempted to now

SPRING WEATHER 2015 - GENERAL DISCUSSION

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