Autumn 2020 - General Discussion

daniel_t1409 · 07-09-2020 9:51am

Damp and dull here this morning. Last few days have been nice though.

An Ri rua · 07-09-2020 10:07am

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Woken up by some pretty loud rain last night. Heaviest I have witnessed in a while despite a high pressure reading of about 1020 hPa.

Same around North Laois. Around 6am. Went on for over an hour. Really intense.

Emme · 07-09-2020 11:45am

Gonzo wrote: »

certainly no warmth this September. Monday and Tuesday will be fairly mild but from Wednesday it turns much cooler again and we will be back into a very unsettled scene from next weekend.

It's a wet Monday in South Kildare. Is it too much to ask for a few fine days in sequence to dry out the ground after 9 months nearly solid rain since last September? There has not been 2 dry days in sequence in my area since June 1 and 2. The fine dry weather of late March, April and May has been well cancelled out now.

Like I said, the Irish climate is like a particularly sadistic loan shark if you get fine weather out of season. You pay for it later with miserable wet mucky weather. I am sick of the forecasts which predict a few days fine weather only to wake up on the so called "fine day" and see rain and grey skies again. It looks like it's going to be a dull wet September similar to last year.

sryanbruen · 07-09-2020 12:05pm

Last September was actually quite a sunny month with most of the month on the relatively dry side. It was the last 10 days that really shaked things up and skewed the monthly rainfall totals.

That middle period of September last was a godsend, bags of sunshine most days, pleasant days and comfortable nights.

Gonzo · 07-09-2020 12:48pm

Emme wrote: »

Like I said, the Irish climate is like a particularly sadistic loan shark if you get fine weather out of season. You pay for it later with miserable wet mucky weather. I am sick of the forecasts which predict a few days fine weather only to wake up on the so called "fine day" and see rain and grey skies again. It looks like it's going to be a dull wet September similar to last year.

September last year was very much in two halves, the first half was lovely while the second half was the beginning to the year long deluge with the only real breaks being early January where it did dry out a bit and then of course the Spring.

This September doesn't look great but it's not as poor as July and August just gone. This week doesn't look too bad, there will be some light rain or showers at times but nothing too heavy. The end of this month does look more unsettled and it remains to be seen how much rain we will get in the second half of this month.

Jpmarn · 07-09-2020 4:25pm

It looks like there is some more warm weather ahead of us over the coming days and weeks.

Thelonious Monk · 07-09-2020 4:26pm

Not a glimpse of sun today in D5. Yesterday was nice though at least. Looks like we might have some good days in the next 10 days or so, fingers crossed.

Artane2002 · 07-09-2020 6:48pm

I thought it was a decent enough day in Dublin 5 after the horrible rain cleared off this morning.

Thelonious Monk · 07-09-2020 6:59pm

Artane2002 wrote: »

I thought it was a decent enough day in Dublin 5 after the horrible rain cleared off this morning.

It was breezy and grey slate cloud all day long. It still is!

Oscar Bravo · 07-09-2020 8:50pm

A dark wet evening here in Castlebar with heavy drizzle,low cloud ,fog etc. Miserable.

sryanbruen · 07-09-2020 8:52pm

Artane2002 wrote: »

I thought it was a decent enough day in Dublin 5 after the horrible rain cleared off this morning.

Found it a standard summer 2020 sort of day... cloud, cloud, cloud.

daniel_t1409 · 07-09-2020 9:14pm

Clear skies this evening in wexford

Gonzo · 07-09-2020 9:37pm

sryanbruen wrote: »

Found it a standard summer 2020 sort of day... cloud, cloud, cloud.

I was thinking the same, today's gloomy and damp conditions were very similar to the 10 day spell of murky, misty low hanging muck in the first half of August.

appledrop · 07-09-2020 10:32pm

Gerry is after using a great phrase this evening on Met Eireann forecast he said today the country was just 'smothered' with cloud!

That sums up what we have had to put up with in Dublin all summer.

SleetAndSnow · 07-09-2020 11:04pm

17/18 degrees this evening in cork city, very strange but pleasant!

Graces7 · 08-09-2020 5:24am

Sweet silence after yesterday's tantrum.
Although there is a certain peace lying in bed listening to the wind and rain.

Very clammy, damp, unwholesome. It will be a day to light the fire I think. West Mayo offshore.

Clonmel1000 · 08-09-2020 10:09am

Wet start early here it’s dried up now and there’s a milky sun out and it’s lovely and mild in fairness.

Xenji · 08-09-2020 10:15am

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

A dark wet evening here in Castlebar with heavy drizzle,low cloud ,fog etc. Miserable.

It's been raining as good as consistently since late Sunday night.

Thelonious Monk · 08-09-2020 11:10am

Greeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyy in Dublin yet again. Non stop bloody grey. Sunday looks like it could be a cracker if it doesn't change by then.

Goldfinch8 · 08-09-2020 11:22am

Xenji wrote: »

It's been raining as good as consistently since late Sunday night.

It has been grim stuff alright. Very close and humid out there also and that oppressive blanket of cloud, mist and drizzle shows little sign of lifting. A real sodden and damp feel about the place. Central Mayo.

Graces7 · 08-09-2020 1:29pm

a/c to met ie we are getting " light rain and drizzle... along the coast"

The loud deluge we just had was neither light nor drizzle. Solid heavy rain. ah well!

West Mayo offshore

compsys · 08-09-2020 1:40pm

Beautiful afternoon in Dun Laoghaire.

Out relaxing on Sandycove Beach.

22c, part cloudy skies. Feels like summer.

Oscar Bravo · 08-09-2020 3:19pm

3pm
Oak park Carlow 23 Degrees

Gonzo · 08-09-2020 3:37pm

feels fairly warm today but like most of the days since early June there isn't a ray of sunshine, complete cloud cover.

Artane2002 · 08-09-2020 3:53pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Greeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyy in Dublin yet again. Non stop bloody grey. Sunday looks like it could be a cracker if it doesn't change by then.

Wouldn't count on it, so many days that were meant to be crackers this summer turned into just another cloud fest.

appledrop · 08-09-2020 4:13pm

It is so humid + mild today but yet again Dublin 'smothered' by clouds.

Gonzo · 08-09-2020 4:13pm

Artane2002 wrote: »

Wouldn't count on it, so many days that were meant to be crackers this summer turned into just another cloud fest.

There could be some very nice weather next week, one last blast of late summer weather before the Autumn beds in for good. Have to say i'm very cautious about it as it could easily end up being yet another period of warm uppers stuffed by another cloud fest. We shall see.

appledrop · 08-09-2020 4:26pm

Its gone very windy suddenly here in NCD.

Looks like its going to lash rain but hope it doesn't.

JCX BXC · 08-09-2020 4:38pm

Nothing patchy about this light rain and drizzle.
All day yesterday in west Clare it was rotten, up in Galway today and it's the same thing, just rotten.

Forecast is blatantly wrong.

Thelonious Monk · 08-09-2020 4:55pm

Warm in Clontarf now but very low cloud and no sun all day, it's giving me a headache ffs

daniel_t1409 · 08-09-2020 6:36pm

Started off wet this morning in wexford, then cleared up and the sky was clear for a while, and now it's dull again

Gonzo · 08-09-2020 7:46pm

reached 22C today at Dunshaughlin but no sun today whatsoever and a thick blanket of cloud all day with spots of drizzle at times. If today had been largely sunny with blue skies we could have easily reached 25C and we haven't really seen those temperatures since June 2nd.

We have another narrow and perhaps final window of warmth on Sunday and early Monday where mid twenties are possible, but again this very much depends on sunshine and how persistent will the cloud cover be, if it's a blanket of cloud yet again then high teens to low twenties would be the max.

Pangea · 08-09-2020 8:23pm

Yesterday and today were bad here in Donegal, this evening's rain has arrived and it is bucketing down , floods now. Didn't expect it to be so heavy

Donegal Storm · 08-09-2020 8:35pm

Same here, very heavy rain with torrential bursts when I was only really expecting the usual misty crap.

Was an ok day up until late afternoon though as usual ubiquitously grey skies

Oscar Bravo · 08-09-2020 8:48pm

Active cold front moving through Mayo,Sligo,Donegal at the moment. Clearer cooler air following on behind

Gonzo · 08-09-2020 9:10pm

Today's temperatures, looks like most places got to 20C, while it remained slightly cooler on western coastal areas. Looks like it got very close to 24C near Kilkenny.

Not sure about that 27.5c over Castlederg which would be the UK's top temperature by several degrees, very unsure about that.

redsteveireland · 08-09-2020 10:16pm

Heavy rain from the cold front has arrived in East Galway, nice change from the constant drizzle.

obi604 · 08-09-2020 10:22pm

East Galway. Absolutely gammy day. Dirty Persistent mist all day, now bucketing down with proper rain

Emme · 08-09-2020 10:47pm

After a grey start it was warm and sunny for a few hours in South Kildare today but it turned drizzly at about 8pm. Half a day's warm sunshine is better than none, we'll take what we can get at this stage.

Donegal Storm · 09-09-2020 12:08am

Gonzo wrote: »

Today's temperatures, looks like most places got to 20C, while it remained slightly cooler on western coastal areas. Looks like it got very close to 24C near Kilkenny.

Not sure about that 27.5c over Castlederg which would be the UK's top temperature by several degrees, very unsure about that.

It was warm in Letterkenny today but definitely didn't feel close to 28C! Must be a mistake

Gaoth Laidir · 09-09-2020 12:27am

Gonzo wrote: »

Today's temperatures, looks like most places got to 20C, while it remained slightly cooler on western coastal areas. Looks like it got very close to 24C near Kilkenny.

Not sure about that 27.5c over Castlederg which would be the UK's top temperature by several degrees, very unsure about that.

No, the hourly synops don't show it getting anywhere near 27.5. It's most likely a reporting error in the 18Z synop.

The hourly readings were

12Z 20.3
13Z 23.4
14Z 18.7

Unlikely it got another 4 degrees between reports.

Graces7 · 09-09-2020 5:30am

Cool and quiet - and when it is dark the grey is invisible. West Mayo offshore

Shepards Delight · 09-09-2020 8:54am

Nice and calm and sunny and cloud in a light westerly Wind in Claremorris here.Temp is 14c

Late Thursday and on into Friday an active rain belt is approaching from our atlantic coast . So no hospipe ban for the foreseeable future

Clonmel1000 · 09-09-2020 9:29am

Beautiful morning here lovely bright sunshine and warmth in direct sunshine. Would love to see a few days of this actually even one day of this would be welcome!

Thelonious Monk · 09-09-2020 9:41am

There are NO CLOUDS in Dublin. None. It's freaking me out.
Seriously though, beautiful morning. About time.

Graces7 · 09-09-2020 10:05am

Fresh and invigorating out here. Cool and cloudy but rather lovely in a fair breeze. West Mayo offshore.

Oneiric 3 · 09-09-2020 10:38am

Well, despite being in a post frontal airmass, it is as dull and heavy as it has been as it has been since July. About a minute of sunshine earlier so that is something I guess.

US2 · 09-09-2020 11:11am

Horrible sleep last night. Opened the window for some air and it got warmer.

Thelonious Monk · 09-09-2020 11:31am

Aaaaaand it's grey again. Nice couple of hours while it lasted.

Billcarson · 09-09-2020 12:32pm

US2 wrote: »

Horrible sleep last night. Opened the window for some air and it got warmer.

Hated the weather we had for a few days. Muggy muck. Thankfully fresher today.

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