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Autumn 2020 - General Discussion

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  • #1302
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,967 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    daniel_t1409 wrote: »
    Wind has picked up a good bit here. Is one cold, clear sunny morning too much to ask for?

    hopefully we might get a frost in December, any hints of cold don't even last more than 1 run, the mild just goes on and on so far. I think we will be waiting till the new year to get some cold, this relentless mild muck that's been here for almost a month is going to prove a very stubborn pest to shift.


  • #1303
    daniel_t1409
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    Gonzo wrote: »
    hopefully we might get a frost in December, any hints of cold don't even last more than 1 run, the mild just goes on and on so far. I think we will be waiting till the new year to get some cold, this relentless mild muck that's been here for almost a month is going to prove a very stubborn pest to shift.

    If the cold doesn't come until after christmas then it's no good for me. I'll take it obviously, but it's not the same as before Christmas. If only the atlantic weather wasn't so stubborn:rolleyes:


  • #1304
    Thelonious Monk
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    Gonzo wrote: »
    hopefully we might get a frost in December, any hints of cold don't even last more than 1 run, the mild just goes on and on so far. I think we will be waiting till the new year to get some cold, this relentless mild muck that's been here for almost a month is going to prove a very stubborn pest to shift.

    I thought today was lovely, just back from a jog in the park and it was busy with people enjoying the mild calm evening. Is it only like this in Dublin?


  • #1305
    daniel_t1409
    Closed Accounts Posts: 366 ✭✭daniel_t1409


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    Is it only like this in Dublin?
    Yes.


  • #1306
    Billcarson
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    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    I thought today was lovely, just back from a jog in the park and it was busy with people enjoying the mild calm evening. Is it only like this in Dublin?

    To me lovely at this time of year is bright and chilly with frosts at night. Temps of 16c just seems wrong.


  • #1307
    Thelonious Monk
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    Billcarson wrote: »
    To me lovely at this time of year is bright and chilly with frosts at night. Temps of 16c just seems wrong.

    I can't remember it being cold and chilly in November or December in years and years, this is pretty normal


  • #1308
    Billcarson
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    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    I can't remember it being cold and chilly in November or December in years and years, this is pretty normal

    I'd hardly call 16c in nov normal. Not unheard of to be sure but not normal. Today was warmer then any day I recorded last month.

    I dont expect nov to produce big cold spells but I do expect chilly weather at least somee of the time. With perhaps the odd cold shot Interspersed with milder days.

    There have been plenty of times in the past we have had chilly weather in Nov and dec just nowadays less often.

    One irony is that ever since the great cold spell of dec 2010 is that our Decembers have turned to s**t ever since for cold.


  • #1309
    daniel_t1409
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    I've always associated November with clear skies and frost. maybe the odd wet day. Definitely not this warm and definitely not this dull. But that's the weather pattern we've been stuck in for basically the last 5 months.


  • #1310
    Thelonious Monk
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    Christmas day 2016 I think it got to 16c in Dublin. I think its great. I'm sure it'll be freezing soon enough though it always comes.


  • #1311
    Billcarson
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    Came across a post by some poster from Norway over on net weather. Said this nov could end up the warmest on record there. The previous record warm nov there was in 2018. Depressing.......


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  • #1312
    Thelonious Monk
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    And it's only gonna get warmer as the years go on!


  • #1313
    Hooter23
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    Warm November is a good thing and is normal in this country...if we got cold now it would be too early and would be a waste...better to get it in December or January...hard to even get it in them months too though...but im sure we will get our usual storms before or after christmas anyway


  • #1314
    Gonzo
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    my preferred time to get snow is December to 1st week of February, the ideal time for real depth of cold with a direct hit easterly, long nights and weak sunshine. Before December is too early most of the time unless something exceptional happens like in 2010 and once we get into February the chance of snow melt increases with each passing day.


  • #1315
    appledrop
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    It has been miserable really since last Saturday.

    Today wasn't raining but still very damp all day.

    Don't know why anyone would be giving at about it been warm in Nov!

    I prefer rain + warm rather than rain + cold.

    Its Nov we always get loads of rain regardless.

    Just glad we had a nice week for 1st week.


  • #1316
    Thelonious Monk
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    appledrop wrote: »
    It has been miserable really since last Saturday.

    Today wasn't raining but still very damp all day.

    Don't know why anyone would be giving at about it been warm in Nov!

    I prefer rain + warm rather than rain + cold.

    Its Nov we always get loads of rain regardless.

    Just glad we had a nice week for 1st week.

    Aren't you up in Skerries or something? It was quite pleasant a bit further down the coast today anyway.
    But yes, it's either freezing and raining and windy or warm and raining and windy at this time of year, I know which I prefer!


  • #1317
    4Ad
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    Breezy and warm 14.5 degrees in East Clare .
    Wind has really picked up the last 2 hours.


  • #1318
    Donegal Storm
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    Another dark drizzly day in Letterkenny, been a really poor month so far after a passable October. This is well on course to be one of the most forgettable and non-descript seasons I've experienced though, just seems to be a constant 12C and grey


  • #1319
    DOCARCH
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    Cold front passing through Dublin now. Was 14.4c about an hour ago, now 10.8c in Dublin 16.


  • #1320
    daniel_t1409
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    No change here this morning.


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  • #1321
    appledrop
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    For those of you who thinks its been too warm you will be happy to know its now only 8 degrees but its still lashing.

    That Nov for you dull + dreary.


  • #1322
    Oneiric 3
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    This must one of the most Novemberish Novembers in a long time.

    New Moon



  • #1323
    mcburns07
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    Lovely day in Cork, a brisk wind but nice and bright + dry. Things you love to see.


  • #1324
    Billcarson
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    appledrop wrote: »
    For those of you who thinks its been too warm you will be happy to know its now only 8 degrees but its still lashing.

    That Nov for you dull + dreary.

    Turned into a fairly bright day.
    As a general rule ,not always but a general rule, at this time year and during winter, cold often = brightness , mild = dull damp muck.

    I know which one I'd prefer.


  • #1325
    daniel_t1409
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    For once the sun is shining. A rare thing in wexford :D


  • #1326
    Billcarson
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    What I wouldn't give for a nice fresh clean northerly. Becoming ever rarer.


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  • #1327
    Billcarson
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    https://youtu.be/7vljv-3nDpU

    Took this at the end of nov 2005. Went up to the wicklow hills. Kippure summit 750m . Loved that cold spell.


  • #1328
    Thelonious Monk
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    Suddenly it's absolutely baltic in Dublin, that wind would cut you in two


  • #1329
    daniel_t1409
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    Is it still looking mild for the next few weeks, or has anything changed? I think we deserve some cold weather after the mild weather we've had. Probably won't happen though.


  • #1330
    Donegal Storm
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    Billcarson wrote: »
    Turned into a fairly bright day.
    As a general rule ,not always but a general rule, at this time year and during winter, cold often = brightness , mild = dull damp muck.

    I know which one I'd prefer.

    Maybe on the east coast but here in Donegal cold(ish) weather usually means heavy showers piling in from the west or NW. Been a miserable afternoon here with heavy rain and strong winds, already dark by 4.30


  • #1331
    Thelonious Monk
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    Donegal Storm wrote: »
    Maybe on the east coast but here in Donegal cold(ish) weather usually means heavy showers piling in from the west or NW. Been a miserable afternoon here with heavy rain and strong winds, already dark by 4.30

    Starts to get brighter in the evenings in a few weeks!


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  • #1332
    daniel_t1409
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    A nice cold clear morning here. lovely compared to what we've had for the last while.


  • #1333
    appledrop
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    daniel_t1409 wrote: »
    A nice cold clear morning here. lovely compared to what we've had for the last while.

    Yep it was a cold but lovely sunny day.


  • #1334
    lawred2
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    Lovely day


  • #1335
    daniel_t1409
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    And the muck returns. To be fair though I did get what I wanted - one cold sunny day. :D


  • #1336
    Gonzo
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    daniel_t1409 wrote: »
    And the muck returns. To be fair though I did get what I wanted - one cold sunny day. :D

    the muck never really left, it's been relentless since end of June except for a few days here and there and a slight ease in early to mid September.


  • #1337
    daniel_t1409
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    A nice sunset here this evening. Unfortunately didn't get a picture of it.


  • #1338
    Donegal Storm
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    Gonzo wrote: »
    the muck never really left, it's been relentless since end of June except for a few days here and there and a slight ease in early to mid September.

    To be fair for the NW'ern third of the country at least there was a great 10 day spell of heat and sunshine in August and then September & October were also decent/acceptable for most of us.

    November though has been awful here with next to no blue skies and constant dampness in the air, definitely killed the 'lockdown = good weather' theme that was running all year


  • #1339
    daniel_t1409
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    Dull, damp, misty muck this morning here. Not that I was expectying anything different.


  • #1340
    Clonmel1000
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    Gonzo wrote: »
    the muck never really left, it's been relentless since end of June except for a few days here and there and a slight ease in early to mid September.

    Didn’t we have an unreal September and October though?


  • #1341
    Goldfinch8
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    daniel_t1409 wrote: »
    Dull, damp, misty muck this morning here. Not that I was expectying anything different.
    That weather front has thankfully cleared through here now and left us with what feels like a rare enough bright morning in the west this month. There were also some nice patches of altocumulus on view a little earlier, although as I type, it is starting to get more showery looking out west. Looking at the latest satellite pics, you shouldn't have too long to wait hopefully before you see some clearer skies in the south east. At least you got a nice sunset yesterday evening. They have been few and far between down these parts in recent weeks.
    We have had plenty of wet and damp days here this month where the grey murk has been a constant and it just reminds me why I usually regard November as my own personal least favourite month from a weather point of view.
    A half decent weekend would feel like a treat now after enduring the last few weeks.


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  • #1342
    pad199207
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    Has cleared our beautifully in Kildare now. Keen nip though.


  • #1343
    Thelonious Monk
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    Beautiful day in Dublin


  • #1344
    Gonzo
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    Clonmel1000 wrote: »
    Didn’t we have an unreal September and October though?

    first 10 days of September were decent, probably the best spell we had since the Spring but there has been a fair bit of rain ever since but at the same time a good deal of sunshine throughout September and October. As a whole September and October fared much better than the summer but there were still spells of rain and mist/drizzle every few days. November has been awful but it's more acceptable for November to be poor compared to July or August. As a whole this Autumn has been nowhere nearly as bad as Autumn 2019 in terms of deluges but it's still been fairly wet, the ground here is still fairly saturated after a wet, cool and cloudy summer and an averagely wet autumn.


  • #1345
    daniel_t1409
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    Goldfinch8 wrote: »
    That weather front has thankfully cleared through here now and left us with what feels like a rare enough bright morning in the west this month. There were also some nice patches of altocumulus on view a little earlier, although as I type, it is starting to get more showery looking out west. Looking at the latest satellite pics, you shouldn't have too long to wait hopefully before you see some clearer skies in the south east. At least you got a nice sunset yesterday evening. They have been few and far between down these parts in recent weeks.
    We have had plenty of wet and damp days here this month where the grey murk has been a constant and it just reminds me why I usually regard November as my own personal least favourite month from a weather point of view.
    A half decent weekend would feel like a treat now after enduring the last few weeks.
    Well you were right, cleared up very nicely here now.


  • #1346
    Clonmel1000
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    Nice afternoon here plenty bright and crisp. More of the same be great and of course an end to this lockdown crap.


  • #1347
    appledrop
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    It was so miserable this morning, I was getting worried the weekend was going to be another damp squib.

    Thanfully it took up beautifully here in NCD.

    We had a great few hours out in park before rain returned with a vengeance!


  • #1348
    [Deleted User]
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    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    Starts to get brighter in the evenings in a few weeks!

    We are just 12 minutes away from the earliest sunset in a few weeks. (Which isnt Dec 21 but that is another story).


  • #1349
    [Deleted User]
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    Gonzo wrote: »
    first 10 days of September were decent, probably the best spell we had since the Spring but there has been a fair bit of rain ever since but at the same time a good deal of sunshine throughout September and October. As a whole September and October fared much better than the summer but there were still spells of rain and mist/drizzle every few days. November has been awful but it's more acceptable for November to be poor compared to July or August. As a whole this Autumn has been nowhere nearly as bad as Autumn 2019 in terms of deluges but it's still been fairly wet, the ground here is still fairly saturated after a wet, cool and cloudy summer and an averagely wet autumn.

    November to me has been average. If I see the sun a few days in November its an ok month. Today was good. Tomorrow too. I walked the dog in quite a few sunny days. Last November was continuous rain, twice the average of a wet month anyway, if I recall correctly. Also no sun to speak of.


  • #1350
    sryanbruen
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    November to me has been average. If I see the sun a few days in November its an ok month. Today was good. Tomorrow too. I walked the dog in quite a few sunny days. Last November was continuous rain, twice the average of a wet month anyway, if I recall correctly. Also no sun to speak of.

    Last November was unreal-ly bad whilst this one has been an unreal-ly boring.

    Photography site - https://www.sryanbruenphoto.com/

    Weather photo portfolio - https://sryanbruen.myportfolio.com/weather-1



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  • #1351
    Meteorite58
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    Lovely day in Tralee although got caught under one fairly heavy rogue shower this afternoon while making a concrete slab, couldn't leave it, got drenched ! But not bad by no means for November. Calm day throughout.

    Driving into town mid morning found the sun dazzling it being so low in the sky now. The NASSA Sat Pic below showing well the long shadows cast by the sun earlier today.


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