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Spring 2019 - General Discussion

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  • #302
    Clonmel1000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,047 ✭✭✭Clonmel1000


    Beautiful spring morning. Loving this. Can’t even contemplate a return to talk of cold weather or white bloody gold!!!


  • #303
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    chill and still out here.. March clearly intending to go out like a lamb after the leonine gales at the start. blissfully quiet and light early to go a walking


  • #304
    pad199207
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    Lovely sunny morning in Kildare. 10c


  • #305
    highdef
    Registered Users Posts: 6,129 ✭✭✭highdef


    A mix of sun and cloud in Dublin 8, currently more cloud than sun but looking at the satellite imagery, it would suggest that is about to change. We're at that time of the morning the fair weather Cu will begin to develop, if it is indeed going to develop. So will know within the hour if it's looking like a mainly sunny day or a sunny spells kind of day.


  • #306
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,699 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    nice mild and dry morning. Enjoy it will it lasts, much cooler from this weekend and feeling more like January next week with daytime temperatures in the mid to high single digits for much of the first week of April.


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  • #307
    SleetAndSnow
    Registered Users Posts: 4,676 ✭✭✭SleetAndSnow


    Lovely in Cork City. Blue skies again and can feel the warmth when sitting in the garden.


  • #308
    Artane2002
    Registered Users Posts: 1,983 ✭✭✭Artane2002


    Nice and mild weather in Dublin today. People (not referring to here) are overreacting about the mild weather as usual. It is mild but I've been hearing "very hot" and "since when did 15c happen in Ireland?" being thrown around. Come on...


  • #309
    sryanbruen
    Registered Users Posts: 13,498 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    We look to be missing out on next week's "northerly" with the latest updates this morning as high pressure is further in over us and the trough sets up over Scandinavia instead of the east of the UK. See what this evening's models have to offer.

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  • #310
    lawred2
    Registered Users Posts: 24,257 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    sryanbruen wrote: »
    We look to be missing out on next week's "northerly" with the latest updates this morning as high pressure is further in over us and the trough sets up over Scandinavia instead of the east of the UK. See what this evening's models have to offer.

    oh that's lovely news :)


  • #311
    compsys
    Registered Users Posts: 1,035 ✭✭✭compsys


    sryanbruen wrote: »
    We look to be missing out on next week's "northerly" with the latest updates this morning as high pressure is further in over us and the trough sets up over Scandinavia instead of the east of the UK. See what this evening's models have to offer.

    This whole winter the cold has been downgraded the closer we've got to the event.

    Nice to see it pay off in our favour for once!


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  • #312
    Cork Boy 53
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    compsys wrote: »
    This whole winter the cold has been downgraded the closer we've got to the event.

    Nice to see it pay off in our favour for once!

    Yes but when we (or at least the majority of us) don`t want cold weather conditions may be just the time when the charts verify. Let`s wait and see what the next few models show.


  • #313
    Artane2002
    Registered Users Posts: 1,983 ✭✭✭Artane2002


    sryanbruen wrote: »
    We look to be missing out on next week's "northerly" with the latest updates this morning as high pressure is further in over us and the trough sets up over Scandinavia instead of the east of the UK. See what this evening's models have to offer.

    Were any models onboard other than the GFS/GFSP? I think the ECM was showing a watered down version and even a cool easterly at some point.


  • #314
    sryanbruen
    Registered Users Posts: 13,498 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    Artane2002 wrote: »
    Were any models onboard other than the GFS/GFSP? I think the ECM was showing a watered down version and even a cool easterly at some point.

    I was never on board with it personally thus why I'm only mentioning it now.

    ECM was showing it at one point but 850hPa temps going down as low as -4 to -5c at the minimum point compared to the GFS going over the top with -10 or lower 850hPa temps which is a bit unrealistic especially at this time of year and in this day and age. I don't give the GFSP any light anymore as it has been established that it has some sort of cold bias.

    Such an April northerly which the ECM showed has a return period of around 3-4 years approximately showing it's nothing unusual. We had a similar northerly even as recently as April 2016 and April 2017 - both of them were in the second half of the month compared to the first.

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  • #315
    nacho libre
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    It looks like it be will a cool April overall. A northerly in April is not unusual, but the days of a potent northerly seem few and far between... due to what's happening in the Arctic.


  • #316
    smallwonder
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭smallwonder


    sryanbruen wrote: »
    We look to be missing out on next week's "northerly" with the latest updates this morning as high pressure is further in over us and the trough sets up over Scandinavia instead of the east of the UK. See what this evening's models have to offer.

    Any idea what the winds and temperatures will be like mid-week for Donegal area? Have to take a group kayaking!


  • #317
    lawred2
    Registered Users Posts: 24,257 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    nacho libre wrote: »
    It looks like it be will a cool April overall. A northerly in April is not unusual, but the days of a potent northerly seem few and far between... due to what's happening in the Arctic.

    Ah don't say that


  • #318
    highdef
    Registered Users Posts: 6,129 ✭✭✭highdef


    If a good summer follows, I don't care much. Could even cope with a cool May. Cool weather in April and May can produce some spectacular showers though, if the cold air is deep, as solar radiation is getting fairly high in late Spring as increasing levels of energy heat the surface.

    In summary, I want spectacular thunderstorms in April and May, then hot and sunny weather from June till September inclusive, with a few spectacular lightning shows each month, with the majority in the late evening as dusk approaches..... At least I'm not asking for much!


  • #319
    Kermit.de.frog
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    Looking like a beautiful day tomorrow, plenty of sunshine and temperatures responding. Wouldn't be surprised to see a 17c somewhere.

    27-580UK.GIF?27-12


  • #320
    sryanbruen
    Registered Users Posts: 13,498 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    It was a gorgeous evening, perfect for a nice walk.

    https://twitter.com/photographywx/status/1111009108440858631?s=21

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  • #321
    sryanbruen
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    smallwonder wrote: »
    Any idea what the winds and temperatures will be like mid-week for Donegal area? Have to take a group kayaking!

    Current thoughts:

    Tuesday and Wednesday look to be cool days with maximum temperatures below average for early April. Afternoon values likely to reach only 8/9c at best. There is the chance of the odd shower but depending on how far east the high exerts influence, this shower risk could be there or non-existent. Some sunny spells nevertheless with winds from a northwesterly quarter.

    Thursday likely to be relatively milder but also cloudier with the chance of drizzle in thickest cloud. Rain spreading southwards through the afternoon with brighter conditions appearing later on but cooler again. Afternoon highs perhaps up to 11c in Donegal.

    These thoughts are prone to changes depending on the timing of pressure systems but this is the current outlook.

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  • #322
    pauldry
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    Certainly looks a cool April now with wintry showers also likely at times.

    No potency though so snow likely on hill tops and probably a lot of sun in between making for some beautiful colours


  • #323
    Donegal Storm
    Registered Users Posts: 2,023 ✭✭✭Donegal Storm


    Yeah cool April's usually mean plenty of sunshine and showers and great convective cloudscapes, that'd do nicely after months of gloomy dead skies.


  • #324
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    IT IS COLD OUT THERE!

    Just stuck my face out briefly and back in again... a chill breeze.

    But it was bright at least, and hoping it warms up later.

    No frost as I had omitted to cover/bring in my seedlings and they seem fine

    But quiet, which after gales etc is a blessing and valued


  • #325
    sryanbruen
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    Beautiful morning in Dublin with clear blue skies.

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  • #326
    lawred2
    Registered Users Posts: 24,257 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    sryanbruen wrote: »
    Beautiful morning in Dublin with clear blue skies.

    really warm already in that sun


  • #327
    Xenji
    Registered Users Posts: 11,505 ✭✭✭✭Xenji


    A beautiful morning in Castlebar, unbroken blue skies and close to 14C already.


  • #328
    Super-Rush
    Registered Users Posts: 19,473 ✭✭✭✭Super-Rush


    This cold snap for early April, any indication on how long it will last. Have a fishing trip planned from the 10th to the 14th.


  • #329
    joeysoap
    Registered Users Posts: 6,230 ✭✭✭joeysoap


    Really warm and sunny in Dundalk, cool up to yesterday.


  • #330
    lawred2
    Registered Users Posts: 24,257 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    stroll around IFSC almost melted me - amazing the effect sun reflecting off polished glass has... like standing under two suns


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  • #331
    pauldry
    Registered Users Posts: 6,870 ✭✭✭pauldry


    Could tip 18c in Dublin today


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