Spring 2017 - General Discussion

Meteorite58 · 08-04-2017 7:30pm

Got a rading of 18.7C at 16.30. Often get a degree or so higher here outside Tralee by the coast when the wind is from a SE'ly direction being in the lee of the Slieve Mish mountains.

Ogimet maximum Temperatures rounded.

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Meteorite58 · 08-04-2017 7:41pm

Today.

MJohnston · 08-04-2017 7:41pm

Meteorite58 wrote: »

Today.

Trying to work out whether Clonmel had a nice day or not

sryanbruen · 08-04-2017 7:59pm

Absolutely stunning day. Best day so far this year.

Clonmel1000 · 08-04-2017 9:09pm

MJohnston wrote: »

Trying to work out whether Clonmel had a nice day or not

Lovely day here thanks for the concern. First proper nice day of this "heatwave" and prob the last too!!!

Harry Palmr · 08-04-2017 9:22pm

Worst heatwave ever. Still it's dry and looks like remaining so in the Deise for the next week and maybe longer.

Lumi · 09-04-2017 10:00am

Meteorite58 wrote: »

Got a reading of 18.7C at 16.30. Often get a degree or so higher here outside Tralee by the coast when the wind is from a SE'ly direction being in the lee of the Slieve Mish mountains.

I recorded 18.7C in Galway city @ 17:15 - warmest day of the year so far here

Harry Palmr · 09-04-2017 10:19am

Here we had our warmest day of the year in mid March 17.5C - false dawn that was.

Supercell · 09-04-2017 11:19am

Feeling much warmer here today than yesterday without the sea breeze so far. Currently 16.5C and rising here with WSW winds, Wicklow Fohn in full effect.

Gonzo · 09-04-2017 2:21pm

yesterday was glorious, proper bbq weather. Today still feeling mildish but very cloudy, but at least it's dry.

Meteorite58 · 09-04-2017 2:42pm

Slow to warm up here near Tralee this morning under an overcast sky with the lightest bit of mist blowing in the wind ( didn't stop me painting the house though ), Cloud opened up here about 13.30 giving a burst of sunlight bringing the temp up to 15.6C, back now to 13.5C with more cloud about. Pleasant enough day.

Looks like a scorcher over in the UK

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Meteorite58 · 09-04-2017 3:10pm

Rain on the NW coast

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JCX BXC · 09-04-2017 3:12pm

Quite warm here in the North East of England, phones telling me 21c, very breezy and the sun is very hazy, I'd say it's not long until it's gone completely.

Clonmel1000 · 09-04-2017 6:03pm

Cool or even cold for the week ahead not pessimistic just realistic.

JCX BXC · 09-04-2017 6:36pm

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Cool or even cold for the week ahead not pessimistic just realistic.

Cool

nacho libre · 09-04-2017 7:26pm

JCX BXC wrote: »

Quite warm here in the North East of England, phones telling me 21c, very breezy and the sun is very hazy, I'd say it's not long until it's gone completely.

Apparently it was 25 in the south east, meanwhile it was below zero at the top of Ben Nevis.
There is one chart showing snow for the South East of England next weekend :eek:

Rock Lesnar · 09-04-2017 7:49pm

Sky has cleared for some nice late evening sunshine, was cloudy for most of the day though

Meteorite58 · 10-04-2017 6:12pm

Cork looks like it could be up there with the warmest Temperatures tomorrow with a decent 16C or so. The SE and E not bad either.

pedigree 6 · 10-04-2017 9:16pm

Is this the start of "The Great Irish Drought" in Ireland?:pac:

Looking at the charts High Pressure seems to be in charge and moves away for a bit allowing a northerly airflow to develop.
I can't see much precipitation coming from the north especially making it as far as the south east of Ireland and then it looks like high pressure is coming back at the end of the runs.

Who switched off the Atlantic and the Jet Stream?
Not complaining mind.:)

Gonzo · 12-04-2017 10:29am

yesterday was feeling very chilly, same today.

MidMan25 · 12-04-2017 12:27pm

Been very dry, hoping for sunny/showery weather and 16-17 degrees soon!

sryanbruen · 12-04-2017 12:29pm

I've been loving this April so far here. Less than 3mm of rainfall and no rainfall at all from the 4th-11th (still no rainfall today so far). Not very sunny and rather mild. I really like how benign it is!

Clonmel1000 · 12-04-2017 1:50pm

Doesn't feel very mild Syran grass growth has stopped again.

sryanbruen · 12-04-2017 1:55pm

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Doesn't feel very mild Syran grass growth has stopped again.

I did not say VERY mild, I said rather mild which is like +0.5 to +1.0c above the average.

Rock Lesnar · 12-04-2017 1:57pm

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Doesn't feel very mild Syran grass growth has stopped again.

Thats unlikely soil temps are above normal by +3 degrees

Clonmel1000 · 12-04-2017 2:06pm

I didn't mean to emphasise the very bit in my post Syran. That's good to know re soil temps I put down some new grass last Saturday and no sign of life

MidMan25 · 12-04-2017 2:39pm

I'm in the same boat, seed down 2.5 weeks now and hasn't started to grow either. Grass growth in general is slow enough down here probably due to the lack of rain I'd imagine!

Buffalobill29 · 12-04-2017 3:05pm

Any chance of snow for mid to late April? Hasnt been any snow for nearly 3 months...starting to get worried.

sryanbruen · 12-04-2017 3:45pm

Buffalobill29 wrote: »

Any chance of snow for mid to late April? Hasnt been any snow for nearly 3 months...starting to get worried.

No and why are you wanting it to snow anyway this late in the year?

Buffalobill29 · 12-04-2017 3:49pm

sryanbruen wrote: »

No and why are you wanting it to snow anyway this late in the year?

I hear its still snowing in parts of northern and eastern Europe. Britain got loads of snow during winter and Ireland didnt so maybe it will even itself out and Ireland will get more snow this month?

sryanbruen · 12-04-2017 3:55pm

Buffalobill29 wrote: »

I hear its still snowing in parts of northern and eastern Europe. Britain got loads of snow during winter and Ireland didnt so maybe it will even itself out and Ireland will get more snow this month?

'Em it was still snowing in northern and eastern Europe during many, many, many (yes that many) Aprils before, this is absolutely nothing new.

Britain did not get "loads" of snow. You're overexaggerating that, they were poor for snow this Winter. Even Winter 2015/16 had more snowfall than Winter 2016/17 and that was a record breaking mild Winter.

The last time April got a somewhat major snow event in Ireland was way back in the 90s.

It's not going to snow here and definitely not anytime soon. Temperatures are expected to be very close to average and are way too mild for snowfall to take place.

sryanbruen · 14-04-2017 11:40am

The models are hinting at this April being potentially one of the driest on record.

JCX BXC · 14-04-2017 11:42am

It's very wet in West Clare at the moment anyway!

sryanbruen · 14-04-2017 11:44am

JCX BXC wrote: »

It's very wet in West Clare at the moment anyway!

The rainfall does not look that heavy at all on the radar, are you sure? I can trust you right?

. Also, many of the driest Aprils on record tend to have their very wet day like 2007 had the 25th which had rainfalls of more than 20mm in parts of the west.

Meteorite58 · 14-04-2017 5:20pm

Glad I was working today, not that pleasant with mist, drizzle and light rain much of the day even though amounts small at 2.6mm. The cloud base was very low but lifting now and brighter patches appearing. Would be nice to see a bit of clear sky before night. At least tomorrow looking a bit better if somewhat cool and with the threat of a few showers.

JCX BXC · 14-04-2017 8:50pm

sryanbruen wrote: »

The rainfall does not look that heavy at all on the radar, are you sure? I can trust you right? . Also, many of the driest Aprils on record tend to have their very wet day like 2007 had the 25th which had rainfalls of more than 20mm in parts of the west.

Very wet doesn't mean heavy, and don't trust those radars.

OldRio · 15-04-2017 7:23am

sryanbruen wrote: »

The models are hinting at this April being potentially one of the driest on record.

Ah now.

sryanbruen · 15-04-2017 9:19am

OldRio wrote: »

Ah now.

And the strangest thing is that the driest of the anomalies are to the west of Ireland.

OldRio · 15-04-2017 10:21am

sryanbruen wrote: »

And the strangest thing is that the driest of the anomalies are to the west of Ireland.

No anomalies in Leitrim. Just rain. Just showers at the moment.

sryanbruen · 15-04-2017 10:29am

OldRio wrote: »

No anomalies in Leitrim. Just rain. Just showers at the moment.

Here's one model in particular showing this (CFSv2) in case you thought I was lying. I think that for Ireland as a whole, it will be a rather dry April, nothing particularly remarkable.

OldRio · 15-04-2017 11:42am

I didn't think you were lying.

And neither am I.

Xenji · 15-04-2017 3:58pm

sryanbruen wrote: »

And the strangest thing is that the driest of the anomalies are to the west of Ireland.

We have had just 14.8mm in Castlebar so far this month, we usually average around 100mm plus in April.

Mars Bar · 15-04-2017 4:26pm

JCX BXC wrote: »

Very wet doesn't mean heavy, and don't trust those radars.

Definitely this. I work outdoors and have had to call off sessions when the mist has been super heavy and the place has been soaking but there'll be zilch on the radar!

Meteorite58 · 15-04-2017 7:37pm

Overall not a bad day here in Tralee if feeling a bit cool in the Wind, good sunshine throughout the day and a nice fine calm evening at 9.7C

High Temp here near Tralee 12.3C, no rain.

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coillsaille · 17-04-2017 1:28pm

Hi folks just wondering if Meteorite or any of the other knowledgeable regulars would be so kind as to provide me with a forecast for Galway Bay tomorrow. Planning on taking some guests to the Aran islands on my boat. Met E.'s regional forecast is suggesting rain in the afternoon with freshening southerly winds, which would put me off. However other sources such as netweather are predicting calm dry conditions all day.

sryanbruen · 17-04-2017 1:31pm

coillsaille wrote: »

Hi folks just wondering if Meteorite or any of the other knowledgeable regulars would be so kind as to provide me with a forecast for Galway Bay tomorrow. Planning on taking some guests to the Aran islands on my boat. Met E.'s regional forecast is suggesting rain in the afternoon with freshening southerly winds, which would put me off. However other sources such as netweather are predicting calm dry conditions all day.

Out of any day this week, Tuesday has the highest chance for rainfall with a 10% chance. But as you can see, this is a very low chance and if any rain does come off, it will be very weak. Tuesday is expected to be a rather cool and cloudy day at Galway Bay in light easterly breezes of up to 11km/hr (southerlies :pac: what?). Temperatures just slightly below average for mid April of up to 12c. Pretty uneventful really.

Meteorite58 · 17-04-2017 2:08pm

IMO I think sryanbruen's forecast is probably spot on. Winds look very light ( have sailed around there and tomorrow looks like I'd be motoring and tying up the sail until perhaps a bit of light wind in the afternoon and even at that it looks very light. Yeah probably overcast for the most part with a bit of mist/ light rain a possibility at some stage.

You will have to post a pic!

Magic Seaweed Swell

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sryanbruen · 17-04-2017 2:49pm

At Knock Airport, it has been a very dull April so far with around only 35-36 hours of sunshine.

coillsaille · 17-04-2017 4:35pm

Thanks Sryan and Meteorite it's much appreciated. Great to have the likes of ye to turn to! It's a motor boat Meteorite so won't have to contend with lack of wind anyway. I'll let ye know how it turns out.

sryanbruen · 17-04-2017 6:00pm

In May, I am hopefully going to start doing up tables of Irish stations. I would post the tables in the Irish Weather Statistics thread if anybody will be interested in them. I would post on the 14th/15th/16th of the month, depending on how many days a month has. So for February, I would post on the 14th (even if it's a leap year). For April, June, September and November, I would post on the 15th. For January, March, May, July, August, October and December, I would post on the 16th. I would also post at the end of the month. At the end of a tri-monthly period, so for example, January-March (so a total of 4 a year), I would post a table consisting of the statistics for that period for all stations.

I am going to be doing Mean Temperatures, Rainfall and Sunshine. The stations I will do are the ones found on Met Ã‰ireann's Yesterday's Weather page. If you would like your station to be included in these tables or experiment of mine

, feel free to send me statistics and I will include them. I will also include my own station, Grange in the tables of course

. Can't go without the amazing station that is Grange :rolleyes: (if you did not get it, that was clearly sarcasm :pac:).

Obviously, if nobody will be interested, I won't do this. So what are your thoughts? Should I do it or not?

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