Winter 20/21 - General Discussion

Dazler97 · 20-01-2021 1:29am

Chilly here now down to 5.8c in Carrick on Shannon where as in Dublin it's double digits

Clonmel1000 · 20-01-2021 9:38am

TheMilkyPirate wrote: »

This exactly. I love summer no matter the weather we get.

So do I but people are being either disingenuous or missing the point by trying to link weather with daylight. Last summer was poor weather wise in any mans language despite the usual comical Ali reports from some here.

Nqp15hhu · 20-01-2021 9:47am

I had over 30 days of 20c+ highs. I don’t see how that is poor for here!

mcburns07 · 20-01-2021 10:20am

I'm surprised Cork hasn't meant the criteria for a yellow rainfall warning. Chucking it down for hours now, loads of surface water on road.

leeash10 · 20-01-2021 11:06am

Rain, Temp 4c @ 303 MTRS West Wicklow.

Oscar Bravo · 20-01-2021 11:11am

Finally a cold clear sunny morning here in Castlebar.

Donegal Storm · 20-01-2021 11:35am

Same here, finally some sunshine. Fence looks like it's on fire with all the evaporation this morning!

https://streamable.com/mb39pz

Nqp15hhu · 20-01-2021 11:52am

Yay! Just seen my first snow of this cold spell and it is sticking! Bodes well for tonight!

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings#?id=231fbe90-387e-47da-b73d-bd47796ec1f0&date=2021-01-20&details

https://streamable.com/ho8xgp

Nqp15hhu · 20-01-2021 12:14pm

Here’s a video that actually works. There appears to be snow on Slieve Snaght

https://streamable.com/35mg5e

Nqp15hhu · 20-01-2021 12:18pm

Islay peeking through

mcburns07 · 20-01-2021 12:37pm

Great pic N. Love a good mountain forest trail!

Nqp15hhu · 20-01-2021 12:44pm

mcburns07 wrote: »

Great pic N. Love a good mountain forest trail!

Yes hopefully we’ll get our share of snow up here in the next few days..

OldRio · 20-01-2021 3:44pm

Cool 5C but blue sky and sunshine. Co. Leitrim. Stunning afternoon.

Cluedo Monopoly · 20-01-2021 4:44pm

Beautiful day in Galway. Keep this coming please. The birds are really starting to sing now.

Dazler97 · 20-01-2021 4:46pm

OldRio wrote: »

Cool 5C but blue sky and sunshine. Co. Leitrim. Stunning afternoon.

What part you in, I'm in Carrick, lovely and sunny here but cold

OldRio · 20-01-2021 4:56pm

Dazler97 wrote: »

What part you in, I'm in Carrick, lovely and sunny here but cold

Hi Dazler97. We're in Fenagh

nacho libre · 20-01-2021 4:58pm

I know it's not very strong right now, but it was interesting to see the Sun get to work on the wet ground this morning. The floods in the fields retreated fairly quickly. Aside from one brief hail shower, it has been fine all day

appledrop · 20-01-2021 5:49pm

I'm sick of this now in NCD, another wash out day.

Everywhere is saturated.

I'm hoping dry weather is on the way tomorrow.

nacho libre · 20-01-2021 6:32pm

Met Eireann:

Issued at: 20 January 2021 16:35
TODAY - Wednesday 20th January

TONIGHT

Any rain, sleet or snow in the east will quickly clear tonight with clear spells and scattered wintry showers extending nationwide. Showers falling as sleet or snow at times, most frequent in the north and west where they may be heavy with hail. Lowest temperatures of -1 to +2 degrees with frost and icy patches in many areas, in moderate to fresh westerly winds.

TOMORROW - Thursday 21st January

Thursday will be cold with sunny spells and scattered showers, some of hail and some wintry on high ground. Showers will be most frequent in the north and west during the morning, but will become more isolated through the afternoon and evening. Much of the southeast will stay dry. Highest temperatures of 4 to 7 degrees with moderate to fresh west to northwest breezes.
National Outlook

Thursday night will be dry in many areas with clear spells. Showers will affect parts of the west and north. These will become increasingly wintry overnight, Frost will develop in many areas as winds fall off light. Lowest temperatures of -3 to + 2 degrees.

Friday will be cold with bright or sunny spells and scattered wintry showers, heaviest and most frequent in the west and north and well scattered further east. Highest temperatures of 3 to 6 degrees with light breezes. Friday night will be very cold with frost and icy patches developing. Some fog patches also. Most areas will be dry. However, wintry showers will continue in the northwest overnight. Lowest temperatures of -4 to 0 degrees .

Saturday and Sunday will continue very cold with sunny spells and scattered wintry showers. Highest temperatures ranging from 2 to 6 degrees. Widespread frost both nights with temperatures dropping to -4 degrees in places.

Current indications for next week suggest that Monday will continue very cold with further wintry showers and frost at night.

On Tuesday, rain will spread from the west, possibly falling as sleet or snow for a time as it meets the colder air.

Dazler97 · 20-01-2021 6:35pm

OldRio wrote: »

Hi Dazler97. We're in Fenagh

Ah nice one, I can feel the frost in the air alright

Gonzo · 20-01-2021 6:57pm

appledrop wrote: »

I'm sick of this now in NCD, another wash out day.

Everywhere is saturated.

I'm hoping dry weather is on the way tomorrow.

The next 4 to 5 days will be mostly dry, I doubt Dublin will see any precipitation unless there are sudden changes to the models, showers mainly confined to western and northern coasts.

Goldfinch8 · 20-01-2021 7:04pm

The gradual stretch in the evenings was evident in the clearer skies here today in the west. Today's blue skies were most welcome after yesterday's washout. I saw a very slight dusting on some of the higher mountain peaks again as a few wintry showers drifted over them during the day.
Below a pic taken at 17.29 this eve that still shows a residual glow in the southwest along with the cloud tops of some showers just off the Mayo coast.

JCX BXC · 20-01-2021 8:01pm

Frost developing on car roofs already, Galway city. Only 7pm.

Lovely day but set in with a quick cool this evening.

Storm 10 · 20-01-2021 8:50pm

JCX BXC wrote: »

Frost developing on car roofs already, Galway city. Only 7pm.

Lovely day but set in with a quick cool this evening.

Heavy showers moving in from the West now wonder if there will be sparks.

Meteorite58 · 20-01-2021 8:51pm

Great pic Goldfinch8.

Very defined back edge to the Front today. Good sunshine and seen a few CB's and large Congestus on the way home this evening here in Kerry. Had a couple of hail showers late afternoon and could see a few shower curtains out of big clouds in the distance. Breezy this evening and temps staying up at 5.3C after a high of 9.9C. A few showers going through.

NASA

20-01-2021 9:57pm

It was remarkable how quickly the front cleared here in Cork. It went from bucketing rain to nearly perfectly clear in half an hour.

Oneiric 3 · 20-01-2021 11:41pm

Donegal Storm wrote: »

Same here, finally some sunshine. Fence looks like it's on fire with all the evaporation this morning!

https://streamable.com/mb39pz

Class.

Dazler97 · 21-01-2021 1:25am

Frost on the windows here in Carrick on Shannon, 0c at the moment but showers pushing in from northwest could mean some snowfall hopefullyðŸ€žðŸ€ž

Thelonious Monk · 21-01-2021 9:16am

Really windy and cold in Dublin, I hate the wind

Oscar Bravo · 21-01-2021 9:34am

Cold with heavy showers here in Castlebar. 3 degrees. Horrible morning.

Oneiric 3 · 21-01-2021 11:42am

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Cold with heavy showers here in Castlebar. 3 degrees. Horrible morning.

I am beginning to hate this winter.

Cluedo Monopoly · 21-01-2021 11:50am

Utter utter utter misery here in Galway. I am going to go back to bed for the day. May I never wake.

SleetAndSnow · 21-01-2021 12:27pm

Lovely day in cork city. Blue skies and sunshine. 6 degrees but feels cooler, shaded spots the cars have ice on them

Emme · 21-01-2021 12:35pm

Cool but dry and partly sunny in South Kildare with a slight breeze. A welcome change from low lying dark grey rain clouds blotting out the sun for days.

igCorcaigh · 21-01-2021 12:37pm

A very fine day too here in the Real Capitol. Not noticeably cold either, to me at least.

21-01-2021 12:43pm

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Lovely day in cork city. Blue skies and sunshine. 6 degrees but feels cooler, shaded spots the cars have ice on them

We've done well this January compared to other parts of the country. Despite the heavy rain yesterday and Tuesday, we're on course for a sunnier and drier January than average. We've also had more frosts in the last three weeks than we would get in an entire winter some years.

sryanbruen · 21-01-2021 12:53pm

Deleted User wrote: »

We've done well this January compared to other parts of the country. Despite the heavy rain yesterday and Tuesday, we're on course for a sunnier and drier January than average. We've also had more frosts in the last three weeks than we would get in an entire winter some years.

Cork Airport with 62.1 hrs this January to now is the sunniest station in the UK & Ireland and it's around 107% of its January sunshine average. You have done well indeed.

Most others have had below average sunshine this January to now.

21-01-2021 1:19pm

sryanbruen wrote: »

Cork Airport with 62.1 hrs this January to now is the sunniest station in the UK & Ireland and it's around 107% of its January sunshine average. You have done well indeed.

Most others have had below average sunshine this January to now.

57mm rain for the month so far compared to mean of 131mm, and with a decent forecast we should come in way under. Mean temperature also 1.3 degrees down and a full 2 degrees on last three years.

I cut my grass last weekend which is a rare treat in January.

Gonzo · 21-01-2021 3:07pm

after 3 days of rain, mist and drizzle, today is a lovely day, unbroken blue skies, plenty of sun and no wind.

murfo · 21-01-2021 3:36pm

Deleted User wrote: »

57mm rain for the month so far compared to mean of 131mm, and with a decent forecast we should come in way under. Mean temperature also 1.3 degrees down and a full 2 degrees on last three years.

I cut my grass last weekend which is a rare treat in January.

noticed a few cm growth over the past week since we've been back to the muck, first daisy popped up too.

Meteorite58 · 21-01-2021 3:40pm

murfo wrote: »

noticed a few cm growth over the past week since we've been back to the muck, first daisy popped up too.

Cut the grass here in Kerry a week ago.

KingJeremy · 21-01-2021 4:19pm

Glorious afternoon in my part of county Galway. Glad to see the end of the rain for a few days

Thelonious Monk · 21-01-2021 4:19pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Really windy and cold in Dublin, I hate the wind

Has turned out ok in Dublin, got a run in in the park at lunch. The sun actually had some warmth in it when it was in my face while resting after run. But then I was an overheating sweaty mess so maybe it wasn't the sun.

Oscar Bravo · 21-01-2021 4:32pm

Much better afternoon in Castlebar. Clear skies. Cold one ahead.

appledrop · 21-01-2021 7:38pm

At last managed to get out to park for a while today.

It was great to be out. Beautiful ,cold but sunny.

Loads of flooded areas so plenty of fun for my 4 year old splashing in them.

Donegal Storm · 22-01-2021 12:37am

Fairly miserable day again in Letterkenny with frequent showers, don't look like much on radar but they've been piling in constantly since yesterday afternoon. Got drenched going for a walk after work as has increasingly been routine this winter :rolleyes:

22-01-2021 12:43am

appledrop wrote: »

At last managed to get out to park for a while today.

It was great to be out. Beautiful ,cold but sunny.

Loads of flooded areas so plenty of fun for my 4 year old splashing in them.

My 5 and 6.5 year olds are Divils for that, Boys and water I just don't know the fascination, they'd sit outside soaked for the day in the cold if I'd let them splashing away. Worse again is we have a stream right beside us. :eek:

Great in the Summer though.

Little snowy old me · 22-01-2021 2:32am

Any chance of a decent storm or something? This waiting for this cold spell to materialise is doing my head in.

circadian · 22-01-2021 8:23am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

My 5 and 6.5 year olds are Divils for that, Boys and water I just don't know the fascination, they'd sit outside soaked for the day in the cold if I'd let them splashing away. Worse again is we have a stream right beside us. :eek:

Great in the Summer though.

My wee man is obsessed with water. Has the kitchen, bathroom and any other room he can wrecked with it.

Very heavy frost here in D9, was expecting a bit of ice but this is much heavier.

Thelonious Monk · 22-01-2021 8:26am

Little snowy old me wrote: »

Any chance of a decent storm or something? This waiting for this cold spell to materialise is doing my head in.

Are we not in a cold spell? Cars are v frosty in D5 this morning anyway.

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