Winter 2019/2020 - General Discussion

Slashermcguirk · 30-12-2019 12:14am

ZX7R wrote: »

It all ready has started to cool down in eastern europe -7 and snowing the last 48 hours in the part of Poland my my wife is from

I had friends just back from krakow and they said it wasn’t cold really at all. Seemed to be about +6 degrees

Oscar Bravo · 30-12-2019 12:17am

Goldfinch8 wrote: »

It was grey and cloudy alright for the most part in Mayo today. Here are just a couple of snaps that I managed to take just below the cloud line on my way up and down the Reek today. No views at all in the cloud on top but at least it kept dry and days like today are good for getting out and about in.

Were conditions tough? Had coastguard helicopter Rescue 118 into Castlebar hospital both yesterday and today from Croagh Patrick.

Snow Garden · 30-12-2019 12:29am

Goldfinch8 wrote: »

It was grey and cloudy alright for the most part in Mayo today. Here are just a couple of snaps that I managed to take just below the cloud line on my way up and down the Reek today. No views at all in the cloud on top but at least it kept dry and days like today are good for getting out and about in.

No snow or ice up there?

DumbBrunette · 30-12-2019 1:40am

Midnight reports: Dublin airport 3C and Casement 12C.

Biggest difference I've ever seen, extraordinary for such a short distance.

pad199207 · 30-12-2019 1:59am

DumbBrunette wrote: »

Midnight reports: Dublin airport 3C and Casement 12C.

Biggest difference I've ever seen, extraordinary for such a short distance.

If that’s a correct reading from Casement Airbase well then that’s astonishing. 8c couple of miles inland here in Naas.

Goldfinch8 · 30-12-2019 2:00am

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Were conditions tough? Had coastguard helicopter Rescue 118 into Castlebar hospital both yesterday and today from Croagh Patrick.

Not overly bad I would say. A dry day makes a difference and I avoid the reek in the rain if possible. Sheltered enough from the southerly wind going up on the Murrisk side but the wind was very strong once you reached the top of the first main ridge before you swing right for the mountain proper. I did feel that the wind moderated after that and it was not overly windy on the summit at all but it was cold in the mist up there.
I saw that unfortunate walker being airlifted late this afternoon as the evening was drawing in and also unluckily it was only a couple of hundred metres from the statue and and not too far from the bottom. I hope she makes a speedy recovery.
Mountain was fairly busy with walkers overall today I felt.

Goldfinch8 · 30-12-2019 2:01am

Snow Garden wrote: »

No snow or ice up there?

Not even a solitary hailstone Snow Garden! I think that the recent mild weather put pay to that.

ZX7R · 30-12-2019 3:33am

Slashermcguirk wrote: »

I had friends just back from krakow and they said it wasn’t cold really at all. Seemed to be about +6 degrees

Different part of Poland,2 days before the cold started it was +12.

Currently-4 in Krakow

snaps · 30-12-2019 7:52am

ZX7R wrote: »

Different part of Poland,2 days before the cold started it was +12.

Currently-4 in Krakow

Where I live, Currently -13 in southern malapolska (60km south of krakow) with 40-50cm snow. Above 1000m in our village close to 2m snow.
But yes, run up to Christmas it was +18c.

But looking at models now, weather turns very hot and cold.
It's quite unusual for there to be such big swings.
ECM and GFS all seem to say the same. Hot, cold, hot, cold (for central and eastern Europe).

I've just seen that some part of Scotland recorded 16.8c at 3am this morning.

Larbre34 · 30-12-2019 8:55am

DOCARCH wrote: »

Temp here in Dublin 16 (nearby) was 15.3c around that time.

Cheers, I knew I was in your neck of the woods you might corroborate.

Sky News have a short piece on their website now about a Foehn effect temp of 16.8 in the Scottish highlands at 3am, I imagine this was a similar phenomenon.

Logan Roy · 30-12-2019 11:50am

Very pleasant again in Cork today. After cold this is the next best type of weather in winter. Long may it continue

Kutebride · 30-12-2019 12:39pm

Manky, dull, drizzly day Galway City

SleetAndSnow · 30-12-2019 1:50pm

Slight few light drizzle drops in cork city, grey skies, mild but everything is damp.

pauldry · 30-12-2019 2:04pm

It was 16.8c in Scotland at 3am last night

The only white Christmases well be getting in the future will be ash from burning forests

7 to 13c looks the temperatures for the next 14 days

kod87 · 30-12-2019 3:04pm

Horrible dark, cloudy and gloomy day here in Tipp. Utterly depressing weather:(

Comhrá · 30-12-2019 3:14pm

Light drizzle in Limk City now. Very grey and murky. Almost eerie silence.

davidsr20 · 30-12-2019 3:24pm

Damp and drizzle in easy Galway. I really hope we get a second cold shot in February. Very mild second half of December.

Goldfinch8 · 30-12-2019 3:47pm

Patches of showery rain sweep across Killala Bay this morning as seen from Inishcrone (Enniscrone) strand in Co.Sligo. This in turn was followed by the hint and half promise of a partial clearance from the northwest.
Have to say, there is something magical and invigorating about an Irish beach on a winter's day.

ronnie3585 · 30-12-2019 4:02pm

Miserable, mild, mizzle muck all day in Galway.

Oneiric 3 · 30-12-2019 4:28pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Cloudy, gloomy weather I can tolerate if it is dry, but not when there those constant spits of greasy rain that barely registers anything in the gauge, yet keeps the place absolutely saturated.

Like today :rolleyes:

Andrew00 · 30-12-2019 4:35pm

Dirty aul grey day

Larbre34 · 30-12-2019 4:49pm

In Dun Laoghaire, it has been a day of what I call, no weather. It is 10C, so you don't need the winter woolies much, it isn't raining, it isn't sunny, there is an even veil of mid-grey cloud which looks neither threatening nor promising. The breeze scarcely registers, just a slight movement of the air really.

All in all, weatherless....

Billcarson · 30-12-2019 4:58pm

Larbre34 wrote: »

In Dun Laoghaire, it has been a day of what I call, no weather. It is 10C, so you don't need the winter woolies much, it isn't raining, it isn't sunny, there is an even veil of mid-grey cloud which looks neither threatening nor promising. The breeze scarcely registers, just a slight movement of the air really.

All in all, weatherless....

The type of weather we are getting atm reminds of much of the first half of last winter. Waking up every day to mild cloudy dull muck.

appledrop · 30-12-2019 6:21pm

Larbre34 wrote: »

In Dun Laoghaire, it has been a day of what I call, no weather. It is 10C, so you don't need the winter woolies much, it isn't raining, it isn't sunny, there is an even veil of mid-grey cloud which looks neither threatening nor promising. The breeze scarcely registers, just a slight movement of the air really.

All in all, weatherless....

In other words perfect winter weather for family days out!. Seriously this Christmas has been brilliant for families. Playgrounds + parks packed everyday. You can actually stay out for more than an hour without been frozen. Biggest bonus is lack of rain + wind. Long may it continue.

Oneiric 3 · 30-12-2019 6:49pm

Weather chart showing 850 temps & pressure for this time last year. Wouldn't you swear that this a chart from today?

Seems to be an increasing feature of our winters lately for the Azores high to move in over western Europe and lodge itself there for considerable periods of time. The Atlantic just can't seem to power up at all anymore.

Cork Boy 53 · 30-12-2019 7:13pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Weather chart showing 850 temps & pressure for this time last year. Wouldn't you swear that this a chart from today?

Seems to be an increasing feature of our winters lately for the Azores high to move in over western Europe and lodge itself there for considerable periods of time. The Atlantic just can't seem to power up at all anymore.

That is true at the moment but when it does power up again it will make up for its absence probably with a vengeance.

Logan Roy · 30-12-2019 7:36pm

The wet blankets over on Netweather are writing off winter already. Why does this happen every year?

The facts are:

December is rarely colder than Jan or Feb
Models are useless beyond 10 days
Background signals and their impact on our weather is little understood

Let's see what happens over the remaining NINE weeks of meteorological winter.....

30-12-2019 11:00pm

Good day to get the grass cut today!

Thelonious Monk · 30-12-2019 11:14pm

Loving this weather. Looks like it will be nice for NYE too. Great for cycling and just walking and everything. I don't know why people would like it to be colder, it just means being outside is unpleasant, and it's not like it ever snows anyway.

Cork Boy 53 · 30-12-2019 11:23pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Loving this weather. Looks like it will be nice for NYE too. Great for cycling and just walking and everything. I don't know why people would like it to be colder, it just means being outside is unpleasant, and it's not like it ever snows anyway.

It`s all very well having these mild conditions at present but personally I would prefer to have cold weather (be that cold rain, hail, sleet, snow) now rather than having it next spring which in all likelihood is what will happen.

Thelonious Monk · 31-12-2019 9:18am

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

It`s all very well having these mild conditions at present but personally I would prefer to have cold weather (be that cold rain, hail, sleet, snow) now rather than having it next spring which in all likelihood is what will happen.

It doesn't work that way. Its not like there's a certain amount of weather that has to be distributed out over the year.

Goldfinch8 · 31-12-2019 9:23am

A nice white frost. Central Mayo.

Slashermcguirk · 31-12-2019 10:23am

Moscow had its warmest December on record with no snow on the ground at Christmas. That’s when you know it’s a mild winter!!

Mortelaro · 31-12-2019 12:07pm

Has anyone got a torch ?

appledrop · 31-12-2019 12:14pm

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

It`s all very well having these mild conditions at present but personally I would prefer to have cold weather (be that cold rain, hail, sleet, snow) now rather than having it next spring which in all likelihood is what will happen.

This is Ireland! We could have the crappest, coldest winter possible + it could still rain all summer.

I would have no problem with cold weather if guaranteed lovely spring/summer but never works like that here so take each day as it comes.

Oscar Bravo · 31-12-2019 12:30pm

A dry calm quite new years eve here in Castlebar. Clear skies to the east. All in all,nice.

Pangea · 31-12-2019 12:32pm

Everything is all white after a good hard frost. Lovely end to the year. -Donegal

Hooter23 · 31-12-2019 1:07pm

Since the Atlantic is much quieter in recent years maybe summers like we got in 2018 might become more common...I remember hearing a guy on the radio my years ago talking about how the Atlantic goes through cycles around every 15 years or so where storms increase then decrease...maybe we are in a quieter cycle right now

SleetAndSnow · 31-12-2019 1:40pm

Some blue sky but also some very dark clouds here in West cork this new years eve, no frost down here! City is much the same.i am being told, maybe less windy.

Donegal Storm · 31-12-2019 2:25pm

Beautiful day in Letterkenny, bright, cloudless skies, no wind, a hard frost still on the ground and fog lying in the valleys, as nice as it gets at this time of year

SleetAndSnow · 31-12-2019 5:56pm

Very calm in West cork. Drove up over the cliff and there was a beautiful sunset over the far ocean with the close ocean being a vrey-blue colour due to the dark clouds. Was lovely, no waves.

Pangea · 31-12-2019 7:21pm

Car covered in a hard frost already -Donegal

Hooter23 · 31-12-2019 11:48pm

Hooter23 wrote: »

Since the Atlantic is much quieter in recent years maybe summers like we got in 2018 might become more common...I remember hearing a guy on the radio my years ago talking about how the Atlantic goes through cycles around every 15 years or so where storms increase then decrease...maybe we are in a quieter cycle right now

Looks like I spoke too soon...potential for very bad storms next week

Snow Garden · 01-01-2020 12:42am

Hooter23 wrote: »

Looks like I spoke too soon...potential for very bad storms next week

Will I be able to travel from Roundstone to Wexford via Carrick-on-Shannon leaving at 1:35pm next Thursday or will the worst of it be over?

kod87 · 01-01-2020 12:16pm

Fairly depressing forecast from M.T for those that want some cold wintry weather in winter....

"For January then, the prediction is for temperatures 1 or even 2 deg above normal, and rainfall possibly staying a bit below the January average, although not a dry month, just less rain than is often the case. I don't think there will be much wintry weather until perhaps near the end of the month, if at all"

Fingers crossed for February then

lapua20grain · 01-01-2020 12:23pm

Beautiful day out in Kinsealy cold but clean crisp air.

zerosugarbuzz · 01-01-2020 12:56pm

kod87 wrote: »

Fairly depressing forecast from M.T for those that want some cold wintry weather in winter....

"For January then, the prediction is for temperatures 1 or even 2 deg above normal, and rainfall possibly staying a bit below the January average, although not a dry month, just less rain than is often the case. I don't think there will be much wintry weather until perhaps near the end of the month, if at all"

Fingers crossed for February then

But an utterly fantastic prediction for those of us who had enough snow in 2010 to last a lifetime, bring on mildðŸ˜€

Logan Roy · 01-01-2020 1:04pm

zerosugarbuzz wrote: »

But an utterly fantastic prediction for those of us who had enough snow in 2010 to last a lifetime, bring on mild&#55357;&#56832;

Mild and wet is utterly fantastic? Each to their own.....

Mortelaro · 01-01-2020 1:19pm

Logan Roy wrote: »

Mild and wet is utterly fantastic? Each to their own.....

Well as long as it's not wet every day
2 or 3 times a week is fine
Keep things growing

Logan Roy · 01-01-2020 1:45pm

Mortelaro wrote: »

Well as long as it's not wet every day
2 or 3 times a week is fine
Keep things growing

In that case it will be permanently damp, nothing dries out this time of year without a dry spell. No thanks. This week gone has been great, cloudy but not cold and most importantly very dry.

Winter 2019/2020 - General Discussion

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