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Autumn 2020 - General Discussion

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  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,153 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    12.2mm so far today in Dublin 16. Looks like rain might clear east coast/Dublin in the next hour or two.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    We have now been upgraded to "strong gale"... love watching the rain radar met.ie screen. Not cold thankfully.

    west mayo offshore


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,205 ✭✭✭Kutebride


    Rain and rain since we woke this morning.
    Boyne will have a nice swell in it after this.
    Meath.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,205 ✭✭✭Kutebride


    Rain and rain since we woke this morning.
    Boyne will have a nice swell in it after this.
    Meath.


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


    Rotten day in Letterkenny as well, pouring down and lights on all day. No wind of note but lots of leaves and twigs on the road so must have been fairly windy overnight


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


    Rotten day in Letterkenny as well, pouring down and lights on all day. No wind of note but lots of leaves and twigs on the road so must have been fairly windy overnight


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,096 ✭✭✭mcburns07


    Very breezy all day in East Cork, the rain is held off so far. Not a bad day really!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 366 ✭✭daniel_t1409


    Not too much rain so far but very windy and cold. Heaters were on full blast this morning. wex


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    Photo of the day here!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 366 ✭✭daniel_t1409


    Not too much rain so far but very windy and cold. Heaters were on full blast this morning. wexford.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,207 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    Cork airport gusting 50 knots @ 3pm


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,882 ✭✭✭✭Rock Lesnar


    Can see the clearance now towards the north east here in Meath, only 13mm of rain so far, expected more


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,963 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    Can see the clearance now towards the north east here in Meath, only 13mm of rain so far, expected more

    the clearance is pushing through a bit earlier than expected, it's been a wet day but not as wet as last Wednesday and far less rain than the UK has experienced over the past 3 days. Once we get this wet spell over and done with the middle to second half of October is starting to look considerably dryer and temperatures will begin to recover. However it may cool down again in the final week of October.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,220 ✭✭✭pad199207


    Soggy here now in Kildare with 18mm in the gauge


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 366 ✭✭daniel_t1409


    Started raining. Wind has also gone down a good bit.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,992 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Did Met Eireann miss this one?
    I know Donegal had a yellow warning but for me it should easily have been orange.

    Did they issue yellow for all the other parts I am reading about in this thread?

    On a lighter note! Not long after I posted the message to say how rough and wet it was overnight, I was settling down for my sleep at 7am when I heard an almighty bang. Thought maybe a tree had come down and hit side of house.

    Went out to see the trampoline up against the back window of the house!

    30 min later we had it dismantled and in the garage but we were soaked through. That trampoline had approx 6 big massive boulders on the legs and withstood several previous storms without moving. Last night managed to shift it though and once free of the boulders it was dangerous.

    All good fun. Not.


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    Rain shield in place around Cork all day. Very little if any rain last night, and apart from a few spots here and there, it's held dry all day. Quite windy but not bad overall.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,220 ✭✭✭pad199207


    Rain has eased in Kildare and gone completely calm too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,207 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    Nothing to note here in Castlebar other than a breezy and wet afternoon.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    NIMAN wrote: »
    Did Met Eireann miss this one?
    I know Donegal had a yellow warning but for me it should easily have been orange.

    Did they issue yellow for all the other parts I am reading about in this thread?

    On a lighter note! Not long after I posted the message to say how rough and wet it was overnight, I was settling down for my sleep at 7am when I heard an almighty bang. Thought maybe a tree had come down and hit side of house.

    Went out to see the trampoline up against the back window of the house!

    30 min later we had it dismantled and in the garage but we were soaked through. That trampoline had approx 6 big massive boulders on the legs and withstood several previous storms without moving. Last night managed to shift it though and once free of the boulders it was dangerous.

    All good fun. Not.

    lol.. I was seriously wondering earlier where the obligatory runaway trampoline would turn up this time! But certainly not fun and well done ..

    I never have opinions re the colour of the warning. "Sky blue pink" , polka dotted...

    Still raging out here. Wearisome noise. But it will stop. Always does.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    Started raining. Wind has also gone down a good bit.

    Ah yours is so much prettier than mine! Actually my photo did not capture the full glowing coal-egg glory! The heat that comes off so few of them is truly amazing. And was needed yesterday.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    The wind is now simply atmospheric. Still a presence and feels bitterly cold

    west mayo offshore


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,178 ✭✭✭pauldry


    25mm in Sligo town yesterday

    Seems to be the highest

    Was very windy too

    Belmullet 5mm
    Newport 4mm

    strange


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 366 ✭✭daniel_t1409


    A dull evening in wexford.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,525 ✭✭✭Hooter23


    The weather is now simply sh@# and will be for the next 6 months or more....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,238 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    Although dank and damp (like 90% of the summer to be honest) very little rain so far this month in Galway, and not much in the forecast either. Could end up being a very dry month here relative to average.

    New Moon



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    "Eleven of the clock and all quiet, " as the old time night watchman would say.

    Deeply peaceful.

    West mayo offshore


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    One of my favourite sounds is the crashing of waves on the rocky shore nearby. Loud this morning, and wind song.

    Beautiful to wake to.

    west mayo offshore


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭Artane2002


    miserable and wet in Dublin 5.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    And the gloom has moved in and stolen the world. Dark and dank.

    It has robbed us of mountains and ocean, and the sky is falling in great chilling drops

    Fire sounds good, VERY good.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 366 ✭✭daniel_t1409


    A decent day in wexford. Out one window I can see clear blue skies, and out the other I see full cloud, interesting.


  • Posts: 3,656 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Sunny enough on the East coast today, a lovely walk on the beach this morning and cut the grass for the last time in the afternoon, washed the bird feeders, took leaves off the pond, cut back the last of the dying roses and flowers..........but it certainly feels like Autumn now. The light is going fast and the angle of the sun means my garden gets less sun every day.
    I'm not looking forward to Winter this year, I've a feeling it will be a long one.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 366 ✭✭daniel_t1409


    Sunny enough on the East coast today, a lovely walk on the beach this morning and cut the grass for the last time in the afternoon, washed the bird feeders, took leaves off the pond, cut back the last of the dying roses and flowers..........but it certainly feels like Autumn now. The light is going fast and the angle of the sun means my garden gets less sun every day.
    I'm not looking forward to Winter this year, I've a feeling it will be a long one.

    Agreed, I have a feeling that this winter will be long too. The lack of any decent weather during the summer(at least here in the southeast) and of course the virus and rise of cases.

    One thing I've noticed is that a lot of trees are competely bare already, presumably due to the cold weather in September and the storms in August. Usually they still have a few leaves on them.


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,963 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    Agreed, I have a feeling that this winter will be long too. The lack of any decent weather during the summer(at least here in the southeast) and of course the virus and rise of cases.

    One thing I've noticed is that a lot of trees are competely bare already, presumably due to the cold weather in September and the storms in August. Usually they still have a few leaves on them.

    The tree's here in Meath started turning during August, the earliest I've ever seen it. Grass growth was also very poor from July and it dipped even further during August with the most minimal amount of sunshine throughout the summer. Garden is already covered in leaves and the grass hasn't grown in weeks.


  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,153 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    One thing I've noticed is that a lot of trees are competely bare already, presumably due to the cold weather in September and the storms in August. Usually they still have a few leaves on them.

    Many trees suffered due to the very dry Spring. There are two trees behind my house that are completely bare since early August. Leaves started falling off those trees in June!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,586 ✭✭✭✭M.T. Cranium


    A relatively moderate Atlantic low is moving in, the interesting features may be (a) heavy rainfall in a fairly narrow band along and just north of its track, and (b) temperatures moving up instead of down tonight across the south, probably peaking at something like 17 C near midnight.

    Strong (southwest to west) winds do not seem that likely but would say keep a close watch in case it deepens a bit more than predicted, then from Cork to Wexford there could be some strong gusts, but at this point, it may be capped at about 70-80 km/hr.

    I toyed with the idea of a thread but will leave that to people who are awake around noon or so, and that won't include me.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    Tide-music again in the clear stillness.

    As for winter? Old saying, " How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.."

    It comes in day-sized portions. And once a day is over? Gone.


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,963 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    a beautiful morning here in Meath, hopefully it will help towards drying out the saturated garden.


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 12,072 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,323 ✭✭✭highdef


    Gonzo wrote: »
    The tree's here in Meath started turning during August, the earliest I've ever seen it. Grass growth was also very poor from July and it dipped even further during August with the most minimal amount of sunshine throughout the summer. Garden is already covered in leaves and the grass hasn't grown in weeks.

    Oddly enough, just across the border in North kildare, the first signs of yellowing leaves have only become apparent in the past week or two. Right now, about half the trees around me (and there are lots of trees as I live in a rural/farmland area) are still fully green. Very few leaves have fallen thus far.

    Last weekend was the first weekend in a month or more that I didn't need to mow the lawn, although it could certainly do with one now.


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    Gonzo wrote: »
    a beautiful morning here in Meath, hopefully it will help towards drying out the saturated garden.

    Down in Cork and my thought when the rain started this afternoon was that'll do the garden good. Weird how different the weather can be in such a small country.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,207 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    Turning into a wet afternoon in Castlebar.


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



    Does that mean their entire data output is free in the same way it is for GFS? Great news if that's the case


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,740 ✭✭✭4Ad


    Started raining at 3 o clock in East Clare, hasn't stopped since...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,207 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    4Ad wrote: »
    Started raining at 3 o clock in East Clare, hasn't stopped since...

    Same up the road in Castlebar


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,849 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    Jet stream is right over Ireland today


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,238 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    Does that mean their entire data output is free in the same way it is for GFS? Great news if that's the case

    That would be interesting to see, and while the charts on the ECMWF site are nice and clean looking, the site itself is buggy and they still seem oddly limited in terms of location zooms and time increments.

    New Moon



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 12,072 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Oneiric 3 wrote: »
    That would be interesting to see, and while the charts on the ECMWF site are nice and clean looking, the site itself is buggy and they still seem oddly limited in terms of location zooms and time increments.

    Very slow earlier, not much better tonight, probably a rush of traffic. No country by country as yet ( no zoom facilities for finer details which is my main interest ), generalized in a large scale but handy for getting an overview at least.

    If you click on the map for your area you can get a Meteogram and vertical profile and other information.

    Charts are huge when downloaded so will need to be resized.

    Lots of date in there ,some maps are poorly sized, some are blurry so a bit of sharpening up to do.

    d9AXOoh.png?2

    https://twitter.com/UModigliani/status/1313846351525031937?s=20


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    Peacefully quiet with just the occasional PUFF of wind to remind that wind can still happen.

    Cool , but not excessively so, and the rain has stopped. There were some desperately heavy deluges earlier.

    West Mayo offshore


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    Progression to parky. A sneaky wind with ice on its breath, and dark, dark clouds lurking.

    A day to stay home and light the fire..

    West Mayo offshore

    The cold is intense now; had to light the fire earlier than usual. Shivers


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