Winter 2019/2020 - General Discussion

pauldry · 12-02-2020 4:14pm

No need for snow ice warning by met
It's gone milder....ish

pad199207 · 12-02-2020 4:14pm

Sleety_Rain wrote: »

I cant understand how Dublin and Wicklow in that warning, must relate to melting snow with rain tonight above 400metres

About a .001% chance of snow in Dublin

Dublin & Wicklow Mountains

Oneiric 3 · 12-02-2020 4:31pm

Gonzo wrote: »

outlook for the next two weeks looks generally mild or close to normal temperatures and unsettled. Chance of slightly cooler weather between the 16th and 19th of February then it goes mild again. The westerlies continue with strong winds this weekend, then cool and showery to start next week. Unlikely to be lower level snow next week but some wintry falls could happen on high ground.We continue with the westerlies driving in low pressures from the west with cooler and showery interludes between, probably for the rest of February.

The slightly warmer than average conditions forecast I think would be more based on the lack of below average minina, rather than the strength of any daytime warmth. A worst of both worlds type scenario.

ninebeanrows · 12-02-2020 4:54pm

GFS which usually overdoes snow risk doesnt have a flake

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Gonzo · 12-02-2020 5:37pm

very few of the models going for snow apart from a few flakes on peaks in Donegal and NI.

Hirlam produces a rain event for all of us.

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Icon similar to the Hirlam:

GFS very similar as well.
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Arpege again very similar:
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The Euro 4 is having a laugh:
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Oneiric 3 · 12-02-2020 5:59pm

ECM 06z:

Hard one to call given that this front is coming in over a chilled air mass. I think higher ground in the NW will see something for a short period of time, but I'd not bet my diamond studded* watch on it.

*does such a watch exist?

m17 · 12-02-2020 6:00pm

Slieve bloom mountains this morning

Oscar Bravo · 12-02-2020 6:20pm

Status Yellow - Wind warning for Dublin and Louth

South to Southeast winds will reach 50 to 60 km/hr gusts 90 to 100 km/hr, mainly in coastal areas and on high ground.

Valid: 23:00 Wednesday 12/02/2020 to 03:00 Thursday 13/02/2020

Issued: 16:00 Wednesday 12/02/2020

Reckless Abandonment · 12-02-2020 6:29pm

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Status Yellow - Wind warning for Dublin and Louth

South to Southeast winds will reach 50 to 60 km/hr gusts 90 to 100 km/hr, mainly in coastal areas and on high ground.

Valid: 23:00 Wednesday 12/02/2020 to 03:00 Thursday 13/02/2020

Issued: 16:00 Wednesday 12/02/2020

That's an odd one. Warning for 4 hours in just two counties.

Oscar Bravo · 12-02-2020 6:33pm

Reckless Abandonment wrote: »

That's an odd one. Warning for 4 hours in just two counties.

Short alright .Area of low pressure moving up over the country.Dublin Airport TAF gives gusts up to 40 knots between midnight and 2am.

Kutebride · 12-02-2020 6:43pm

Calm and dry in Dublin 2.
Its lovely pm.
Seems odd not to be fighting a gust or wind as of late

Danno · 12-02-2020 6:52pm

Temperatures dropping here in south Laois. This afternoon we reached 7.2c. Currently 4.9c.

Rock Lesnar · 12-02-2020 7:30pm

Temp is currently 2.9c here in my area of meath, from 8.6c today, feels milder though

Oscar Bravo · 12-02-2020 7:39pm

Status Yellow - Wind warning for Wexford, Wicklow, Cork, Kerry and Waterford

South to Southeast winds will reach 50 to 60 km/hr gusts 90 to 100 km/hr, mainly in coastal areas and on high ground.

Valid: 18:00 Wednesday 12/02/2020 to 02:00 Thursday 13/02/2020

Updated: 17:32 Wednesday 12/02/2020

SleetAndSnow · 12-02-2020 8:12pm

Absolutely pouring down in cork city for the last half an hour. As if things weren't waterlogged enough. A long dry spell is badly needed.

Gonzo · 12-02-2020 8:39pm

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

. A long dry spell is badly needed.

We need a major pattern change for this to happen. The Atlantic has thrown everything it can at us for the past 5 to 6 months with barely any interruption. We've had a few dry days since mid September and a very short lived high pressure, which hasn't really done anything to dry out the saturated land.

Any high pressure's in this current set up are very short lived, not lasting more than a few days. We would need a good 3 to 4 weeks of relatively dry conditions to dry out the land to any great extent. March is just around the corner and that is often a very wet month and the westerlies are set to continue for the rest of February.

sryanbruen · 12-02-2020 8:57pm

January was actually quite a bit drier than average despite the westerly influence. We got away with murder honestly.

SleetAndSnow · 12-02-2020 9:33pm

Gonzo wrote: »

We need a major pattern change for this to happen. The Atlantic has thrown everything it can at us for the past 5 to 6 months with barely any interruption. We've had a few dry days since mid September and a very short lived high pressure, which hasn't really done anything to dry out the saturated land.

Any high pressure's in this current set up are very short lived, not lasting more than a few days. We would need a good 3 to 4 weeks of relatively dry conditions to dry out the land to any great extent. March is just around the corner and that is often a very wet month and the westerlies are set to continue for the rest of February.

Not great to hear that. Still bucketing down in cork city, longest heavy spell of rain ive seen in a while. Bouncing off the cars. Well heres to hoping March bucks it usual trend and becomes a dry one, unlikely though.

Calibos · 12-02-2020 9:48pm

Wicklow mountains covered in Snow when I saw them from the bridge over the Dargle this afternoon. Is this rain thats currently started and set to fall for the next few hours, is it failing as snow up the Wicklow mountains and top up whats up there big time or is it going to fall as rain up there too and wash all the snow away?

Gonzo · 12-02-2020 10:04pm

sryanbruen wrote: »

January was actually quite a bit drier than average despite the westerly influence. We got away with murder honestly.

I would hate to think what the ground would be like if January continued with the autumn/early winter deluges. I don't think February will be as wet as the autumn months but with not much dryness around, every bit of rain we get just keeps the saturated ground going!

SleetAndSnow · 12-02-2020 10:24pm

Up to 11.6mm of rain so far from this system in cork city and still coming down. Winds picking up slightly now too so.

Tigerandahalf · 12-02-2020 10:49pm

Serious lightning showing up on the radar off the west coast.

Oscar Bravo · 12-02-2020 10:56pm

Very heavy band of rain from Galway down towards Cork moving East/NE. recent lightning south of Kinsale

SleetAndSnow · 12-02-2020 11:01pm

Have my blinds open watching TV, parents have velux windows in the kitchen. It's like somebody tipped over a bucket and it all just fell down. I never saw such a heavy downpour as I just did you couldn't see. Lasted about 10 seconds before returning to normal rain but it's like it all just came down as one big area of water. Don't even know how to describe it really because I never saw rain that heavy even during thunder storms

Rougies · 12-02-2020 11:02pm

Calibos wrote: »

Wicklow mountains covered in Snow when I saw them from the bridge over the Dargle this afternoon. Is this rain thats currently started and set to fall for the next few hours, is it failing as snow up the Wicklow mountains and top up whats up there big time or is it going to fall as rain up there too and wash all the snow away?

Rain except for the highest peaks, Kippure etc might get a top-up.

12-02-2020 11:03pm

Unreal wind and rain in Cork city at the moment.

Burts Bee · 12-02-2020 11:05pm

Mental in North cork

12-02-2020 11:08pm

Brendan howlin'ðŸ˜‚ in Cork at the moment, torrential rain also....well his predecessor or something.

Oscar Bravo · 12-02-2020 11:09pm

10pm
Cork airport gusting 39 knots in moderate rain. one thing to note at 9.30 pressure was 991hpa , at 10pm its 989hpa. dropping quickly.

Logan Roy · 12-02-2020 11:26pm

Vicious gusts and driving rain in East Cork, some flashes of lightning out to sea as well.

Oscar Bravo · 12-02-2020 11:28pm

Logan Roy wrote: »

Vicious gusts and driving rain in East Cork, some flashes of lightning out to sea as well.

Lots out to sea off the South coast alright.

Oscar Bravo · 12-02-2020 11:39pm

1030pm

Shannon Airport gusting 51 knots with the wind varying between south east and south west.

SleetAndSnow · 12-02-2020 11:41pm

Cork airport temp dropped from 7 to 4 in half an hour. TAF Also updated at 21:48, strange time. Seems to have added thunderstorm possibility?

Oscar Bravo · 12-02-2020 11:43pm

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Cork airport temp dropped from 7 to 4 in half an hour. TAF Also updated at 21:48, strange time. Seems to have added thunderstorm possibility?

and a wind shift from South easterly to South westerly.Rain band gone through. the showers following could also be heavy.

Oneiric 3 · 13-02-2020 12:23am

Radar image from about an hour ago. Shows just how crap the coverage is over Ireland.

With the intensity of that rain band suddenly increasing as it crosses a thin, straight line that lies from Sligo to Waterford.

SleetAndSnow · 13-02-2020 12:42am

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

and a wind shift from South easterly to South westerly.Rain band gone through. the showers following could also be heavy.

Just had one, heavy enough and surprisingly sleety in nature possibly almost melted hail

Gaoth Laidir · 13-02-2020 12:54am

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Radar image from about an hour ago. Shows just how crap the coverage is over Ireland.

With the intensity of that rain band suddenly increasing as it crosses a thin, straight line that lies from Sligo to Waterford.

HAARP

No, it looks to be a software glitch. The radar over Wales is doing it too.

pad199207 · 13-02-2020 12:58am

Gusty winds and heavy rain has arrived in Kildare now.

Mortelaro · 13-02-2020 3:21pm

A lot of snow drifts on the hills around Croghan west of Arklow still
Some fields are almost all covered
Not washed away
There must have been a lot up there!

Goldfinch8 · 13-02-2020 4:36pm

A more than welcome dry day in Mayo. Slight northerly breeze with a touch of coolness to it but pleasant to be out and about in it.
7c.

pad199207 · 13-02-2020 6:25pm

In awe of Mother Nature

Rock Lesnar · 14-02-2020 9:44am

100.2 mm of rain for the year here in my area of meath, and its cloudy breezy and misty this morning

Clonmel1000 · 14-02-2020 11:15am

Yeah another horrible horrible day in the Emerald Isle. Dull overcast windy wet. It’s never ending and then our laughable spring and joke of a summer to come where we pretend that 16 degrees and cloudy is somehow nice weather!

km79 · 14-02-2020 11:30am

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Yeah another horrible horrible day in the Emerald Isle. Dull overcast windy wet. It’s never ending and then our laughable spring and joke of a summer to come where we pretend that 16 degrees and cloudy is somehow nice weather!

And then we get 2/3 days of sunshine and the drought merchants are out in force

Logan Roy · 14-02-2020 2:49pm

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Yeah another horrible horrible day in the Emerald Isle. Dull overcast windy wet. It’s never ending and then our laughable spring and joke of a summer to come where we pretend that 16 degrees and cloudy is somehow nice weather!

Welcome back

sideswipe · 14-02-2020 3:10pm

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Yeah another horrible horrible day in the Emerald Isle. Dull overcast windy wet. It’s never ending and then our laughable spring and joke of a summer to come where we pretend that 16 degrees and cloudy is somehow nice weather!

It's obvious you hate almost every aspect of our climate/weather. I understand that for the most part........ it can be pretty desperate. Alas we can't change it, we can only change our attitude towards it.

Honest question: Have you ever considered moving somewhere else?
It just doesn't seem to suit you here and couldn't be good for your mental health long term.

Thelonious Monk · 14-02-2020 3:40pm

sideswipe wrote: »

It's obvious you hate almost every aspect of our climate/weather. I understand that for the most part........ it can be pretty desperate. Alas we can't change it, we can only change our attitude towards it.

Honest question: Have you ever considered moving somewhere else?
It just doesn't seem to suit you here and couldn't be good for your mental health long term.

I am similar to Clonmel with attitudes to weather. I just like to moan about it because it's so bloody disappointing, all the time. My family and friends are here and a good standard of living, but if you love the sun and warmth, and have lived in warm countries, it's hard not to be disappointed, constantly, in Ireland.
The weather is fine here most of the time, winter was a piece of p*ss here this year, although it isn't over yet. It's summer that kills me. Every bloody year it's terrible, it's the hope that kills me. Even in the great summer in 2018, come the end of July it went back to normal for August and Sept.
Warm today though for Feb, and have clothes on the line, so could be worse!

Gonzo · 14-02-2020 3:41pm

sideswipe wrote: »

It's obvious you hate almost every aspect of our climate/weather. I understand that for the most part........ it can be pretty desperate. Alas we can't change it, we can only change our attitude towards it.

Honest question: Have you ever considered moving somewhere else?
It just doesn't seem to suit you here and couldn't be good for your mental health long term.

To be fair the past 6 to 7 months have been brutal with no let up of the Atlantic conditions, it's been groundhog day more or less most days since September 20th bar a few exceptions. This has to be one of the most prolonged zonal patterns we have had in a long time without interruption. We know the weather here isn't always like that as 2018 was a shining example of varied and more seasonal weather.

Unfortunately the form horse for this country is the relentless Atlantic onslaught of cloud, mist, cool/mild temperatures, wind and rain. It can genuinely make people feel fed up as they spend the majority of time indoors. Heading outside for a one hour walk every day can do wonders for all of us, but it's not always that easy to find a spare hour per day to do this, especially if you work in the city and when you do get the time, it's usually raining!

Flying to warmer climates or a break in very warm or hot temperatures is also very good to do, I really think everyone needs a break from the Atlantic muck at least a few weeks per year (2 weeks abroad plus a few weeks break from it here in Ireland if we are lucky).

Ireland is a great country, sadly our weather is not that inviting, but when we do get a week of warm and sunny conditions across the country in the summer, it transforms our country into something even more spectacular and lifts everyone's spirits!

Oneiric 3 · 14-02-2020 3:45pm

km79 wrote: »

And then we get 2/3 days of sunshine and the drought merchants are out in force

Roll on a cool, wet summer!

Assetbacked · 14-02-2020 5:48pm

From MT's daily forecast, suggesting mild weather to the end of February, it would appear that any chance of a winter has gone for Dublin this year, unless it arrives in March!

Winter 2019/2020 - General Discussion

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