Autumn 2018 - General discussion

Rock Lesnar · 21-09-2018 7:47pm

Grand day here, mostly dry apart from 2 showers, looking forward to some more dry weather next week

Meteorite58 · 21-09-2018 8:09pm

Enjoyed being out when I had a chance today even though got caught in a shower. Started windy with some big showers during the morning which lessened and lightened as the day went on. Sunshine more or less throughout with passing cloud. The air was cool and crisp with low humidity and could feel that the Autumn is taking hold .

Cooling down tonight, I think the fire is going to be a permanent feature from now on.

Pic this morning in Tralee 09.00 .

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Meteorite58 · 21-09-2018 8:36pm

Nice Sat Pic of Storm Bronagh having cleared the UK and moving off towards Scandinavia today.

NASA

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SleetAndSnow · 22-09-2018 2:55pm

Wet, grey and bitter in Cork City. Its 10 degrees but feels a hell of a lot colder.

Clonmel1000 · 22-09-2018 4:53pm

Sounds lovely there thankfully everything back to normal for some. A lot of ye would hate it here 22 degrees brilliant sunshine and it’s not 10am yet. Temps expected to get to 27/28 this afternoon.

Rock Lesnar · 22-09-2018 5:13pm

Nice evening here now after a very dull and cloudy day, sun is out and no breeze

km79 · 22-09-2018 5:30pm

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Sounds lovely there thankfully everything back to normal for some. A lot of ye would hate it here 22 degrees brilliant sunshine and it’s not 10am yet. Temps expected to get to 27/28 this afternoon.

Enjoy

Oneiric 3 · 22-09-2018 8:35pm

Just looking at some stats here and noticed that the 'IMT' daily mean temperature on the 20th (Thursday) came in at only 9.0c, which would make it the coolest day to occur within the Sept-1st to 20th period since that of the 8.4c on the Sept 15th 1986, and looking at the temperature deviation chart for that day, it isn't hard to see why.

While daily mean temps as low as this do tend to occur someone more frequently towards the last days of the month, they are still very few and far between.

It has been a strange year, with some of the coldest March days on record, followed by some of the warmest June days in decades, which in turn coincided with one of the longest driest periods in decades also, which in itself set in after those unusually severe thunderstorms at the end of May in the SE and in the west and midlands in early June (which was shortly followed by that storm that I can't think of the name of). Add to that the unusually windy conditions for the time of year earlier this week also.

God only knows what might happen this coming Winter if this trend continues for another while yet.

Artane2002 · 22-09-2018 8:55pm

Hector is that storm you're talking about. August is the only month so far this year that I will probably forget about. This is how I'll remember each month bar August so far (although I guess it's good enough to say that August wasn't totally horrible?):

January: Potent northwesterlies that even delivered snow here. This was my first time ever staying up to watch snow.
February: Lots of days with snow showers.
March: The Beasts from the East and Storm Emma.
April: Very dull first half followed by a nice end to the month
May: Sunny and dry.
June: Hot, sunny and dry.
July: Wasn't here but good weather.
September: Storm Ali.

PowerTaxi · 22-09-2018 10:41pm

Not sure if this is the right place to ask but anyway, is there any sort of vague outlook for what Oct. 2nd looks like?

Flying out then and just would like a heads up in case I'd have to consider making other plans.

Oscar Bravo · 22-09-2018 11:27pm

A cool 3 degrees at Markree,Sligo on the 11pm Met Reports

Andy From Sligo · 22-09-2018 11:33pm

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

A cool 3 degrees at Markree,Sligo on the 11pm Met Reports

i can believe that - getting very nippy and a dew forming ... anyone know will the first night frost appear soon?

SleetAndSnow · 22-09-2018 11:36pm

The stove was lit for the first night here in cork city. Had to be lit at 3pm. Was freezing! Haha

Andy From Sligo · 22-09-2018 11:39pm

was really lovely here in south sligo at 3pm ... and even better when the sun came out - very pleasant, and i managed to get a bit of outdoor painting (gloss) done

Gaoth Laidir · 23-09-2018 8:02am

Casement 2.8 °C minimum this morning.

ZX7R · 23-09-2018 8:33am

First bit of frost on the cars earlier this morning,cool,crisp bright morn.
Looking fairly settled for the next week to 2 weeks one or two sharp frosts to be expected

Calibos · 23-09-2018 8:44am

BBRrrrr!!

A chilly 7degC on a cloudless Sunday morning in Bray. First time since March that the oul bathroom tiles where chilly underfoot this morning!

Tigerandahalf · 23-09-2018 9:32am

A lovely morning again in the west. Hopefully a few more to come. Can't beat the blue sky.

donal.hunt · 23-09-2018 11:04am

Awesome blue sky here too. Hopefully it lasts a few hours.

Question re storm names - Ali is the only named storm so far right? So the next one will be Bronagh and then Callum?

The media have me all confused because they keep referring to storms before they are named and then they don't materialise and the papers are left with with egg on their face ( or is news print on their face??).

sryanbruen · 23-09-2018 11:10am

donal.hunt wrote: »

Question re storm names - Ali is the only named storm so far right? So the next one will be Bronagh and then Callum?

No, Bronagh was named for the low on Thursday/Friday just gone by the UK Met Office.

Graces7 · 23-09-2018 12:16pm

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

A lovely morning again in the west. Hopefully a few more to come. Can't beat the blue sky.

and the dramatic cloud scapes. A lively wind over the ocean here, but the roof is "ticking" which means strong sun, Not heard that for a long while..

stevek93 · 23-09-2018 1:04pm

Lovely sunny day in greater Dublin but still fairly chilly. I had the fire lighting yesterday around 3pm until late last night will probably be lighting it everyday now until next year.

pauldry · 23-09-2018 1:45pm

No Storm but quite gusty in showers here in Sligo

Gusting over 30 knots at times

Tame enough in Autumn I guess

First frost tonight.

Meteorite58 · 23-09-2018 4:59pm

Fantastic day here in Kerry. Sunshine and breezy ( quite windy for a time ) and cool in the NW wind but with low humidity making it an ideal day for pottering around the garden.

Just 12.6C

Bar continues to climb now at 1032.1 hPa Rising Slowly

NASA

Oscar Bravo · 23-09-2018 5:32pm

Nice evening despite a cool north westerly breeze.Clearing skies will allow a nice moon rise to be visible around 7.20pm.

sryanbruen · 23-09-2018 7:54pm

Blissful in Father Collins Park, Dublin 13.

Meteorite58 · 23-09-2018 8:22pm

Cool crisp air here in Kerry, just 7.4C now.

My offering for this evening

Ardfert Cathedral about 20.00

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Andy From Sligo · 23-09-2018 8:29pm

Meteorite58 wrote: »

Cool crisp air here in Kerry, just 7.4C now.

My offering for this evening Ardfert Cathedral about 20.00

lovely pic

Oscar Bravo · 23-09-2018 10:25pm

A widespread frost in places later tonight

10pm met reports:

Athenry 4 degrees
Casement 4 degrees
Gurteen 4 degrees
Markree 4 degrees
Mullingar 4 degrees

Andy From Sligo · 23-09-2018 10:36pm

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

A widespread frost in places later tonight

10pm met reports:

Athenry 4 degrees
Casement 4 degrees
Gurteen 4 degrees
Markree 4 degrees
Mullingar 4 degrees

outdoor oil boilers should kick in so ....

Autumn 2018 - General discussion

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