Spring 2021 General Discussion

Graces7 · 17-04-2021 3:30pm

A gray wind battering. Back to hibernation. But not cold; at least not cold.

curate's egg time

West Mayo offshore

Gonzo · 17-04-2021 3:38pm

lovely day in Meath, doesn't feel as chilly as the past few days.

esposito · 17-04-2021 3:40pm

Gonzo wrote: »

lovely day in Meath, doesn't feel as chilly as the past few days.

There’s a fair chill in Dublin by the coast

KanyeSouthEast · 17-04-2021 4:54pm

Breezy partly cloudy today cool as well. About 11 degrees with a brisk southerly wind.

KungPao · 17-04-2021 6:42pm

Lovely day in Dublin, but I’m tired of the low temps, chill in the air still. Really hoping for improvements as we approach May.

appledrop · 17-04-2021 7:07pm

KungPao wrote: »

Lovely day in Dublin, but I’m tired of the low temps, chill in the air still. Really hoping for improvements as we approach May.

Today was a mad day in Dublin. We were in Newbridge Park in Donabate which is not far from coast and it was lovely and sunny but freezing at times in very strong breeze.

I was in a jacket and cold at times yet other people in shorts and tshirts! You could see they were cold some people had picnic blankets wrapped around them. I know it's sunny but come on 11 degrees is not warm!

Now we did find one place that was sheltered and warm but that was it and with kids in tow you can't stay in one place for long!

Goldfinch8 · 17-04-2021 10:45pm

We had a relatively bright morning in Central Mayo earlier today. Had been longing for a bit of sea air over the past
few months so headed for Bertra Strand under the watchful presence of Croagh Patrick. Cloud started to readily build ahead of this evening's weather front but it still felt quiet pleasant in the occasional sunny break. It certainly was lovely to sense that salty air again.
Turned into a cool and murky evening with rain building from the west. Was certainly not so pleasant then!

Moody skies and the ever changing Atlantic light in Clew Bay earlier this afternoon.

Kermit.de.frog · 17-04-2021 11:41pm

Stunning pictures. Thanks for sharing.

Oneiric 3 · 18-04-2021 7:12am

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Stunning pictures. Thanks for sharing.

Absolutely, and a great example of the cloud type known as 'Stratocumulus stratiformis opacus'

appledrop · 18-04-2021 11:33am

Amazing pictures goldfinch.

Well today is overcast and a bit drizzly here in NCD.

A perfect excuse for a lazy day at home after a mad busy week in work.

DOCARCH · 18-04-2021 2:26pm

appledrop wrote: »

Amazing pictures goldfinch.

+1. Stunning photos. The colours and contrasts are amazing!

Goldfinch8 · 18-04-2021 5:45pm

Thank you most sincerely for your kind and generous comments folks.
To be honest, I feel quite fortunate to have got those pictures. Firstly, I consider myself quite lucky to live near such beautiful scenery on our west coast.
Secondly, the light was quite amazing yesterday as there was plenty of cloud about as you can see by the photos, but every now and then a gap opened up to let a few shortlived spells of lovely sunshine through.
My favourite photos like some of those above were generally taken when there were fleeting sunny breaks of sunshine in the foreground along the beach. This then contrasted with the darker and more foreboding skies in the distance. Throw in the dark silhouettes of the mountains way off in the distance and the aquamarine of the shallower coastal waters and for me, the Irish coastline got a chance to reveal one of it's more beautiful moods.
I am glad that I did not leave it until today to go to the beach however because the cloud is nearly down to the ground in these parts now and it is cool, misty and very grey.

Below, one last picture from Bertra Strand yesterday.

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KanyeSouthEast · 18-04-2021 6:41pm

Headed to the Waterford coast today. Overcast windy and cold but nice to be out and about again. Yes it wasn’t my own county but there was plenty more than me “breaking the rules”!

18-04-2021 7:11pm

It was clod enough feeling here on the East/SE coast today but a nice evening,bright some blue sky
No sign of much needed rain (never thought I'd hear myself say that again)

Gaoth Laidir · 18-04-2021 9:20pm

Very small rainfall totals in the Dublin/Meath/Kildare area today. Just enough to wet the grass but not enough to dissolve the Evergreen I sprinkled on it during the week.

Casement - 0.4 mm
Dunsany - 0.6 mm
Phoenix Park - 0.9 mm
Dublin Airport - 1.2 mm

OldRio · 18-04-2021 10:22pm

Drizzle nearly all day in Leitrim.

Cluedo Monopoly · 18-04-2021 10:47pm

Great photos goldfinch. I have climbed Croagh Patrick so many times but I have only gone to that beach once. I will rectify that soon.

I noticed something funny this weekend. Friends that live beside the sea headed to the Connemara mountains and friends that live well inland from the sea headed for the beaches.

lolie · 18-04-2021 11:06pm

That turned out a better day than i was expecting, overcast but dry and with little or no breeze it didn't feel anyway cold.
8c now but feels quite mild as its dead calm out.

Tyrone212 · 19-04-2021 1:22am

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Very small rainfall totals in the Dublin/Meath/Kildare area today. Just enough to wet the grass but not enough to dissolve the Evergreen I sprinkled on it during the week.

Casement - 0.4 mm
Dunsany - 0.6 mm
Phoenix Park - 0.9 mm
Dublin Airport - 1.2 mm

Castlederg had the highest total in the North. 8.8mm
Newport furnace highest M.E Station 8mm

pauldry · 19-04-2021 2:09pm

Had 16mm of rain over the 2 days Saturday and Sunday in Sligo town.

Raining more today

Many times been swimmin in Bertra. A grand beach.

Donegal Storm · 19-04-2021 2:16pm

No shortage of rain up here either, not a lot in daily totals but very few dry days. Raining again now

jackrussel · 19-04-2021 2:20pm

Raining for the first time in what feels like ages here in cork city. Very light rain mind.

Tyrone212 · 19-04-2021 2:51pm

Farming commentary

Field Conditions
Field conditions are good over the bulk of the country, with good trafficability. However, poorly drained soils in northwest coastal areas are saturated and will deteriorate further over the next couple of days, improving a little from midweek. Moderately drained soils in these areas will also become saturated by Monday, but will improve again from midweek. However, elsewhere soils will remain drier, even very dry in the southeast, with good trafficability.

OldRio · 19-04-2021 3:10pm

Drizzle all morning changed to rain about midday.
Ground is very wet.

Leitrim

Supercell · 19-04-2021 3:26pm

Unreal the difference east to west, I'll be watering the plants and veggie patch again this evening after work. Noticing the grass here starting to go yellow. Was digging in the garden yesterday and the top 5cm or so was like dust, utterly bone dry.

Gonzo · 19-04-2021 5:53pm

similar enough here in Meath, ground is hard as a rock and cracks beginning to appear in the soil. Very similar to last Spring.

19-04-2021 7:49pm

jackrussel wrote: »

Raining for the first time in what feels like ages here in cork city. Very light rain mind.

Haven't seen rain in ages. It's been so dry for the last month or so.

Rain is a bit steadier now but far from heavy. At least I won't have to water the garden for a few days...

KanyeSouthEast · 19-04-2021 8:32pm

Dirty dreary evening here raining steady since a about 3 pm. Looking forward to that nice weather forecast from mid week and hopefully a bit milder.

19-04-2021 8:51pm

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Very small rainfall totals in the Dublin/Meath/Kildare area today. Just enough to wet the grass but not enough to dissolve the Evergreen I sprinkled on it during the week.

Casement - 0.4 mm
Dunsany - 0.6 mm
Phoenix Park - 0.9 mm
Dublin Airport - 1.2 mm

Nothing down my way
A fine day with milky sun

Sun2Snow · 19-04-2021 9:02pm

North Wexford.

Another dry beautiful day here. It hasn’t rained in yonks. Ground is bone dry, rock hard and cracking. Might need to water the new grass seed ðŸ˜±

Kutebride · 19-04-2021 9:59pm

No rain today Meath. Family saying rain all day in the West. Such a mild evening tho no sunshine. We had a lovely cycle around 730pm.

Cluedo Monopoly · 19-04-2021 10:36pm

Some superb weather coming from Wednesday until at least the weekend. Make the most of it.

US2 · 20-04-2021 1:53am

Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »

Some superb weather coming from Wednesday until at least the weekend. Make the most of it.

What do you define as superb and is it for the whole country?

JCX BXC · 20-04-2021 2:35am

US2 wrote: »

What do you define as superb and is it for the whole country?

www.met.ie

JCX BXC · 20-04-2021 2:43am

Rained all day long in West Clare, however it was a very strange day of weather indeed.

Despite the very light rain, the sun made some strong attempts to show itself, resulting in the ground drying faster than the rain was wetting it. The concrete dried almost fully today before a slight increase in intensity of rain and a cloudier sky. Interesting phenomenon.

zell12 · 20-04-2021 4:46am

No more rain forecast until 02 May!

OldRio · 20-04-2021 7:54am

Raining this morning in Leitrim.

pad199207 · 20-04-2021 7:57am

Still damp morning in Kildare

Oscar Bravo · 20-04-2021 8:13am

Dull and misty here in Castlebar. Mayo Sligo and Donegal will brighten up as the day goes on but may stay cloudy eleswhere. Rest of week looking nice with best temperatures further west. Cool at times on east coast.

Oscar Bravo · 20-04-2021 9:35am

From met eireann :
This day, 20th April 1999, Cloone Lake, Co. Kerry recorded 105.6mm of rainfall, the highest rainfall daily total for the month of April.

Oneiric 3 · 20-04-2021 10:41am

ECMWF ensemble mean for day 10:

Could be indicating a cooler (relatively speaking.. given that cooler than average temps from here on in rarely means 'cool' in the actual sense) which is interesting because it seems, to me at least, that nearly ever month this year so far has started off cooler than average only to warm up in during second half of them. Haven't really looked at the stats on this, but this is how it seems at least looking back with my fading memory.

Oneiric 3 · 20-04-2021 10:50am

OldRio wrote: »

Raining this morning in Leitrim.

As rotten a spell of weather as at anytime this year in the west. Near continuous dribbly drabbly miserable rain since Saturday and not particularly warm either. This coming week looking far better for this side of the island with temps into the mid to high teens and plenty of dry weather to be had.

Thelonious Monk · 20-04-2021 1:50pm

Lovely day now in Dublin 5, mild, no wind and sun coming in and out, can't ask for much more at this time of year.

Tyrone212 · 20-04-2021 3:14pm

Castlederg has recorded 10 Air frosts this April already. Average is 4.4. Two more came close at 1c and another two at 2c. More than February and March combined which only had 8. January recorded 15. December had 6.

There could be another 3, maybe stretching it at 4 air frosts this week. 4 more air frosts this month will tie this Seasons total for December, February and March combined at 14. Well below average of 25.5 for those 3 months.

February is usually the frostiest month by a slim margin with 9.6. April has already eclipsed that. Pretty impressive for the time of year.

Yearly air frost average at Castlederg is 48. Source Met office climate data 1981-2010.

20-04-2021 3:41pm

Tyrone212 wrote: »

Castlederg has recorded 10 Air frosts this April already. Average is 4.4. Two more came close at 1c and another two at 2c. More than February and March combined which only had 8. January recorded 15. December had 6.

There could be another 3, maybe stretching it at 4 air frosts this week. 4 more air frosts this month will tie this Seasons total for December, February and March combined at 14. Well below average of 25.5 for those 3 months.

February is usually the frostiest month by a slim margin with 9.6. April has already eclipsed that. Pretty impressive for the time of year.

Yearly air frost average at Castlederg is 48. Source Met office climate data 1981-2010.

I've had 7 Air frosts so far in April and 15 ground frosts in Arklow
Average temp has been 6.4c

US2 · 20-04-2021 3:52pm

With all this dry weather now June will probably be a wash out

Donegal Storm · 20-04-2021 4:11pm

Tyrone212 wrote: »

Castlederg has recorded 10 Air frosts this April already. Average is 4.4. Two more came close at 1c and another two at 2c. More than February and March combined which only had 8. January recorded 15. December had 6.

There could be another 3, maybe stretching it at 4 air frosts this week. 4 more air frosts this month will tie this Seasons total for December, February and March combined at 14. Well below average of 25.5 for those 3 months.

February is usually the frostiest month by a slim margin with 9.6. April has already eclipsed that. Pretty impressive for the time of year.

Yearly air frost average at Castlederg is 48. Source Met office climate data 1981-2010.

Bar a couple of days before Easter weekend and also last Thursday/Friday this month has just felt like an extension of winter around here. Dark, damp and cold most days.

Hopefully the coming few days will finally kickstart spring into gear

sryanbruen · 20-04-2021 4:14pm

April been great here near Howth besides temperatures, which there definitely has been a chill at times. Lots of sunny and dry days to get out on walks. Sunrises especially have been so beautiful.

Does feel like we will greatly pay for this once again like last year though. Leaves me a bit apprehensive with regards to this summer.

Thelonious Monk · 20-04-2021 4:22pm

Oh we'll pay for it alright, usually by mid July you forget there exists a sun at all.
Best to live in the moment and enjoy it now, was just on Dollymount and now in park, it feels like summer the sun is warm.

Oneiric 3 · 20-04-2021 5:15pm

Marine Layer wrote: »

Average temp has been 6.4c

Which is very close to the national (RoI) average so far (6.6c)

For interest, Dublin Apt is the only station in the country that is coming in with a negative mean minima for the month so far, and a figure that is 1.0c or more cooler than its nearest neighbours of Casement and Dunsany, which are more inland thus more prone to lower mins. Many worthy arguments have been given on here before about the legitimacy of D.A readings, but something still does not smack right with me about its low min readings, but hey, who am I to question!

April (nationally) is running just over 1.0c below normal (for the 1st-19th) period. with maxima running close to normal (-0.4c) but minima running well below (-1.8c)

From Met Eireann.

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