Autumn 2020 - General Discussion

Gonzo · 18-09-2020 3:40pm

The September mean for Dunsany is now sitting at 15.1C, the first time we have reached a 15C mean this year after the cool summer. This is more than 2C above average for the time of year, some stations like Oak Park are almost 16C. Most stations fairly dry too with most of the rainfall totals from the first few days of the month.

A substantial cooling next week could lead to the September temperature anomolies crashing, we could easily shave off a degree or two from the anomolies if we get a few days near single digits and frosty nights.

pauldry · 18-09-2020 3:46pm

Yes a couple of days look like 11c and 3c at night

Oneiric 3 · 18-09-2020 6:58pm

Skies eventually cleared here during the late morning so a nice blue sky day all round. A rare treat to behold in this most grimmest of years.

compsys · 18-09-2020 7:52pm

Gonzo wrote: »

The September mean for Dunsany is now sitting at 15.1C, the first time we have reached a 15C mean this year after the cool summer. This is more than 2C above average for the time of year, some stations like Oak Park are almost 16C. Most stations fairly dry too with most of the rainfall totals from the first few days of the month.

A substantial cooling next week could lead to the September temperature anomolies crashing, we could easily shave off a degree or two from the anomolies if we get a few days near single digits and frosty nights.

Some of the overnight lows in recent months and years in Ireland have been pretty 'impressive' given the warming climate.

This May saw temps down to -3º almost in Mullingar and Dublin Airport!! (both records I think?) and it got down to 3º in June.

If we stay true to form, next week we could see temps close to freezing in places at night meaning some stations may not end up that far above their September mean.

Meteorite58 · 18-09-2020 8:12pm

Don't think I saw a cloud in the sky today and tonight is clear apart from some cloud on the Northern horizon . Got up to 21.4C at my site out her in the countryside near Tralee and tonight dropping quickly, 13.8C now.

Pic: Tralee about 09.45 today

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Monkeynut · 18-09-2020 8:20pm

^^^^^^^^^
Great Picture, Post Card Quality

Its lovely that there is some dryness lately.

Cut the grass. Trim back the shrubs.

The side alley was full of crap. Cleaned it up, brushed and brushed all the gunk off the concrete. Its suffers from being wet. Now you can sit out in it and feel happy.

Last week i was like omg the state of the place.

Meteorite58 · 18-09-2020 8:59pm

Monkeynut wrote: »

^^^^^^^^^
Great Picture, Post Card Quality

Its lovely that there is some dryness lately.

Cut the grass. Trim back the shrubs.

The side alley was full of crap. Cleaned it up, brushed and brushed all the gunk off the concrete. Its suffers from being wet. Now you can sit out in it and feel happy.

Last week i was like omg the state of the place.

Oh thanks, a bit stagey but certainly felt better than most summer days today, put me in the mood for taking a few pics. Been a great spell all right for getting work done outside and windows wide open for the last few days. The only problem here is an influx of flies lately, bit glad of the colder weather coming to keep the numbers down. The weekend looks like nice weather for the hills here in Kerry, will be packing a flask and getting out for a few hours.

pauldry · 18-09-2020 9:49pm

A lot of cloud to the South of us.

At least Met Eireann are confident this will have no effect on our weather at the weekend. Not even mentioned for South.

Hardly going to have to write in tomorrows forecast "a little more cloud at times in the South and West with sunshine more hazy there"

To me from the satellite it does look like that

Oscar Bravo · 18-09-2020 10:28pm

Todays max:

Newport 21.5 degrees
Valentia 21.3
Mace head 20.2
Shannon 20.1

(Much cooler in the east with onshore breeze:Casement and Dublin airport both maxing out at 15.1 degrees)

pad199207 · 18-09-2020 10:30pm

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Todays max:

Newport 21.5 degrees
Valentia 21.3
Mace head 20.2
Shannon 20.1

(Much cooler in the east with onshore breeze:Casement and Dublin airport both maxing out at 15.1 degrees)

Yeah very noticeable here today just down the road from casement. High of only 15.5°c

Carol25 · 18-09-2020 10:37pm

Lovely weather on Salthill earlier, thankfully the cloud lifted today much earlier than yesterday.

Kutebride · 19-09-2020 11:20am

Carol25 wrote: »

Lovely weather on Salthill earlier, thankfully the cloud lifted today much earlier than yesterday.

Jealous. Cool and cloudy today. Meath. Told parents to call today from Galway. Maybe they should have stayed in the sunshine in the West.

appledrop · 19-09-2020 11:25am

Real autumnal feel out there today. No sunshine whatsoever in NCD.

Cant complain since last weekend we have had the best 'summer' weather of the year in Dublin.

A whole week of lovely sunny weather. Pity I was in work for most of it but enjoyed it when I could.

esposito · 19-09-2020 11:27am

Very disappointing so far today in Dublin - cool and overcast. Was expecting sunshine and that’s what Met Eireann were forecasting. Hopefully it will brighten up for the afternoon.

lawred2 · 19-09-2020 11:41am

Still dry but definitely autumnal in North Dublin

SleetAndSnow · 19-09-2020 11:53am

Lovely morning in cork city, blue skies and around 16 degrees

antimatterx · 19-09-2020 12:16pm

Very cold in North Dublin today. Temperature reading about 14C, but it feels colder than that.

Donegal Storm · 19-09-2020 12:34pm

Another stunner in Donegal, clear cloudless skies and barely a breath of wind. About as good a day as it's possible to get at this time of year

daniel_t1409 · 19-09-2020 12:50pm

Another nice day on wexford but with an easterly wind that is quite strong and blowing things around the garden. Cold too.

Oscar Bravo · 19-09-2020 1:37pm

Long spells of sunshine in Castlebar. Warm when doing a bit in the garden. Cool if not.

Rebelbrowser · 19-09-2020 1:59pm

Gorgeous, cloudless day here in Cork. Sitting in shorts and t-shirt in back garden for last hour. Perfect

compsys · 19-09-2020 2:00pm

compsys wrote: »

The problem is cloud, which seems notoriously difficult to forecast correctly in Ireland. Particularly in coastal areas.

It’ll be largely dry until Tuesday in the east. Whether it’ll be largely sunny as forecast remains to be seen.

At this time of year, under settled conditions, mist can also become a problem. How quick any mist will burn off each morning also remains to be seen.

Well as I predicted the cloud, which wasn't forecast, has well and truly arrived.

I can't complaint too much as the weather for September has been very good by Irish standards. I just wish ME could forecast cloud cover better - surely they should be able to tell around 24 hours out where the cloud bank will be?

Even my iPhone app was telling me today would be cloudy whereas MET E were going for unbroken sunshine - in fact there's still no real mention of the cloud on their forecasts.

Hopefully tomorrow and Monday are sunnier.

Meteorite58 · 19-09-2020 3:35pm

Lovely warm day in Tralee getting up to 19.1C and slightly below that now at 18.2C

Got down to 7.2C last night giving a fine fresh clear morning.

Bits of mid level and high wispy cloud about but sunshine all day.

https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/

BringBackMick · 19-09-2020 5:45pm

The sun is out in Donabate now after a mostly cloudy day until 330pm.

Certainly a chill in that breeze, autumn is a coming

Gonzo · 19-09-2020 5:58pm

feeling very chilly today just put the heating on.

appledrop · 19-09-2020 7:28pm

Finally got a bit of sunshine this evening in NCD.

Still nippy though. Autumn seems to be finally here.

Beautiful Sept so far. Dont think its rained for about 10 days in Dublin, apart from shower one night but gone by morning.

Goldfinch8 · 19-09-2020 7:35pm

A beautiful September eve here in Central Mayo. The blue skies of the past few days have been a real tonic after too many days of greyness. There is a lovely stillness about this evening and it is shaping up for a nice sunset. The one thing missing is the groups of increasingly restless and giddy swallows that were gathering on nearby phone lines over the past few days and weeks. Not a sign of them today. I miss their chatter on an evening like this. I like to think that they arrived in the spring in blue skies and departed in blue skies. We will forget about the middle bit! Good luck to them.

compsys · 19-09-2020 8:44pm

Sun finally came out around 5pm in Dublin, which is par for the course on days like this.

Went for a stroll by the pier around 6.30pm - beautiful sunset.

It felt surprisingly milder than I'd expected though. With the brisk sea breeze coming in off the Irish sea, which is still close to its warmest, it meant temps of around 14 degrees, which was close to the day's max anyway.

BBC, my iPhone and MET E all forecasting a sunny day for tomorrow so let's hope its transpires this time for Dublin.

Donegal Storm · 19-09-2020 10:35pm

A good contender for best day of the year today, warm, totally clear and calm all day. A few pics from a day's exploring

igCorcaigh · 19-09-2020 10:37pm

^^ stunning!

I must make a promise to myself to visit Donegal some time.

20-09-2020 7:25am

igCorcaigh wrote: »

^^ stunning!

I must make a promise to myself to visit Donegal some time.

Long trek up for us Rebels but so worth it. The beaches are incredible and you can nearly always have one all to yourself.

Oscar Bravo · 20-09-2020 9:40am

A fair old dew this morning

lovely sunny start

Oneiric 3 · 20-09-2020 10:10am

Top 3 warmest mean maxima so far this month (up to yesterday)

Oak Park: 19.6c / +2.3c
Phoenix Park: 19.4c / +2.2c
Moorpark: 19.0c / + 1.8c

(Met Eireann)

compsys · 20-09-2020 2:08pm

Fairly miserable day again in Dublin. Cool and totally overcast and cloudy with temps struggling to get to 15º.

Though I'm sure the sun will come out right on cue for sunset :rolleyes:

Once again high pressure = fairly poor weather for the East. At least it's dry though.

Things look better for tomorrow and Tuesday for Dublin, when ironically, lower pressure begins to take over.

alentejo · 20-09-2020 2:15pm

At this very moment it appears that there is cloud exclusively over Co Dublin. #lockdown blues

mcburns07 · 20-09-2020 2:46pm

Phenomenal day in East Cork. 20c approx and flat calm. Not a cloud in the sky.

SleetAndSnow · 20-09-2020 3:27pm

Lovely day in cork city aswell, 19, nearly 20 degrees and blue skies

Thelonious Monk · 20-09-2020 3:30pm

RTE etc are just useless. Up until last night they had tomorrow being 21c and no clouds all day. Now it's a high of 17c and cloudy with some sun.

Slashermcguirk · 20-09-2020 3:31pm

I am a Dub but Donegal is hands down the most beautiful county in Ireland. Most amazing beaches, fantastic walks in the mountains, highest sea cliffs, also the likes of glenveagh national park. People really friendly too and so under populated

igCorcaigh wrote: »

^^ stunning!

I must make a promise to myself to visit Donegal some time.

SleetAndSnow · 20-09-2020 3:38pm

https://twitter.com/MetEireann/status/1307689675331641345?s=20

Looks to be a persistent cloud just over Dublin

Thelonious Monk · 20-09-2020 3:58pm

Just to make the lockdown worse, ffs

Slashermcguirk · 20-09-2020 4:12pm

The weather has been great the past few weeks, steady on

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Just to make the lockdown worse, ffs

Beechwoodspark · 20-09-2020 4:12pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

RTE etc are just useless. Up until last night they had tomorrow being 21c and no clouds all day. Now it's a high of 17c and cloudy with some sun.

They get it directly from met eirreann unless I’m mistaken?

Thelonious Monk · 20-09-2020 4:43pm

Slashermcguirk wrote: »

The weather has been great the past few weeks, steady on

I was referring to today, the past few weeks are no good to me now!

compsys · 20-09-2020 4:47pm

Slashermcguirk wrote: »

The weather has been great the past few weeks, steady on

It definitely hasn’t been a bad September so far. But a lot of the days have been very hit and miss with cloud refusing to move.

Dublin has seen about two hours of sunshine each day since Thursday.

The past three days it’s been about 15 degrees. It’s not amazing.

In fact apart from last Sunday, nearly every day of this settled spell has had hours of cloud each day.

Rebelbrowser · 20-09-2020 5:33pm

Today must be one of the nicest late September days we have ever had in Cork. Cloudless and almost windless all day long. Kids are in the paddling pool which I thought I had put away for the year!

compsys · 20-09-2020 5:36pm

Rebelbrowser wrote: »

Today must be one of the nicest late September days we have ever had in Cork. Cloudless and almost windless all day long. Kids are in the paddling pool which I thought I had put away for the year!

Yes. Cork got some great weather today. Hopefully Dublin’s turn again tomorrow.

Forecast is saying sun and 20 degree but we’ll see.

Wind is due to turn SW tomorrow for Dublin which should be conducive to clearer and warmer weather.

Gonzo · 20-09-2020 5:43pm

tomorrow should be a better day for the east and Dublin in general, fingers crossed we get some sunshine in what is possibly the last day of summer style temperatures till next May or June. Turning significantly colder from Tuesday/Wednesday everywhere. Thursday will be bitter for the time of the year with a daytime high of 9C forecasted for my area here in Meath.

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Thelonious Monk · 20-09-2020 6:26pm

Clearing up in Dublin now finally. There have been many days like this during the good weather in September in Dublin. Cloudy all day and then it clears up in the evening.

giveitholly · 20-09-2020 7:26pm

What a day,once the fog lifted not a cloud in the sky,has been some spell of weather lately,pity it is coming to an end,it can't go on forever,it is Ireland after all!!

Autumn 2020 - General Discussion

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