Winter 2018/2019 - General Discussion

Sycamore Tree · 12-12-2018 9:14pm

I don't know much but I feel we will get some very cold weather in around 3 weeks time. I just have a feeling in my bones.

Timistry · 12-12-2018 9:46pm

A wet and windy night in Tipp.

Just back from a week of sunny weather so this is a shock to the system!

Artane2002 · 12-12-2018 11:06pm

Nice and windy in Dublin 5. We had a few showers earlier and a few glimpses of sunshine.

kerrycork13 · 12-12-2018 11:13pm

I would safely say it’s the worst night in a long time here in east Kerry/cork north border. Don’t have a weather station but I would say sustained wind speeds of 70 Kms plus and gusting well over 100 kms. Heavy rain too lights flicking on and off!! Not long back from training and one of the lads took a shot for a score 20 metres out and it ended up going over the sideline 45 metres out behind him. It was horrendous bordering on dangerous in the finish!!

MidMan25 · 12-12-2018 11:25pm

Unexpectedly windy here in East Cork.

munsterlegend · 12-12-2018 11:38pm

kerrycork13 wrote: »

I would safely say it’s the worst night in a long time here in east Kerry/cork north border. Don’t have a weather station but I would say sustained wind speeds of 70 Kms plus and gusting well over 100 kms. Heavy rain too lights flicking on and off!! Not long back from training and one of the lads took a shot for a score 20 metres out and it ended up going over the sideline 45 metres out behind him. It was horrendous bordering on dangerous in the finish!!

Definitely on the cork side of the border given our football fortunes recently!

kerrycork13 · 13-12-2018 12:16am

munsterlegend wrote: »

Definitely on the cork side of the border given our football fortunes recently!

Haha actually the Kerry side but I’d say the ball nearly ended up in cork alright!! Jesus it’s woeful out there now still. Def trees down in the morning at this rate esp with the wind coming from the south east

Meteorite58 · 13-12-2018 12:22am

https://twitter.com/NOAASatellites/status/1072965785767829504

SleetAndSnow · 13-12-2018 12:59am

Winds and gusts really picking up here in Cork city. Could hear KT coming through the stove earlier and now its picked up again.

refusetolose · 13-12-2018 5:55am

Can't sleep over the wind noise !

Graces7 · 13-12-2018 6:58am

Was not expecting that gale last night. A loud and talkative one with serious deluges. West Mayo offshore island.

Thestones · 13-12-2018 8:21am

Terrible night in Dublin and it's not over yet, winds haven't stopped or subsided at all.

SleetAndSnow · 13-12-2018 8:22am

Awful morning in cork city. Heavy rain still and strong winds, didn’t stop all night.

BLIZZARD7 · 13-12-2018 8:24am

PV over Siberia, west atlantic height rises and warmer air being pumped towards Svalbard/Russian high building- This would likely go down the colder GFS route rather than the ECM in the extended range. ECM has stubborn heights building into southern europe just as everything else is falling into place, we absolutely need low pressure over southern europe for a chance at any sort of sustained cold shot.

GFS and UKMO are solid this morning, ECM needs to drop heights over southern Europe in the coming days if we want a cold spell. The good thing is these charts are showing before any stratosphere warming affect could have filtered down, these are mainly trop led patterns showing so far.

KingdomRushed · 13-12-2018 8:49am

Wind howling again in Dublin this morning. Sense of fatigue and deja vu after at least 5 weeks of such weather. Awful stuff, no frosty mornings, no crisp air or twinkly cold nights. Just this filthy never ending slop.

cyclops999 · 13-12-2018 9:00am

The Eagle forecasts torrential rain and damaging wind gusts for Saturday

Artane2002 · 13-12-2018 9:06am

KingdomRushed wrote: »

Wind howling again in Dublin this morning. Sense of fatigue and deja vu after at least 5 weeks of such weather. Awful stuff, no frosty mornings, no crisp air or twinkly cold nights. Just this filthy never ending slop.

I don't think December so far has been particularly horrible like November for me but even a frost seems like a big ask.

BLIZZARD7 · 13-12-2018 9:11am

cyclops999 wrote: »

The Eagle forecasts torrential rain and damaging wind gusts for Saturday

Yeah saturday could be quite nasty in parts- especially the south. Worth keeping an eye on.

Darwin · 13-12-2018 9:29am

GFS is showing something different to other models in this regard - met eireann think the most damaging winds on Saturday will likely be in the North of the country. It shows this clearly on their wind forecast page.

fred funk }{ · 13-12-2018 9:34am

KingdomRushed wrote: »

Wind howling again in Dublin this morning. Sense of fatigue and deja vu after at least 5 weeks of such weather. Awful stuff, no frosty mornings, no crisp air or twinkly cold nights. Just this filthy never ending slop.

Really is the pits. Makes the days even shorter than they already are.

alentejo · 13-12-2018 10:20am

I think this morning was one of the darkest mornings ever!!!

Kamili · 13-12-2018 10:20am

I wasn't expecting that gale at all last night. The wind noise kept me awake too.

Keeping an eye on Saturday, this constant blowy stuff and wet stuff is depressing!

alentejo wrote: »

I think this morning was one of the darkest mornings ever!!!

Its still Dark here in Dublin...

nthclare · 13-12-2018 10:22am

Hibernation weather for sure.

q85dw7osi4lebg · 13-12-2018 10:27am

It's like a colder, darker version of summer.

irishrover99 · 13-12-2018 11:18am

My please stop here santa got obliterated during the night.
I made sure i was out the door before the kids seen it as i new they wouldn't be happy when they seen it broken.

Tigerandahalf · 13-12-2018 11:20am

Really dark these past few days, even at 10am. Can you imagine how dark it would be if we scrapped winter time?

This autumn in the west has been really dark, gloomy and wet.

I guess we will get a dry spell to compensate at some stage. Some good clear blue sky days in January would be a great tonic.

Storm 10 · 13-12-2018 11:28am

ME

Saturday: A deepening area of low pressure is expected to track near Ireland
on Saturday bringing heavy rain and the potential for a period very strong
winds. Exact details regarding this weather system remain uncertain so please
keep up to date with the forecast. Highest temperatures ranging 7 to 10 degrees
generally but a few degrees colder in north Ulster. The rain and strong winds
will clear northeastwards into Britain overnight with clear spells and showers
following. Lowest temperatures 2-5 degrees.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 13-12-2018 11:34am

Well the good news is the sunsets are getting later.

Rebelbrowser · 13-12-2018 11:38am

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

Well the good news is the sunsets are getting later.

Not for 8 more days?

Franz Von Peppercorn · 13-12-2018 11:46am

Rebelbrowser wrote: »

Not for 8 more days?

Ha! This is where I get to talk about something I learned a few years ago which surprised me too.

There’s a strange kink in the year where the sunsets are later from the 10th December but because the sunrises are even later the day gets shorter until the 21/22nd. The sunrises keep getting later for about ten days after that, but from the solstice the later sunsets make up fo it and the days get longer.

That feeling that’s it’s really dark in the morning early jan is true.

https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/ireland/dublin

Winter 2018/2019 - General Discussion

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