Winter Weather 2015/16 : See Mod Note Post #1

Padster90s

Seen a hedgehog in the the garden today, it should be well into hibernation by now! At least when the temps fall back next week there not going to plummet and finish any animals the mild temps woke from hibernation.

Graces7

It is so mild. Yesterday a huge fly came out of hibernation here.. cat had a wonderful time chasing it! MORE rain falling though...

weatherfiend

141_Oscar_Mike wrote: »

I miss frost. That crisp grass and fresh air

Me too!! And we need some good, honest-to-goodness freezing to chase off all the crappy bugs that are doing the rounds

Storm 10

One thing I noticed is my bird feeder is not being used by any bird at the moment, its so mild they don't need nuts with all the soft ground and lots of worms.

weatherfiend

Aaaaaaand it's lashing again!!!

So much for getting the grass cut today while it was dry. It'll be up to our knees soon. Who knew we'd need to cut it on 18th December ??? We didn't even do that last year, bad and all as the weather was (cold wise I mean)! 😂😂😂

ronnie3585

Storm 10 wrote: »

One thing I noticed is my bird feeder is not being used by any bird at the moment, its so mild they don't need nuts with all the soft ground and lots of worms.

I noticed that during the week too. We've one particular Robin that is a regular in our back garden, I've never seen him look as fat! Every time I see him, he's a worm or insect in his mouth. Our B&Q nut mix is beneath him!

Graces7

Kingswood Rover wrote: »

Put up the Chrimbo tree in my mum's last Sat in the company of a big fat juicy wasp, is this the 1st time an Irish wasp has flew around a Chrimbo tree in Ireland?

Yesterday a huge fly was buzzing around in here; I see him every time the temperature goes up, Cat was berserk trying to catch it..

sryanbruen

2011 still felt warmer than this December at Grange :cool:. I reached 14.9c on Christmas Day that year.

Graces7

Stealthfins wrote: »

So much for that Atlantic blob bringing cold weather.

On another note my red geraniums are turning from red to pink.

Photosynthesis is really getting confused with this mild weather and lack of sunlight.

Some shrubs are also very striking looking especially some hebes and similar waxy leaved shrubs.

The mahonia flowered here in October and i still have roses and marigolds alongside the primroses.. BUT as an old wan .. this mild weather is a burden eased for fuel etc. Grateful for it.

sryanbruen

I also find this interesting. Easter has a greater chance of snowing than Christmas - though in my records, I have not one Easter with snowfall - I've had some pretty cold ones though - Easter 2013 - big example. January and February have a much higher chance of snowfall than December and both of these months have higher maximum temperatures than December in my records.

December: 16.5c - 4th December 2007
January: 18.4c - 10th January 1998
February: 17.7c - 15th February 1998

I just find it odd and ironic.

sryanbruen

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

It just gets weirder and weirder!! Gerry Murphy has just said that Malin Head has recorded a Dec record of 16c ......... but wait for it ... this temp was recorded at 4am!!

That's above the highest UK all-time minimum temperature of 15.0c on 12th December 1994

sryanbruen

I have had up to only 24.4 hours of sunshine up to the 17th. What's the highest amount of sunshine, a place in Ireland has seen so far?

Baggy Trousers

141_Oscar_Mike wrote: »

I miss frost. That crisp grass and fresh air

Yeah that friggin grass will probably start growing again soon!

snubbleste

Met Éireann said a new record temperature for December for Malin Head, Co Donegal was reached at midnight last night when temperatures reached 16C. http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/1218/754847-weather/

Graces7

Just been putting cinders etc on the drive here at the bottom. It is grassy and although a slight slope is so wet and sodden my small car slips and skids trying to get in. Never had this happen before.

pauldry

Ive noticed its warmer outside our house than inside

Also im a very cold morning person

This week im sweating on getting out of bed

Noticed due to the roasting December the yearly average is back up to par

In sligo wev had jan to sept below normal

Then october normal

That left the temperatures nearly 2c below normal but now november n december mean wer at 0.4 below.

John Eagleton said it all evens out over the year. He should be a weatherman.

km79

pauldry wrote: »

Ive noticed its warmer outside our house than inside

Also im a very cold morning person

This week im sweating on getting out of bed

Noticed due to the roasting December the yearly average is back up to par

In sligo wev had jan to sept below normal

Then october normal

That left the temperatures nearly 2c below normal but now november n december mean wer at 0.4 below.

John Eagleton said it all evens out over the year. He should be a weatherman.

I'm a FIRM believer in it all averaging out
I was very worried after the really long dry spell in October what nove!ner would bring............we will get a cold dry spell in next month or so
we have to!

Lucreto

Storm 10 wrote: »

One thing I noticed is my bird feeder is not being used by any bird at the moment, its so mild they don't need nuts with all the soft ground and lots of worms.

Mine it's the opposite I had 15 to 20 birds just a few minutes ago. I have to fill up the seeds, nuts and fat balls daily.

Oneiric 3

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

I don't think these two events can be reliably compared using MSLP as they occurred during different phases of the PDO and AMO. The '82 event is probably more similar to this event in that the PDO and AMO are both positive in both cases. In '97 the AMO was negative.

I think they can be as reliably compared as any one El Nino month/year can be when set against another. It really doesn't matter what pressure level you look at, the fact remains that while upper patterns may conform to a 'type' during El Nino winters in certain parts of the world that are directly influenced by the event (SE Asia/N America etc), the 'average' patterns that are oft generated for the the N Atlantic and Europe region are tenuous at best, and mask a vast amount of spread that occur from one El Nino event to another. As you rightly say, the PDO and AMO are big factors to consider also (more so the latter) but this just sort of proves my main point, in there is just too many variables at play in any one winter that influence the N. Atlantic pattern during the winter or any other season to be able to say that this pattern or that pattern is directly down to El Nino. Just way too much chaos going on.

sryanbruen

km79 wrote: »

I'm a FIRM believer in it all averaging out
I was very worried after the really long dry spell in October what nove!ner would bring............we will get a cold dry spell in next month or so
we have to!

All hopes up km79 for a cold Winter overall after this ****e miserably warm ol' December

JCX BXC

Very heavy rain, I'd say Incessant here in West Clare atm!
14.2c, Shannon airport reporting 15c atm.

If it keeps up for much longer, I'd imagine flash floods are very likely, some very large puddles and waterflows in the outside of the house now.

q85dw7osi4lebg

Birds singing in Lusk / Ballyboughal right now, no wind. I'm scared.

Gaoth Laidir

snubbleste wrote: »

Met Éireann said a new record temperature for December for Malin Head, Co Donegal was reached at midnight last night when temperatures reached 16C. http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/1218/754847-weather/

That's incorrect, it actually reached 16 °C (15.6 °C) at 4 am Thursday morning. At midnight last night it was 10.4 °C.

http://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?ind=03980&lang=en&decoded=yes&ndays=2&ano=2015&mes=12&day=18&hora=18

Hooter23

Heavy rain in Galway now

Gaoth Laidir

sryanbruen wrote: »

I have had up to only 24.4 hours of sunshine up to the 17th. What's the highest amount of sunshine, a place in Ireland has seen so far?

Dublin Airport 18.2
Belfast Aldergrove 16.9
Shannon Airport 12.8
Casement 11.8
Knock >11.1
Cork Airport 7.4

sryanbruen

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Dublin Airport 18.2
Belfast Aldergrove 16.9
Shannon Airport 12.8
Casement 11.8
Knock >11.1
Cork Airport 7.4

Jesus christ :eek:

Schadenfreudia

sryanbruen wrote: »

Jesus christ :eek:

I think that's a daily high

ThaitaniumM

Is it summer or winter here? Met says 15 degrees :eek: It feels like a summer night, it feels so stuffy with the window open

Gaoth Laidir

Schadenfreudia wrote: »

I think that's a daily high

They are the total sunshine hours for December.

maquiladora

ThaitaniumM wrote: »

Is it summer or winter here? Met says 15 degrees :eek: It feels like a summer night, it feels so stuffy with the window open

It really is quite remarkable. To be honest, I don't mind it though. If we're not going to have interesting snowy weather then I'll happily take this mildness and save a bit on heating bills!