Spring Weather 2016

sryanbruen

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Brutal evening out windy cold dull spots of rain. Is it too much to ask that at least one holiday weekend could br decent? Would love to see an analysis of recent long weekends to see how often they are decent?

Sure thing, here you go.

Easter weekends

2015 (3rd - 6th April)
Good Friday: Mostly dry but cool and relatively sunny in a few parts.
Holy Saturday: Mostly dry and relatively sunny but quite mild.
Easter Sunday: Dry, sunny and mild generally.
Easter Monday: Dry, sunny and mild.

2014 (18th - 21st April)
Good Friday: Very sunny in places, warm and dry.
Holy Saturday: Very sunny in places, warm and dry again.
Easter Sunday: Mostly dry at first with large sunny intervals and warm but wet in the east at the end of the day.
Easter Monday: Mostly sunny, dry and warm.

2013 (March 29th - April 1st)
Good Friday: Mostly sunny and dry but very cold.
Holy Saturday: Sunny, cold and dry.
Easter Sunday: Coldest Easter on record. Mostly sunny but wet in the south at first.
Easter Monday: Very sunny and dry but freezing cold - the coldest April day for many years.

2012 (6th - 9th April)
Good Friday: Cloudy and mild with drizzle.
Holy Saturday: Cloudy and mild with drizzle.
Easter Sunday: Quite wet, mild and dull.
Easter Monday: Very wet start, much cooler after that with sunshine and showers.

Would you like to see any other recent holiday long weekends (if then specify please)?

Clonmel1000

Fantastic thanks a million very interesting. Easter is my favourite time of the year. What about May bank holiday?

sryanbruen

Here ya go. It's no problem at all.

2015 (2nd - 4th May)
Saturday: Extremely wet and unseasonably cold.
Sunday: Very showery, mild with some sunny spells.
Monday: Dry, sunny and mild. (One of the few good days of May 2015)

2014 (3rd - 5th May)
Saturday: Cloudy and mild with drizzle in places.
Sunday: Nearly sunless everywhere. Quite wet in the west and cooler than Saturday.
Monday: Mostly wet and cool.

2013 (4th - 6th May)
Saturday: Mostly sunny and mild with rain in the morning. Rain spread into the southern half overnight.
Sunday: Mostly dull but sunny in some eastern places with rain elsewhere but mild everywhere.
Monday: Mostly dull again but sunny in some eastern places with rain elsewhere and warm for early May.

2012 (5th - 7th May)
Saturday: Very cool with sunny intervals and a few scattered showers.
Sunday: Very cool and sunny. Rain overnight.
Monday: Wet, windy and cool again.

JCX BXC

National Weather Warnings

STATUS YELLOW

Wind Warning for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo
Southerly winds will continue to reach mean speeds of 25 to 40 km/hr and gusts of 50 to 60 km /hr (mainly in coastal areas) this evening and early tonight.

Issued:Friday 25 March 2016 16:00
Valid:Friday 25 March 2016 16:00 to Friday 25 March 2016 22:00

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Weather warning was issued earlier

Personally, I think it's rather unfair to moan about the rain this weekend. We've had 10 beautifully dry days, rare enough in such a relentlessly wet climate. It's very pessimistic to constantly get annoyed about "normal" weather for Ireland.

sryanbruen

Carnacalla wrote: »

National Weather Warnings

STATUS YELLOW

Wind Warning for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo
Southerly winds will continue to reach mean speeds of 25 to 40 km/hr and gusts of 50 to 60 km /hr (mainly in coastal areas) this evening and early tonight.

Issued:Friday 25 March 2016 16:00
Valid:Friday 25 March 2016 16:00 to Friday 25 March 2016 22:00

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Weather warning was issued earlier

Personally, I think it's rather unfair to moan about the rain this weekend. We've had 10 beautifully dry days, rare enough in such a relentlessly wet climate. It's very pessimistic to constantly get annoyed about "normal" weather for Ireland.

Well I wouldn't say "beautifully" dry days. There have been a lot better dry spells than the one just gone.

mickger844posts

How is this a Yellow Warning with mean speeds 25 to 40 and gusts to 60km/h? Yellow is mean 50 to 65 with gusts 90 to 110km/h according to Met Eireanns warning criteria.

JCX BXC

mickger844posts wrote: »

How is this a Yellow Warning with mean speeds 25 to 40 and gusts to 60km/h? Yellow is mean 50 to 65 with gusts 90 to 110km/h according to Met Eireanns warning criteria.

That seems quite peculiar alright

Likely a mistake on the Met Eireann side.

sumtings

Carnacalla wrote: »

That seems quite peculiar alright

Likely a mistake on the Met Eireann side.

Maybe they used the wrong units, are those the speeds forecast?

joujoujou

Today's highest wind - 65.3 km/h at 14:42

Today's highest gust - 78.5 km/h at 14:55

So likely fulfills warning criteria IMO.

JCX BXC

joujoujou wrote: »

Today's highest wind - 65.3 km/h at 14:42

Today's highest gust - 78.5 km/h at 14:55

So likely fulfills warning criteria IMO.

That doesn't fulfil warning criteria, you see that right?Unless I'm horrifically missing sarcasm.

Clonmel1000

sryanbruen wrote: »

Here ya go. It's no problem at all.

2015 (2nd - 4th May)
Saturday: Extremely wet and unseasonably cold.
Sunday: Very showery, mild with some sunny spells.
Monday: Dry, sunny and mild. (One of the few good days of May 2015)

2014 (3rd - 5th May)
Saturday: Cloudy and mild with drizzle in places.
Sunday: Nearly sunless everywhere. Quite wet in the west and cooler than Saturday.
Monday: Mostly wet and cool.

2013 (4th - 6th May)
Saturday: Mostly sunny and mild with rain in the morning. Rain spread into the southern half overnight.
Sunday: Mostly dull but sunny in some eastern places with rain elsewhere but mild everywhere.
Monday: Mostly dull again but sunny in some eastern places with rain elsewhere and warm for early May.

2012 (5th - 7th May)
Saturday: Very cool with sunny intervals and a few scattered showers.
Sunday: Very cool and sunny. Rain overnight.
Monday: Wet, windy and cool again.

I'd a feeling the may weekend had been pretty miserable but crikey that's rubbish. How about August?

sryanbruen

2015 (1st - 3rd August)
Saturday: Mostly sunny and dry with average temperatures.
Sunday: Cloudy and cool with heavy rain in the west.
Monday: Early rain then mainly sunny and average temperatures.

2014 (2nd - 4th August)
Saturday: Exceptionally wet in the east (wettest August day on record in Dublin) where it was cool whilst most other places were dry, sunny and mild conditions after a wet start.
Sunday: Sunshine and showers with mild conditions.
Monday: Mainly dry, sunny and warm until nightime when heavy showers (and I really mean HEAVY!!) pushed into the south.

2013 (3rd - 5th August)
Saturday: Sunshine and showers with warm conditions.
Sunday: Warm with sunny spells and intense downpours.
Monday: Sunny, mild and dry.

2012 (4th - 6th August)
Saturday: Sunshine, showers and rather cool.
Sunday: Mostly dull with showers and cool conditions.
Monday: Dull with showers in the west and cool again.

sryanbruen

Notice two Saturday 2nd's were extremely poor ^?

Saturday, May 2nd 2015
Saturday, August 2nd 2014

sryanbruen

Imagine if this low pressure right now was a named storm but Katie was already taken and Katie takes place after it, would they have to skip onto L? :pac::P

Clonmel1000

sryanbruen wrote: »

2015 (1st - 3rd August)
Saturday: Mostly sunny and dry with average temperatures.
Sunday: Cloudy and cool with heavy rain in the west.
Monday: Early rain then mainly sunny and average temperatures.

2014 (2nd - 4th August)
Saturday: Exceptionally wet in the east (wettest August day on record in Dublin) where it was cool whilst most other places were dry, sunny and mild conditions after a wet start.
Sunday: Sunshine and showers with mild conditions.
Monday: Mainly dry, sunny and warm until nightime when heavy showers (and I really mean HEAVY!!) pushed into the south.

2013 (3rd - 5th August)
Saturday: Sunshine and showers with warm conditions.
Sunday: Warm with sunny spells and intense downpours.
Monday: Sunny, mild and dry.

2012 (4th - 6th August)
Saturday: Sunshine, showers and rather cool.
Sunday: Mostly dull with showers and cool conditions.
Monday: Dull with showers in the west and cool again.

Thanks again a very mixed bag.

sryanbruen

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

I'd a feeling the may weekend had been pretty miserable but crikey that's rubbish. How about August?

Yeah the last time the May weekend was brilliant was way back in 2011.

Saturday: Sunny, warm and dry.
Sunday: Very sunny, warm and dry except in the south.
Monday: Very sunny, warm and dry except in the south where it was soaking. (It was the warmest day of May 2011)

Hopefully 2016 can break this streak of bad May bank holiday weekends.

See the big difference of maximum temperatures between 2011 and 2012 at the same weekend

2011
Saturday: 21c
Sunday: 21c
Monday: 21c

2012
Saturday: 15c
Sunday: 16c
Monday: 15c

Clonmel1000

How about August?,just to complete the set

mickger844posts

Yellow warning now taken down from Met.ie website

Winds picking up here to a Max of 63km/h

www.waterfordcityweather.com

sryanbruen

mickger844posts wrote: »

Yellow warning now taken down from Met.ie website

Winds picking up here to a Max of 63km/h

www.waterfordcityweather.com

Ffs :pac::pac:

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

The water level is right up again this morning, with floods back in the fields.

Will the ground ever dry out????

mickger844posts

12.2mm of rain since midnight

www.waterfordcityweather.com

Gonzo

rained all night, still drizzely now and looks like the only game in town over the next week is rain.

Lumi

The wind is really starting to howl in Galway city - currently gusting up to 70km/h

Clonmel1000

Atrocious day. Seriously how can anyone welcome this. Its cold wet and windy. Total waste of time.

Oscar Bravo

Certainly is windy-Kinsale gusting 59 knots on 3pm reports,Mace head gusting 54 knots ....

Oscar Bravo

Nice posts from Joanna Donnelly on Twitter also

sryanbruen

Apart from maybe last Spring, I have never suffered through conditions like today's in Spring. Clonmel1000 is bang on, it is atrocious. This maybe Ireland but this is Spring we're in? It feels more like Winter. One hour it was drenching rainfall, I recorded over 15.2mm in that hour (though it felt like 30mm). Max. temperature has only been 8.1c - average daytime temperature for January, not March, especially not later March!

I am surprised this isn't a named storm as I think it should classify as one.

JCX BXC

How about we don't turn this thread into a mirror of the daily mail?

JCX BXC

Quite a temperature drop at Dublin Airport!
16:30 - 9c
17:00 - 4c.

Drove from Killarney to Kenmare earlier, surprised to be greeted by snowcapped mountains and showers of sleet and snow. Sunny now in West Cork, besides that a horrific day, but nothing so terribly out of the ordinary. We can and do get this sort of weather at any time of the year. As well its only one day, of course its quite disappointing to some, but hey it's our climate isn't it?

Criteria for a named storm is orange level warnings, has the wind criteria been met? (Gusts of 110-130km/h)

Slieve Gullion

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

It was beautiful little chilly in the evenings but the brightness the warmth were super. Back to dull cold uninspiring weather and an outlook of rain and wind. Its actually depressing here at timed our climate really negatively impacts on us. Middle of spring almost now and its a lot colder than middle of winter.

There seems to be so little between the seasons the last couple of years. It's like one long autumn.