Spring Weather 2016

sryanbruen

Do you think May 2014 or 2016 was/is better?

Xenji

sryanbruen wrote: »

Do you think May 2014 or 2016 was/is better?

We had nearly 140mm of rain in Castlebar in 2014 and a lower mean temperature, of course things could change in the next two weeks, but 2016 has been far better so far.

Lumi

Another gorgeous, sunny day again Galway city with a high of 17.7C

sryanbruen

Xenji wrote: »

We had nearly 140mm of rain in Castlebar in 2014 and a lower mean temperature, of course things could change in the next two weeks, but 2016 has been far better so far.

In terms of temperature wise, 2014 and 2016 have been quite comparable so far actually here at Grange.

May 2014: 11.4c
May 2016 so far: 11.6c

And of course, May 2014 was the dullest May on record in many places beating 1999 in those places. It feels like 2015 was duller though!

Xenji

sryanbruen wrote: »

In terms of temperature wise, 2014 and 2016 have been quite comparable so far actually here at Grange.

May 2014: 11.4c
May 2016 so far: 11.6c

And of course, May 2014 was the dullest May on record in many places beating 1999 in those places. It feels like 2015 was duller though!

We had :

2014: 11.7C
2016: So far 13.2C

sryanbruen

Xenji wrote: »

We had :

2014: 11.7C
2016: So far 13.2C

I have to go as far back to 2008 to get a mean like 13.2c in May when I had 13.9c, my warmest May on record. Man this really shows how May stinks since then (2010 exception and MAYBE this year... just maybe).

Oneiric 3

Taking the national mean into account, we are on par with 2011 for the first half of the month with the mean temp on currently on 11.8c, just as it was in the first half of 2011. This value is 2.2c higher than for the same period in 2015.

sryanbruen

Next week is looking fairly warm and mixed. There are two possible scenarios

- Ridge building to the east and lows pushing across the country from time to time (much more certain)
- High pressure pushing northwards from the continent

But even if it stays unsettled, as Tomasz Schafernaker on BBC said,

"At least it's not cold"

Gonzo

after a warm and sunny morning, some very heavy showers here during the afternoon, normal service has resumed.

Trogdor

Lovely sunny morning and warmest day of the year so far here earlier at 20.6C, however it's been fairly overcast the last few hours.

Clonmel1000

Quite cool and blustery here all day typical enough May day unfortunately.

Rock Lesnar

Cloudy, Breezy with heavy Downpours all evening here in north meath, after a glorious morning and early afternoon

Clonmel1000

Miserable night.

sryanbruen

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Miserable night.

I still haven't recorded even one drop of rain!

Clonmel1000

Dark cold windy here rain on and off. The few good nights we got last week starting to disappear rapidly.

Hooter23

That low pressure system on Saturday looks alot more intense on the latest bbc weather forecast especially for west/northwest ireland...

Clonmel1000

Somebody mentioned a story in tabloids about (another) heatwave next week. Is there any substance at all for these claims?

sryanbruen

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Somebody mentioned a story in tabloids about (another) heatwave next week. Is there any substance at all for these claims?

Yeah if we get even 20c this week, they'd call that a fecking heatwave. NO there's no heatwave.

Clonmel1000

sryanbruen wrote: »

Yeah if we get even 20c this week, they'd call that a fecking heatwave. NO there's no heatwave.

Where are they getting the details from though Syran?

sryanbruen

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Where are they getting the details from though Syran?

Their daydreams.

Hooter23

It said on bbc weather the weather dosn't look like it will be settled now for next week especially in north west (ireland/scotland) but they did say signs are that it might become more settled at the end of this month

sryanbruen

The BBC are making Saturday's low look something more like you would see in November - pretty similar to the one on November 21, 2009 actually :eek:.

MJohnston

Saturday certainly looks like the worst day in the next week, Friday won't be lovely though either. Still think there's going to be a decent amount of sunshine in Dublin, and the temps are pretty high, so it won't feel too depressing. Winds are going to be ****e though!

joujoujou

Expect weather to deteriorate significantly from Friday on.

I'm going back from holidays.

Meteorite58

joujoujou wrote: »

Expect weather to deteriorate significantly from Friday on.

I'm going back from holidays.

Plenty of this when you come back to Ireland



Heavy rain here near Tralee the last 15 mins

9.8C

MayoForSam

Balls, I'm over in Delhi for the week, back on Friday and its 47C over here! Greasy ball for the semi final in Galway on Saturday too it would appear....

Clonmel1000

Dull damp crappy morning here.

sryanbruen

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Dull damp crappy morning here.

It's a relatively sunny and cool morning here.

sumtings

sryanbruen wrote: »

It's a relatively sunny and cool morning here.

Same here in Limerick, looks like there is a band of relative sunshine across the middle of the country

sryanbruen

Lovely evening with blue skies and feeling quite muggy here.