Spring Weather 2016

sryanbruen

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

Fabulous day and now a fabulous night here in the north east, its been very cold the last few days, but that doesnt bother me, its better then that wet muck we've had for most of the last 6 months.

Last 4* months (November - February)

Rock Lesnar

sryanbruen wrote: »

Last 4* months (November - February)

Last 4 months then, i stand corrected by the statman

sryanbruen

Are we all still calling for a cold April?

Evidence why for my reason that it will be

- It is gradually getting colder after this brief spell of some high maximums
- The top 5 strongest El Ninos were all followed by a colder than normal April (inc. 1983 and 1998)

sryanbruen

It looks like a low will bring widespread showery rain on Wednesday (though not particularly heavy).

Pat Dunne

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

Last 4 months then, i stand corrected by the statman

Yeah I with you on this one Rock Lesnar, it feels more like 6 months!

JCX BXC

sryanbruen wrote: »

It looks like a low will bring widespread showery rain on Wednesday (though not particularly heavy).

Keep the water supplies in Dublin up

How many days has it been since rainfall?

sryanbruen

Carnacalla wrote: »

Keep the water supplies in Dublin up

How many days has it been since rainfall?

Well I haven't recorded a drip since the 9th (not even 10 days yet!). And Louise Lear on BBC said we have been dry for so long, she is out of her mind! And no it don't matter if they're from England or Wales or such because they also recorded their last rainfall on the 9th. Let's see this dry spell compared with last years longest or notable dry spells

January 30th - February 12th (14 days)
April 3rd - 9th (6 days)
April 13th - 23rd (10 days)
June 6th - 25th (19 days) (I only recorded 0.2mm throughout this period)
August 11th - 18th (7 days)
September 4th - 10th (6 days)
September 25th - October 4th (9 days)
October 7th - 20th (13 days)

Well we have more dry days during this dry spell than 3 of these dry spells from 2015 so far or should I say, I have! :rolleyes:

sryanbruen

When was the last completely dry month in Ireland? By this I mean, no station records above average rainfall. It looks like it is March 2012 - that long ago!!!

yellowlabrador

It's a lovely morning, sunny, foggy and frosty, but with promise. I hope it's better than yesterday, I was quite cold and we had very little sun.

sumtings

yellowlabrador wrote: »

It's a lovely morning, sunny, foggy and frosty, but with promise. I hope it's better than yesterday, I was quite cold and we had very little sun.

Exact same here in West Cork.

sryanbruen

Very cloudy day so far here. Not a sunny interval. I haven't gotten above 8c.

km79

Sensational sunny day in east Galway
Wish I'd had the BBQ on standby

Harry Palmr

Lovely "warm" day the difference the sun makes at this time of year is just huge. 12.6C

sryanbruen

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Lovely "warm" day the difference the sun makes at this time of year is just huge. 12.6C

In contrast, plenty of cloud and I only reached 7.2c.

sryanbruen

This March reminds me a lot of February 2013.

Xenji

Nicest day of the week so far in Castlebar, broke 13C for a while but felt quite warmer, compared to the last 6 months it feels like heaven this week.

Elmer Blooker

Back to where we started by the look of things. So much for SSW and high latitude blocking! I'll know next winter and not pay any attention to this SSW meaningless tripe!

http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/ecmwf/runs/2016031812/ECM1-144.GIF?18-0

sryanbruen

Yeah not looking like an Omega block after all.

joujoujou

Yet another lovely day: clear skies, the moon and jet airplanes.

Gonzo

another bitterly cold day today, temps hovered between 6-8C all day.

sryanbruen

Gonzo wrote: »

another bitterly cold day today, temps hovered between 6-8C all day.

Sorry "another..."? St. Patrick's Day felt like a Summer day here with big boosts of temperature in the sun and I am not far from you?

Schadenfreudia

joujoujou wrote: »

Yet another lovely day: clear skies, the moon and jet airplanes.

Magnificent Sitka spruce there!

Harry Palmr

A Haar is no laughing matter.

vickers209

Gonzo wrote: »

another bitterly cold day today, temps hovered between 6-8C all day.

Have to agree same in wicklow town yesterday and today bitterly cold

Booms

Harry Palmr wrote: »

A Haar is no laughing matter.

AHaar.jpg

sryanbruen

M.T. says a possibility of 20-30mm on Thursday? I hope he's wrong.

sryanbruen

I know that this is a Spring thread but here's an update on why I predict Summer 2016 is going to be one of the better. Years ending in "6" tend to be good summers with one exception though. See below:

1976 (The 2nd best Summer ever in Irish history after 1995)
June - Very hot, dry and sunny. (32.5c was recorded in Boora, Co. Offaly)
July - Dry, warm and sunny.
August - Very hot, sunny and dry.

1986 (Very poorly dull, wet and cool)
June - Very thundery and dull but relatively warm.
July - Dullest July on record. Relatively dry but variable generally and average temperatures.
August - Exceptionally wet, cold and dull.

1996 (Very average overall but not a bad Summer)
June - Dry, warm and very sunny.
July - Relatively dry, sunny and warm.
August - Very wet and dull but warm.

2006 (Best Summer since 1995)
June - Very sunny, warm and dry.
July - Extremely warm, sunny and relatively dry in parts.
August - Mostly dull but dry and relatively warm.

Apart from 1986 - the odd one out, this seems like an interesting pattern.

PowerToWait

I'm grateful for the dry spell. And the lack of that godawful wind. But I'd really like some of those blue skies to go along with my clement weather.

The wall to wall grey is bleak. And it's cold. Not bitter but 7 or 8 degrees and feels colder. St. Patrick's day was excellent. More needed.

sryanbruen

What would you do to have a month like March or April 2011 again?

Trogdor

Very small diurnal range here today thanks to the continuous cloud cover and wind off the sea. Low of 6.9C and high of 8.6C.