Autumn Weather 2016 - General Discussion

Elmer Blooker

a max of 20.2c today and 19.7c atm.
The strong breeze dropped around lunchtime followed by a glorious and cloudless afternoon.

Gonzo

got to 22C here earlier, beautiful day, not a cloud all day, clear blue skies, perfect evening for a bbq and few pints.

The cold wet misery that was forecasted to last here all week by both RTE and BBC looked like it got pushed about 200 miles further west and today managed to join in with the UK in glorious conditions. Yesterday was decent enough as well altho nowhere as good as today.

Could still hit 20C tomorrow but tomorrow really is the end of the summer warmth.

Meteorite58

The cold wet misery that was forecasted to last here all week by both RTE and BBC looked like it got pushed about 200 miles further west

I can attest to that, dull overcast and raining for a time in Tralee giving 4.8mm, only got up to 15.3C and currently 14.2C and feeling cool and damp this evening in high humidity :mad:

Danno

Hit 22c but mist/haze/low cloud has covered in once more. 18c.

km79

Gonzo wrote: »

got to 22C here earlier, beautiful day, not a cloud all day, clear blue skies, perfect evening for a bbq and few pints.

The cold wet misery that was forecasted to last here all week by both RTE and BBC looked like it got pushed about 200 miles further west and today managed to join in with the UK in glorious conditions. Yesterday was decent enough as well altho nowhere as good as today.

Could still hit 20C tomorrow but tomorrow really is the end of the summer warmth.

Of course it did

LEIN

Still above 17C here.

Gonzo

still 20C in Carlow.

mountainy man

Well just had two dry days in a row here in SE Sligo, most unusual for this year. I got my lawns cut yesterday and my sister's lawn today, am a very happy man today.

ArKl0w

Gonzo wrote: »

still 20C in Carlow.

19c here at the moment
Cloud has trapped today's heat

kingshankly

Has this summer seen some exceptionally bad forecasting
Never seen it so bad the amount of times this summer they predicted a good spell for it not to happen
Then today one of the warmest days of the year here in the nort east was 22/23 degrees most of the day not a cloud in the sky which was a welcome surprise

Oneiric 3

Gonzo wrote: »

got to 22C here earlier, beautiful day, not a cloud all day, clear blue skies, perfect evening for a bbq and few pints.

The complete opposite here. Dreary, damp, gloom ridden day with the odd spit of rain. Brought back warm comforting memories of the Summer just gone.

Was the perfect day for hitting the top shelf.

Eamondomc

Just back in from a walk, very warm, still 18 degrees here, a bit of sweat tonight.

JCX BXC

Eamondomc wrote: »

Just back in from a walk, very warm, still 18 degrees here, a bit of sweat tonight.

Didn't even make it to 18c here today

Eamondomc

Carnacalla wrote: »

Didn't even make it to 18c here today

Nor here until late afternoon, cloudy but dry, sun came out after I got in from work, we had a great evening.

km79

Dark damp DEPRESSING

highdef

Clear blue skies and feeling nice and mild. Dublin

JCX BXC

km79 wrote: »

Dark damp DEPRESSING

Goddd I understand your pain but this type of weather isn't exactly out of the ordinary for Ireland!

Gonzo

unbroken blue skies and sunshine again, 17C

cooler Atlantic air from tomorrow.

km79

Carnacalla wrote: »

Goddd I understand your pain but this type of weather isn't exactly out of the ordinary for Ireland!

It was forecast to be nice for the past few days in the west and dull damp etc in the east
Once again it was wrong
"Unbroken blue skies and sunshine again " for gonzo after a forecast of 3/4 days of rain/dull conditions
We are talking a 48 hour timeframe that has been wrong on a weekly basis every week since June
Very frustrating

Gonzo

km79 wrote: »

It was forecast to be nice for the past few days in the west and dull damp etc in the east
Once again it was wrong
"Unbroken blue skies and sunshine again " for gonzo after a forecast of 3/4 days of rain/dull conditions
We are talking a 48 hour timeframe that has been wrong on a weekly basis every week since June
Very frustrating

Couldn't agree more. It was depressing on Sunday looking at the the farmers forecast on RTE and the week ahead on BBC showing the eastern half of Ireland plagued with Rain stalled from Monday morning to Thursday afternoon with the warm sunny conditions in the UK preventing the rain from going anywhere else.

Instead we've had a beautiful summer's week with the exception of Monday which did feature some heavy rain and cool conditions. Tuesday morning started off dull but the clouds soon broke and the temps climbed towards 20C and have been in the 20's ever since and mostly wall to wall sunshine until now with cloud starting to increase from the west. Just touched 20C here again. The continental heatwave managed to get all the way from Poland to just slightly west of the River Shannon, while we didn't see heatwave conditions, most of the country has enjoyed the low 20's and blue skies, very welcomed and especially nice this late in the year.

Unfortunately the far west has paid for this error in forecasting with a duller and cooler week than what was originally forecasted for them.

KM79, you must have missed out by the warmth and sun by only a few miles, yesterday much of the midlands including Athlone got to 22/23C.

km79

Gonzo wrote: »

Couldn't agree more. It was depressing on Sunday looking at the the farmers forecast on RTE and the week ahead on BBC showing the eastern half of Ireland plagued with Rain stalled from Monday morning to Thursday afternoon with the warm sunny conditions in the UK preventing the rain from going anywhere else.

Instead we've had a beautiful summer's week with the exception of Monday which did feature some heavy rain and cool conditions. Tuesday morning started off dull but the clouds soon broke and the temps climbed towards 20C and have been in the 20's ever since and mostly wall to wall sunshine until now with cloud starting to increase from the west. Just touched 20C here again. The continental heatwave managed to get all the way from Poland to just slightly west of the River Shannon, while we didn't see heatwave conditions, most of the country has enjoyed the low 20's and blue skies, very welcomed and especially nice this late in the year.

Unfortunately the far west has paid for this error in forecasting with a duller and cooler week than what was originally forecasted for them.

KM79, you must have missed out by the warmth and sun by only a few miles, yesterday much of the midlands including Athlone got to 22/23C.

Cries

almostbroke

OldRio wrote: »

Raining all morning and still lashing. Localised flooding on the roads around Leitrim, nothing too bad but with the amount of rain we have had this 'summer' I'm starting to fear the worse for the winter.

The ground is saturated and has been for a good while. The Shannon at Carrick on Shannon is very high for this time of year. The level of water in the Shannon/Erne waterway and canals is looking high. Lochs and lakes are full.

We need a good spell of dry weather and lets face it, its not going to happen.
Flooding looks inevitable maybe sooner rather than later.

Does anybody know if any plans have been made to actually drain the Shannon? Or are the powers that be going to wait until people are made homeless again by the flooding?

ArKl0w

Gorgeous day in Arklow and very warm and sunny already for the time of year at 21.3c
Could see a 23 before the day is out in the wsw scirocco

JCX BXC

almostbroke wrote: »

Does anybody know if any plans have been made to actually drain the Shannon? Or are the powers that be going to wait until people are made homeless again by the flooding?

I'd blaim the authorizes for allowing people to build houses in these places in the first place.

Cloud has been slowly breaking up.all morning, and the sun just came out 5 minutes ago here in west Clare! Looks like it could.last a whole too!

almostbroke

Carnacalla wrote: »

I'd blaim the authorizes for allowing people to build houses in these places in the first place.

Cloud has been slowly breaking up.all morning, and the sun just came out 5 minutes ago here in west Clare! Looks like it could.last a whole too!

Yes...I agree....but the River Shannon still needs to be drained...don't know when it was done before.....

JCX BXC

Carnacalla wrote: »

I'd blaim the authorizes for allowing people to build houses in these places in the first place.

Cloud has been slowly breaking up.all morning, and the sun just came out 5 minutes ago here in west Clare! Looks like it could.last a whole too!

It's been out over an hour now and the sky is getting clearer! Temperature now 19.3c. Where's this rain that's moving east?

km79

Carnacalla wrote: »

It's been out over an hour now and the sky is getting clearer! Temperature now 19.3c. Where's this rain that's moving east?

It's in athenry
Still dull and light rain shower now
Goes to corner and cries

JCX BXC

And its cloudy (still warm though)

Gonzo

Carnacalla wrote: »

It's been out over an hour now and the sky is getting clearer! Temperature now 19.3c. Where's this rain that's moving east?

it wont make it to the east, the rain is forecasted to break up over the midlands. We may not see any rain till Sunday.

km79

km79 wrote: »

It's in athenry
Still dull and light rain shower now
Goes to corner and cries

Brightened up nicely now