Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Winter Weather 2016/17 - General Discussion

Options
1…5051535556…80

Comments

  • Options
    #1562
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,170 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    My mistake, apologies.


  • Options
    #1563
    sryanbruen
    Registered Users Posts: 13,589 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    Just 7.8mm here in Dublin 16 so far this January. Last recorded rain was the 13th (and just 0.2mm).

    BTW, possibly/probably related to the lack of rain, I think there is a big gorse or forest fire in the Dublin Mountains at the moment. Quite a bit of smoke here.

    Edit: A quick Google confirmed the smell! http://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/dublin-fire-brigade-responding-massive-12508114

    Still only 6.2mm at Grange, Dublin 13. ;)

    Photography site - https://www.sryanbruenphoto.com/

    Weather photo portfolio - https://sryanbruen.myportfolio.com/weather-1



  • Options
    #1564
    MJohnston
    Registered Users Posts: 10,652 ✭✭✭✭MJohnston


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    Just 7.8mm here in Dublin 16 so far this January. Last recorded rain was the 13th (and just 0.2mm).

    BTW, possibly/probably related to the lack of rain, I think there is a big gorse or forest fire in the Dublin Mountains at the moment. Quite a bit of smoke here.

    Edit: A quick Google confirmed the smell! http://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/dublin-fire-brigade-responding-massive-12508114

    Jaysus, can smell that over in D7!


  • Options
    #1565
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,918 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    BTW, possibly/probably related to the lack of rain, I think there is a big gorse or forest fire in the Dublin Mountains at the moment. Quite a bit of smoke here.

    Edit: A quick Google confirmed the smell! http://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/dublin-fire-brigade-responding-massive-12508114

    I see Casement is reporting 'smoke haze' at 1900.


  • Options
    #1566
    Meteorite58
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,950 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Windy here in Kerry, 10 min avg 35 km/h SSE ( was avg 45 km/h for about an hour just gone). Gust 66 km/h

    Small amount of rain at 1.6mm mainly from mist and drizzle.

    AsPnxnt.png


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #1567
    mickger844posts
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,466 Mod ✭✭✭✭mickger844posts


    Its been windy more or less all day here with gusts to 60km/h since this afternoon. Southerlies always more potent for us due to lack of land friction to slow them down. Certainly a case of batten down the hatches for the next number of hours

    www.waterfordcityweather.com


  • Options
    #1568
    Meteorite58
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,950 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Met Eireann saying between 30-50mm rainfall predicted for S and W Kerry and W Cork . Mountains in the SW could could see 80-100mm perhaps. That's a low cloud day for sure here in Kerry.


    SIH4DuC.png


  • Options
    #1569
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,170 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Who's Mary?


  • Options
    #1570
    Poochie05
    Registered Users Posts: 4,246 ✭✭✭Poochie05


    JCX BXC wrote: »
    Who's Mary?

    Just came on to see if I imagined her saying that! :D


  • Options
    #1571
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    a nice litte goodbye to american actress Mary Tyler Moore


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #1572
    Poochie05
    Registered Users Posts: 4,246 ✭✭✭Poochie05


    Oscar Bravo wrote: »
    a nice litte goodbye to american actress Mary Tyler Moore

    Just saw that she died:(


  • Options
    #1573
    Purple Mountain
    Registered Users Posts: 13,172 ✭✭✭✭Purple Mountain


    JCX BXC wrote: »
    Who's Mary?

    My mom (Mary) was chuffed by the personal shout out :D

    To thine own self be true



  • Options
    #1574
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,170 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    It was a bit unusual alright, rare you'd see things like that especially on a weather forecast. Johanna does seem to do things differently though.


  • Options
    #1575
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    She did it for Bowie and Prince to . shes great to follow on twitter , very interesting and down to earth.


  • Options
    #1576
    mickmackey1
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,288 ✭✭✭mickmackey1


    Sounds like teeny bopper twaddle to me.


  • Options
    #1577
    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,430 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    JCX BXC wrote: »
    It was a bit unusual alright, rare you'd see things like that especially on a weather forecast. Johanna does seem to do things differently though.


    Yeah like give forecasts that are detached from reality.


  • Options
    #1578
    nagdefy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,520 ✭✭✭nagdefy


    For Bowie and Prince you could say ok..they were 'A' level famous stars but Johanna will nearly have to comment on every celeb death after that. She must love her tv, music and film.

    Her off the cuff weather presentation is different but at times it does border on the slapdash, unprofessional. It's a thin line between being your quirky self and delivering a service worthy of a national broadcaster.

    Having said all that i like her and she's definitely not in the Martin King TV3 annoying stakes.


  • Options
    #1579
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    Speaking of Martin King lol


  • Options
    #1580
    dublinbusdude
    Registered Users Posts: 450 ✭✭dublinbusdude


    Even doh Martin King isnt a trained meteorologist - dam he a good weatherman like the one on this morning in the 90s...Fred


  • Options
    #1581
    engol
    Registered Users Posts: 137 ✭✭engol


    nagdefy wrote: »
    For Bowie and Prince you could say ok..they were 'A' level famous stars but Johanna will nearly have to comment on every celeb death after that. She must love her tv, music and film.

    Her off the cuff weather presentation is different but at times it does border on the slapdash, unprofessional. It's a thin line between being your quirky self and delivering a service worthy of a national broadcaster.

    Having said all that i like her and she's definitely not in the Martin King TV3 annoying stakes.

    Mary Tyler Moore was a feminist icon and - as an aside - the last item on the 9 o'clock news right before the weather. The world needs all the feminist icons it can get right now.

    Plus, she didn't comment on Bowies death (although I'm sure she was very sad). ;-)


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #1582
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    yes i remember him, didnt he jump around on a floating map?


  • Options
    #1583
    dublinbusdude
    Registered Users Posts: 450 ✭✭dublinbusdude


    Oscar Bravo wrote: »
    yes i remember him, didnt he jump around on a floating map?

    Yep...


    Says that he's in jail after doing Google there


  • Options
    #1584
    nagdefy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,520 ✭✭✭nagdefy


    engol wrote: »
    Mary Tyler Moore was a feminist icon and - as an aside - the last item on the 9 o'clock news right before the weather. The world needs all the feminist icons it can get right now.

    Plus, she didn't comment on Bowies death (although I'm sure she was very sad). ;-)

    Fair enough :D I'm very disappointed she didn't mention Carrie Fisher though. She's alienating (no pun intended) her weather fan base!


  • Options
    #1585
    nagdefy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,520 ✭✭✭nagdefy


    Just had a quick look at Joanna's twitter. Few anti Trump posts.. i suppose we could call her a snowflake;)


  • Options
    #1586
    engol
    Registered Users Posts: 137 ✭✭engol


    nagdefy wrote: »
    Fair enough :D I'm very disappointed she didn't mention Carrie Fisher though. She's alienating (no pun intended) her weather fan base!

    She was on radio that night and signed off the midnight broadcast with "may the force be with you" as a matter of fact


  • Options
    #1587
    nagdefy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,520 ✭✭✭nagdefy


    engol wrote: »
    She was on radio that night and signed off the midnight broadcast with "may the force be with you" as a matter of fact

    Oh did she, as a matter of fact, no less. Pardon me for not listening to all Joanna's weather forecasts. That's great we're all happy so :D


  • Options
    #1588
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,170 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    No rainfall recorded today, and only 1.8mm in the past 7 days. Alot less than I expected! West Clare


  • Options
    #1589
    Meteorite58
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,950 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Very windy near Tralee with a 10 min avg of 43.5 km/h SSE , recent gust 66 km/h

    EDIT; Nudging up towards 70 km/h now


  • Options
    #1590
    Xenji
    Registered Users Posts: 11,505 ✭✭✭✭Xenji


    Gusting at 83 km/h currently in Castlebar, strongest of the night here, would not be surprised to see it stronger though as gusts have became more sustained since midnight.


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #1591
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    Such a night up here.. sleep not readily avaiiable...

    Just checked the weather and the words WINTRY SHOWERS appear? Saturday that is..

    And many areas with heavy rain...

    And yes a huge gorse fire ....


Advertisement