Spring 2018: General Discussion

mg1982

Another dry sunny day here in south sligo but we dodged some serious showers that stayed west and south of here. Heard a few rumbles in the afternoon but no rain again thankfully.

pad199207

Down to 1.2c already in Kildare. Sub zero by early morning I’d imagine.

Lucreto

Wasn't expecting frost this morning. One last one until November I suppose. I will miss the cold mornings.

Artane2002

Another pleasant morning in Dublin. Meanwhile, the south of England is getting drenched with a risk of snow and temperatures won't make it much past 5c.

Beechwoodspark

Did anyone hear the forecast at 7-55am? Evelyn said remember the sun is as strong in April as in August but obviously the temps are different.

Is this true? Just, I see a lot more sun burn in August than I’ve ever seen in April.

pad199207

Fell to -1.3c last night in Kildare

DOCARCH

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Did anyone hear the forecast at 7-55am? Evelyn said remember the sun is as strong in April as in August but obviously the temps are different.

Is this true?

Yes. Strength of the sun now is same as mid-August.

JCX BXC

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Did anyone hear the forecast at 7-55am? Evelyn said remember the sun is as strong in April as in August but obviously the temps are different.

Is this true? Just, I see a lot more sun burn in August than I’ve ever seen in April.

Yup. Longest day of the year is 21st June, and has hence the strongest sunshine. (Roughly, perhaps it's off by a few days, perhaps not). Think -/+2 months would.be the same, 21st April is the same as the 21st of August or thereabouts 30th of April is the same as 12th August!

The reason for less sunburn is that it's too feckin cold to sit in the sun

Villain

Nice frost this morning after a low of -2.6c at my station.

sryanbruen

Fantastic morning again, blue skies everywhere to be seen. Definitely better than the warm spell if you ask me.

https://twitter.com/MarkyDub/status/990851959149219840

Graces7

Utter beauty out here in the Atlantic... Sea as glass, elongated cloud reflections colouring the clarity...calm,still.. a promise of a day.. midges gathering :rolleyes:

Rock Lesnar

4th day in a row now of it been dry and sunny

pad199207

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

4th day in a row now of it been dry and sunny

I wonder when we are going to be punished for it

Graces7

Beautiful day here. West Mayo, offshore island. Sun and wind and blue blue sky

JCX BXC

Graces7 wrote: »

Beautiful day here. West Mayo, offshore island. Sun and wind and blue blue sky

Ditto here in West Clare.

While the temperatures aren't that high, sunshine in a sheltered area can make it feel quite warm indeed.

Artane2002

We shouldn't be punished for this. This should be making up for the poor start to the month. This isn't enough yet, another few days would be enough.

Excellent in Dublin with lots of sunshine. 4th day in a row of this and 5th if Thursday is counted, which I thought was great.

Cork Boy 53

The day here started off promisingly but a band of heavy showers moved in around 330pm and we have had some heavy downpours.

Artane2002

I'm giving April 4/10 back because of the beautiful past few days. Really nice evening and cloudless.

Oscar Bravo

Nice end to the day here in Castlebar, high cloud from tomorrows front is starting to approach from the west. Nice moon rising to the east now

Artane2002

MÉ are forecasting rain and thunder for tonight in Dublin. Interesting to see if we do get thunder.

highdef

Artane2002 wrote: »

MÉ are forecasting rain and thunder for tonight in Dublin. Interesting to see if we do get thunder.

Was that the TV forecast? I don't see it mentioned on the website forecast.

Artane2002

highdef wrote: »

Was that the TV forecast? I don't see it mentioned on the website forecast.

Their website. From 7pm to 9pm, again at 11pm, midnight, 3am to 7am.

I take thunder forecasts even less seriously than snow so I'm not getting my hopes up just yet. I don't find it that exciting either but it's still interesting.

Nice cold morning in Dublin but largely cloudy.

JCX BXC

No mention of it in any written forecast, in the TAF or anywhere else. Only on ME's hourly breakdown, which I wouldn't take seriously at all.

Graces7

Wild wet day. Gale and deluges. West Coast Mayo Offshore island /

Chris_5339762

Its far too cold in Dublin for thunder, thats lunacy. Very little to no convection in the rainbelt on the way.

sryanbruen

sryanbruen wrote: »

An update on this. Up to the 27th, Knock Airport is at 45.9 hours of sunshine. The current dullest April record for Ireland is 60.1 hours at the same station last year. Up to the 24th, the station had only 29.0 hours of sunshine so it has risen by 16.9 hours in 3 days. If it weren't for these past 3 days and for the rest of the days to remain with very minimal sunshine here, it would have set a new dullest April record for the entirety of the British Isles, not just Ireland! Just the frosting on the cake for how depressing the month has been.

The final April 2018 sunshine total at Knock Airport was 71.1 hours so not a record breaker thanks to the sunny days of the past week. April 2017 keeps the record for lowest April monthly sunshine total in Ireland.

Data comes from Met Éireann.

highdef

Chris_5339762 wrote: »

Its far too cold in Dublin for thunder, thats lunacy. Very little to no convection in the rainbelt on the way.

How do you explain the thundersnow that I experienced twice during "The Beast From The East"?

TheMilkyPirate

Chris_5339762 wrote: »

Its far too cold in Dublin for thunder, thats lunacy. Very little to no convection in the rainbelt on the way.

Wrong.

Artane2002

Even if (localised) thunder was mentioned in the actual forecast I wouldn't read too much into it. It's far too difficult to forecast accurately unless it's a widespread event in which case it's a bit easier.

Gonzo

nothing more than spits of rain in the wind here all day, ground still mostly dry. Looks like a heavier pulse may bring a short burst of proper rain here soon.