Spring 2018: General Discussion

mickger844posts

Fantastic day in Waterford, Max Temp a year high of 21.1c, More cloud about over the next few days though but hopefully the sun will win out

www.waterfordcityweather.com

Meteorite58

https://twitter.com/MetEireann/status/999356057637007363


NASSA from today

John.Icy

A large amount of cloud streaming in over the East currently from all the way back to SE England. Hopefully it burns off as it moves further west over Ireland so at least some of the country can bask in sunshine. Looks like that's happening anyway as the cloud bank isn't making much inroads past the middle of the country.

I'm no expert on thunderstorms - would any showers arriving on the direct East coast be thundery? Would they not need more warmth? I know other factors come in to play but just curious.

Gonzo

yep very cloudy here too, only 14C as well. The east coast may not see any real warmth from this spell till at least Sunday.

Artane2002

Overcast and rather chilly in Dublin 9.

km79

Glorious

Ultimate Seduction

22c here now in county Limerick. Amazing that the east west divide is in our favour for once

Xenji

21.8C in Castlebar currently, feels like quite awhile since we had two days like this in a row.

JCX BXC

A stubborn 16.8c in West Clare today thanks to a sea breeze. Got up to 17.1c earlier.

Very warm once you're not in the breeze however, I'd say the temperature is much higher in sheltered areas than it is in the open.

Completely cloudless however, beautiful day with no end in sight!

DOCARCH

Light rain in Dublin 16. 14.6c atm.

Oscar Bravo

2pm reports

Claremorris 22 degrees
Mount Dillon 22
Athenry 21

Johnstown Castle 13 degrees
Dublin airport 14.
Casement 15.

km79

(We will pay for this all summer long )

patneve2

light to moderate rain shower. Strong enough radar echoes west of Waterford

spookwoman

patneve2 wrote: »

light to moderate rain shower. Strong enough radar echoes west of Waterford

Just had some spots of rain when it was passing over waterford city

Gonzo

sun trying to make an appearance here, no rain so far. Still chilly at 14C, had to put my jumper back on.

Artane2002

Raining in Dublin now...

pad199207

Moderate Fall of rain now in Kildare. Convective drops as they are big.

km79

km79 wrote: »

(We will pay for this all summer long )

Heavy shower now and every skylight and window open in the house !

pad199207

Line of heavy showers developing Mid West. A few likely to be torrential and thundery.

Ultimate Seduction

And there goes summer 2018..

Clouds and rain came in very fast and temperature plummeted to 17 from 22 in 1 hour

Mars Bar

Smashing morning and afternoon in Galway. Headed to rinville and it was beautiful. Now back in tuam and the clouds are looking fairly dodgy. There's showers on the way I'd say.

Gonzo

light rain shower here, feeling cold, 13C.

JCX BXC

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

And there goes summer 2018..

Clouds and rain came in very fast and temperature plummeted to 17 from 22 in 1 hour

"There goes summer 2018"

Pfft! Read the forecast!

Plus, it's spring

Ultimate Seduction

JCX BXC wrote: »

"There goes summer 2018"

Pfft! Read the forecast!

Plus, it's spring

I'm aware of the forecast, warm rain isn't it?

JCX BXC

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

I'm aware of the forecast, warm rain isn't it?

Occasional showers but sunny and warm for the most part.

pad199207

I can nearly write off today now. Disappointing/frustrating

sryanbruen

On a totally unrelated note to today, remember Knock Airport's very low sunshine total it was recording in April 2018? According to Met Éireann, there was an outage at Knock Airport during the month causing the figures for it to be unreliable. Therefore, it is not possible to get an exact sunshine total for the station for the month of April 2018.

What was strange was that they included Knock Airport in the sunshine total graphic at the end of the monthly weather summary for April 2018 but disregarded it in the summary itself.

Here's what they said exactly in reply to an email:

Yes there was an outage at Knock Airport during the month of April so the sunshine totals for Knock were disregarded in the report. It does appear in the graphic though, but we are in the process of fixing this. It will be updated before close of business today.

Unfortunately, it's not possible to get a figure for sunshine total for Knock because the Sunshine recorder was not burning the sunshine card, due to a fault, for much of the time. Therefore, all figures for Knock are unreliable for April 2018. That is why we described it as not available. If my Quality Control colleagues deem that some daily figures are redeemable, I will forward you on these

The sunshine total for Belmullet during the month was 141.2 hours whilst Knock Airport falsely having 71.1 hours. Over 70.1 hour difference between them in terms of sunshine during April 2018 yet their distance is only 102km.

Just wanted to clear this up.

Ultimate Seduction

JCX BXC wrote: »

Occasional showers but sunny and warm for the most part.

Cloudy for the most part with occasional sun and showers

SleetAndSnow

Warm out but starting to rain now in Cork City

Mobhi1

The rain got a bit heavier here but never gave anything substantial. Was still able to mow the lawn during it. there was 0.2mm recorded. It's been pretty much cloudy otherwise. It's 14.4C now. The high was 15.8C.