Winter 2018/2019 - General Discussion

pad199207

My station at 18.9c now and it feels every bit of it. Humidity also very low.

highdef

highdef wrote: »

Large fire in the Dublin Mountains, near Kippure. Smoke is beginning to envelop parts of the south city. Chance of "smoke" reports this afternoon at Casement

Smoke being reported at Casement Aerodrome in the 14:00 report.

Gonzo

highdef wrote: »

Yesterdays record in the UK has been beaten today. 20.8c in Wales - This temp could still go higher. High was 20.6c yesterday.

yesterday's high was first announced as 20.3, but this was later corrected to 20.6

It's entirely possible that today's 20.8 could be corrected to 21.0C. 20.8 is pretty much 21C anyway. Seriously impressive, that's about 12C above seasonal average.

If this spell was happening exactly as it is but in mid July, I'd love to know if we could have beaten last year's 32C at Shannon.

highdef

21c reported at Northolt, London.

ninebeanrows

highdef wrote: »

Smoke being reported at Casement Aerodrome in the 14:00 report.

It has been reported since 11am . Is it bad?

snowstreams

17c in Casement and Athenry today.

So no record will be broken here it seems.

pad199207

21.2c at Kew Gardens, London

Artane2002

Best day since October last year here in Dublin, cloudless skies all day. I went on three walks!

sryanbruen

Artane2002 wrote: »

Best day since October last year here in Dublin, cloudless skies all day. I went on three walks!

Easily the best day since 10th October. Hopefully sunset will be deadly to round it off.

SleetAndSnow

Interesting weather in Cork City. Its blue skies, but fairly hazy. Its about 12/13 degrees so feels nice but not like what you guys are gettiung up the country Enjoy it you lucky people

sryanbruen

snowstreams wrote: »

17c in Casement and Athenry today.

So no record will be broken here it seems.

Still a good few station records including Claremorris, Belmullet, Valentia Observatory and Casement Aerodrome.

highdef

sryanbruen wrote: »

Easily the best day since 10th October. Hopefully sunset will be deadly to round it off.

The smoke haze will likely provide a super sunset in many parts of the east this evening.

OneOfThem Stumbled

Winter 2019 is over lads.

It's bright at 7am, you don't need a jacket going out. It's history.

Billcarson

Hooter23 wrote: »

Billcarson wrote: »

Good. There is enough warm records being broken around the planet as it is anyway.

Records are only a new thing...these so called "records" will be broken in many places around the world even year after year...100 years + of records is nothing these records being broken all the time prove nothing...the whole "climate change" thing is a joke...the climate has always been changing...its when the climate stops changing then we have a problem...

Yes it's all a joke isn't it lol. In the last 12 months something like 220 warmth records across the globe have been broken compared to 15 cold records. Says it all really.

sideswipe

OneOfThem Stumbled wrote: »

Winter 2019 is over lads.

It's bright at 7am, you don't need a jacket going out. It's history.

This is Ireland, we could have 'winter' weather in a couple of days or even a couple of months time!:p

Gonzo

highdef wrote: »

Smoke being reported at Casement Aerodrome in the 14:00 report.

I can see the smoke /brown haze in the sky to my south from Dunshaughlin.

Hooter23

Billcarson wrote: »

Yes it's all a joke isn't it lol. In the last 12 months something like 220 warmth records across the globe have been broken compared to 15 cold records. Says it all really.

Well then they should go back to calling it "global warming" which they were calling it in the beginning...but then conviently changed it to "climate change" when things weren't going to plan and cold records were being broken instead...

Harry Palmr

Oh dear spot the idiot.

sryanbruen

highdef wrote: »

The smoke haze will likely provide a super sunset in many parts of the east this evening.

Super indeed.

sdanseo

Hooter23 wrote: »

Well then they should go back to calling it "global warming" which they were calling it in the beginning...but then conviently changed it to "climate change" when things weren't going to plan and cold records were being broken instead...

Put your conspiracy theories away. Earth has an atmosphere with a tendency to redistribute heat from place to place by means of the weather. So, when the mean temperature rises, this often displaces cold air further along the conveyor.

Europe has solid cold air masses to our northwest and northeast and Ireland in particular is the country at the most extreme latitude (North or South) on the planet not to have regular snow. All the warm air displaces the cold and makes things colder for us along much of Europe, the southern USA, and others.

The mean temperature, however, is rising indisputably. What's causing it is a different and more complex debate; but the planet is getting warmer.

Denying that or insinuating that it's a big government conspiracy is not only disingenuous to the millions of people who care about it, it's just plain wrong.

Mortelaro

Meanwhile despite the lovely day, its 4.8c now in Arklow
There'll be a fourth frost in a row tonight here,a reminder that it is still winter

Santy2015

Storm on the way for the weekend it seems 💨

Clonmel1000

Beautiful day absolutely smashing would never get bored of seeing it.

sryanbruen

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Beautiful day absolutely smashing would never get bored of seeing it.

About as good as it gets in Ireland.

pad199207

The fires up in the mountains are quite a site

sryanbruen

pad199207 wrote: »

The fires up in the mountains are quite a site

Same in the UK it seems. This happening in February is mind blowing.

https://twitter.com/bradnclaire/status/1100509948470005760

pad199207

Hollywood Co Wicklow a short while ago

Monkeynut

pad199207 wrote: »

Hollywood Co Wicklow a short while ago

If its like this in February, who knows what it will be like by July!!!!

Do you say all the dry weather we had last summer and with the lack of rain this winter has contributed?

giveitholly

We will prob be under water with all the rain that will be falling!!!

Lucreto

This time last year I went to bed and woke up to 4 inches of snow.

Depressing myself now.