Spring 2023 - General Discussion

nacho libre

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120365732#Comment_120365732

There is a connection /link, though. The events that likely helped bring about the cold spell occurred in winter. It's just a pity they did happen not much earlier in the winter!

Gonzo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120365795#Comment_120365795

yeah the SSW happened mid February or there abouts which unfortunately was too late to impact winter in any way. The next successful SSW really needs to be a split and happen around Christmas time or early January to have a proper impact on a future winter. For me the cut off point for SSW excitement is end of January. Unfortunately SSW's in December or early January are fairly rare and they usually occur in February or March, sometimes April.

.Donegal.

Feels very mild today.

Elmer Blooker

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120365950#Comment_120365950

generally 14/15c, the summer like temps are because of the SSW which was ‘meant’ to effect us in mid March, it’s all complete bullsh1t of course, nothing more than a last desperate throw of the dice by desperate coldies as yet another winter slips by.

Its conveniently forgotten that the first ever 20c recorded in the UK in Feb followed a SSW.

edit: this is no way a reply to Gonzo’s post, it’s only my opinion about over hyped SSWs.

mcburns07

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120366141#Comment_120366141

In fairness a lot of the country saw snow in the last few weeks so it did deliver. Just depends on what your expectations were I guess.

sryanbruen

And the SSW did affect us, you can be in denial all you like but it has happened as indicated by the dripping paint diagram. -AO occurred at 1hPa and downward propagated through the first week of March. Relatively short effects as you'd expect given the nature of displacement events which this one was.

Northern hemispheric profile on 7th March 2023, a lot of arctic blocking with a displaced PV.

nacho libre

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120366141#Comment_120366141

The tpv would not be displaced over to the Asian side for so long if it were not for the SSW. Look at the circulation on the gift I posted in the fi thread, this is clear evidence of the effects of the SSW on the troposphere pattern in the Northern Hemisphere. Lows are churned out by the displaced tpv and come back across the Atlantic and phase with the tpv again.

Unfortunately as Gonzo alluded to a displaced SSW is less likely to work out in our favour.

A split increases our chances of a favourable outcome, but does not guarantee it either . So Just because the SSW does not have an advantageous outcome does not mean it has no influence on the troposphere, rather that sometimes it leads to an unfavourable outcome, if it's snow you are after!

Dazler97

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120365448#Comment_120365448

Ye sounds annoying alright ,we'll have to see what happens

OldRio

Unbelievable heavy showers today. Flooding on roads and fields. 10C

Leitrim

sdanseo

There was a lovely interlude of about an hour today, with 14°C and sunshine in Dublin.

Felt warm, I had a hoodie on and almost needed to remove it. People were sitting at picnic tables outside the shops.

Naturally normal order was restored soon afterwards.

pauldry

Ya got up to 15c and sunny in Sligo today. It was like being abroad after the 3c and rain of many if the previous days.

It soon lashed rain though in case anyone got too warm. Ya can't be having that now.

mcburns07

Why couldn't Patrick have banished the rain instead 🥲 another grim morning in Cork.

Rebelbrowser

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120368707#Comment_120368707

Unbelievable amount of rain has fallen in Cork over the last 10 days

Gonzo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120368782#Comment_120368782

Same here in Meath, garden is as bad as it was over the Christmas period. A few days ago I was calling for another prolonged dry spell even tho we just came out of one about 10 days ago, but the amount of rain we've had over the past 10 days is an entire months worth. There is no sign of the wet weather easing any time soon between now and April, this is going to be a seriously wet March by the time we're finished. We already need another prolonged dry spell at this point or else flooding is going to become a real issue in April if the Atlantic onslaught continues into next month.

Another 70 to 100mm of rainfall is possible between now and the end of March.

KanyeSouthEast

Beautiful sunny morning in the south west of Gran Canaria temp expected around 26/27 today. Gin blue skies. Glorious.

Gonzo

A Paddys day write off here in Meath, hasn't stopped raining, not good weather for the parades at all.

Kutebride

Wasn't a bad start at 0830. Was out in tshirt for a run and even some hazy sunshine behind the growing clouds.

Since 1030 its been raining. A washout for local parade :(

Cluedo Monopoly

Lovely morning in Galway for the parade. They were lucky because rain has arrived now.

Kutebride

Everyone at the Dublin Parade looks dry. Not a brolly in sight.

highdef

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120369777#Comment_120369777

You went and jinxed it for them!

mcburns07

The humidity is dreadful. I hate March.

appledrop

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120369567#Comment_120369567

Tell me about it, the local parade here was at 11am, the worse possible time.

It wasn't just raining but lashing for the full hour. We all had rain coats and umbrellas and we still got a bit wet.

We were a lot better off though then some people who didn't plan for weather.

Raining on and off since then.

appledrop

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120369777#Comment_120369777

What time was main parade on at because it lashed all the way through the Swords parade at 11am?

highdef

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120370052#Comment_120370052

Dublin city had good shelter until recently and it was more or less dry for much of the day.

Storm 10

Torrential downpour in Galway

Dazler97

Happy St Patrick's day guys, very mild out but pissing it down

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120368782#Comment_120368782

We seem to be locked into prolonged dry spells or deluges. Nothing in between. Land was lovely and dry about two weeks ago and now it's a mess again. Very frustrating. Would be nice to just have 'normal' weather for a while.

Gonzo

I can't remember the last time we had normal weather in terms of rainfall or lack of rainfall. It's either completely dry for weeks/months on end or deluge after deluge for weeks on end and then a flip back to prolonged dry followed by another flip to an extended very wet pattern. The past 2 weeks has been so wet, it's as if the January/February dry spell never happened.

The past 2 weeks my regular exercise regime which involves walking around 20,000 steps a day has really taken a major hit with day after day of rain, downpours and heavy misty drizzle. I'm so fed up with the daily Atlantic pigmuck right now.

esposito

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120372251#Comment_120372251

20,000 steps a day. That’s impressive. Last time I got 20,000 steps in one day was on holiday in Italy.

Looking ahead I really hope we don’t get a cold blast around Easter. The cold is just wasted at that time of year. Charts over last few days were hinting at another cold blast late March/ early April. Haven’t looked at them today as out and about.

appledrop

Is it to much to ask for some dry weather?

Ffs we got soaked at parade yesterday and I was determined to get out to park with kids today, I knew it would rain later but meant to he dry till later on in afternoon.

Instead we were all ready to head out door and yet again lashing rain.

Sick of this poxy weather. Your trying to keep your family active and weather just goes against you.

Gonzo

Looks like the rain is finally starting to clear and we may have a few hours of it not raining in order to get outside.

appledrop

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120372564#Comment_120372564

Fingers crossed Gonzo, once I can get everyone feed again and out the door.

Does the Irish weather not realise when you have two children, including a baby who never stops eating that you can't just drop everything when it's dry for 5 mins😁

Meteorite58

Lovely day now in Kerry, bright with a good breeze, 10.5C. Great to see the sunshine after the dull drizzly start.

Very mild here yesterday and got up to 16.1C during a sunny spell in the afternoon.

Graces7

Lovely morning. Clear and still and mild. A pleasure to be outside and to be able to stroll the lanes at first light beside the ocean,

mcburns07

Normal service resumed in Cork after a decent enough day yesterday. Lashing rain and grey skies.

appledrop

Lashing again here in NCD, thankfully it was dry this morning so I was out that door early for my walk as baby had me up early.

We finally got out in park yesterday afternoon which kept us all sane!

mcburns07

Absolutely dismal again and no signs of letting up. March has been terrible down here in Cork, every single day rain.

sryanbruen

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120376049#Comment_120376049

Very dire stats there.

Cork Apt

110.0mm of rain (113%)

6.0C tmean (-0.8C)

17.3 hrs of sun (16%)

About as bad as it gets.

KanyeSouthEast

Home today after a glorious week in the sun. 12 hours sunshine daily temps around 25 degrees gin blue skies.. Pure depressing landing in the grey slate damp shite.

Gonzo

This March has been absolutely awful, easily the worst March in many years, just day after day of rain, drizzle, downpours, relentless muck and grey skies.

After a horrible wet autumn, snorefest of a winter and now a cool wet Spring - Summer 2023 better have something decent in store for us. The last thing we need is a repeat of Summer 2007.

.Donegal.

Looking cool next weekend. GFS has some wintry showers with very some very slight and very patchy accumulations in N half of the country, uppers of -6 with -8 not far off the north coast. Ecm gets -6 upper in to NW on Sunday. Perhaps some white mountain tops next weekend.

JCX BXC

Jesus it has not stopped raining in Galway City at all today, just alternating between pouring rain and driving drizzle. Looking at the radar it's just a train of precipitation coming in the north of Galway bay all day long.

mcburns07

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120376049#Comment_120376049

🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻

Oscar Bravo

Another damp grey day....meanwhile back on the 20th March 1986, a highest gust of 167km/h was recorded at Malin Head

Meteorite58

Wet on and off today here in Kerry and some prolonged moderate to heavy rain just eased in the last 10 minutes leaving standing water in the garden and a lot of water on the roads. Roads around my area getting very cut up with pot holes regularly being filled up only to be open again within a week or so. Mild day getting up to 14.1C and currently 11.8C

mcburns07

Today in Cork can only be summed up in one word. ****.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120381122#Comment_120381122

I could think of a few more. Getting silly at this stage.

Meteorite58

Quite windy tomorrow along with rain, no warnings as yet but set to get very blustery at times.

EDIT: word windy 😴

Gifs disappeared, can't upload gif this morning, problems with site or android phone ??

DOCARCH

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120381750#Comment_120381750

Looks pretty grim what's approaching the west coast now....looks like a lot of rain on the way!

BTW, nice sunny morning in Greystones.

Gonzo

The Atlantic onslaught continues and there is no let up in sight over the next 2 weeks with another 160mm of rainfall possible in this time period in some western areas, closer to 60mm elsewhere.

Cork, Kerry, Galway, Mayo and Donegal look particularly wet over the coming weeks.