Autumn 2024 - General Discussion

Dazler97

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122595761#Comment_122595761

The ground looks wet there gonzo did you have a few rain days

NIMAN

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122598118#Comment_122598118

.... and looks like it's on for the rest of the night. Miserable drizzle.

pauldry

Today and yesterday very cold windy and dark in Sligo. Light rain falling now.

NIMAN

OH put heating on for half an hour earlier.

Think that's first time in months.

starlit

No heating on yet but was cold last night. It was nice here most of the day but got dull and breezy turned late in the evening rain arrived out of no where was not expecting it until tomorrow. It has a real September feel to this week!

mykrodot

wow back to earth with a bang this evening!

After 3 days in Tuosist on the Beara peninsula and Sneem where the sun was splitting the stones and the hiking and swimming were sublime, I came back to an unexpected pleasant day here in the Killarney hinterland. Nice sunshine until 4pm, now its dark, breezy and very cool. What a difference a day or two makes! Time to get the logs in for the stove.

compsys

Today was fairly pleasant in Dublin up until 5pm or so. Partly cloudy and just over 17º. So bang on average temp wise for the time of year.

And Friday and Saturday were lovely. Took full advantage by going for a swim.

The next few days look chilly and fairly miserable. But hopefully we'll get one final blast of summer before the year is out.

Thunder87

Yeah apart from the wind today was decent enough in Dublin, just about warm enough for shorts and t-shirt for possibly the last time this year. Though currently ME show 17C for the weekend so we might get another few days yet hopefully

pauldry

The 18th September to about the 24th look decent enough weatherwise. May get 20c again. Probably be pared down to 2 or 3 days by then but not gales like all this week will be.

DellyBelly

Bleak enough start to the day in Dublin...pretty windy and cold...

antimatterx

Looking at sunset times here. By the time September is over we will have lost another 49 minutes of daylight in the evening. That only 3 weeks or so away. Crazy.

zell12

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122599796#Comment_122599796

Tis shocking that the reverse happens in March

Rugbyf565

absolutely freezing

Rugbyf565

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122594268#Comment_122594268

Wexford as usual is like it’s own little cove of Mediterranean sunshine

DOCARCH

Cold front just passed through Greystones. 3c drop in 30 minutes. 11.4c now.

Supercell

Feeling very autumnal this morning, brrr

Kutebride

Manky Dublin 2.

Hopefully pulls away soon as it is meant to do.

12°

acequion

As bad as it can possibly get in Tralee for early September. A perfect demo day for the bad Irish climate ticking every box: freezing, wet,windy, wild and slate grey. Just bloody awful! 😣

Oscar Bravo

A nice fresh day right on the north coast of Mayo . Nice for a walk

Supercell

Cleared up nicely around lunch albeit a bit breezy.

pauldry

At least in Autumn windy and cold is normal

Not in June and July.

squarecircles

Menorca, this evening, weather has been relatively trash here past week, odd nice days, would remind you of the scraps of good summer weather we get. Hotel I'm staying in is a nitemare and the place is full of the most nauseating people from across the water, can't wait to get home to start complaining what a kip ireland is

Robwindstorm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122602221#Comment_122602221

Fantastic post. You keep us entertained squarecircles !😁

Elmer Blooker

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122599796#Comment_122599796

I don’t want to come across as a smart Alec but that has more to do with astronomy than meteorology …

appledrop

God you can really feel the chill this evening, autumn is well and truely here.

Rougies

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122599796#Comment_122599796

Yup, the change in daylight hours follows a roughly sinusoidal curve, like a swinging pendulum in an old clock.

The summer and winter solstices are like when the pendulum is at the end of it's swing about to change direction. It's moving slowly and at near the very top of the swings it's hardly moving at all.

Then around this time of year near the autumnal equinox (and vernal/spring equinox in March) the pendulum is moving very fast at the bottom of it's swing, and the rate of daily change is much much larger.

Robwindstorm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122603096#Comment_122603096

Wow. That's a thought provoking post. A little bit different to squarecircles. How many of us are visualising and pretending our arm is the pendulum to recreate the action and then have to Google the word 'sinusoidal'.

pauldry

Horrendous night but GFS has a lot of good weather still showing. The next 3 days the worst of the next 14 I'd say.

.Donegal.

Friday temperatures as low as 5c in Donegal 2pm

adocholiday

Weather has been pretty poor in the Ionian islands too. Dreadful night on Monday in particular, where over 80mm of rain fell in about 6 hours. That's a red warning level in Ireland. Yesterday it improved but still showery and this morning the same, and looks like that pattern will continue until the weekend when we return home. Overall a very disappointing escape to the sun weather-wise before autumn properly sets in.

glightning

There does look to be a good week of weather coming up next week. Consensus in the models for a 1030+ hpa high to be roughly bang over us with 850's around 8 to 10c. Orientation of the high obviously subject to change, but seems reasonable to expect temperatures to be around 20c to low 20's from this weekend through to the following one. The main question is whether we will get areas of stubborn mist.

esposito

Cold bright and windy in Dublin 16. I’ve my warm winter jacket on and it’s needed. That wind would cut you in two. Of course I’ll be sweating later on in the day but hey ho.

Back to summer next week..

OldRio

8C and heavy showers this morning. Heating on last night.

Leitrim

DellyBelly

Nice sunny day in Dublin but that wind would cut you in 2….

sudzs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122599796#Comment_122599796

This surprises me every year!

Also that the leaves don't turn brown earlier. I think I'm in denial.

Thelonious Monk

Feels bloody freezing for this time of year. I remember swimming at the forty foot 3 years ago in mid sept, feels a long way from that

.Donegal.

Short yet intense showers today. Some recent lightning Irish sea

antimatterx

I didn't even bring my fan down from the attic this summer. Think I'll need my pyjamas soon. it's going to be a cold one by the looks of it.

Elmer Blooker

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122605777#Comment_122605777

June was freezing too with persistent nw’ly wind, by the look of things I wouldn’t rule out swimming next week.

pauldry

September us a funny sort of a month . A mix of cool and warm spells usually. This Week is very cool but next week back at 20c.

Elmer Blooker

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122606398#Comment_122606398

Sept can be very summery with temps similar to July up to the equinox the same way March can be wintry with temps similar to January up to the spring equinox, but of course you won’t get sunburnt in Sept and snow won’t lie in March.

Dazler97

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122606486#Comment_122606486

I couldn't have put that better myself spot on 💯

JCX BXC

Was in Berlin at the weekend, Saturday and Sunday very hot at 32-33°c, suddenly Monday it's raining and 16°c. Felt like the summer just ended!

Good to see some more warmth coming before the cold starts to kick in.

beggars_bush

Beautiful morning

Weather hasn't been as bad as forecast the last few days

mykrodot

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122606209#Comment_122606209

just swim anyway! Swim all year round and don't get too hung up on temperatures. The buzz you get is brilliant (been swimming year round for 3 years). But I was dithering at the place I swim (Kerry) yesterday as I could feel it was much colder and I am still just in togs . Then I just went for it, the trick is just to walk straight in and get straight down. This is the best time of the year to decide to keep swimming in Winter as your body is used to the water. Very hard to decide in the middle of Winter that you'll take up sea swimming !

Just do it, we will be dead long enough , its amazing :-) !

Gonzo

I'm back in Ireland since last night, it was rough saying goodbye to blue skies and 28C. I'm certainly feeling the chill since i've arrived back but at least it's dry and sunny, could be alot worse.

Robwindstorm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122607891#Comment_122607891

Welcome back, there's a good chance of blue skies next week to gradually sooth you back into autumn. Any property prices from Spain?

Cluedo Monopoly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122607643#Comment_122607643

For some reason I always associate September with big waves but I am not sure if there is any science to that. In my head it was always a great time to swim in Blackrock (Salthill) and catch mackerel. It may well be nonsense because it has been quite calm anytime I have swam recently.

This week has been nice and sunny with the odd shower and distinct Autumn cooling. Very dry overall with Mace Head only showing 3.8mm and high pressure on the way. For contrast Sept 2023 had 155mm of rain.

Enjoy the swims mykrodot. You are much braver than me. I finish in October even with the wetsuit.

.Donegal.

Tonight

Tonight will be dry, cold and mostly clear with light winds. Lowest temperatures of 1 to 4 degrees with a few mist patches forming and possibly a touch of grass frost.

Might somewhere scrape the first air frost of the season?

.Donegal.

UK met office added a new feature. It shows the hot/cold temperatures possible in rare cases.
Mullingar predicted low tonight is 2c, with -1 possible in rare cases.

Castlederg low expected 1c, possible -1c.