Autumn 2022 - General Discussion

Graces7 · 27-09-2022 5:48am

Time to toughen up, as the wind wuthers and the rain drums.... Actually it feels so familiar I don;t mind, lol... Grown "nesh" in the lovely weather... (old North of England term for soft, and NOT a compliment)

Heavy hard rain and I see we are set for it to last and last today.

First fire of the season hereby LIT ... A landmark day..

Graces7 · 27-09-2022 9:57am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119668813#Comment_119668813

Ah but no info is ever useless... Sooner or later it fits into the great jigsaw called "knowledge."

Cluedo Monopoly · 27-09-2022 10:04am

Next week looks nice. Dry and mild. I love Autumn more and more as I get older.

Graces7 · 27-09-2022 10:19am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119670231#Comment_119670231

It is a gentler , less demanding and more restful season...

appledrop · 27-09-2022 10:34am

I like autumn but this Sept has been a disaster in Dublin.

We are at 120mm already for month and it's still raining today.

Feels very cold aswell for the time of year.

Graces7 · 27-09-2022 11:49am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119670382#Comment_119670382

The difference is awesome for one country.Out here on the West Coast hardly any rain all month and good sunshine,, The best September I remember in many a while. A real pleasure of a month. Last night the first real rain in weeks.

West Mayo offshore,

OldRio · 27-09-2022 12:09pm

We had a mixture of nearly everything this month in Leitrim. Turned cooler quite quickly over the last couple of weeks mind.

The lawns need cutting but the grounds too wet at the moment.

Cumhachtach · 27-09-2022 12:31pm

Really later autumnal seasonal weather now. And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when. I'm stuck in a Portlaoise Prison and time keeps dragging on.

I'm looking forward to winter now. For some reason I expect something really big in terms of winter storms or snow and cold.

Danno · 27-09-2022 12:31pm

An overcast, cool and dampish day in southern Laois. 0.8mm in the AWS since 10am and temperatures hovering at 11c in a west to northwest breeze around 10mph. A real feel of mid-Autumn/late October out there.

Supercell · 27-09-2022 12:42pm

My house is hanging on to the last vestiges of summer warmth in its bricks, wont be long until the heating needs to come back on. Debating whether to light the wood stove this evening.

Hooter23 · 27-09-2022 1:34pm

It does not look like there will be any storms now for the start of october...its looks like we will going to the beach instead

Graces7 · 27-09-2022 2:05pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119671001#Comment_119671001

I lit the solid fuel stove and the difference! Spartan living has its limits... Sheer bliss now even with a smalla amount of coal used. Bliss!

giveitholly · 27-09-2022 5:08pm

Just the 20mm of rain so far today in what can only be described as an awful day!!

esposito · 27-09-2022 5:28pm

Feeling very raw in Dublin today. 11c

Graces7 · 27-09-2022 7:34pm

Just a small souffle of wind in the quiet night...

Oscar Bravo · 28-09-2022 8:20pm

Cool night ahead , Mount Dillon 6 degrees at 9pm

28-09-2022 9:46pm

Quick glance at the models. Nothing out of the ordinary forecast. I’d love for it to go full zonal and get a couple storms in October.

Meteorite58 · 28-09-2022 10:30pm

Showers and sunny breezy spells in Kerry today, not bad , cooler today but pleasant in the sunshine , cooled down quickly tonight , currently 9.8C from a high of 13.8C. Havent been keeping a close eye on the manual gauge but this evening cleared out 23 mm for the last few days .

Pic 18.30 approx

Graces7 · 29-09-2022 6:16am

First bird singing... 7.13 am

West Mayo offshore...

Calm and quiet and very chilly..

A more lovely morning there never was. Even a small rainbow birthing....

29-09-2022 6:19am

The most vivid and perfectly formed rainbow I've ever seen in Cork City yesterday. . Photo barely does it justice.

Gonzo · 29-09-2022 9:44am

thankfully we're beginnng to lose that extreme chill of the past few days. Today should be a lovely day in most places and feeling milder too. Tomorrow will be a bit of a write off but after that it certaintly looks milder compared to the past week.

29-09-2022 10:46am

Status Yellow - Rain & Wind Warning for Clare, Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo

Met Éireann Weather Warning

Becoming wet and windy tonight and during Friday morning with strong and gusty southerly winds developing. Heavy rainfall may cause some localised flooding.

Valid: 02:00 Friday 30/09/2022 to 14:00 Friday 30/09/2022

Graces7 · 30-09-2022 4:30am

It be rare wild out here.. Watching the ravages of Ian with authentic sound effects...

A nocturnal metamorphosis.. It was soooo peaceful when I went to sleep..

I have visitors due, bearing cats for me, but no way will they get here now.

West Mayo offshore

km79 · 30-09-2022 6:27am

First bird drowning …..7.27am

Onshore (for now ) South Mayo

Yes it’s wet :D

Graces7 · 30-09-2022 6:39am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119671297#Comment_119671297

That was tempting fate- and listening to the gale out here, fate was fast to respond... wild indeed

OldRio · 30-09-2022 8:27am

Utterly stunning day yesterday. Had an afternoon doze in the sun. Today wet and driving rain and very very windy.

Chalk and cheese.

Graces7 · 30-09-2022 8:33am

Well as they say a change is as good as a rest? IF IT WOULD JUST TURN THE VOLUME DOWN.

But at least it is mild.

highdef · 30-09-2022 8:58am

In between weather fronts for a short time in Trim, Meath......perfect time to bring the dog out for her morning walkies.

Gonzo · 30-09-2022 9:40am

hard to believe that this day last month we still had a drought going on and everything was brown. September this year brought an almost immediate flip from Summer to autumn right on time as we entered the 1st/2nd of September. Pouring rain outside in what has been a very wet month for most parts of the country notably during the opening 10 days of the month and plenty of rain overnight to add to the already high totals. It's been unseasonably cool as well but we are about to turn milder as we head into October. Dunsany sitting at just over 115mm of rainfall for September and that doesn't include any of the rain that fell last night and this morning.

Fingers crossed October will be alot drier. The temperature anomaly for Dunsany is now just 0.1C above normal which will make September the coolest overall month compared to normal we've had in over a year.

30-09-2022 9:56am

Blustery wet morning. Farming commentary yesterday for the next 7 days mentioned varied rainfall across the country. Drier than average for the south and wetter than average for the North with 85mm at Malin head and 17mm for Cork airport.

30-09-2022 5:35pm

Some recent lightning over Donegal, Sligo and leitrim

Artane2002 · 01-10-2022 8:51am

Provisionally, Dublin Airport has finished September with 128mm of rain, making it the sixth wettest on record and the wettest since 1976.

giveitholly · 01-10-2022 8:53am

186mm recorded which was mostly recorded in the first and last week of the month

sryanbruen · 01-10-2022 9:43am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119688090#Comment_119688090

Edit: Never mind. I made a mistake. Can't delete post.

02-10-2022 6:36am

162mm is a remarkable total for Cork for the month of September. I would imagine most of it came in that biblical spell of rain we had in the first week of the month. All that after 14mm in August and 28mm in July.

Just goes to show that in this country, even in a drought, rain is never too far away.

Despite all the rain, the ground is still quite dry; I would imagine that much of the initial heavy rain after the drought broke just ran off the rock hard ground and didn't soak in.

Gonzo · 02-10-2022 9:39am

September finished up with 126.4mm of rain for September at Dunsany which makes it the wettest month since July 2020. Probably the poorest September we've had in a while with so much rain and that very chilly second half of the month. Despite the chill the month finished up average in terms of mean temperature being 0.1C above normal, due to the very mild to warm first week of September.

Artane2002 · 02-10-2022 11:07am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119691487#Comment_119691487

This post reminds me that Dublin Airport also finished with a mean of 13.0C, which is 0.1C below average. This feels like a big feat considering what has been going on since June 2021.

mcburns07 · 02-10-2022 11:55am

Unreal day in East Cork, sunny and feeling warm in the sun 😍

Cluedo Monopoly · 02-10-2022 1:06pm

Lovely Autumn day in west Galway. Great day for getting garden jobs done.

02-10-2022 1:19pm

Very wet week ahead for some and sunshine will be below average.

The past week has been drier than average for the east and south with rainfall totals between 39% and 79% of average there. However, rainfall was around average or higher to the west and north, with accumulations up to 160% of normal.

A predominantly southwesterly airflow over the coming week will steer Atlantic fronts across the country, with rainfall most frequent in the west and northwest. As a result, it will be wetter than normal across most of the country, with accumulations expected to be between 120% and 295% of average. However, rainfall along eastern and southeastern coasts will be close to average.

Most places have been somewhat duller than average over the past week with the exception of the south coast, where sunshine amounts were around average. The north of the country saw the least sunshine, with 8.7 hours of sunshine recorded at Malin Head, Co. Donegal (50% of average). In contrast, 26.8 hours of sunshine was recorded at Cork Airport, Co. Cork (101% of average). In the week ahead, conditions will often be unsettled with any sunny spells quite limited. As a result, sunshine amounts are expected to be below average.

Kutebride · 02-10-2022 3:08pm

Beautiful morning in Galway City and the drive back to Meath. More overcast now but so calm.

See Damian Browne waiting for the right wind conditions to row into Galway Bay after a solo row from New York; having started the adventure across the Atlantic in June 😮

Cluedo Monopoly · 02-10-2022 3:13pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119692760#Comment_119692760

Amazing achievement. I thought he was due in around Wed/Thurs

Meteorite58 · 02-10-2022 7:16pm

Lovely Autumn day to be outdoors, great sunshine this morning checking for wild mushrooms in the garden with the youngsters, a bit cloudy in the afternoon with some mist on the coast but cleared and had sunshine for the evening. Got up to 16C. Farmer with fields across from me busy making bales this evening, been fine growth the last few weeks with plenty of rain but the ground is still firm enough for working on it. Glad to get my own grass cut too before the wet week coming in.

Pic from this morning.

Cumhachtach · 02-10-2022 7:28pm

October..the earliest month of the autumn/winter season I remember snow lying towards month's end. Probably an Sryan question but have we ever had lying snow in September reported?

sryanbruen · 02-10-2022 8:00pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119693610#Comment_119693610

Probably not on low ground but I wouldn't be surprised if the Sperrins had some in 1919. Met É do mention snow has been reported in September before. The only Septembers I am aware of with snow in lowland UK are 1885 and 1919.

appledrop · 02-10-2022 8:28pm

Bye bye September you won't be missed, beautiful autumn shinshine today.

Great day spent in park hunting for conkers, and we found plenty of blackberries aswell.

Sure what more could you want.

02-10-2022 8:37pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119693610#Comment_119693610

Last time I remember snow in October was 27th October 2018. Was very early in the morning, only temporary slight accumulation on cars,grass and roofs. Bit of altitude made a bit of difference though, here’s 150m that morning

Cumhachtach · 02-10-2022 9:58pm

Thanks ufasach and sryan. I remember snow late October 2008 lying as far south as Laois, on the hills.

Graces7 · 03-10-2022 8:26am

Wondrously wild windy weather; I just stood by the gate with my eyes closed revelling in the wind , Autumn is my favourite season by far..

West Mayo offshore

Graces7 · 03-10-2022 10:11am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119693834#Comment_119693834

My freezer is ... jam -packed... with blackberries. Started juicing ..It was a phenomenal season

Autumn 2022 - General Discussion

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