Spring 2023 - General Discussion

fineso.mom · 13-03-2023 3:19pm

That's a great picture!

Robwindstorm · 13-03-2023 4:31pm

That sure is a beautiful photo. You should enter that into a competition or have it picture framed. The colour of the sky and sea is spectacular. Well done

.Donegal. · 13-03-2023 10:30pm

Not in Donegal at the moment but looks to be snowing/wintry mix

M.T. Cranium · 13-03-2023 11:08pm

Several locations in NI have 1 C temp and dew points, with radar quite active over most of Ulster. Can imagine it's snowing above about 200m in that. Will move into parts of north midlands later tonight, probably turning to all wet snow. 2-5 cm potential.

Oscar Bravo · 13-03-2023 11:27pm

Belmullet gusting 45 knots from the North East as this feature passes through.

Goldfinch8 · 14-03-2023 12:01am

Snowing just east of Castlebar now. Started off as a real sleety mix but gradually turned to snow. Plenty of big flakes and fairly marginal stuff by the looks of it.

Gonzo · 14-03-2023 1:40am

Heavy sleet here at Dunshaughlin, so very close to snow but just too marginal. This would have led to a decent dusting or more a few weeks ago.

.Donegal. · 14-03-2023 2:40am

Ballyhaise recorded recent snow

.Donegal. · 14-03-2023 8:30am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120355648#Comment_120355648

update

OldRio · 14-03-2023 9:42am

Serious amount of Snow in Leitrim. This is proper stuff and the our first of the winter (Not counting that wet stuff from last week)

Started about 10 mins ago and laying.

redsteveireland · 14-03-2023 10:21am

Rain turning to sleet in Galway city, zero craic.

Cluedo Monopoly · 14-03-2023 10:58am

Sleety rain in West Galway.

If only it was 2 months ago 😉

Enjoy the snow OldRio

14-03-2023 12:25pm

Loud clap of thunder mid tipp

pad199207 · 14-03-2023 1:07pm

Crazy Hail in Kildare was almost expecting some lightning

DOCARCH · 14-03-2023 1:13pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120357309#Comment_120357309

Hefty rain shower in Greystones and was almost expecting some lightning too!

nacho libre · 14-03-2023 1:24pm

Heavy shower of Sleet.

DOCARCH · 14-03-2023 1:24pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120357340#Comment_120357340

Hint of sleet to that rain now. 4.2c atm. Tops of Dublin/Wicklow Mountains should be getting a top up.

OldRio · 14-03-2023 1:43pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120356825#Comment_120356825

It lasted all of 30 minutes. Then sunshine. Wet mix of sleet and rain showers at the moment.

.Donegal. · 14-03-2023 2:00pm

Maybe some transient accumulations tomorrow

Cloudy tomorrow morning as rain in the southwest and west extends to all areas by lunchtime, preceded by some local sleet or snow with some temporary accumulations possible. Continuing wet through the afternoon and evening with poor driving conditions. The rain will be heavy in places resulting in some spot flooding. Afternoon temperatures of 2 to 5 degrees in the north, 7 to 11 degrees generally. Fresh and gusty south to southeast winds later veering southerly.

Robwindstorm · 14-03-2023 2:12pm

Line of sleet and wet snow on its way to you Gonzo

Rock Lesnar · 14-03-2023 2:17pm

Snowing here in meath, and its heading south, watch out Gonzo 😉

SleetAndSnow · 14-03-2023 2:24pm

This is so depressing - another yellow rainfall warning for us down here. After a dry February, we seem to be paying for it in March, with heavy rain while the rest of the country got snow :p. Hopefully get it out of the way now and have a dry june/july!

Status Yellow - Rain warning for Cork, Kerry, Waterford

Met Éireann Weather Warning

Prolonged rainfall through Wednesday and Wednesday night.

Potential impacts;

• Localised flooding

• Difficult travelling conditions

Valid: 16:00 Wednesday 15/03/2023 to 06:00 Thursday 16/03/2023

Issued: 13:46 Tuesday 14/03/2023

snowgal · 14-03-2023 2:48pm

just had a completely unexpected snow shower here in Navan.... now its blue skies everywhere! crazy day

.Donegal. · 14-03-2023 3:06pm

Status Yellow - Snow/Ice warning for Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan, Leitrim, Sligo

Met Éireann Weather Warning

Lying snow and freezing temperatures Tuesday evening and Tuesday night. Falls of sleet and snow Wednesday morning could produce some temporary accumulations.

Potential impacts;

• Icy roads and paths

• Hazardous travelling conditions

Valid: 18:00 Tuesday 14/03/2023 to 12:00 Wednesday 15/03/2023

lolie · 14-03-2023 3:37pm

Had a very heavy shower of snow at 1.30. Went from near whiteout to blue skies again in a mater of minutes.

Screenshot from the yard camera.

Dazler97 · 14-03-2023 4:34pm

Cold here in carrick on shannon was some snow last night and I'm in another yellow snow warning ⚠️ for tonight

Cluedo Monopoly · 14-03-2023 4:37pm

We will remember this cold March period for a few years and it does give us decent hope that Ireland can still produce snow, that we still have the 'technology'.

mcburns07 · 14-03-2023 6:32pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120358382#Comment_120358382

Not in Cork we won't 🥲

nacho libre · 14-03-2023 8:35pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120358830#Comment_120358830

I will remember it for being Another Snow Letdown as someone put it. It might as well have rained....

Cluedo Monopoly · 14-03-2023 8:42pm

Beautiful evening in Galway. Stars are out. Chilly.

OldRio · 15-03-2023 10:31am

2C and rain. ME forecast for rain all day. Dreadful stuff altogether.

Leitrim

Gonzo · 15-03-2023 11:00am

Back into another Atlantic onslaught from the looks of it, next few weeks look unsettled with rain or showers every single day. Looks unsettled right into first week of April. This Spring is shaping up to be vastly different to last Spring where it was warm, dry and settled for most of it.

.Donegal. · 15-03-2023 12:27pm

Snowed this morning. Just patchy accumulation at my altitude cars roofs etc but wasn’t much.

Kutebride · 15-03-2023 12:29pm

Defrosting car windscreen at 6a.m

Looking out at wet muck now. Boo. Kids had loads planned outdoors at school today.

4⁰ Meath

Gonzo · 15-03-2023 1:38pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120361361#Comment_120361361

No one will be going outside the door today, absolute relentless pig muck and it's to stay like this till the morning, so a 24 hour rain event, possibly the 3rd one of the past week.

sryanbruen · 15-03-2023 1:53pm

After how stunning and record-breaking last March was with its sunshine, not surprised one bit how cloudy and unsettled this March is. Though after the few days I had last week, no complaints from me for a change! Fantastic sunrise this morning I missed too before the miserable rain came.

WolfeEire · 15-03-2023 2:18pm

This time last week, I was

Today, I am

March of many weathers

.Donegal. · 15-03-2023 2:56pm

Yellow - Rain Warning for Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone, Derry

.Donegal. · 15-03-2023 2:57pm

2pm

Malin head coldest at 4c

11c in SW

Just drove over a road at 180m asl. Still snow lying in the grass but won’t take long to wash away with the rain.

mcburns07 · 15-03-2023 4:02pm

Horrific day in Cork, raining non stop since mid last night, getting absolutely sick of rain and oppressive grey skies.

esposito · 15-03-2023 5:53pm

Dreadful, depressing day. Atlantic muckfest.

Dazler97 · 15-03-2023 6:23pm

I am right in saying that if we have a cold march its usually a great summer ☀️ so hopefully we do get a great one 😀 just gone 20 past 6 and still bright loving the great stretch in the evenings, sure clocks go forward on 26th at 1am

Robwindstorm · 15-03-2023 7:12pm

Anyone know last night's minimum temperature. Taps in shed were frozen at 7am so it was fairly hard?

DOCARCH · 15-03-2023 7:28pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120363197#Comment_120363197

Where?

Robwindstorm · 16-03-2023 8:25am

I am in Meath, but would also be curious about the national minimum Tuesday night. It just seemed severe enough. Thanks

Cluedo Monopoly · 16-03-2023 8:53am

Feels very mild this morning. Almost balmy.

The bird sounds are amazing these past few days. So much activity.

DOCARCH · 16-03-2023 10:28am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120364846#Comment_120364846

-1.1c was the low at Dunsany (Co. Meath) yesterday.

Also here for other stations: https://www.met.ie/latest-reports/observations/yesterday

nacho libre · 16-03-2023 11:01am

This is the problem with getting long dry spells there is nearly always a payback. As regards having a good summer, well you better hope we don't get a strong el nino event, as that usually means a wet summer for us. It's also not good news if you want colder weather during winter.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120363038#Comment_120363038

Niall145 · 16-03-2023 11:55am

So yeah, i think that's pretty much it for winter 22/23; I'd give it a 5/10 (and that's being generous), literally the most extreme example of a bookended winter ever, with 2 good weeks at the start of December, one good week at the start of March, and nothing but pure crap for the 2.5 months in between (February in particular); only giving it such a high rating because of the beautiful snowy scenes I saw in Dublin/Wicklow during December and March (last Friday was literally the deepest snow I've ever seen in Ireland, only 6 miles from Dublin city centre lol); anyway the outlook for the rest of March looks pretty vile, and I've no great expectations for our spring or 'summer'.

Gonzo · 16-03-2023 11:58am

I would have given the winter 2 out of 10 and only for the cold spell at the start of December and tumbleweeds for the rest of winter. The March cold spell has nothing to do with winter as is in the Spring.

Spring 2023 - General Discussion

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Status Yellow - Rain warning for Cork, Kerry, Waterford

Status Yellow - Snow/Ice warning for Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan, Leitrim, Sligo

Yellow - Rain Warning for Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone, Derry