Spring 2023 - General Discussion

Still on a g6 for aurora and clear skies tonight. Seriously considering driving further north tonight

A large reason for the poor spring this yr I think is down to the Stratospheric warming back in February.

Yup, there is already and will be severe drought related problems across the world. We are talking huge migrations and war over water issues. Also, huge loss of wildlife and habitats.

We are going to have to deal with the fallout from this and hope our climate remains kind.

We are lucky with the rain we have. I think we've had some great spring, summers, autumns over the past few years. Also the winters have been very mild and not that stormy.

I'm hoping we can see them tonight temperatures down to -4c possible tonight so wrap up , I may have to go in the middle of nowhere to see the northern lights

The Uk met office mountain forecast for the Mourne mountains had the freezing level around 500m for today and 600 to 700m for tomorrow afternoon. Quite low for a sunny day in the last week of of April.

The last 10,000 yrs or so the climate has been relatively stable though,which has helped humans to flourish.

That tweet is from yesterday. Will it still be as good tonight?

Sadly its not looking good at all for tonight, the solar wind speed and density has dropped way down compared to last night.😞

Currently Kp3 compared to Kp8-9 last night and the magnetic field is tilted North and we'd need it to flip South to have any chance to see the Aurora.

https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/auroral-activity.html

Beautiful morning here also if a little nippy, south Cavan. It has since couded over but at least its dry. Got down to -3 this morning.

Just on the Aurora or lack of last night nothing showed up here on long exposure phone photos. Sunday night was a big one and its a sickner that most of us missed out on them again.

In all fairness, if the sun splits the stones, this poster will not be saying how lovely spring has been.

We've had rain for the majority of time since September in this area. Temperatures have been fine but the dullness and relentless rain are depressing. Spring has followed this similar pattern.

Leitrim.

Where is the rain that was forecast for today? Not that I am complaining

And you get a lot of posters who like to talk up the weather, maybe they're glass half full people. Maybe, those of us who complain are miserable gits or maybe we are just "tell it as it is" people. I'm afraid the weather in Kerry is pretty crap most of the time and it can be hard not to let it affect your mood. I tend to keep busy and am quite content if the rain stays at bay and won't get too greedy about temps with the exception of summer when low temps drive me mad. But sadly the rain doesn't stay at bay here in the rainiest county in Ireland and I personally spend a fortune every summer getting the hell out. I'd gladly stay if we got more summers like 2022. Right now I'm wondering if it's worth getting my windows cleaned as they are absolutely filthy from the constant muck. But if I fork out to have them cleaned will I get any value! 😩 Such is the reality of life here.

Forecast all over the place at the moment. Based on reading Met all day it's indicating a murky first half of the day and brightening up later..

'Largely cloudy and dull to start tomorrow with patchy rain and drizzle. Turning brighter through the afternoon with sunny spells and scattered showers, the odd heavy shower possible. Highest temperatures of 15 to 18 degrees in light southwest to west breezes'

Just watched 9pm news TV forecast and Gerry was saying the opposite! Bright sunny morning with cloud and showers building for the afternoon.

May looking a lot drier and warmer now. This is not a good sign though as we often get poor Summers after a good May. However I think the days of cool Summers are gone with climate change so itl be either normal temps and wet or warm and sunny. But likely mixed with a few short cool spells and hot spells too.

Those places in Spain thar saw 38c might go down to 20c for a short while in May and then back up to 40c.

With the drought they're having now these temps are particularly worrying, it's only bloody April. Food production is in trouble in Spain and they provide ireland with a lot of our fruit and veg. 8% of all UK food is from Spain, yikes. They'll need massive investment in water infrastructure in the coming years if they are to continue producing so much.

If things continue, the food that is currently produced in Spain will be produced further north, in countries where the new weather regime suits those plants. For all we know and in the not so distant future, the UK and Ireland could become major fruit and vegetable producers of stuff we've not grown on a mass scale before.

Brightening up nicely here in Castlebar. Feeling much milder today.