Autumn 2023 - General Discussion

appledrop · 31-10-2023 8:34pm

We got lucky here with trick & treating.

By the time the rain started we had it all done and dusted and it was very mild aswell so win win all around.

Raining heavy enough now.

littlema · 01-11-2023 8:04am

A beautiful, fresh morning here in south Sligo while I was out with the dog. Rain during the night and some more to come later but we have been unusually lucky with rainfall amounts this past while. (the North-West never the best)!!!!

pauldry · 01-11-2023 11:35am

Not in Sligo town. Rained a lot overnight and now a big heavy spell. Will probably be 20mm after 1 day of November. Currently 8.5mm

bazlers · 01-11-2023 12:32pm

Rosses Point = deluge

pauldry · 01-11-2023 1:29pm

Not much more rain now but 10.5mm now for day1. 60mm over the weekend into next week for Sligo. Then a lot of wet days after. So 200mm for the month is certainly likely. That would even beat July.

Cork broke the 300mm mark for October. That's exceptional. Don't think theyl be as wet as the North and West in November though.

Hippodrome Song Owl · 01-11-2023 3:24pm

It's a surprisingly lovely day in Dublin! Blue sky, bright, dry. But very breezy and chilly. Really nice to be out in it.

I really need to get the leaves off my lawn, and the dry spell is tempting me, but I'd surely be mad to bother if the storm will just fill it up again this evening?!

Will there be any dry and not too windy day in Dublin this weekend to clean up the garden?

.Donegal. · 01-11-2023 3:35pm

Torrential rain and very windy a while ago. Eased off now.

Artane2002 · 01-11-2023 7:50pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121303575#Comment_121303575

And the fine weather continues, I can't resist posting these pictures, the first four from yesterday and the sunset from today. It doesn't get better than this in November. This spell reminds me of this time of year in 2018 in Ireland before turning into a disaster further into November, except the frost has been lingering all day on some surfaces. Ireland hasn't had a properly good November since 2017 so hopefully this year finally delivers.

acequion · 01-11-2023 9:59pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121312170#Comment_121312170

I'm finding your posts about Iceland very interesting. I was there once, but a very long time ago, I'd be more a southern, warm climate person and gravitate south these days

But I love the photos.😀 When you say good weather, what temps? You posted earlier in the year about good weather there in summer. Meant to ask about temps but forgot and the thread moved on. But what kind of temps would ye have up there in a good summer and autumn?

DOCARCH · 01-11-2023 10:29pm

Still in Toronto. Bloomin freezing! High of 4c today but with windchill felt like -1c at best.

Oscar Bravo · 01-11-2023 10:31pm

Cold away from the south tonight

10pm

Dublin Airport 2 degrees

Mount Dillon 2 degrees

Markree Castle 2 degrees

Mullingar 3 degrees

Artane2002 · 01-11-2023 11:02pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121312984#Comment_121312984

Thank you! Temperatures were, as you'd expect, noticeably cooler than in Ireland. In August, the highest temperature was 20.6C but there were several days in the high teens. The mean maximum temperature was 15.8C, which is nearly 3C above average. Reykjavik is one of the cooler parts of the country in summer though, the north and east are a bit warmer. We had 208.7 hours of sun, which is 135% of average. 59.2 mm of rain fell but over a third of that was just on the 26th. I only came here in August so I wasn't here in July but it was record sunny with a staggering 306.8 hours, surpassing the previous record by a respectable margin. Only 17.2 mm fell and another part of the country had only 4 mm.

The good weather now has max temperatures around 4/5C, which is average to slightly below, but there's barely a puff of wind (except yesterday, which was breezy) so it doesn't feel cold. It's even dry enough to sit on the grass, in contrast to all the saturated ground in Ireland. A lot of the bad weather they get up here has been diverted to Ireland/the UK due to the persistently southerly tracking jet stream.

acequion · 02-11-2023 8:59am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121313274#Comment_121313274

20C in summer wouldn't be enough for me regardless how sunny. But I'd love 4C in winter accompanied by dry, crisp conditions.

Thanks again for your posts. Always interesting to hear first hand accounts of other climes.

OldRio · 02-11-2023 9:08am

Ice on the windscreen this morning. I was not expecting that. 2C. Clear skies.

Leitrim

Dazler97 · 02-11-2023 6:16pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121313912#Comment_121313912

Yes was frosty here in carrick last night ,freezing fog 0c

Gonzo · 03-11-2023 11:45am

A dry day today so best make the most of it as the rain and showers will be back from tomorrow. Next week looks a bit on the chilly side but signs in the models of the very mild south-westerlies making a comeback from the middle of November.

mcburns07 · 03-11-2023 11:48am

A smashing autumn morning in East Cork, actually got the grass cut, this week has been not too bad here, a very welcome change from the deluges of the previous weeks. A wet night in store tonight but looks reasonably dry after that for most of next week.

giveitholly · 03-11-2023 1:19pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121319282#Comment_121319282

I presume if the mild south Westerlies make a comeback that means plenty of moisture with them?

DOCARCH · 03-11-2023 2:25pm

Back at base now. Fine, mostly sunny, day in Greystones. 12c.

Gonzo · 03-11-2023 3:04pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121319679#Comment_121319679

yeah it would likely be unsettled but probably not as overly wet as recent weeks.

Cluedo Monopoly · 03-11-2023 3:13pm

Lovely day in Galway. There was some heat in the sun earlier.

Kutebride · 04-11-2023 7:46am

After a dry bright day yesterday its one manky morning with heavy rain.

7⁰ Meath

adocholiday · 04-11-2023 7:53am

Some very heavy showers in Wicklow at the moment. I knew it was to be wet today but didn't realise it was to be this heavy! Looks like it's here for the day too based on Met Eireann's forecast.

Kutebride · 04-11-2023 8:01am

Every decidious leaf is falling like snow.

pureza · 04-11-2023 9:20am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121322986#Comment_121322986

I don't think it's showers as they require breaks in between

7mm so far

DOCARCH · 04-11-2023 9:38am

Wet morning in Greystones. 12.6mm so far. Was woken up by heavy rain around 6am.

adocholiday · 04-11-2023 9:48am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121323156#Comment_121323156

Yes correct, I meant to say heavier spells of rain! Bucketing down in Rathdrum at the moment. However on a more positive note, if the ECM is right it looks like after today things will dry up a little aside from some rain Wednesday. Best not talk about the GFS...

mcburns07 · 04-11-2023 10:07am

Very heavy showers in Cork since middle of last night. Pretty dreadful.

Thelonious Monk · 04-11-2023 10:19am

Manky in Dublin. Supposed to train for a half marathon next week in this shite, I'll get hypothermia being soaked running around 🥶

giveitholly · 04-11-2023 10:39am

Feels cold this morning with the car only reading 7c

giveitholly · 04-11-2023 10:40am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121323240#Comment_121323240

Just on this,remind me again is it the GFS model the yr.no website uses and the met eireann app uses the ECM?

adocholiday · 04-11-2023 11:25am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121323408#Comment_121323408

Yr uses a combination of models depending on region and time range. They have it well doucmented here https://developer.yr.no/doc/locationforecast/datamodel/

In summary, MEPS and ECM for Nordics, AROME-Arctic and ECM for the Arctic region, and ECM for everywhere else.

Met Eireann also have some info on their models published here https://www.met.ie/the-ins-and-outs-of-weather-models/#:~:text=For%20longer%20forecasts%2C%20we%20use,km%20in%20the%20ECMWF%20model.

Again in summary:

A combined HARMONIE-AROME model for short range forecasts for Ireland, GB and Northern France and ECM for medium range forecasts.

mcburns07 · 04-11-2023 11:45am

The surface water is shocking again in East Cork. Roads were perfect yesterday but it has been a very wet 8 hours or so and the water has nowhere to go, land is saturated and everything is draining right off it back onto roads.

giveitholly · 04-11-2023 11:52am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121323637#Comment_121323637

Noticed that around my parts,we ONLY got 7 mm so far but floods on roads and the local river up to the too of its banks

mcburns07 · 04-11-2023 12:01pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121323660#Comment_121323660

Have never seen the place bad, it really has been a unbelievably awful month a bit here.

Robwindstorm · 04-11-2023 12:05pm

The downpours keep rolling in off the Irish Sea. What is it with this year, all the rain moving slowly northwards on an easterly wind direction that just stagnates and meanders slowly over the same spot for hours. I have never seen land so wet here in North meath.

appledrop · 04-11-2023 12:10pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121323330#Comment_121323330

Yep, it's bad out there, my 7 year old has a match this morning, I was convinced it would be called off but nope went ahead.

It will be straight into the bath for him when he gets home to clean the muck off and get warm!

giveitholly · 04-11-2023 12:19pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121323686#Comment_121323686

No water is springing up from underground in places I never saw before

Dazler97 · 04-11-2023 12:45pm

Seen carlow weather the fella on twitter alan and he said lower air pressure means our kettles will boil a little faster which blew me away as I did not know that ,you learn something new everyday

pureza · 04-11-2023 1:46pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121323240#Comment_121323240

15 mm recorded in Arklow so far today with another bout of black sky incoming off the sea here

Gonzo · 04-11-2023 2:00pm

a horrendous morning/afternoon here in Meath, everywhere is saturated and lots of surface water. No walking for me today with all the rain.

CrowdedHouse · 04-11-2023 3:37pm

The low pressure is a bit unusual, you'd be expecting gales at that number. Thought I had a malfunction until I checked around.

adocholiday · 04-11-2023 6:06pm

Bucketing down again in Wicklow. Arklow South station now over 18mm for the day since 7am or so, a miserable day

pureza · 04-11-2023 6:07pm

The rain in off the sea has been Relentless in Arklow today

Currently nudging 19mm and lashing

If we had this northeasterly fetch with minus 10 850's we'd be buried in snow

pureza · 04-11-2023 9:29pm

East facing window in a NE wind is like a car wash again

Showers just keep on coming

20.6mm for the day

Hippodrome Song Owl · 05-11-2023 2:52pm

It was a nice morning and early afternoon in Dublin following the misery of yesterday's all-day rain. A sudden heavy downpour just now, though, that I wasn't expecting.

Bizzarely, google is suggesting "rain and snow" for the next few hours!

mcburns07 · 05-11-2023 3:20pm

Lovely autumn day in Cork, good for the soul after all the rain! Been a really good weekend since yesterday lunch time.

Dazler97 · 05-11-2023 4:50pm

Good chances of seeing the northern lights tonight in any clear breaks ,if you catch a glimpse of them please post your pics

Dazler97 · 05-11-2023 5:42pm

Screenshot_20231105_174157_Aurora Alerts.jpg

Great chance already

lolie · 05-11-2023 5:54pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121328750#Comment_121328750

Yeah great chance in the next few hours conditions favouable and the magnetic field is flipped south.

Anyone with a decent smartphone take a pic using night mode or a long exposure. Also the moon won't rise until 11.30.

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

Autumn 2023 - General Discussion

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