Spring 2024 - General Discussion

I arrived back in Shannon yesterday from Portugal to almost the same temperatures and sunshine, I was delighted!

Came back to a decidedly cool Kerry today, brrrr I just can't get warm! Might even light fire tonight. Roll on warmer days quickly or I'll be booking another holiday soon.

sitting here with a big wooly scarf on, cool enough. Cloudy most of the day, sun came out this evening in the North east.

Was it this time last forecasts had the weekend as a washout?

Got loads of gardening done but still feel like we're catching up to where we usually are. The dry February last year allowed a first grass cut but first cut this year was very late.

Warn, Sunny, Breezy.

Great day for the drying.

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surely it can get a lot better than that

Gorgeous day in Galway. Not sure what temp is but it feels quite warm. It's been a most enjoyable long weekend. Very very little rain so far this month. Just back to work today. It's just magic to see all the growth and the flowers and the birdsong is so vibrant.

Nope ME no rain in the West well Galway anyway as promised this morning and looking at the radar there won't be

I've been planting several hundred beech (for hedging) over the past month or so and I still have a few dozen to go. I've been extremely lucky that the weather so far this Spring has resulted in Beech having a very late bud burst, with mature beech hedges and trees having bud burst only in the past week or two in the part of Meath I am in now. Early to mid-Spring (mid-March to mid-April) is more common place for leaves to emerge on beech.

About 10% of my new beech hedging has some leaves now but the majority have swollen buds and I'd say I may notice a big swathe of green develop over this coming weekend with warm and often sunny conditions being prevalent. Normally I'd be complaining of leaves appearing this late in Spring but in this case, the un-ideal weather has saved me a few hundred quid.

I'd say one of the most common human made loud sound to be heard this weekend will be lawnmowers!

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Valentia has only got 3mm of rain so far this month. Dublin Airport has 5mm. Very impressive.

I love dry calm spells at this time of year too. The growth is astounding.

Another dull overcast morning. 9C. No rain. I'll take it, although it would be nice to see a little Sun.

Leitrim

Early days yet, some large amounts of precipitation in the forecast…my area (SW Laois) was showing 80mm of rain in 2 days, but it will chop and change as the forecast evolves.

savage day today sunny and 20 degrees here in the north east

Am I the only one that got cloud today ,everyone else seemed to have sun 🌞

The fog bank near the coast makes the sea breezes colder even if the fog doesnt come onshore

The fog itself is cold up to the few 100 feet of height it has so sea breezes wafting into the coast have a deeper layer to temper coastal temps down than if it wasn't there

I was in D13 today and it began to get cloudier after lunch and was completely cloudy by later afternoon. In Longford now and whilst it's also cloudy, it's completely calm and warmer than it was in coastal Dublin. I left D13 a little after 18:00 and it was 14°. Almost 21:00 now and it's 17° where I am now in Longford and it feels pleasant.