Spring 2024 - General Discussion

Some lovely sunshine tomorrow and Saturday, a bit more unsettled Sunday/Early days of next week but high pressure seems to return so nothing to bad in the next while. Tomorrow,Friday ,is a cracker though, get out and enjoy it

A stunner of a morning, unfortunately I'm in work but at least I arrived looking very summer ready!

Enjoy the day if your lucky enough not to be in work.

Still only 5mm here for May and today will be at least 22c in Sligo if those clouds don't bubble too much. Mt Dillon will likely get to 24c or 25c this weekend too.

Next week Yr.no has 44mm for Dublin Tuesday but I severely doubt this. They overdo the rain a lot.

We are doing the Darkness into Light walk very early tomorrow morning, so will be keeping my eyes peeled, only ever saw them once as a child growing up here so been a heck of a long time!

Lovely morning in Leitrim. Sun 18C. Sunshine. Catching up with the gardening.

Clouding up in Sligo but got very warm now 22c .

Theyr warm clouds.

Clouded over in Leitrim.

Both Phoenix Park and Mount Dillon are reporting 23° at 14:00. Some cloud has built up recently (I'm on the other side of the Shannon, in neighbouring Longford).

24° (rounded) now at Phoenix Park. Still scope for it to reach 25° but I think 24° (rounded) will likely be as high as it gets. Happy to be wrong though.

problem is those clouds remain stationary for long periods, mostly blue sky here but not much sunshine, the sun has been behind the same cloud all day it seems.

Dublin has seen 24c this afternoon in the phenix park

I washed my Aran jumpers and declared winter officially over 😁

High of 22.6°C just after 3 PM currently 21.8

N Tipp

Yep, had a period of that earlier, have thinned out again and we are back in the sunny zone, hope its the same for you!

Mount Dillon 24° at 17:00…….higher temperatures later in the day are fairly common here on sunny days during the warmer months as it is located in a bog so there's loads of dark ground to absorb the heat through the day. Was recently 24° at my location just under 20km east of Mount Dillon and it's a lovely evening altogether with that breeze that is actually warm, like when you're on holidays. Humidity is low too so it just feels nice…….I wouldn't mind it another 5 - 8° warmer though :-)

NeVer seen the % so high before omg 😲

The whole country will easily have a show tonight, or at least a show that the phones will pick up nicely.

KP8 you’ll see Aurora in the likes of Austria and Slovenia or even further south.

Just need clear skies to hold up AND key parameters to do their thing when it actually gets dark. Midnight onwards for viewing.

Omg new Zealand get to see them wow 👌

Extreme G4 geomagnetic storm conditions observed in past 2-3 hours and current NOAA auroral forecast indicates Ireland and Scotland will see major aurora borealis conditions where skies are clear tonight. Peak time likely to be soon, 2300h to 0300h local.

A fantastic display in the past 20 minutes here in Castlebar.

Lovely display here in carrick omg 😲

From carrick omg there all colours

silly question but I presume you are looking to the north to see this? I am in an elevated position overlooking Dublin City towards the north and I do t see anything like that!!
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I’m in south Dublin looking north over the city and I don’t see any light show but maybe this is because of the light pollution from the city?
To the North West I see the sliver of a moon and that’s lit up beautiful firey copper colours.