Ireland Regional Discussion

[The watcher]

And so it begins...

First wintry showers to low levels in Ireland should that come as shown.

In 48 hour news, rain looks like being a concern for Belfast, Antrim area the next couple of days (Starting later tommorow). Will be interesting to see if those Belfast residents who complained about consistent flooding in their areas have done the right thing with getting council to re-direct a river which caused the flooding combined with the heavy rain.

Edited September 23, 2012 by The watcher

[ForeverPomeroysnow]

Congrats to Donegal today

Anyway if that verifies Born would this be the earliest snowfall recorded in Ireland??

Hello Watcher - God help those poor people with the amount of flooding they have had to endure, hopefully the Council has ensured that the drains have been cleared

[cue_killar]

I don't post here often at all and only seem to pop around for the cold weather While I love cold, snow and storms I do hope it doesn't interfere with my internet connection tomorrow night haha, I'll be playing the new expansion of World of Warcraft after 11pm all night .

[The watcher]

Welcome Cue, from Bangor just round the corner. Should come post more often, I doubt winds will be strong enough to effect broadband, but watch those floods.

[cue_killar]

I'm lucky enough to live quite high up where the heavy rain doesn't effect me much, can see over most of Belfast. It's a nice sight when it snows.

[Rocheydub]

Very heavy rain now, winds still fairly calm though.

[sundog]

Some heavy rain at times here this morning. Certainly cold for the time of year,current temp only 8.9c.

[BornFromTheVoid]

Nice day in Cork so far. Mostly blue skies, calm and a bit chilly!

[skywatcher]

A grey, miserable day in Belfast with moderate but continuous rain. A gentle breeze which is just starting to increase somewhat. In other words, a typical autumn day. It's a strange state of affairs when Ireland has less rain than England! It sounds as if parts of the south west (of England) are being badly hit.

[The watcher]

Plenty more rain to come for us Skywatcher, the band has pivoted now so heavier pulses on the UK mainland will start moving West.

Breeze picking up here too and raining mod-heavy.

[gingercat]

My outdoor thermometer is showing 6.5c all day.... chilliest its been for a while!

[The watcher]

My outdoor thermometer is showing 6.5c all day.... chilliest its been for a while!

Very cold for a September day....kind of highs you'd expect in an average winter day.

[BIG LAD]

My outdoor thermometer is showing 6.5c all day.... chilliest its been for a while!

coldest september day on record for some parts of n. ireland according to bbc. high here of 10.2c so must be colder the further east you go.

[sundog]

Max here today was 9.8c,(got up to 10.6c in the early hours last night) certainly one of the coldest sept days i can remember.

[snowstorm445]

A surprisingly nice day here in Cork, although a bit of rain later on. On the chilly side of course, and some scattered showers about as well. Seems a world away from the terrible weather across the rest of the island.

And we're usually the first in line when it comes to damp, mucky weather!

[Rocheydub]

That's because ye deserve it!

[gingercat]

...and todays temperature so far...7c! Rotten!!!

[The watcher]

Rained solid here in Bangor for a little more than 24 hours (from yesterday morning to 11am today). No flooding to report, wind has picked up and getting some strong gusts (not gales though).

[ronan]

Right folks lets have a wee game. After a cracking start to Autumn lets all have a guess at when we will see our first snow. Here in Derry we already have had our first frost last Saturday. I reckon we will see our first snow falling around the 23rd November. Have a sneaky feeling that it will be early this year. I've been reading the winter thread allot and things seem to be going in the right direction. Something feels different this year and as quite a few on the other threads are doing, i to am going to go with my gut feeling this year!

[ForeverPomeroysnow]

Hmmm tempted to say October 28 but will plumb for Nov 25th Ronan

[snowstorm445]

Right folks lets have a wee game. After a cracking start to Autumn lets all have a guess at when we will see our first snow. Here in Derry we already have had our first frost last Saturday. I reckon we will see our first snow falling around the 23rd November. Have a sneaky feeling that it will be early this year. I've been reading the winter thread allot and things seem to be going in the right direction. Something feels different this year and as quite a few on the other threads are doing, i to am going to go with my gut feeling this year!

Didn't Derry, Donegal and Tyrone see some snow last October? I'll try to get the link but I remember it was one of the straws Madden clutched at to prove his incorrect October forecast.

I reckon if we see a colder winter it shouldn't be that long into November, although if it's anything like a good winter, the really good snow should arrive after Christmas but before New Years.

[snowstorm445]

Here you go:

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1017/weather.html

[ronan]

I forgot all about that snow last October!

[The watcher]

November 2nd. Courtesy of a quite potent toppler.

[ForeverPomeroysnow]

What was noticable about last year was a lot of borderline potential snow events did not come off for my area yet it did in others, I personally think someone put a jink on my area maybe Frostyjoe....

Anyone bought oil recently, its bloody dear