By David, on February 25th, 2011
With the polls about to open in just over half an hour it’s been a wet start to the day already with 0.07″ (17.78mm) of rain delivered since 03:00. We’re in a brief respite at the moment but there’s another belt parked just west of us so it’ll still be raining further down the . . . → Read More: A Wet Start To Polling Day
By David, on February 24th, 2011
A mainly overcast day, though we did see a glimpse of the sun this morning, with plenty of drizzle around lunchtime and in the early afternoon. Not much accumulation though – just 0.01″ (0.25mm).
It’s still fairly mild at 11.8C, down 0.2C in the last hour, with the barometer steady at 1016.2mb. Winds are . . . → Read More: Soft Day
By David, on February 24th, 2011
It’s continued mild overnight with a minimum temperature of 10.1C at 05:38 and currently it’s 10.8C, up 0.1C in the last hour.
The barometer is rising slowly, current reading is 1014.8mb, rising at 0.32mb/hour. Winds are a light air to a light westerly breeze.
Conditions are dry at present; but may turn soft this . . . → Read More: Mild And Dry
By David, on February 22nd, 2011
Mildest day so far this year with a maximum temperature just short of 15C at 14.8C. Some rain this morning too to give a total of 0.30″ (7.62mm) total for the day.
It’s still quite mild at 12.7C and just edging down at 0.2C/hour. The barometer is steady at 1010.1mb and winds are a . . . → Read More: Mild
By David, on February 20th, 2011
With the temperature steady at 11.1C the first signs of rain are heading for the Kerry coast. It’s still a couple of hours away though.
The barometer has been falling for the last couple of hours and now reads 1003.7mb, falling at 0.37mb/hour. Winds are a gentle westerly breeze.
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By David, on February 20th, 2011
This morning’s fog cleared to give some sunshine during the morning; but clouding over during the afternoon. It remained dry with a maximum temperature of 13.1C at 12:32. The temperature is now fluctuating between 10.9C and 11.1C.
The barometer is steady at 1005.2mb whilst winds are a light to gentle west-southwesterly breeze.
Tomorrow should . . . → Read More: Dry Day
By David, on February 19th, 2011
Chilly this morning with dense fog.
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By David, on February 18th, 2011
It’s a very wet day over most of the country. Here we’ve had 0.52″ (13.21mm) of rain today with 0.14″ (3.56mm) in the last hour. Current rain rate is 0.23″/hour (5.84mm/hour).
Temperature is a mild 11.1C, creeping up at 0.1C/hour. The barometer reads 994.8mb, falling very rapidly at 1.17mb/hour. Winds are averaging moderate to . . . → Read More: Very Wet And Windy
By David, on February 18th, 2011
It’s dry here at the moment (06:30); but on the rainfall radar I can see a band of rain stretching through just to the west of us and I would expect that to be here shortly.
Temperatures rose after midnight and it’s now 9.5C, up 0.2C/hour. The barometer’s been falling for the last 6 . . . → Read More: Rain On The Horizon
By David, on February 17th, 2011
Fog descended as the dawn broke this morning and we had a start reminiscent of last Thursday which was also foggy first thing. However the cloud parted mid morning and we had a pleasantly sunny afternoon with some nice cumulus mediocris scudding along to the east of us with the tops just visible over . . . → Read More: Fog, Sun, Fog