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We may have been having some unseasonably warmer weather these past few months, but this week winter has well and truly arrived. Apart from some casual SNOW showers across the country today, good aul Storm Abigail also delighted us with winds of up to 120km/h.

Oh and then there was the rain. 

But lucky for us we always have a trusty umbrella on hand to shield us from this ungodly weather, right? WRONG. If you are one of the many people having to give up on umbrellas this week then you are definitely not alone. Join us as we recount the stages of our daily battle with that unreliable but mandatory life item, the umbrella…

 

Optimism

Clearly the reason all our umbrellas fail us is because we refuse to spend more than a fiver on them. Well, lesson learned. Spending €30 on a proper umbrella will solve all of our winter weather woes because surely an umbrella at that price is indestructible. Surely.

Incredulity

Evelyn on RTE says that the weather is going to be horrific, but it can’t be that bad. She is always a bit dramatic anyway. It will be fine, I have a coat for warmth and an umbrella to keep me dry. I am SO prepared.

Fear

Mmm. It does actually look pretty miserable out there  

Rage

Okay, this is BAD. The brolly is now inside out and the people in that car are LAUGHING at me. WHY UMBRELLA, WHY.

Denial

It’s fine. The umbrella is fine. It is a bit misshapen and it looks like I am holding half a plastic bag over my head, but my hair is still kind of dry… kind of.

Despair

The only thing worse than being out in a storm with a flimsy umbrella, is being out in a storm without one. I should have know that it was going to fail me, I should have known. 

Acceptance

There is no umbrella in the world that could withstand that weather, but I had better buy another one just in case. 

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Most of the country woke up to chilly conditions this morning – and it's just gotten a whole load more wintry out there too.

In fact, it's currently SNOWING in Co Donegal. 

Fermanagh and parts of Sligo are also reportedly experiencing snow showers.

However, the worst hit areas are certainly in south Donegal, with hail furthermore impacting on driving conditions. 

The likes of Rossnowlagh and Ballintra seemingly have the heaviest snow coverage on the ground.

Met Éireann reports: "Heavy blustery showers (some with hail and thunder) will continue for the rest of the day, with the showers tending to be more frequent over the western half of the country

"A cold day with highest temperatures of 7C to 9C in strong and gusty westerly winds."

Meanwhile, there will be "heavy rain" tomorrow "for much of the day". 

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It looks like winter has well and truly arrived for good.

Met Éireann have issues a serious weather warning this week as Storm Abigail is going to be the cause of some nasty weather conditions in the UK and Ireland. 

A Status Orange warning has been issued for Thursday morning from 9am. The stormy conditions are expected to carry on into Friday. Gusts of up to 120km/h are expected to hit parts of Donegal,Galway, Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim. 

The Met Éireann website informs us:

"Winds will be strongest near coastal areas, peaking Thursday evening into early Thursday night.”

"Southerly winds, later veering southwest then west, with mean speeds of 55 to 80 km/h, with gusts between 100 and 120 km/h.”  

The western counties are also expected to experience rough weather. A Status Yellow warning was issues for Clare, Limerick, Cork, Kerry and Roscommon.

Winds are expected to reach speeds of up to 100 km/h.

So, if you were looking for an excuse to skip your evening jog and stay in by the fire this might be it.

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Cool with heavy rain: it could only be the October Bank Holiday weekend!

Yes, sadly Met Eireann isn’t the bringer of good news today – it has told the country that the weather outlook for the long weekend is somewhat bleak.

How bleak, you ask? Well, think the likes of hail, thunder, and freezing conditions at night. 

Yup, temperatures will hover around the 10C mark – a good 5C colder than it is now – with plenty of rain showers spread throughout the country.

As meteorologist Joan Blackburn explained: “It looks like a cool weekend with showers in place on Saturday and on Sunday. Some of the showers are likely to be heavy.”

“The prospects aren‘t great,” she added.

Met Eireann furthermore explained: “Saturday and Sunday will be similar days with sunny spells and scattered showers developing in the afternoon with some heavy falls in places and a slight chance of thunder and hail.

“It will turn noticeably colder for the weekend as temperatures will only reach the low teens by day and will fall close to freezing by night with moderate to fresh westerly winds making it feel even colder.”

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A very long winter could be ahead for us poor Irish folks, if a certain weather predicition is to be believed.

The earlier-than-usual arrival of a migratory swan from Siberia to the UK has been taken as a strong sign that a harsh winter is on the way for Western Europe.

A flock of over 300 Bewick swans migrate each year from Arctic Russia to a natural reserve in Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, with their arrival usually heralding the beginning of the winter season.

The first of this year's flock arrived on Monday October 13, the earliest appearance since 1963, and 25 days ahead of last year's date.

An old Russian proverb, based on the belief that migratory swans fly ahead of cold weather, states that "the swan brings snow on its bill."

Before you go panic-buying woolly jumpers though, it might be best to wait, because so far only one swan has touched down at the reserve.

"Of course, we can't infer much from the arrival of a single swan but it's certainly exciting this bird has arrived so early," Slimbridge swan expert Julia Newth told the Daily Telegraph.

"It's only a year old and because it has made it all the way here on its own, we assume that it must have come to Slimbridge last year with its parents."

The lone young swan has been named Record Breaker in honour of his speedy flying.

in other extreme weather news, the weather phenomenon that caused our snowy winter six years ago is at its strongest ever.

The El Nino effect, which occurs when ocean temperatures rise in the eastern Pacific, causes knock-on effects around the globe.

Met Eireann has yet to predict any snow (thank GOD), but ground frost has been forecast for the rest of the week.

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Hurricane Joaquin is swirling its way around the Atlantic at the moment, just north of Bermuda.

There has been much speculation about where the hurricane is going to end up as it journey’s across the Atlantic. Many people are wondering whether we should be preparing ourselves here in Ireland.

So, should we be getting out the sandbags and finally ditching our last minute efforts to visit the beach?

The short answer seems to be that no one is actually entirely sure.

Worried weather forecasters were issuing warnings that hurricane, which was packing winds of up to 140 kilometres-per-hour was going to hit Britain and Ireland.

However, it would seem that storm has been weakened since it battered the Bahamas and has been moved to a category one storm.

The Weather Channel UK forecaster Leon Brown said that the storm was likely to turn south by the weekend.

“It should now keep south of the UK as a strong ridge and surface high pressure will build westwards from Scandinavia and Russia later this week effectively blocking Joaquin's eastward motion.”

Hurricane Joaquin forecast track Britain

Well, that is a relief.

However, forecasters this side of the Atlantic are still keeping a close eye on Joaquin.

Met Éireann have said that the storm is “struggling to make up its mind” about where to go, according to TheJournal.ie. Hmmm- sounds like us trying to pick a spot to head to of a Friday evening.

If it does arrive on Irish shores we are assured that it would probably not in face be a hurricane, rather a winter storm instead. Lovely.

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Summer '15 won't go down as one of the greats, granted (we love and miss you summer 1995) – and even the much-promised back-to-school surge of sunshine has largely failed to materialise. 

Now there are mutterings that a Freezageddon to rival that of 2009/10 – a winter which was Ireland's worst in 50 years – is on the horizon.

Although meteorologists caution against making predictions too far in advance, in Britain there have been repeated warnings of a forthcoming El Nino phenomenon – a term used to describe specific atmospheric and oceanic conditions in the Pacific.

The natural effect is believed to occur around every two to seven years and it can have disastrous effects on the world’s weather system.

In this part of the world, it results in bitterly cold and snowy winters, although in Asia and Australia drought is a consequence, while the west coasts of North and South America can expect torrential rain.

Six years ago, heavy snow and ice caused traffic chaos in Ireland's cities, and grounded numerous aircraft.

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We really hate to kill your weekend buzz, but this weather this weekend is bad enough that people are being warned about what’s to come.

Everyone, especially road users, are warned that pretty much torrential rain is to be expected around the country. You are advised by Met Éireann to take extra care while driving.

Up to 35mm of rain is expected to fall on Friday night and into the early hours of Saturday morning.

A yellow warning has been put in place for Leinster, Cavan, Waterford and Monaghan, while there is also some spot flooding to be expected.

An orange warning has also been put in place for most of Connacht, Donegal, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Tipperary. Delightful.

“Widespread, very heavy rain, with some thundery downpours will develop Thursday night and persist through Friday,” say Met Éireann and the Road Safety Authority is advising anyone out on the roads to be mindful of hazardous conditions.

The orange weather warning is described in more detail on Met Éireann’s website if anyone wants to know what they’re in for over the next few days:

“Is for weather conditions which have the capacity to impact significantly on people in the affected areas.

The issue of an Orange level weather warning implies that all recipients in the affected areas should prepare themselves in an appropriate way for the anticipated conditions.”

So basically, everyone needs a good umbrella for the weekend. We’re starting to wonder if summer even happened at all?

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Forecasters have asked the public to help them come up with names for storms that are due to hit Ireland sometime in the autumn and forthcoming winter.

Met Éireann, and the UK Met Office, reached out to twitter users to provide them with some suggestions for new names to attach to the storms. As you can imagine, once people got wind of the #nameourstorms hastag, the puns started come in rapidly.

We imagine it could be because some of our storms can be a touch more tranquil than the tropical monsoons we see abroad, but there were plenty of users out there who couldn’t wait to have some fun with the idea.

 

 

 

 

We have to admit we are looking forward to seeing who made the cute for this one. 

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"Cloudy today with outbreaks of rain, heavy in bursts, across Leinster, Connacht and Ulster, with accumulations leading to local spot flooding, especially in Ulster…" that's what Met Eireann has to say about today – after a gloriously sunny Friday got everyone's hopes up for a cracker of a weekend.

And most folk will indeed be right now looking out at rainy, cloudy skies.

Met Eireann has already issued a weather warning, which will stay in effect until 6pm.

And forecaster Pat Clarke has warned us to expect thunder and plenty of downpours: "Friday was pretty warm and was around 22C in some places, but that won't be repeated again over the weekend." 

He added that a spell of very heavy rain has already moved across the Irish Sea from Britain, and has now spread across the country.

"For a lot of the country, it's a fairly wet day," Pat explained, although he did say that "it might pick up in the north-east of the country" this afternoon.

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Just as we thought we might be getting our long awaited summer a bit later this year, it's taken from us again. 

Today has seen highs of 22 degrees and is set to stay like sunny and warm for the next few hours so make the most of it this evening after work if you can. 

Unfortunately the weather is set to change from tomorrow once again, according to Met Éireann.  

Saturday

Saturday will start off nice so maybe try squeeze in an outdoor brunch early to get a little bit of sun. The second half of the day however is set to change as cloud will tend to build and "the showers will become fairly widespread. Many will be heavy and a few thundery downpours are possible also."

Thunder? Are you kidding me?

Don't worry though, we won't be cold. We'll have that lovely humid rainy weather with temperatures set to hit 20 degrees. WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO WEAR?

Sunday

Sunday looks set to be a duvet day you guys. Which those of you heading out on Saturday night might actually be happy to hear as that was your plan anyway. The day is set to be "a cloudy day with scattered outbreaks of showery rain. Heavier rain will develop along the east coast and across the northeast through the day."

There you have it guys, some maybe plan some indoor activities for the weekend like the cinema, or sitting inside a plane to a different country where it's sunny. 

 

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Finally!! According to Met Eireann's latest reports, we may just be in for a bit of good weather over the next few days. 

We think it's safe to say that the entire population of Ireland feel a bit hard done by with the total lack of summer for the past few weeks but this news might just make you feel better. 

It will be a mix of weather over the next few days with several good dry spells (the more the better we hope) and Sunday is set to be the best day of the weekend weather wise. 

Met Eireann reports that "There will be a few showers on Sunday but there will be some sunny spells too. It will become warmer in eastern parts with highs of 16 to 21 expected."

Saturday is set to be somewhere in between good and bad with it being dry earlier in the day and some showers as the day goes on, but not to worry, as long as we see some sun we'll be happy!

The forecast for next week doesn't look too promising though, not too much rain in store for us but the temperatures are set to lower a bit. 

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