As there is 365 days in year, there are also (at least) 365 different days in Ireland what comes to weather... At least in Finland meteorologists are often "blamed" if they told people a wrong weather forecast in the news so if the same effect takes place in Ireland, it's probably one of the most challenging job to handle. You want to know why, here's an example:
On Tuesday my dream collapsed: To have a total snow-free year. So as you can guess, it was snowing at that day a good sized snowflakes. Of course the snow melted down almost immediately but still at some places like on top the cars it was possible to recognize that it was an actual snow... On the other hand it was funny to follow some people reactions as they saw snow first time in their lives, the feeling that I just can't understand.
On Wednesday was one of the stormiest day in whole Ireland so far in this year. Winds were blowing like a force of a hurricane (well, I might overstate that a bit but still..) and according to Irish Times there were about 200 000 people without electricity (mostly in SW Ireland), several roads were blocked because of fallen trees and flooding.
On Thursday when I stepped out from the door at the morning to head up to college I almost slipped because of "black ice" on the streets. Obviously the rainfalls of previous storm and a cold night had caused the freezing effect so I was able to slide on asphalt almost a meter at some points. On the way to the college really needed to consider walking to avoid falling, for a moment I thought that I should have brought my ice skates with me :D
Same day at afternoon suddenly a hailstorm started (of course) with lovely winds which made it feel like someone would been throwing tiny stones on your face... The hailstorm didn't last more than 10-15 minutes but of course it was the time while I was walking from the College back to my house. That's a real Irish luck I guess...
Now when looking at headlines, "Another 'nasty' storm on the way tomorrow", so we'll see what comes next...
On Tuesday my dream collapsed: To have a total snow-free year. So as you can guess, it was snowing at that day a good sized snowflakes. Of course the snow melted down almost immediately but still at some places like on top the cars it was possible to recognize that it was an actual snow... On the other hand it was funny to follow some people reactions as they saw snow first time in their lives, the feeling that I just can't understand.
On Wednesday was one of the stormiest day in whole Ireland so far in this year. Winds were blowing like a force of a hurricane (well, I might overstate that a bit but still..) and according to Irish Times there were about 200 000 people without electricity (mostly in SW Ireland), several roads were blocked because of fallen trees and flooding.
On Thursday when I stepped out from the door at the morning to head up to college I almost slipped because of "black ice" on the streets. Obviously the rainfalls of previous storm and a cold night had caused the freezing effect so I was able to slide on asphalt almost a meter at some points. On the way to the college really needed to consider walking to avoid falling, for a moment I thought that I should have brought my ice skates with me :D
Same day at afternoon suddenly a hailstorm started (of course) with lovely winds which made it feel like someone would been throwing tiny stones on your face... The hailstorm didn't last more than 10-15 minutes but of course it was the time while I was walking from the College back to my house. That's a real Irish luck I guess...
Now when looking at headlines, "Another 'nasty' storm on the way tomorrow", so we'll see what comes next...
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