Firefighters tackle large gorse and forest fire in County Clare

Firefighters tackle gorse and forestry fire at Coore East, Co Clare. Image Clare County Fire & Rescue Service Facebook

Dozens of firefighters from four different stations were last night (Wednesday) battling to save homes and forestry threatened by one of the largest gorse fires in Co Clare for several years,  Pat Flynn reports for The Meteo Times.

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IMAGES - Ice Climbing in Wicklow

Derry Cullen sent The Meteo Times these images of ice climbing at Fraughan Rock Glen in the Glenmalure Valley, about 1km from the summit of Lugnaquillia, Wicklow. The images were taken during Easter Monday, 1 April 2013.

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Snowfall Gallery, Ireland (27 March 2013) - THE METEO TIMES

A sample of some of the snow images submitted to us from around the country today. More images are available on our Facebook Page 

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ADVANCE ALERT - Snow/Ice, Ireland, March 10-12, 2013

ADVISORY ISSUED 2000HRS, THURSDAY, 7 MARCH 2013
VALID FROM 1800HRS, SUNDAY, 10 MARCH, 2013
UNTIL 1800HRS, TUESDAY, 12 MARCH, 2013

There has been a slight upgrade in the model consensus for the potential of significant snowfalls Sunday night and Monday and the chances are probably at least 70% for accumulations (in the range of 5-15 cm mainly) over large parts of Ulster and Leinster, accompanied by gusty northeast winds in the range of 50-80 km/hr and bitterly cold temperatures falling to about -1 C.

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23 February 2013 - Weather/Landscape Images Of Ireland (The Meteo Times)

 

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16 February 2013 - Weather/Landscape Images Of Ireland (The Meteo Times)

 

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10 February 2013 - Weather/Landscape Images Of Ireland (The Meteo Times)

 

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6 February 2013 - Weather/Landscape Images Of Ireland (The Meteo Times)

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4 February 2013 - Weather/Landscape Images Of Ireland (The Meteo Times)

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3 February 2013 - Weather/Landscape Images Of Ireland (The Meteo Times)

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Church Bay Crosshaven, Co Cork. Image Paul Reidy.

Maggies Leap (Down), the Irish sea and Scotland beyond. Image Chris Passmore Photography

Gleniff Horseshoe, Ballintrillick, Co Sligo. Image Sandra Tiernan

Mt. Leinster as seen from the way up to Blackstairs Mountain on the Carlow-Wexford border. Image Katerina Brabcova

Rainbow, Dingle, Kerry. Image Florian Walsh

Rainshower, Dublin. Image Rafal Rozalski Photography

Inis Bó Finne, Co Galway, on Saturday. Image Marie Coyne via

Saturday morning at Carton House in Maynooth, Kildare. Image Barry O'Carroll Photography

Sunset and wind blown trees along the River Moy in Co. Sligo. Image Tony Reddington

Sunset, Wexford. Image Maggie Boate

Signs of spring, Teltown, Meath. Image Caroline Sheridan

Wicklow Town on Saturday evening. Image Eliza Thermes Kane

Saturday evening in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin. Image Lesley Keeley

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2 February 2013 - Weather/Landscape Images Of Ireland (The Meteo Times)

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31 January 2013 - Weather/Landscape Images Of Ireland (The Meteo Times)

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GALLERY Lightning, Ireland - 30/31 January 2013

Much of the south, east and Midlands last night experienced severe, fast-moving thunderstorms. The above lightning radar shot from 1.30am shows the location of lightning strikes since midnight. The red dots indicate the most recent strikes.

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30 January 2013 - Weather/Landscape Images Of Ireland (The Meteo Times)

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29 January 2013 - Weather/Landscape Images Of Ireland (The Meteo Times)

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28 January 2013 - Weather/Landscape Images Of Ireland (The Meteo Times)

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Weather/Landscape Images Of Ireland 26 January 2013 - The Meteo Times

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ADVANCE ALERT Heavy Rain/Strong Winds, Risk Of Flooding

Alert issued at – Friday, 25 Jan 2013, 10:00
Valid from – Friday, 25 Jan 2013, 12:00
Valid to – Saturday, 2 Feb 2013, 12:00

The cold spell has come to an end and has been replaced by an all too familiar sight. The Atlantic, which has been relatively sterile in recent weeks, is set to bring some extensive rainfall across Ireland during the coming week with no strong signals of a let-up during the first few days of February.

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County Wicklow Hit By Flooding

Flooding has hit Wicklow Town this morning (Saturday) after the River Vartry burst its banks.

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Ireland Snow Update - 6pm, Friday 18 January 2013

SNOW UPDATE FROM TMT'S PETER O'DONNELL:

Snow chances will increase steadily this evening for regions in the current snow areas of Ulster and north Leinster, and then north of a line stretching from Wicklow to Clare line through Saturday as colder temperatures develop. It is very difficult to say what areas will see good accumulations other than east facing slopes or any higher terrain in the zone prescribed above.

There is nothing too organized about the pattern but it has the look of a patchwork quilt of 1-5 cm accumulations with some areas seeing only trace amounts. Mixing issues (rain to snow or snow to rain) should gradually fade out except for onshore locations and locations at sea sea level. Even here the rate of fall will determine precipitation type i.e. the harder it comes down the more likely snow or at least heavy hail.

The most important detail is that 850 mb temps (upper air temperatures at approximately 1500m) are going to fall steadily towards about -7 C in the zone I have described. This is colder than currently in snow areas of Ulster, so that should be a very good sign for phase change.  It will be a cold frosty night, with icy patches likely to form. Lowest temperatures of plus 2 to -2 C, or lower where there is lying snow.

South of the zone outlined above, snow chances are restricted to higher ground mostly above 300m until we see further advance of the upper level cold through Sunday. Then it becomes a question of where oncoming Atlantic moisture hits receptive upper level parameters and that would seem to be mid-Kerry. Places like Inch, Dingle and Valentia will likely not see rain turn over to snow, but Listowel to Cork should do so at least for part of Monday.

***For the record, below is a forecast map that we posted here on Thursday morning outlining the snow risk for Ireland during Friday. It corresponds with what we have seen during the day.

 

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