Sacrificial east wind ceremony

[saving private brian]

i heard today that there is east wind expected up to april the tenth,,,damm it

[JimH]

I'm in the galway aquarium drooling over some crystal clear water breaking waves and lots of bass active on the surface - I had to do something!

On the way to find an altar on the burden!

[Eoghan]

What can we expect when this cold snap goes away..? Will it be an immediate switch on for fish or will it be a gradual warm up so to speak..? 4 weeks to kerry and im getting nervous it could be a wasted effort.

[nicefish]

i heard today that there is east wind expected up to april the tenth,,,damm it

Over a week ago the forecast for the weekend was 10*-13* they just changing it all the time.

[jhcabs]

I'm willing to sacarfice my girlfriend, a few close friends, and family, if it will make any difference? I'm going to absolutely crack up, if things don't improve.

I'd still say theres a chance of catching something decent around Cork/Kerry. If a few people are willing to share the fuel bill, i'd be willing to drive this weekend. Sure if i'm sacarficing the GF then i'm pretty much free again

[chuckaroo]

im gonna get out and give it a go on the west coast, hopefully find a wee bit of shelter
god for bid its gonna be freezing with that wind-chill.. but wot the hell, lets see

[Eoghan]

What can we expect when this cold snap goes away..? Will it be an immediate switch on for fish or will it be a gradual warm up so to speak..? 4 weeks to kerry and im getting nervous it could be a wasted effort.

Just read your blog today Jim, perfect, just what I was looking for. Spot on.

[The Austrian]

I'm in the galway aquarium drooling over some crystal clear water breaking waves and lots of Bass active on the surface - I had to do something!

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/f/frank+sina ... 56378.html

[paul skelly]

I remember as a kid in school we had snow in mid may a few times and that's when we used to have good summers , so ya never know we might have a good summer !!

[JimH]

Sometimes I wonder have we been subjected to an 'extended' winter. Extending from Septemebr of 2011?

Eoghan your trip is four weeks away on the west coast (two immediate pluses for you the higher water temps and the 'lessened' influence of the easterly)

It will slow things, but it could be as Paul says a super summer - we all need one.

[saving private brian]

they say colder the guinness the better

What can we expect when this cold snap goes away..? Will it be an immediate switch on for fish or will it be a gradual warm up so to speak..? 4 weeks to kerry and im getting nervous it could be a wasted effort.

[Eoghan]

[quote="saving private brian"]they say colder the guinness the better


Ye know what, tucked up in Murphy's bar on the pier, warm fire, with a guinness is a nice 2nd place...!!

[daveyboy]

From Met.ie:
''It looks like the weather will change over the weekend as weather systems from the Atlantic start to approach the west coast, finally ending the easterly flow of cold air. However, the change will be gradual and temperatures will only slowly increase to more normal values for this time of year with frost still a threat at night. ''

[MC]

From Met.ie:
''It looks like the weather will change over the weekend as weather systems from the Atlantic start to approach the west coast, finally ending the easterly flow of cold air. However, the change will be gradual and temperatures will only slowly increase to more normal values for this time of year with frost still a threat at night. ''

looks like the Sacrificial east wind ceremony is working, now who else can we sacrifice?

[The Austrian]

From Met.ie:
''It looks like the weather will change over the weekend as weather systems from the Atlantic start to approach the west coast, finally ending the easterly flow of cold air. However, the change will be gradual and temperatures will only slowly increase to more normal values for this time of year with frost still a threat at night. ''

only one weak point here - they didn't state what weekend

[The Austrian]

From Met.ie:
''It looks like the weather will change over the weekend as weather systems from the Atlantic start to approach the west coast, finally ending the easterly flow of cold air. However, the change will be gradual and temperatures will only slowly increase to more normal values for this time of year with frost still a threat at night. ''

looks like the Sacrificial east wind ceremony is working, now who else can we sacrifice?

well, we had to sacrifice our first boat trip today - and this ceremony must have suffered some serious glitches rated on the effects it had - maybe it was just too cold for the participants to turn up

[JimH]

A - its a struggle to get to the coal bunker and back!

[The Austrian]

A - its a struggle to get to the coal bunker and back!

where would I be without my two sons god bless them, well when I can chase them away from their PC's - nah, just joking. But I get your drift Jim, and it will be mid April until it turns, remember Easter was a fourth night earlier this year, this just attributes to the bad feeling. I'm in the hope we'll get a similiar summer to 95 - just imagine, what a difference to quality of life would that make... or else, there is always Mauritius to emigrate to

[jhcabs]

This weekend is looking promising lads.

[roryodonnell]

Still stuck here in Italian alps stop
Temps settling around 16c stop
Seen shoals of large fish in the lakes, probably chub stop
A few big carp stop
The "scenery" is quite pretty stop stop