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Spring 2017 - General Discussion

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  • #1002
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,207 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    Malin head new May temperature record set this afternoon since records began in 1885. 25 degrees. and might break that record again tomorrow.


  • #1003
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,230 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    sryanbruen wrote: »
    Sorry for asking this :p but by long weekend do you mean this coming weekend? If that is so, I think it will be some heavy rain early Saturday - continuing in the north for much of the UK. Then after that plenty of fine sunny intervals for Sunday and Monday in fresh, fine temperatures. Friday tomorrow is looking like another very warm day. Still very sunny in the east but it will be cloudier in the west with some rain arriving as the day goes on. Not looking as terrible as people are making it out to be.

    No, the long weekend is the bank holiday weekend, which has Monday included, hence it being called the long weekend, which I assumed was a popular Irish synonym.

    So not this weekend, next weekend.


  • #1004
    sryanbruen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,666 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    JCX BXC wrote: »
    No, the long weekend is the bank holiday weekend, which has Monday included, hence it being called the long weekend, which I assumed was a popular Irish synonym.

    So not this weekend, next weekend.

    I think I'm getting confused with the UK :D, I've been talking with UK weather enthusiasts and just happened to have gotten used to this coming weekend to be a Bank Holiday haha :p.

    Anyway, this is the summary for the actual Bank Holiday Weekend :P.

    On the GFS, it is looking like a mixed bag of a Bank Holiday Weekend. Friday is coming out with a ridge to the southeast of us and building up to Ireland. However, with the pressure quite weak to the west, I think it's suggesting a lot of cloud there and some sunny spells elsewhere. Temperatures are looking surprisingly decent actually with the 6-8c (and even 10c in the localised area) isotherm over the country which would bring temperatures in the high teens. June 2010 started off with temperatures very similar so very decent for the early days of June. On Saturday, however, an area of low pressure comes in from the west pushing across both the UK & Ireland bringing quite a murky, damp day and temperatures going back down to something like 15 or 16c or even lower to 14c in a few places if the rain will be heavy in localised areas. The rain looks like being very patchy though so quite a damp day. This clears Saturday night leaving it clear across the country. The Azores high tries to ridge in for Sunday and it does so for the east. However, another band of rain is pushing into the west. Temperatures up a bit to 17 or 18c. This low pressure reaches eastern regions by midday on Bank Holiday Monday and the rain intensifies. Some places in the west looking like they could get up to 30mm of rainfall if this were to come off. Meanwhile, temperatures are rising which will only make the rain even that more intense.

    The ECMWF shows it as an unsettled, cool Bank Holiday weekend throughout with just a small dry interval from Saturday into Sunday.

    Don't rely on these. It is 100% likely that these patterns will change on them tomorrow and Saturday.

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  • #1005
    Meteorite58
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    Some good temperatures across the country today, got up to 22.8C here near Tralee ( currently 19.5C )

    Ogimet

    Max Temps

    TgP0dLC.jpg?1

    Current Temps

    J6uIrPe.jpg?1


  • #1006
    PokeHerKing
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    sryanbruen wrote:
    Still very sunny in the east but it will be cloudier in the west with some rain arriving as the day goes on. Not looking as terrible as people are making it out to be.

    I know this is very " will it snow in my backyard" but I'm playing lahinch golf club tomorrow at 3pm and I have paid handsomely for the privilege.

    Can I expect some showers with dry spells or torrential rain or what?

    Cheers


  • #1007
    Meteorite58
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    Good skies for most today apart from the South unfortunately . Can see the sea fog off Dublin and Louth.


    lrydyb4.jpg?1


  • #1008
    pedigree 6
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,559 ✭✭✭pedigree 6


    I know this is a weather forum.
    But I've been watching the worldview satellite pictures from NASA for the last while and Meteorite has a little bit of in his pic above.
    So I'd thought I'd ask maybe here.
    You see those blue green patches on the pictures are those Blue Green Algae ( Cyanobacteria ).
    They don't look like sand banks. But maybe they are.
    I was just thinking with the warm weather and no real storms in the last while that it could possibly be Cyanobacteria.
    Anyway anyone hazard a guess??

    screenshot_1.png

    Edit: It's not the end of the world if I don't get an answer.
    I just said i'd chance it.:D :pac:


  • #1009
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,207 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    9pm reports. Finner,Markree,Newport and Phoenix park still at 21 degrees .Absolutely beautiful evening .


  • #1010
    Danno
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    wind.png

    And like clockwork the 9 to 9 breeze has finished it's shift. It was flat calm at 9am and an hour later it was averaging above 15mph which held for much of the day. This had an effect of keeping temperatures almost 2.0c cooler than yesterday.

    temp.png


  • #1011
    bear1
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    sryanbruen wrote: »
    I think I'm getting confused with the UK :D, I've been talking with UK weather enthusiasts and just happened to have gotten used to this coming weekend to be a Bank Holiday haha :p.

    Anyway, this is the summary for the actual Bank Holiday Weekend :P.

    On the GFS, it is looking like a mixed bag of a Bank Holiday Weekend. Friday is coming out with a ridge to the southeast of us and building up to Ireland. However, with the pressure quite weak to the west, I think it's suggesting a lot of cloud there and some sunny spells elsewhere. Temperatures are looking surprisingly decent actually with the 6-8c (and even 10c in the localised area) isotherm over the country which would bring temperatures in the high teens. June 2010 started off with temperatures very similar so very decent for the early days of June. On Saturday, however, an area of low pressure comes in from the west pushing across both the UK & Ireland bringing quite a murky, damp day and temperatures going back down to something like 15 or 16c or even lower to 14c in a few places if the rain will be heavy in localised areas. The rain looks like being very patchy though so quite a damp day. This clears Saturday night leaving it clear across the country. The Azores high tries to ridge in for Sunday and it does so for the east. However, another band of rain is pushing into the west. Temperatures up a bit to 17 or 18c. This low pressure reaches eastern regions by midday on Bank Holiday Monday and the rain intensifies. Some places in the west looking like they could get up to 30mm of rainfall if this were to come off. Meanwhile, temperatures are rising which will only make the rain even that more intense.

    The ECMWF shows it as an unsettled, cool Bank Holiday weekend throughout with just a small dry interval from Saturday into Sunday.

    Don't rely on these. It is 100% likely that these patterns will change on them tomorrow and Saturday.

    Essentially a ****e weekend :(
    Seems like the only chance the temperatures will be in the high teens is Thursday through Friday?


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  • #1012
    pedigree 6
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    Bit of a difference in the forecasted rain on Saturday.
    The GFS has the Low off the south east coast and wexford getting hammered with rain.
    screenshot_1.png

    The ECM brings the low up over the country and the north west gets the brunt.
    screenshot_1.png

    Now the whole country gets rain from the two models.
    But I just put up the two models at 9a.m Saturday to show the contrast.


  • #1013
    MidMan25
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    Met Eireann are saying dry on Sunday with no mention of rain in the evening?


  • #1014
    pedigree 6
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    MidMan25 wrote: »
    Met Eireann are saying dry on Sunday with no mention of rain in the evening?

    Who knows but the two models on windyty are showing showers building up during the late afternoon and evening in the southern half of the country especially munster with the wind from the north east.


  • #1015
    sryanbruen
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    PokeHerKing wrote: »
    I know this is very " will it snow in my backyard" but I'm playing lahinch golf club tomorrow at 3pm and I have paid handsomely for the privilege.

    Can I expect some showers with dry spells or torrential rain or what?

    Cheers

    You can expect some light rain I'm afraid. You hope there will be a delay on the rain!

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  • #1016
    LEIN
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    Hottest sleep of the year for me. Was like waking up on holiday.


  • #1017
    pauldry
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    Was 18.2c when I went to be last last.

    Went outside before and it was like being abroad.

    Today looks ok too.

    26c is still on even though i thought it wasnt

    prob 22 or 23 for sligo though


  • #1018
    pauldry
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    its already 23c and still sunny

    im surprised by this

    i thought it would be cloudier

    24c in a number of spots like rosc and dub


  • #1019
    Xenji
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    The sun has finally broke through in Castlebar and blue skies are starting to appear, 22.3C currently but more humid than yesterday at 84%.


  • #1020
    JCX BXC
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    Sun is out now in West Clare after a heavy shower, god it's sickeningly humid.


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  • #1021
    sryanbruen
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    JCX BXC wrote: »
    Sun is out now in West Clare after a heavy shower, god it's sickeningly humid.

    Yeah I'm sweating here. Holy crap this humidity is so unbearable. Am I even in Ireland?

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  • #1022
    JCX BXC
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    Derry airport reporting 27c, that's very hot for those parts!


  • #1023
    Xenji
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    Raining now in Castlebar, although the temperature has now risen to 23.4C, humidity is also creeping up to 90%, very oppressive.


  • #1024
    Oscar Bravo
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    Extremely humid here in castlebar now


  • #1025
    Hooter23
    Registered Users Posts: 1,526 ✭✭✭Hooter23


    If this is the kind of weather they get in summer in most other countries they can keep it...our normal 18-22 degrees we get in summer is much better than this torture :pac:


  • #1026
    sryanbruen
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    Hooter23 wrote: »
    If this is the kind of weather they get in summer in most other countries they can keep it...our normal 18-22 degrees we get in summer is much better than this torture :pac:

    I don't mind the very warm days just as long as the humidity is not there, also mixed with reasonably cool or mild (not oppressively warm) nights.

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  • #1027
    Gonzo
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    loving this weather, 25C here today. To the people thinking that this weather is torture or way too oppressive, this is like an easterly cold snap compared to hot days they get in many European countries. Several days of 36C+ with no wind is a very different experience and most of Europe regularly gets that in the summer!

    I've been experience insane humidity by day and night in London and what we get here pales in comparison.


  • #1028
    HighLine
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    So Irish.. we have a few days of just WARM weather and people are complaining about how horrible it is and that they can't sleep at night. Don't worry, we will back back to gloomy grey misery before long.


  • #1029
    sryanbruen
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    Gonzo wrote: »
    loving this weather, 25C here today. To the people thinking that this weather is torture or way too oppressive, this is like an easterly cold snap compared to hot days they get in many European countries. Several days of 36C+ with no wind is a very different experience and most of Europe regularly gets that in the summer!

    I've been experience insane humidity by day and night in London and what we get here pales in comparison.

    It's not the temperatures that are the problem for me, it's the humidity and the humidity (without breeze I might add) earlier was just too unbearable for me. Luckily, now the humidity has gone down somewhat and there is a nice breeze along with it.

    I remember July 2006, one of my favourite months, and it had low humidity yet temperatures frequently hitting 25c or more during the days. That is what I like.

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  • #1030
    MidMan25
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    The humidity is lovely :)


  • #1031
    mickmackey1
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    Gonzo wrote: »
    To the people thinking that this weather is torture or way too oppressive, this is like an easterly cold snap compared to hot days they get in many European countries. Several days of 36C+ with no wind is a very different experience and most of Europe regularly gets that in the summer!
    I disagree, for some reason I find 36C in Spain easier to handle than 28C in this country.


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  • #1032
    sryanbruen
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    mickmackey1 wrote: »
    I disagree, for some reason I find 36C in Spain easier to handle than 28C in this country.

    I find them equal, just the humidity is my problem.

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  • #1033
    Murrisk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 889 ✭✭✭Murrisk


    Gonzo wrote: »
    loving this weather, 25C here today. To the people thinking that this weather is torture or way too oppressive, this is like an easterly cold snap compared to hot days they get in many European countries. Several days of 36C+ with no wind is a very different experience and most of Europe regularly gets that in the summer!

    I've been experience insane humidity by day and night in London and what we get here pales in comparison.

    It doesn't really matter what happens in other countries, the inhabitants there are acclimatised to it. And many people don't really like hot weather and don't complain when it switches back to cooler conditions.

    The heat today is much different from yesterday. Yesterday had a lovely breeze, today was much more oppressive.


  • #1034
    highdef
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    Murrisk wrote: »
    It doesn't really matter what happens in other countries, the inhabitants there are acclimatised to it. And many people don't really like hot weather and don't complain when it switches back to cooler conditions.

    The heat today is much different from yesterday. Yesterday had a lovely breeze, today was much more oppressive.

    Where in the country are you? I'm over 40km from the east coast and there was a breeze all day. Dublin Airport was reporting gusts to 50 kmph during the afternoon


  • #1035
    Murrisk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 889 ✭✭✭Murrisk


    highdef wrote: »
    Where in the country are you? I'm over 40km from the east coast and there was a breeze all day. Dublin Airport was reporting gusts to 50 kmph during the afternoon

    I'm in Dublin, very little breeze where I was. Do you think people are making it up when they say that they found it oppressive?


  • #1036
    highdef
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    Murrisk wrote: »
    I'm in Dublin, very little breeze where I was. Do you think people are making it up when they say that they found it oppressive?
    Of course not. I guess everyone feels eat and cold differently. You are just sensitive to a bit of warmth and I'm not. What I consider cold, you could very well call mild. We're all different


  • #1037
    sryanbruen
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    Though a band of rain will cross the country early Tuesday, Met Éireann is not seeing a poor spell of weather by any means as we go into early June:
    Outlook for second half of next week: Fresh weather with a mixture of sunny intervals and passing showers. Temperatures typically in the mid-teens and in places into the high teens.

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  • #1038
    pedigree 6
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    pedigree 6 wrote: »
    I know this is a weather forum.
    But I've been watching the worldview satellite pictures from NASA for the last while and Meteorite has a little bit of in his pic above.
    So I'd thought I'd ask maybe here.
    You see those blue green patches on the pictures are those Blue Green Algae ( Cyanobacteria ).
    They don't look like sand banks. But maybe they are.
    I was just thinking with the warm weather and no real storms in the last while that it could possibly be Cyanobacteria.
    Anyway anyone hazard a guess??

    screenshot_1.png

    Edit: It's not the end of the world if I don't get an answer.
    I just said i'd chance it.:D :pac:

    Sorry to clog up the thread with this but just to answer my own question.
    I posted the answer to this in the After Hours forum in the "I bet you didn't know that" thread.
    Here's a link to that post.
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=103634499&postcount=1692


  • #1039
    JCX BXC
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    Gonzo wrote: »
    loving this weather, 25C here today. To the people thinking that this weather is torture or way too oppressive, this is like an easterly cold snap compared to hot days they get in many European countries. Several days of 36C+ with no wind is a very different experience and most of Europe regularly gets that in the summer!

    I've been experience insane humidity by day and night in London and what we get here pales in comparison.

    I'd love you to tell.me anywhere in Europe that regularly gets 36c and no wind for days on end. It does happen, and may happen annually, but it is rare.


  • #1040
    Murrisk
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    JCX BXC wrote: »
    I'd love you to tell.me anywhere in Europe that regularly gets 36c and no wind for days on end. It does happen, and may happen annually, but it is rare.

    Southern inland Spain.


  • #1041
    Clonmel1000
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    Syran could you check something out for me please. With all the talk of slane today one of my favourite concert memories is REM and oasis on July 22 1995. I remember it as a glorious hot day can you confirm for me please?


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  • #1042
    sryanbruen
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    Murrisk wrote: »
    Southern inland Spain.

    Oh yes, I did not realise that they had 36c as an average daily maximum. See here JCX BXC as an example of a place: (Córdoba)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B3rdoba,_Spain#Climate

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  • #1043
    sryanbruen
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    Clonmel1000 wrote: »
    Syran could you check something out for me please. With all the talk of slane today one of my favourite concert memories is REM and oasis on July 22 1995. I remember it as a glorious hot day can you confirm for me please?

    It wasn't a "hot day" but it was a pleasant day. The air stream was westerly which gradually turned more to a southwesterly direction. It was a fine dry day in most places with the south and east having a good amount of sunshine from 6-10 hours of sunshine. Temperatures were in the 16-20c range. It's July after all however, so the sunshine or high UV levels would make it feel much warmer than what it actually was. Also, July 1995 was a very warm month - so that's what else could be messing with your memory. But anyway, it was a glorious day but not hot by any means.

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  • #1044
    DOCARCH
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    Clonmel1000 wrote: »
    Syran could you check something out for me please. With all the talk of slane today one of my favourite concert memories is REM and oasis on July 22 1995. I remember it as a glorious hot day can you confirm for me please?

    Max temp that day at Dublin Airport was 20c


  • #1045
    Clonmel1000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,047 ✭✭✭Clonmel1000


    Thanks guys that whole summer was glorious iirc and have great if somewhat grainy memories of it


  • #1046
    Rock Lesnar
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    Was lashing rain here earlier, more drizzly now, im not far from slane, so it could get pretty mucky there today if it keeps up


  • #1047
    sryanbruen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,666 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    Finally lashing here now! I am loving it. Haven't had rainfall as heavy as this since March 22nd.

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  • #1048
    sryanbruen
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    Clonmel1000 wrote: »
    Thanks guys that whole summer was glorious iirc and have great if somewhat grainy memories of it

    It was. It's only competitor for best summer in recent times, according to the majority of people, is 1976. The summer started off very cool and dull in early June however, so Summer 2017 could turn out like Summer 1995.... YA NEVER KNOW.

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  • #1049
    Reckless Abandonment
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    My garden is loving this. :)


  • #1050
    LEIN
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    Reckless Abandonment wrote: »
    My garden is loving this. :)

    Same here, great day!


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  • #1051
    Rock Lesnar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,882 ✭✭✭✭Rock Lesnar


    Absolutely bucketing down here now


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