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Commuting weather diary
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Iwannahurl wrote: »Still off sick. No rain yesterday or today, afaik, at school run time.
I think you live in a dryer parallel universe! Lol! See above.
Although there was a dry hour in there somewhere!
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inisboffin wrote: »I think you live in a dryer parallel universe! Lol! See above.
Although there was a dry hour in there somewhere!
And record rainfall for the winter. But apparently not when certain people is on the roads.0 -
inisboffin wrote: »Trip in some showers but mostly dry - nice cycle
This evening was lashing out of the heavens. Soaked and had no rain gear
inisboffin wrote: »Iwannahurl wrote:Still off sick. No rain yesterday or today, afaik, at school run time.
I think you live in a dryer parallel universe! Lol! See above.
Although there was a dry hour in there somewhere!
I should have specified morning school run time in the above post. As we all know very well, and has been pointed out in this thread and elsewhere more than once, the morning school run is THE time for high traffic volumes. Therefore the weather during the morning commute is of particular interest.antoobrien wrote: »And record rainfall for the winter. But apparently not when certain people is on the roads.
Precisely. Even during a period of record rainfall, it is still possible to cycle or walk to work or school without getting rained on.
To repeat the OP, yet again:Iwannahurl wrote: »While rain is clearly a feature of Galway life throughout the year, it is still possible to walk or cycle a reasonable distance to work or school without being soaked on a regular or frequent basis.
This is feasible with appropriate waterproof gear and where commuting distance is short, eg 4 km or less for cycling, or up to 2 km for walking.
Rain is hammering on the windows as I type. But so what? We're still off sick, but at the time we would have been doing the school run this morning it was not raining at all. The IRUSE chart is below. The data don't lie, and I don't either.
64 school days since the beginning of this thread. No school commute due to sickness, but OH cycled 4km to work as usual. No rain during work commute. Again. Is that a record? No, it's normal.
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Yeah my commutes are not 'regular' times as in morning school run generally.
I do notice posts of 'dry' when I have experienced rain. I generally don't bother posting but yesterday there was such a notable difference I posted. It was a light hearted post about a parallel universe as yeah I'm well aware how changeable the weather is in Galway!
However many of us have odd commutes, and just like odd sleeping hours, sometimes feel hard done by when not 'counted', and if someone was looking back at a thread, might think it never rains!
Length of commute is totally a factor too. I might have a week of lots of small trips depending on what I'm up to.0 -
inisboffin wrote: »Yeah my commutes are not 'regular' times as in morning school run generally.
I do notice posts of 'dry' when I have experienced rain. I generally don't bother posting but yesterday there was such a notable difference I posted. It was a light hearted post about a parallel universe as yeah I'm well aware how changeable the weather is in Galway!
However many of us have odd commutes, and just like odd sleeping hours, sometimes feel hard done by when not 'counted', and if someone was looking back at a thread, might think it never rains!
Length of commute is totally a factor too. I might have a week of lots of small trips depending on what I'm up to.
The whole point is that during a short commute of, say, 4 km or less there is often no rain.
What I have posted so far is a factual account of what the weather conditions were like during my particular commute (and occasionally the OH's).
Of course Galway's weather is changeable. Sometimes it rains, but often it doesn't. That goes for everyone doing a similar commute, eg the 47% of Galway City residents living 4 km or less from their place of work or education, and holds true over time regardless of the hour of day.
When this diary has been completed (and I have an end date in mind, for my own contributions) I anticipate that the number of occasions on which rain fell during the school run primarily will be a small percentage of the total. I already know, from long experience, that the risk of a soaking on any one short trip is far less than people believe. My objective with this weather diary is to work out a few percentages.0 -
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Iwannahurl wrote: ». That goes for everyone doing a similar commute, eg the 47% of Galway City residents living 4 km or less from their place of work or education, and holds true over time regardless of the hour of day.
See I too fall into this category of distance but at a different (or multiple different) times of the day.
It may be simple random difference, but I do seem to find it wetter than you when I do my commute! I'd have to agree to differ on your " Sometimes it rains, but often it doesn't." line! That being said people go often go on assumption rather than experience. I think this is a great exercise though, and wish I could get it together to post enough to balance my own experience! I like to cycle as much as I can, and adding the time of day to stuff, seeing it dry too, actually does make me want to give it a lash (excuse the pun!) more than I did. 0 -
I have consistently and accurately reported, on an almost daily basis, the weather conditions I experienced during the morning school run.
Sporadic reports, whether of rain or otherwise, do not serve to improve accuracy, and without an 'audit trail' clarification and verification are not really possible later on.
My report for today, the 65th school day since starting this diary: Senior Infant returned to school, cycling own bike, after a few days' sickness absence due to a bad cold or flu. The IRUSE weather station, which anybody can check right now for verification purposes, shows that there has been no rainfall since 03:00. Additionally, when SI was setting out to school there was a large yellowish orb, shining in the eastern sky. Of course it may just have been a cyclist's "alternative reality" or even some Fatima-like apparition.
EDIT: a thought occurs. If anyone doubts the accuracy of any one of my weather reports, perhaps the simplest thing to do is post a (dated) screenshot of the IRUSE 12-hour Trend graph. While that won't confirm whether there might have been a local shower in any one area in, say, a 15-minute window, it might at least go some way towards explaining why, on occasion, some experience rain and others don't.0 -
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