Heavy Weather....

mike65

Anyone else finding this heat and humidity a killer, I'm going to
hate tonight I suspect....:(

Mike.

sunbeam

It's absolutely unbearable here in the west.

Tried to go for a walk but was eaten alive with midges. Wish it would just thunder and get it over with :mad:

Sarky

If it keeps up much longer, my nose will go crazy and start bleeding. It happened lst time the weather was this hot.

Dun

It's been thundering away here in Donegal all afternoon. Started at about 2.30 and went on until 6 or so. Worst thunder and lightning I've ever seen up here. It was wierd watching the lightning coming closer, mile by mile, thankfully missing our place by about a mile and a half. Accompanied by loadsa rain, so the humidity's a killer.

Sandi

I hate being all sweaty and glistening! Why can't we have nice dry heat, like Zimbabwe?!
Sleeping, or getting to sleep is horrible. Or waking up in the middle of the night and it's too damn hot to get back to sleep...damn this weather! Bring on winter!

Dun

Originally posted by Sarky
If it keeps up much longer, my nose will go crazy and start bleeding. It happened lst time the weather was this hot.

When it gets like this my sinuses get all blocked and I usually get a headache from it. It's just gone now, so hopefully that will be the end of that bit of weather.

mike65

Originally posted by Sandi
....waking up in the middle of the night and it's too damn hot to get back to sleep...

Thats the killer....

Bring on winter!

Hear hear! (I used to hate winter but now if its dry and clear I love it!)

Mike.

It thundered loudly here last night and was even hotter today and more thunder in between the blazing sun.
28 it says the outside temp was today according to my jeep as I was driving around North Wexford.
Even now it still says 25

Don't complain, You've about another week of this, enjoy:D
me goes in search for something to ease the sunburn
mm

BKtje

Complain when weatehrs ****e, complain when weathers great. Typical Irish.

Ste-

i think it's great bout what got me was when I was walking home from work at about quater to five it starts pissing down :mad: then twenty minutes later it's sunny. :rolleyes:

Tha Gopher

My arse. The weather is bloody brilliant. Really makes you feel good.
I spent most of the day lying around the garden with a few cans, a McDonalds dinner and some hip hop on the stereo. Heaven


Hope this lasts for a few more weeks yet. Could have sworn somebody said it could last a fortnight.



The weather was affecting the terrestrial tv reception here though a bit buit i was out mostly so it didnt matter. The electricity also cut out for a few seconds- I dont know if its something to do with the humidity or an increase in demand what with all the showers and radios and so forth running.

Tiesto

yeah i love this heat too.
not often we get it.

Pigman II

Originally posted by B-K-DzR
Complain when weatehrs ****e, complain when weathers great. Typical Irish.

The Nail, head, hit etc.

Dun

I reserve the right to complain - it's disgustingly humid, cloudy and wet outside. It may be a nice temperature, but with the rest, that's as good as warm beer.

Good news for all you down south though - the clouds are all going north over us.

Beruthiel

it's wonderful, I'm enjoying every minute of it, I hope it lasts for ages!

The Sweeper

It's sweltering here. Not humid either - just HOT. Which makes for a sticky day at the office dear... "no aircon please, we're british"... I can't believe that the train home is delayed because they're afraid the tracks will buckle in the heat..

xx

God, I hate dublin in scorching hot weather. Walking up O'Connell street, the combined smells coming from Buger King, Mc D's etc. along with the heat make it smell like someone is farting in your face constantly. And the fact that you're pi$$ing sweat after a minutes walking is even worse.
Still, its good weather for the ol' Bulmers and Ice in a beer garden jig!!!

growler

and of course it brings out those skirts not seen since the sixties and the other bits that combine to create a scantily clad person

:-)

Mossy Monk

it is typical. this morning the sunshine was great. since this afternoon we have had nothing but cloud. add the humidity to that and it's a bitch. at least if there was lightening i could watch that. terrestrial telly is also screwed up :mad:

BoobeR

Oh dear lord im going to melt!i have 2 windows open, the midgets are eatin me, and its still absolutely scorching!!!

ella minnow pea

Originally posted by Sarky
If it keeps up much longer, my nose will go crazy and start bleeding. It happened lst time the weather was this hot.

i fuppin hate that! Always happens to me, makes me feel all geeky looking* like i've never been outside :mad: gah damn u hayfever, damn u to hell



*shaddup, i KNOW im on boards, but for ur information i dont even know what Linux-whatsit is, so dere!:p

s0l

It was bloody weird this morning.
I was in sligo town all day, bloody scorching it was, then stroke of eleven it starts raining.
I'm sitting there in a cafe thinking "bah, typical, ah it'll probably clear up" and it did, but not before there was an electric storm, damn close too, within a mile.
Two hours of pissing rain and fork lightening later, it clears up, the clouds blow away, and the sun is ****ing beaming down again.
I swear, it was like 100% humidity, I felt like I was going to die. having **** all sleep last night, a flu and a chest infection didnt help either.

<culchie/> begorrah, it's a day that'll be long remembered in shlegho. </culchie
****ing 29 degrees too, jeez =/

billy the squid

Well if you dont like the heat you could always stay indoors and watch thunderstorms all over the country live as they happen

http://www.net-weather.co.uk/Charts_Data/UK_lightning/uk_lightning.shtml

if you see one coming towards you you might feel better

BKtje

Lol Boober, serves your right for living in Port Laois

Sarky

Ah, electrical storms. The best thing about hot weather. Don't you just love seeing it get unnaturally dark, with electricity flashing through the clouds, with the occasional monsoon-like downpuors? I love it!

And for the record, I have nothing against good weather, but a breeze would be nice. Certain areas are starting to chafe.:eek:

misswex

Originally posted by Sarky
Ah, electrical storms. The best thing about hot weather. Don't you just love seeing it get unnaturally dark, with electricity flashing through the clouds, with the occasional monsoon-like downpuors? I love it!

And for the record, I have nothing against good weather, but a breeze would be nice. Certain areas are starting to chafe.:eek:

Have to agree!! I absolutely adore storm watching and we got some great fork lightening during the week

phobos

**** this, something flew in my window last night and bit me. Funny that it may sound, it's disturbing that a wee insect priviledged with wings can violate me in my sleep. I can't close the window, so it's a lose lose situation. Bastards.

However the weather today here in Galway isn't as bad as yesterday. There is a bit of a breeze, but yesterday was crazy. I had two showers just to try and make it go away. Last night was lovely though. Did anyone see the moon, was really orange, looked the business. That's the **** I love.

Hope it keeps up for the weekend.

;-phobos-)

Mossy Monk

the thermometer in the car was reading 30.6° about an hour ago and there is no air. i think i'll go to the beach

Beëlzebooze

Hope it keeps up for the weekend.

fat chance...


As I leave the office on friday, it will start p!ssing down with a vengance, a deluge that will last 'till the moment I get back into the office on monday morning. Then the sun will start beating down, making sure that all the water that has fallen over the past 48 hrs will end up in the air, making it a sticky, clamy day

Scruff

love hot weather but hate hot AND oppressingly humid weather for the already mentioned sweaty reasons. nothing worse than going to bed and waking up too hot and being all sweaty. or walking 10 yards and sweating perfuesly after it. only for the humidity the weather would be spanking.
lightning is cool though!

the worst heat and humidity i ever experienced was 4 years ago in boston. 37C + and 90%+ humidity and no air conditioning. was working on a building site at the time.......

Stephen

I was at work yesterday... 10am 'til midnight. I can tell you that sucked ass due to the place having no air conditioning!

Retr0gamer

I'm working at the moment and in the office there is no air conditioning. Also the windows don't open properly and it has to be the most stifling office ever. The thermometer is reading 31-32 degrees. I wonder if it is illegal to make people work in this heat. This is why I hate warm weather. It would be fine if I was at home. But I'm not.

The only good thing was I got to watch the lightning while waiting on the bus. That was some storm. I was in Swords, Dublin and it was miles away in the North and it still was extremely clear.

Also it started to piss down half way through barbecuing my dinner :mad:

Beëlzebooze

yeah, it's been clammy here in the office as well. I can't open the window bacause there is a main road not too far away, and the jets at the airport make a hell of a noise. But still, 10 more minutes, and I'm of to enjoy the rest of the day.

BoobeR

Lol Boober, serves your right for living in Port Laois

.. and i've a feeling it's going to be worse tonight *sigh*

/me also hates the bleeding noses
but haven't had one in ages now

phobos

Originally posted by Beëlzebooze
fat chance...

As I leave the office on friday, it will start p!ssing down with a vengance, a deluge that will last 'till the moment I get back into the office on monday morning. Then the sun will start beating down, making sure that all the water that has fallen over the past 48 hrs will end up in the air, making it a sticky, clamy day

Yes that scenario rings a bell alright

However (according to Met Eireann)...
3 Day Outlook:
"The fine warm and mostly dry weather looks set to continue through the weekend and the early days of next week also. Friday will be another very warm day with lots of sunshine and light winds. Temperatures will reach the high twenties yet again. While both Saturday and Sunday will remain warm with further pleasant sunshine, it will be cloudier and less humid with the risk of patchy showery rain - this most likely later on Saturday and on Saturday night - but most parts of the country will remain dry."

Can't complain there.

;-phobos-)

The Sweeper

Spent the day in the office in super-pleasant 19 degrees thanks to air conditioning.

Left the office and walked into 34 degrees, got on a bus that MUST have been 40 degrees, then got stuck waiting for my train home because a rail had snapped at Waterloo and there were delays of a half hour, plus speed limit restrictions...

STEEEEEEEEEEEEEKEEEEEEEEE now.

anthonymcg

It's another scorcher out there 2day. Merrion Park is jammed with scandily clad business women. [DuffMan]OOOOh yeah[/DuffMan]

Winters

You bloody pussys.

Im here in the middle East and i can tell you its bloody hot. I was outside for the last hour and its about 42.C in the shade. I didnt put the thermometor into the sun but i may do now and see how hot it is out there.

Humidity is damn high here too. Walking out of the Airport my glasses just steemed up that i had to take them off to see. Its happened a few times. The Air Con. is keeping the house here at about 25.c or so .... its cold when you come into the house from outside.

And yes, there is no cooling sea brease [even though im on an Island] ... the only wind is warm and you dont notice it.

Well im off now, its fun down here. Back to the sun. Goodbye

KdjaCL

Sunny days
Good
Women wear less

Bad
I have serious sweat problem

Good
On half days this week.

Bad
Think my leg melted off

Good
Went Zoo was fun.

Bad
Animals slept all bleedin day.

Good
Heat makes me horny

Bad
slept with Ex

too damn warm at least when its cold you can do something to get warm ,when its warm your buggered can do nothing to cool down without breaking indecency laws anyhoo.

Should be a special too damn hot smiley made to mark our week summer.

kdjac

billy the squid

you oculd get a job with the german civil service

Berlin public sector workers stopped work under rules allowing them to leave their desks if temperatures went over 29C

source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3131383.stm

mike65

No wonder the German economy is on its knees they're never at work!

Meanwhile just to show how hot it is in the sun, the N24 was starting to melt between PallasGreen and Cahir this afternoon, sections of the tarmac came up quite badly on the wheels of trucks...esp where the road was uneven (ie almost everywhere!).

Mike.

embee

Going on a DART from Bayside to Tara Street and then on a stinky, sweaty bus to CityWest every morning has to be pretty close to the Ninth level of Hell.
And - you just KNOW its gonna be
a) Swelteringly hot at Robbie Williams on Saturday
b) Pissing down but disgustingly humid

Either way, the Phoenix Park is just going to be a soup of sticky, slimy bodies. Ick.

Lump

I fúckin hate the heat .... and I'm not bitching and moaning. I quite like it in winter, when its chilly, and crisp. and you arrive in to a lovely fire etc. Heat you can do fúck all in without feeling like crap. At least I work in a shop thats fully airconditioned.... a cool 18 degrees all day every day. It's like an ice box when you walk in..... plus those scantly clad women seem to react to thye cold air somehow......



John

Retr0gamer

Oh great. Lovely and foggy today yet still warm. Welcometo 100% humidity and sweat that doesn't evaporate.

Dun

After all my complaining, yesterday was sweltering hot, but the sun was splitting the rocks. Twas lovely. Looks like today's going to be the same

DapperGent

Originally posted by Winters
I was outside for the last hour and its about 42.C in the shade. I didnt put the thermometor into the sun but i may do now and see how hot it is out there.

FFS if you put your thermometer out in the sun the measurement is utterly meaningless. It's like putting a metal sheet in direct sunlight, then touching it half an hour later and saying that today's temperature was enough to burn your fingers.

If I hear about one more person who put their thermometer in the back garden and then calls the radio and says that it's 38 degrees outside... Thats the temperature of your thermometer, not the temperature of the air.

Go forth spread the word! Shade your thermometers! I'm sick of explaining this to people.

[Edit] Stop complaining about nice weather as well. You're hurting my head. [/Edit]

Lump

God you're easily annoyed.



John

Havelock

I'm loving this, went for a walk the night before last at 2am in a short sleeved shirt and shorts.

When if ever before has the weather been so good?

I hope it goes on and on. Its like they moved the whole country 300 miles south.

Plus all the attractive women wearing so little around town is quite pleasent on the eyes.

Originally posted by Havelock

When if ever before has the weather been so good?

The summer of 1995, 8 years ago,when it went on for two months.
The average daily temperature for the month of August in kilkenny that year was 25 degrees, which meant on a lot of days it was closer to 30 with wall to wall sunshine.
The weather forecasters were bored as every night , all they had on their forecasts were sun symbols and a big area of high pressure.

Prior to that the last lenghthy spell of fine weather was way back in 1976 when it lasted the whole three months of Summer.
There were major water shortages in the U.K, so much so that,local councils in Wales were considering bringing in tankers of water from Cork, but the cost was considered prohibitive.
mm

Ponster

Not complaining as such by it is 40°C + here in Paris and has been for most of this week. No air con at work and sleeping at night isn't the easiest.

A nice 25°C back in Eire wouldn't go astray

mike65

Man you're forgetting '83 and '84 - both were much sunnier warmer than average but then came '85 which was soooo bad someone came up with the idea of moving statues in a desperate effort to drum up some tourist traffic! '89 was decent too.

Mike.