crazy irish weather

opinionking

ok now before i start i must point out that this is not my opinion nor do i think it is right and actually find it laughable, here goes

my sister thinks that because the weather we are getting is like winter weather and that our whole climate system has changed and we will have sun for the winter, now that i think is nonsense, what do ye think, (and no, she is not a child)

Villain

The weather will do what the weather wants, you have to remember we had a fairly good winter not many hard frosts and sadly hardly any snow.

opinionking

i am under the same thought but she is a bit of a dumbass, anyone else got some theories

kkontour

Maybe our climate is turning tropical,
Warm, humid, wet and thundery summer, and dry winter.

opinionking

or maybe an indian summer, not sure what it is but ive heard about it

SpitfireIV

opinionking wrote:

or maybe an indian summer, not sure what it is but ive heard about it

As far as I know an 'Indian summer', is a spell of considerably hot, dry, still weather that occurs out of the summer period, ie in September or October, didnt we have one a few years back?

Húrin

April this year has been the most summer-esque month so far IMO.

mike65

A true Indian summer is very late ie October/November almost unheard of in truth. We might get lucky and have a late summer in Sept.

Mike.

Big Tone

The crazy Irish Summer is to blame for the late rush to the Passport Offices around the country...mind you there's probably no need now as conditions have vastly improved here since Sunday.

SimpleSam06

Or it could be that the gulf stream is shifting south or breaking up, which would leave us and most of Europe in a more or less Canadian climate. The weather has been truly unreal for the last few months (two years?). I've got steam coming from my breath this morning, in the middle of August.

here.from.day.1

Fúck me the weather was unreal tonight. Was driving home from Dublin via Ashbourne\Kentstown, the weather seemed ok one minute (brightish, light showers) and the next it was nearly dark and absolutly pouring. By the time I got out past Navan the roads were flooded in places and im sure I heard thunder too. My mate thinks the world is going to pieces lol. Interestingly (or not) it was the first time ive had to use the maxium windscreen wiper speed!

Big Tone

Even Evelyn Cusak had to comment on last night's broadcast that the jet stream moving so unusually far south "is not funny"...how right she is, its a joke now! Note: write off August for any decent late Summer sun.