ROK Weather Forecast

Murph100

Just spoke to the Met Office and at the moment Saturday looks like this :

Cloudy and dull early morning, brightening a little in the afternoon

Blustery, 15mph SW gusting to 25mph

Frequent showers

Much cooler temps



What a bummer after all the fine weather !!

DeepBlue

Not too bothered about the showers but don't like the sound of that wind forecast. Another forecast I read was predicting 21 mph winds .

Raam

best slap on the embrocation so

ROK ON

Well - at least we will have a fair wind behind us for the home leg.
At the moment it is pretty mixed cycling weather. no wind, but wet and humid.

Chips Lovell

You got some Belgian kneewarmers Raam?

Raam

el tonto wrote: »

You got some Belgian kneewarmers Raam?

http://www.belgiumkneewarmers.com/2007/05/elite-ozone-03-thermogel-forte.html

Chips Lovell

Might steal some of that so.

thebouldwhacker

Raam

el tonto wrote: »

Might steal some of that so.

The only thing to be mindful of... the container is almost identical to the chamois cream.

Chips Lovell

Great balls of fire.

Murph100

Heh !!


BTW is that chamois cream any good ?

el tonto wrote: »

Great balls of fire.

Chips Lovell

Murph100 wrote: »

BTW is that chamois cream any good ?

Not bad, but not as good as the Assos stuff.

Caroline_ie

Murph100 wrote: »

Just spoke to the Met Office

next time you speak to someone about the weather try god or something...

Chips Lovell

Looks like it'll be warm enough anyway despite the showers, so hopefully won't need extra gear. Maybe leave the white shorts at home though.

Murph100

At €5 + a call, I thought it was God !!

Caroline_ie wrote: »

next time you speak to someone about the weather try god or something...

Raam

Murph100 wrote: »

At €5 + a call, I thought it was God !!

I just use this...
http://www.accuweather.com/ukie/index-forecast.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&postalcode=EUR;IE;EI008;KERRY;

penexpers

Looks good. It might turn out to be roughly the same as last year?

DirkVoodoo

Praying for a bit of bad weather. Can't expose my arms, got burnt yesterday. Come on overcast haze!

lukester

Murph100 wrote: »

At €5 + a call, I thought it was God !!

Pray tell why you spent actual money to get a weather forecast.

Murph100

Unfortunately 'Accu'rate only by name a lot of the time

Raam wrote: »

I just use this...
http://www.accuweather.com/ukie/index-forecast.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&postalcode=EUR;IE;EI008;KERRY;

Murph100

Well firstly it goes with me being a Photographer. I cant book models, locations, transport etc based on dodgy weather reports, a great way to lose money and clients. Thats why I call that met service, those guys have saved my bacon soooooo many times.

Secondly it saves me time from going through all the various web forecasts and trying to find a common pattern which might be wrong anyways, and not localised enough.


Of course all that time saved is now gone writing this ....

lukester wrote: »

Pray tell why you spent actual money to get a weather forecast.

Nietzschean

Murph100 wrote: »

Of course all that time saved is now gone writing this ....

What is the internets for if not some good time wasting

Murph100

Tell me about it, I've the attention span of a gnat !!

Nietzschean wrote: »

What is the internets for if not some good time wasting

Raam

Murph100 wrote: »

Tell me about it, I've the attention span of a gnat !!

That long?! Please tell me how I can get these powers... seriously!

thebouldwhacker

:(It can be pretty god damned bleak down there if there is low cloud and/or raining.

daymobrew

Murph100 wrote: »

Secondly it saves me time from going through all the various web forecasts and trying to find a common pattern which might be wrong anyways, and not localised enough.

Met Eireann have their own website. Does the website omit some critical info that the paid service includes?

I'll be waiting until the 9:30pm forecast on Friday to decide on whether to bring sun cream or arm warmers.

Murph100

Ah the 9.30pm forecast is fine for most places the night before, but it doesn't take into account the localised conditions, which there are tons of in Kerry, given the mountains and sea.

Ya often get beautiful sun all day on one side of the Reeks / Cahas and p1ssing rain all day on the other depending on cloud height and wind direction, complete opposites within 20 miles of each other.

daymobrew wrote: »

Met Eireann have their own website. Does the website omit some critical info that the paid service includes?

I'll be waiting until the 9:30pm forecast on Friday to decide on whether to bring sun cream or arm warmers.

ROK ON

Mountains down here are all covered in dense fog. Warm, humid and no wind. But everything is wet and heavy.

Best cycling gear in this is prob shorts and ss jersey. Too close for anything else.
I wore a base layer on a cycle yday and really suffered with heat.

Billy Whizz

Raam wrote: »

http://www.belgiumkneewarmers.com/2007/05/elite-ozone-03-thermogel-forte.html

You CANNOT use embro in a sportive!!!

Raam

Billy Whizz wrote: »

You CANNOT use embro in a sportive!!!

Ah here, where is that one written down? Apart from just there

daymobrew

IIRC it bucketed down on the day before the ROK last year and was grand on the day. We might get so lucky again.

ROK ON wrote:

Best cycling gear in this is prob shorts and ss jersey. Too close for anything else.

Skin doesn't absorb rain so as long as the temp is okay, less is more.

lescol

Have a look on here:- http://www.xcweather.co.uk/GB/forecast gives a forecast for wind speed and direction, if it's correct then Killarney-Killorglin and Kenmare-Killarney will have wind assistance

DirkVoodoo

The rain here in Dublin was unreal last night, so much for cleaning my bike today!

scottreynolds

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

The rain here in Dublin was unreal last night, so much for cleaning my bike today!

Dirk -- if you have time tomorrow I'll pay you to clean mine... better than you procrastinating