18C peak..............

Cleopatra_Rebel

Reading today on the Met Eireann website...they have said that temperatures will peak at 18C this weekend!!!..is our summer actually on the way??? :eek::P

Su Campu

Hmm, I see you're in Cork. :cool: There is a good chance of murky seafog and low cloud in the south and southeast coastal areas, so depending on exactly where you are, it could be chilly. Spots probably most likely to see 18°C would be in Connaught and west midlands.

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Su Campu wrote: »

Hmm, I see you're in Cork. :cool: There is a good chance of murky seafog and low cloud in the south and southeast coastal areas, so depending on exactly where you are, it could be chilly. Spots probably most likely to see 18°C would be in Connaught and west midlands.

I forecast 19c in Coleriane

Su Campu

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

I forecast 19c in Coleriane

OMG that'd be nearly enough to melt a few feet off that snow on the hills up behind!!

nacho libre

hopefully the temperature goes no higher than 18.7c;)

Deep Easterly

Bring it on!!! Some real warmth will be most welcome. Driving around most of of east county Galway today and despite the relatively warmer temps of the last couple of weeks fields and fauna around the area (and I am sure most of the country) still looks anemic and lifeless.

I miss my green! :pac:

nacho libre

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Bring it on!!! Some real warmth will be most welcome. Driving around most of of east county Galway today and despite the relatively warmer temps of the last couple of weeks fields and fauna around the area (and I am sure most of the country) still looks anemic and lifeless.

I miss my green! :pac:

so that erratic driver was you!!:mad::D. i thought you were drunk, instead it's just that you were just taking in the landscape a bit too much:P

Deep Easterly

nacho libre wrote: »

so that erratic driver was you!!:mad::D. i thought you were drunk, instead it's just that you were just taking in the landscape a bit too much:P

Where you in my patch Nacho? :eek: If I knew it was you I would have pushed you into a ditch! Just kidding. . 17c/18c (maybe higher?) certainly is a possibility this coming weekend as Su notes. I, for one, will delight in every little molecule of heat that may come as Evelyn on the TV forecast earlier on said it may get cooler again next week.

nacho libre

http://www.emetsoc.org/newsarchive/news_20100331.php

Deep Easterly

Meteoblue have temps reaching into the mid teens at least for the coming weekend across Ireland:









Image source: Meteoblue

Bliss...:cool:

owenc

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

I forecast 19c in Coleriane

well we got 18c forecasted for us so 20c is probably more likely... them there forecasts are always wrong!! By a few c on cold or warm days!!!

weisses

Now all we have to do is wait for the first "heatwave" topic :P

thetonynator

why is it that it is always at least 2 degrees warmer on hot days and cooler on cold days in coleraine than it is anywhere else??? One of lifes mysterys!!!!

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thetonynator wrote: »

why is it that it is always at least 2 degrees warmer on hot days and cooler on cold days in coleraine than it is anywhere else??? One of lifes mysterys!!!!

Don't forget it's one of the driest places in ireland as well, except when it snows A real continental climate!

owenc

thetonynator wrote: »

why is it that it is always at least 2 degrees warmer on hot days and cooler on cold days in coleraine than it is anywhere else??? One of lifes mysterys!!!!

maybe because theres no weather station near by!

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owenc wrote: »

maybe because theres no weather station near by!

I assume you have your own?

owenc

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

I assume you have your own?

yea well like a thermometer and a few other things lol... but i dont have one...

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owenc wrote: »

yea well like a thermometer and a few other things lol... but i dont have one...

owen are you frostyJoe on netweather??

"yea i think its about time things warm up.... im sick of single figure temps now.... i want 20 something c... if new york can reach 32c?? then why cant we i mean.... how could they reach that in april???? im forecasted 18c on saturday.. and tbh i think ill get 20-22c maybe 23c... if im very lucky.. because each time we were forecasted 11c or so we have been a couple of degrees warmer..."

It has to be you.....right.........

InKonspikuou2

Why does Tehran get temps in excess of 30c? I mean Dublin is in the same hemisphere and they only look a few feet below us on my map. Something has to be going wrong in Ireland.

owenc

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

owen are you frostyJoe on netweather??

"yea i think its about time things warm up.... im sick of single figure temps now.... i want 20 something c... if new york can reach 32c?? then why cant we i mean.... how could they reach that in april???? im forecasted 18c on saturday.. and tbh i think ill get 20-22c maybe 23c... if im very lucky.. because each time we were forecasted 11c or so we have been a couple of degrees warmer..."

It has to be you.....right.........

yes thats me!:P

pauldry

How are ye all getting on in the April Forecast Comp so far or am I allowed to discuss that. My Max for the month of 21.1c looks a bit optimistic. Think by the end of next week it will be getting cold again and that the name of this thread will be the peak more or less for April unless after the cold spell .......

Su Campu

Warmest day of the year today...

Claremorris 19.0
Finner 18.8
Ballyhaise 17.9
Mullingar 17.7
Casement, Shannon, Valentia 17.4
Malin head 17.3
Belmullet 17.2
Oak Park 17.0
Gurteen 16.8
Mace Head 15.9
Johnstown Castle 15.2
Dublin Airport 14.7
Cork Airport 13.6
Sherkin Island 12.3
Roches Point 12.0

Su Campu

Donegal airport also reached 19°C today from 15:30 to 16:00 (rounded to 19, so could be anywhere from 18.5 to 19.4). And with a dewpoint of 0°C, it was a very low relative humidity of 28%. But then a big fall down to 15°C at 5pm as the wind swung around to westerly.

2010-04-10 16:00:00 METAR EIDL 101600Z AUTO 33006KT 290V360 CAVOK 15/03 Q1031=
2010-04-10 15:00:00 METAR EIDL 101500Z AUTO 21011KT CAVOK 19/00 Q1032=
2010-04-10 14:30:00 METAR EIDL 101430Z AUTO 18008KT 150V220 CAVOK 19/00 Q1032=
2010-04-10 14:00:00 METAR EIDL 101400Z AUTO 18010KT 150V210 CAVOK 18/03 Q1032=

owenc

well we reached 21c here.. its clear here now still bright and about 11c already!!!

Deep Easterly

Beautiful day for sure with nothing more than some isolated clumps of altro-cumulus that only increased the aesthetic quality of the sky.

High temp of 18.9c today!

Graph charting recorded temp between noon and 8.30pm today:



I'd not rule out a full 19c here tomorrow which would be great!

pauldry

sligo only got 17.6c but still our warmest too:)

Erkhan

Temp display on the dash of my car said 19c at about 14:00 today in Tallaght. I guess it's not a highly calibrated temp sensor but its officially the highest temp I've seen on it since last year.

snaps

Yes deep easterly 19.2c here yesterday around 16.00. I'm hoping for a 20c today! The west side will always be the warmest in this setup. If i remember a little later in April/may last year Claremorris was also the highest reporting weather station (28c if I'm correct)??

On another note, yesterdays sun has brought out all my south facing Tulips out in full flower!

snaps

There's some quite high temps being recorded already on the Irish weather network. I would assume some of those reading 20c+ are in the sun and not in full shade.

owenc

snaps wrote: »

Yes deep easterly 19.2c here yesterday around 16.00. I'm hoping for a 20c today! The west side will always be the warmest in this setup. If i remember a little later in April/may last year Claremorris was also the highest reporting weather station (28c if I'm correct)??

On another note, yesterdays sun has brought out all my south facing Tulips out in full flower!

It seems the west isnt the warmest today.. but we shall see later.. thats why i was expecting at least 20c today with the light winds.. but its stuggled upto 18c!:mad:

snaps

I think we'll break the 20c barrier today. currently 19.2c here now so looking good and like you say Owen not a breath of wind today.

Infact Athlone is currently reporting 20c.

owenc

snaps wrote: »

I think we'll break the 20c barrier today. currently 19.2c here now so looking good and like you say Owen not a breath of wind today.

Infact Athlone is currently reporting 20c.

yep and the wind has changed to north here now so the temps can rise again up to 19c here nearest station stating 17c so in time it may rise to 20c if the wind dosn't change back again.

snaps

owenc wrote: »

yep and the wind has changed to north here now so the temps can rise again up to 19c here nearest station stating 17c so in time it may rise to 20c if the wind dosn't change back again.

You dont want a north wind, coming off a cold sea. Thats the last thing you need for high temperatures.

owenc

snaps wrote: »

You dont want a north wind, coming off a cold sea. Thats the last thing you need for high temperatures.

well why did the temperatures rise when the wind changed? see :http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/ni/ballykelly_latest_weather.html It must be the wind because at eglinton it is only 15c and it is lower because the wind changed?

questionmark?

The car thermometer is reading 18.5c the one at home is reading a lovely 18.9c.

Feels like summer here in Clonmel :cool:

hughkane

talking about the weather is so novel.

snaps

A north wind for you on the North coast will bring in cold air off the very cold North Irish sea. Thats about right for Eglinton as most of the country is around 18-20c, so on the North coast with a North wind temps will be in general 4-5c lower.

Wind or air moving over warm land will increase temperatures, thats why midlands/west/south west will see greater temperatures today than Northern/eastern districts.

snaps

20.1C! We have gone over the 20c mark in the Mid west! In all fairness my garden is well sheltered, but still.

owenc

snaps wrote: »

20.1C! We have gone over the 20c mark in the Mid west! In all fairness my garden is well sheltered, but still.

Yea got to 20.4c here now but only because the wind calmed down enough for temp to rise and it's still 15c in eglinton which is only 5mile from ballykelly!

darkmaster2

My sensor gave a max of 21.6 in the shade today.
Seems a bit high. It was around the 20.2 mark most of the afternoon though.

Su Campu

Strangely enough today wasn't quite as warm as yesterday, with 18.9°C being the official max at both Oak Park and Shannon Airport. But yesterday's coolest areas were warmer today.

Here's the summary.

EDIT: Actually, I should have waited until the 7pm reports were included, as Ogimet only takes 3-hourly synoptic reports, so some of the stations have only reported up to 4pm. Temps may have gotten higher after that, which will be reflected in the 7pm reports.....if you follow me!!??

df1985

my car thermometer went from 15 degrees in dublin city centre to 19 degrees when i got home to leixlip. definately a big difference further away from the coast.

Su Campu

df1985 wrote: »

my car thermometer went from 15 degrees in dublin city centre to 19 degrees when i got home to leixlip. definately a big difference further away from the coast.

Yeah, mine went from 13.5 at the coast in Portrane to 19.5 on the M4 at Leixlip.

owenc

yep got upto 20.7c here today after the wind slowed and changed direction for a short period, this allowed the temp to climb, but then at about 6.30 the wind changed direction and then the temps dropped and it is now 14.8c... back to depressing school tomorrow!

Got up to 20.9c here today :cool:

Pangea

Got 20 degrees in Donegal too,
been 19 mostly for the whole day though.
Funny to see people out in shorts especially since there was frost this morning, typical Irish lol.

Yawns

21 out here in Longford last 2 days.

BBQ's 2 days in a row while the weather was good!

owenc

I wonder when we will get 25c?? Would love that then you could go out and go to the beach and actually feel warm and not army warm at 20c

Deep Easterly

owenc wrote: »

I wonder when we will get 25c?? Would love that then you could go out and go to the beach and actually feel warm and not army warm at 20c

If it is going to be 25c, to the beach I will not head. . One of life's mysteries (to me) is why people flock to the beach as soon as there is any scrape of warmth to cool down. The beach is only nice when there is a gale force 10 happening! . Nothing as nice as feeling a real heat on your skin on a hot day inland with a nice land breeze blowing and everything blooming and heathery smells and everything.

Deep Easterly

snaps wrote: »

20.1C! We have gone over the 20c mark in the Mid west! In all fairness my garden is well sheltered, but still.

20.3c achieved here earlier on, although I am in the middle of a town. Oddly, it did not feel quite so warm as yesterday. I guess rh's were down a little on yesterday's values.

owenc

Deep Easterly wrote: »

20.3c achieved here earlier on, although I am in the middle of a town. Oddly, it did not feel quite so warm as yesterday. I guess rh's were down a little on yesterday's values.

yes at times it felt like 12 or 13c... yesterday it felt fairly warm.