Another Wet July?

fryup

Are we going to get yet another wet July???

Its the very month that should be scorching but it looks like its gonna be a another damp squib.

So why is it that July always turns out to be a wash-out......global warming??

Gonzo

unfortunately July is shaping up to be the 4th cool wet July washout in a row.

fryup

the 4th?? more like the 10th:cool:

km79

Is it shaping up to be as bad as the last three or just the usual Irish July like today kinda miserable but not awfully wet like last year?

fryup

i remember when i was a kid early 80s we had great julys & augusts.

Gonzo

dont think it will be quite as bad as the past 3 summers but I dont see us getting much beyond 19/20C this month and most days will see rain somewhere in Ireland with the atlantic muck keeping the threat of rain never too far away, I dont see the weather experts uploading fantasy charts showing very warm/hot weather so it aint looking great.

thetonynator

fryup wrote: »

Are we going to get yet another wet July???

Its the very month that should be scorching but it looks like its gonna be a another damp squib.

So why is it that July always turns out to be a wash-out......global warming??

I have no problem with a wet july, as we have had a lot of dry sunny weather. But I would like it to dry up again for the harvest in August. And hopfully the rain wont be too heavy or the barley will lodge . . .

owenc

km79 wrote: »

Is it shaping up to be as bad as the last three or just the usual Irish July like today kinda miserable but not awfully wet like last year?

OMG who gives a crud if it rains we aren't going to die and if i was to look at it, its above average rainfall for here!:mad:

Gonzo

met eireann's forecast for the next week is even worse now than what was there yesterday, sounds very similiar to last summer. Every day is gonna be wet and miserable.

Min

fryup wrote: »

Are we going to get yet another wet July???

Its the very month that should be scorching but it looks like its gonna be a another damp squib.

So why is it that July always turns out to be a wash-out......global warming??

Global warming is a myth, we are entering a period of global cooling, all the carbon talk is just for more taxes and to create jobs.

July should be wet given we have below normal rainfall since December and some areas like inland Ireland have only had 60% of normal rainfall.

DOCARCH

Certainly couldn't be considered a wet July in Dublin (so far anyway).

Up to the 8th, there has been 6.3mm at Casement and 7.5mm at Dublin Airport.

Last year (for the whole month) 111.0mm at Casement and 165.4mm at Dublin Airport. July average is 46.9mm and 55.8mm respectively.

WolfeIRE

SAT IMAGE
http://aviationweather.gov/data/obs/sat/intl/ir_ICAO-H_bw.jpg

this is what happens when you live at the edge of the atlantic ocean. rain front after rain front.

outlook if indeed grim all the way out to 148 hours.

owenc

WolfeIRE wrote: »

SAT IMAGE
http://aviationweather.gov/data/obs/sat/intl/ir_ICAO-H_bw.jpg

this is what happens when you live at the edge of the atlantic ocean. rain front after rain front.

outlook if indeed grim all the way out to 148 hours.

Thats so depressing...:(

Timistry

WolfeIRE wrote: »

SAT IMAGE
http://aviationweather.gov/data/obs/sat/intl/ir_ICAO-H_bw.jpg

this is what happens when you live at the edge of the atlantic ocean. rain front after rain front.

outlook if indeed grim all the way out to 148 hours.

Chalk it down. It had to happen at some stage. Its remarkable that the atlantic has been kept at bay for so long.I dont remember anything like it. Hopefully it will bring something exciting like thunderstorms;)

owenc

Timistry wrote: »

Chalk it down. It had to happen at some stage. Its remarkable that the atlantic has been kept at bay for so long.I dont remember anything like it. Hopefully it will bring something exciting like thunderstorms;)

It looks like our weather comes in systems from america going by that map.

Miss Lockhart

owenc wrote: »

OMG who gives a crud if it rains we aren't going to die and if i was to look at it, its above average rainfall for here!:mad:

It would appear that you do - given your many posts bemoaning the issue on this forum?

I'm quite enjoying the rain at the moment, but disappointed to hear it may be here for the long term!

owenc

Miss Lockhart wrote: »

It would appear that you do - given your many posts bemoaning the issue on this forum?

I'm quite enjoying the rain at the moment, but disappointed to hear it may be here for the long term!

Well if i have another week of this i will have a heartatake its so depressing to look out at! When its sunny you look out and you have a fresh day and you go places but when its raining you look out and become all depressed and get all this rubbish thoughts into your head. If this rain lasts all month i need a LONG holidays away from here!

Deep Easterly

owenc wrote: »

Well if i have another week of this i will have a heartatake its so depressing to look out at! When its sunny you look out and you have a fresh day and you go places but when its raining you look out and become all depressed and get all this rubbish thoughts into your head. If this rain lasts all month i need a LONG holidays away from here!

Try and see the beauty of rain Owen! Every drop is a miracle and more precious than any diamond. Rubbish thoughts are just that, rubbish.

owenc

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Try and see the beauty of rain Owen! Every drop is a miracle and more precious than any diamond. Rubbish thoughts are just that, rubbish.

I'm sorry but i've been trying to see the "beauty" of rain for weeks now and i've given up!:mad:

Deep Easterly

owenc wrote: »

I'm sorry but i've been trying to see the "beauty" of rain for weeks now and i've given up!:mad:

Ah, it's just not in ya then!

Rain much lighter now but with a strong golden yellow hue. Almost like before a thunderstorm but they don't happen anymore.

nacho libre

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Ah, it's just not in ya then!

Rain much lighter now but with a strong golden yellow hue. Almost like before a thunderstorm but they don't happen anymore.

paddy1, i thought you'd be at Oxygen enjoying the rain;)

oh wait it's the Electric Picnic festival that you go to, is it not?

Deep Easterly

nacho libre wrote: »

paddy1, i thought you'd be at Oxygen enjoying the rain;)

oh wait it's the Electric Picnic festival that you go to, is it not?

Missed it last year but yep!

Edit: Heavens have just opened up here!!!!!!!!!! :eek::eek:

VampiricPadraig

Summer should be April, May and June because all the bad whether is now happening in July. Maybe there is room for a 5th season lol.

But yeah, I couldn't really care if it rains, I enjoy being in doors

Gonzo

the rain here is unreal, our driveway is covered in water, i wont be surprised if the sideroads will be flooded by morning, its been raining for 26 hours now and loads more to come.

Oscar Bravo

Have that orange glow here now DE,very bright!!

owenc

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Have that orange glow here now DE,very bright!!

I have that too its pure orange and lighting up the houses and all! Omg lol funny that you have it too. The sky is yellow here to the north and the sun is setting now its nuts, i've never seen anything like that!

Deep Easterly

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Have that orange glow here now DE,very bright!!

Deadly Oscar! Gone from here now though, just a very dark ominous grey now. Rain has eased to almost nothing but everything still dripping after that last shower.

nacho libre

yes it has eased off here too and there is an orange glow to the north west.

Pangea

Its the same here , sky pure orange. Strange looking.

owenc

Pangea wrote: »

Its the same here , sky pure orange. Strange looking.

Has it set at your area yet? just wondering. Anyway that glow is disapearing now... one question how the heck are yous getting it when yous were ment to have had sunset like 20 minutes ago?

Pangea

owenc wrote: »

Has it set at your area yet? just wondering. Anyway that glow is disapearing now... one question how the heck are yous getting it when yous were ment to have had sunset like 20 minutes ago?

The sun has set behind the mountains ,but the orange glow is still very prominent, and a huge rainbow on the other side of the sky, very nice to look at.
Im a lot further west than you, thats probably why i still have the glow.

owenc

Pangea wrote: »

The sun has set behind the mountains ,but the orange glow is still very prominent, and a huge rainbow on the other side of the sky, very nice to look at.

I have a rainbow too! Were are you at? Its a pinky colour here now though and the sun has just set here about a couple of minutes ago. Its purple now.

nacho libre

Pangea wrote: »

The sun has set behind the mountains ,but the orange glow is still very prominent, and a huge rainbow on the other side of the sky, very nice to look at.

Senor pangea, this is out of season for you. to what do we owe the honour of this special appearance

Pangea

owenc wrote: »

I have a rainbow too! Were are you at? Its a pinky colour here now though and the sun has just set here about a couple of minutes ago. Its purple now.

Im in SW Donegal .
Yes its turn more red pink here now also.

nacho libre wrote: »

Senor pangea, this is out of season for you. to what do we owe the honour of this special appearance

Yes i have had a suprise stop over ,now stop asking questions and just be grateful for my presence here lol :P

owenc

Pangea wrote: »

Im in SW Donegal .
Yes its turn more red pink here now also.

Yes i have had a suprise stop over ,now stop asking questions and just be grateful for my presence here lol :P

aw right now that couldn't be the same rainbow!:eek: You can still see the pink sky after its set like 15 minutes ago! Anyway, it has started spitting rain here which is very late as yous got it hours and hours ago and at the rate its going i'm sure it'll take to 11 until the actual rain gets here going by the radar.

Oscar Bravo

Went pink here too(Castlebar),gone grey now as light faids fast!

owenc

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Went pink here too(Castlebar),gone grey now as light faids fast!

Haha its still pink here!:P Yous could never beat me, its bright here at like 4 aswell!:P

Pangea

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Pangea

owenc wrote: »

Haha its still pink here!:P Yous could never beat me, its bright here at like 4 aswell!:P

A poster from carndonagh or malin would beat ya :P

owenc

Pangea wrote: »

A poster from carndonagh or malin would beat ya :P

Not for sunrise or total daylight hours.

Danno

Malin would the record holder for longest daylight in summer and shortest in winter because it is the most northerly point on this green island.

Miss Lockhart

Wait, is the weather a competition now!? :pac:

Pangea

Danno wrote: »

Malin would the record holder for longest daylight in summer and shortest in winter because it is the most northerly point on this green island.

Indeed it would , Co.Donegal is the most northerly county in All Ireland , more northely infact than "Northern Ireland".

Miss Lockhart wrote: »

Wait, is the weather a competition now!?

You must be new to the weather forum then :P

owenc

Danno wrote: »

Malin would the record holder for longest daylight in summer and shortest in winter because it is the most northerly point on this green island.

yes but sun rises here far earlier and i am earliest on here and latest sunset.:P Its only like 10 degrees further north than me anyway.

Pangea

owenc wrote: »

yes but sun rises here far earlier and i am earliest on here and latest sunset.:P Its only like 10 degrees further north than me anyway.

According to yrno coleraine is 1 minute ahead of malin in sunrise tomorrow is at 4:59, its 5:00 for malin head, i assume thats because you are further east, but malin head has 5 minutes later sunset.
I find it Interesting

Coleraine

• Sunrise 04:59
• Sunset 22:03

Malin head

• Sunrise 05:00
• Sunset 22:08

I also have a sunset for 22:07 for tomorrow as i am further west than you. But you beat me with sunrise by 10 minutes.

By the way the sky is still a wee bit red to the west here, sometimes on a clear evening it never really gets dark to the west, you can see the light, the edge of ireland really.

owenc

Pangea wrote: »

According to yrno coleraine is 1 minute ahead of malin in sunrise tomorrow is at 4:59, its 5:00 for malin head, i assume thats because you are further east, but malin head has 5 minutes later sunset.
I find it Interesting

Coleraine

• Sunrise 04:59
• Sunset 22:03

Malin head

• Sunrise 05:00
• Sunset 22:08

I also have a sunset for 22:07 for tomorrow as i am further west than you. But you beat me with sunrise by 10 minutes.

By the way the sky is still a wee bit red to the west here, sometimes on a clear evening it never really gets dark to the west, you can see the light, the edge of ireland really.

Yea so its basically only a few minutes difference, the sky about 2 weeks ago didn't get dark here but it was too the north were it was brightest in fact you could so the hills behind me and the sky if you looked up was still be blue but to the west it would be more darker would it not?

Sam Kade

fryup wrote: »

i remember when i was a kid early 80s we had great julys & augusts.

You can leave out the summers of 81 and 85 as they were washouts.

Pangea

owenc wrote: »

Yea so its basically only a few minutes difference, the sky about 2 weeks ago didn't get dark here but it was too the north were it was brightest in fact you could so the hills behind me and the sky if you looked up was still be blue but to the west it would be more darker would it not?

Well it would be a lot more west than north here where the light would be remaining , i guess north west would be about the best way to describe it.

Deep Easterly

Wouldn't Belmullet/NW Mayo have a longer evening than Malin Head/Donegal at this time of year? (not that 1 minute here, 30s there would make much of difference anyway!)

Pangea

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Wouldn't Belmullet/NW Mayo have a longer evening than Malin Head/Donegal at this time of year? (not that 1 minute here, 30s there would make much of difference anyway!)

Correct , Belmullet

• Sunrise 05:19
• Sunset 22:10

Sunset 2 minutes later sunset than Malin (approx)
http://www.yr.no/place/Ireland/Mayo/Belmullet/

Although Sunrise is significantly later than Malin.

Deep Easterly

Interesting so that even Castlebar has a 'longer' evening than Coleraine:

Coleraine Sunset: 22.03
Castlebar Sunset: 22.05

which would prove this comment by Owen to Oscar Bravo (Castlerbar)

Owenc wrote:

Yous could never beat me, its bright here at like 4 aswell!:p

to be completely and unconditionally flawed!