irishweatheronline predicts the summer is about to arrive ?

Rikand

Just heard on todayfm that this site is saying from this weekend onwards we're going to get a few weeks of hot weather

http://www.irishweatheronline.com/forecast/long-range-weather-forecast-for-ireland-19th-july/1120.html

pauldry

Yup for the South and East anyways.

North and West will have to contend with mist and muggyness (though i spose that is what we get as a Summer)

maquiladora

It's M.T. Cranium from the Daily Forecast thread on here, same forecast. Sounds good to me. :cool:

dexter647

Bring it on i say with maybe a few continental storms thrown in for good measure:D

pauldry

not looking too good for my holiday to greenland then:p

paulocon

As someone considering a week in Donegal early August, should I be getting excited?

pauldry

yeah the mist looks beautiful on those dar hills (ok im going now, im hogging this thread)

eskimocat

paulocon wrote: »

As someone considering a week in Donegal early August, should I be getting excited?

Regardless of the weather you should be getting excited anyway because you are heading to Donegal!!

In fairness it is spectacularly beautiful there if the weather is good Enjoy your trip.

eskimocat

This forecast could wind up bringing the one thing that is not good for my holiday plans.... a blue sky!

The Cloud Festival in Skibbereen is going to be a bit of a misnomer if there isn't actually one cloud present on the day! lol :rolleyes:

So don't mind if you spot an eskimocat doing a Cloud dance (lesser known cousin of the Rain dance! the rain comes later )

Iancar29

eskimocat wrote: »

This forecast could wind up bringing the one thing that is not good for my holiday plans.... a blue sky!

The Cloud Festival in Skibbereen is going to be a bit of a misnomer if there isn't actually one cloud present on the day! lol :rolleyes:

So don't mind if you spot an eskimocat doing a Cloud dance (lesser known cousin of the Rain dance! the rain comes later )

WOohooo.... looks like i hav a lead so for the cloud snap photo contest so! ha

:P

I really should prepare my talk! .... ha its gonna be the longest 10mins ever!

PistolPete78

im really hoping for a good(dry) August weekend, the tent is coming out for a week in Kerry!!:D:D cant wait!!

torrentum

dexter647 wrote: »

Bring it on i say with maybe a few continental storms thrown in for good measure:D

+1

compsys

Rickylovesuall wrote: »

Just heard on todayfm that this site is saying from this weekend onwards we're going to get a few weeks of hot weather

http://www.irishweatheronline.com/forecast/long-range-weather-forecast-for-ireland-19th-july/1120.html

Oh God I hope so.

The BBC chart still doesn't look that promising. A lot of low pressure systems close by on the chart run. I know it's not always the most accurate of sites but I always find that unless ALL the charts are pointing towards a warm spell then it rarely, if ever, arrives.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/31

mickger844posts

UKMO not playing ball yet but ECM and GFS both in agreement for a dry warm spell from next week.

Mayo Exile

mickger844posts wrote: »

UKMO not playing ball yet

True. 12z UKMO at +144hrs doesn't look the best..........

aurora 527

mickger844posts wrote: »

UKMO not playing ball yet but ECM and GFS both in agreement for a dry warm spell from next week.

Oh please god.. also unpacking my tent for a few days in Galway!

Duiske

maquiladora wrote: »

It's M.T. Cranium from the Daily Forecast thread on here, same forecast. Sounds good to me. :cool:

Here's what M.T had to say last Thursday, 14th July.

The next five or six days will be rather unpleasant but now we have the ECM showing rapid improvement near the end of its ten-day run, similar to the better half of the recent GFS output. Models are not locked in yet, but I would say the odds favour a warmer spell in the last week of July, perhaps even approaching actual "heat" as opposed to warmth which we have already achieved several times this year (granted half of them were in April).

Tell you what, M.T's knack for picking out trends is fantastic. I know he will say himself that he is not infallible, but as far as this weather enthusiast is concerned, the guy's a Legend.

cherryghost

Next 2/3 days are vital on that low centered over Iceland but I think the high's been there too long for it NOT to show up at some point

Redsunset

Already looks to being watered down.mr 564 dam line not as co operative

mickger844posts

redsunset wrote: »

Already looks to being watered down.mr 564 dam line not as co operative

Definitely a downgrade this morning with UKMO still having none of it and ECM pulling back a little from yesterday. Will be interesting to see forecasts on RTE today and see will they pull back from their big " Summer is arriving" headlines from yesterday.

pauldry

Personally Im having none of it (heatwave anyway) but I do think the South and East will get 23 or 24c for a couple of days. West and North misty. 18 or 19c

High is too far South for me.

ronan45

Just heard that guy on newstalk Tom Dunne sayin heatwave will be here NEXT week temps up to 29 degrees. Any thoughts? Please say its so

fryup

29 degrees :eek:

its either too hot or too cold:rolleyes:

piskins72

ronan45 wrote: »

Just heard that guy on newstalk Tom Dunne sayin heatwave will be here NEXT week temps up to 29 degrees. Any thoughts? Please say its so

I reckon he has read that either on here on the daily forecast thread or on the irishweatheronline website

pauldry

Met Eireann say low twenties and mist drizzle and fog

200motels

It's a wait and see situation but my money is on a few days of warm weather down here next week after that I say roll on the winter.

cherryghost

Bank holiday weekend forecast is on a cusp. Really hope things turn around next week

pauldry

Before the June Bank Holiday we were being promised all sorts of heatwaves

Then it happened the Wed Thur and Fri before with 24 or 25c.

Then on bank Holiday Sunday it was 9.4c in Sligo with 15mm of rain eeeek

Big Tone

Long term forecast from yr.no esp for Cork shows something a lot less than a heatwave I'm afraid....

http://www.yr.no/place/Ireland/Munster/Cork/long.html

Harps

Yeah I'm not expecting much from this, maybe a few days with decent temperatures around the 27th but its looking increasingly like the spell at the start of June where it'll quickly get back to the western flow we've been stuck in all summer.

Still a chance it'll turn around but none of the main models are too promising for anything more than a brief spell

NIALL D

not a hope of a heatwave anyway !!!
if we'r lucky with might get a few days in a row without rain , thats about the most im hoping for anyway..

sick of this weather , roll on a long snowy winter

mickger844posts

Warmest run from GFS in a long time. Lets see will ECM and UKMO follow.

Harps

UKMO is looking good for the 27th now as well, only goes to 144h which is the 26th but definite signs that its going in the right direction. 12z ECM rolling out at the moment and so far so good

At this stage I'd just be happy with a few days where I can comfortably wear a t-shirt outside

Edit: This'll do nicely

cherryghost

A nice upgrade all round i say!

MUSEIST

NIALL D wrote: »

not a hope of a heatwave anyway !!!
if we'r lucky with might get a few days in a row without rain , thats about the most im hoping for anyway..

sick of this weather , roll on a long snowy winter

yeah, bring forth the snow, o mighty gods

PistolPete78

hopefully the fine weather, if it arrives next week, will hold until after the bank holiday.......

inabina

Siobhan Ryan nearly having a fit on the tele just now in anticipation..."extremely warm" and "extremely humid"...gulp...."mid twenties". Since when was mid twenties "extremely warm"? For this summer I guess maybe....

piskins72

inabina wrote: »

Siobhan Ryan nearly having a fit on the tele just now in anticipation..."extremely warm" and "extremely humid"...gulp...."mid twenties". Since when was mid twenties "extremely warm"? For this summer I guess maybe....

and if we do get it, after a day you'll hear people complaining :rolleyes:

mickger844posts

inabina wrote: »

Siobhan Ryan nearly having a fit on the tele just now in anticipation..."extremely warm" and "extremely humid"...gulp...."mid twenties". Since when was mid twenties "extremely warm"? For this summer I guess maybe....

Had to laugh at her performance tonight. She is turning into a real ramper. Have to love her enthusiastic approach. Imagine what she will be like next Winter when there is a chance of some snow

Big Tone

mickger844posts wrote: »

Had to laugh at her performance tonight. She is turning into a real ramper. Have to love her enthusiastic approach. Imagine what she will be like next Winter when there is a chance of some snow

She's actually quite annoying with her repetitions lately, she doesn't come across as a technical forecaster, more a dolly bird reading it out, like those ones RTE got a few years ago in response to Martin King's style on TV3...he aint no meterological expert either.

Evelyn Cusack is a far better presenter, she really knows her stuff and it shows with the maps she's designed in the background.

Tazz T

She used the word 'soar' twice when talking about the temperature.

I used the word 'phoar' several times and for a moment I did get quite hot.

Birdnuts

I'll beleive it when I see it - we havent had a heatwave in this country for 5 years now, not to mention the fact that we haven't had a decent August since 03':(

MUSEIST

piskins72 wrote: »

and if we do get it, after a day you'll hear people complaining :rolleyes:

....and rightly so, anything over 22 degrees and it becomes extremely uncomfortable, for me anyway. Have a very low tolerance to heat, headaches, sweating, fatigue, can't wait.

mickger844posts

GFS 18z even better than 12z

cormie

Just seen this thread, I don't understand half the lingo you folks talk about

just wondering if anyone can tell, is the coming weekend (23rd/24th) supposed to be good, or the one after (30th/31st?), or both, or none? :P

cherryghost

18z shows a good run of weather right through the bank holiday weekend before a breakdown mid week after. So it looks like we're on for a week or so of very good weather

cormie

Not sure what 18z is

So you reckon from maybe the 23rd until the 3rd of August should be nice enough?

cherryghost

cormie wrote: »

Not sure what 18z is

So you reckon from maybe the 23rd until the 3rd of August should be nice enough?

Lets say from next monday onwards, looking good

Duiske

cherryghost wrote: »

Lets say from next monday onwards, looking good

This weekend looks pretty good as well, though the further east you are the better. But your right, Monday is when the very warm air reachs us. I'm looking forward to some hot sunny days, but what I'm not looking forward to is the high humidity. Some muggy, sweaty, sleepless nights ahead from Sunday night on.

cormie

Thanks for the reports folks

h57xiucj2z946q

Duiske wrote: »

This weekend looks pretty good as well, though the further east you are the better. But your right, Monday is when the very warm air reachs us. I'm looking forward to some hot sunny days, but what I'm not looking forward to is the high humidity. Some muggy, sweaty, sleepless nights ahead from Sunday night on.

Ah it won't be too bad, would be worse if you were here: http://www.google.ie/search?q=weather+miami&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a