Ok, Where's this fecking heatwave then?

bodhrandude

Here is the situation, have my tent up in the bedroom trying to dry it out after a thoroughly wet Life Festival, well I'll tell a lie, it cleared up in Saturday morning about 5 am and was grand until the festival started up again. it didn't stop raining till Sunday evening, but was bloody freezing thanks to a persistent wind. Heatwave was supposed to start on Thursday, where is it? Did it get lost in the post or something.

Menas

There is a heatwave. In Bulgaria.
Pity we never get them in this god forsaken place!

catallus

The insidious lies, which are the legacy of our ignoring how tenacious is our grip on the truth, are what hurt the most!

kfallon

I don't think we're getting one this year, early 20's is prob best we'll have to make do with

The_Valeyard

The heatwave is in my microwave.

kneemos

Just warm would do.

pmasterson95

Welcome to Ireland. You must be new here.

anncoates

If the poxy wind would die down, it'd be a fine afternoon here.

Clonmel1000

Where was it reported that there was a heatwave expected?

Sheldons Brain

Well it is 42C in New Delhi, I'd prefer it here.

eternal

catallus wrote: »

The insidious lies, which are the legacy of our ignoring how tenacious is our grip on the truth, are what hurt the most!

You silver tongued fox, you.

Captain Chaos

Bring back the weather of the early-mid '90s. We actually got summers then and far less cloud cover.

briany

If and when the sun does come out, we'll be into the usual skanger bashing threads when they reportedly appear everywhere, drunken, shirtless and antisocial. Then some posters will lose the run of themselves and begin discussing a solution involving a cull or enforced sterilisation, before being reined in by a mod. And we'll all wonder "Oh, will this summer never end??".

Eugene Norman

briany wrote: »

If and when the sun does come out, we'll be into the usual skanger bashing threads when they reportedly appear everywhere, drunken shirtless and antisocial. Then some posters will lose the run of themselves and begin discussing a solution involving a cull or enforced sterilisation, before being reined in by a mod. And we'll all wonder "Oh, will this summer never end??".

True. All hail the cold.

mattser

briany wrote: »

If and when the sun does come out, we'll be into the usual skanger bashing threads when they reportedly appear everywhere, drunken shirtless and antisocial. Then some posters will lose the run of themselves and begin discussing a solution involving a cull or enforced sterilisation, before being reined in by a mod. And we'll all wonder "Oh, will this summer never end??".

And someone will call them ' feral ', which will enrage the do gooders.

allthedoyles

If you want a heatwave this summer , you gotta light the fire

Cold War Kid

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Bring back the weather of the early-mid '90s. We actually got summers then and far less cloud cover.

Only 1995 was a hot summer, the previous ones after 1989 (another heatwave) were totally meh, bar occasional good spells of course.
Most summers in Ireland are nothing great overall, although 2011 and 2012 were particularly atrocious - and they were cold too; usually summers here are mild at least, quite oppressively humid at times. This summer seems like '11/'12 so far, I've had the heating on at night... but there's time for a summer yet.

corner of hells

If you give me 5 million euros , I can give you a load of hot air.

John Delaney.

Bongalongherb

The Jet-stream is much lower south this year and seems to like it there, so the longer it stays down so low it will be cooler and wet.

briany

Eugene Norman wrote: »

True. All hail the cold.

At least in the cold I can get some sleep. I get to decide how warm I am with number of blankets. Couple of summers ago, you could have been naked, with both windows open and nothing. Also you'd have to close the windows at 4 because of the avarian cacophony that would inevitably begin, thus increasing the stuffiness and humidity. Yes, feck the heat. Hail the cold.

Zillah

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Bring back the weather of the early-mid '90s. We actually got summers then and far less cloud cover.

Last year's summer was awesome. I was cycling to work in shorts and tshirt for at least a month straight. Rained at night, clear during the day.

enfant terrible

Bongalongherb wrote: »

The Jet-stream is much lower south this year and seems to like it there, so the longer it stays down so low it will be cooler and wet.

How do you move it up a bit, will global warming help?

The Diabolical Monocle

mankind needs to start fvcking with the weather.



... on purpose this time.

Bongalongherb

enfant terrible wrote: »

How do you move it up a bit, will global warming help?

No, you need HAARP

enfant terrible

Bongalongherb wrote: »

No, you need HAARP

Has there ever been a time when Ireland had great summers and Spain had **** ones?

briany

enfant terrible wrote: »

Has there ever been a time when Ireland had great summers and Spain had **** ones?

Reminds me of the Michael McIntryre bit about when you start getting competitive about the weather after 3 days of sun.

NachoBusiness

We had it in April this year instead.

Captain Chaos

enfant terrible wrote: »

How do you move it up a bit, will global warming help?

Climate change has pushed it down that where it should be.

Or "gasp" the Gulf Stream could be slowing down.

Bongalongherb

2 people so far this afternoon have already complained to me about how cold and windy it has been, but I actually like it like this, not too warm, not too cold, just nice. The goldilocks-zone. Too warm and humid and everyone is complaining, and when it's perfect everyone still moans. Ah sure.

The Diabolical Monocle

giant scale wind powered hair dryer, pointing west.

Bongalongherb

enfant terrible wrote: »

Has there ever been a time when Ireland had great summers and Spain had **** ones?

I think it was last year we had temperatures higher than Spain, for a time.

enfant terrible

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Climate change has pushed it down that where it should be.

Or "gasp" the Gulf Stream could be slowing down.

Carbon is pure evil

the dark phantom

The constant wind is the worse.

cloud493

I'm enjoying the october ish weather. **** the sun and heat.

briany

cloud493 wrote: »

I'm enjoying the october ish weather. **** the sun and heat.

I agree. Nice weather is comfortable weather. 14 - 20 degrees, a few white fluffy clouds hanging about, you can sit outside in it, if you want, take off the jacket, even go swimming. A 'nice day in May', as I heard the Rubberbandits once put it. Why people go mad over weather in the high 20s or low to mid 30s is beyond me. It just gets to be cloying and clammy and crazy-making.

The_Valeyard

It's not right.


The leaving cert is on.

The weather should be hot, sunny , making it difficult for all the ragamuffins to study. And more rain today.......... Grrrr.

briany

The_Valeyard wrote: »

It's not right.


The leaving cert is on.

The weather should be hot, sunny , making it difficult for all the ragamuffins to study. And more rain today.......... Grrrr.

I would wager that, statistically, Leaving Cert weather is pretty much a myth.

Bongalongherb

Well, in a time of climatic global cooling what do folk expect.

_Kaiser_

Crazy wind around here today and a few showers but the temperature is about right.. as said above I don't get the love for sweltering humid days myself.

Only thing I don't like really are very cold days.

Bongalongherb

The real killer for me anyway is that every time we get hot sunny weather it's always dead heat very high humidity and not a breeze. Now if there was always a breeze it would make it more enjoyable, but dead heat is just horrible imo.

mg1982

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Climate change has pushed it down that where it should be.

Or "gasp" the Gulf Stream could be slowing down.

Then we are really fecked. Welcome to a new ice age.

KungPao

El Niño is doing his **** this year, so get that chimney cleaned and buy those winter tyres...gonna be a noice cold winter.

The summer looks like a write off. Mostly changeable westerly crap it looks like.

catallus

Ah, El Niño, the tattered figleaf covering the tattered shame of the machinations of the elites!

Time to cast aside the blinkers, people!

eternal

catallus wrote: »

Ah, El Niño, the tattered figleaf covering the tattered shame of the machinations of the elites!

Time to cast aside the blinkers, people!

Leave Fernando Torres out of this people.

mg1982

eternal wrote: »

Leave Fernando Torres out of this people.

Hes all washed up. Unfortunatley El Nino sparks to life every so often.

briany

mattser wrote: »

And someone will call them ' feral ', which will enrage the do gooders.

"And dey do be throwin' de empty beer cans everywhere."

Son Of A Vidic

When we have two days of a decent bit of sunshine, some drip will start a thread whining about the heat and praying for rain.

Bongalongherb

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

When we have two days of a decent bit of sunshine, some drip will start a thread whining about the heat and praying for rain.

And that drip would be me, I love the rain, it freshens the air up just nicely. And great for the plants

bigar

enfant terrible wrote: »

Has there ever been a time when Ireland had great summers and Spain had **** ones?

Yes, when I am abroad the weather is fabulous here. Wherever I go, whatever sunny destination I choose, I will have exceptionally bad weather. Spain, Portugal, South of France, Bahamas, Florida, Mexico all suffered because of me.

I am going to Spain at the end of June so expect excellent weather here then (sorry Spain) :P

Bongalongherb

Well it looks like you will get your sun. From monday onwards it will be sunny and temperatures will rise to 20°c possibly 21°c with plenty of sunshine especially in the east.

OULOOK: Mostly dry settled conditions look set to last well into next week with high pressure dominating. Pleasantly mild on many of the days too, with just local sea breezes. Cool by night though, with air temperatures falling back to the low single figures locally.