Summer 2018 - General Discussion

Gonzo

after a dry and warm early morning, today turned out to be very wet, pools of water everywhere. Probably the wettest day in about 3 months.

Artane2002

esposito wrote: »

Got absolutely soaked during that torrential downpour in Dublin. Of course still no thunder or lightning ��

I was also soaked. Thankfully I was near home. I've nearly had my fix of thunderstorms for the year, I've seen around 10-15 when I was on holidays. I still want thundersnow though :pac:

appledrop

Artane2002 wrote: »

I was also soaked. Thankfully I was near home. I've nearly had my fix of thunderstorms for the year, I've seen around 10-15 when I was on holidays. I still want thundersnow though :pac:

The thunderstorms on holidays in Lake Garda were unreal. We could see the lighting coming across the mountains + knew from previous experience that when they come in about 30 secs they are torrential. We ran back to hotel but still got caught. Soaked to skin on 1 min. Unreal to watch though. Last a few hours in night time but back to beautiful weather then next day.

km79

km79 wrote: »

Bright and breeezy
Much much better than yesterday

Went downhill fast around 3pm
So dark since 6pm
Like a winters evening

sryanbruen

sryanbruen wrote: »

Finally, some decent rain for a change.

Still nothing in KK

Oscar Bravo

Front has passed through here now in Castlebar just in time for a watery sunset. Fresher, 12 degrees.

sryanbruen

Some lovely colours tonight.



https://twitter.com/CarlowWeather/status/1029818806628220928

Clonmel1000

Dark breezy evening here.

acequion

Just came back from Canada yesterday morning. Came into Dublin airport at 10am and then travelled by car from Dublin to Kerry.

So got a birds eye day time view of the country from East to South West and it's just staggering how much the weather has changed in 18 days!

When I left at the end of July it was summer. Days were still long and everyone was comfortably dressed in light summer clothes.

Now it's like Autumn has well advanced over the entire country. The evenings have shortened considerably, the sandals have been replaced by runners and the sleeveless tops by fleeces. And it's still only mid August!

Sryanbruen was totally spot on in his forecast for August!

So is that it now for summer 2018??

Artane2002

acequion wrote: »

Just came back from Canada yesterday morning. Came into Dublin airport at 10am and then travelled by car from Dublin to Kerry.

So got a birds eye day time view of the country from East to South West and it's just staggering how much the weather has changed in 18 days!

When I left at the end of July it was summer. Days were still long and everyone was comfortably dressed in light summer clothes.

Now it's like Autumn has well advanced over the entire country. The evenings have shortened considerably, the sandals have been replaced by runners and the sleeveless tops by fleeces. And it's still only mid August!

Sryanbruen was totally spot on in his forecast for August!

So is that it now for summer 2018??

There's some signs of improvement but nothing on par with June or July. There's some beautiful charts at around 10 days time but that's too far out. For some reason, the weather is almost always nice on my birthday (on the 26th)! Let's hope it stays that way this year.

Andy From Sligo

im hating this so called 'summer' we are having at the moment ... i feel it will morph into autumn soon and then we are in winter - bloody rain!

Donegal Storm

Was in Donegal for the past two weeks and it was fairly miserable throughout, the odd good day here and there but grey and cool with frequent rain & showers was the theme. Not much better today in Kildare, heavy misty rain blowing horizontally all evening

acequion

Artane2002 wrote: »

There's some signs of improvement but nothing on par with June or July. There's some beautiful charts at around 10 days time but that's too far out. For some reason, the weather is almost always nice on my birthday (on the 26th)! Let's hope it stays that way this year.

Hey thanks for that glimmer of hope and indeed it kind of figures. We very often get it lovely in September.

And your dates are spot on because it usually doesn't get nice until just after my birthday on the 23rd.:)

So hoping for a happy birthday for us both.:D

km79

Horrendous morning
A steady train of really heavy showers which shows no sign of relenting

km79

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

im hating this so called 'summer' we are having at the moment ... i feel it will morph into autumn soon and then we are in winter - bloody rain!

It's been autmnal here for over a week

But at least it's not too sunny so a lot of people have hit their prayers answered
Silly sun in summer. Sure who wants that .

sharper

km79 wrote: »

Silly sun in summer. Sure who wants that .

When vegetation is dying off on a scale that can be observed from satellite it's probably past the point of people's personal preferences and into a realm of objectively being too much sun.

Mobhi1

It's a lovely clear and mostly sunny morning here in Glasnevin.

mg1982

Always thought May was more of a summer month than August. Best weather around these parts is in May and June and maybe early July. August consistently is a let down.

SleetAndSnow

Very windy in cork city (wasn’t expecting that) with cloud coming and going. No rain yet.

Edit: just as I post this it starts raining lol

Meteorite58

Great day around Ballinskelligs today. A few showers and breezy but warm enough in short sleeves. Noticed quite hazy , wondering could it be caused by the smoke making it's way over from the US ?



https://twitter.com/CopernicusEU/status/1029990325744545792

appledrop

Bit chilly in Dublin today followed by torriental downpours later in afternoon. Travelled from n11 to m1 northbound + was like the downpour was following me the whole way home! Would clear one area then start again. Dry now again.

Gonzo

some very heavy showers here again today, plenty of downpours over the past 2 days.

Gonzo

might get one final chance to use the BBQ this Saturday afternoon, then I reckon i'll be putting it into storage for another year. After a warm weekend, next week is starting to look very cool with temperatures that would't look out of place in late September/ early October.

Hopefully things will change between now and then.

White Clover

Would really like a fine week. I'm farming in the southwest and we need a dry September and October to shorten our winter. What are the chances?

fryup

is it something to be concerned about?

tropical storm? or worse ?

Clonmel1000

fryup wrote: »

is it something to be concerned about?

tropical storm? or worse ?

The mirror!

km79

Jesus what a depressing evening again.
Can't believe it's only mid August
Honestly felt like October

Are we allowed pray for sunshine again yet ? Plants need that to grow too

Rock Lesnar

Fairly chilly but dry here this evening, after a couple of hefty showers during the day, and the good news is tomorrow looks crap.

sryanbruen

fryup wrote: »

is it something to be concerned about?

tropical storm? or worse ?

Not really though there is uncertainty surrounding around the rainfall totals and wind speeds. Meteorite58 has posted what the latest models show in regards to the remnants of Ernesto in the charts thread here: https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057883559&page=7

Also, I post my thoughts in the daily forecast in the morning (M.T.'s thread) in regards to what I think is likely or what the models then show: https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055579971&page=331

So all in all, nothing really to totally worry or be concerned about.

Graces7

wild, wet, windy morning out here in the wild west... South westerly so am very glad the shopping got out here yesterday ..autumnal indeed, and that is grand too in its way

West Mayo, offshore island