Summer 2022 - General Discussion

Gonzo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119150452#Comment_119150452

Rain is here now, big heavy drops and the heating has been switched on.

Hairypoppins

A depressing look out the window here in South West Dublin,pouring rain and dark

KanyeSouthEast

Winters evening.

Gonzo

yep, rain hammering here for past few hours, dark, lights on, 10C outside. Sure it's often been milder than this in the depths of winter.

pad199207

Glorious end to the day in S Wexford

appledrop

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119150928#Comment_119150928

They don't call it the sunny South East for nothing😎.

Raining here now in NCD.

Oscar Bravo

Likewise here in Castlebar Pad, lovely sunset. Will be blue in the sky to the north west until after 11pm

9.04pm

SuperBowserWorld

Was a beautiful sunny morning and and dark wet evening. You really need to make the most of the sunny weather when it appears at the moment. Just get out if you can.

appledrop

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119151215#Comment_119151215

Your spot on Super, I got two walks in today and my morning walk was in glorious sunshine so I definitely got my vitamin D ration for the day 😎

appledrop

Lashing rain here in NCD, a great start to June Bank Holiday weekend.

DellyBelly

Has the guy that is based in Donegal made any predictions for the coming Summer. He seems to be correct about the weather more than the others in the country Think he uses nature to predict it....

squarecircles

"Unfortunately this seems to be the pattern that will lock in for a while, fairly frequent unsettled weather that while relatively mild will not allow any really summery warmth to develop for the foreseeable future."

M.T Cranium.

and im done with model watching for june,such a relief.

An amazing climate,the way you can bin an entire month,

such is the relentlessness of the pig muck once it starts.

denied All those beautiful long June evenings, buried and choked under a grey gun metal shield

while the rest of Europe laps up those beautiful summer days.

gas.

giveitholly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119152483#Comment_119152483

A stopped clock comes to mind with him

Elmer Blooker

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119152508#Comment_119152508

A very good analysis of our climate in my opinion.

”such is the relentlessness of the pig muck once it starts” 😁 .... couldn’t agree more!

Its the same in winter, once a big Azores builds in early December you just know YET another winter is going down the toilet!

Stunning morning here in Arklow so far

15.2c atm

appledrop

Met Eireann are gas.

Their forecast for Dublin today is sunny spells and scattered showers.

It hasn't stopped raining since early morning, how it that scattered showers?

Do they not look out the window in Glasnevin?

There are a huge amount of events on this weekend like Bloom in Dublin and people deserve at least an accurate forecast.

Thelonious Monk

I suppose we were due a really bad summer given the last few had at least some spells of nice weather. I think we have all developed a false sense of security regarding how absolutely depressingly awful Irish summers can be. It's the worst season for me in Ireland, always disappointed while the rest of the Northern Hemisphere enjoys proper summers.

Oscar Bravo

A nice dry calm morning here in Castlebar with sunny spells.

pad199207

Like a different country down here in S Wexford this morning

Gonzo

There is no point trying to hide it any further but we are in for a fairly mixed/rubbish summer. We are locked into a very unsettled pattern that will prove very tough to shift. The best we can probably hope for is a few days of warmth and dryness here and there but I don't think we will be seeing many prolonged dry spells anytime soon. We had a whole year of prolonged dry spells and now the Atlantic is back firmly in charge. May was when the pattern completely shifted.

Looking at the long term models, June is meant to be the best month of this summer with things deteriorating further into July and August. Of course the long term models often get things very wrong so let's see where we go from here but it's safe to say most of this June will be a write off at least.

Dark skies here again in Meath this morning and an intense downpour, rain bouncing up off the ground.

snowgal

yep, just had an almighty burst of rain here near Navan! The darkness before hand was unreal.....

Gonzo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119152916#Comment_119152916

The shower just clearing here now but that rain was fairly intense, all the gutters are overflowing here. More heavy showers could arrive later and they may turn thundery as well, particularly in southern and south-western areas.

Still Sunny in Arklow and the Southeast

Lovely in fact

And maybe the possibility of some thundery imports from the SE over the weekend, what's not to like ?

Currently 16.2c

Wind is coastal already though so unlikely to rise

Gonzo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119152667#Comment_119152667

It's been quite some time since we had a really bad nationwide summer, 2012 was probably the last real pigs ear of a summer. The charts at the moment are very grim and we've been here before when the Atlantic breaks through like this at the start of summer, it can be very difficult to shift and usually results in several sustained weeks of unsettled muck across Ireland and most of the UK while the near continent and sometimes SE of England can have intense heat with thundery breakdowns. Could be an interesting June for them.

It won't rain every single day but any dry days we do get, those will have to be made the most of. Over the next 5 days Donegal may be the place to be with less in the way of rainfall and warmer temperatures.

If you use the hover mode on Wetterzentrale, the green area over Northern Canada, Greenland, Iceland and just west of Ireland rotates over and over like a fan keeping us in a constant loop of westerly winds and low pressure right up to the end of the run. This is the pattern that is going to prove very difficult to shift. The Azores high has a very tough job on it's hands to extend northwards and may spend much of this month south of the English channel.

I am still feeling hopeful that somehow we may see an improvement towards the end of June. If we were to get one decent very warm and settled week this summer, it would be something.

mcburns07

Given how lately we seem to get locked into patterns for a while, it's hard to see anything changing for 2-3 weeks at least.

pauldry

Ya that met eireann forecast on website is pants. Yesterday it had sun for today, today it has mostly sunny for today for Sligo.

Actual weather windy cold and cloudy 14c

It actually looks like a small low is embedded over Ireland bringing cloud and some showers. Met Eireann say tomorrow will be sunny . However it could also turn out cloudy too though the power of it being a Saturday might break up the cloud. When are Saturdays not sunny this year. Then it's back to the normal Sunday rain though Monday and Tuesday could be fair days in the West and North before an unsettled period for a week or two.

Supercell

Lovely day after some rain overnight in south Dublin, brilliant start to the b/hol weekend.

SuperBowserWorld

So, today has been black skies, blue skies. North Wicklow. And cold. No rain. Fantastic mix to be honest! Had a couple of pints outside to ring in the long weekend.

mcburns07

At least the unsettled weather makes for some interesting cloudscapes and nice light 🙂

Gonzo

After a horrible morning of downpours, the afternoon cleared up very nicely and the sun eventually started shining from about 4pm and it lovely evening.