Summer 2022 - General Discussion

JRant

Clear skies this morning for the first time in a bit. Now, if that wind would ever bugger off we'd be doing nicely.

fits

Beautiful morning in Carlow. Gonna cut hay soon I think.

Ozvaldo

Cork City dark as fck lights on

dryan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119279134#Comment_119279134

Same here. Have a few acres that will be knocked this evening

giveitholly

Yep lovely bright morning

appledrop

It was stunningly beautiful early this morning(so much so that the baby was awake at 5am with the sunrise laughing at me when I tried to get him back asleep😎)

However there are big blacks clouds here now here in NCD so no doubt rain is on way yet again.

Lads I think you better get out and cut that hay while you can.

firemansam4

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119278323#Comment_119278323

I would take 17c up here in Donegal at this stage.

Another morning started ok here, but is turning into another cloudy breezy day with misty showers. Temps probably be around 14c here again.

Kutebride

Bright most of early morning. Meath. Then a heavy pop-up shower just now.

pauldry

Got up to the dizzy heights of 16c here in Sligo but all it did was build up moisture and there was a sudden cloud burst n we all got soaked (again).

KanyeSouthEast

Very heavy showers so disappointing another weekend of rubbish weather. Flowers in bits can’t cut the lawn.

You wouldn't hang the clothes out today for drying in tipp/limerick border

Godawful summer so far

Hairypoppins

Hang on in there lads ,summer looks like finally arriving proper nxt Fri onwards

Ozvaldo

Raining again Cork City can't remember the last day it wasn't weeks I'd say

ascophyllum

Rained first thing but non stop sunshine and feeling very pleasant on the west coast all day. The breeze isn't even too bad 🙂

giveitholly

Turned out a nice day with intermittent sunshine and temps getting up to nearly 19c

lawred2

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119280716#Comment_119280716

Just as we fly off

lawred2

Very intermittent showers today in between stretches of warm sunshine. Yer typical Irish summer's day. Great for plants.

Lovely evening in Arklow after a decent but showery day

Its 18c at 8pm though

Wasn't expecting that !

pauldry

Wasn't a bad day in Sligo and got to 17c and sunny at times. But it's Saturday. Our pet day. Tomorrow will prob be pishn once more.

We should get one or 2 hot days from the heatwave though before it all goes to pot after a week.

esposito

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119281847#Comment_119281847

Keep the faith Paul, this HP could last longer than you think.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119280746#Comment_119280746

Thursday had 0.3mm in a 24 hour period.

The rainfall amount for the month of June was 5% above normal. Wet start and finish to the month with a long dry period in the middle.

giveitholly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119281829#Comment_119281829

Have you much rainfall got in this recent unsettled spell?

Ozvaldo

dark grey breezy cork city

pauldry

This week is a complete write off for the Northwest. The South and East will get nice weather.

Overall the South and East might get 2 weeks of good weather at least and the Northwest 3 days.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119283585#Comment_119283585

Looks pretty shite for the NW

For most areas, rainfall amounts will be between 0 and 5 mm (10 to 20% of average). Western and northern parts of Connacht and Ulster will have somewhat higher rainfall amounts with between 10 and 15 mm (60 to 70% of average)

Generally most areas were duller than normal over the past week, with sunshine totals between 50 to 110% the average. Dublin had the sunniest weather, with almost 40 hours of sunshine recorded there at Casement Aerodrome. Less than 19hours was recorded in Malin Head. Over the coming week, there will be a good deal of cloud overall. The best of the sunshine will be in the east and southeast of the country with around average or above average amounts here. It will be cloudier to the west and north with below average sunshine amounts expected, especially in parts of Connacht and Ulster. 

After well above average rainfall over the past week, some soils in Connacht and western parts of Ulster and Munster are saturated with a few places waterlogged. The driest soils are in east Leinster with soil moisture deficits of 30 to 50mm in parts there. Field conditions will gradually improve as the week progresses, with only the soils in Donegal expected to remain close to saturation.

fits

Hay is down in Carlow 😀

CruelSummer

Is the upcoming warm spell confined to the southern half of the country or will some western areas get it? Trying to plan next weekend!

pauldry

Won't be bad in the West next weekend if charts stay the same. 19 to 22c likely at least. The past 5 weekends in Sligo in June/July have been

Weekend 1 Max 17c

Weekend 2 Max 16c

Weekend 3 Max 15c

Weekend 4 Max 14c

Weekend 5 Max 16c.

So compared to that itl feel tropical. There's been strong winds all those weekends too bar the 1st one.

Gonzo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119286488#Comment_119286488

There is still a great unknown about the upcoming warm spell. Charts today have definitely dialed back on the heat compared to the past few days but overall things look good from Thursday and into next weekend for some warm weather, but not exceptinally warm. The GFS, ECM and GEM have temperatures which I think look on the low side considering the upper air temperatures. Generally 19 to 23C across the midlands, south and east and 17 to 20 across the north-west and west coasts. It is not until Monday 11th July that temperatures begin to take off.

The Working week of July 11th to 15th looks very warm to hot, but there is great uncertainty to how warm it gets and how long we can prolong a breakdown. This mid July period will likely see a breakdown which could be quite thundery. Temperatures between the 11th and 13th may get into the high twenties and 30C in a few spots cannot be ruled out. The GFS has been playing around with a final day of heat during this week where temperatures across much of Leinster and Munster could potentially get into the 29C to 33C range but this has a very low chance of verifying. Todays GFS 12z has sobered up and certainly dialed back on the one crazy hot day scenario and is going for someing more realistic.

CruelSummer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119286610#Comment_119286610

Thanks for that information, great post. Hopefully we will all get some summer weather coming our way.