Summer 2019 - General Discussion

lawred2 · 04-06-2019 08:59AM

Easily the worst morning I can remember for a good while

sryanbruen · 04-06-2019 09:03AM

sryanbruen wrote: »

Short term memory? Been rubbish but I wouldn't call it 2012 or 2015 levels.

I would call this morning a typical morning in early June 2012. Absolute crap!

DOCARCH · 04-06-2019 09:06AM

sryanbruen wrote: »

I would call this morning a typical morning in early June 2012. Absolute crap!

June 2012....my wettest month on record! What a month. 242.4mm.

lawred2 · 04-06-2019 09:07AM

DOCARCH wrote: »

June 2012....my wettest month on record! What a month. 242.4mm.

That's not going to happen again is it?

Please tell me that there is some change predicted!

sryanbruen · 04-06-2019 09:12AM

lawred2 wrote: »

That's not going to happen again is it?

Please tell me that there is some change predicted!

Some similarities with June 2012 but I wouldn’t say it’ll be as bad as that was. Second week of June 2013 is another time that I found comparable to now.

km79 · 04-06-2019 09:22AM

Dismal
And what’s worse is the rain looks like it’s going to pivot much further west than originally forecast and remain over us all day FFS

screamer · 04-06-2019 09:27AM

Miserable as it is, I’m glad to see some rain. The council has already been advising us to conserve water usage, as water tables haven’t recovered significantly since last summer. A wet June and warm July and August- I’ll take that, thanks

appledrop · 04-06-2019 09:49AM

Torrential rain here in Dublin + currently 10 degrees with a high of 12 degrees expected. You can't beat an Irish summer!

francie81 · 04-06-2019 09:54AM

Thank god I have one more week of this

Graces7 · 04-06-2019 10:10AM

DRY out here! we had this y;day. Your turn now!

It is only rain!

km79 · 04-06-2019 10:11AM

km79 wrote: »

Dismal
And what’s worse is the rain looks like it’s going to pivot much further west than originally forecast and remain over us all day FFS

The met eireann rainfall forecast sequence seems to be based on the old forecast
Showing as dry here all day and now
It’s pissing

Graces7 · 04-06-2019 10:11AM

screamer wrote: »

Miserable as it is, I’m glad to see some rain. The council has already been advising us to conserve water usage, as water tables haven’t recovered significantly since last summer. A wet June and warm July and August- I’ll take that, thanks

Agree totally. The difference to my garden is amazing after the rain. Well worth it

04-06-2019 10:22AM

Graces7 wrote: »

Agree totally. The difference to my garden is amazing after the rain. Well worth it

Exactly, water table in the midwest was diminishing to a critical point until last week. An interval of steady rainfall is welcome to offset the balance, and allow for a prolonged dry spell later on.

Gonzo · 04-06-2019 10:48AM

absolutely horrendous morning here, heating and lights on. Lots of surface water.

Was watching gavs weather yesterday and he is already talking about the possibility that this June could be similar to June 2012 in terms of northern blocking and hinting that this cool+unsettled spell could last for weeks. The one thing that's locked in right now is the next 7 to 10 days look terrible, after that we just have to hope that the models and weather improve in time for July and August.

Oscar Bravo · 04-06-2019 11:15AM

Holding dry here in Castlebar .... for the moment

lawred2 · 04-06-2019 11:20AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Exactly, water table in the midwest was diminishing to a critical point until last week. An interval of steady rainfall is welcome to offset the balance, and allow for a prolonged dry spell later on.

And what if it's just the start of a three month prolonged wet spell?

If we were sure of a warm and dry July and August sure I doubt anyone would care too much about the recent weather..

lawred2 · 04-06-2019 11:21AM

Gonzo wrote: »

absolutely horrendous morning here, heating and lights on. Lots of surface water.

Was watching gavs weather yesterday and he is already talking about the possibility that this June could be similar to June 2012 in terms of northern blocking and hinting that this cool+unsettled spell could last for weeks. The one thing that's locked in right now is the next 7 to 10 days look terrible, after that we just have to hope that the models and weather improve in time for July and August.

vomit

km79 · 04-06-2019 11:23AM

The rainfall warning issued only a few hours ago and the morning forecast already look wrong
Clearing to showers with clear spells in connacht and Munster by afternoon ???????
I don’t think so

Graces7 · 04-06-2019 11:24AM

lawred2 wrote: »

And what if it's just the start of a three month prolonged wet spell?

If we were sure of a warm and dry July and August sure I doubt anyone would care too much about the recent weather..

A bad case of the "what ifs"...

if that happens we will cope and as bravely, competently and cheerfully as we always do.

The weather does as the weather does.. we adapt .

Graces7 · 04-06-2019 11:25AM

lawred2 wrote: »

vomit

:eek:

pad199207 · 04-06-2019 11:26AM

Need I say anymore....

Graces7 · 04-06-2019 11:27AM

km79 wrote: »

The rainfall warning issued only a few hours ago and the morning forecast already look wrong
Clearing to showers with clear spells in connacht and Munster by afternoon ???????
I don’t think so

so far not a drop or drip of rain out here.. west mayo offshore

reading this?

https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/status-yellow-rainfall-warning-in-place-for-11-counties-928576.html

Less than we had the last days. :

km79 · 04-06-2019 11:31AM

Forecast vs reality

Graces7 · 04-06-2019 12:06PM

wind getting restless now. still dry.. west mayo

lawred2 · 04-06-2019 12:13PM

Graces7 wrote: »

A bad case of the "what ifs"...

if that happens we will cope and as bravely, competently and cheerfully as we always do.

The weather does as the weather does.. we adapt .

oh I know that - but saying you're ok with today's weather because of the water table in advance of dry weather is by Irish standards very presumptuous..

pauldry · 04-06-2019 12:14PM

After Mays 80mm in Markree v 49mm in Sligo

June is again ahead at Markree 9mm v 6mm Sligo

SleetAndSnow · 04-06-2019 12:26PM

rain finally stopped in Cork City for now, wind has picked up though and its fairly chilly out there

Graces7 · 04-06-2019 12:37PM

lawred2 wrote: »

oh I know that - but saying you're ok with today's weather because of the water table in advance of dry weather is by Irish standards very presumptuous..

No idea what you just said...

All we are saying ( and I am not alone in this) is that we need rain desperately. Hence OK with whatever comes. OK anyways

sryanbruen · 04-06-2019 12:41PM

Graces7 wrote: »

No idea what you just said...

All we are saying ( and I am not alone in this) is that we need rain desperately. Hence OK with whatever comes. OK anyways

He said that he interpreted the post as saying we're expecting a prolonged dry spell after this wet weather (so completely ok with the fact it's raining now in case of drought concerns if we were to have the dry spell) which one should not assume in Ireland.

lawred2 · 04-06-2019 12:47PM

Graces7 wrote: »

No idea what you just said...

All we are saying ( and I am not alone in this) is that we need rain desperately. Hence OK with whatever comes. OK anyways

Might have been a clunkily constructed sentence but not that hard to understand..

If hot dry weather was on the horizon then I could understand statements of concern about refilling water reserves or the water table... but as it is there is as much chance of a wet summer as there is warm dry weather.

So I don't really see the truly desperate national need for rain.

Summer 2019 - General Discussion

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