Elmer Blooker wrote: » Hazy today? Its crystal clear where I am? (N Dub) 15.9c at the moment but feels warmer in the sunshine five days short of the equinox.
Oneiric 3 wrote: » I haven't looked at the models today but last night they suggested that we 'make the most of it'. I see mention of the sunset yesterday evening. There was a very gorgeous 'golden glow' shortly afterwards. I wonder was there smoke or something from the N. American continent in the atmosphere as it was not a typical maritime type hue.
Sunrise and sunset chasers discovered something odd this summer: In rural Colorado and the rest of the Northern Hemisphere, Earth’s daily light shows were turning purple. Now, weather balloons probing the stratosphere have traced the mysterious purple light to a volcanic eruption in Russia. On 22 June, Russia’s Raikoke volcano blasted ash and sulfuric gas 17 kilometers into the stratosphere. Eruptions that violent are rare—the last to spew gases that high was in 1991, when Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines blew its top. Researchers monitoring the stratosphere with high-altitude balloons soon found a layer of sulfur particles 20 times thicker than normal. This was enough to explain the purple sunsets and sunrises and to pin them on the Raikoke eruption, they report this week.
sryanbruen wrote: » Another day of sun tending to be hazy in nature in my area. Temperature has very little impact for me. Have seen a lot of such days this year with visibility not that great.
compsys wrote: » Hardly, no? Friday 2nd August was stunning. 22 degrees and clear, gin blue skies. We'd a work day out and took the boat from Dun Laoghaire to Howth so I remember it vividly.
Xenji wrote: » It has been pretty grimm, Athenry is running at 368.4mm of rain since the start of August, Newport is not that far behind with 335.3mm and it looks like next week could be quite wet as well. Belmullet only has had 223.7mm as a comparison with Mace Head having just over 200mm
sryanbruen wrote: » Best day since 3 July is all I’ll say on the weather in Dublin, magnificent!
DOCARCH wrote: » I'd say best day in Dublin since last Saturday!
Oscar Bravo wrote: » Beautiful. That is all
Danno wrote: » Clear and calm. Overnight low on the AWS of 3.3c. A chilly start, but up to 9c now.