Summer 2020 - General Discussion

Donegal Storm · 17-08-2020 3:02pm

Normality has resumed in Donegal, I guess that's that for the summer then. At least we got a good 10 day spell out if it

pad199207 · 17-08-2020 3:09pm

Hardly a drop of rain in Kildare since very early this morning

namloc1980 · 17-08-2020 3:11pm

Unreal amounts of rain falling here most of the day in east Cork. Absolutely teeming down continuously.

Oneiric 3 · 17-08-2020 3:22pm

redsteveireland wrote: »

I blame it on your constant mocking and downplaying of the rain, always wanting more heavier, meaningful downpours and destructive thunderstorms, its nature's way of laughing back at you :pac:

Never in my life have I witnessed a summer with such consistently low rainfall rates!

Once again, I am puzzled as to why Galway was again included in those rainfall warnings issued yesterday for today. Nothing more than the very odd spit here which is nothing more than was expected.

appledrop · 17-08-2020 3:27pm

Its been raining here since early morning but it probably won't show up as much in mm as its that drizzlely/ misty rain all day long.

km79 · 17-08-2020 3:32pm

Avoiding the rain again in South Mayo!
Very humid though

Joe_ Public · 17-08-2020 3:39pm

After stubbornly squinting for the guts of an hour, finally gave in and turned the light on at 4.15 so i could read properly. Immediately checked date to confirm i hadn't fallen into a deep slumber and woken up in mid November.

Gonzo · 17-08-2020 3:58pm

appledrop wrote: »

Its been raining here since early morning but it probably won't show up as much in mm as its that drizzlely/ misty rain all day long.

same here in Meath, we've been stuck under a misty drizzle grey slate layer since yesterday morning and the ground has remained damp throughout. Apart from some showers last night it is mostly just misty rain but it's enough to keep everywhere looking wet and feeling damp.

After such a disappointing run of weather the change over to the Atlantic from later tomorrow won't see much difference here other than the rainfall, we might even get back to start seeing some sun so this change in the pattern isn't really going to very noticeable here other than rain and wind, temperatures might even improve.

SleetAndSnow · 17-08-2020 4:02pm

Think the east side of cork city is getting hit more then the west (bishopstown, togher etc). While it's constantly raining, there's no monsoon type rain yet.

Cork safety alerts posting that parts of midelton are now flooded and barely passable as is Cloyne

namloc1980 · 17-08-2020 4:17pm

5 straight hours of very heavy downpours in east Cork. Localised flooding especially on secondary roads. Haven't see anything like it in quite a while.

josip · 17-08-2020 4:30pm

Donegal Storm wrote: »

Normality has resumed in Donegal, I guess that's that for the summer then. At least we got a good 10 day spell out if it

And we had the good fortune to schedule our summer break for Tuesday to Friday last week in Donegal. We were so happy with the weather we extended by a day until Saturday. Swam every day.

It has been miserable today in Dublin compared to last week in the NW.

zisdead · 17-08-2020 4:48pm

I won't even try to describe the rain falling in Gorey the last few hours but especially the last 45 mins..

munsterlegend · 17-08-2020 5:10pm

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Think the east side of cork city is getting hit more then the west (bishopstown, togher etc). While it's constantly raining, there's no monsoon type rain yet.

Cork safety alerts posting that parts of midelton are now flooded and barely passable as is Cloyne

Sun is shining in west cork today and dry virtually all day.

namloc1980 · 17-08-2020 5:14pm

munsterlegend wrote: »

Sun is shining in west cork today and dry virtually all day.

West Cork had the best of it today. North and East Cork torrential rain since midday.

redsteveireland · 17-08-2020 5:15pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Never in my life have I witnessed a summer with such consistently low rainfall rates!

Once again, I am puzzled as to why Galway was again included in those rainfall warnings issued yesterday for today. Nothing more than the very odd spit here which is nothing more than was expected.

All joking aside I have to agree with you, even what's forecast for the rest of the evening /night comes nowhere near a warning level.

appledrop · 17-08-2020 6:08pm

27.7mm of rain so far today at Moore Park so definitely heavy rainfall out there just maybe not where predicted.

km79 · 17-08-2020 6:21pm

No longer avoiding the rain

Pops_20 · 17-08-2020 6:24pm

The last few days have just been terrible. If it wasn't so humid it would feel like November.

squarecircles · 17-08-2020 6:53pm

what does the yellow hashed lines around the southern and eastern coastline denote on the met eireann weather warning mobile app,it seems to be a new feauture,but no explanation as what it pertaines to.

Wine Goddess · 17-08-2020 7:09pm

Spent Fri to today in Westport and it was glorious on Friday and Saturday, Sunday was overcast from 5pm but still warm.
We sat out on Saturday evening until almost midnight, beautiful weather.
I'm so glad Donegal got some good weather they tend to have the worst of it most times.
So blessed to have a mini break before the deluges started. Sunshine is essential for the soul and we've seen precious little of that this summer with the cloud.

Gonzo · 17-08-2020 7:23pm

If I had known the west and north-west in particular where going to enjoy 7 to 10 days of summer I may have planned a staycation there and actually experienced summer.

The past two days here in Meath have been chilly and misty. This evening has turned quite foggy and now there is heavy rain along with the fog which is an unusual sight.

Tomorrow looks an improvement for eastern areas in terms of temperature with temperatures climbing back into the high teens and possibly scraping 20C in a few areas if there is any sunshine. Overall a very wet scene across the country from tomorrow with no shortage of rainfall over the next 7 to 14 days. There is a glimmer of hope that things may begin to settle down during the first week of September but that is a long way off. The doors of Autumn have swung open.

Danno · 17-08-2020 7:47pm

Avoiding alot of the rain here in south Laois, and indeed across much of the county. Looking at the radar loop and it's literally spinning around our borders!

Thelonious Monk · 17-08-2020 7:52pm

Back after over 6 weeks on the med. You couldn't see the runway in Dublin until we were about 10 meters above it this evening. I have to say I enjoyed the squabbling over our terrible weather on this forum while I was away. Some people just really p*ssed off. Some people convincing themselves a 19c windy as f*ck day with the odd bit of sun is a lovely summer's day. At least I don't care about having to stay indoors for a while, who'd want to go out in that?
Our options to travel may change in future as it has this summer, but sun lovers like myself just need to spend as much time as possible in the sunny Euro places or you'll just be miserable stuck in this crap day after day. Hopefully next summer travel options are better.

pad199207 · 17-08-2020 7:58pm

Danno wrote: »

Avoiding alot of the rain here in south Laois, and indeed across much of the county. Looking at the radar loop and it's literally spinning around our borders!

Same in Kildare. Hardly a drop all day.

Danno · 17-08-2020 8:00pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Back after over 6 weeks on the med. You couldn't see the runway in Dublin until we were about 10 meters above it this evening. I have to say I enjoyed the squabbling over our terrible weather on this forum while I was away. Some people just really p*ssed off. Some people convincing themselves a 19c windy as f*ck day with the odd bit of sun is a lovely summer's day. At least I don't care about having to stay indoors for a while, who'd want to go out in that?
Our options to travel may change in future as it has this summer, but sun lovers like myself just need to spend as much time as possible in the sunny Euro places or you'll just be miserable stuck in this crap day after day. Hopefully next summer travel options are better.

Good for you - but is there really a need to gloat?

Oneiric 3 · 17-08-2020 8:04pm

Pig sick of this 'summer', and so much for the promise of even some proper rain today. 1.0mm accumulated from the occasional spits :rolleyes:

My attention is now increasingly turning to winter. Probably will be just a repeat of this summer but at least we won't have to be looking at that God awful, low hanging sky for 15 hours + a day.

Gonzo · 17-08-2020 8:17pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Pig sick of this 'summer', and so much for the promise of even some proper rain today. 1.0mm accumulated from the occasional spits :rolleyes:

My attention is now increasingly turning to winter. Probably will be just a repeat of this summer but at least we won't have to be looking at that God awful, low hanging sky for 15 hours + a day.

One of the worst summers I have ever experienced since I was born. Summer started 1st of June and ended 24 hours later on June the 2nd. By then I had developed a decent farmers tan from the sunny Spring and that is long gone and back to being a milkbottle after 2 and a half months of almost continuous cloud with the exception of 4 or 5 isolated sunny days.

pauldry · 17-08-2020 8:38pm

I'd say Sligo had the best June in all of Ireland. We had 25 days of little or no rain after a very dry May. It rained like crazy on the 26th June and then for a month or so. We had one of the worst Julys in all of Ireland. First 15 days were cold dark and dank. Next 16 weren't much better but there was sun. Beginning of August had 30 mm ofcrain but then 10 fairly warm dry sunny days in the 20s but I think that's our lot.

squarecircles · 17-08-2020 8:57pm

Gonzo wrote: »

If I had known the west and north-west in particular where going to enjoy 7 to 10 days of summer I may have planned a staycation there and actually experienced summer.

The past two days here in Meath have been chilly and misty. This evening has turned quite foggy and now there is heavy rain along with the fog which is an unusual sight.

Tomorrow looks an improvement for eastern areas in terms of temperature with temperatures climbing back into the high teens and possibly scraping 20C in a few areas if there is any sunshine. Overall a very wet scene across the country from tomorrow with no shortage of rainfall over the next 7 to 14 days. There is a glimmer of hope that things may begin to settle down during the first week of September but that is a long way off. The doors of Autumn have swung open.

arragh would ya stop being so dramatic man,the doors were never closed in the first place.

redsteveireland · 17-08-2020 9:14pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Pig sick of this 'summer', and so much for the promise of even some proper rain today. 1.0mm accumulated from the occasional spits :rolleyes:

My attention is now increasingly turning to winter. Probably will be just a repeat of this summer but at least we won't have to be looking at that God awful, low hanging sky for 15 hours + a day.

Heavy rain has appeared but again is restricted to the far Western fringes of the county, that's the issue with a full county warning with a county like Galway.

The other thing I've found with Galway is that if there is a hint of a good day, head for the coast, I have seen the cloud dissappear as soon as you enter the city and had great days at the beach.
On the flip side I have seen days where it is misty and gloomy in the city and then pleasant 20+ kilometres away.

squarecircles · 17-08-2020 10:31pm

Wine Goddess · 17-08-2020 10:58pm

Stunning photos Square circles!

Neddyusa · 17-08-2020 11:31pm

Gonzo wrote: »

If I had known the west and north-west in particular where going to enjoy 7 to 10 days of summer I may have planned a staycation there and actually experienced summer.

That's the thing. I don't think anyone on this forum forecast how good the last ten days were going to be in the north west.

What's going on my forecasting friends??!

highdef · 17-08-2020 11:46pm

squarecircles wrote: »

Some photos from Clare Island last week.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/98324789@N06/50237773643/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/

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Can you embed them so I don't have to click on each link? Also, if you've a load of photos there's a dedicated thread for them. Better to put them there in the first place, than here.

pad199207 · 18-08-2020 4:09am

After missing the rain all day yesterday in Kildare it’s now absolutely pouring down.

zerosugarbuzz · 18-08-2020 5:22am

pad199207 wrote: »

After missing the rain all day yesterday in Kildare it’s now absolutely pouring down.

Poured down all day yesterday in Dublin and still pouring down now. Doubt I’ll get through this year without leaving to her some sunshine, too depressing.

Slashermcguirk · 18-08-2020 6:54am

May and September tend to be very nice months. I think september is nicer than August most years

Gonzo wrote: »

If I had known the west and north-west in particular where going to enjoy 7 to 10 days of summer I may have planned a staycation there and actually experienced summer.

The past two days here in Meath have been chilly and misty. This evening has turned quite foggy and now there is heavy rain along with the fog which is an unusual sight.

Tomorrow looks an improvement for eastern areas in terms of temperature with temperatures climbing back into the high teens and possibly scraping 20C in a few areas if there is any sunshine. Overall a very wet scene across the country from tomorrow with no shortage of rainfall over the next 7 to 14 days. There is a glimmer of hope that things may begin to settle down during the first week of September but that is a long way off. The doors of Autumn have swung open.

Slashermcguirk · 18-08-2020 6:57am

USA seem to be having a scorcher of a summer. New York has hardly had a day under 30 degrees since early June with temps regularly between 33-38. Western USA roasting in recent days, 54.5 degrees in Death Valley and Phoenix Arizona averaging around 45 degrees each day.

USA and Australia heatwaves make European heatwaves look laughable

Clonmel1000 · 18-08-2020 8:54am

Slashermcguirk wrote: »

USA seem to be having a scorcher of a summer. New York has hardly had a day under 30 degrees since early June with temps regularly between 33-38. Western USA roasting in recent days, 54.5 degrees in Death Valley and Phoenix Arizona averaging around 45 degrees each day.

USA and Australia heatwaves make European heatwaves look laughable

And European heatwaves make Irish ones positively side splitting.

lawred2 · 18-08-2020 8:58am

zerosugarbuzz wrote: »

Poured down all day yesterday in Dublin and still pouring down now. Doubt I’ll get through this year without leaving to her some sunshine, too depressing.

started the exact same today

suppose it makes it easier to crack on with work and all the jobs I have around the house

lawred2 · 18-08-2020 8:59am

Slashermcguirk wrote: »

USA seem to be having a scorcher of a summer. New York has hardly had a day under 30 degrees since early June with temps regularly between 33-38. Western USA roasting in recent days, 54.5 degrees in Death Valley and Phoenix Arizona averaging around 45 degrees each day.

USA and Australia heatwaves make European heatwaves look laughable

I loved the New England/New York climate. Cold winters with decent snow with warm hot summers.

Gonzo · 18-08-2020 9:03am

Slashermcguirk wrote: »

May and September tend to be very nice months. I think september is nicer than August most years

yep the majority of my memories are poor Augusts but surprisingly good Septembers, particularly the first half of the month.

The rest of this month looks more or less a write-off, many places could see 100mm of rain before the end of the month with some western areas possibly getting over 150mm of rain if all the rain and low pressures verify.

There have been flimsy signs towards high pressure around first week of September but we are at least 10 days away from nailing that down.

4Ad · 18-08-2020 9:06am

Beautiful morning in East Clare after heavy rain since 5pm yesterday til late this morning..

sryanbruen · 18-08-2020 9:14am

Gonzo wrote: »

yep the majority of my memories are poor Augusts but surprisingly good Septembers, particularly the first half of the month.

The rest of this month looks more or less a write-off, many places could see 100mm of rain before the end of the month with some western areas possibly getting over 150mm of rain if all the rain and low pressures verify.

There have been flimsy signs towards high pressure around first week of September but we are at least 10 days away from nailing that down.

The settled start to September is favoured by the same teleconnections forecasted for this August period. One catch I could also say is hurricane activity is expected to significantly ramp up and we're nearing the peak of the season too which is mid-September. So I wouldn't be as confident on a pattern shift back to settled this time but it is there up for grabs.

Meanwhile... very grim outlook until then.

Xenji · 18-08-2020 9:17am

A nice start to the day in Castlebar, probably the brightest since Friday as even though we did have a lot of warm weather over the weekend the blue skies were mainly to be found along the coasts and in north Mayo.

Slashermcguirk · 18-08-2020 9:31am

USA has by far the best climate. New England with hot summers and snowy winters. Even California has lovely weather year round and great skiing. Colorado similar. Only place in Europe I would love to live is Nice in France with beautiful sunshine and a drive to Alps for skiing

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

And European heatwaves make Irish ones positively side splitting.

pauldry · 18-08-2020 9:46am

Xenji wrote: »

A nice start to the day in Castlebar, probably the brightest since Friday as even though we did have a lot of warm weather over the weekend the blue skies were mainly to be found along the coasts and in north Mayo.

Nearby Sligo has been lashing all morning but clearing slowly

nacho libre · 18-08-2020 11:28am

Neddyusa wrote: »

That's the thing. I don't think anyone on this forum forecast how good the last ten days were going to be in the north west.

What's going on my forecasting friends??!

I did mention back in July that the ec46- a long range forecast- indicated it might settle down for a bit after the first week of August. It was on the money that time, but it has been wrong in the past. With this in mind let's hope, as Sryanbruen mentioned, the hurricane season does not scupper the potential settled spell in early September.

Thelonious Monk · 18-08-2020 11:39am

Says it's going to get to 22c in Dublin and sunnyish, it's coming out now. Nothing wrong with that!

US2 · 18-08-2020 11:54am

The storm this weekend is looking like a red alert warning is it? I seen it mentioned 110 MPH gusts for Cork .

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