Summer 2022 - General Discussion

Gonzo · 21-08-2022 10:44AM

The setup over the next 10 days looks messy and could make forcasting a bit of a nightmare. Pressure will be highish at times but slack and little areas of low pressure could form anywhere over Ireland and the UK. The signal for proper high pressure to dominate into the final week of August is in the bin at this stage.

Next weekend and final days of August is looking increasingly cool and could potentially turn fairly unsettled with any warmth swept back down into the mediterranean with an autumnal feel across much of northern Europe including Ireland.

acequion · 21-08-2022 12:13PM

A lovely day today in Tralee. Sunny and quite warm which I wasn't expecting but am loving. 😀 I found yesterday chilly and autumnal and quite miserable last night. Fireworks for the Rose of Tralee cheered up the night sky.😀

Really hope Gonzo isn't right about low pressure taking over at the end of August as I love a fine September, it's always my favourite month in Ireland. But models are changing all the time so fingers crossed. And the coming week looks decent.

Slashermcguirk · 21-08-2022 12:38PM

Stunning day in Dublin, clear blue skies and 20 degrees. A super summer it has been, forecast looks good for coming week too. First lovely August in a while

lolie · 21-08-2022 01:02PM

Lovely day out today and a world away from yesterday.

Talking to a lad yesterday evening about all the rain that fell, he was convinced that 3 inches fell as that was what was in his wheelbarrow afterwards and no telling otherwise.

mr.stonewall · 21-08-2022 01:42PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119501310#Comment_119501310

The sloped sides argument needs to kick in on this one. More than double the surface area at the top Vs the bottom

highdef · 21-08-2022 02:39PM

A mild day in Trim, Meath. About 20°. Light winds with just the occasional light breeze. Partly cloudy but feeling pleasant in direct sunshine, owing to the near calm conditions.

pad199207 · 21-08-2022 02:44PM

An absolute peach of a day in Kildare today. Feeling warm.

Gonzo · 21-08-2022 02:45PM

It's a nice day in Dunshaughlin, about 20C too but when the sun does go behind a cloud you know about it, we're getting to that time of the year now where the peak summer warmth has left us and sun going behind clouds is a more chilly experience.

highdef · 21-08-2022 02:49PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119501611#Comment_119501611

Indeed, unless we import a warm air source from the South, it's getting to that point where we don't generate our own heat so much. Sure, it feels nice in the sun but it's the shade temperatures that are measured, not the infrared heat in direct sunshine.

Cluedo Monopoly · 21-08-2022 03:20PM

Today was a gorgeous August day. I was expecting rain for some reason but it was just lovely. West Galway.

Give me a summer like this every single year.

Kutebride · 21-08-2022 03:29PM

So warm in Meath. 21⁰. Feels warmer even. Blue skies with the white clouds very high up.

Wasn't expecting that. Was looking for shade ha ha

highdef · 21-08-2022 03:59PM

Skies have cleared further in the Trim area. Was partly cloudy a while ago, now mostly clear. By no means a clear sky though. Whilst it's lovely in the sun, if you're in the shade, you can tell that the airmass is not a very warm one, in ground level at least.

Kutebride · 21-08-2022 05:01PM

White clouds stacking up in the distance into the blue skies we had all day. Looks cool against the roof top buildings. Don't know how to rotate a photo after it's loaded.

22⁰ Meath

spookwoman · 21-08-2022 05:58PM

Pretty much cloudy all day in Waterford and the rain has started even though none forecast.

4Ad · 21-08-2022 06:00PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119501722#Comment_119501722

Totally agree a great summer.

I wasn't expecting todays heat...not complaining..

SuperBowserWorld · 21-08-2022 06:05PM

Drove from Wicklow to Tipperary today. Was absolute summer scorcher all the way. Blues, browns and greens. Beautiful.

Gonzo · 21-08-2022 07:18PM

Tomorrow will be another warm day, warmer than today especially across the south-west. It may start off dissapointing with some showers but these should clear away quickly and some sunny spells by the afternoon and into the evening. Temperatures getting up to 22 or 23C and maybe even 24C if there is enough sun.

Cumhachtach · 21-08-2022 08:09PM

Lovely day to day. Personally the feeling cool in the shade and when cloudy hits in around the autumn equinox, 21 September.

We are only a week away from recording 32.1C, the 7th hottest day recorded in Ireland since around 1880. So we're not that late in the year and that much hasn't changed in a week.

The sun strength is the same as April 21. We often recorded 23c on that date, as recently as 2019.

Last week may have left us feeling 21/22c slightly cooler than we'd usually feel it. 21c was recorded in the shade today. That's a good Irish summer's day and feels the same in any month from March to October.

pad199207 · 21-08-2022 08:38PM

A beautiful day today and much better then expected. To tell the truth I wouldn’t be surprised if we miss the rain again tomorrow.

Danno · 21-08-2022 10:30PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119502912#Comment_119502912

Indeed, as I mentioned earlier this weekend worked out way better than forecast especially for us living south of the Dublin-Galway motorway corridor.

km79 · 21-08-2022 10:32PM

So when will we pay for this frankly unbelievable two months of weather :D

adocholiday · 21-08-2022 11:02PM

Met Eireann did me a real dirty this evening. Forecast was dry until tomorrow morning so I stained my decking today. It's been raining steadily here in South Wicklow for the past hour or so, decking completely destroyed. It'll be multiple times the work now to sand it all back and start again.

pauldry · 21-08-2022 11:14PM

Didn't get the sun in Sligo today that we got yesterday but it was warmer than yesterday. 19c today. 17 yesterday.

PokeHerKing · 22-08-2022 07:01AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119503452#Comment_119503452

If this mornings GFS is right the first week of September looks horrific.

Kutebride · 22-08-2022 07:24AM

Lashing rain Meath. 16⁰.

Slashermcguirk · 22-08-2022 07:35AM

Dry again here in Dublin this morning although cloudy. Gotta say this is ranking among the best summers i can remember here in many years. July and August have been really excellent. I just looked at the rainfall stats for Phoenix park, only 9mm of rain so far in August (August can tend to be a wet month). Only 348mm of rain at Phoenix park in the whole of 2022 to date. Dublin airport is at only 329mm for the year.

If they were to record average levels of rainfall for the rest of the year that would put them at about 600-620mm for the whole year. Obviously it could end up a very wet Autumn winter but 329mm for nearly 8 full months is very impressive.

If we could replicate this summer in Dublin every year, I would definitely take it ! I can rarely recall so many dry days with temperatures in the 20s. Yesterday while cooler than previous weeks was still beautiful and sunny and 20 degrees.