We've had the sun, now the heat..

06-04-2007 1:57pm

I'm not moaning at all just sarcasming

High so far has been an absolutely brilliant 10.6c

Wind due east 6mph which isn't enough really to cause the cold and kilkenny is a whole 6c warmer...

The sun is absolutely lovely though-that bit is not sarcasm.

Trogdor · 06-04-2007 2:26pm

I know it's nice outside and i'm not complaining but i just had a look back through my records so far this year and this "warm" weather isn't that warm at all here anyway. My highest temp in this spell has been 13.7C yesterday that currently ranks as 9th highest this year, not that great;).

9. 5th April 13.7C

8. 12th Jan 13.9C

7. 9th Jan 14.0C

6. 3rd Jan 14.1C

5. 8th Jan 14.2C

4. 14th March 14.9C

3. 19 Jan 15.1C

2. 27th Feb 15.6C

1. 10th March 17.1C

Supercell · 06-04-2007 3:24pm

More to it than just temperatures. To be honest , anyone right by the coast is always going to have low temperatures at this time of year if the breeze is off the sea.

Go inland only a few miles its warm and sunny. And believe me, the sun can burn already, my head is testimount to that today.
I was sat on top of a mountain today and it was warm(ish) and sunny, not often you can say that!
14°C in January would be totally different conditions to what we have had the last week.
No complaints at all here so far (apart from blisters on my feet and the skin on my head feeling like its being pulled apart by midgets with hot hands!)

Snowbie · 06-04-2007 3:50pm

13.4c maxed out here so far.Just back from malahide castle and it was pleasant.T-shirt temps alright far from a scorcher but perfect nonetheless.
I say there is a 2c temp difference from where im located and where WC is near enough on the coast line.

13c atm.

darkman2 · 06-04-2007 4:35pm

Beautiful run from the 12z GFS. Very nice flow indeed. Temperatures into the 20's in some parts if we end up with a situation like this:

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn1741.png

Supercell · 06-04-2007 4:40pm

darkman2 wrote:

Beautiful run from the 12z GFS. Very nice flow indeed. Temperatures into the 20's in some parts if we end up with a situation like this:

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn1741.png

Maybe for the west, looks like fog on the east and south coastal areas.

darkman2 · 06-04-2007 5:12pm

You would have the sea breeze anyway so temps never going to be high in the East in that type of flow. Very pleasant further west though:

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn17417.png

Supercell · 06-04-2007 8:14pm

darkman2 wrote:

You would have the sea breeze anyway so temps never going to be high in the East in that type of flow. Very pleasant further west though:

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn17417.png

What's a sea breeze ? , don't get them here

Yep agreed, however warm moist air from a southern source over cool seas, not the same as the current cool dry air over cool seas.

West will definitely be best if those charts come off.

Snowbie · 06-04-2007 8:44pm

By sunday a more predominant westerly wind will take shape over the country combating the sea breeze a bit.Will get a tad warmer here in the east for us lowlander coastal dwellers.Whatever about next week the convective month will show its fury sometime soon.

rc28 · 07-04-2007 1:34pm

Gorse fires are becoming a big problem around the country, todays irish times has two articles on it on page2.
Here's a small report about one in Galway:
http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0406/galway.html
The ground has really dried out with no rain for 2 weeks now.

Snowbie · 07-04-2007 6:41pm

Again wall to wall sunshine almost again today.13hrs possible today and just got over 12 1/2 hrs in total.The yellow on the snapshot below on the chart represents solar measured today.

Mothman · 08-04-2007 8:54am

trogdor wrote:

I know it's nice outside and i'm not complaining but i just had a look back through my records so far this year and this "warm" weather isn't that warm at all here anyway. My highest temp in this spell has been 13.7C yesterday that currently ranks as 9th highest this year, not that great;).

9. 5th April 13.7C

8. 12th Jan 13.9C

7. 9th Jan 14.0C

6. 3rd Jan 14.1C

5. 8th Jan 14.2C

4. 14th March 14.9C

3. 19 Jan 15.1C

2. 27th Feb 15.6C

1. 10th March 17.1C

Same here up till today. Max this month till today 13.7C. 8 days this year with higher temp.

A westerly arrived during night. This is keeping maritime air at bay and temp is already 15C and nearly max of year. May get to near 17C before sea breeze replaces westerly.

Supercell · 08-04-2007 9:10am

Wouldn't be surprised if 20°C gets broken today in Kilkenny or maybe Casement.

Trogdor · 08-04-2007 10:06am

16.7C here and stilll rising fast, the sea breeze has started to surface now but atm the westerly is winning:D

ninebeanrows · 08-04-2007 10:22am

Could see some high temps today in the east.

19/20c possible

Currently 13c in Dublin Airport at 11am

Expect it to reach 18c there this afternoon.

ninebeanrows · 08-04-2007 10:31am

Just checked my thermo outside and indeed its around 15.5c and that's in my deeply shaded thermometer. Feels lovely and the breeze is WARM, lets hope the sea breeze doesn't even make it!

Snowbie · 08-04-2007 10:37am

Snowbie wrote:

By sunday a more predominant westerly wind will take shape over the country combating the sea breeze a bit.Will get a tad warmer here in the east for us lowlander coastal dwellers.

Well there is a west wind a blowing here at 5-8 mph.Temp 14.7c and steady.Not enough blow in that to stop a sea breeze pushing onshore.Highest temps will be now on shoreline and a gradual decrease from 1oclock onwards if the west wind increases well there is a chance we will get much higher temps for a change here.

ninebeanrows · 08-04-2007 10:46am

Bit of cloud encroaching from the west here

Snowbie · 08-04-2007 10:54am

Weathercheck wrote:

Bit of cloud encroaching from the west here

Left over stuff lifting from the midlands me think/hope/pray.:D
We get our heat from the land and then the cloud:rolleyes:

Temp up to 14.9c

rc28 · 08-04-2007 11:07am

Weathercheck wrote:

Bit of cloud encroaching from the west here

Im west of you in Meath and we had that cloud over us but it is now dissappearing.

zod · 08-04-2007 11:22am

what temp you think it will reach in Naas today? .. lot of cloud cover at the moment and doesn't feel as warm as yesterday

pp_me129 · 08-04-2007 11:49am

Clear day not a cloud in sight

Current temp in Wateford:14.2

Trogdor · 08-04-2007 12:25pm

reached 17.4C earlier, new yearly high:D. 16.2C now and some bubbly cumulus and some general haze

thebaz · 08-04-2007 2:37pm

could someone tell me will tomorrow be dry in Dublin , and tuesday if poss !
Get conflicting reports , with some saying it may rain tomorrow .
thanks.

08-04-2007 2:53pm

trogdor wrote:

reached 17.4C earlier, new yearly high:D. 16.2C now and some bubbly cumulus and some general haze

Indeed.
When driving down from the boards beers this afternoon (they were last night and where the hell was this boards representation eh ? eh ?)
Anyhow the jeep thermometer read 18.5c on the stretch from the beehive to north of the Arklow by pass.

My "official" high temp out in the open field was 16.3c.

All hail the westerly
All hail the westerly!

lucernarian · 08-04-2007 3:02pm

It's well warm here too. Cleaning the car at the moment, and it's definetely t-shirt weather. Frequent sunshine breaks and clouds too.:) Long may it last!!

ninebeanrows · 08-04-2007 4:38pm

thebaz wrote:

could someone tell me will tomorrow be dry in Dublin , and tuesday if poss !
Get conflicting reports , with some saying it may rain tomorrow .
thanks.

No rain in Dublin for the next 5 days

But tomorrow might get abit Dull for awhile.

Snowbie · 08-04-2007 5:06pm

Max 15.9c,mix of sun and cloud but tis nice atm.
15c now.

Snowbie · 08-04-2007 5:38pm

Broken sunshine today when we got our westerly brought a bit of stratus across the country.Shows up clearly on the graph bottom right.Mix of sun and cloud.

08-04-2007 5:50pm

Peaked at 16.7c here which felt warm compared to the 10.1c the other day in the northeasterly

All hail the westerly
All hail the westerly!

Looking good for the East this week given the prevailing westerly should prevent Irish sea breezes and warm us up.

All hail the westerly!

Currently 15c

Trogdor · 08-04-2007 6:35pm

I musn't be hailing the Westerly enough here, the sea breeze broke back in at around 2:30 bringing the temp down to around 12C. We got the Westerly back around a half hour ago and the temp is still rising slowly here, back up to 13.6C

Snowbie · 08-04-2007 6:40pm

Had also a dip of 2c around that time too and maxed out at 4:20.Strange thing though the sea breeze wasnt the cause.Was cloud and the lack of sun at that time.

08-04-2007 6:59pm

stayed westerly here all day
Now understandably dropping currently 12.3c

Supercell · 08-04-2007 7:32pm

Given the endless storms during the winter just passed, Its making this lovely sunny calm spell all the better to be savoured.
I've lost count of the last time it wasnt frosty and clear in the morning here, wonderful

arctictree · 08-04-2007 8:43pm

Maxed today at 16.5c

Weather has been great but no rain for the last 2 weeks and none forecast for at least 7 days. I'm an avid veggie gardener and this lack of rain is exactly whats not needed at this time of year...We need the heat but also the rain!!

A

Snowbie · 08-04-2007 9:58pm

arctictree wrote:

Maxed today at 16.5c

Weather has been great but no rain for the last 2 weeks and none forecast for at least 7 days. I'm an avid veggie gardener and this lack of rain is exactly whats not needed at this time of year...We need the heat but also the rain!!

A

Im a keen garderner myself of the flower kind.Soil is still saturated after the winter.If it may not look it on top but is below surface up to 10cm.Its not a drought were havin and especially not to be called that at this time of year.Sun may be stronger but half the strength of that in mid June.Remember your low temps up there in the mtns,the dew levels are enough to saturate top soil in the early mornings and soak before half is evaporated by mid morning sun.A subtle hosing if in doubt but i would not worry about it just yet.:)

Mothman · 08-04-2007 10:12pm

Snowbie wrote:

Im a keen garderner myself of the flower kind.Soil is still saturated after the winter.If it may not look it on top but is below surface up to 10cm.Its not a drought were havin and especially not to be called that at this time of year.Sun may be stronger but half the strength of that in mid June.Remember your low temps up there in the mtns,the dew levels are enough to saturate top soil in the early mornings and soak before half is evaporated by mid morning sun.A subtle hosing if in doubt but i would not worry about it just yet.:)

Agree with that. It's not the weather that mostly drys out the soil, it's the vegetation that sucks the soil dry. Growth is only just getting going. There is not much transpiration happening this time of year in a veg garden with bare earth and seedlings.

Slightly different on a grass farm with a thick sward of grass. I'd say it another dry week may start limiting grass growth.

Sure seeds a bit of water to get them going, but the roots sink down quick enough towards the damp a few cm down. Remember, the wet cools down the soil, so this dryness has an advantage and is counteracting the cold nights.
A dry spring could certainly impact during Summer, but there is a lot of water (or maybe not) to pass under bridge in mean time.

Mr. Brightside · 09-04-2007 5:25am

It should be WAY warmer here in Massachusetts than in Ireland. I cant believe Im going outside in 2C weather with highs of 9C, mad snow last week, windy, rain etc. when its much warmer back home. Why do I bother travelling abroad?

Mothman · 09-04-2007 9:40am

Cloudy over Wicklow all morning, looks like it's been sunny over Arklow all morn

pp_me129 · 09-04-2007 9:59am

11.4 in the shade

Same as yesterday clear sky no clouds

09-04-2007 10:03am

Yup the suns out down here but theres a lot of cloud too.

reached 13.3c so far

Slightly different on a grass farm with a thick sward of grass. I'd say it another dry week may start limiting grass growth.

Because theres been essentially no heat and a lot of cold nights grass growth has been poor,(eaten grass is not coming back at all due to the harsh north easterlies) so limiting it even further would be a disaster.The ground here is very dry now and getting hard.
If we keep the warmer weather of the past 48 hours and get the rain at the weekend grass should begin to shoot up.

pp_me129 · 09-04-2007 10:31am

12.6 now

Thats 1.2 in 30 mins!

Trogdor · 09-04-2007 11:02am

Was cloudy earlier but it's nearly all gone now, apart from over the mountains to the west. 14.3C here now and rising quite fast now that the suns out

Snowbie · 09-04-2007 11:04am

13.6c and feels warm in the sun out of the wind.Lots of cloud floating about.

pp_me129 · 09-04-2007 11:30am

13.4 and still rising woo:D

Snowbie · 09-04-2007 12:23pm

A heavy drizzle has been falling here for the last 10 mins:(

09-04-2007 1:16pm

very little sun here now but some now and again with the temp hovering at 14c or so.

pp_me129 · 09-04-2007 1:21pm

gone very very overcast here

Supercell · 09-04-2007 1:24pm

Snowbie wrote:

A heavy drizzle has been falling here for the last 10 mins:(

Do you live near high ground Snowbie?

I notice all the hills and mountains near here are covered in low cloud with rain on the windward sides, whilst to the lee there is a nice shadow effect.
Looks like its raining on Scarr which is only a couple of miles from here yet its lovely and sunny here with perhaps 4 octas coverage in its "shadow"

Snowbie · 09-04-2007 5:30pm

Longfield wrote:

Do you live near high ground Snowbie?

I notice all the hills and mountains near here are covered in low cloud with rain on the windward sides, whilst to the lee there is a nice shadow effect.
Looks like its raining on Scarr which is only a couple of miles from here yet its lovely and sunny here with perhaps 4 octas coverage in its "shadow"

No high ground from the windward direction today.Was a weak front over the north that reached here for awhile,nothing much though.Again 4or5 octas cloud covering here all morning then 8 octas(overcast and drizzle) but what a glorious end to the day and warm.:)
Maxed out at 16c currently 14.9c.

We've had the sun, now the heat..

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