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SUMMER WEATHER 2015 -GENERAL DISCUSSION THREAD

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,170 ✭✭✭WheatenBriar


    Meanwhile,first proper rain in a month now in Arklow \0/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,827 ✭✭✭fred funk }{


    Meanwhile,first proper rain in a month now in Arklow \0/

    Hate to say it but it's badly needed. The front garden is yellow.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭ComfortKid


    Hate to say it but it's badly needed. The front garden is yellow.


    I know I'm repeating myself, but that's unbelievable! The difference 70 or 80 miles make. My garden is like a swamp the last 2 weeks


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,995 ✭✭✭Schadenfreudia


    Met Eireann shows lots of rain but it is struggling to fall here! Only 0.6mm so far - seems the same at the 3 Dublin weather stations.

    I can easily live with brown grass for another two months!

    Cannot believe folk wishing for rain :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users Posts: 932 ✭✭✭snowstorm445


    Very mediocre last few days, dull and wet for most of day in West Cork. :( Looking forward to some warmer, if not drier, weather next week. :)


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭ComfortKid


    Cannot believe folk wishing for rain


    The same people will be hoping for sunshine after one or two days of rain. Unless their farmers, there's no excuse for it!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,597 ✭✭✭kingshankly


    Winters night here in South Armagh wind howling and lashing down


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,512 ✭✭✭✭Supercell


    Drizzly stuff, was hoping for better than this, come on!

    Have a weather station?, why not join the Ireland Weather Network - http://irelandweather.eu/



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,512 ✭✭✭✭Supercell


    ComfortKid wrote: »
    The same people will be hoping for sunshine after one or two days of rain. Unless their farmers, there's no excuse for it!

    Anyone that has any interest in gardening or veg growing in the SE is crying out for rain at the moment, the last few weeks have been arid.

    Have a weather station?, why not join the Ireland Weather Network - http://irelandweather.eu/



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,170 ✭✭✭WheatenBriar


    Supercell wrote: »
    Drizzly stuff, was hoping for better than this, come on!

    Rain rate currently up to 15mm/hr 35miles down the road
    8.8 total so far and rising :)
    Was windy all day but not since rain started


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  • Registered Users Posts: 3,766 ✭✭✭JM Skipton


    Always a good indication as to how wet or dry the weather has been is the promenade in Clontarf, it was yellow tonight...


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,995 ✭✭✭Schadenfreudia


    JM Skipton wrote: »
    Always a good indication as to how wet or dry the weather has been is the promenade in Clontarf, it was yellow tonight...

    Long may it remain so! :)

    Light rain continues to fall, 1mm so far....


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,170 ✭✭✭WheatenBriar


    Met Eireann shows lots of rain but it is struggling to fall here! Only 0.6mm so far - seems the same at the 3 Dublin weather stations.

    I can easily live with brown grass for another two months!

    Cannot believe folk wishing for rain :rolleyes:
    Ah it won't kill you to have some wet days,agriculture employs a lot of people and it's needed,you should never take for granted or allow the love of extreme weather cloud the effort that goes into food and one thing that's essential to grow it-water whether it's the lack of it or too much of it


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,512 ✭✭✭✭Supercell


    Rain rate currently up to 15mm/hr 35miles down the road
    8.8 total so far and rising :)
    Was windy all day but not since rain started

    Send that here please!

    Have a weather station?, why not join the Ireland Weather Network - http://irelandweather.eu/



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,170 ✭✭✭WheatenBriar


    Supercell wrote: »
    Send that here please!
    I think it's being deflected ne to sea by the mountains


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,999 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    lashing rain outside but almost 16C and it's nearly midnight, very warm for this type of weather. Really enjoying the 20C+ conditons over past 2 weeks, long may it continue. First noticeable rain that wets the ground that ive seen in 3 weeks.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,797 ✭✭✭✭hatrickpatrick


    Is it just me or has Tuesday's alleged heatwave all but disappeared from the charts?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,127 ✭✭✭squarecircles


    The heatwave potential has diminished,as has the widespread thunderstorm potential.it may get warm in inland eastern/southern areas for a day or two.it will be generally cloudy with out breaks of rain,particularly in western areas with potential for thundery showers in the east.the real heatwave is reserved for the UK i.e sunny and hot.any heat here will be flushed out by next weekend as the core of the heat retreats back to Spain,France.southern uk will also hold on to the heat.


  • Registered Users Posts: 33,758 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    Met Eireann shows lots of rain but it is struggling to fall here! Only 0.6mm so far - seems the same at the 3 Dublin weather stations.

    I can easily live with brown grass for another two months!

    Cannot believe folk wishing for rain :rolleyes:

    Grows grass for my cows.

    Greens the place up.


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,995 ✭✭✭Schadenfreudia


    RobertKK wrote: »
    Grows grass for my cows.

    Greens the place up.


    Sorry, I cannot empathise with the rain wanters. It is especially ironic when most of the folk here are complaining about how wet June has been and want some dry summer weather!

    Gardeners can use a hose.

    As for farmers, what farmers are we talking about? No many in Dublin :cool:

    The good news (thus far) is that the rain is not yet, at this late hour, materialising at this location.

    All good :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 922 ✭✭✭FWVT


    Sorry, I cannot empathise with the rain wanters. It is especially ironic when most of the folk here are complaining about how wet June has been and want some dry summer weather!

    Gardeners can use a hose.

    As for farmers, what farmers are we talking about? No many in Dublin :cool:

    The good news (thus far) is that the rain is not yet, at this late hour, materialising at this location.

    All good :)

    There are plenty of farmers in Dublin, especially in the north of the county, where it's a huge industry. It's not funny to be in a situation where your livelihood is being affected after a few weeks with no rain.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    Thanks to high dew point temperatures, it should "feel" as warm as 29 on Tuesday in places, though the actually air temperature will be no higher than around 24 at most.

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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭ComfortKid


    Did everyone get the rain they were hoping for last night? Hopefully so! Cracking morning here in Limerick, not a cloud in the sky.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,170 ✭✭✭WheatenBriar


    Got 14mms in Arklow and it looks like the ground sucked up every bit

    As for views verging on supporting no rain from June to September blizzards from november to April and tornadoes until May
    I just laugh tbh or ignore mostly


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,281 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Sure, blizzards and tornados.

    People support no rain and I'm one of them. I hate it personally when its misting every 2nd day, its awful and prevents people from doing any outside work from walking to cutting the grass.

    I don't understand how people want the weather to change everyday. When its windy and rainy, people want sun and calm, the minute its sunny and calm and people want rain again, then people want sunny and warm again.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 33,758 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    Got 6.2mm of rain, most of the rain was north of Kilkenny.
    Should get more this week.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 233 ✭✭Kalman


    After an uncommonly cold spring, the weather now in June, is just delightful and the forecast is good.

    A heat wave, is promised for Wednesday, 1st July. Lovely weather for the start of Wimbledon 2015. [Monday]


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,999 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Cycling 100k of the Grand Canal on Tuesday, will have to remember the sunscreen...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 922 ✭✭✭FWVT


    A heatwave is 5 consecutive days of temperatures at least 5 degrees above normal. We will not get that, but it will be nice alright.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    Kalman wrote: »
    After an uncommonly cold spring, the weather now in June, is just delightful and the forecast is good.

    A heat wave, is promised for Wednesday, 1st July. Lovely weather for the start of Wimbledon 2015. [Monday]

    I wouldn't really call it a heatwave. It looks like being a few days of warm, muggy, humid weather. Some places will get up around the mid-20s for a day or two while other places will struggle to get warmer than high teens. Expect showery and at times heavy and thundery rain too. it will be very pleasant in places at times but just don't expect blue skies everywhere!
    A different story over in England though, they will be getting proper hot weather, into the 30's in places.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭Danno


    RobertKK wrote: »
    Got 6.2mm of rain, most of the rain was north of Kilkenny.
    Should get more this week.

    Just 2.6mm here in over the border in Laois. On top of the 3.0mm on Thursday night it's very little considering the relative warmth and breeze that is sucking what little moisture there is out of the ground. Grass is yellowing and at the edges is burning.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 233 ✭✭Kalman


    I wouldn't really call it a heatwave. It looks like being a few days of warm, muggy, humid weather. Some places will get up around the mid-20s for a day or two while other places will struggle to get warmer than high teens. Expect showery and at times heavy and thundery rain too. it will be very pleasant in places at times but just don't expect blue skies everywhere!
    A different story over in England though, they will be getting proper hot weather, into the 30's in places.

    That will do ! I just love the warm days.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 922 ✭✭✭FWVT


    Kalman wrote: »
    30's in places! There's the potential for a heat-wave next week. It does look like continental Europe is going to turn increasingly hot.

    . "This does bring the risk of thunderstorms and it will be humid. So it's not necessarily a pleasant heat - not everyone likes it.

    "There's a period in the second half of next week where there's a chance we will be knocking on the door of 30C or so. Proper summer warmth.

    Just beautiful. I can live with that! :)

    Where exactly are you, because if you're in Ireland then you in for a disappointment. Those quotes do not refer to here


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 233 ✭✭Kalman


    FWVT wrote: »
    Where exactly are you, because if you're in Ireland then you in for a disappointment. Those quotes do not refer to here

    The West Country.

    Monday will be a hazy day with temperatures of 18-20 degrees. The weather will get warmer on Tuesday and temperatures are set to reach 22 degrees.

    The real warm weather from the south is due to arrive on Wednesday, bringing temperatures between 20-25 degrees across Ireland


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 922 ✭✭✭FWVT


    Kalman wrote: »
    The West Country.

    Monday will be a hazy day with temperatures of 18-20 degrees. The weather will get warmer on Tuesday and temperatures are set to reach 22 degrees.

    The real warm weather from the south is due to arrive on Wednesday, bringing temperatures between 20-25 degrees across Ireland

    So not Ireland then. Sorry, I am on the phone so not sure if your location is on your profile.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 233 ✭✭Kalman


    FWVT wrote: »
    So not Ireland then. Sorry, I am on the phone so not sure if your location is on your profile.

    On Holiday !


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭ComfortKid


    Another cloudy, breezy day. Dissapointed after a beautiful morning. Great for drying but thats about it.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,995 ✭✭✭Schadenfreudia


    ComfortKid wrote: »
    Did everyone get the rain they were hoping for last night? Hopefully so! Cracking morning here in Limerick, not a cloud in the sky.

    Well I certainly got as much rain as I was hoping for - a total last night of 1.8mm! :)

    Nice warm dry day now.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,188 ✭✭✭Elmer Blooker


    a total of 8mm over the past few days, it has brought a little bit of life back into the garden.
    Meanwhile, I think I'll keep a bale of briquettes on stand by just in case!
    http://modeles.meteociel.fr/modeles/gfs/runs/2015062812/gfs-1-186.png?12


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭ComfortKid


    a total of 8mm over the past few days, it has brought a little bit of life back into the garden. Meanwhile, I think I'll keep a bale of briquettes on stand by just in case!


    This might sound really stupid, but how come if I water my plants they're grand, but a bit of rainfall makes them grow mad. Do the chemicals in our tap water effect the plants some how?


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭ComfortKid


    And also, how do ye messure the rainfall?


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 233 ✭✭Kalman


    ComfortKid wrote: »
    And also, how do ye messure the rainfall?

    It's easy. However, you need a rain gauge, which is a device[ usually glass] with a wide measured funnel to collect the rainfall. There are markings on the gauge to indicate how much water there is in there>>i.e., 1inch/ 2inch etc, etc.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭ComfortKid


    Kalman wrote:
    It's easy. However, you need a rain gauge, which is a device[ usually glass] with a wide measured funnel to collect the rainfall. There are markings on the gauge to indicate how much water there is in there>>i.e., 1inch/ 2inch etc, etc.


    But I'd get a different measurement than someone else if I used a different sized glass?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,736 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    Why isn't there any rain? My garden is rock hard. :-(
    When do ye think we will get some real wetting down through the soil?
    (Dublin area)


  • Registered Users Posts: 33,758 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    ComfortKid wrote: »
    And also, how do ye messure the rainfall?

    I have a weather station, the Davis vantage pro2.
    One of the best things I ever bought.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 233 ✭✭Kalman


    ComfortKid wrote: »
    But I'd get a different measurement than someone else if I used a different sized glass?

    Not really, if your container was really small, then you would need to measure at frequent intervals that's all.

    Measuring rainfall was a part of my work. I then logged the results for future reference.
    Most rain gauges generally measure the precipitation in millimetres.
    The level of rainfall is sometimes reported as inches or centimetres.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭ComfortKid


    Anyone know the forecast for the waterford area tomorrow? Different weather sites completely contradicting each other.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,995 ✭✭✭Schadenfreudia


    ComfortKid wrote: »
    Anyone know the forecast for the waterford area tomorrow? Different weather sites completely contradicting each other.


    Go with Met Eireann - they are the best bet.

    And I notice they are giving 24C for the Limerick area by Tuesday :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 922 ✭✭✭FWVT


    ComfortKid wrote: »
    But I'd get a different measurement than someone else if I used a different sized glass?

    1 mm is 1 litre/sq. m. If you know the area of your funnel and the diameter of the container is the same then the depth of water in it will be your rainfall.

    If the funnel is a different diameter then you need to take volumes into account. Modern tipping bucket rain gauges work on this principle. They are calibrated to tip every time one of the small buckets on a see-saw type mechanism fills with usually an equivalent of 0.1 mm


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭ComfortKid


    And I notice they are giving 24C for the Limerick area by Tuesday


    About time! :-) Hopefully the breeze either goes away or gets warmer. Thanks, Checked met.ie but couldn't find anything about South East. Just want to know if there is rain due there or not.


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