Summer Weather 2014

Stinicker · 17-06-2014 2:00am

I know an elderly chap who says snow in the Kerry Hills in June sometime in the 1940's.

OneEightSeven · 17-06-2014 2:45pm

Sun index was 7.6 at 1p.m.:http://www.uvawareness.com/uv-index/uv-index.php?location=dublin

Will it be sunny on the 21st? It would be interesting to see how high it goes.

Cherrycola · 17-06-2014 2:52pm

What's the general consensus for next week?

(Why didn't we book our week away this week!!!

)

maquiladora · 17-06-2014 3:18pm

Cherrycola wrote: »

What's the general consensus for next week?

(Why didn't we book our week away this week!!! )

Bit too early to say. It looks like temperatures will peak tomorrow and then gradually lower over the following days. At the moment next week looks like temps in the high teens, with more cloud in the mix but sunny spells possible. Basically not as warm and settled. That could still change though.

gothwalk · 17-06-2014 4:25pm

Friends in Finland are reporting sleet and snow right down the country today. Meantime, it's 23.5C in the shade in Maynooth, according to the house thermometer there.

ongarboy · 17-06-2014 5:00pm

wow, look at ME's latest temp forecast for tomorrow!! Hot with max of 29 in places - that is a signficant upgrade from 26!!

http://www.met.ie/forecasts/

oak5548 · 17-06-2014 5:18pm

ongarboy wrote: »

wow, look at ME's latest temp forecast for tomorrow!! Hot with max of 29 in places - that is a signficant upgrade from 26!!

http://www.met.ie/forecasts/

Their 5 day forecast map is still only showing about 23-24 at the highest. Certainly nowhere near 26 or above.

Something doesnt seem right to me but one can hope! I'd love 29 degrees.

red_bairn · 17-06-2014 5:38pm

Heading over to London tonight and back here on Friday night. I'll probably chill out in some park some time on Thurs/Friday. I'm on the Aircoach and it feels like its high 30s with aircon broke.

Greystones was hazy now and again today but been quite mild and clear.

OneEightSeven · 17-06-2014 6:17pm

Met Eireann have issued a weather warning:

http://www.met.ie/nationalwarnings/default.asp

National Weather Warnings

STATUS YELLOW

High Temperature Warning for Connacht

Temperatures will reach highs of between 27 and 29 degrees during Wednesday.

Issued: Tuesday 17 June 2014 18:00
Valid: Wednesday 18 June 2014 12:00 to Wednesday 18 June 2014 18:00

DKO · 17-06-2014 9:23pm

Weather in Finland (Kotka on the Baltic east of Helsinki) was cold and drizzly, a cold northerly blowing, 5 degrees with a real feel of 1. How well I end up working here this week with the lovely weather back home!

maquiladora · 18-06-2014 5:27pm

Early days still but an improvement on the models for next weeks outlook. Some further warm weather reaching the low 20s looks possible now.

OneEightSeven · 18-06-2014 6:43pm

It's been a week since it last rained. 8 more days to go until we can declare a drought for the second Summer in a row.

Calibos · 21-06-2014 3:30pm

Kermits event thread closed.

Event not finished here in Bray though

Lovely little micro-climate enclave wrapped on all four sides by the sea and Wicklow/Dublin Mountains. This is Day 6 or 7 of near constant sunshine here. The first few days it was Blue skies after about noon when the sea fog burnt off. The last few days it was blue skies after about noon when the higher level wavy cloud burnt off or was dissolved by Dublin mountain uplift or something. Perhaps its the sea breeze pushing it a few miles inland. At any rate whatever the cause, the Sat images would show the cloud boundary dissolving at the Dublin Mountains SoCoDU area putting Bray and extreme east coast in the clear while the rest of the country has a lot of haze/cloud.

Lovely cooling sea breeze on the seafront while only a hundred metres back from the seafront Hot Hot Hot without being Oppressive Oppressive Oppressive

A fine Summers day in Bray is now heaven ever since Dublins finest found a new playground in Howth and Portmarnock.

whitebriar · 21-06-2014 4:34pm

Ditto here in Arklow ,wall to wall sun today and hot out of the breeze.

maquiladora · 21-06-2014 5:04pm

A pleasant 20 and mostly sunny here in Waterford now.

Looks like it will last until a break of sorts on Wednesday.

Supercell · 21-06-2014 5:50pm

Lovely in Loughlinstown too, sitting here beside the BBQ sipping a cider ahhhhh lovely.

Oscar Bravo · 21-06-2014 9:46pm

A lovely end to the longest day of the year in Castlebar, clear blue skies.....

km79 · 21-06-2014 9:56pm

I was in Portugal for 2 weeks at start of month. Missed the week of bad weather. Not seen rain in nearly 2 months :-D

Wine Goddess · 22-06-2014 7:33am

We headed to Clonakilty next weekend for 2 weeks.
Would anyone hazard a guess as to how the weather might be?
like do I have to pack rainwear as well as shorts:-)
thanks for any info!

Wine Goddess · 22-06-2014 7:33am

We headed to Clonakilty next weekend for 2 weeks.
Would anyone hazard a guess as to how the weather might be?
like do I have to pack rainwear as well as shorts:-)
thanks for any info!

Calibos · 22-06-2014 11:45am

The cloud/haze developing over the country right now grazed us in Bray for about an hour from 10-11am but the sea breeze/maritime air or whatever the reason has once again pushed it back inland a few miles, so it's looking like another Blue Sky Stunner in Bray again today.

OldRio · 22-06-2014 1:01pm

Well another disappointing day. Lovely start for an hour or two followed by cloud cover. It looks like it could rain. Those 2.5 days of sunshine last week are a distant memory. (Leitrim area)

Tarzana · 22-06-2014 1:51pm

Poor Leitrim. Truly the freak county of Ireland. (Joking, JOKING! :-P)

delw · 22-06-2014 2:33pm

Sun beaming,18c,better than i expected sunshine wise

pauldry · 22-06-2014 10:58pm

today i got sunburnt with no wind or sun just cloud.

so if you ever think a bright day is cloudy in mid summer BRING SUNCREAM
:eek::cool:

July looks an unsettled mess with Low Pressure returning .

Foot cough Low

Rikand · 22-06-2014 11:18pm

Tarzana wrote: »

Poor Leitrim. Truly the freak county of Ireland. (Joking, JOKING! :-P)

I'd say a familar story throughout much of the midlands. I was in Tulsk and Athlone today. Great morning until about 11 AM, then the clouds rolled in and stayed for the day

Video · 23-06-2014 12:26am

Wine Goddess wrote: »

We headed to Clonakilty next weekend for 2 weeks.
Would anyone hazard a guess as to how the weather might be?
like do I have to pack rainwear as well as shorts:-)
thanks for any info!

Pack the rain gear only by the looks of it... id bring 1 pair of shorts (sunny spells) and just raincoats judging by the models

Calibos · 23-06-2014 8:56am

Today marks at least seven straight days if virtually unbroken sunshine in Costa Del Bray. Could be more. Can't remember what the previous weekend was like??

Tarzana · 23-06-2014 12:00pm

Can't believe the top temp in Dublin yesterday was only 19.5c. Felt soooo much hotter!

Calibos · 23-06-2014 12:46pm

The east coast from Dublin southward looking like it will again maintain its blue skies while the rest if the country Hazes/clouds over.

hatrickpatrick · 23-06-2014 1:33pm

pauldry wrote: »

July looks an unsettled mess with Low Pressure returning .

Based on...?

sunbeam · 23-06-2014 1:34pm

Glorious day in Achill today after the dull misery that was yesterday. Hope it stays fine for bonfire night tonight.

Tarzana · 23-06-2014 1:57pm

Clouding over a bit in Dublin. The beginning of the end...

pauldry · 23-06-2014 3:17pm

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Based on...?

The Long Term weather models last night which have changed for the better today.

yipee. So uncertain now more than unsettled

hatrickpatrick · 23-06-2014 3:25pm

pauldry wrote: »

The Long Term weather models last night which have changed for the better today. yipee. So uncertain now more than unsettled

Got a link to any of these? I've been looking for them myself!

OneEightSeven · 23-06-2014 5:25pm

I've been feeling a few drops of rain here in Ashbourne.

OldRio · 23-06-2014 7:38pm

Well a stunning day in Leitrim. Warm and sunshine. I was truly making hay whilst the sun shines. Fingers crossed for dry weather for a couple of days.:D

Gonzo · 24-06-2014 6:39pm

I missed out again on the warm weather here last week, hopefully July will see a proper heatwave like the one we had last year!

sunbabe08 · 25-06-2014 9:07am

anyone else look at the radar this morning and think what on earth is that? rain has returned to the island

:( it was a nice 2 weeks there

Supercell · 25-06-2014 10:28am

15th day in a row here with zero rain so far. Lawn turning yellow, ground where I haven't watered is like concrete. Hoping for some rain here soon!

red sean · 25-06-2014 10:31am

It's on it's way! Light continuous rain here in North Sligo since very early morning.
Sad to say, it's needed for same reasons you gave. Water too expensive for flowers any more!

Supercell · 25-06-2014 12:02pm

red sean wrote: »

It's on it's way! Light continuous rain here in North Sligo since very early morning.
Sad to say, it's needed for same reasons you gave. Water too expensive for flowers any more!

Wish it was, Dublin shield in place ! In fact hazy sunshine here now on and off.
Looking good for rain later in the week, fingers crossed!

whitebriar · 25-06-2014 12:35pm

Milky sunshine here too in Arklow and 18.1c

Gonzo · 25-06-2014 1:22pm

dropping rain here for past hour or 2, not really wetting the ground tho. Hopefully the rain does not get any heavier.

DOCARCH · 25-06-2014 4:26pm

Dry spell has ended pretty abruptly this afternoon. After 14 days with no rain...heavy rain now (rain rate of 10.2mm/hr)...6.4mm so far...now the wettest day of the month so far.

Must be an orographic element to the rain here as I see all the Dublin stations are reporting only very small rainfall amounts?

Calibos · 25-06-2014 6:07pm

I know I harp on about Brays micro climate and the Wicklow/Dublin Mountain rain shield/Fohn generator and how the sea breeze held the last few days cloud/haze a few miles inland blah blah...but tbh I wish the rain shield would drop for a few hours today. Nothing apart from a few minutes worth of very light drizzle. The rain front seems to be pivoting around Bray. Gggrrr!! Would love a good downpour now and so would the garden.

JCX BXC · 25-06-2014 6:28pm

sunbabe08 wrote: »

anyone else look at the radar this morning and think what on earth is that? rain has returned to the island :( it was a nice 2 weeks there

We just had 2 weeks of rain fall here in west clare in the past 5 hours.

Poppin Fresh · 25-06-2014 6:37pm

Only starting to rain here now just outside Cork City. Its been a while.

whitebriar · 25-06-2014 6:44pm

DOCARCH wrote: »

Dry spell has ended pretty abruptly this afternoon. After 14 days with no rain...heavy rain now (rain rate of 10.2mm/hr)...6.4mm so far...now the wettest day of the month so far.

Must be an orographic element to the rain here as I see all the Dublin stations are reporting only very small rainfall amounts?

Bone dry in Arklow still,there's even a bit of sun still trying to poke out! Not for long by the looks of the radar north of here but the mtns should save us.Peaked at 21c here for a bit mid afternoon in a period of sunshine.
If we get to midnight here without rain,can I call a drought?

DOCARCH · 25-06-2014 6:50pm

whitebriar wrote: »

If we get to midnight here without rain,can I call a drought?

If...you may.

Rain stopped here. Ended up with 8.2mm. Grass happy!

Summer Weather 2014

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