Summer 2020 - General Discussion

NIMAN · 02-08-2020 1:53pm

Glorious now. Amazing what a change you can have if the clouds clear and the sun comes out.

Met Eireann says no more rain for the rest of the day now in the far north, off to the beach for an hour or so.

If only we had this more often.

NIMAN · 02-08-2020 1:54pm

DellyBelly wrote: »

Think most of the southern hemisphere countries would disagree with you..

You know what I mean.

02-08-2020 2:18pm

Another lovely day in Cork City. Yesterday morning was nice but cloudy in the middle part of the day. Today not as warm as of late but you can't argue with blue skies and 18 degrees.

degsie · 02-08-2020 3:31pm

https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0802/1156958-european-heatwave/

Finally...

SleetAndSnow · 02-08-2020 4:06pm

Clouds rolling into West cork, strongish chilly breeze too. Warm in the sun though

Supercell · 02-08-2020 4:48pm

Something to cheer you all up, looking at my weather records for the last few years would imply that its likely we just passed peak summer, maybe some warmer blips but ..from here the sweating mostly stops.
Check out last years temperatures progression to see what I mean.

https://www.loughlinstown.ie.

OldRio · 02-08-2020 5:15pm

Showers and cloud.

Meteorite58 · 02-08-2020 5:39pm

Pleasant day here in Kerry, increasing sunshine throughout the day, no rain but once or twice felt a few light drops earlier. Grand for pottering around cycling, swimming and cutting the grass and such like. Bit of a breeze on the coast but compared to July's weather gone by it is a huge improvement. Escaped the worst of the rain yesterday also, grand morning if a bit cloudy at times, bit of rain during the middle of the day but cleared up again to a fine evening. Loads of fresh air for sure the last couple of days, grand once you can get out for a few hours each day.

Continuing this week a bit mixed but once there are a few dry spells and a bit of blue in the sky now and again showing I dont mind too much. Only up to 16.5C atm so looking forward to it being a bit warmer as the week goes on.

r93kaey5p2izun · 02-08-2020 7:18pm

Short spell of drizzle there after a dry breezy day. Suddenly feels cold in West Dublin.

lolie · 02-08-2020 8:12pm

Turned out miserable enough here after dinner.
Dry and fairly sunny until shortly after 2 oclock before the showers came, 3 slow moving showers which for the first few minutes were torrential. Heavier than they looked on the radar.
Only 13c out now, hopefully dry now until Tuesday. S Cavan.

appledrop · 02-08-2020 8:19pm

It was nice here in NCD in early afternoon but have had 3 heavy showers since 5pm + raining now again.

appledrop · 02-08-2020 8:32pm

sryanbruen wrote: »

After the dullest June since 1993 at Dublin Apt, July with 102.5 hrs was the third dullest July on record and dullest since 1986. August would need at least 139.0 hrs of sun to save it from being the dullest summer on record.

February this year, despite all the rain and shorter daylight, had slightly more sun than July with 103.3 hrs.

From the figures I have available, Cork seemed to fare best with 161.8 hrs provisionally which is close to average, though Johnstown Castle might have had more.

Monthly summary be available around Tuesday or Wednesday in anyway to confirm.

It must also be one of wettest + coldest July as well in recent years anyway.

Average mean temperatures way down + think 24 degrees was highest maximum which is very low. Usually reaches about 26 for a normal July.

Gonzo · 02-08-2020 8:40pm

appledrop wrote: »

It must also be one of wettest + coldest July as well in recent years anyway.

Average mean temperatures way down + think 24 degrees was highest maximum which is very low. Usually reaches about 26 for a normal July.

definitely the worst July since 2012 in most places, perhaps even worse than 2012 in a few places. Most of the country has finished up with an overall chilly July with temperatures between 1 and 2 degrees below average. Very wet month as well in many places with quite a few places finishing up with most stations exceeding the 100mm mark and some even exceeded 200mm.

SleetAndSnow · 02-08-2020 8:43pm

Lovely evening in West cork, warm in the sun and blue skies with some high clouds. Still a chilly breeze at times.

pad199207 · 02-08-2020 8:56pm

Heavens have opened in D12

appledrop · 02-08-2020 9:01pm

pad199207 wrote: »

Heavens have opened in D12

Isn't it great all the different saying we have in Ireland for rain?

I suppose it rains so much + we love to talk about the weather that we had to develop a language fir all different types of rain.

J Cheevor Loophole · 02-08-2020 9:21pm

pad199207 wrote: »

Heavens have opened in D12

Always knew Crumlin was a gateway to Heaven

Oscar Bravo · 02-08-2020 10:04pm

BBC weather for the week ahead and gave well into the following week as well. Basically Tuesday/Wednesday not great then settling down nicely.

sryanbruen · 02-08-2020 10:16pm

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

BBC weather for the week ahead and gave well into the following week as well. Basically Tuesday/Wednesday not great then settling down nicely.

Going along with recent output so

less of a plume the better for Ireland in my eyes.

Oscar Bravo · 02-08-2020 10:31pm

A rather dismal day if you like high temperatures, todays max:

Phoenix Park 19.0
Moorepark 18.7
Cork Airport 18.3
Grange 18.3

pad199207 · 02-08-2020 11:35pm

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

A rather dismal day if you like high temperatures, todays max:

Phoenix Park 19.0
Moorepark 18.7
Cork Airport 18.3
Grange 18.3

Same here in Kildare 18.7°c

compsys · 03-08-2020 12:10am

Supercell wrote: »

Something to cheer you all up, looking at my weather records for the last few years would imply that its likely we just passed peak summer, maybe some warmer blips but ..from here the sweating mostly stops.
Check out last years temperatures progression to see what I mean.

https://www.loughlinstown.ie.

What sweating?

If you were sweating during the July just gone you must be in a bad way lol.

It was not a warm couple of weeks and most nights got down to well below 15 degrees (the definition for a sweaty night imo).

Xenji · 03-08-2020 11:46am

A dry and bright morning in Castlebar, 18C already.

km79 · 03-08-2020 11:55am

Xenji wrote: »

A dry and bright morning in Castlebar, 18C already.

The hills are alive with the sound of lawnmowers

SleetAndSnow · 03-08-2020 12:37pm

Dry, sunny morning in West cork with little wind. Warm in the sun but chilly when it does go behind s cloud and the wind picks up a bit.

03-08-2020 1:12pm

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Dry, sunny morning in West cork with little wind. Warm in the sun but chilly when it does go behind s cloud and the wind picks up a bit.

Very similar in the city. Few spots of rain at lunchtime but brightened up again quickly.

DumbBrunette · 03-08-2020 2:44pm

Lovely sunny day at Old Head beach in Mayo but cirrus cloud starting to thicken up a bit.

SleetAndSnow · 03-08-2020 5:33pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Very similar in the city. Few spots of rain at lunchtime but brightened up again quickly.

Definitely clearer down west, drove up today and back down just now. Clearer here, but less humid and more of a cooler sea breeze. Both very pleasant and acceptable

appledrop · 03-08-2020 5:46pm

Nice dry day in Dublin.

Great to see everyone out enjoying the day.

Still very little sun but sure we are used to that at this stage.

Donegal Storm · 03-08-2020 8:19pm

Not a bad weekend on the whole around here, was out on the west coast today and while it was chilly in the sea breeze it was at least dry and relatively bright so could still get out to do some exploring.

Back to wind and heavy rain tonight and tomorrow I see, just to remind us not to start getting notions :rolleyes:

giveitholly · 03-08-2020 8:35pm

Was it here someone posted a couple of weeks ago about some farmer in Meath predicting the weather to settle down in August. They could be right after Wednesday

Danno · 03-08-2020 8:40pm

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Watery sun here from the warm front out west.

Oscar Bravo · 03-08-2020 9:18pm

Should be a nice Full Moon to your east in the next 30 minutes Danno. To cloudy here.

Oneiric 3 · 03-08-2020 10:04pm

About 3 mins of sun here in total here today, and that accumulated from a few, well spaced out 3 to 5 second spits and spats before 1pm. Sky overwhelmingly overcast this evening to the point of looking quite ominous.

PS, is anyone else finding this forum kinda 'glitchy' this evening? When I clicked on 'last post' in this thread it led me back to posts that were posted days ago.

lawred2 · 03-08-2020 10:10pm

Quite a lot of sun and warmth in North county Dublin today

Same yesterday really

Gaoth Laidir · 03-08-2020 11:23pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

About 3 mins of sun here in total here today, and that accumulated from a few, well spaced out 3 to 5 second spits and spats before 1pm. Sky overwhelmingly overcast this evening to the point of looking quite ominous.

PS, is anyone else finding this forum kinda 'glitchy' this evening? When I clicked on 'last post' in this thread it led me back to posts that were posted days ago.

The website has been a pain in the arsenal the past week or so. They should get the finger out and do something about it. They're not responding on their Twitter account and no updates. According to them all is fine and dandy.

appledrop · 03-08-2020 11:26pm

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

The website has been a pain in the arsenal the past week or so. They should get the finger out and do something about it. They're not responding on their Twitter account and no updates. According to them all is fine and dandy.

Yep absolute nightmare. I'm forever getting connection errors + too msny users whatever that is + when I click into forum update post ususlly brings me back a few days. Headwrecking.

Gonzo · 03-08-2020 11:37pm

yep all day today seeing old posts and have to refresh the page a few times to see current posts.

Gaoth Laidir · 03-08-2020 11:49pm

Gonzo wrote: »

yep all day today seeing old posts and have to refresh the page a few times to see current posts.

It's been happening on and off for several days.

Gonzo · 04-08-2020 12:30am

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

It's been happening on and off for several days.

could be a caching issue with Cloudflare showing old pages/posts as recent until the user performs a refresh.

eon1208 · 04-08-2020 7:39am

Terrible morning in North East Laois. At the moment its hard to see where the sttled conditions are. Clouds darkness damp and windy.

amadangomor · 04-08-2020 7:46am

Been through every Irish summer imaginable but can't remember so many dark days.

If you woke up from a coma and had to guess which month it was, looking out at that morning you would guess December.

(5th time trying to post this!!!)

OldRio · 04-08-2020 9:18am

It rained most of last night and it's raining still.
Leitrim

Donegal Storm · 04-08-2020 9:39am

Like a winters morning in Donegal, utterly miserable

SleetAndSnow · 04-08-2020 10:10am

Heavy showers all night in West cork and drizzling all morning so far. Rotten.

alentejo · 04-08-2020 10:24am

Question: Is August the least likely time of year to have high pressure over Ireland?

km79 · 04-08-2020 10:30am

Horrible morning in south mayo
Yday was nice

SleetAndSnow · 04-08-2020 10:31am

Status Yellow - Rainfall warning for Donegal, Galway and Mayo
Met Éireann Weather Warning

Heavy rain with additional accumulations of 20 to 40mm expected. Spot flooding possible, with poor visibility and poor driving conditions.

Valid: 09:00 Tuesday 04/08/2020 to 13:00 Wednesday 05/08/2020

Issued: 09:45 Tuesday 04/08/2020

Status Yellow - Rainfall warning for Clare, Cork and Kerry
Met Éireann Weather Warning

Heavy rain this evening, tonight and tomorrow morning will give accumulations of 20 to 40mm, with potentially higher amounts in mountainous areas. As soils are saturated from recent rainfall this additional rainfall will lead to spot flooding.

Valid: 15:00 Tuesday 04/08/2020 to 12:00 Wednesday 05/08/2020

Issued: 10:00 Tuesday 04/08/2020

Ah lovely another yellow rainfall warning

NIMAN · 04-08-2020 11:40am

Nice day yesterday and thankfully got the grass cut because it is rain of biblical proportions for the last 3 hrs here.

Harry Palmr · 04-08-2020 11:52am

The very definition of an increasingly rare Irish day - a soft one!

Summer 2020 - General Discussion

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