July 11th - 12th very very hot

Mothman · 11-07-2005 10:53pm

Weathercheck wrote:

But that's hardly a proper and official station just data sent in by
a weather enthuasiast like you to help with meto climate data...

If we were to count official stations there has not been.. that's
is as far as i know anyway..

Wrong again

Take a look at the map of climatological stations
http://www.met.ie/aboutus/weatherobservingstations/climap.asp

Boora and Belderrig are both marked.

My station is an official station. installed by Met eireann. I'm not on map as the map is a bit out of date :rolleyes:

I'm not talking about my AWS and the auto updating on my website, but the Stevenson's Screen, raingauge and Campbell Stokes recorder. I take readings once daily at 9:00GMT and send data in after months end.

ninebeanrows · 11-07-2005 11:02pm

Yea i know i seen those cards

Anyone i was just abit annoyed with the

WRONG

Ever seen this before

Mothman · 11-07-2005 11:16pm

Yes another scorcher, though see breeze will keep temp down with me. But I may just squeeze highest temp of year which is currently 25.3°C on June 17th.

Even better is the 15.6hrs sunshine recorded today

You're not the only one that gets abit annoyed with what's put up here

Victor · 11-07-2005 11:20pm

Willem D wrote:

The external temperature gauge in my car driving home from work said 32.5C btw here in Limerick.

Not relevant, your car's figures will be thrown out by a lot of factors.

Be wary of using the NRA figures as they are often taken, um, next to roads where they suffer from the direct effects of vehicles, localised summer smog and the dark surface of the road, but I laugh at:

N72 Fermoy
Jul 11, 22:07
Road temp 32.7° C.
Moist

ninebeanrows · 11-07-2005 11:21pm

Yea it hasnt been an expectional event in my back yard
just 24.5c today. But the fact that we have had 2 days with totally
totally blue skies and perfect sunsets is amazing!

It still 20.2c here now!

And im sorry if i annoy you just tell me what annoys you and i'll try and sort
out my problems

ninebeanrows · 11-07-2005 11:27pm

I really think it will be hard to get 30c tomorrow partly because the
heat will spark of some showers during the afternoon. The latest
model output gives a dood amount of Energy available for storms
tomorrow and suggests possible TS's later tomorrow across the mids..

A later surprise perhaps!

ninebeanrows · 12-07-2005 9:05am

I think im dying...

Woke up at 9am and could hardly open my mouth the room was like
some sort of oven. I walk out the back garden and it is amazingly
warm. Definately by far the warmest it has ever felt here at 9am.

The temperature is a crazy 23c and it feels even warmer :eek:

Mothman · 12-07-2005 9:12am

Weathercheck wrote:

I think im dying...

Woke up at 9am and could hardly open my mouth the room was like
some sort of oven. I walk out the back garden and it is amazingly
warm. Definately by far the warmest it has ever felt here at 9am.

The temperature is a crazy 23c and it feels even warmer :eek:

Totally the same here. 24C!!

I think my 09z high temp is going to be shattered. Its 2C warmer that this time yesterday and this after a low of 9.6C

ninebeanrows · 12-07-2005 9:14am

Not to mention the fact there isnt a breath of wind!!..

And 23c is a reserved estimate. I took that from my thermometer
that is in 24/7 shade...

My AWS which is in a bush and not in direct sunlight
in the garden is currently recording 27c!!

Baldie · 12-07-2005 9:19am

Willem D wrote:

The external temperature gauge in my car driving home from work said 32.5C btw here in Limerick.

Ya mine reached 30c at 3pm yesterday in Limerick city. Ye weathercheck guys are wrong!

Darwin · 12-07-2005 9:52am

I got 33.4 yesterday from a sensor I have outside. This was after 5pm though - I think the sun is catching it as it sets. Still yesterday was definitely the warmest so far, I wonder what today will bring

ninebeanrows · 12-07-2005 9:56am

Well @ 10am it's approaching 25c :eek:

24.6c

Mothman · 12-07-2005 10:07am

Its a possibility temp may have already maxed here with a good breeze kicking up. I still think I'll get to about 26C later

Was 24.4C, down to 24.0C at 09z

Easily my highest 09z temp on record (since 1999)

12-07-2005 10:22am

no wind at all here yet, hardly a leaf moving and 25c
I think its gonna get very hot here too :eek:

Looking up towards lug na quilla,the convection has already started with very high what I call hiroshima clouds with a dark grey angry looking base.

Mothman · 12-07-2005 10:33am

Earthman wrote:

Looking up towards lug na quilla,the convection has already started with very high what I call hiroshima clouds with a dark grey angry looking base.

I can see those clouds from here.

Temp falling as the wind is more from east and from sea. now 23.5°C

ninebeanrows · 12-07-2005 11:00am

Yep temp is stationary here @ 24c.. due to a breeze picking up

Kilkenny will get 30c today i feel

lucernarian · 12-07-2005 11:17am

Yesterday the temperature around my area peaked at only around midday with both Dunleer and Drogheda NRA stations stuck at around 25.5. I hope the temperatures will rise more but even as I type there is a force 3 or 4 breeze outside.

Car thermometer did record 30 for the first time but that is pretty inaccurate.

It's interesting to note that most of the temperatures above 22 are along the east coast according to the NRA at 10 am. Has this got to do with the way the sun rises?

12-07-2005 11:23am

To_be_confirmed wrote:

It's interesting to note that most of the temperatures above 22 are along the east coast according to the NRA at 10 am. Has this got to do with the way the sun rises?

Two factors there,yes the sun but also inland is cooler at night so it takes longer to get started getting warm.

Also in the morning at first, the coast has no sea breeze as the inland hasnt heated up enough so it's equalised.

ninebeanrows · 12-07-2005 11:25am

Mist and Low Cloud seemed to build across much of the country
during the night and burned away from the east first..

Kilkenny 25c @ 10am
Dublin 24c @ 10am

Sea breezes are now kicking up and thank god for them or i mite
of baked to death! Living 500m from the sea has its good points
on a day like today

Gonzo · 12-07-2005 11:57am

its almost 26c outside now altho its starting to get a bit hazy and clouds are poping up fast.

ninebeanrows · 12-07-2005 12:06pm

Yea there should be some interesting showers inland after 3pm!

JackieChan · 12-07-2005 12:11pm

NRA are showing road temperatures over 41 degrees.
Does this have any impact on driving?
Also I see from met eireann that Kilkenny maxed out at 29.2 yesterday followed closely by Claremorris at 29 with third place going to Clones at 28.6

12-07-2005 12:24pm

Weathercheck wrote:

Yea there should be some interesting showers inland after 3pm!

Looking towards the Wicklow mts, heres some babies being formed

Apologies for the poor shots-blame the camera not the photographer.

The wind here was in the north for a while and very light nudging that cloud south but is East now off the Sea and quite strong.
Temps dropped back to 23 now.

Gonzo · 12-07-2005 12:24pm

its almost totally cloudy now, things started great but its definitely feeling cooler over past 20 minutes as well, if this is countrywide we wont get as high as yesterday and definitely not that 30c.

zAbbo · 12-07-2005 12:26pm

Theres a bit of a breeze about as well, which is nice, it was just as warm as yesterday earlier, but the breeze makes it cooler

FranknFurter · 12-07-2005 12:42pm

I'm photosensitive, anyone got any idea how much longer i'm gonna be sitting in my bedroom with the blackout curtains up?

Im going ever so slightly insane as you can imagine.

12-07-2005 12:49pm

Quite a while possibly if high pressure reestablishes itself next w/end...

And that is looking very likely plus after an initial cool down another re heat is likely, ie a re run of what we have now.

Doesnt look like too much rain from weak weather fronts later in the week either at the moment(except from localised thunderstorms/showers set off by the heat) as the azores high is desperately trying to do a 1995 on us.

Gonzo · 12-07-2005 1:01pm

temperature has dropped back to 22c from the 26c we had an hour ago, hopefully this clould will break up again and the warm, sunny weather returns soon.

Danno · 12-07-2005 1:09pm

Def hotter today than yesterday.

Clonmel is way out in the lead at the mid 27s at the mo...

Mothman · 12-07-2005 1:15pm

Earthman wrote:

Two factors there,yes the sun but also inland is cooler at night so it takes longer to get started getting warm.

Unfortunately my site blows that theory up in smoke.

04z 9C
05z 10C
06z 16C
07z 22C
08z 24C
09z 24C
10z 23C
11z 23C
12z 22C

A lot of convection over Wicklow mountains to my west and a lot more hazy today.

Mothman · 12-07-2005 1:23pm

12z
Kilkenny 28
Birr 26
Casement 26
Rosslare 19
Malin head 15!!

Danno · 12-07-2005 1:23pm

So, the big question is...

Will Ireland break the 30c mark today... me think so.

Danno · 12-07-2005 1:24pm

Met.ie

Kilkenny at 28c.

Was 26c this time yesterday...

JackieChan · 12-07-2005 1:30pm

Its up from 26c that met.ie were showing an hour ago

Danno · 12-07-2005 1:37pm

Hmm... 31c or 32c possible IMO if a shower doesn't break out is a real possibility... still 2 hours to go till 4pm hot point of the day...

12-07-2005 1:38pm

Mothman wrote:

Unfortunately my site blows that theory up in smoke.

04z 9C
05z 10C
06z 16C
07z 22C
08z 24C
09z 24C
10z 23C
11z 23C
12z 22C

A lot of convection over Wicklow mountains to my west and a lot more hazy today.

Heh! mothman, you live in a very special area,I'd call you an exception that proves a rule.Although I dont have figures,I doubt very much if the overnight low here was anywhere near 9c,I'd guess 13 or 14c

Kilkenny looks like one of the fewer places today on target for 29 and maybe 30c

JackieChan · 12-07-2005 1:45pm

Heh! mothman, you live in a very special area,I'd call you an exception that proves a rule.Although I dont have figures,I doubt very much if the overnight low here was anywhere near 9c,I'd guess 13 or 14c

I'm in the midlands and the temps were definitely in excess of 15/16c last night.
I awoke at 4am this morning and with 4 windows in the bedroom open it still felt like a warm May day!! I love the warm days but find the warm nights a killer...not that we have to many of them. :rolleyes:

Gonzo · 12-07-2005 1:45pm

the eastern third of the country has cooled down considerably in the past hour or two with temperures between 18c and 23c, it was way warmer this morning, but the midlands and west are now far hotter typically 24c-28c

12-07-2005 2:24pm

There appears to be a very bright echo on the radar down over offaly somewhere.
It looks intense and just getting going.
It could be anaprop/false or it could be a very heavy shower

Meanwhile(and I know some dont like the NRA stations) but Enniscorthy is at 27.4 whilst Arklow is at 20.5-thats a big difference for 20 odd miles!

Macroom in Cork and a few others have reached 28.

The hotter plume of air seems to be more in the south midlands right down to cork at the moment, thats also where a lot of the action shower or thunder wise may be should it kick off.

Danno · 12-07-2005 2:50pm

Big black cloud coming to Portlaoise from Roscrea/Birr area... loonk menacing.

Bhoy has the humidity gone up too...

JackieChan · 12-07-2005 3:32pm

Met.ie now showing Kilkenny at 29c (14:00 UTC)

Gonzo · 12-07-2005 4:09pm

some dark clouds around me and its dropping rain outside, no thunder, about 23c

12-07-2005 4:52pm

radar is pretty benign at the moment except for that one spot west of portlaoise and over offaly somewhere-more will probably appear soon as from now untill 8 or 9 pm would be peak danger period for those.
Quite a few over Northern England where there has been sferics.
None of that over Ireland as yet.

Gonzo · 12-07-2005 4:57pm

looking at met eireann's website atm for 1500 shows the cooling off quite well across the country, Kilkenny down from 29c to 26c with Shannon and Birr at 27c and everywhere else is lower than that, so I think were past the peak of this heatwave and the 30c never happened. Its still very warm for most people with most places hopefully getting 24c maybe 25c tomorrow and about 20c on the coast.

12-07-2005 5:25pm

I dont know where you are getting that impression Gonzo, there are loads of places that are warmer today than yesterday which doesnt equate to a cooling off.
Certainly some midland sites are experiencing a drop in temperature due to a build up in convection cloud obliterating the strong sun, but it has nothing to do with a general cooling down from a cold front.
That hasnt arrived yet.

12-07-2005 6:11pm

Bloody hell what a difference an hour makes.
It's gone dark as night here now and there is a huge shower just west of me.
Wind has gone flat calm.
It may just slide south to the west of me as it is 6-8 miles away but I can see the top of the wall of cloud and its full of hiroshima's

12-07-2005 7:47pm

Extensive line of showers now along the southern half of the country.
We had about a half hour of constant medium rainfall from that.
No thunder though

The temperature has pegged back significantly under all this convection cloud and shower actvity and its been very dark given the time of day.
18c here now which is a 7 degree drop on mid morning!

The convection seems to have capped the temperature at 29 leaving the elusive 30c eluded.
The summers got lots more punch in it yet though

Mothman · 12-07-2005 7:56pm

Kilkenny maxed out at 29.2°C, same as yesterday!

No where else reached 28°C

With me it was same max as yesterday as well with 24.4°C, and this before 10am.

Max at Malin head just 16.0°C

Gonzo · 13-07-2005 12:19am

we could well have another heatwave around end of july or during august which could top the current one, ive read reports claiming of a great end to july and most of august.

Gonzo · 13-07-2005 10:35am

it looks like the forecasted cooler weather is not really gonna happen now, its meant to get slightly cooler here over a next few days but only slight, temperatures could still reach a high of 21c to 24c anywhere in decent sunshine between now and the middle of next week from the looks of things which tbh is a bit more pleasant for most of us than 28c and 29c. currently 19c outside.

July 11th - 12th very very hot

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