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    #92
    SuprSi
    Registered Users Posts: 6,947 ✭✭✭SuprSi


    More sun for me please. I've enjoyed this summer so much so far. And the moon is the brightest I've ever seen it this evening. Absolutely stunning.


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    #93
    Darwin
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    Moon - no sign of it anywhere! Clouded over quite a bit here in the midlands - wouldn't be surprised at all if a drop of rain fell.


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    #94
    Su Campu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,279 ✭✭✭Su Campu


    I went out for a quick flight around Meath at about 5pm this evening and although it looked like a nice day on the ground, the boundary layer turbulence was non stop. Plenty of thermals there, coupled I'm sure with the sea breeze circulation. To my east (up past Drogheda) was a large bank of mist and possibly fog, I didn't go close enough to see it better.

    I didn't have the time to climb above the ~4000ft boundary layer into the free atmosphere but it would have been dead smooth up there. I hope for plenty more days like today to try it out!


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    #95
    mike65
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    What kind of animal would wish for rain every day?:eek: Have you no sunny gene?


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    #96
    Deep Easterly
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    Danno wrote: »
    Be very careful of what you wish for. :eek:

    Looking at the latest yr.no (ECMWF) rainfall forecast, it looks like June is going to finish extremely dry here, just like every month, bar April, in this God foresaken year.

    My daily rainfall totals this year up to today:

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    Only notable wet spell was early days of April when over a month's worth of rainfall fell in the first 7 days, but the rest of the month was extremely dry, as it was before, and is since. The last thunder I heard here was in November. This will just not do at all!!!!!!

    Payback is long, Long overdue! :D

    Su Campu wrote: »
    I went out for a quick flight around Meath at about 5pm this evening and although it looked like a nice day on the ground, the boundary layer turbulence was non stop. Plenty of thermals there, coupled I'm sure with the sea breeze circulation. To my east (up past Drogheda) was a large bank of mist and possibly fog, I didn't go close enough to see it better.

    I didn't have the time to climb above the ~4000ft boundary layer into the free atmosphere but it would have been dead smooth up there. I hope for plenty more days like today to try it out!

    Must be great to be able to go for a flight at random like that! A great way to see the country. I'd love to be able to do that but I am terrified of flying at the best of times. I know if I took charge of a plane I would probably start panicing and end up crashing into a school full of kids or something. :(


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    #97
    Sponge Bob
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    The drought conditions in east Galway are a response to all the prayers said for deliverance in November 2009 when the self same areas experienced their greatest flood in living memory...or beyond. Now people will give out to Jebus for listening too hard :)


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    #98
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,909 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    it seems the hot sun is back on track for the weekend with the chance of rain gone till next week:)


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    #99
    duckysauce
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    Kenring wrote: »
    Only another 2 and a half weeks of it - so make the most of it!
    www.predictweather.com

    like the mild wet winter we had :D


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    #100
    mike65
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    London looking at 28-30 degrees this weekend.


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    #101
    Min
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    mike65 wrote: »
    London looking at 28-30 degrees this weekend.

    With any luck we will have nature giving the land some free nitrogen.

    I'm hoping for some thunderstorms, just please rain......


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    #102
    thetonynator
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    Min wrote: »
    With any luck we will have nature giving the land some free nitrogen.

    I'm hoping for some thunderstorms, just please rain......


    Same here . .. you know bennetsbridge weir on the Nore? ( youre from kilkenny, you should!!!) The river is so low there that the weir is dry for the first time in at least 15 years, all the water is going down the left sluice gate, nothing down the middle. :eek:


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    #103
    Sponge Bob
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    Righty Ho. Nice bit of driving drizzle today and back to the drought for the next week and a half I reckon .....no matter what Met Dublin.ie tell us.

    My spuds are like dessicated goats scrotes out there :(


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    #104
    Min
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    thetonynator wrote: »
    Same here . .. you know bennetsbridge weir on the Nore? ( youre from kilkenny, you should!!!) The river is so low there that the weir is dry for the first time in at least 15 years, all the water is going down the left sluice gate, nothing down the middle. :eek:

    I drove by it today (Wednesday) but didn't get to look. I saw some people standing on the bridge looking at it alright.

    It's hardly good for the poor fish either.


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    #105
    delw
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    mike65 wrote: »
    London looking at 28-30 degrees this weekend.
    owenc will love to hear that :)


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    #106
    pauldry
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    I think the best weather the west will get for Summer is over now. We'll get a fair end to this week but any rain thats going for the rest of Summer will favor us Id imagine.

    :rolleyes:My rainfall climbed 2.1mm today to 8.4mm:rolleyes:


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    #107
    paulhac
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    Damn I'm off to Westprt on Jul 10th for a week . Should I bring my waders?


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    #108
    Gonzo
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    theres alot of rain and showers forecasted by met eireann from Saturday onwards into next week:(


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    #109
    WolfeIRE
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    western half of the country most likely to be affected but it looks like some places could escape the heaviest of these showers.


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    #110
    thetonynator
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    Min wrote: »
    I drove by it today (Wednesday) but didn't get to look. I saw some people standing on the bridge looking at it alright.

    It's hardly good for the poor fish either.


    Well there is a fish pass on the right hand side with some water going down it, not sure if its enough for fish to get up.


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    #111
    Min
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    Gonzo wrote: »
    theres alot of rain and showers forecasted by met eireann from Saturday onwards into next week:(

    You need help with your smilies :p


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    #112
    El Horseboxo
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    Anybody know what it's looking like for Sunday? Met.ie says rain arriving from the west but not sure at what stage of the day. Always rains when Dubs play in Croker so i'll be guessing it will be before 4pm and i'll get a good soaking. Again.


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    #113
    mike65
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    Dublin will be grand, its the west/north west thats getting the rain on Sunday

    edit met error are saying it'll reach the east coast. I remain optimistic it'll be nothing more than heavy cloud that breaks.


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    #114
    nacho libre
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    typical! the weather would change when the turf is due to be delivered at the weekend.


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    #115
    Gonzo
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    I dunno why people want rain, the last 3 summers were a total washout, it would be nice if we could have a half decent summer which is very rare these days. Im sure there'll be plenty of rain for months on end come September.


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    #116
    pauldry
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    Gonzo wrote: »
    I dunno why people want rain, the last 3 summers were a total washout, it would be nice if we could have a half decent summer which is very rare these days. Im sure there'll be plenty of rain for months on end come September.

    We will have a half decent Summer.

    Half of it will have been decent.:)


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    #117
    Min
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    Gonzo wrote: »
    I dunno why people want rain, the last 3 summers were a total washout, it would be nice if we could have a half decent summer which is very rare these days. Im sure there'll be plenty of rain for months on end come September.

    I want rain because my fields are burning up in places, grass growth is affected, the water in my well is very low down and partially depends on rain to filter down through the ground to top it up. It would be good for the wildlife and plant life.

    Already some councils are putting in water restrictions as they don't have enough water for everyone. Sligo and North Co. Dublin are running short on water.

    The problem is rainfall has been below normal for every month so far this year, Evelyn Cusack was saying it was only 60% of normal in some places.

    We had a decent summer so far, no one is looking for continuous rain, at current conditions there will be major water problems all around the country, they are starting to show now and will get worse if we have no decent rain.

    The winter cost a lot in extra feed for the cattle, a drought would be just as bad.
    I'd be happy for a warm thundery spell of weather, a couple of wet weeks would do the country a power of good.


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    #118
    Sponge Bob
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    The Aran Islands are relying on tankers of water from the mainland now, bone dry they are.


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    #119
    mike65
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    Bizarre state of affairs, the driest winter in decades, the driest spring in decades, the driest summer in a few years bekons?


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    #120
    WolfeIRE
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    severe water shortages in clare now. Hosepipe ban being introduced from tuesday. Cutoffs affecting Ennis, Tulla and all of North Clare from tonight.

    In November we had too much water and now....


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    #121
    Su Campu
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    I mean where in the world would you get the like. Say to anyone living in a drier climate that we, a country that gets on average around 1 metre of rainfall a year, falling pretty much all throughout the year too, runs out of water when rainfall goes below normal for a few months. It's ridiculous, and shouldn't happen. We need to upgrade our water system asap.

    My in-laws are from Sardinia and most years they see virtually no rain from April to September, maybe just a couple of mms. However, they never ever run out of water, and you see enormous irrigation systems operating in the fields every evening. They have several lakes, only one of which is natural, all others are man-made! Winter rainfall is enough to see them through the hot dry summer, and of course they're not losing 60% through their pipes, or whatever the Irish system loses! After being here many times during the "summer" they find it pazzo that we can run out!


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