Early July: Heatwave Potential

Quickelles

JM Skipton wrote: »

Would I be right in saying the highest temperature ever recorded in Dublin was 31 degrees at Casement in July 2006?
If this second spell of hot weather get to us next week there may be a very slight possibility of this record being in trouble

Only if a moderate breeze backs to the SW - that's when we get the sticky stuff.

There will be no record when there is a E in the wind direction.

We'll have to do with clear cloudless skies, comfortable nights and temperatures in the mid twenties

We're a bit like San Francisco, without the fog!

deisedevil

Black clouds rolling in here in Dungarvan. Was hazy before 9. Very windy, clothes flying about on the clothes line. Can see huge clouds comin over the mountains too. Was all set for the beach, not going to bother now.

listermint

deisedevil wrote: »

Black clouds rolling in here in Dungarvan. Was hazy before 9. Very windy, clothes flying about on the clothes line. Can see huge clouds comin over the mountains too. Was all set for the beach, not going to bother now.

Or are you keeping the beach for yourself hmmmm

mike65

Its 10 am and 20c, yesterday it was 24 at the same time.

talkabout

Currently 23.3c, beautiful morning and already very very warm

Current data for Ballybofey Weather
11 July 2013 10:22:34

Temperature (°C):
Current 23.3
Trend (per hour) +3.0
Average today 14.4
Wind chill 23.3
Heat Index 23.3
Dew Point 18.4
Rel Humidity 74%

Wind (km/h):
Current Gust 6.1 E
Average Speed 3.8 E

Pressure (hPa):
Current 1026.8
Trend (per hour) -0.2

SEPT 23 1989

Are there not usually thunderstorms to clear the air a bit?

JanuarySnowstor

These clouds were actually on the bbc cloud predictor for today.
Yet another case of the beeb being well ahead of the Irish Met!

TheMilkyPirate

Should be a bit hotter in the south and east today, I'm already a degree up on this time yesterday at 22.8c.

Absolutely loving this, Although a little bit hotter would be perfect.

leahyl

Temps aren't very high this morning compared to yesterday around the country - well according to Met weather stations anyway. The highest is 22; I'm sure this time yesterday it was 24 in many place - Actually I'm wrong, it is 24 in Galway alright.

Quite a bit of cloud here in Cork.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

how's dublin going to be today? I'm heading up later and if it's as hot as the last few days I don't want to be wearing jeans.. but if it's as cool as it is in carlow now I don't want to be wearing shorts!

SpaceTime

Still pretty warm but i think it's being moderated a bit by clouds here in Cork anyway

Quickelles

baraca wrote: »

Should be a bit hotter in the south and east today, I'm already a degree up on this time yesterday at 22.8c.

Absolutely loving this, Although a little bit hotter would be perfect.

Yep, 23.4c here which is about 4 degrees up on this time yesterday. Cloudless.

mike65

baraca wrote: »

Should be a bit hotter in the south and east today, I'm already a degree up on this time yesterday at 22.8c.

Absolutely loving this, Although a little bit hotter would be perfect.

Your are wrong here about east Waterford at any rate! 22.1 (25 at midday yesterday) and with a steady breeze - perfect weather for me.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

how's dublin going to be today? I'm heading up later and if it's as hot as the last few days I don't want to be wearing jeans.. but if it's as cool as it is in carlow now I don't want to be wearing shorts!

Shorts for sure. Light t-shirt. Or You'll melt

April O Neill

This weather is great but if I could choose, I'd like a whole summer of, say, six days a week 24/25 degrees and sunny, with cool nights, and a once a week rainy day (not at the weekend :P), just to keep growth ticking over and prevent drought. That would be my ideal, and it's pretty much 1995 except 1995 didn't have the rainy day once a week and hence the grass yellowed. :-/ There was a handful of cloudy, humid overcast days in summer 1995. People have whitewashed these from their memories though.

Lumi

Hotter than yesterday in Galway at midday
23.8C yesterday, 25.5C today - hazy sunshine, the occasional fair weather cloud meandering by and just a whisper of a breeze - bliss

DOCARCH

22.7c atm equalling yesterday's high.

jds0ur

I'm in clonskeagh and the weather station out the back is showing 28c , I can see it hitting 30 today :-)

Weathering

26c with me in East Donegal. 26 also recorded at Castlederg In NI. Perhaps a record breaker for NI today the bbc NI weather forecast has flirted with the idea for a few days now. 30.8 is the record

Storm 10

Very warm in Galway 28 degrees on my weather monitor in the shade

maquiladora

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Are there not usually thunderstorms to clear the air a bit?

Possible tomorrow evening.

Harps

No real end in sight to the good weather on the models, a few days of less warm weather ahead but staying in the 20's for the south and east, after that a chance of a return to hot again next week. Could be a month to remember!

Tom Cruises Left Nut

Harps wrote: »

No real end in sight to the good weather on the models, a few days of less warm weather ahead but staying in the 20's for the south and east, after that a chance of a return to hot again next week. Could be a month to remember!

I have 5 days off on standby ! My boss is great !

Larbre34

t|nt|n wrote: »

I have 5 days off on standby ! My boss is great !

Isnt that the same boss that finds a work environment of 45C acceptable?!

Tom Cruises Left Nut

Larbre34 wrote: »

Isnt that the same boss that finds a work environment of 45C acceptable?!

Nope, that wasn't me !

The air con in here has been blasting all week

Lucreto

Larbre34 wrote: »

Isnt that the same boss that finds a work environment of 45C acceptable?!

Nope that me.

His office has air con the rest of the place does not. I have a battery powered fan but it has no effect.

micks_address

I think that there are health and safetly rules that you cant work i a building once it goes above a certain temp.. we were once sent home from the a previous office cause the inside temp was to high and there was no air conditioning!

Lucreto wrote: »

Nope that me.

His office has air con the rest of the place does not. I have a battery powered fan but it has no effect.

maquiladora

Harps wrote: »

No real end in sight to the good weather on the models, a few days of less warm weather ahead but staying in the 20's for the south and east, after that a chance of a return to hot again next week. Could be a month to remember!

There is a strong trend indeed for a return to hot weather in FI on the models. Too early to look at details but the signal is there alright.

force eleven

No real significant rain on the charts out to FI, perhaps some drizzly light stuff early next week and a shower or two but not much else. High pressure is very near at all times on the charts. I fully expect significant gorse fires to break out in the usual prone areas in the next week or so if the warm/hot dry weather continues.

Daemonic

micks_address wrote: »

I think that there are health and safetly rules that you cant work i a building once it goes above a certain temp.. we were once sent home from the a previous office cause the inside temp was to high and there was no air conditioning!

Nothing set down in law seemingly - https://www.ibec.ie/IBEC/ES.nsf/vPages/Health_and_safety~Workplace_hazards_and_health_issues~workplace-temperature?OpenDocument