Summer Weather 2014

Gonzo

our recent nights are nothing bad at all compared to elsewhere on the continent, recently our nights have been 14-19C which is warmer than what we are used to, all that needs to be done is open a window or have less blankets etc on the bed and it's easy to sleep. These temperatures at night are really not much different to sleeping in central London at night during the summer, nothing extreme about these temperatures at all. We even had warmer nights than this on several occasions before during heatwaves in the 80s and 90s.

John.Icy

The strip of perfect clear sky on the satellite on the coast of Wicklow down to Wexford just looks like the satellite is broken and can't show cloud for the area!

I really hope for the people around the whole countries sake that we get an actual proper spell of high pressure weather this summer like last year. As in, 90% of the country will have unbroken sunshine from dawn to dusk. We just haven't had that, we've had stunning mornings and crap cloudy afternoons for the bulk of the country.

I'd much prefer to get what those in East Wicklow etc are getting with full days of not as warm as other places with a cool breeze over getting hotter temperatures but not guaranteed a day of sunshine.

whitebriar

John.Icy wrote: »

The strip of perfect clear sky on the satellite on the coast of Wicklow down to Wexford just looks like the satelite is broken.

I can confirm its not
stunning blue sky today and no sea breeze in Arklow.

now 25.3c (yesterday higher but a ways to go yet)

Interesting part both days is no sea breeze.

sunbabe08

Sunshine down here in youghal.

maquiladora

sunbabe08 wrote: »

Sunshine down here in youghal.

Yep, 23, nice and sunny here in Waterford. Beautiful weather. What a summer!

squarecircles

Clouds thickening again in mayo,starting to drizzle,cool outside what a disappointing summer this is turning out to be.

sunbabe08

maquiladora wrote: »

Yep, 23, nice and sunny here in Waterford. Beautiful weather. What a summer!

This is more like it :-):-)

glossy

Sunny, blue skys, quite bit of a breeze

Danno

Already 26.4c here, typical daytime tops are between 3pm and 6pm! Bit to go yet?

snowgal

yes its such a stunning day here too! about 25 Id say. Its actually hot today, like hot! And Im not always a lover of hot weather (in this country) but with our blugh weather the past 8 months I think this is super! enjoy people!:D (and I am snowgal!) at night I just sleep with a sheet over me, does the job nicely...now if only I didnt have to work

Supercell

The weather today can be summed up as follows (taken a short while ago) :-

Video

Looks like sunday will bring a bit of a much needed cooldown maybe i'll get to sleep then!

DOCARCH

26c at Oak Park at 1400. Should be looking at somewhere reaching 27c or maybe even 28c today.

Harry Palmr

Now 24.1, which was the peak here (Waterford) yesterday.

delw

Stunning day & hot (for here anyway )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJJBbK2XNbE

squarecircles

Sun came out for a good 3 or 4 minutes here on the coast in mayo,the most sun iv seen in about a week.it was very warm.choked in cloud again now.looks like a breakdown on Saturday but we won't notice it here.

maquiladora

Warmest day of the month here and not too far off warmest day of the year overall.

ninebeanrows

Very warm day out there and not too much of a sea breeze. Glorious.

All sorts down at the beach though.. Avoid!

Pete2k

Possible funnel cloud at the moment looking east of cloonfad co. Roscommon

maquiladora

Hardly a cloud to be seen. Glorious. From the webcam on Waterford City Weather :

Video

maquiladora wrote: »

Hardly a cloud to be seen. Glorious. From the webcam on Waterford City Weather :

Exact opposite here.... stop rubbing it in. :rolleyes:

whitebriar

26.8c now near Arklow.
The dog is happy
27 I am waiting on you

whitebriar

Now 27.2! With a sneaky 27.3c earlier when I wasnt looking.

Calibos

I already count my blessings that I was born and live in this country. The good significantly outweighs the bad IMHO. If only every year was a combination of Winter 2010/11 and Summer 2013/14, this country would be pure heaven. Even in terms of rain. Gimme the average annual rainfall and more. After all, its what makes this place so lush and green. Just give it to me in more concentrated bursts like this Summer with blue skies in between rather than a constant low level drizzle like normal Irish Summers. Ditto with the Winter Cold. Gimme a month long snow&Ice fest and mild Winter for the rest of the Season every year rather than the usual 4 month dull 5-10ºc wet muck. Same average temp as a normal Irish Winter but constituted differently. Its not like Nov/Dec 2010 meant larger than normal heating bills or anything. Your heating is going to be on whether its a wet 5-10ºc or a Dry -5 to -10ºc anyway.

Birdnuts

Suprising how hight the temps are getting in the Dublin area given the steady 10 knot wind off the Irish sea

Danno

Hovering around 27.0c maxed 27.1c a few minutes ago.

ninebeanrows

Well the sea temperature in the Irish Sea would be around 17c at the moment so the impact of the sea-breeze will be much less than earlier in the season.

Birdnuts

25c at Malin Head earlier this afternoon. Not often you see that. I think the record is around 27c

Saruman

Err apparently:

STATUS YELLOW

Blight Warning
Weather conditions conducive to the spread of Potato Blight will develop at times this week in parts of Munster and Connacht and Donegal. There will be opportunities for spraying.

It's about to happen again lads, time to start packing.

Danno

Screen max 27.3c.