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SUMMER WEATHER 2015 -GENERAL DISCUSSION THREAD

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    #1622
    Schadenfreudia
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    FWVT wrote: »
    Not surprising

    http://www.met.ie/news/display.asp?ID=330

    The wavelength of the graph seems to be about 50 years; it stops at a peak in 2000. So we should still be above the LTA (even ignoring GW effects)?

    Or am I reading this wrong?


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    #1623
    sryanbruen
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    Schadenfreudia wrote: »
    There's that micro-climate again! :)

    But what do you mean by micro-climate?

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    #1624
    Schadenfreudia
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    sryanbruen wrote: »
    But what do you mean by micro-climate?

    Bray and Arklow have "micro-climates"; significantly and consistently different from the East Coastal strip in which they are embedded.

    In the prevailing winds from South to NW these pockets will be warmer, dryer and sunnier than the East Coast in general.

    Your sheltered back garden could also be said to have a "micro-climate"' - and a sheltered garden in Bray could have a micro-climate within a micro-climate!

    Not sure there is any precise meteorological definition.


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    #1625
    sryanbruen
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    Schadenfreudia wrote: »
    Bray and Arklow are "micro-climates"; significantly and consistently different from the East Coastal strip in which they are embedded.

    In the prevailing winds from South to NW these pockets will be warmer, dryer and sunnier than the East Coast in general.

    Your sheltered back garden could also be said to have a "micro-climate"' - and a sheltered garden in Bray could have a micro-climate within a micro-climate!

    Not sure there is any precise meteorological definition.

    Okay

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    #1626
    sryanbruen
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    It looks like September will be starting on a fine dry note for the 4th year in a row as the jet stream heads further northwards towards the weekend. It will not only be drier and sunnier but WARMER! though still cold nights.

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    #1627
    JCX BXC
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    sryanbruen wrote: »
    It looks like September will be starting on a fine dry note for the 4th year in a row as the jet stream heads further northwards towards the weekend. It will not only be drier and sunnier but WARMER! though still cold nights.

    Was September last year any good? I recall it being fairly poor (could be wrong).

    Of course it gets nice in September just as my holidays end!


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    #1628
    sryanbruen
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    Carnacalla wrote: »
    Was September last year any good? I recall it being fairly poor (could be wrong).

    Of course it gets nice in September just as my holidays end!

    Yeah September 2014 was EXTREMELY DRY, warm and sunny! It was a perfect month! Little or no rain. Mace Head in Galway for example only recorded 8.2mm of rainfall compared to its average of 112.3mm.

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    #1629
    sryanbruen
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    Carnacalla wrote: »
    Was September last year any good? I recall it being fairly poor (could be wrong).

    Of course it gets nice in September just as my holidays end!

    The last time Ireland had a really poor September was 2011.

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    #1630
    Xenji
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    September was good last year in Castlebar, just 15.5mm of rain, but with an average temp of 14.6C, it was a washout after that, 857mm of rain in the next 4 months.


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    #1631
    Schadenfreudia
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    sryanbruen wrote: »
    It looks like September will be starting on a fine dry note for the 4th year in a row as the jet stream heads further northwards towards the weekend. It will not only be drier and sunnier but WARMER! though still cold nights.

    My memory (and records) go back even further than yours and I agree...if there is one period in the whole in our North Atlantic climactic year that is abnormally consistent it is the first week of September! :)


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    #1632
    sryanbruen
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    Look at my maximum temperatures, rainfall and sunshine for all the back to school weeks since 2012 for example:

    2012
    Mon 3rd: 22.1c, 0mm, 10 hours
    Tues 4th: 21.8c, 0mm, 10 hours
    Wed 5th: 22.0c, 0mm, 11 hours
    Thurs 6th: 21.8c, 0mm, 10 hours
    Friday 7th: 21.4c, 0mm, 8 hours

    2013
    Mon 2nd: 19.6c, 0mm, 9 hours
    Tues 3rd: 22.3c, 0mm, 12 hours
    Wed 4th: 22.6c, 0mm, 8 hours
    Thurs 5th: 22.4c, 2.3mm, 6 hours
    Fri 6th: 21.4c, 0mm, 5 hours

    2014
    Mon 1st: 18.9c, 0mm, 2 hours
    Tues 2nd: 20.1c, 0mm, 2 hours
    Wed 3rd: 21.3c, 0mm, 7 hours
    Thurs 4th: 22.4c, 0mm, 10 hours
    Fri 5th: 21.9c, 0.7mm, 7 hours

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    #1633
    WheatenBriar
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    Peak of 21 today-nice
    Chilly after dark though


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    #1634
    sryanbruen
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    Xenji wrote: »
    September was good last year in Castlebar, just 15.5mm of rain, but with an average temp of 14.6C, it was a washout after that, 857mm of rain in the next 4 months.

    November was the big washout at Grange particularly during the small period 10th-14th! My favourite week of wet weather ever and best of all my birthday was in it and it was a very wet day!

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    #1635
    sryanbruen
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    Schadenfreudia wrote: »
    My memory (and records) go back even further than yours and I agree...if there is one period in the whole in our North Atlantic climactic year that is abnormally consistent it is the first week of September! :)

    Noticed I said IN A ROW? as in consecutively? Because 2011 wasn't that good.

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    #1636
    Schadenfreudia
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    sryanbruen wrote: »
    Noticed I said IN A ROW? as in consecutively? Because 2011 wasn't that good.

    I'm looking at 1975 - 2015! :)


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    #1637
    sryanbruen
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    Schadenfreudia wrote: »
    I'm looking at 1975 - 2015! :)

    Yeah but I was talking about the CONSECUTIVE good starts to Septembers from 2014 backwards

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    #1638
    Schadenfreudia
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    sryanbruen wrote: »
    Yeah but I was talking about the CONSECUTIVE good starts to Septembers from 2014 backwards

    That is undeniably a different time-frame!


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    #1639
    Birdnuts
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    Schadenfreudia wrote: »
    My memory (and records) go back even further than yours and I agree...if there is one period in the whole in our North Atlantic climactic year that is abnormally consistent it is the first week of September! :)

    Very true - by far the best week to plan a holiday in Ireland


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    #1640
    sryanbruen
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    Birdnuts wrote: »
    Very true - by far the best week to plan a holiday in Ireland

    You should always check the weather out before doing that. For example, Grange had its wettest September day on record on the 6th in 2010 when I recorded 81.3mm which was nearly all that month's rainfall.

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    #1641
    MJohnston
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    sryanbruen wrote: »
    You should always check the weather out before doing that. For example, Grange had its wettest September day on record on the 6th in 2010 when I recorded 81.3mm which was nearly all that month's rainfall.

    If you plan any sort of holiday in Ireland with the expectation of good weather, you're crazy! Plan around the weather, imo. I love brooding, rainy weather for particular parts of the country, far more dramatic.


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    #1642
    sryanbruen
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    MJohnston wrote: »
    If you plan any sort of holiday in Ireland with the expectation of good weather, you're crazy! Plan around the weather, imo. I love brooding, rainy weather for particular parts of the country, far more dramatic.

    But you have lots more advantages for good sunny weather?

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    #1643
    MJohnston
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    sryanbruen wrote: »
    But you have lots more advantages for good sunny weather?

    Which you just won't get on a predictable schedule in Ireland, unless you're booking very last minute.


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    #1644
    Storm 10
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    Summer my ass, its unreal in Galway, very dark and torrential rain.:mad:


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    #1645
    6541
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP0wcwCQbOs


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    #1646
    sryanbruen
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    6541 wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP0wcwCQbOs

    What's that got to do with this forum (weather!)?

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    #1647
    Calibos
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    Jaysus, its "Battle of the Stats" in here.

    No Records Broken this Summer but lots of Broken Records.

    (and I'm guilty too :o )


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    #1648
    6541
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    sryanbruen wrote: »
    What's that got to do with this forum (weather!)?

    Its an old Irish Song that laments Summer, that song goes way back, just though I would add some humor! Its means Summer, Summer we brought the summer with us !
    Guess Sorry about that back to strictly weather reporting ! it's Crap in the West !


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    #1649
    sryanbruen
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    Calibos wrote: »
    Jaysus, its "Battle of the Stats" in here.

    No Records Broken this Summer but lots of Broken Records.

    (and I'm guilty too :o )

    Well Grange has recorded the following all-time records this Summer:

    Lowest June pressure on record - June 1st
    Coldest June night on record - June 9th
    Second coldest July on record

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    #1650
    Xenji
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    Very heavy rain in Castlebar, it's quite dark also, looks more like evening time than lunch time.


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    #1651
    Clonmel1000
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    Really wish this "summer" would end. Its taking the p!ss at this stage. There has been no long spell of settled warm dry weather. Occassional pet days but mainly cloudy and cool. Very depressing. Any sign of the postman And his ilk to try and explain away this?


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