What's the weather like in your area 2

Sacrolyte · 26-07-2018 11:47am

Nice persistent rain here in kerry all morning.Hope you get it further east. ðŸ’§

_Brian · 26-07-2018 12:38pm

Mooooo wrote: »

The Mother was telling me of a similar period came to an end with serious thunder showers in the eighties, dad was milking when the lightning started he stopped up got the cows out of the parlour and the power went as they were walking out. Similar to the lightning we had here last autumn apparently

1985 this time of year saw a thunder storm that people thought was the end of the world.
I know families that were out of their beds during the night saying the rosery in preparation for meeting their maker. On the flip side my dad had us up at the window watching the show eating biscuits.

Lady Haywire · 26-07-2018 12:41pm

_Brian wrote: »

1985 this time of year saw a thunder storm that people thought was the end of the world.
I know families that were out of their beds during the night saying the rosery in preparation for meeting their maker. On the flip side my dad had us up at the window watching the show eating biscuits.

Was 1984 not a really warm year too? Because there's photo of my parents on their wedding day next to me (awwww) and the grass is completely brown under them. It's not brown in the same spot this year- beside the shannon Roscommon side.

_Brian · 26-07-2018 12:44pm

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Was 1984 not a really warm year too? Because there's photo of my parents on their wedding day next to me (awwww) and the grass is completely brown under them. It's not brown in the same spot this year- beside the shannon Roscommon side.

https://www.met.ie/cms/assets/uploads/2017/08/July1985_Thunderstorm.pdf

Sacrolyte · 26-07-2018 12:51pm

Floods of water running down the yard here now.

boggerman1 · 26-07-2018 1:10pm

Very windy here in Templemore at the minute.if this doesn't bring rain with it then I can forget about it!

ganmo · 26-07-2018 1:22pm

_Brian wrote: »

1985 this time of year saw a thunder storm that people thought was the end of the world.
I know families that were out of their beds during the night saying the rosery in preparation for meeting their maker. On the flip side my dad had us up at the window watching the show eating biscuits.

and Charlie was that year too

ganmo · 26-07-2018 1:23pm

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Was 1984 not a really warm year too? Because there's photo of my parents on their wedding day next to me (awwww) and the grass is completely brown under them. It's not brown in the same spot this year- beside the shannon Roscommon side.

sepia filter?

Neddyusa · 26-07-2018 1:28pm

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Was 1984 not a really warm year too? Because there's photo of my parents on their wedding day next to me (awwww) and the grass is completely brown under them. It's not brown in the same spot this year- beside the shannon Roscommon side.

Yep 1984 last major drought in Roscommon.
Very few here remember 76 as a bad drought - maybe that was confined to south East.

They say 84 was worse than this year because it started in early May so first cuts were affected.
At least this year first cuts were done before it really hit growth.

Parishlad · 26-07-2018 1:36pm

According to my sources it's 'raining nicely' around Ennis now!

Say my name · 26-07-2018 2:29pm

finla wrote: »

Warm and sunny here in Wexford! For a change...! Sunday for rain apparently but I'll believe it when I see it.

They're getting heavy rain in the west atm.

My gut feeling is with low pressure coming up against the 35c warm air in Britain atm if when those fronts come our direction we'll be flooded out of it too.

rushvalley · 26-07-2018 2:31pm

Parishlad wrote: »

According to my sources it's 'raining nicely' around Ennis now!

Sure is!

Base price · 26-07-2018 2:49pm

_Brian wrote: »

1985 this time of year saw a thunder storm that people thought was the end of the world.
I know families that were out of their beds during the night saying the rosery in preparation for meeting their maker. On the flip side my dad had us up at the window watching the show eating biscuits.

I remember it very well. A tree across the river from my Mam's got hit by lightening and rattle of thunder that instantly followed nearly deafened me. It was an exciting night and my eldest brother brought us for a spin in his van to higher ground so that we could watch the lightening show better.