Summer 2017 - General Discussion

George Sunsnow

Raining here too now Km

High of 18.8c today
Dry with some sun up until about 10 minutes ago

km79

Really heavy shower again now

km79

And now a torrential downpour
I'd say we have had nearly another inch of rain since 3pm

Scattered locally heavy showers my hole
They have not moved

George Sunsnow

The earlier shower lasted 10 minutes and didn't wet the ground
Tomorrow looks a lot showerier in the South east and Sunday positively wet

It's very muggy here this evening and we got a sunset

This may sound daft for some but I'm considering heading out west for a few days to cool down and feel some honest to goodness Irish rain because I've a feeling the next few days here might disappoint again in that regard

sryanbruen

All I got was 0.1mm from a very light and brief shower. Other than that, a very boring day with cloudy skies here.

pauldry

1.8mm of rain this morning in Sligo then sunny all day and maxed out at 18.1c

Nice enough

Single figures tonight.

The showers from NW only convectified over landmass so coastal locations of NW and W got very little

George Sunsnow

Not a drop here in Arklow overnight despite the forecast and warm sunshine this morning

Carol25

Had a beautiful sunny evening yesterday, south of Athenry, despite looking at a big dark cloud to our North West for most of the evening. Lovely morning so far but can see showers approaching from West.

km79

Carol25 wrote: »

Had a beautiful sunny evening yesterday despite looking at a big dark cloud to our North West for most of the evening. Lovely morning so far b

I must be to the north west of you
That was literally over me all afternoon and evening

Carol25

km79 wrote: »

I must be to the north west of you
That was literally over me all afternoon and evening

Yeah I was thinking that when I saw your posts yesterday. We were doing gardening so we were watching the showers closely. We completely missed the showers from 2pm onwards by pure luck.
Hopefully you will have more luck today.
Its darkening here now.

km79

Carol25 wrote: »

Yeah I was thinking that when I saw your posts yesterday. We were doing gardening so we were watching the showers closely. We completely missed the showers from 2pm onwards by pure luck.
Hopefully you will have more luck today.
Its darkening here now.

Same here
Shower incoming id say

Oscar Bravo

Nice morning here in castlebar, dodged most of the showers yesterday to thankfully. Time to get the lawn done!

Gonzo

next weeks settled spell looks like it's been reduced from a 2-3 day event down to a 1 day event with unsettled conditions back by Thursday in the west. We just not catching the breaks this summer. 1 dry day does not = settled spell.

Clonmel1000

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

It's a matter of experience. If you feel cold at 16c - 18c, then I would genuinely recommend you go and see a doctor, because something must not be right.

Where did I say it's cold? If you are feeling hot at 16 degrees you could also make a case for seeing a doctor

George Sunsnow

Two photos from Arklow
One overhead very sunny and to Southeast
Other to the north west ominous
Passed over now with about 5 drops

Yours sincerely
Sahara desert correspondent

Gonzo

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Where did I say it's cold? If you are feeling hot at 16 degrees you could also make a case for seeing a doctor

The guide I mostly follow for summer is:

30C+ = hot
25C+ = very warm
21C+ = warm
17C+ = mild/average
14C+ = cool
Les than 14C = Cold

The guide I mostly follow for winter is:

15C+ = warm
10C+ = mild/average
5C+ = cool
1C+ = cold
-4C+ = freezing
-10C+ = bitterly cold/freezing.

rain/wind/humidity/sun can affect all of the above to some degree.

MidMan25

Average is the only word to describe this summer. But ull take that in Ireland when you consider the potential for horror summers!

Gonzo

MidMan25 wrote: »

Average is the only word to describe this summer. But ull take that in Ireland when you consider the potential for horror summers!

agreed, this summer isn't even close to the horror show summers we had between 2007 and 2012. This summer is just very dissapointing to what could have been. In general Ireland, most of UK, Scandinavia has had an average to slightly poor summer so far with all these lows.

At least we had a great May and a decent enough June and an ok start to July.

Storm 10

Bucketing down in Galway feeling cool enough here in light North wind

km79

Storm 10 wrote: »

Bucketing down in Galway feeling cool enough here in light North wind

Moving as slow as the ones here yday !
Waiting for it to clear so i can hang out the clothes as we will be getting just a lot get shower most out of it HOPEFULLY

Billcarson

Billcarson wrote: »

I reckon a summer not much better then average with brief bursts of heat from time to times.

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My highly detailed summer forecast lol wasn't far off.

km79

km79 wrote: »

Moving as slow as the ones here yday !
Waiting for it to clear so i can hang out the clothes as we will be getting just a lot get shower most out of it HOPEFULLY

Light shower alright
Hopefully clear and brighten up again after
Spoke too soon

sryanbruen

Another mostly cloudy morning here but thankfully there are some sunny intervals mixed in.

km79

Cleared up nicely
Warm sunshine now
Form improving

George Sunsnow

Good to hear km

Boiling here near Arklow

sryanbruen

Just started to lash now.

Gonzo

George Sunsnow wrote: »

Good to hear km

Boiling here near Arklow

boiling? it's 13-17C across the country with sunshine and showers.

We just had a very heavy shower and wearing a jumper.

Gonzo

In a few weeks i'll be in southern Spain enjoying summer warmth and sunshine and the sea will be there to cool off. Really looking forward to it as our summer has gone pear shaped since early to mid July.

https://www.webcamfuengirola.com/webcam-paseo/

George Sunsnow

Gonzo wrote: »

boiling? it's 13-17C across the country with sunshine and showers.

We just had a very heavy shower and wearing a jumper.

No showers here and out in this sun pulling ragwort,yes it is boiling:D

If we put on jumpers ,we'd need paramedics:D

Incidentally it's 19c here last time I looked and feels a lot hotter in that sun!
I'm not able to attach a photo of said ragwort because the forum won't accept images more than a Mb but they're ugly anyway and a root that goes to Australia,poisonous to cattle

Rock Lesnar

Warm and sunny in North Meath, and missing the showers thankfully