Summer 2018 - General Discussion

Villain

A low of 18.4c at 06:59 after a shower! That is the warmest night I remember for a while. My forecast of 28c was 0.1c out yesterday, must try harder

harr

Very warm night ...humidity was up around 75 and temp didn’t drop below 19c .
Heavens just opened here , still 19-20c even in the rain.
Kildare

Xenji

It has been raining for most of the morning in Castlebar, 16.3C and 94% humidity currently.

harr

It really is the oddest weather, took kids to play ground got soaked in a huge downpour which lasted about 15 minutes. Not a big deal as it was still 20c so wasn’t cold and kids taught it was great fun.
Rain stopped very abruptly followed by a short period of warm sunshine and within 5 minutes you wouldn’t even have known it had rained. No puddles,no wet grass nothing.. it’s like the showers of rain you might get in Spain on holiday.
The country is going to need a hell of a lot of rain to make any impact on ground conditions.

Calibos

Raining most of the morning in Bray. Seem to be under a bit of a South Westerly rain streamer so to speak. Much needed so I'm not complaining.

Gonzo

warm and sunny morning here at Dunshaughlin, currently 20C.

Gonzo

yesterday was almost the hottest day of the year at Dunshaughlin, temperatures yesterday reached 28C here which is only the 2nd day this summer to reach this temperature. The last day we reached 28C was Wednesday 27th June which was just slightly hotter as it reached close to 29C that day.

Another very warm day today, temperature getting close to 23C.

Donegal Storm

Gonzo wrote: »

yesterday was almost the hottest day of the year at Dunshaughlin, temperatures yesterday reached 28C here which is only the 2nd day this summer to reach this temperature. The last day we reached 28C was Wednesday 27th June which was just slightly hotter as it reached close to 29C that day.

Another very warm day today, temperature getting close to 23C.

Some nice convection visible up towards you at the moment.

Warm with plenty of sunshine here, evident that the jet stream is overhead with fast moving clouds for the time of year

Mobhi1

It's just got sunny here again in Glasnevin after being cloudy for most of the morning. It's now 21.5C.

DOCARCH

Feeling hot/sticky in Dublin 16. Just reached 26.0c.

Must be a bit of fohn effect here with SSW breeze. Seems to be considerably warmer here than the rest of Dublin?

Gaoth Laidir

Dewpoint at Dublin Airport is up to 18.8 °C, and 18.7 at Casement. We only get dp this high a couple of times a year. Not good potato weather (blight).

Gonzo

really warm and sticky here now. Temperatures close to 24C. Was very sunny till about 20 minutes ago and have had a few drops of rain since.

I'm currently off the Luas at Jervis and it's just awful Sweating already.

vistafinder

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Not good potato weather (blight).

If there is any left at all at this stage.

Slashermcguirk

not sure what the temperature is here in Dublin city centre but feels very warm again. Yesterday was so warm, sat out the garden until 11pm last night in t shirt and shorts and it was so balmy. This afternoon is very warm again, is there any end in sight to the warm dry weather??
I remember the summer of 1995 very well and thought it might never be beaten but this is right up there. What has been really striking about this summer too is how warm the evenings have been. Normally in Ireland even in hot weather the evenings cool down a lot but that hasn't felt like the case this year. the garden is like a rock, crying out for rain but any shower seems to dissipate so quickly and within an hour the ground is bone dry again

DOCARCH

27.0c now in Dublin 16.

Danno

Just went to 25c here in South Laois. Another humid day. The three days of 31c in June didn't feel as stuffy.

Slashermcguirk

met eireann readings showing 26 degrees already at phoenix park. That answers my previous question. wonder how high it will go today, the forecasts by met eireann seem to be underplaying the temps over the past couple of days. It feels like the temps are going higher than expected

MJohnston

Any of the weather experts out there know why the conditions in Dublin feel so much more "humid" than they actually are? Look at the Relative Humidity, all 3 Dublin stations are basically around 61% RH, which I guess means the DP is around 16C?

And yet, it feels so wet and sticky in the air. Is our understanding of what humidity feels like just not correct? Or is there some other measurable factor that determines this?

Or, alternatively, is it just because the 3 weather stations aren't subject to the urban heat island effect, and that is making the city feel so much hotter?

Mobhi1

25.0C in Glasnevin now.

Gonzo

26C here now at Dunshaughlin, some dark clouds about but also some very warm sunny spells. Another great day here.

Graces7

Gonzo wrote: »

26C here now at Dunshaughlin, some dark clouds about but also some very warm sunny spells. Another great day here.

Dank and oppressive out here and midge-ridden with no breeze.. Specking with rain.. West Mayo, offshore island.

DOCARCH

27.3c now in Dublin 16. 27c being reported at Casement at 1500.

A much warmer day that I was expecting!

sryanbruen

Meanwhile, UK has reached 33.3c making it the warmest day of the year so far there.

RobertKK

Two days in a row over 26C...and near 10C cooler in the northwest.

Cork Boy 53

sryanbruen wrote: »

Meanwhile, UK has reached 33.3c making it the warmest day of the year so far there.

Yes and what about Tokyo? 41.1c there and deaths as a result. Just unbearable conditions.

sryanbruen

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

Yes and what about Tokyo? 41.1c there and deaths as a result. Just unbearable conditions.

Posted here this morning: https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057891204&page=2

Gonzo

the past two days definitely warmer than expected. The heat that's building over the UK we've just gotten the edge of it causing mid to high 20's yesterday and today.

Slightly cooler over next few days but temperatures in the low 20s till Thursday/Friday before the Atlantic makes a serious effort at breaking through.

Slashermcguirk

27 in Casement now in west Dublin. Warmer than I expected in Dublin today.

DOCARCH

28.0c now in Dublin 16.