Turning very warm/hot, heatwave conditions likely; Sunday 24th -->

Call me Al

Farmer2017 wrote: »

Tbh call me al firefighters, Irish water are all shouting for rain... too many forest fires and won’t b before long til lives in danger with these forest fires.

Seriously! Because my optimism is really going to have an influence on what happens with the weather one way or another.
What people say here or privately about loving sunshine for once makes no difference. It's what our local and national authorities do and say that is going to make a difference for our emergency services and the water utility.

Hurrache

squarecircles wrote: »

still relatively lush grass here in the west of Mayo.

Grass in Dublin has gone into hibernation and is like, in terms of look and feel, straw.

Meteorite58

https://twitter.com/weerenradar/status/1014209911981531138



Translated from Dutch by Microsoft
The models calculate extremely high temperatures next week for the south of #Portugal and #Spanje. Local temperatures can reach 46 °c!

Graces7

sryanbruen wrote: »

Some people genuinely can't cope with this kind of weather, nothing wrong with that.

Thank you kindly, young sir! Such understanding is rare... I wish these folk would stop trying to guilt-trip us. It is most unpleasant and counterproductive.

If they revel in it, fine. We who do not or cannot are not some kind of lesser beings... We are not! OK? OK! Revel on but leave us be. Thank you..

no.8

22michael44 wrote:

actually... anyway i'm not closing my curtains, that's just hermit behaviour.

Experience would tell you otherwise. Think of a green house

no.8

22michael44 wrote:

actually... anyway i'm not closing my curtains, that's just hermit behaviour.

Experience would tell you otherwise. Think of a green house

SleetAndSnow

Clouding over in cork city for the first time in a few days.

Jpmarn

Rather cloudy near Limerick City but the sun is inclined to come through at times this morning.

irishrover99

I keep hearing about 1995 but yet for some reason I can't remember it too well.

Akrasia

Meteorite58 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/weerenradar/status/1014209911981531138



Translated from Dutch by Microsoft
The models calculate extremely high temperatures next week for the south of #Portugal and #Spanje. Local temperatures can reach 46 °c!

If that happens a lot of people will die

MetLuver

squarecircles wrote: »

still relatively lush grass here in the west of Mayo.

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Wow, I've forgotten what grass looks like :-) thanks for the pic. Everything in Wicklow and Dublin is brown, the grass scuffs to dust under your feet.

lawred2

squarecircles wrote: »

still relatively lush grass here in the west of Mayo.

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that's been well watered anyway

and recent to that picture too - you can see a still drying watermark on the concrete

TheMilkyPirate

Meteorite58 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/weerenradar/status/1014209911981531138



Translated from Dutch by Microsoft
The models calculate extremely high temperatures next week for the south of #Portugal and #Spanje. Local temperatures can reach 46 °c!

Wow I'm off to Ibiza on Tuesday, Could be a hot week

Graces7

Sky is hazy now here in West Mayo... Smoke?

Just been outside and we are deeply hazed/smoked in on all sides. Quite sinister and eerie. Nothing but grey fog. Over land and ocean and mountains.

Akrasia

TheMilkyPirate wrote: »

Wow I'm off to Ibiza on Tuesday, Could be a hot week

Ibiza might be OK cause its an island, but anyone holidaying inland on Portugal or Spain in the peak of this potential heat?
20c hotter than the temperature that many Irish people consider too hot.
8-9c hotter than the blood flowing through your veins...

I'd cancel my holiday, where's the fun in that?

Graces7

lawred2 wrote: »

that's been well watered anyway

and recent to that picture too - you can see a still drying watermark on the concrete

The flowers yes. Mine are too, with waste water. And our grass here is as green as that with no watering.

We had that deluge remember? made all the difference.. West Mayo, offshore island

The Specialist

Akrasia wrote: »

Ibiza might be OK cause its an island, but anyone holidaying inland on Portugal or Spain in the peak of this potential heat?
20c hotter than the temperature that many Irish people consider too hot.
8-9c hotter than the blood flowing through your veins...

I'd cancel my holiday, where's the fun in that?

Are those temps actually being forecast from anywhere reliable? Have family heading to Spain this weekend, would be nice to give them a heads up if that forecast is some bit realistic.

RobertKK

I was in Death Valley when the temperature was close to 49C. Very dry heat but being sensible made it bearable, drinking lots of water regularly, wearing a hat, sunscreen but also regularly into air conditioned buildings and vehicles.
It will be very serious in the Iberian peninsula and even southern France with those projected temperatures but sensible measures will save lives.

RobertKK

Already reading 23.5C here in north east Kilkenny. Much warmer than the last few mornings.

davo2001

Lads, can anyone tell me when was the last time it rained in Shannon region, a quick google isn't giving me much, I have rainfall totals for June but no dates.

Ultimate Seduction

davo2001 wrote: »

Lads, can anyone tell me when was the last time it rained in Shannon region, a quick google isn't giving me much, I have rainfall totals for June but no dates.

Wasn't there that storm hector around June 12th? That must of dropped a bit

Villain

davo2001 wrote: »

Lads, can anyone tell me when was the last time it rained in Shannon region, a quick google isn't giving me much, I have rainfall totals for June but no dates.

0.4mm on the 20th June

davo2001

Villain wrote: »

0.4mm on the 20th June

Thanks, can I get the source (just for my own curiousity) please.

sryanbruen

davo2001 wrote: »

Thanks, can I get the source (just for my own curiousity) please.

https://www.met.ie/climate/available-data/daily-data

To those who have asked me questions in PM and or FI charts, I'll be with you when I can. I have a lot to do today in terms of stats.

pad199207

RobertKK wrote: »

Already reading 23.5C here in north east Kilkenny. Much warmer than the last few mornings.

Yup 23.3c here. Certainly warmer then recent mornings!

Kamili

so is the next shortage to be chocolate?

https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/chocolate-factory-closes-for-three-days-as-sweets-melt-in-heatwave-472580.html

Colm Healy, the owner of the west Kerry factory, said there was no point in making chocolate, because it was melting in the heat.

“We did not make any chocolate on Thursday and Friday last week, because it was just too hot,” he said.

There was no chocolate made on Monday, either, but full production resumed yesterday

Gonzo

already a 22C here, warmer than at any point yesterday and the warmest it's been at this time since last Thursday. Could easily get to 24C or beyond today for the first time since last Friday.

Temperatures here at Dunshaughlin are predicted to get to the 26-29C region from Saturday to the following Thursday!.

Much of the east could be entering into the warmest week of summer from Friday onwards. Tomorrow will be relatively cool, then temperatures really getting going from Saturday.

force eleven

Kamili wrote: »

so is the next shortage to be chocolate?

https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/chocolate-factory-closes-for-three-days-as-sweets-melt-in-heatwave-472580.html

Don't the Aussies have chocolate that's less melty in the summer heat, whatever ingredients they add to it? They would know.

United road

Kamili wrote: »

so is the next shortage to be chocolate?

Jeezzz
They will be taking the roads in next!

lawred2

force eleven wrote: »

Don't the Aussies have chocolate that's less melty in the summer heat, whatever ingredients they add to it? They would know.

yeah and it's rank