Summer 2022 - General Discussion

KanyeSouthEast

Yesterday was an absolute beaut of a day around here warm sunny and calm. Hoping today will deliver again as this summer really owes us.

Cluedo Monopoly

Feeling warm in Galway already. And so so calm.

ascophyllum

Drizzle and mist on the west coast, we're heading for one week straight of almost zero sunshine!

Gaoth Laidir

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119311718#Comment_119311718

I assume you mean record high pressure for the month of July? The highest of any month was 1051.9 hPa on January 28th, 1905.

Neddyusa

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119311630#Comment_119311630

Its why I was very sceptical of these "summery" forecasts last week.

Unless a high pressure is positioned just right to bring us easterly winds, its a bust for sunshine at this time of year.

Someone said last week the problem is that its an Azores rather than a Scandi high this week. Is that the case?

In any case, we tend to get much clearer, sunnier weather this time of year with a "mobile westerly" than we do with high pressure.

It might give a shower a day, but usually more pleasant and enjoyable than the past week.

Also, the last week has highlighted the relatively poor value of using upper-air temperatures for an Irish weather forecast.

giveitholly

Lovely weather for the majority of the country and some people still not happy

Neddyusa

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119312192#Comment_119312192

If you've been sitting under a heavy blanket of grey mist for the last 10 days, (and the same is forecast for the next 10) what's happening the other end of country isn't very relevant to you.

Kutebride

Perfect condtions for a run. No hot sun, or sun at all lol See lots people posting blue skies in parts of Kerry and parts of Wexford this morning.

Overcast and dull Meath.

ascophyllum

Not complaining here about the weather (there's no point!) It's actually grand weather for doing heavy work outside and growth is super this year unlike previous years where we had a drought in May or June in the west. Just remarking how notable it is to be stuck in the same pattern for a prolonged period of time, same as the winter just gone, I think there wasn't a single ground frost here, maybe 1 or 2 max which is very notable. But it was a mild flow of air for months and months.

Donegal Storm

Probably the worst day we had all week on the Donegal coast yesterday, heavy drizzle and mist with really low visibility from morning to night that unlike most of the week was really wetting.

This morning it's... heavy drizzle and mist with really low visibility. Unless I'm mistaken I believe we're at 0.00% sunshine over the past 7 days. Thankfully I'm getting the f*** away from here for a while next week

jaffa20

If petrol wasn't so expensive, i'd be tempted to get in the car and drive 100kms south to escape this cloud!

Rebelbrowser

So far in this spell the further south you are the better I think. Beautiful here in Cork since Wednesday so certainly spell not a bust here. This is the sky overhead of my house this morning. But its all subjective and if I was the one getting cloud you'd hear all about it from me!

Anyway, gonna enjoy it while it lasts down here...

Chris_5339762

I'm another one of those stations! When the sun is shining onto it I take 2º off it, basically.

Part of the problem with these low- mid range stations is that they have the temperature sensor and the solar radiation sensor on the same unit. I can't cover the unit to put it in the shade as the solar radiation sensor is then covered too.

There isn't a good mid range system out there with seperarable sensors. I'm not counting the Davis units, which are good technology coupled to a late 1990s interface.

John.Icy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119312192#Comment_119312192

That's fairly strange logic to be fair. I've been staring at the satellite all week hoping for cloud to budge and I'd say majority of the country in terms of landmass has had cloudy conditions the last few days for good chunks of the time. Parts of the South and West doing much better as seen below. But like why should that make someone happy they have cloud or poorer conditions? State of play today currently, lots of cloud continuing to barrel in from the NW and many will have to hope the cloud burns off later.

On a similar line of thinking, we should never complain about our own local conditions because sure it's sunny in Spain and Portugal or some other place. The negativity policing thing is getting really tiring. People making announcements they are retiring from the thread because they can't deal with people in the north west accurately describing their weather. I lived in the NW for 6 months only one year and the people on here are holding back in the words they choose to describe things. It is utterly miserable up there when the cool drizzly spells with low cloud sets in and last for what feels like weeks on ends. It just really doesn't matter what other people are reporting, just put 'em on ignore folks if it's an issue.

Anyway whatever. It's completely cloudy here again for now so hopefully it will clear up later before 7pm. I absolutely hope those in the south or wherever are enjoying the sunshine. But that ain't gonna make me happy till I get some myself 🤞.

EDIT: Met.E cloud forecast sequence paints a very poor picture for my area for the rest of today. Literally no end in sight of the cloud until late evening again. Bloody hell.

pauldry

Very misty in Sligo today but it should break up after lunch. It would be less depressing if there wasn't a weather forecast earlier in the week saying 20c to 24c but it could yet get to 20c by 8pm as its Summer I think.

Wev had some sun this week. Today will probably be misty till 1pmthen cloudy till 3pm and fair after that. So I wouldn't get too down. Though breaks in Donegal will be later.

Tomorrow and Monday should be mid twenties everywhere n all yer houses will be roasting.

Ozvaldo

Clear blue sky lovely sunshine Cork City

Meteorite58

14.5C and overcast here on the Kerry coast, was cloudy much of yesterday too even though it was sunny and very warm in Castleisland , heading inland a bit today and to S Kerry so hoping for some clear skies .

Great crop of raspberries this year, not a horticulturist but thinking the duller weather not forcing them out too quickly and the heavy rain spell gone by just came at the right time. They really are just left to fend for themselves and often just leave to the birds but we are taking our share this year 😁

OldRio

Very cloudy again this morning with a little drizzle in the air at about 6am.

Let's hope this cloud breaks down.

Meteorite58

Heading for the clear patch!

KanyeSouthEast

Smashing morning absolutely beautiful our third nice day of the summer glorious to see and feel.

pauldry

In Winter we never get proper snow coz a Northwesterly sets in instead of direct Northerly in Summer we don't get proper heat coz a Northwesterly takes told for 3 months spilling sea mist and cloud onto us. Well I guess it's a good thing coz who'd want 32c if High was placed 200 miles more east all week.

sryanbruen

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119311991#Comment_119311991

Yes of course, that's why I stated the current July record rather than the January one. Admittedly, I should have been somewhat clearer.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119312118#Comment_119312118

Scandi highs are no guarantee either. The last Scandi high in summer was August 2020 which brought very humid air from the east and subsequently a lot of fog and low cloud for the east.

July 2013 and July 2021 were Azores high ridges. Unlike July 2022, both ridged far north enough to cut off the Atlantic feed. See how the ridge approaches from the southwest in 2021 and then remains stationary near or over us for a week. All the while winds are variable first then veering east later.

https://imgur.com/TabgGUz

JCX BXC

Beautiful morning again in Galway, third day in a row. Sat out the back for about an hour and felt very hot in the sun out of the breeze.

giveitholly

Lovely summers day with warm sunshine,will make a gorgeous weekend

John.Icy

Not to get ahead of myself and curse the afternoon, but satellite suggests plenty more areas in the East and North could get into action early enough today and not have to wait till later in the evening. Some green starting to appear beneath the cloud blanket. Glorious sun continuing in much of the south and west.

EDIT: With the bit of burn off happening, I can see that I'm actually stuck under a thicker bank of cloud (Laois/Kildare/Wexford regions) that isn't budging at all. Maybe something to do with what Danno alluded to last night?

highdef

Have been looking at that as well and I agree and that we'll be getting reports soon about the sun beginning to make an appearance.

Hairypoppins

Astonishing temperatures being progged for England nxt weekend,mid 40s ,incredible probably won't happen but Astonishing to see them forecasted

TheMilkyPirate

Lovely and warm in Wexford but cloudy at the moment. Looking at sat24 it seems to be burning off quite quickly so shaping up to be a gorgeous afternoon

Gonzo

Still completely cloudy here in Meath.

Hairypoppins

Misty drizzle here in South West Dublin, another dark cloudy one,sun might pop out for 20 mins dis evening like the last 2 days if we're lucky