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Summer 2021 General Discussion

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,753 ✭✭✭Dazler97


    Sticky here in Carrick on Shannon still 20c at 6 mins to midnight, never felt weather like this ever, I'm a 97 baby so I'd say this is on par with heat in 95 summer but not by length



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭pad199207


    Not a breath of wind out there tonight making it very very difficult to cool the house. Fans going ninety.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭Danno


    Durrow figures for Syranbruen so he can update his earlier table :)

    Saturday 29.6c

    Sunday 29.1c

    Monday 29.2c

    Tuesday 29.4c

    No tropical nights here yet, this valley location is not great for holding the heat once the sun sets.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭Danno


    Kerry Airport is available on XCweather.co.uk - Think it only reports from morning till evening though.



  • Registered Users Posts: 379 ✭✭Tilden Katz


    Tomorrow I shall be flinging myself into a lovely lake in the west midlands (Loughrea). I first leapt into it in mid-August last year on an overcast yet breeze-free day that had an air temperature of 19°C or MAY have just about scraped 20°C at one point. The water was extremely pleasant then so I have high hopes for tomorrow. I cannot wait. Bring it.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    Utterly hushed and bright and clear and still. Panorama looks like a huge still mural. The ocean flat calm. A rare dazzling sight.


    More small clouds scattered each day now

    West Mayo offshore



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,281 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    20°c in Shannon, Knock and Dublin airports at 8:30am, now that's a rare sight.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48,266 ✭✭✭✭km79


    Last night was horrible :@



  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Currently 21.2c in Arklow after an overnight low of 14c

    Expecting no higher than 23c today depending on when the sea breeze gets going



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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,996 ✭✭✭Slashermcguirk


    I would take 25 degrees every single day of the week, its my favourite temperature, anything between 24 - 27 is absolute perfection for me but hopefully somewhere in midlands / mid west sees over 30 degrees today and tomorrow



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,505 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    Left Killarney yesterday under blue skies and intense heat. Arrived in North Kerry under a blanket of sea fog.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,679 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    Yikes, already 25.0C at the Connemara National Park climate station at 9 a.m.!!!



  • Registered Users Posts: 553 ✭✭✭Wine Goddess


    Last night we went to Portrane beach in North Dublin and (drum roll) the water was warm!!!!

    Actually warm! We couldn't believe it!

    About 18c I reckon. A glorious evening and a fantastic way to cool off after a day of almost 30c on our deck in Firhouse D24.

    I'm still stunned!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,171 ✭✭✭Rebelbrowser


    Cork has 4 stations but, again, I'm not sure any are representative of the temperatures being experienced by most of the population, I.e. Cork City and suburbs. Sherkin is on an Island 2 hours away, Roches Point is a lighthouse on a headland jutting out to sea about 30km away, Cork Airport is 170m ASL on a hill 10km from the city and Moore Park is in Fermoy 30km further inland. Basically, for summer temps, Sherkin, Roches Point and Cork Airport all show lower temps than most of us are experiencing and Moore Park is usually higher. The mid point of Moore Park and Cork Airport is probably about right for Cork City and suburbs so yesterday that would mean 25.6 or so (Moore Park was 26.7 and the airport was 24.4). Sherkin and Roches Point are always 2+ degrees cooler than the city it seems.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,238 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    Mean maxima at the reporting Met stations for the last 5 days.

    From Met Eireann.

    New Moon



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,023 ✭✭✭Donegal Storm


    Same problem in Donegal where both Malin and Finner are right on the coast, Finner can seemingly escape the coastal influence every once in a while but Malin is permanently stuck between 10C and 15C year round.

    It was sweltering in Letterkenny yesterday yet Malin, our nearest station had a high of 14C!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,238 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    I said it just recently but there is a lot of weather missed out on (in terms of official reportage) because of the scant number of weather stations across the country.. except for Dublin which, despite being one of the smaller counties, has three of them. The SE is definitely underrepresented as is the SW.

    New Moon



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,991 ✭✭✭Storm 10


    My home station in Galway City yesterday recorded 31.1 degrees with not a breath of wind going to work this morning at 8.30 it was showing 21 degrees I don't think the temperature readings would be far off.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,996 ✭✭✭Slashermcguirk


    I think a few key locations should definitely have weather stations with hourly reporting on the Met Eireann updates..............Kilkenny, somewhere like Birr or Banagher in Offaly, Durrow in Laois, definitely at least two more locations in Donegal like Donegal town, Dungloe or Letterkenny. I also think some places around Lough Derg like Portumna, Killaloe. I think around Wicklow, somewhere like Newtownmountkennedy or Enniskerry



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,201 ✭✭✭ongarboy


    Wow! 24c in usually temperate Valentia already at 10am according to ME. That already exceeds the max temp there from Monday and Tuesday. Could we see a record for that station today??



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭Tyrone212


    Belmullet and Newport Mayo both 27c at 11am



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,053 ✭✭✭Neddyusa


    A full degree higher than this time yesterday now so I think we'll breach 30C or maybe even 31C later.

    One very noticeable thing about this spell is how the real heat is in the evening rather than afternoon. Why is that?

    Eg yesterday's peak here of 29.6C was at 6pm!




  • Registered Users Posts: 1,996 ✭✭✭Slashermcguirk


    absolutely beautiful morning in Dublin, 24 degrees at 11am.

    I see Newport is already at 27, as is Belmullet (dont say that too often!). Mount Dillon at 26 and no doubt it will go very high today! Malin Head 16 degrees which is just ridiculous



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,201 ✭✭✭ongarboy




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    The heat is searing.

    Even with a small breeze.. that itself is hot air

    My sales table at the end of the drive has just gone self service as there is no way to sit out as usual.

    Hotter than any day so far and a more airless sultry quality to it

    West Mayo offshore


    y



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,132 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog




  • Registered Users Posts: 11,506 ✭✭✭✭Xenji


    It will be interesting to see if Furnace can top 30C today as the trend for this week is for it to peak around 14.00.



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,996 ✭✭✭Slashermcguirk


    Its tough to call with peak temperatures, quite frequently we are seeing the highest temp in some locations at 5pm. I would have always thought 3pm would be the hottest part of the day but there have been frequent cases this week of 28-29 degrees around 5 or even 6pm. I am not sure that is normal to have a peak at that time of day but I could be mistaken.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,346 ✭✭✭highdef


    Working in inchicore, Dublin today (was back home in Kildare since last week before today) and just back from a short walk to the shop. There's a fresh enough sea breeze blowing, very noticeable in the shade. In the sun it's pleasant enough but barely warm in the shade when exposed to the wind. Would love to be back home where the warmth is!



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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,996 ✭✭✭Slashermcguirk


    28 degrees at Mount Dillon at 12pm. Things really heating up now. Even Dublin Airport (dublin's coolest location with exposure to breeze from coast) is already at 25 degrees. I would be amazed if something like 31 is not hit today in the midlands. Valentia is 27 degrees which is remarkable for its location



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,996 ✭✭✭Slashermcguirk


    Ehhh, i am near the coast and there is barely a breeze in North Dublin and its 25 degrees in the shade. Mullingar which is well inland is only currently 1 degree warmer than that.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭pad199207


    Indeed. Was in Dublin a few days ago and the relief from the inland oven was beautiful!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,132 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    Kildare is the Sonoran Desert of Ireland, is it? 😋



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,346 ✭✭✭highdef


    Maybe it's because I've been a good bit inland with calm/almost calm conditions and any short lived light breeze was a warm one so I've become used to the apparent higher heat. Definitely a lot lot cooler here in inchicore, nearer to the coast. Was expecting a blast of warmth when I walked out of the office but felt a coolish breeze instead (in the shade). Hoping to get back home in a couple of hours so will be interesting if there is much difference in temperature between Dublin and Kildare.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭pad199207


    The likes of Kildare/Carlow today may swelter due to the SEly component to the breeze over the Wicklow and Blackstairs mountains



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,124 ✭✭✭compsys


    Ah would ya stop. It's about 25º in most places in Dublin right now as per Met E - even at DA. And all those temps are taken in the shade!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,346 ✭✭✭highdef


    Oh I'm not denying the temperature readings. I'm just saying that the "Real Feel" in Dublin makes it feel a lot cooler in Dublin today than it has done for me over the past few days, about 40km inland. That, combined with no sea breeze (none to very little wind most of the time but was a warm wind when it did appear) at home plus a few degrees higher temperature seems to have resulted in my acclimatising to the warmer weather so now that I am in Dublin, the coolish sea breeze is more apparent to me because I've not been experiencing it.

    Looking at Wundermap for a rough idea of temperatures (most stations would be considered amateur but most are high spec stations (Davis, for example), the closest stations to my home are Kilcock and Clane and they are currently reporting 29° and 30° respectively.

    At my workplace, the closest stations are near Rialto and Crumlin are both reporting 26° so without even taking into account the cooler and stronger breeze nearer the coast, there's at least 3° temperature difference. I can't wait to get back to the oven @pad199207 !!!



  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Well if you're depending on what's coming in here from the se at Arklow to cool ya down, ya may get other ideas 🤣

    Its only 7kmh up at 30ft at my station and its in the middle of a field, no concrete,enclosed garden adjacent houses or anything to cause the breeze to be so weak

    Our only saving grace is we being within 2kms of the sea when it's not a land breeze,always have a Marine layer 🤣🤣


    23c here atm



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,132 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    Latest pictures coming through from Kildare (carried by highly trained vultures)




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭pad199207


    All ya need is the Naas Ball in that and your talking 😂😂😂



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,346 ✭✭✭highdef


    LOL, afraid no vultures down my way; only buzzards and sparrowhawks 😝



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,132 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,679 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    28.6C at Mt Dillon and Navan ACS on WOW at 1300



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,999 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    27C now at Dunshaughlin making today the second warmest day of the year. Last Saturday reached 28C here so just a little bit more and we may reach 28C at some point today. Looking at the met eireann reports most stations are between 25 and 28C. Mt Dillion is at 29C so there is a chance it may reach 30C later.

    As has been said many times already it's such a shame we have so few weather stations and the vast majority of them are located not too far from the coast either. A severe lack of official weather stations well inland.



  • Registered Users Posts: 196 ✭✭sean555


    31.6 at Trim on WOW at 1300.



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭Tyrone212


    Could be some localised thunderstorms in the next couple of hours for N Connacht/West Ulster.



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭Tyrone212


    West of Limerick city Clonmacken Link Road on the nra website has the highest temperature 31.8c. Not official.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,362 ✭✭✭mojesius


    Glorious day here in South Wicklow. Thank god there's a bit of a breeze blowing. 10 month old napping happily in the shade in a vest so I'm catching some rays before we all jump in the paddling pool.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,023 ✭✭✭Donegal Storm


    Lots of convection has kicked off all of a sudden around here, went from totally clear skies to ~50% cloud in half an hour. Reminds me of the skies you see in Thailand in the late morning when the monsoon storms are building so wouldn't be surprised to see a few localised downpours



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