Summer 2021 General Discussion

Dazler97 · 09-08-2021 3:37pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117728751#Comment_117728751

That's grand send them to Carrick on Shannon

compsys · 09-08-2021 3:58pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117728824#Comment_117728824

Yes.

Also, it's relative.

16 or 17º will feel far warmer in May on the back of only 12 or 13º on average in March/April.

Whereas 20º in August (which we're still hitting some days right now despite the poor weather) feels cool if you got 25º or more in July.

However seasons are based on temperature and August is always warmer overall than May.

Averaged out over the month an exceptional May might have an average daily high of 18º. However even a poor August would beat that most years.

sporina · 09-08-2021 5:00pm

jaysus so humid in Cork today - twas grey then really sunny but now the heavens are well and truly opened! torrential rain - hope its just a bad shower.. really wanna get out for a walk

10-08-2021 10:35am

Its actually another lovely day in Arklow

Currently 17c

pauldry · 10-08-2021 10:38am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117728710#Comment_117728710

Well never will all the countries on earth agree to zero emissions in the next 30 years so if we have not yet we are about to.

Also isnt volatile weather extremes now the norm all over the world. Hard to see this ever been reversed.

The Green Party can harp on but unless they are planning to cover the entire world with trees theres nothing really they can do.

fits · 10-08-2021 10:51am

It can get worse. A lot worse. This isn’t about reversing it anymore.

Gonzo · 10-08-2021 11:54am

The first dry morning in about 2 weeks. Half the neighbourhood is cutting their lawns at the moment. Will make a start on mine soon as it's back to the rain from tonight.

pauldry · 10-08-2021 12:12pm

Went for run last night and there was floods everywhere so had to cut it short even though it was a dry day.

Lake just filled up and theres nowhere for the water to go.

One good thing about all the rain and floods is that it rarely keeps raining when there is that much rain so the 2nd half of August is sure to be drier in general.

Gonzo · 10-08-2021 12:44pm

looks like we are reverting to the traditional summer pattern of Atlantic systems biting Ireland, Wales and Scotland with summer resuming across south-eastern and central England. Overall the next week will continue unsettled but rainfall amounts shouldn't be excessive like the past 10 days and it may become slightly warmer across southern and eastern parts of Ireland. Still alot of uncertainty in the models with them all flip floping from day to day but overall a slightly dryer theme on the horizon.

pauldry · 10-08-2021 1:42pm

Ya if youre going on holidays to the South or East weather will be grand Id say.

Summer is over in the West....unless fantasy island is right.

mcburns07 · 10-08-2021 2:13pm

Lovely day in East Cork. 20 degrees and hazy sunshine.

Gonzo · 10-08-2021 3:22pm

not too bad of a day here in Meath, first decent day since last Thursday. Not much sun but when it shines it is warm and the ground is drying out.

SleetAndSnow · 10-08-2021 9:31pm

Was a nice morning in west cork but around 2ish the rain arrived and forgot to leave :(

RobertKK · 10-08-2021 9:40pm

So far another fairly dry month inland south east here in Kilkenny, around 20mm, ground still fairly dry.

pauldry · 10-08-2021 10:09pm

Meanwhile in Sligo the benches continue to float

Dazler97 · 11-08-2021 2:11am

16c here in Carrick on Shannon very warm tonight

snowgal · 11-08-2021 11:07am

horrible morning in Meath. Lashing at the mo.....Dull, dreary, mehh

11-08-2021 11:13am

I don’t really need a reason to hate August more but this one is particularly bad. Wet, gloomy and humid. Warm but not hot days, and warm humid nights about 2-3 C diurnal difference. Worst of both worlds.

11-08-2021 11:18am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117735028#Comment_117735028

Ditto here in Arklow but I'm hearing of an anomaly south of wicklow Town where two wunderground stations reported around 56 to 58mm on July 30th

I recorded 11 that day

16 or 17 in Greystones I think

Normally I'd say an unserviced cheap wunderground station but 2 of them about 3kms apart have this

I'm thinking a thunderstorm maybe that day

Iwicklow22 is one of them

Paging Oneiric...

Gonzo · 11-08-2021 12:56pm

Another washout day here in Meath, rain has mostly been light but there was half an hour of torrential rain around 11am and lots of surface water and spray on the roads after it. We've had well over a decade run of bad Augusts but this one is turning into a league of it's own with so much rain and miserable weather.

RobertKK · 11-08-2021 1:11pm

Look at the radar and how the rain in the inland south east didn't happen as heavy as elsewhere again...

11-08-2021 1:35pm

3.4mm here in mostly light but steady rain

namloc1980 · 11-08-2021 1:39pm

Lovely day here in East Cork. Bright sunny sky and feels nice in the sun. BBQ will get a run out later for first time in a couple of weeks.

pauldry · 11-08-2021 2:57pm

Lovely day in the West just the usual wind before the unusual wind tomorrow

Meteorite58 · 11-08-2021 3:42pm

Beautiful day in Kerry, the air has a clean pure quality to it . Front cleared early this morning here on the Kerry coast and brightened up by about 09.00, been mostly blue skies dotted with small individual cumulus cloud since and feeling pleasant at 17.6C. Drove through one shower on my way back from South Kerry earlier.

NASA EOSDIS earlier.