Summer 2022 - General Discussion

Supercell · 22-06-2022 10:49am

Satellite is looking promising last hour or so for things to brighten up in the midlands and east at least. Fingers crossed, light drizzle stopped here now.

pauldry · 22-06-2022 11:02am

Cripes looked at predictive rainfall sequence on sat24 and Summer ends Thursday night!

JRant · 22-06-2022 11:24am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119233981#Comment_119233981

Summer ended last September 😁

Still waiting for this year to kick off. We've a south facing garden and the kitchen is usually like a sauna this time of year but that hasn't been a problem this year. Hopefully we get some settled weather in July.

John.Icy · 22-06-2022 12:22pm

As with many a 'cloud burn off' days, the cloud is now thickening across large parts of the country on the last few frames of satellite.

I don't know what it is about this island but expecting cloud burn off must be one of the most arduous things 😅.

An eternity of waiting for it to finally clear up at 7pm or something. Is it purely topographical or why is burn off so unreliable here compared to other landmasses?

Hopefully an early afternoon blip and enough areas will get something decent out of the late afternoon and early evening. Lots of rain on the way possible and it's been a pretty dry year in parts so might as well top up the levels before my anticipated mid July heatwave of all heatwaves arrives.

fits · 22-06-2022 12:55pm

we have had lots of settled weather just not very sunny!

Very close and warm in south Carlow today.

as for travelling abroad for warmth - it won’t be long before people are coming here to escape it.

Gonzo · 22-06-2022 2:15pm

Such a dissapointing day with so much cloud around. This cloud layer is just refusing to break up and is limiting todays temperature potential. Even Scotland is doing better than us this week with the sunshine and temperatures.

From Friday we will entering a very unsettled period which could easily end up in being the wettest week we will experience in more than a year. There is a chance over 100mm of rain could fall in many places between this Friday and Friday of next week if the models verify. Tomorrow will be the last day of summer for at least a week so make the most of lawnmower Thursday.

Let's hope the charts improve during the course of next week, looking at the charts right now and it's a deluge from start to finish from Friday morning all through next week. with heavy showers or prolonged spells of rain on a daily basis. Maybe in a few days time the charts will start to look less unsettled. July better offer a serious improvement, but this unsettled spell may last into the first week of July.

Hairypoppins · 22-06-2022 2:37pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119234832#Comment_119234832

Good God

SaoPaulo41 · 22-06-2022 2:44pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119234832#Comment_119234832

I know eff all about charts and forecasting, but find your posts very insightful and helpful. What would you say is the probability of this playing out?

Kutebride · 22-06-2022 2:59pm

Just in time for the school holidays this Friday afternoon 😲

Kutebride · 22-06-2022 3:01pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119234832#Comment_119234832

Just in time for the summer school holidays this Friday afternoon 😲

pauldry · 22-06-2022 3:03pm

Done a very quick total on Yr.no website. For the week from Friday they predict

Cork 81mm

Galway 54mm

Sligo 42mm

Dublin 30mm

I'm sure some coastal areas of the South and West will get 100mm in that scenario.

Could downgrade or upgrade

For past 3 days their total for Sligo for this period has been 70mm and 30mm and today 42mm

NedsNotDead · 22-06-2022 3:28pm

The weekend and next week looks pretty bleak. I was going to head into Croker on Saturday to watch the All Ireland Quarter Finals but I might stick to the couch instead

appledrop · 22-06-2022 3:42pm

It's very cloudy out there today but very humid with no breeze.

Nearly has a tropical feel about it.

alentejo · 22-06-2022 3:46pm

I can nearly deal with the weather today. Its not raining! Its not too windy! Its not that cold - more like summer - It might be cloudy, but at least it is pleasant outside.

As for the lack of rainfall, no doubt, once it rains, it will continue to rain for months and no doubt that come August, farmers will be giving out about saturated fields. rant over!

Oscar Bravo · 22-06-2022 4:17pm

Its gone from overcast to clear blue skies in the past hour here in Castlebar. Clearing from west to east so hopefully some sun for all before it sets.

Gonzo · 22-06-2022 4:32pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119235074#Comment_119235074

The last time we had very grim charts was about 2 weeks ago with very similar setup to what the charts are showing for the next 10 days and it didn't happen. The past 10 days turned out much better than what the charts were originally showing during the 1st week of June so there is hope that the models are overcooking the grim outlook. This is what I am hoping. The most likely scenario is we are heading into an unsettled setup for the next 7 to 10 days but here's hoping most of us don't see 100mm of rainfall within the next week.

Already the charts are improving for eastern and south-eastern England and not as grim as they were yesterday. We could do with this luck fairly quickly.

Dazler97 · 22-06-2022 4:36pm

I know we're not to get rain till Friday but surely my plants be alright till then won't they, only watered them once since Sunday

Gonzo · 22-06-2022 5:00pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119235632#Comment_119235632

Sprinkle them with some water and they should be fine.

Dazler97 · 22-06-2022 5:01pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119235752#Comment_119235752

Yes i will indeed thanks gonzo 😁

Gonzo · 22-06-2022 5:49pm

The sun is trying to get though here now but I don't think it will amount to much. Very warm considerng the amount of cloud currently 21C, but feels more like 23 or 24C. It's extremely sticky and feels like one of those days in Spain where it's extremely cloudy but very warm.

Tomorrow will be a final day of warm weather before the big change on Friday. I'm feeling less optimistic about prolonged sunny spells tomorrow but hopefully the sun will shine a bit more tomorrow. The charts are still showing 21 to 24C over a large part of the country for tomorrow but I think this will very much depend on sunshine breaking through.