Hot Spell - Saturday 16th July onwards

That is a shame!

Cloud cover was always a caveat with this and has been mentioned quite a few times already in this thread so it’s actually no surprise.

Just want to leave this link here for Monday if that is ok. I imagine a few of us will be watching this closely to see if we get close to the 33.3

It was always going to be a diluted version of the uk/continent conditions.

the piss misery is clinging on to Atlantic coastal extremities for fear wed get a taste of summer for 1 fffing day in the year.

it would make you want to tear your hair out.

Status Yellow - High Temperature warning for Ireland

Met Éireann Weather Warning

On Sunday, Monday and Tuesday exceptionally warm weather will occur over Ireland with daytime temperatures of 25 to 30 degrees generally and possibly up to 32 degrees in places on Monday. Night time temperatures will range from 15 to 20 degrees. 

Impacts:

• Heat stress, especially for the more vulnerable of the population

• High Solar UV index

• Risk of water related incidents 

See Fire danger notice and full safety advice on www.gov.ie/summerready

Valid: 06:00 Sunday 17/07/2022 to 21:00 Tuesday 19/07/2022

Issued: 09:48 Friday 15/07/2022

Yip .. down here in Carrigaline, south coast ( south of Cork city ) .. CLOUD for last two months has been consistent party spoiler. Recently the mornings start out great, clear blue skies BUT THEN, over the hill ( about 20 mins ago .. clear blue behind me ):

And as the day progresses it results in this ( Yesterday afternoon ):

Once it goes like this the ambient temp around you drops considerably. The difference heat wise when sky is clear vs when the cloud comes is ( I think ) considerable, regardless what the apps and met are saying is the temp. Very noticeably gets cooler. I imagine this is due to not getting enough solid clear sunny hot days over last few months so the ground and ambient never gets a chance to retain heat. I would also imagine the water is still cold for a swim?

So with respect to the coming few hotter days down this neck of the woods anyway, I am expecting pretty much above and lots of cloud hence no 25 30 32 down this way

That miserable sh*thole suits you well anyway.

Looks like our 19th century highest ever temp of 33.3 C will remain intact for another year 😕

The Media love whipping up hysteria. If its not wind, its rainfall or cold temperatures....now Sunshine/heat. FFS would they ever just feck off and focus on the real news....like the state of the Health services, the amount of tax payers money being wasted on Quangos/exorbitant pensions/Nepotism in government, the homeless crisis etc.

Even if the record isnt broken its going to be hot, some places will get lots of sunshine and others wont, same as any other warm spell in Ireland. I wouldnt be writing anything off yet.

what's Boris up to now???

You should be used to perennial disappointment by now living on the NW coast! The only way to potentially get good summer weather there is strong high pressure centred over the country and even then it's often spoiled by sea fog.

I'm in Dublin this week thankfully so finally experiencing some actual summer but even here it looks like a one day affair with a couple very warm but mostly cloudy days either side.

I definitely think it's been blown out of all proportion, at the end of the day it's just a bit of heat that most of us have experienced countless times abroad. But then I guess the prospect of breaking the record is worth a bit of hype..