Rare warm and dry August week ahead

Gonzo · 09-08-2022 4:29pm

Moore Park 27C on met eireann. Phone is saying 26C here at Dunshaughlin and feels every bit of it.

Timistry · 09-08-2022 4:30pm

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We have a weather station just outside Clonmel on the Carrick side. 26.2C at 1600.

squarecircles · 09-08-2022 4:43pm

Poor old Connaught and donegal,cant catch a break,

cant get one f"ing hot day.

It astounds me,iv never seen such a pronounced protracted contrast.

17 degrees, pig flow and and stratus gloom

then during the really fine spells, anaemic temperatures and a constant biting wind.

almostthere12 · 09-08-2022 4:47pm

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Same here and surely enough it is at 27C today while the airport is at 24C.

Ballincollig Regional Park would be a good spot alright but considering the number of places in the midlands in particular that lack stations they'll hardly put a 5th one in Cork county.

NIMAN · 09-08-2022 5:04pm

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I had a glorious day in North Donegal, inishowen. Some light clouds but don't think they got in the way of the sun at all.

Roasting in the full sun today, can't imagine it getting warmer as the week goes on.

rovers_runner · 09-08-2022 5:37pm

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Been as warm in Sligo today as it has been in Dublin, bit of a general statement there.

Completely clear skies which is not the norm though.

Also Athenry, Newport and Mt. Dillon are frequently high temps.

Sligo for example had around 20 days in July where temps hit 20 degrees, look it up.

Dazler97 · 09-08-2022 5:51pm

I hope i get into the yellow warning, it's 25c here in Carrick and same the rest of the week except Saturday 28c is expected

Gonzo · 09-08-2022 6:00pm

Arpege going for 33C around Oak Park on Saturday. Not sure about this as I feel Thursday and Friday will be the warmest days.

UKV also pinging a 33C for Saturday and 32C widespread across the south-east and midlands on Saturday.

GEM wants to bring a 32C to Oak Park on Friday.

Who would have thought we might be back chasing heat records only 3 weeks after 33C for the first time in almost 180 years. The upper air temperatures are not even close to what we had 3 weeks ago, imagine if this current spell ended with a similar plume as July, surely with over a week of high temperatures the 33C would get smashed if we had an algerian heat plume repeat.

igCorcaigh · 09-08-2022 6:17pm

This heat is making me feel ill. I'm just not made for it unfortunately. 😩

Gonzo · 09-08-2022 6:28pm

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We're all built for it, as long as your not at work. Buy a paddling pool and fill it with water and bring out the ice cooler with a few beers. You'll cool down in no time. Drink plenty of ice cool liquids, keep windows open during the day. Go to the beach and take a dip in the sea. Plenty of ways to cool down and enjoy this fantastic spell of summer weather.

Danno · 09-08-2022 6:42pm

A maximum temperature of 26.6c at Durrow Climate Station (Manual) today.

pad199207 · 09-08-2022 6:45pm

Much warmer here today than I expected. 26.9° the high.

highdef · 09-08-2022 6:46pm

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Keep windows closed (and curtains drawn) during the day, you surely mean? If the morning starts with it at 22/23° indoors, the last thing you want to do is to open the windows and allow air with a higher temperature free reign to gain access to the interior of your house.

If the external air temperature is several degrees higher than the interior the temperatures of your house, you want to keep that outside air outside and have as little sunlight into your house as possible.

igCorcaigh · 09-08-2022 6:53pm

I keep my windows open but curtains closed, coz flies.

I live in a little apartment heat trap. Working from home. Icy water helps.

Gonzo · 09-08-2022 6:56pm

I keep my windows open during the warm weather just to warm up the house. From October to June the house is freezing.

highdef · 09-08-2022 7:00pm

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I'd forgotten about that! My main sitting room in Longford only got to 20°....... Immense thermal mass of the walls ensures it never gets too hot.

Danno · 09-08-2022 7:11pm

Friday and Saturday on the APERGE iso zoom setting. Toasty!

Cumhachtach · 09-08-2022 7:19pm

Be funny if this heatwave broke 33.3c!

Given 12/13 August is relatively late in the summer, you've lost 2 hours daylight, an hour either side of the day. Of course tapping into continental air and getting prolonged sunshine makes anything possible.

On 18 July that Spanish plume, with cloud and pressure around 1013hpa meant we didn't get the sunshine we needed, despite day length.

Elmer Blooker · 09-08-2022 7:44pm

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29.8c was recorded at Valentia on Aug 24th 1955, can we call that a 30 to the nearest whole degree?

PowerToWait · 09-08-2022 7:46pm

Nvm

Meteorite58 · 09-08-2022 8:43pm

Certainly not for one minute taking from all that people love about the warm spell of weather coming up but for the Thunderstorm enthusiasts Sunday according to the ECM showing potential for storms breaking out in the afternoon after a very warm day getting into the high 20's and Dp's getting into the high teens. Will be very interesting watching the weather fronts approach from the Atlantic with potentially active convergence zones and a very high Theta W reading and approaching upper trough, big initial MUCAPE readings with a lot of instability potential, perhaps elevated storms initially . Goes on to show thunderstorm potential overnight Sunday and into Monday. A good chance Ireland will have the thunderstorms first on Sunday, will be back from the UK 😀

Worth keeping an eye on as details becoming a bit more clear. Just see Met Eireann mentioning 'Saturday and Sunday: Largely dry with good spells of sunshine and mostly light breezes over the weekend though there is a chance of thundery showers at times'.

Little snowy old me · 09-08-2022 8:46pm

Thats a great temperature for so late in the summer. Thanks.

Today is what I would call a perfect summer's day. Beautifully warm in the shelter of 1km inland but refreshlingly pleasant right on the coast due to a light breeze. Sea and sky the same blue colour. The evening is stunning. If only it could be like this every summer.

JanuarySnowstor · 09-08-2022 9:06pm

The difference here this evening is notable, very tropical!

For me the next few days are going to be record breaking compared to last heatwave which was gone in a blink..

- Sustained heat for 5/6 days

- Record breaking for the South with temps breaking 30C

- Much higher humidity which will make 30C ovenlike (remember the last heat event had very low humidity)

- Seatemps at record highs right now meaning sea breezes will be minimal.

Regarding a thundery breakdown it looks very hit and miss but with all this heat around you would imagine we are overdue a decent storm!

NIMAN · 09-08-2022 9:11pm

This is the type of weather I love.

But it's nice in short doses. Just looking at Sky News and the reports from SE England and France, and you wouldn't swap places with those folk. France are getting it super tight, and I suppose we are kinda lucky we live in a country that will never have serious drought conditions. Some places in France havent had rain since April!

Perhaps in the future we will be damn glad to have our climate.

Danno · 09-08-2022 9:15pm

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- Much higher humidity which will make 30C ovenlike (remember the last heat event had very low humidity)

IIRC it was only the Dublin region that saw humidity around 30%~40% whereas much of the country was in the high 40%s and up to 60%.

My own records today versus July 18th...

Granted, these are AWS values so, subtle differences between it and the manual thermometers.

NSAman · 09-08-2022 9:22pm

Last Saturday the rain was horrendous. Monday quite similar. The last few days in the south west have been sunny but cool. Today was a beach day. Warm sunny and just beautiful. In around 21C but in the sun it was hot.

first thing on the news: yellow alert for temperature and of course they wheeled out water shortages.

I just hope this warm weather continues. Best vacation weather I have had at home in years!

Oscar Bravo · 09-08-2022 9:49pm

Todays Max

JanuarySnowstor · 09-08-2022 9:54pm

Surprised that Gerry didn't mention on the evening broadcast that we topped 27C today. It doesn't happen that often. I guess he knows it will be beaten tomorrow, most likely in the South again

leahyl · 09-08-2022 10:06pm

Inchydoney today - just stunning weather!

pauldry · 09-08-2022 11:06pm

I think there's a good chance we will beat the all time August record of 31.5c

Surely tomorrow will beat the rather impressive 27.4c. I'd say weekend will touch 30c but one of 2 spots might tip 31 if its sunny enough.

RobertKK · 09-08-2022 11:15pm

August 1995 was a hot month with Kilkenny over 25C most days and over 30C at times.

It doesn't happen often but August is a summer month and the south east is very very dry.

200motels · 10-08-2022 1:18am

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Lucky you. I wish we had that beautiful weather down here.

sryanbruen · 10-08-2022 7:16am

Looks like the latest models are prolonging the warm weather into next week now. Turning less anticyclonic and more unstable but the warm airmass sits over the country up until Thursday 18th on both the ECM and GFS 0z. No significant cool down on Monday, speaking of which, quite an interesting setup for that day... I'll leave that to the convection experts to discuss though as convection is far from my expertise!

This August is turning out to be one for the books.

fits · 10-08-2022 7:31am

Came downstairs this morning at 5:30 and the house was 24 degrees so I opened up every single window and door and got it down to 19 in no time. Will close all the windows now shortly. Blinds already down.

absolutely love this weather though and I’m not working this week yay!

fits · 10-08-2022 7:49am

Ouch. I hope no one was hurt.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/itsallaboutcarlow/permalink/1720488608315036/

FlubberJones · 10-08-2022 7:58am

Could get used to this brilliant blue sky, light breeze and great temperatures....

Thankfully, Calabria, Italy beckons on the 20th so I'll be a little used to the warmth.

marathon2022 · 10-08-2022 10:00am

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Going to be some event, the transition from bike to run will probably be in highs around 28°C. The competitors may just be wishing for 2019 at that stage.

Gonzo · 10-08-2022 10:10am

This is what I was hoping for, the cooldown to be delayed and it looks as if next week will not be as hot as this week but temperatures in many parts of the country could remain in the low to mid twenties. Id say there is a chance of no breakdown at all and we could stay fairly warm next week if slightly volatile before a possible reload of the heat for the final week of August. By September 1st many of us will be closing the book on summer 2022 with a big smile on our faces. The dissapointing 1st and final week to June is forgiven. Even if the last 2 weeks of August end up dissapointing, summer has done it's job with a remarkable period of mostly settled and very warm weather betweeen the 5th of July and 3rd week of August.

This could possibly be the best summer since 1995. I feel both 2018 and 2021 are already beaten here in Leinster. In terms of the very south of England they are looking at the warmest and driest summer since 1976.

fryup · 10-08-2022 10:16am

Scorchio part deux 😎

Marty Bird · 10-08-2022 10:38am

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The hotter the better for me personally only finished an IM recently in the high 20s was lovely.

marathon2022 · 10-08-2022 10:43am

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Fantastic, you must be excited with a few days to go and everything looking good for a great event. The best of luck💪 🍀

Gonzo · 10-08-2022 10:51am

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I love the high temperatures too. Nothing overly warm at this stage but I'm happiest with temperatures of 32 to 38C. Unfortunately I have to be realistic and realize we just do not get temperatures of that level in Ireland. My main experiences of those sort of temperatures is always in Spain near the coast with a smimming pool in the garden. I've experienced temperatures up to 42C and that wasn't a problem either with all the cooling down options at hand.

Marty Bird · 10-08-2022 10:52am

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Thank you, yeah I can’t wait hope it’s a great weekend for all involved. Youghal is a beautiful spot for it and the residents really are up for it.

RobertKK · 10-08-2022 11:13am

Iphone weather showing 31C for Kilkenny for Friday and Saturday.

pauldry · 10-08-2022 11:16am

This Summer is no ways as good as 1976 1983 1984 19891995 2003 2006 2018 or even 2021 here. But probably next on the list.

Little snowy old me · 10-08-2022 11:36am

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Well with the forecast now showing the breakdown being pushed into middlen of next week, it is nailed down that we are at the start of a glorious spell of summer weather. Its a bit early to be ranking summer 2022 just yet.

Danno · 10-08-2022 11:41am

Breaching 25c in southern Laois after midday. Is there another 3c or 4c of warming left to come? I've noticed over the past few days, peak heat is between 5pm and 6pm here.

pad199207 · 10-08-2022 11:45am

That day out there is one of the best of the summer. Such a blue sky.

Elmer Blooker · 10-08-2022 12:09pm

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I remember absolutely nothing about the Augusts of 2006, 2018 and 2021, were they any good?

July 2013 was excellent but I remember nothing about August that year either.

edit: I just remembered my flowers covered in mould last August so that means it must have been cool and wet.

compsys · 10-08-2022 12:11pm

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Are you in Sligo?

It's been a FAR better summer in Dublin.

May to Aug have all been above average temp wise here.

I know some posters think us in the East are making it up. But by Irish standards we've had weeks and weeks of nice weather.

It's been a bit dull at times but this week will make up for that!

Rare warm and dry August week ahead

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