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Summer 2022 - General Discussion

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    #2612
    almostthere12
    Registered Users Posts: 280 ✭✭almostthere12


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119479872#Comment_119479872

    All's not lost yet, the GFS 6z wants to build up that high pressure again from mid next week and the ECM looks like it might too except a couple of days later. All FI stuff of course but worth keeping an eye on.



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    #2613
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,900 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119480181#Comment_119480181

    yeah the 6z is looking a bit more promising for Ireland whereas the last 3 GFS runs locked Ireland away from any potential warmth while SE UK and the rest of Europe goes back into the oven. Would need to see at least 5 or 6 GFS runs in a row to show this build of high pressure over us and the other models to fall in line. I'm not looking for record breaking temperatures here, just another full week of sunny skies and temperatures low to mid twenties.



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    #2614
    Elmer Blooker
    Registered Users Posts: 6,136 ✭✭✭Elmer Blooker


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119479431#Comment_119479431

    ME’s yesterday’s weather now reporting 26.8mm at the airport.

    (Casement 8.6mm and PP 6.8mm)



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    #2615
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,900 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    cool, cloudy and breezy today in Meath, feels very autumnal, temperature only 17C but feels more like 13C.



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    #2616
    appledrop
    Registered Users Posts: 5,971 ✭✭✭appledrop


    The best word to describe today is fresh.

    Yes it's cooler, but it amazing to breath in that fresh air after all the heat and humidity.

    Now I'll take a few days of this then I'll have the heat back please😉.



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    #2617
    Banarol
    Registered Users Posts: 226 ✭✭Banarol


    Back to the ordinary boring weather for the foreseeable. Our default weather. No 30 degree heat to bask in now or temperature watching to see if records are broke. No watching lightning maps.org for approaching thunderstorms. No spectacular lightning to video and watch. What are we going to do at all? All we are left with now is bland uninteresting weather. Which makes us appreciate weather events all the more. Whenever the next event of interest will be? Who knows?



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    #2618
    Danno
    Registered Users Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭Danno


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119480766#Comment_119480766

    Withdrawal symptoms setting in already!!!



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    #2619
    Banarol
    Registered Users Posts: 226 ✭✭Banarol


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119480944#Comment_119480944

    Yeah its a bit like being on a right good drinking session and then the hangover. Or coming back from a foreign holiday can be a bit of a downer for a day or two. What goes up must come down. Anyway one gets used to the mundane within a few days until the next event and the cycle repeats itself. Don't get me wrong I have other interests although these tend to shelved when there's a big weather event



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    #2620
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,900 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    I'm really missing the unbroken sunshine and mid to high twenties already. Could do with another 2 or 3 weeks of it till mid September. The mid autumn to late Spring period of chilly temperatures is long enough as it is.



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    #2621
    Meteorite58
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Great day in Kerry, about 18C, welcome breeze , enjoying the freshness .

    Pic taken early afternoon.

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    #2622
    Ludikrus
    Registered Users Posts: 472 ✭✭Ludikrus


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119481632#Comment_119481632

    Heading to Kerry next week and I'd take that! Not looking great at the moment though.



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    #2623
    Little snowy old me
    Registered Users Posts: 420 ✭✭Little snowy old me


    A beautiful refreshing day in SW Donegal. Blue skies mostly with a fresh breeze taking the edge of the temperatures. Great drying. Apart from some light rain the other night, from the Donegal Bay thunderstorm, we have had little rain.

    I love these type of early autumn days. Sitting out in the garden in the shelter and its lovely although I do have the fleece beside me on the chair.



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    #2624
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,900 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    Certainly no sun in Meath today, a thick blanket of low hanging cloud all day and feeling very cool in that breeze. Probably the coldest day we've had since June.



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    #2625
    Meteorite58
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119481657#Comment_119481657

    Not great the weekend, looking showery or prolonged spells of rain on Sat with a possible more prolonged wet day on Sun and some frontal rain possible in the early days but tonight the ECM looking half decent with a ridge building and less rain as the week goes on hopefully , might even be pleasant, would be great if the HP moved in over us at the end of the week, GFS slower to build the hp but gets there eventually . Anyway enjoy your spell in Kerry.


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    #2626
    Neddyusa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,049 ✭✭✭Neddyusa


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119482170#Comment_119482170

    You might be the one to answer this Gonzo but it's a question that's been bugging me...:

    At the end of the last three heatwaves in a row we've gone from temps of 28-31C down to 15-17C within two days.

    A 14C swing.

    Last month, today and last August too.

    Why the dramatic swing from one extreme to the other?

    You'd expect maybe a gradual decline via the low twenties, or is that too much to ask for? 🤣



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    #2627
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,900 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119482878#Comment_119482878

    Basically after the 3 hot spells this summer they got broken down really quickly by low pressures swinging down from the Iceland/Greenland direction with northerly winds attached to them so a huge transformative flip in upper air temperatures from +15 to +20 down to around 0 to +3 uppers in a very short period of time, a matter of hours.

    Yesterday afternoon the humidity and temperature felt like high twenties, fast forward 24 hours later and today felt like a mid to late October afternoon. The temperatures will begin to stage a slow recovery from tomorrow although Saturday looks every bit as chilly as today if not colder.



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    #2628
    spookwoman
    Registered Users Posts: 9,960 ✭✭✭spookwoman


    Noticed when heading out of the estate today the amount of leaves on the ground. You would think it was Autumn judging by the colour of the leaves on some of the trees and then others had a carpet of brown leaves under them .



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    #2629
    giveitholly
    Registered Users Posts: 5,647 ✭✭✭giveitholly


    I thought Saturday was supposed to be a generally dry day across the country,but looking at the weather after the news it looks quite wet



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    #2630
    Elmer Blooker
    Registered Users Posts: 6,136 ✭✭✭Elmer Blooker


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119482878#Comment_119482878

    You’re not asking me but I’ll give my opinion anyway.

    extremes of temperatures (whether summer or winter) are not normal in this country so a swing of around 14c within a day or two as temperatures return to normal isn’t unusual and is to be expected.

    I remember around Christmas 2010 temperatures went from -17c to +12c in about two days!

    BBC News 24 forecast tonight at 21.55 suggesting more very warm weather on the way to see out the summer, I sure we can tap into that too?



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    #2631
    Neddyusa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,049 ✭✭✭Neddyusa


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119483313#Comment_119483313

    Agreed. Christmas 2010 was another example of the see-saw effect.

    I suppose whenever we do get extreme of heat or cold, it inevitably means that the opposite airmass has been pent up somewhere nearby, biding its time to bring us crashing back down to the climatic norm (very quickly!)



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    #2632
    Neddyusa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,049 ✭✭✭Neddyusa


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119483073#Comment_119483073

    Some trees leaves have been browning due to drought. Still a little early for most trees to start shedding leaves.



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    #2633
    pad199207
    Registered Users Posts: 7,194 ✭✭✭pad199207


    Really felt the cold today, not because it was actually cold but the fact I think our bodies have climatized



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    #2634
    Danno
    Registered Users Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭Danno


    It's baltic feeling out there in south Laois tonight, a light but noticeable northerly breeze of 3mph/5kph and temperatures of just above 10c.

    Tonight really reminds me of when you come back from a week in Spain and get dumped on the edge of the runway at Dublin airport before midnight and try to make your way back on foot to the gate!



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    #2635
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,900 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    We have a week of autumnal conditons to come (an unsettled wet weekend) and possibly more rain on Monday. After that hopefully things will improve alot and we should be back into low twenties at the very least if this high pressure begins to take hold from next Tuesday. The next 7 days will be basically a repeat of the first and final week of June. We just have to get through this.



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    #2636
    Wine Goddess
    Registered Users Posts: 551 ✭✭✭Wine Goddess


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119481366#Comment_119481366

    Totally agree! Feels really chilly this morning! And no real heat to look forward to.....wah, wah!



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    #2637
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    today looks good😎 - make the most of it folks



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    #2638
    Cluedo Monopoly
    Registered Users Posts: 9,399 ✭✭✭Cluedo Monopoly


    Beautiful morning in Galway. I have noticed that apples have ripened early this year.

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?



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    #2639
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,900 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    Definitely make the most of today's dry weather, a bit of a washout to come over the next 5 days with no shortage of rain or showers, up to 40mm of rain could fall in places between tomorrow and Tuesday. The drought is well and truly over.

    There are signs things may improve towards the second half of next week for the final week of August. After that September may break down quickly into an unsettled Atlantic dominated pattern and we're into autumn by that point.



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    #2640
    appledrop
    Registered Users Posts: 5,971 ✭✭✭appledrop


    Nothing nice about today in NCD.

    Dull with a light drizzle all morning.



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    #2641
    sryanbruen
    Registered Users Posts: 13,612 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119484387#Comment_119484387

    Yup, pretty dismal out. Mad to think there was not a single cloud in the sky this very day last week.

    Photography site - https://www.sryanbruenphoto.com/

    Weather photo portfolio - https://sryanbruen.myportfolio.com/weather-1



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