Summer 2022 - General Discussion

Indeed, been a great spell of extended calm dry weather on the one hand but needing rain no doubt . Yesterday got up over 20C here out be the Kerry coast and already 20.3C under a thin layer of hazy cloud with little or no breeze, some patchy light rain and drizzle about today and showing maybe a few bigger showers popping up later but isolated and looks like not amounting to much. Getting loads of jobs done around the house during the settled weather this month, it has helped my paid work no end as I work outdoors a fair bit and have gotten some lovely coastal walks and had a short holiday during the hottest part but am very aware the negative effects on nature, at a local level been putting out loads of water for the wildlife as my ponds have dried up and they are coming to drink and bathe in their droves .

Could see getting up to 22 or 23C Mon and Tues, maybe up around 20- 21C on Weds through to Fri, little rain showing up until Fri perhaps. Will have to see how the weekend into the following week pans out, currently looking unsettled at times with a slow drifting area of initially not so deep low pressure but then goes on to show it later deepen well away to our SW/ S , could be quite wet in places at times but all depends on track and position of fronts. Interesting that the LP was initially set to lower our temperatures but now after an initial slight drop could increase temps again the following week if it takes up a position like currently showing off the SW /S ( near Biscay ) and drawing in more Tropical and Continental airs. This in turn could lead to more moisture laden warm airs and would certainly give the thunderstorm enthusiast weather to watch as it could turn quite convective in nature. Lots of moving parts but at least some interesting weather that might awaken me from my benign weather slumber 😀