Summer 2023 - General Discussion

Very depressing day in South Wicklow. Dark heavy blanket of cloud overhead all day, humid in a damp warm breeze and the odd shower. And looks like this muck will continue for the next couple of weeks.

I wonder where our June currently ranks

Sligo certainly has had its hottest June on record. Maybe 1940 was hotter but certainly nothing in my life has been close to this and I'm nearly 50.

Finally set up my station on weatherunderground PWS network. Its mounted OK but I may take it down in storms or drill it in harder.

Unfortunately the location I pressed was my house but weatherunderground sent it to Knappagh Beg and to fix id have to go through all the rig ma roll again so can't be arsed.

Rain for nearly 24 hours. Leitrim

Ah would it not be fair to say it will improve from noon?

After a wet morning,the clearance has arrived and it's bright and sunny

Very chilly on the west coast this morning for a period after that rain cleared. It really felt like an autumn coolness, that low pressure has brought down 4° uppers from the Northwest. The wind has dropped now, some clear skies and feeling quite warm at times.

Met Eireann weather forecast as 40C temperature 'heat dome' points to Ireland 'hot spell'

How these websites are allowed to publish absolute nonsense like this is beyond me. Should be treated like covid misinformation.

I wouldn't really agree with that analysis.

The easterly winds allowed clear skies in most areas and very, very warm temps away from exposed coasts. Especially in Ireland.

Had there been no easterly, where else would the wind have come from? The north? The west? Because that wouldn't have brought high temps either in early June.

Even if winds had been coming from the south, it would have been way cloudier on most days, with temps probably maxing out at around 22º or 23º only in many areas. And there probably would have been rain too.

The dry easterly meant no rain for weeks on end which would have helped temperature also due to the dry soil.

Same

Those county webpages like galwaybeo are becoming worse than the mirror etc. And the public is full of 'silly' people who believe such rubbish.

That’s true. It will cause people to make daft plans or take unnecessary precautions.

if they were to be spouting off like that about a red weather warning for wind or snow they would be taken to task over it.

in response to the post two up by strong and faithful

Beautiful spring morning in D24.

Very pleasant morning out there if a little cool earlier