Summer 2024 - General Discussion

Overcast and strong breeze in Maynooth. No rain yet, but I'm sure it's on the way. Much cooler than yesterday, but not cold like last week.

Extremely heavy rain here in carrick ,rain drops are pelting off the ground

Rain intensity ramped up to torrential for a few minutes before suddenly easing as the front cleared. Can walk from the car to the supermarket now.

Also something neither Met Eireann or UK Met seem to notice is that rain on days like this takes a lot longer to clear the North and West. Why is this? There's a main band of rain and then 3 or 4 hours of residual mist and drizzle. The East and South doesn't get this as much.

Met Eireann just say rain clearing from the West. This is a lazy forecast.

I hope I’m wrong but that squall line will probably break up by the time it gets to Dublin, I could do with a decent drop, I haven’t cut the grass since May.

On the plus side there are no weeds to be pulled

Obviously can't speak for the whole East coast but this happens in Wicklow too. Last Thursday was a good example when we had that very wet day. The heavy rain cleared into the Irish sea but lingered over Wicklow for a good while longer than most places. On the radar it looks like a bit of the system gets stuck and it takes a while for it to get dragged away. It's very annoying and happens frequently. Something to do with the mountains maybe I don't know?

Rain just arrived in Celbridge 10 minutes ago. Hours ago, the radar showed it over us, but there were no actual drops until now. My grass is absolutely parched, so I'm also hoping for a good drop.

Don't worry fits. Have a beer tonight, shake it out tomorrow, then Sunday is going to be a cracker, and if you can't bale it on a Sunday, Monday looks fine too. Good luck with it.

In fairness it seems to happens around mountainous areas mostly like you said. In the Midlands this probably happens less bit its as if Met Services aren't aware of it. They never say rain and drizzle lingering longer near hills and mountains. Why not? Then we wouldn't be so mad when it rains for 10 hours instead of the 5hrs they forecast. To be fair to the Met Eireann app its forecasts have got slightly more accurate of late. It had rain till 7 and it stopped at 730.

Back from my run and it's cloudy with drizzle. 11C. Leitrim.

Warm and sunny here in Dublin

19º and partly cloudy in Dublin. Not the worst summer's day by Irish standards.

The next weeks looks OK for the East at least. A bit more uncertain for those further west.

It's cloudy enough here in NCD but still nice and warm and when the sun comes out it is absolutely roasting.