Summer 2024 - General Discussion

They are computer generated. They really need to remove the graphical symbols 'feature' from being front and centre of the website as its worse than useless. Even for 1 hour out its very often several degrees off on temperature and has the totally wrong symbol for what the weather's like

Here is my view of the stunning Mt Fuji on board a flight from Tokyo to Hiroshima about an hour ago

High 30's here again today

Man. I'm just getting to that point again where I feel like checking out when it comes to watching what the weather is going to do. This year sucks, and models are honing in on a low fest for August. Hardly any point watching the models or paying any attention to the weather. It's just going to be whatever it is. No hot spells, no prolonged sunshine, no thundery periods to look forward to. Just the usual zonal regime. Best just to focus on other aspects of life!

Meteorologists Commentary :

Through Sunday afternoon and much of Monday, that heavy rain will move eastwards across the country. The rain will be heaviest in the west and southwest with flooding possible. Becoming blustery also, with fresh and gusty southerly winds developing, strong on western and southern coasts.

It will also be very mild on Sunday night due to the warm airmass that the low pressure system will introduce. Temperatures will not fall below 14 to 17 degrees, so it will be an uncomfortable night for sleeping.

Aoife continued “With the bank holiday weekend, more people will be out and about and they may not expect the unseasonably wet weather and strong winds. Sunday will not start off too bad but don’t let that lull you into a false sense of security. The rain will get progressively heavier through the afternoon and evening with those southerly winds picking up, so make sure to check the forecast and any warnings for your area before heading out.”

It's gotten really bad lately. The other night was listed as 0% rain in waterford and it there was very heavy rain. Radar nothing because of the comeraghs and there seems to be a black spot around here for proper radar readings. Again the other morning no rain due and it rained. Just cannot rely on it for even short term forecasting

Can hear them from here in rathfarnham

Thankfully only very light rain around Celbridge and Maynooth today, barely enough to wet the ground, but it's almost constant light spots on the (strong) breeze since lunch. Not enough to deter the local funfair or those sitting outside the pubs, but I wouldn't be sitting around in it!