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Summer 2024 - General Discussion

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  • #3002
    PokeHerKing
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    Man D24 is rocking. Crazy winds.



  • #3003
    adocholiday
    Registered Users Posts: 1,915 ✭✭✭adocholiday


    Casement is reporting winds of nearly 90km/h the past 2 hours but well out on its own with those reports. Dublin airport reporting max 65 and the other eastern stations topping out around 60. I always feel that the first strong windy spell after the spring/summer lull feels much worse than it is, particularly when the trees are still in leaf etc.

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  • #3004
    beggars_bush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,596 ✭✭✭beggars_bush


    Windy but dry

    No sign of the 100% rain met Eireann predicted



  • #3005
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,064 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    Just after driving home and noticeably strong wind/gusts on southern section of M50.

    Did/walked The Gobbins this morning (near Larne) and luckily got most of it done before the heavier rain set in. Very wet on drive back all the way through NI until the border. Sunny and breezy back home in Greystones.

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  • #3006
    SuperBowserWorld
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122520581#Comment_122520581

    That looks like a cool solution to the bray/greystones cliff walk closed problem.



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  • #3007
    DOCARCH
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122520639#Comment_122520639

    That did cross my mind!



  • #3008
    Reckless Abandonment
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,508 ✭✭✭Reckless Abandonment


    Wilder than most of last winters storms here in Dublin 12



  • #3009
    NIMAN
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    Last full week of the kids summer holidays, and it looks like a total write off.



  • #3010
    Thunder87
    Registered Users Posts: 62 ✭✭Thunder87


    Aside from the wind it's turned out a much better day that expected in Dublin, rain never amounted to more then some drizzle this morning and there's decent sunny spells for the past few hours



  • #3011
    Kutebride
    Registered Users Posts: 1,187 ✭✭✭Kutebride


    THe wind in Meath.....warn wind 19⁰. Evening walk in the tshirt. Didn't realise wind was forecast. Thought wind to rise on Wednesday.



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  • #3012
    Comhrá
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    One of my neighbours just called to my door holding a small flower container of mine that she found blowing around in the middle of the road. The flowers miraculously escaped as they were held together in a root-ball and lying in the middle of my driveway.

    Haven't seen such strong winds for a long time. Very humid and warm, around 18c.



  • #3013
    Billcarson
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    How much is this month running above average so far regarding temperatures?



  • #3014
    compsys
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122521418#Comment_122521418

    About 1 to 1.2º above average in the wider Dublin area and the south east to around bang on average the further West you go.

    14 days have been above 20º already in Dublin. Not so great in the west and north west in particular.



  • #3015
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,186 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    Bit of a squall line moving over Castlebar at the minute. Surprised no lightning



  • #3016
    Billcarson
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122521512#Comment_122521512

    Thanks.👍



  • #3017
    appledrop
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    I don't know how anyone in Dublin can possible think this hasn't been a good August.

    The stats are there, above normal temperatures, barely any rain and 14 out of 18 days above 20 degrees! What more do you want, it's Ireland not the med.

    No it hasn't been sunny all time but good compared to June and July. Its a good change from normal crap weather we usually get every August.



  • #3018
    sparrowcar
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122521602#Comment_122521602

    It's been unpredictable, poorly forecast and cloudy. No proper block of sunny days to put a pool out for kids for example. Murky 19-21c misery.

    Lots of people I speak to feel the same.

    You would be in the minority believing it was good.



  • #3019
    Goldengirl
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122517991#Comment_122517991

    15 to16 degrees IS warm for Atlantic waters . Bit cooler than it has been the last couple of years , but I have never swam in anything higher than 18 in Ireland .



  • #3020
    Goldengirl
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    PXL_20240819_210950846.NIGHT.jpg

    Super-Blue moon at the Bull wall in Clontarf tonight .

    Post edited by Goldengirl on


  • #3021
    Hairypoppins
    Registered Users Posts: 190 ✭✭Hairypoppins


    At the the time of posting it wasn't raining in South West Dublin, it was warm in hazy sunshine



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  • #3022
    Cluedo Monopoly
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122521602#Comment_122521602

    Last August Dublin Airport received 119mm of rainfall. So far this August it's 8.1mm. It's a good August for the Dubs.

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?



  • #3023
    Cluedo Monopoly
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122521633#Comment_122521633

    Sea temp in Galway hit 16.9 yesterday. It's 16.7 today. Perfect really. August and September are the best months for sea swimming. The regulars would feel those temps are downright hot.

    I have huge admiration for the hardy folks that swim all year round. It would be 6-8C in February. I tried it one year but I couldn't hack it. Too warm blooded or too soft!!

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?



  • #3024
    Goldengirl
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122521860#Comment_122521860

    I wasn't in very deep water and it was sunny with a strong but warm wind ...just lovely . Mayo .



  • #3025
    OldRio
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    Biblical showers last night around this part of Leitrim. Woke up on a number of occasions with the sound of rain bouncing off the roof.

    Sunshine 10C at the moment.



  • #3026
    glightning
    Registered Users Posts: 591 ✭✭✭glightning


    I've a feeling early September will bring at least a short settled spell and reasonable temps. There is some consensus in the models that HP will try to move closer, and the jet stream will change orientation and weaken a little.



  • #3027
    wazzzledazzle
    Registered Users Posts: 2,037 ✭✭✭wazzzledazzle


    Hockeyed down at 2am this morning, but bright enough this morning. "Chilly" enough for my fleece hoodie however. Hopefully we'll have one warm spell before the 6 months of wind and rain come along.



  • #3028
    Meteorite58
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 12,023 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Big showers here in Kerry overnight and a very heavy shower just gone through , temp dropped from a high of 14,6C right down to 12.7C. Sun out again.

    https://twitter.com/i/status/1825810866366820378



  • #3029
    Elmer Blooker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,154 ✭✭✭Elmer Blooker


    why do I keep hearing ‘blue’ moon when it isn’t!
    A blue moon is the second full moon in a calendar month and there’s only one full moon in August 2024.

    I remember a few years ago two full moons in January, none in February and two in March, quite incredible and obviously a very rare occurrence.

    PS. gardeners get your twine and bamboo canes ready and protect your plants from Ernesto.



  • #3030
    Rugbyf565
    Registered Users Posts: 489 ✭✭Rugbyf565


    It’s nice and sunny no doubt but the strong winds kind of ruins it for me. Just give me one more sunny, calm, humid day before summer ends.



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  • #3031
    squarecircles
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    JAYSUSSSSSS….

    MONDAY and TUESDAY of next week (26th-27th) could become quite unsettled with an interval of heavy rain possible. It will stay rather unsettled all week but with less rainfall in total until perhaps around weekend of 31 August and 1 September (this being almost two weeks out, could change of course; warmer air is going to try to make a resurgence around then but current guidance suggests it only gets into parts of southern Britain briefly, and not into Ireland, where a frontal system will be feeding off the energy of the warm air further east).



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