Heatwave for UK

Britain is set for a heatwave this week with parts of Ireland benefitting too in particular the Eastern side http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090629/tuk-britain-set-for-week-long-heatwave-6323e80.html

Hot week for 28th June!

Yes possibly the hottest week yet of the Summer coming up in the next few days with teperatures exceeding 26c and higher in some place. The current high is 27.5c in Claremorris. It may be beat this week. After this though a cooler interlude for the week of 5th July.

Warm weather to last?

Well it certainly does look like there will be high temperatures and some warm sunshine in Ireland and the UK until next Tuesday at least ..... maybe in July the winds will swing to a cooler Northerly and though there will still be a fair amount of dry weather temperatures will plummet back to the mid teens. After a week of this the warm pattern with some thundery showers should return, showers should not be as plentiful as previous Summers though. Europe (France and Spain) are braced for some really hot (40c) weather to start July!

30c for first week of Wimbledon

Not a misprint. There are some early signs of hot days in part of next week as the High moves to the Eastern side of the British Isles (the more favoured position). So it would be a good bet that 30c will be reached in London at some stage. 24 or 25c will be expected here in Ireland.

Summer to Return?

If youve clicked here from the sister page you are probably looking for a Long Range Forecast so I will give you one for Ireland and Britain. This week will have a warm Tuesday of 20 to 24c , however it will be very cool on Wednesday and Thursday compared with showers and temperatures of 15 to 19c. As Low pressure is to the North the Azores High will make its first attempt of the Summer to push in. It may succeed this year. How far the "h" of the High gets over us will determine the warmth but some pleasant weather should ensue from Friday to at least midweek of the following week and temperatures will be around 20c at least.

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Some Weatherlore

Ring near moon - Rain not for a few hours.
Ring far from moon - Rain soon.
Hazy watery sun - Rain imminent.
Wind from East- Not fit for neither man nor beast.
Wind from South - Rain in its mouth.
Blue flame in the fire - Strong Winds on way.
Sheep on the hill - Weather set Fair.
Red Sky at night - Next days alright
Red sky in morning - Rain warning

Heavy Rain!

Dublin and Casement saw 33mm and 44mm respectively on 6th June!

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Met Eireann Stats for Great Spell

From Friday May 29th through to Tuesday June 2nd, the maximum daytime temperatures rose steadily on each successive day, with the highest values achieved on the afternoon of Tuesday June 2nd. Sharing top spot were Claremorris Co Mayo and Birr Co Offaly, both of which saw the temperatures touch 27.5 degrees Celsius. The 27 degree target was also reached in Mountdillon Co Roscommon (27.1o) and Newport Co Mayo (27.0o). Temperatures of 26 degrees or greater were recorded across a wide swathe of the country, from Caherciveen in the southwest to Ballyhaise in Co Cavan.

These temperatures are higher than any recorded across Ireland during the 2007 and 2008; we have to go back to 2006 to find comparable weather, when temperatures topped 30 degrees in a few stations during July of that year.

In terms of June temperatures, the figure of 27.5 degrees represents the highest value achieved in both Birr and Claremorris in 14 years; in 1995 June values of 29.7 (Birr) and 29.0 (Claremorris) were recorded. The all time record June temperatures for both stations were set in 1976 when temperatures reached 31.2o and 29.8o respectively.

The other outstanding feature of the weather over the June weekend was the sunshine, with many stations recording between 14 and 15 hours of direct sunlight on June 1st and June 2nd in particular. However the longest duration of daily sunshine through the period was recorded in Knock airport on Wednesday 3rd - at 15.7 hours this represents the sunniest day recorded in Knock in its 13 years of weather measurement. Two stations recorded 15.5 hours; Cork Airport (Monday and Tuesday) and Caherciveen (Tuesday). Because the summer solstice falls in June the records for bright sunshine for almost all weather stations fall in this month; the exception is Rosslare whose sunniest day was in July 1971.

Temperatures Ireland 2nd June

Max
Min

Ballyhaise
26.5
8.1


Belmullet
23.7
13.4

Birr
22.1

Casement
24.9
11.9




Claremorris

27.5
10.7



Cork Airport

21.0

Dublin Airport

24.5
14.4


Finner Camp

24.7
11.7

Johnstown Castle
24.2
13.0


Knock Airport
19.3

Malin Head

18.3
12.0


Mullingar

26.6
8.8


Oak Park
26.8
8.8



Roches Pt
20.1
11.5



Shannon Airport

26.9
10.8


Valentia

26.1
9.6

Data were produced on 03-Jun-2009 07:50:01 Please see Notes Below

Warm weather to continue till Midweek

The current hot spell we are enjoying here in Ireland is going to last until next Wednesday and after this it gets a lot cooler but at least it should stay dry. Temperatures for Tuesday and Wednesday will continue to be 23 or 24c so it will be tough looking out the window of work at it but after this it will be cooler as a more northerly element enters the wind. The High Pressure moves to the Northwest and then towards the end of the week a thundery trough will move up over Ireland from the Bay of Biscay. What happens after this will have a major bearing on how our Summer will turn out.