Weather Thread

[Professor]

It is a summer day here in North monaghan not full sun but it is warm

True, same here on the coast, very warm and dry.

 

[Professor]

Better leave the cider alone in the heat Myles, stick with the lemon water instead for a while. it's for your own good.

 

[Professor]

Anyway, Saturday morning was a feckin disaster, rain rain rain and more rain up till noon then cloudy till 16;00 then beautiful sun till 21:00 but all the while it was cool @16C with a cold breeze flying in from the grim Atlantic (windchill makes it feel like 12C)
Then it plunged to real chilly here now at night, central heating on again (every second night for a few hours this June & July) - ( A fucken awful Summer, a real mixed Bummer)

Not only central heating on but hot water bottles in the bed to stop from waking up cold and shivery in a damp'ish cool atmosphere (Humidity is always between 80-100%)

Maybe a 3 day scorcher this August before the summer that didn't happen, finishes??
You wouldn't put money on it

 

[Mad as Fish]

Anyway, Saturday morning was a feckin disaster, rain rain rain and more rain up till noon then cloudy till 16;00 then beautiful sun till 21:00 but all the while it was cool @16C with a cold breeze flying in from the grim Atlantic (windchill makes it feel like 12C)
Then it plunged to real chilly here now at night, central heating on again (every second night for a few hours this June & July) - ( A fucken awful Summer, a real mixed Bummer)

Not only central heating on but hot water bottles in the bed to stop from waking up cold and shivery in a damp'ish cool atmosphere (Humidity is always between 80-100%)

Maybe a 3 day scorcher this August before the summer that didn't happen, finishes??
You wouldn't put money on it

Bit dull this morning (Sat) but a grand afternoon for a cycle, so I took the opportunity and headed out.

 

[Professor]

Bit dull this morning (Sat) but a grand afternoon for a cycle, so I took the opportunity and headed out.

Just as well, it looks like you had plenty of rain and dimming cloud cover over the previous week and lots more of the mixed bag forecast for the week ahead
With some bright spells too, but of course why not, it is still full summer after all

 

[Mad as Fish]

Just as well, it looks like you had plenty of rain and dimming cloud cover over the previous week and lots more of the mixed bag forecast for the week ahead
With some bright spells too, but of course why not, it is still full summer after all

Nothing new in a dull summer, I’m the wrong side of sixty now and have seen plenty of hot ones and an equal number of mediocre ones. It’s the way of the world.

 

[Professor]

Nothing new in a dull summer, I’m the wrong side of sixty now and have seen plenty of hot ones and an equal number of mediocre ones. It’s the way of the world.

Nah, this is the third fecked summer in a row - very unusual all together. it's more than a dull summer.

Soon the Tillage sector will be showing & reeling from the recent ban on spraying Glyphosate onto Irish crops in the facilitation of curing and drying out the grain prior to harvest.
Chemicals have been doing what Nature can no longer do, but now, the game is up

 

[Professor]

Heating on again this morning (11C +dampness), the birds are all huddled and fleeting on the wire, desperate for household scraps.
It's like March or September.

 

[Mad as Fish]

Nah, this is the third fecked summer in a row - very unusual all together. it's more than a dull summer.

Soon the Tillage sector will be showing & reeling from the recent ban on spraying Glyphosate onto Irish crops in the facilitation of curing and drying out the grain prior to harvest.
Chemicals have been doing what Nature can no longer do, but now, the game is up

You really are reading too much into this dull summer, here's a lesson from history -

Frozen: Britain's Little Ice Age

The Thames turned to ice, gales flattened communities, and famine killed peasants in their thousands. Brian Fagan describes the climatic calamities that beset Britain from the 14th to 19th centuries as it shivered through the Little Ice Age

www.historyextra.com

The tillage sector will be doing no such thing, the use of Glyphosphate in maturing crops was often as much to decrease the weed burden pre combining as it was to accelerate the drying of the crop through killing it off.

The modern cereal crop is not a natural scenario, the plants have been bred to yield the most under a lightweight chemical regime, glyphospate is just one of those chemicals that is of use as a plant killer, it does not directly increase yield.

Sure there will be grumbles and, on balance, I am not if favour of the ban, it has become a target for environmentalists because it turns everything brown, it's a scalp they want, it's not a menace to society.

I would add though that we know very little about the ecology of a growing crop, there are vested interests wishing to keep it that way, they are the usual suspects.

 

[Myles O'Reilly]

Heating on again this morning (11C +dampness), the birds are all huddled and fleeting on the wire, desperate for household scraps. It's like March or September.

I think you've used the word 'fleeting' wrongly there Sir. I feel you were searching for another.

Btw I was sorry to hear about Tommy Gorman. Was he a neighbour or friend of yours?

 

[Professor]

think you've used the word 'fleeting' wrongly there Sir. I feel you were searching for another.

Yep, you're probably on to something - they've flown away from the gardens, back to the nest and the place now sounds like a graveyard again although it's a summers morning, hard to believe, eh?

Btw I was sorry to hear about Tommy Gorman. Was he a neighbour or friend of yours?

I only know of Tommy from him being a Northern correspondent on RTE back in the 90's/early noughties,
He used to go to immense detail on the finer points of things we didn't understand in regard to stormont & the peace process, a very dignified man. Used to look haunted as he tried to give us all hope on an impossible situation.

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

Btw I was sorry to hear about Tommy Gorman. Was he a neighbour or friend of yours?

Myles is a hell of a bloodhound when he's on the scent......no point in hiding

 

[Professor]

Sure there will be grumbles and, on balance, I am not if favour of the ban, it has become a target for environmentalists because it turns everything brown, it's a scalp they want, it's not a menace to society.

Actually, we had grand crops before GMO came to town.
Environmentalists are typically health conscious (unlike some who display no concern) and wish not to be exposed to extra doses of a proven carcinogen, GOOD ON THEM.

P.S. Diageo the brewer have declared they can no longer use Irish Barley in their stout due to it's poor quality - Not having adequate sunshine, it's that simple.

PPS "Turns it Brown" Yes, as I already said, it's used to cure the green kernels prior to harvest cause the Irish Climate is failing in comparison to what it once was.

Have a good week ahead yourself and we can compare notes again same time next week.

 

[Myles O'Reilly]

I only know of Tommy from him being a Northern correspondent on RTE back in the 90's/early noughties,

And there was me thinking Sligo was just a mere village.

Sir, England is about to get one day of Sunshine and the people are not happy with the weather reporting which they say is 'propaganda.'

ITV GMB's Laura Tobin's weather report leaves fans fuming as she issues 'embarrassing' warning

Good Morning Britain presenter Laura Tobin issued a weather warning for the UK as she told viewers the country will see its "hottest day of the year" on Friday

uk.yahoo.com

 

[Professor]

Myles is a hell of a bloodhound when he's on the scent......no point in hiding

What's he looking for?

 

[Myles O'Reilly]

I'm not looking for owt in your case Love. Unlike Bono I have already found what I'm looking for.

Tobercurry, 22 miles due southwest of Sligo town via the N17

 

[Professor]

And there was me thinking Sligo was just a mere village.

Sligo County in most of it's totality is simply a big private housing estate, gated & fenced off.
Tommy O'G could well have been based in D4 for all we know.

 

[Professor]

I'm not looking for owt in your case Love. Unlike Bono I have already found what I'm looking for.

Tobercurry, 22 miles due southwest of Sligo town via the N17

Did you walk through the field and climb highest mountains? What did you find?

Yeah but what has happened to your sniff detectors? Tober is pleasant greenbelt, It's ruff around this yard . . .

 

[Mad as Fish]

Actually, we had grand crops before GMO came to town.
Environmentalists are typically health conscious (unlike some who display no concern) and wish not to be exposed to extra doses of a proven carcinogen, GOOD ON THEM.

P.S. Diageo the brewer have declared they can no longer use Irish Barley in their stout due to it's poor quality - Not having adequate sunshine, it's that simple.

PPS "Turns it Brown" Yes, as I already said, it's used to cure the green kernels prior to harvest cause the Irish Climate is failing in comparison to what it once was.

Have a good week ahead yourself and we can compare notes again same time next week.

There are no GMO crops grown in Ireland, they are banned.

Don't worry, I look after myself, you'll find me fit enough.

When did Diageo declare that they were no longer using Irish Barley?

A green grain is a growing grain, and can interfere with efficient combining and increase drying costs. Later maturing crops can benefit from being killed off early but it is by no means a universal practice, spraying a field is an expensive business after all. Cereal harvesting started a couple of weeks ago and has another six weeks before it's time to worry. There are some late planted crops and glyphosphate use may well be up this year, but it will still only be a small percentage of the fields in total.

This time next week I plan to be elsewhere, on holiday.

 

[Professor]

There are no GMO crops grown in Ireland, they are banned.

Since when?
T'was back in 2010 when Máire Geoghegan-Quinn proudly announced Ireland's welcoming of GMO research and development into the country, remember? What changed?

Glyphosate is generally used in conjunction with GMO crops

When did Diageo declare that they were no longer using Irish Barley?

A few years ago, announced in the papers, no mistaking it.

Don't worry, I look after myself, you'll find me fit enough.

Good for you - Now how about the rest of us who don't have access to chemical free grains, we (the others) are part of the environment that environmentalists are also trying to protect as well as the birds n bees who are suffering from the various sprays apparently needed in a damp, dim, sunless environment.

This time next week I plan to be elsewhere, holiday time.

Get holiday insurance if you're going to Spain - It's feckin rough over there with all things considered.

 

[Mad as Fish]

Since when?
T'was back in 2010 when Máire Geoghegan-Quinn proudly announced Ireland's welcoming of GMO research and development into the country, remember? What changed?

Glyphosate is generally used in conjunction with GMO crops


A few years ago, announced in the papers, no mistaking it.


Good for you - Now how about the rest of us who don't have access to chemical free grains, we (the others) are part of the environment that environmentalists are also trying to protect as well as the birds n bees who are suffering from the various sprays apparently needed in a damp, dim, sunless environment.


Get holiday insurance if you're going to Spain - It's feckin rough over there with all things considered.

R and D may be ongoing but growing of GMO crops in Ireland is banned.

Diageo is still stiffing farmers over barley prices.

You don't have access to organic foods?

Birds and bees are suffering more from wind turbines than chemicals. It's just too easy to blame the farmers instead, always has been. Think yourself lucky you have any food at all.

 

[Professor]

Birds and bees are suffering more from wind turbines than chemicals. It's just too easy to blame the farmers instead, always has been.

It's not the farmers - It's the chemicals and other new tech environmental factors.

Diageo is still stiffing farmers over barley prices.

They said it had to do with quality content not good enough - After a dim year that's not much of a surprise.

You don't have access to organic foods?

Yes but around here it can be very pricey X3 - Spain it's almost non existent.
I mention Spain here in relation to a problem which their agricultural spraying practice has given rise to regarding pests - micro bugs, fungus's which is that because the chemicals have been used for so long, those organisms are now almost immune to many old brands, tomato growing in Andalucia has been mainly commercially abandoned due to the superbug's ability to thrive in the toxicity that would be dangerous for human consumption.

Same with the use of glyphosate, 10 years ago it was discovered that some weeds had become not only immune to the stuff but had evolved into superweeds which glyphosate is useless against.

That's why it's probably being reduced here in Ireland, it's losing its effect unless it's really dosed on heavy and that's what the environmentalists are on about - you know?

Think yourself lucky you have any food at all.

You must be Joking
Get me a polytunnel and access to resources and it's abundant green acres all the way.
In addition I can club together with like minded folk and we can import stuff which is not available due to Gombeenism.
Certainly can produce potatoes, carrots, onions, cabbages, tomatoes of the very best delicious quality
Duck & Chicken eggs, Honey etc etc. Fish out of the Ocean . . .

Who are you trying to fool here??

 

[Professor]

The weather's been off this year and what better proof than the fruit shrubs performance, it's wacky.
One bush in the sun position had a rip roaring May and produced early but then the rains & darkness returned and destroyed the early done fruit, pity because i has fertilised them with love since spring.

The other black currants on the shady side are only now starting to ripen - 2 months later!!

Two years ago the shrubs were of almost equal of performance.

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

I only have two Apple trees but I'm already expecting a bad performance , and black spots on the apples

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

Big change on weather this morning , the sun has been brought out and summer is back on should be a great days drying for turf in the bogs with zero midge risk

 

[Professor]

It's been a really really terrible August bank holiday weekend weather wise and culture wise, like most of the soon to finishing summer.
At a guess we can expect the usual newspaper article telling us that the long term forecast for August looks unsettled with much rain and mixed weather (but no scorcher or indian summer).

 

[Mad as Fish]

It's been a really really terrible August bank holiday weekend weather wise and culture wise, like most of the soon to finishing summer.
At a guess we can expect the usual newspaper article telling us that the long term forecast for August looks unsettled with much rain and mixed weather (but no scorcher or indian summer).

All good stuff, and a humbling reminder that nature will do her own thing and feck the plans of mice and men.

 

[Professor]

All good stuff, and a humbling reminder that nature will do her own thing and feck the plans of mice and men.

But sure that doesn't stop 'em having a go, the business is worth a fortune!!

 

[Professor]

Met Éireann is forecasting wet and windy weather on Wednesday night with heavy and persistent rain moving from the west across the country, bringing the chance of flooding.

While the weather is expected to improve on Thursday, the forecast is that another spell of wet and windy weather will come in from the west in the night, again bringing the chance of flooding.

Connemara pony show events postponed due to prospect of heavy rain

Forecast of wet weather on Thursday and Friday leads to rescheduling of parts of popular Clifden event

www.irishtimes.com

Another sign of the rotten summer on the way out.

Had a few dry but dim days last weekend, sporadic sunshine but no big deal - No scorcher this year.

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

It's over , I'm calling it .....total washout summer same as last year with no realistic possibility of dry autumn weather

 

[Wolf]

It's over , I'm calling it .....total washout summer same as last year with no realistic possibility of dry autumn weather

Fuck it anyway.
I'm heading home tomorrow after 12 glorious days in the villa on The Algarve.
Back to the shit weather and the rip off prices.
€3 for a decent bottle of the local vino down here, 8 pack of Heineken is €6.......

 

[Mad as Fish]

Meanwhile, over in the Balkans they have been enjoying/suffering a two month heatwave.

 

[Mad as Fish]

Fuck it anyway.
I'm heading home tomorrow after 12 glorious days in the villa on The Algarve.
Back to the shit weather and the rip off prices.
€3 for a decent bottle of the local vino down here, 8 pack of Heineken is €6.......

Aye, it's only when you get out of Ireland that you realise what a money grubbing hole it has become.

 

[Professor]

Austria & Germany have it bad, record breaking stuff as usual, these days . . .

. . . Heavy rain in Austria has left parts of Vienna under water and caused severe damage in parts of the country.
Fast-moving torrents of muddy water swept cars through the ski resort of St Anton in western Austria.
A woman was dragged under a bus by the force of flooding in the Dobling area of Vienna.

She was reportedly taken to hospital in a critical condition.
Fire services in Austria's capital city were called out more than 450 times on Saturday amid the heavy rainfall.
"Heavy storms have done great damage in many parts of Austria," the country's chancellor Karl Nehammer said.

Austria: Parts of Vienna under water after record rainfall - as cars swept through ski resort

Heavy rain in Austria has left parts of Vienna under water and caused severe damage in parts of the country. Fast-moving torrents of muddy water swept cars through the ski resort of St Anton in western Austria. A woman was dragged under a bus by the force of flooding in the Dobling area of Vienna.

uk.news.yahoo.com

Severe storms with heavy rain and hail demanded a lot from emergency services in various parts of Germany in the evening and during the night. North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Bavaria - and Baden-Württemberg, where a river overflowed its banks in Bruchsal and flooded the old town of the Heidelsheim district - were particularly affected. At times, the water was up to 1.50 meters high, according to the local fire department. According to the flood control center, the Saalbach river reached its highest level at the Bruchsal gauge at around 2:30 a.m. with a good 2.13 meters and just exceeded the mark for a so-called 100-year flood of 2.10 meters.​

Storms over Germany cause "absolute chaos" in places

After the heat, now the heavy rain: Flooded cellars and streets in many places - and even a flooded old town in Baden-Württemberg.

www.bluewin.ch

 

[Mad as Fish]

Austria & Germany have it bad, record breaking stuff as usual, these days . . .

. . . Heavy rain in Austria has left parts of Vienna under water and caused severe damage in parts of the country.
Fast-moving torrents of muddy water swept cars through the ski resort of St Anton in western Austria.
A woman was dragged under a bus by the force of flooding in the Dobling area of Vienna.

She was reportedly taken to hospital in a critical condition.
Fire services in Austria's capital city were called out more than 450 times on Saturday amid the heavy rainfall.
"Heavy storms have done great damage in many parts of Austria," the country's chancellor Karl Nehammer said.

Austria: Parts of Vienna under water after record rainfall - as cars swept through ski resort

Heavy rain in Austria has left parts of Vienna under water and caused severe damage in parts of the country. Fast-moving torrents of muddy water swept cars through the ski resort of St Anton in western Austria. A woman was dragged under a bus by the force of flooding in the Dobling area of Vienna.

uk.news.yahoo.com

Severe storms with heavy rain and hail demanded a lot from emergency services in various parts of Germany in the evening and during the night. North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Bavaria - and Baden-Württemberg, where a river overflowed its banks in Bruchsal and flooded the old town of the Heidelsheim district - were particularly affected. At times, the water was up to 1.50 meters high, according to the local fire department. According to the flood control center, the Saalbach river reached its highest level at the Bruchsal gauge at around 2:30 a.m. with a good 2.13 meters and just exceeded the mark for a so-called 100-year flood of 2.10 meters.​

Storms over Germany cause "absolute chaos" in places

After the heat, now the heavy rain: Flooded cellars and streets in many places - and even a flooded old town in Baden-Württemberg.

www.bluewin.ch

Sigh...

Just how old and reliable are these records, and how old is the atmosphere?

 

[Professor]

Sigh...

Just how old and reliable are these records, and how old is the atmosphere?

The last 4 years in a row have been freaky ,100 yr records all over Europe are regularly reached - like never before in our lifetimes.

Here's a taste of a record breaker - Q. How many Germans die from a down pour??
A. Over one hundred, with Hundreds missing!!

Over 100 die in Germany, Belgium floods despite early warnings

The catastrophic flooding has pushed climate change back up Germany’s election campaign agenda.

www.politico.eu

 

[Professor]

Germany has just gone through its wettest year on record, with rainfall up by 35 per cent.

An average of 1,070 litres of rain per square metre fell across the country from July 2023 to June 2024, compared with the 1961-1990 average of 789 litres.

It marks the rainiest 12 months since measurements began in 1881, according to Deutscher Wetterdienst - the German Meteorological Service.

Wettest year ever recorded in Germany: Why is flooding getting worse?

Here's what’s behind the record rainfall and how Europe can prepare itself for more flooding.

www.euronews.com

 

[Mad as Fish]

The last 4 years in a row have been freaky ,100 yr records all over Europe are regularly reached - like never before in our lifetimes.

Here's a taste of a record breaker - Q. How many Germans die from a down pour??
A. Over one hundred, with Hundreds missing!!

Over 100 die in Germany, Belgium floods despite early warnings

The catastrophic flooding has pushed climate change back up Germany’s election campaign agenda.

www.politico.eu

In your lifetime....

How old are you?

 

[Mad as Fish]

Germany has just gone through its wettest year on record, with rainfall up by 35 per cent.

An average of 1,070 litres of rain per square metre fell across the country from July 2023 to June 2024, compared with the 1961-1990 average of 789 litres.

It marks the rainiest 12 months since measurements began in 1881, according to Deutscher Wetterdienst - the German Meteorological Service.

Wettest year ever recorded in Germany: Why is flooding getting worse?

Here's what’s behind the record rainfall and how Europe can prepare itself for more flooding.

www.euronews.com

And German farmers are delighted. In fact, when I was there in June, they were hoping for more.

 

[Professor]

And German farmers are delighted. In fact, when I was there in June, they were hoping for more.

Yeah well, they got much more since then and now they've had enough but unfortunately the wet season is just starting up again . . .

Talk to you later