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As I mentioned last week, the Department of Physics at Maynooth University will be hosting an Eclipse Event, this week on Wednesday August 12th. This sold out very quickly so we expect a good turnout. In the last few days we have been featured prominently in articles in the Irish Times and The Journal and on the RTÉ website. Although it is officially full, there may be a few returns, so it is worth checking on the day to see if we can fit you in.

The viewing of the eclipse will of course depend on the weather, but we have talks lined up indoors and a pop-up planetarium so I hope people will turn up even if the weather isn’t great. I’ve been checking the forecast on the Met Éireann app quite regularly. As of last week it wasn’t very good, with cloud and rain likely but since then it has improved. In the light of my recent post that one can’t really trust Irish weather forecasts more than three days in advance, I thought it would be fun to track the forecast until the big event to see how stable it is.

Here are the summaries for yesterday (Saturday, when it only gave a prediction every three hours for Wednesday), and today (Sunday, where there is an hourly forecast). The peak of the (partial) eclipse is around 7pm (19.00 hours) in Maynooth.

Saturday ForecastSunday ForecastMonday ForecastTuesday Morning Forecast (7am)Tuesday Evening Forecast (5pm)Wednesday Morning Forecast (7am)Wednesday Afternoon Forecast (3pm)

As you can see, the Sunday forecast predicts the temperature on Wednesday to be rather high, with little chance of rain, though with more cloud than the Saturday forecast. I’ll update on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to see how it progresses…

Update: Wednesday 12th, 7.30am. As you can see from the above the forecast for the eclipse is quite good. There is quite a lot of rain out to the west, but it is tracking noreth-eastwards and most of it is forecast to miss Maynooth.

The rainfall situation at 7.30am, Wednesday 12th August

P.S. In the Irish language, “eclipse” can be either urú or éiclips. The former is interesting as it is also the name for a form of initial mutation that occurs certain grammatical situations in Irish, the change at the beginning of a word, where a new letter is placed in front of the original consonant, so that the new letter’s sound replaces (or “eclipses”) the old one.

#DepartmentOfPhysics #Eclipse #MaynoothUniversity #MetÉireann #PartialSolarEclipse #Wednesday12thAugust

#departmentofphysics #eclipse #maynoothuniversity #meteireann #partialsolareclipse #wednesday12thaugust

In the Dark @[email protected] · 2026-08-09 · 11:19 UTC

Maynooth Eclipse Weather Watch

As I mentioned last week, the Department of Physics at Maynooth University will be hosting an Eclipse Event, this week on Wednesday August 12th. This sold out very quickly so we expect a good turnout. In the last few days we have been featured prominently in articles in the Irish Times and The Journal and on the RTÉ website. Although it is officially full, there may be a few returns, so it is worth checking on the day to see if we can fit you in.

The viewing of the eclipse will of course depend on the weather, but we have talks lined up indoors and a pop-up planetarium so I hope people will turn up even if the weather isn’t great. I’ve been checking the forecast on the Met Éireann app quite regularly. As of last week it wasn’t very good, with cloud and rain likely but since then it has improved. In the light of my recent post that one can’t really trust Irish weather forecasts more than three days in advance, I thought it would be fun to track the forecast until the big event to see how stable it is.

Here are the summaries for yesterday (Saturday, when it only gave a prediction every three hours for Wednesday), and today (Sunday, where there is an hourly forecast). The peak of the (partial) eclipse is around 7pm (19.00 hours) in Maynooth.

Saturday ForecastSunday ForecastMonday ForecastTuesday Morning Forecast (7am)Tuesday Evening Forecast (5pm)Wednesday Morning Forecast (7am)Wednesday Afternoon Forecast (3pm)

As you can see, the Sunday forecast predicts the temperature on Wednesday to be rather high, with little chance of rain, though with more cloud than the Saturday forecast. I’ll update on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to see how it progresses…

Update: Wednesday 12th, 7.30am. As you can see from the above the forecast for the eclipse is quite good. There is quite a lot of rain out to the west, but it is tracking noreth-eastwards and most of it is forecast to miss Maynooth.

The rainfall situation at 7.30am, Wednesday 12th August

P.S. In the Irish language, “eclipse” can be either urú or éiclips. The former is interesting as it is also the name for a form of initial mutation that occurs certain grammatical situations in Irish, the change at the beginning of a word, where a new letter is placed in front of the original consonant, so that the new letter’s sound replaces (or “eclipses”) the old one.

#DepartmentOfPhysics #Eclipse #MaynoothUniversity #MetÉireann #PartialSolarEclipse #Wednesday12thAugust

#departmentofphysics #eclipse #maynoothuniversity #meteireann #partialsolareclipse #wednesday12thaugust

In the Dark @[email protected] · 2026-08-09 · 11:19 UTC

Maynooth Eclipse Weather Watch

As I mentioned last week, the Department of Physics at Maynooth University will be hosting an Eclipse Event, this week on Wednesday August 12th. This sold out very quickly so we expect a good turnout. In the last few days we have been featured prominently in articles in the Irish Times and The Journal and on the RTÉ website. Although it is officially full, there may be a few returns, so it is worth checking on the day to see if we can fit you in.

The viewing of the eclipse will of course depend on the weather, but we have talks lined up indoors and a pop-up planetarium so I hope people will turn up even if the weather isn’t great. I’ve been checking the forecast on the Met Éireann app quite regularly. As of last week it wasn’t very good, with cloud and rain likely but since then it has improved. In the light of my recent post that one can’t really trust Irish weather forecasts more than three days in advance, I thought it would be fun to track the forecast until the big event to see how stable it is.

Here are the summaries for yesterday (Saturday, when it only gave a prediction every three hours for Wednesday), and today (Sunday, where there is an hourly forecast). The peak of the (partial) eclipse is around 7pm (19.00 hours) in Maynooth.

Saturday ForecastSunday ForecastMonday ForecastTuesday Morning Forecast (7am)Tuesday Evening Forecast (5pm)Wednesday Morning Forecast (7am)Wednesday Afternoon Forecast (3pm)

As you can see, the Sunday forecast predicts the temperature on Wednesday to be rather high, with little chance of rain, though with more cloud than the Saturday forecast. I’ll update on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to see how it progresses…

Update: Wednesday 12th, 7.30am. As you can see from the above the forecast for the eclipse is quite good. There is quite a lot of rain out to the west, but it is tracking noreth-eastwards and most of it is forecast to miss Maynooth.

The rainfall situation at 7.30am, Wednesday 12th August

P.S. In the Irish language, “eclipse” can be either urú or éiclips. The former is interesting as it is also the name for a form of initial mutation that occurs certain grammatical situations in Irish, the change at the beginning of a word, where a new letter is placed in front of the original consonant, so that the new letter’s sound replaces (or “eclipses”) the old one.

#DepartmentOfPhysics #Eclipse #MaynoothUniversity #MetÉireann #PartialSolarEclipse #Wednesday12thAugust

#departmentofphysics #eclipse #maynoothuniversity #meteireann #partialsolareclipse #wednesday12thaugust

In the Dark @[email protected] · 2026-08-09 · 11:19 UTC

Maynooth Eclipse Weather Watch

As I mentioned last week, the Department of Physics at Maynooth University will be hosting an Eclipse Event, this week on Wednesday August 12th. This sold out very quickly so we expect a good turnout. In the last few days we have been featured prominently in articles in the Irish Times and The Journal and on the RTÉ website. Although it is officially full, there may be a few returns, so it is worth checking on the day to see if we can fit you in.

The viewing of the eclipse will of course depend on the weather, but we have talks lined up indoors and a pop-up planetarium so I hope people will turn up even if the weather isn’t great. I’ve been checking the forecast on the Met Éireann app quite regularly. As of last week it wasn’t very good, with cloud and rain likely but since then it has improved. In the light of my recent post that one can’t really trust Irish weather forecasts more than three days in advance, I thought it would be fun to track the forecast until the big event to see how stable it is.

Here are the summaries for yesterday (Saturday, when it only gave a prediction every three hours for Wednesday), and today (Sunday, where there is an hourly forecast). The peak of the (partial) eclipse is around 7pm (19.00 hours) in Maynooth.

Saturday ForecastSunday ForecastMonday ForecastTuesday Morning Forecast (7am)Tuesday Evening Forecast (5pm)Wednesday Morning Forecast (7am)Wednesday Afternoon Forecast (3pm)

As you can see, the Sunday forecast predicts the temperature on Wednesday to be rather high, with little chance of rain, though with more cloud than the Saturday forecast. I’ll update on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to see how it progresses…

Update: Wednesday 12th, 7.30am. As you can see from the above the forecast for the eclipse is quite good. There is quite a lot of rain out to the west, but it is tracking noreth-eastwards and most of it is forecast to miss Maynooth.

The rainfall situation at 7.30am, Wednesday 12th August

P.S. In the Irish language, “eclipse” can be either urú or éiclips. The former is interesting as it is also the name for a form of initial mutation that occurs certain grammatical situations in Irish, the change at the beginning of a word, where a new letter is placed in front of the original consonant, so that the new letter’s sound replaces (or “eclipses”) the old one.

#DepartmentOfPhysics #Eclipse #MaynoothUniversity #MetÉireann #PartialSolarEclipse #Wednesday12thAugust

#wednesday12thaugust #partialsolareclipse #meteireann #maynoothuniversity #eclipse #departmentofphysics

In the Dark @[email protected] · 2026-08-09 · 11:19 UTC

Maynooth Eclipse Weather Watch

As I mentioned last week, the Department of Physics will be hosting an Eclipse Event, this week on Wednesday August 12th. This sold out very quickly so we expect a good turnout. In the last few days we have been featured prominently in articles in the Irish Times and The Journal and on the RTÉ website. Although it is officially full, there may be a few returns, so it is worth checking on the day to see if we can fit you in.

The viewing of the eclipse will of course depend on the weather, but we have talks lined up indoors and a pop-up planetarium so I hope people will turn up even if the weather isn’t great. I’ve been checking the forecast on the Met Éireann app quite regularly. As of last week it wasn’t very good, with cloud and rain likely but since then it has improved. In the light of my recent post that one can’t really trust Irish weather forecasts more than three days in advance, I thought it would be fun to track the forecast until the big event to see how stable it is.

Here are the summaries for yesterday (Saturday, when it only gave a prediction every three hours for Wednesday), and today (Sunday, where there is an hourly forecast). The peak of the (partial) eclipse is around 7pm in Maynooth

Saturday ForecastSunday Forecast

As you can see, the Sunday forecast predicts the temperature on Wednesday to be rather high, with little chance of rain, though with more cloud than the Saturday forecast. I’ll update on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to see how it progresses…

P.S. In the Irish language, “eclipse” can be either urú or éiclips. The former is interesting as it is also the name for a form of initial mutation that occurs certain grammatical situations in Irish, the change at the beginning of a word, where a new letter is placed in front of the original consonant, so that the new letter’s sound replaces (or “eclipses” the old one).

#DepartmentOfPhysics #Eclipse #MaynoothUniversity #MetÉireann #PartialSolarEclipse #Wednesday12thAugust

#departmentofphysics #eclipse #maynoothuniversity #meteireann #partialsolareclipse #wednesday12thaugust

Ireland @[email protected] · 2026-08-09 · 03:05 UTC

https://www.europesays.com/ie/628008/ Temperatures to hit 25C today, with warmer and drier weather forecast next week #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #Heatwave #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #MetÉireann #News #summer #temperature #TopStories #TopStories #Weather

#weather #topstories #temperature #summer #news #meteireann

Ireland @[email protected] · 2026-08-07 · 11:29 UTC

https://www.europesays.com/ie/625250/ Temperatures to reach 25 degrees as rain forecast for weekend – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #cork #dublin #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #MetÉireann #News #TopStories #TopStories #WeatherIreland

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Ireland @[email protected] · 2026-08-07 · 05:14 UTC

https://www.europesays.com/ie/624800/ Ireland weather: ‘Heatwave conditions’ may return as temperatures to jump this week #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #DublinWeather #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #MetÉireann #News #TopStories #TopStories #Weather

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Ireland @[email protected] · 2026-08-04 · 12:59 UTC

https://www.europesays.com/ie/619925/ How are European destinations popular with Irish tourists affected by extreme weather? – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #ClimateChange #DepartmentOfForeignAffairs #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #france #Greece #Headlines #Italy #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #MetÉireann #News #PedroSanchez #portugal #Spain #TopStories #TopStories #Turkey #WeatherEvents #WeatherIreland #World #WorldNews #WorldNews

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Ireland @[email protected] · 2026-07-27 · 12:26 UTC

https://www.europesays.com/ie/606428/ Met Éireann forecasts warm temperatures as rain returns this week – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #cork #dublin #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #MetÉireann #News #TopStories #TopStories #WeatherIreland

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In the Dark @[email protected] · 2026-07-26 · 13:40 UTC

Irish Weather – The Three-Day Rule

We got some rain at last. On Friday evening I checked the trusty Met Éireann app and saw this:

With a west/northwesterly wind I thought there was a good chance we would get a bit of rain, and so it turned out although to be honest there wasn’t that much. I think the greeny-yellowy blobs missed us. There was enough rain to give the garden a little light refreshment but not to make up for the ongoing hosepipe ban. We’ve had several weeks with next to no rain, which is highly unusual.

I look at the weather outlook quite regularly and have learned one thing in my time in Ireland. The forecast is usually fairly accurate up to about three days in the future but you shouldn’t rely on it beyond that. This week provided a good illustration. Last weekend the forecast predicted rain on Saturday (i.e. yesterday). As the week progressed the forecast changed and rain wasn’t forecast until next Wednesday. Then it rained on Friday evening.

Here’s the outlook from today:

You can see that rain is forecast for Wednesday and Thursday, but the rainfall radar map shows why it is so difficult to predict whether rain will fall at a specific location. The rain clouds are rather small and moving rather quickly; the winds are around 25km/h (westerly). At the time of taking that screen grab there had been some light rain, but will the other blobs hit us? The Met Éireann model says “no” but others may well say “yes”. It’s a tough problem to predict this level of detail.

One thing that I think could be improved is a more reasonable representation of the uncertainty. The outlook for today confidently asserts that the Chance of Preciptation for the rest of today is “0%”. To me that means that it is absolutely impossible that it will rain, and that seems unreasonable to me. Surely there is some chance of rain later today? It doesn’t do much for the credibility of a forecast to claim such certainty. A week or two ago there were no clouds anywhere and “0%” was reasonable, but not today. If it were up to me I’d probably put “<1%” or “<5%” to hedge my bets.

And then there is the question of what amount of rain we’re talking about. I was on campus on Thursday and a few spots of rain fell then. I only noticed because I was outside, coming back from lunch. That was too little to count as real rainfall, but I wonder what the threshold is?

#MetÉireann #Rain #Weather

#meteireann #rain #weather

In the Dark @[email protected] · 2026-07-26 · 13:40 UTC

Irish Weather – The Three-Day Rule

We got some rain at last. On Friday evening I checked the trusty Met Éireann app and saw this:

With a west/northwesterly wind I thought there was a good chance we would get a bit of rain, and so it turned out although to be honest there wasn’t that much. I think the greeny-yellowy blobs missed us. There was enough rain to give the garden a little light refreshment but not to make up for the ongoing hosepipe ban. We’ve had several weeks with next to no rain, which is highly unusual.

I look at the weather outlook quite regularly and have learned one thing in my time in Ireland. The forecast is usually fairly accurate up to about three days in the future but you shouldn’t rely on it beyond that. This week provided a good illustration. Last weekend the forecast predicted rain on Saturday (i.e. yesterday). As the week progressed the forecast changed and rain wasn’t forecast until next Wednesday. Then it rained on Friday evening.

Here’s the outlook from today:

You can see that rain is forecast for Wednesday and Thursday, but the rainfall radar map shows why it is so difficult to predict whether rain will fall at a specific location. The rain clouds are rather small and moving rather quickly; the winds are around 25km/h (westerly). At the time of taking that screen grab there had been some light rain, but will the other blobs hit us? The Met Éireann model says “no” but others may well say “yes”. It’s a tough problem to predict this level of detail.

One thing that I think could be improved is a more reasonable representation of the uncertainty. The outlook for today confidently asserts that the Chance of Preciptation for the rest of today is “0%”. To me that means that it is absolutely impossible that it will rain, and that seems unreasonable to me. Surely there is some chance of rain later today? It doesn’t do much for the credibility of a forecast to claim such certainty. A week or two ago there were no clouds anywhere and “0%” was reasonable, but not today. If it were up to me I’d probably put “<1%” or “<5%” to hedge my bets.

And then there is the question of what amount of rain we’re talking about. I was on campus on Thursday and a few spots of rain fell then. I only noticed because I was outside, coming back from lunch. That was too little to count as real rainfall, but I wonder what the threshold is?

#MetÉireann #Rain #Weather

#meteireann #rain #weather

In the Dark @[email protected] · 2026-07-26 · 13:40 UTC

Irish Weather – The Three-Day Rule

We got some rain at last. On Friday evening I checked the trusty Met Éireann app and saw this:

With a west/northwesterly wind I thought there was a good chance we would get a bit of rain, and so it turned out although to be honest there wasn’t that much. I think the greeny-yellowy blobs missed us. There was enough rain to give the garden a little light refreshment but not to make up for the ongoing hosepipe ban. We’ve had several weeks with next to no rain, which is highly unusual.

I look at the weather outlook quite regularly and have learned one thing in my time in Ireland. The forecast is usually fairly accurate up to about three days in the future but you shouldn’t rely on it beyond that. This week provided a good illustration. Last weekend the forecast predicted rain on Saturday (i.e. yesterday). As the week progressed the forecast changed and rain wasn’t forecast until next Wednesday. Then it rained on Friday evening.

Here’s the outlook from today:

You can see that rain is forecast for Wednesday and Thursday, but the rainfall radar map shows why it is so difficult to predict whether rain will fall at a specific location. The rain clouds are rather small and moving rather quickly; the winds are around 25km/h (westerly). At the time of taking that screen grab there had been some light rain, but will the other blobs hit us? The Met Éireann model says “no” but others may well say “yes”. It’s a tough problem to predict this level of detail.

One thing that I think could be improved is a more reasonable representation of the uncertainty. The outlook for today confidently asserts that the Chance of Preciptation for the rest of today is “0%”. To me that means that it is absolutely impossible that it will rain, and that seems unreasonable to me. Surely there is some chance of rain later today? It doesn’t do much for the credibility of a forecast to claim such certainty. A week or two ago there were no clouds anywhere and “0%” was reasonable, but not today. If it were up to me I’d probably put “<1%” or “<5%” to hedge my bets.

And then there is the question of what amount of rain we’re talking about. I was on campus on Thursday and a few spots of rain fell then. I only noticed because I was outside, coming back from lunch. That was too little to count as real rainfall, but I wonder what the threshold is?

#MetÉireann #Rain #Weather

#meteireann #rain #weather

In the Dark @[email protected] · 2026-07-26 · 13:40 UTC

Irish Weather – The Three-Day Rule

We got some rain at last. On Friday evening I checked the trusty Met Éireann app and saw this:

With a west/northwesterly wind I thought there was a good chance we would get a bit of rain, and so it turned out although to be honest there wasn’t that much. I think the greeny-yellowy blobs missed us. There was enough rain to give the garden a little light refreshment but not to make up for the ongoing hosepipe ban. We’ve had several weeks with next to no rain, which is highly unusual.

I look at the weather outlook quite regularly and have learned one thing in my time in Ireland. The forecast is usually fairly accurate up to about three days in the future but you shouldn’t rely on it beyond that. This week provided a good illustration. Last weekend the forecast predicted rain on Saturday (i.e. yesterday). As the week progressed the forecast changed and rain wasn’t forecast until next Wednesday. Then it rained on Friday evening.

Here’s the outlook from today:

You can see that rain is forecast for Wednesday and Thursday, but the rainfall radar map shows why it is so difficult to predict whether rain will fall at a specific location. The rain clouds are rather small and moving rather quickly; the winds are around 25km/h (westerly). At the time of taking that screen grab there had been some light rain, but will the other blobs hit us? The Met Éireann model says “no” but others may well say “yes”. It’s a tough problem to predict this level of detail.

One thing that I think could be improved is a more reasonable representation of the uncertainty. The outlook for today confidently asserts that the Chance of Preciptation for the rest of today is “0%”. To me that means that it is absolutely impossible that it will rain, and that seems unreasonable to me. Surely there is some chance of rain later today? It doesn’t do much for the credibility of a forecast to claim such certainty. A week or two ago there were no clouds anywhere and “0%” was reasonable, but not today. If it were up to me I’d probably put “<1%” or “<5%” to hedge my bets.

And then there is the question of what amount of rain we’re talking about. I was on campus on Thursday and a few spots of rain fell then. I only noticed because I was outside, coming back from lunch. That was too little to count as real rainfall, but I wonder what the threshold is?

#MetÉireann #Rain #Weather

#weather #rain #meteireann

In the Dark @[email protected] · 2026-07-26 · 13:40 UTC

Irish Weather – The Three-Day Rule

We got some rain at last. On Friday evening I checked the trusty Met Éireann app and saw this:

With a west/northwesterly wind I thought there was a good chance we would get a bit of rain, and so it turned out although to be honest there wasn’t that much. I think the greeny-yellowy blobs missed us. There was enough rain to give the garden a little light refreshment but not to make up for the ongoing hosepipe ban. We’ve had several weeks with next to no rain, which is highly unusual.

I look at the weather outlook quite regularly and have learned one thing in my time in Ireland. The forecast is usually fairly accurate up to about three days in the future but you shouldn’t rely on it beyond that. This week provided a good illustration. Last weekend the forecast predicted rain on Saturday (i.e. yesterday). As the week progressed the forecast changed and rain wasn’t forecast until next Wednesday. Then it rained on Friday evening.

Here’s the outlook from today:

You can see that rain is forecast for Wednesday and Thursday, but the rainfall radar map shows why it is so difficult to predict whether rain will fall at a specific location. The rain clouds are rather small and moving rather quickly; the winds are around 25km/h (westerly). At the time of taking that screen grab there had been some light rain, but will the other blobs hit us? The Met Éireann model says “no” but others may well say “yes”. It’s a tough problem to predict this sort of thing.

One thing that I think could be improved is a more reasonable representation of the uncertainty. The outlook for today confidently asserts that the Chance of Preciptation for the rest of today is “0%”. To me that means that it is absolutely impossible that it will rain, and that seems unreasonable to me. Surely there is some chance of rain later today? It doesn’t do much for the credibility of a forecast to claim such certainty. A week or two ago there were no clouds anywhere and “0%” was reasonable, but not today. If it were up to me I’d probably put “<1%” or “<5%” to hedge my bets.

And then there is the question of what amount of rain we’re talking about. I was on campus on Thursday and a few spots of rain fell then. I only noticed because I was outside, coming back from lunch. That was too little to count as real rainfall, but I wonder what the threshold is?

#MetÉireann #Rain #Weather

#meteireann #rain #weather

Ireland @[email protected] · 2026-07-25 · 18:48 UTC

https://www.europesays.com/ie/603981/ Temperatures up to 20 degrees forecast for Dublin tomorrow as Kerry to take on Mayo #AllIrelandFinal #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CrokePark #dublin #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #gaa #Headlines #IE #Ireland #kerry #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #mayo #MetÉireann #News #TopStories #TopStories #Weather

#weather #topstories #news #meteireann #mayo #mainnews

All for Gardening @[email protected] · 2026-07-23 · 12:01 UTC

Hosepipe ban: how can you mind your garden plants without wasting water? – The Irish Times https://www.allforgardening.com/1891979/hosepipe-ban-how-can-you-mind-your-garden-plants-without-wasting-water-the-irish-times/ #advice #garden #gardening #GardeningIreland #Heat #MetÉireann

#advice #garden #gardening #gardeningireland #heat #meteireann

All for Gardening @[email protected] · 2026-07-23 · 12:01 UTC

Hosepipe ban: how can you mind your garden plants without wasting water? – The Irish Times https://www.allforgardening.com/1891979/hosepipe-ban-how-can-you-mind-your-garden-plants-without-wasting-water-the-irish-times/ #advice #garden #gardening #GardeningIreland #Heat #MetÉireann

#advice #garden #gardening #gardeningireland #heat #meteireann

john lomax @[email protected] · 2026-07-19 · 09:43 UTC

@pvonhellermannn After a discussion last week about naming storms, I wrote to the UK Met Office suggesting that we start naming heatwaves, similar to the way we name storms.
I got this reply

Thank you for your email and for sharing your suggestion.

We appreciate your idea of assigning names to significant heat events in a similar way to our named storm system. The Met Office currently names storms as part of a joint initiative with Met Éireann and KNMI to help communicate the potential impacts of high-impact weather. Heatwaves are communicated through forecasts, weather warnings where appropriate, and Heat-Health Alerts issued by the UK Health Security Agency and Met Office.
We value public feedback on how weather information is communicated and have passed your suggestion to the relevant team for consideration.
Thank you for taking the time to contact us.

Kind regards,
Service Desk

#NamedStorms #NamedHeatwaves #UKMetOffice #MetÉireann #KNMI

#meteireann #knmi #ukmetoffice #namedheatwaves #namedstorms

john lomax @[email protected] · 2026-07-19 · 09:43 UTC

@pvonhellermannn After a discussion last week about naming storms, I wrote to the UK Met Office suggesting that we start naming heatwaves, similar to the way we name storms.
I got this reply

Thank you for your email and for sharing your suggestion.

We appreciate your idea of assigning names to significant heat events in a similar way to our named storm system. The Met Office currently names storms as part of a joint initiative with Met Éireann and KNMI to help communicate the potential impacts of high-impact weather. Heatwaves are communicated through forecasts, weather warnings where appropriate, and Heat-Health Alerts issued by the UK Health Security Agency and Met Office.
We value public feedback on how weather information is communicated and have passed your suggestion to the relevant team for consideration.
Thank you for taking the time to contact us.

Kind regards,
Service Desk

#NamedStorms #NamedHeatwaves #UKMetOffice #MetÉireann #KNMI

#meteireann #knmi #ukmetoffice #namedheatwaves #namedstorms

john lomax @[email protected] · 2026-07-19 · 09:43 UTC

@pvonhellermannn After a discussion last week about naming storms, I wrote to the UK Met Office suggesting that we start naming heatwaves, similar to the way we name storms.
I got this reply

Thank you for your email and for sharing your suggestion.

We appreciate your idea of assigning names to significant heat events in a similar way to our named storm system. The Met Office currently names storms as part of a joint initiative with Met Éireann and KNMI to help communicate the potential impacts of high-impact weather. Heatwaves are communicated through forecasts, weather warnings where appropriate, and Heat-Health Alerts issued by the UK Health Security Agency and Met Office.
We value public feedback on how weather information is communicated and have passed your suggestion to the relevant team for consideration.
Thank you for taking the time to contact us.

Kind regards,
Service Desk

#NamedStorms #NamedHeatwaves #UKMetOffice #MetÉireann #KNMI

#meteireann #knmi #ukmetoffice #namedheatwaves #namedstorms

john lomax @[email protected] · 2026-07-19 · 09:43 UTC

@pvonhellermannn After a discussion last week about naming storms, I wrote to the UK Met Office suggesting that we start naming heatwaves, similar to the way we name storms.
I got this reply

Thank you for your email and for sharing your suggestion.

We appreciate your idea of assigning names to significant heat events in a similar way to our named storm system. The Met Office currently names storms as part of a joint initiative with Met Éireann and KNMI to help communicate the potential impacts of high-impact weather. Heatwaves are communicated through forecasts, weather warnings where appropriate, and Heat-Health Alerts issued by the UK Health Security Agency and Met Office.
We value public feedback on how weather information is communicated and have passed your suggestion to the relevant team for consideration.
Thank you for taking the time to contact us.

Kind regards,
Service Desk

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All for Gardening @[email protected] · 2026-07-10 · 12:34 UTC

Irish gardeners told ‘avoid doing three things’ during heatwave https://www.allforgardening.com/1867860/irish-gardeners-told-avoid-doing-three-things-during-heatwave/ #garden #gardener #gardening #MetÉireann #weather!

#garden #gardener #gardening #meteireann #weather

All for Gardening @[email protected] · 2026-07-10 · 12:34 UTC

Irish gardeners told ‘avoid doing three things’ during heatwave https://www.allforgardening.com/1867860/irish-gardeners-told-avoid-doing-three-things-during-heatwave/ #garden #gardener #gardening #MetÉireann #weather!

#garden #gardener #gardening #meteireann #weather

Joanie Foster 😷 @[email protected] · 2026-07-06 · 15:12 UTC

A Met Éireann weather advisory for "very warm or hot" temperatures across Ireland, from overnight Tues/Weds until Thurs? You know that means weather warnings are on the way. Batten down the ice cubes, folks..

https://www.met.ie/warnings-wednesday.html

eta:
This advisory originally ran until Thursday of this week - now it has been updated to run until *Tuesday week* 😦

#Aimsir #meteireann #weather #wx #mastodaoine

#aimsir #meteireann #weather #wx #mastodaoine

Joanie Foster 😷 @[email protected] · 2026-07-06 · 15:12 UTC

A Met Éireann weather advisory for "very warm or hot" temperatures across Ireland, from overnight Tues/Weds until Thurs? You know that means weather warnings are on the way. Batten down the ice cubes, folks..

https://www.met.ie/warnings-wednesday.html

eta:
This advisory originally ran until Thursday of this week - now it has been updated to run until *Tuesday week* 😦

#Aimsir #meteireann #weather #wx #mastodaoine

#aimsir #meteireann #weather #wx #mastodaoine

Joanie Foster 😷 @[email protected] · 2026-07-06 · 15:12 UTC

A Met Éireann weather advisory for "very warm or hot" temperatures across Ireland, from overnight Tues/Weds until Thurs? You know that means weather warnings are on the way. Batten down the ice cubes, folks..

https://www.met.ie/warnings-wednesday.html

eta:
This advisory originally ran until Thursday of this week - now it has been updated to run until *Tuesday week* 😦

#Aimsir #meteireann #weather #wx #mastodaoine

#aimsir #meteireann #weather #wx #mastodaoine

Joanie Foster 😷 @[email protected] · 2026-07-06 · 15:12 UTC

A Met Éireann weather advisory for "very warm or hot" temperatures across Ireland, from overnight Tues/Weds until Thurs? You know that means weather warnings are on the way. Batten down the ice cubes, folks..

https://www.met.ie/warnings-wednesday.html

eta:
This advisory originally ran until Thursday of this week - now it has been updated to run until *Tuesday week* 😦

#Aimsir #meteireann #weather #wx #mastodaoine

#aimsir #meteireann #weather #wx #mastodaoine

In the Dark @[email protected] · 2026-06-23 · 10:19 UTC

Degrees of Heat

Ireland is on the periphery of the “Heat Dome” which is bringing extremely high temperatures (over 40°C) to mainland Europe and parts of Britain. Temperatures on the Emerald Isle are somewhat lower, warm by Irish standards, but bearable (though it is quite humid).

To amuse my friends and colleagues sweltering under the Heat Dome, I thought I’d share this graphic from the Met Éireann weather app:

No doubt it will cause some amusement to see red for danger for temperatures of 25°C!

This type of weather reminds me of the hot summer of 1976, which I remember very well, not least because of the England versus West Indies Test Series that summer. I hadn’t realized until recently that the Windies played a match against Ireland that summer too, in Rathmines. Collis King was out for 24 in the WI first innings, off 6 balls (4 4 6 4 6 out)…

#cricket #HeatDome #MetÉireann #Weather

#cricket #heatdome #meteireann #weather

In the Dark @[email protected] · 2026-06-23 · 10:19 UTC

Degrees of Heat

Ireland is on the periphery of the “Heat Dome” which is bringing extremely high temperatures (over 40°C) to mainland Europe and parts of Britain. Temperatures on the Emerald Isle are somewhat lower, warm by Irish standards, but bearable (though it is quite humid).

To amuse my friends and colleagues sweltering under the Heat Dome, I thought I’d share this graphic from the Met Éireann weather app:

No doubt it will cause some amusement to see red for danger for temperatures of 25°C!

This type of weather reminds me of the hot summer of 1976, which I remember very well, not least because of the England versus West Indies Test Series that summer. I hadn’t realized until recently that the Windies played a match against Ireland that summer too, in Rathmines. Collis King was out for 24 in the WI first innings, off 6 balls (4 4 6 4 6 out)…

#cricket #HeatDome #MetÉireann #Weather

#cricket #heatdome #meteireann #weather

In the Dark @[email protected] · 2026-06-23 · 10:19 UTC

Degrees of Heat

Ireland is on the periphery of the “Heat Dome” which is bringing extremely high temperatures (over 40°C) to mainland Europe and parts of Britain. Temperatures on the Emerald Isle are somewhat lower, warm by Irish standards, but bearable (though it is quite humid).

To amuse my friends and colleagues sweltering under the Heat Dome, I thought I’d share this graphic from the Met Éireann weather app:

No doubt it will cause some amusement to see red for danger for temperatures of 25°C!

This type of weather reminds me of the hot summer of 1976, which I remember very well, not least because of the England versus West Indies Test Series that summer. I hadn’t realized until recently that the Windies played a match against Ireland that summer too, in Rathmines. Collis King was out for 24 in the WI first innings, off 6 balls (4 4 6 4 6 out)…

#cricket #HeatDome #MetÉireann #Weather

#cricket #heatdome #meteireann #weather

In the Dark @[email protected] · 2026-06-23 · 10:19 UTC

Degrees of Heat

Ireland is on the periphery of the “Heat Dome” which is bringing extremely high temperatures (over 40°C) to mainland Europe and parts of Britain. Temperatures on the Emerald Isle are somewhat lower, warm by Irish standards, but bearable (though it is quite humid).

To amuse my friends and colleagues sweltering under the Heat Dome, I thought I’d share this graphic from the Met Éireann weather app:

No doubt it will cause some amusement to see red for danger for temperatures of 25°C!

This type of weather reminds me of the hot summer of 1976, which I remember very well, not least because of the England versus West Indies Test Series that summer. I hadn’t realized until recently that the Windies played a match against Ireland that summer too, in Rathmines. Collis King was out for 24 in the WI first innings, off 6 balls (4 4 6 4 6 out)…

#cricket #HeatDome #MetÉireann #Weather

#cricket #heatdome #meteireann #weather

Joanie Foster 😷 @[email protected] · 2026-06-03 · 13:26 UTC

Ah crap. 🌩️

#weather #MetÉireann #ThunderStorm #Thunder #Lightning #wx