‘Madness', people cry after spotting ‘dull sun hardly casting shadows' in Irish skies as incredible reason explained
IF YOU have been asking yourself if something looked a little different in the sky today, you're not wrong.
We all want some sun during the
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The smoke from the wildfires in Canada has blown 6500km across the Atlantic
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The sun may have appeared more dull than usual today
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But today, some may have been wondering if the sun appeared duller than usual.
If you were, you were right - the sun has not been shining at it's brightest today for one big reason.
Louth Weather took to
Taking to
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Speaking about why this is, they added: "All due to the smoke from the
Many users took to the
One person said: "Class.. that's mad."
Someone else added: "Yes you can see the difference. Just shows how small our world is.
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"Thanks as always Louth Weather."
Another wrote: "Wow! Thats incredible. Thank you Louth Weather."
Someone else said: "Wow that's amazing how far it can travel, thank you."
Others shared snaps they had taken of the "beautiful, red sunset" over Ireland this evening, saying the stunning sight could also be attributed to the smoke.
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One said: "Probably explains the amazing sunset."
Another added: "I could notice the Canadian wildfires had an affect on the Sunset for most of this week!"
MIXED CONDITIONS
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But it's not all bad, as
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expert said that the "low pressure" continues to dominate conditions this weekend.
It is expected that tonight will be mainly dry with clear spells but some showers may move into western and northwestern counties during the night.
Temperatures will drop to between 4 and 9C with light west to southwest breezes.
Tomorrow will bring sunny spells and scattered showers with the highest temperatures of 13 to 17C.
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And during the night will be mainly dry with clear spells as temperatures drop to between 8 and 11C.
SUNNY SPELLS
He added: "Looking to next week, much of Monday will be mainly dry with a good deal of cloud and some drizzle.
"The best of any sunny spells will be in southern counties, and then later in the day, more persistent rain and drizzle will develop in parts of Ulster and North Connacht."
Temperatures will reach the highs of 13 to 17C with moderate westerly winds, and during the night, will bring further outbreaks of rain and drizzle.
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Gerry pointed out that Tuesday will be similar to Monday, with mostly cloudy conditions, rain and drizzle.
However, in a major weather shake-up, Wednesday is set to be a "warm and humid day" with a good deal of cloud and patchy rain.
The temperatures will be at their highest of 18 to 22C.
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‘Madness', people cry after spotting ‘dull sun hardly casting shadows' in Irish skies as incredible reason explained
IF YOU have been asking yourself if something looked a little different in the sky today, you're not wrong. We all want some sun during the Advertisement 2 The smoke from the wildfires in Canada has blown 6500km across the Atlantic Credit: Reuters 2 The sun may have appeared more dull than usual today Credit: Getty Images But today, some may have been wondering if the sun appeared duller than usual. If you were, you were right - the sun has not been shining at it's brightest today for one big reason. Louth Weather took to Taking to Advertisement READ MORE IN WEATHER Speaking about why this is, they added: "All due to the smoke from the Many users took to the One person said: "Class.. that's mad." Someone else added: "Yes you can see the difference. Just shows how small our world is. Advertisement MOST READ ON THE IRISH SUN Breaking "Thanks as always Louth Weather." Another wrote: "Wow! Thats incredible. Thank you Louth Weather." Someone else said: "Wow that's amazing how far it can travel, thank you." Others shared snaps they had taken of the "beautiful, red sunset" over Ireland this evening, saying the stunning sight could also be attributed to the smoke. Advertisement One said: "Probably explains the amazing sunset." Another added: "I could notice the Canadian wildfires had an affect on the Sunset for most of this week!" MIXED CONDITIONS It comes as Ireland can expect But it's not all bad, as Advertisement The expert said that the "low pressure" continues to dominate conditions this weekend. It is expected that tonight will be mainly dry with clear spells but some showers may move into western and northwestern counties during the night. Temperatures will drop to between 4 and 9C with light west to southwest breezes. Tomorrow will bring sunny spells and scattered showers with the highest temperatures of 13 to 17C. Advertisement And during the night will be mainly dry with clear spells as temperatures drop to between 8 and 11C. SUNNY SPELLS He added: "Looking to next week, much of Monday will be mainly dry with a good deal of cloud and some drizzle. "The best of any sunny spells will be in southern counties, and then later in the day, more persistent rain and drizzle will develop in parts of Ulster and North Connacht." Temperatures will reach the highs of 13 to 17C with moderate westerly winds, and during the night, will bring further outbreaks of rain and drizzle. Advertisement Gerry pointed out that Tuesday will be similar to Monday, with mostly cloudy conditions, rain and drizzle. However, in a major weather shake-up, Wednesday is set to be a "warm and humid day" with a good deal of cloud and patchy rain. The temperatures will be at their highest of 18 to 22C.
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At that point, the Blacksod barometer was showing a slight drop in air pressure, which - combined with a 7m/ph south-westerly and slight drizzle was indication of an approaching storm. It was a routine post or so she thought... However, a little later, she received an unusual phone call. It was the Irish Meteorological Office in Dublin, asking her to check again. Confirming her first reading was right, Dublin then asked for further reports on the hour to 7am. These following weather reports would show a continuing drop in pressure and the wind shifting to storm force 6, the wind having got up to 25-31m/ph. This was data being simultaneously - and secretly - fed to the Allies preparing for a June 5 Normandy invasion. It set off near-panic as specific weather conditions were needed for the landing, codenamed Operation Overlord. It was such vital information that at 11am that morning, the British Met Office threw protocol aside and phoned the Blacksod Bay telephone number directly. To establish the messages hadn't been tampered with on route, they asked: "Were those Blacksod readings correct? And could Maureen check one last time?" Operation Overlord required specific conditions in place shortly before dawn, good weather, no cloud cover, a full moon and a rising tide. When planning began in 1943, it was deemed there were just four possible windows in 1944, but June 5-7 was the only really suitable one. If the summer opportunity had been missed, focus would have turned to landings in the south of France in the Autumn which may have stretched the war to 1946. The data suggesting there would be a storm on June 5 and a respite on June 6 was relayed to General Eisenhower, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF) who postponed D-Day to June 6. The day's delay saw the Allies land successfully on all five beaches. Mary Flavin Sweeney's readings saved an estimated 10,000 June 6 D-Day lives. President John F. Kennedy, on the way to his inauguration in 1961, asked Eisenhower what had given the Allies the edge on D-Day and was told: "Because we had better meteorologists than the Germans." Yet for the 21 year-old postmistress, there would be very little recognition in the immediate post-WWII years and she was only told of her role by British authorities in 1956. The world learned further details in 2004, while the full extent of Flavin Sweeney's part was not released by the British War Office until 2012. Latterly, the USA awarded her the Congressional Medal of Honour in 2021, their highest award available to civilians. The secrecy at the time surrounding the weather reports from Blacksod Bay was understandable. Ireland, officially neutral in the Second World War, was nonetheless pursuing a policy of mild cooperation with the Allies. This, for instance, allowed stranded Allied airmen and naval personnel return via Northern Ireland while, at the same time, similar Axis personnel were interned. Ireland also consented to Allied weather/air sea-rescue aircraft based at RAF Castle Archdale on Lough Erne - Catalina and Sunderland flying boats which doubled as reconnaissance aircraft - avail of a four-mile 'fly zone' between Beleek and Ballyshannon to access the Atlantic. More famously, and following a massive Luftwaffe bombing raid on Belfast in the early hours of April 16 1941, Taoiseach Eamon De Valera had dispatched 13 units of the Dundalk, Drogheda, Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Fire Brigades to Belfast. He further sent the Great Northern Railway to Belfast to evacuate some 3,000 people to Dublin. If the Donegal Corridor narrowly avoided being an act of war, gaining tacit German approval as flights were meant to be restricted to just air/sea rescue, the sending of uniformed men across the border to firefight and supply aid was, unambiguously, an Act of War. Just as was the clandestine sharing of weather information. The Irish Meteorological Office in Dublin's passing data on from their 10 stations to the British Met Service - run by the British Ministry of Defence until as recently as 2011 - was in clear contravention of Irish neutrality. D-Day is now celebrated as a spectacular triumph. However General Eisenhower, who had been working 20 hours a day, smoking four packs of unfiltered Camels each day, was not even so sure of its success. Late into the night of June 5, he reached for a notepad and pencil and drafted a statement, headed by the words 'In Case of Failure'. Now housed in the Eisenhower Museum in Abilene, Kansas, it read: "Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops. My decision to attack at this time and place was based upon the best information available." That information had come directly from Mary Flavin Sweeney, a young Irish woman based in one of the most western points in Europe - Blacksod Bay.
