Welcome to your Monday morning briefing. Let us ensure you’re up to speed on what’s happening and are prepared for the day ahead.

Weather forecasting guru Ken Ring, who predicted the summer’s record-breaking heatwave, is putting his neck on the line again with a day-by-day account of the weather we can expect for 2015.

Not ready for an a/w wardrobe in August? Worry not — Annmarie O’Connor is here to save the day.

Ireland is set to enjoy some mixed but generally pleasant weather over the coming weeks, according to many forecasts.

Last year’s long hot summer will not be repeated this year, but Ireland is still forecast to have a warm and sunny couple of months ahead.

In previous letters I have been pointing out how wildly inaccurate the predictions of weather “guru” Ken Ring have turned out to be. Now that we’re in early spring, let us consider how his forecasts over the last few months have stood up.

It is astonishing that Lynne Kelleher has blithely announced (Irish Examiner, Jan 2) more prophecies from weather ‘guru’ Ken Ring, considering his wild inaccuracy. Does Ms Kelleher check Mr Ring’s forecasts against the outcomes?

During the past year, your newspaper has written often of a ‘weather guru’ or ‘weather expert’, a Mr Ken Ring, from New Zealand. Mr Ring publishes a weather almanac forecast for the year, predicting the weather for each month, week, and day.

Weather guru Ken Ring is predicting a warm summer for Ireland but without a repeat of the tropical temperatures which lifted the nation last year.

Long-range weather guru Ken Ring is predicting a frosty Christmas for Ireland this year, with the south of the country most likely to get a festive snowfall.

On Sept 16 Lynn Kelliher wrote in your newspaper about the “uncanny accuracy” of long-range weather forecaster Ken Ring.

In a letter to the Irish Examiner on Jul 13 last, I pointed out that weather guru Ken Ring’s forecasting for the early summer months of the year turned out to be erroneous in numerous respects.

It’ll be a white December, but no snow on Christmas Day, according to long-range weather guru Ken Ring.

SOME independent weather forecasters who depend on observations of wildlife, nature and even the moon — including New Zealander Ken Ring — have again come to prominence and been credited with predicting the recent fine spell.

Don’t pack away the shorts and T-shirts — there’s life in the old Irish summer yet.

Storm forecasters have predicted that tornadoes may hit Ireland today.

Planning a June wedding in Ireland next year? The major worry will be the weather and there’s nothing you can do about it.

In your article (Jul 9) on the present fine spell, you report on the further forecasts of New Zealand weather “guru” Ken Ring.

A long-range weather forecaster from New Zealand said he expects another heat wave next month.

It’s the sizzle without the drizzle, the kind of heatwave we can usually only dream of, in fact it’s so damn hot, Met Éireann has devised a new weather alert.

Arctic conditions are expected to continue into the weekend, while well-known weather guru Ken Ring is predicting Ireland will be shivering in freezing temperatures right up until the summer.

Ireland is finally set for a long hot summer, according to weather guru Ken Ring.

THE flooding that devastated parts of Cork and other places was unexpected, coming as it did in the final days of June.

IN OCTOBER 1987, weatherman Michael Fish stood in front of a rainbow graphic and reported that a woman had phoned the BBC to say a hurricane was on the way.

DULL, warm but very wet was the weather verdict for July, as the latest Met Éireann weather summary shows last month was one of the wettest on record in some areas.

THOSE planning a summer break in Ireland would be best to set aside some days in June as July and August are forecast to be far from hot.

ANYONE hoping for a long hot summer, after a dull, miserable wet winter?