Current Weather Conditions - August 2008

Mr Benevolent

It's feckin' freezing!

LEIN

The sun has made an appearance here.

Don't know how long it will last though.

More dark clouds gathering.

Dr Galen

in Dublin 15 were the main N3 is closed again.......we had about half an hour of no rain, seemed like it might turn out relatively alright for the evening....and now, the heavens have just opened again. Reminds me of the other week when I drove through the mini tornado in Meath.......eek

Danno

Nice evening here though very cool. Heating switched on earlier for a while also! Sunny spells out.

mike65

Blazing sun everyone is out pounding the streets (well those crazed power walkers are) and its pretty damned chilly all things considered.

Mike.

DOCARCH

Rain stopped here now. Total since midnight 19.2mm. 24hr total 24.9mm

Temperature has risen now to 11.9c. Heating on!

Hal1

It's gotten dark enough here for the street lights to come on early. I could see the main band of rain on the way home, it's looks heavy in the Ballyfermot direction.

cian1500ww

Still clear here, hasn't been a drop of rain since 1530 today.

DOCARCH

Rain's back!

Blue (or what's left of it) sky to my south - very dark overhead with almost what looks like a squall line to my north.

Wonder will that rain west swing and rotate it's way this way - at the moment it looks like it might.

ntlbell

very heavy here in Cabra again, have the sandbags out

The Black Oil

We are currently experiencing the water-based punishment of the Lord.

RoisinD

Very heavy rain here for the past few hours (as can be seen on Met Eireann radar). Winds gusting in excess of 40mph. Typical Oct/Nov weather.

JanuarySnowstor

Indeed Roisin it looks like seriously heavy rain on the radar.
On it's way to me in Cork aswell by the looks of it.

Mods, if you about any chance of tidying up all the threads that are discussing the same thing??
We seem to have about 5 threads currently all more or less discussing rain / thunder /flooding

RoisinD

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

Indeed Roisin it looks like seriously heavy rain on the radar.
On it's way to me in Cork aswell by the looks of it.

Certainly seems to be heading your way! The wind is picking up as well - now recording 46mph gusts.

One thing that is confusing for us amatuers here is that the wind is W on the weather station yet the rain band is moving SSE. Can anyone explain?
Hope that is not too dumb a question:)

mike2084

Lashing here since 8pm. Pretty much constant torrential. Only once heard thunder though.

AlonsoX

squonk wrote: »

Blue sky and fluffy clouds here in central dublin. Useful for anyone keeping an eye on the eclipse at the moment.

when is the eclipse over its hissing down and i cant see anything

Damomanye

Yea, this rainbelt were under at the moment is pretty intense.Flooding likely id say.

squonk

The eclipse is this Saturday. Fullest part happening around 10:30pm. Hopefuly it will be a good evening

Supercell

Lovely huge low moon in the sky here with a silvery clouds moving past it, really beautiful.

thomasj

Can i ask what is the likely path of that huge chunk of rain on the radar thats currently over cork?

darkman2

thomasj wrote: »

Can i ask what is the likely path of that huge chunk of rain on the radar thats currently over cork?

Its heading South so wont effect much more of the country. Perhaps parts of Waterford might get some rain before it clears.

Snowbie

The Perseid meteor shower is tonight though or like now

darkman2

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

We seem to have about 5 threads currently all more or less discussing rain / thunder /flooding

Would you like us to discuss the glorious sunshine and warm temperatures instead down in Costa del Cork?:D

Snowbie

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

Mods, if you about any chance of tidying up all the threads that are discussing the same thing??
We seem to have about 5 threads currently all more or less discussing rain / thunder /flooding

Now if some only read the title of threads and post there it would save me a lot of time moving posts around.:)
There is an element of excitement at the sound of something extreme.

There will always be a current weather thread for each month ie:in this thread.

For separate events like wind, rain and snow will have their own threads as not everyone will experience that kind of weather and not everyday we get an event. So they can continue to post in the current weather thread if not affected.

Or maybe the event is not happening, so cross posting in both threads is no problem or else maybe a Ts is heard so that brings in 3 threads for the same day.

I create a Thunderstorm thread or potential so that we can predict by looking at the models if we get some sparks. If there is potential in the atmosphere right in front of you or your hearing thunder, witnessing lightning by all means thats the thread to post in etc.

It really is not that hard but we do believe in the new members of this forum to be shown a little leeway some regulars too.:pac:
If there is confusion caused by excitement at the sign of Armageddon and posts go all over the shop, we will just clean it up later no bother.

Sure when it snows, i usually have to move some of my co-mods posts.:D

Supercell

Snowbie wrote: »

Sure when it snows, i usually have to move some of my co-mods posts.:D

Oiii!!

Back on topic, cool and clear here, 8.9°C
Great Perseid viewing weather. Well worth a gander if your still up.

Snowbie

Clear
10.8C and coolest it's been in a long while.

Weather BOFH

Cloudy and cool here, temp now 9.8C and giving up on the hope of seeing the Perseids!

RoisinD

More heavy rain again this morning. 27.4mm since midnight. Winds gusting to over 40mph. Temp 12.7

mike65

Bright (for now), won't last.

Mike.

Mr Benevolent

Indeed, was perfect Perseid weather. Saw 13 in an hour - great stuff. Overcast here, warm enough. Seriously doubt anything will happen today.