When will the next heavy rain be?

pauldry

Just thought Id start a thread asking this question. There seems to be some unsettled weather in the offing in the next few days but nothing serious but does anyone have any opinions on when well see a heavy spell of rain again. Me rain gauge is getting bored.

Su Campu

July and August!!

Tom Cruises Left Nut

pauldry wrote: »

Just thought Id start a thread asking this question. There seems to be some unsettled weather in the offing in the next few days but nothing serious but does anyone have any opinions on when well see a heavy spell of rain again. Me rain gauge is getting bored.

Your username certainly suggests you have not seen moisture in a while !!

pauldry

indeedy

homersimpson

Pouring rain here in Donegal at the minute

Su Campu

A good site for live METARs (Airport weather reports) for Sligo and Donegal is http://www.dawn-it.com/met/

nacho libre

it'll be funny if we get a question in a few months time asking where has the sun gone:D

networks

heavy rain????few showers of light rain now and again very acceptable,had'nt we enough heavy rain and flooding to do us 4 another 100 years:mad:

Deep Easterly

pauldry wrote: »

Just thought Id start a thread asking this question. There seems to be some unsettled weather in the offing in the next few days but nothing serious but does anyone have any opinions on when well see a heavy spell of rain again. Me rain gauge is getting bored.

I've only recorded around 8mm so far this month, and that measly amount fell in just a few hours. This on the back of a very dry Feb, Jan and December, very unusual to have a dry spell lasting this long alright.

pauldry

Deep Easterly wrote: »

I've only recorded around 8mm so far this month, and that measly amount fell in just a few hours. This on the back of a very dry Feb, Jan and December, very unusual to have a dry spell lasting this long alright.

Only 7mm here in Sligo for March (Dont think Dublin has had any)

Graces7

A good heavy shower here in the night; very welcome.

Iancar29

pauldry wrote: »

Only 7mm here in Sligo for March (Dont think Dublin has had any)

Yep so far my mini weather station had 0.0mm of rain for march... mite get a bit later 2day tough.

Quite nippy out this morning !

pauldry

now ive got 7.4mm of rain in sligo:p

Not

I bought a set of tyres 3000 miles ago, haven't got to see how they cope with proper rain yet. Who'd have thought it, in Ireland of all places !

Deep Easterly

Models have the Atlantic breaking through on St Patrick's day.

Nice one Pat!

Gonzo

I really wouldnt mind if there wasnt a single drop of rain here till next November:)

thetonynator

Gonzo wrote: »

I really wouldnt mind if there wasnt a single drop of rain here till next November:)

It wouldnt be summer without the annual august floods

I also heard that theres been a mini baby boom in the months of april and may each year over the past few years . . .;)

Graces7

thetonynator wrote: »

It wouldnt be summer without the annual august floods

I also heard that theres been a mini baby boom in the months of april and may each year over the past few years . . .;)

True; our sales of baby knitting go up then.. Predicting later in the year after the cold winter too...;)

Deep Easterly

Gonzo wrote: »

I really wouldnt mind if there wasnt a single drop of rain here till next November:)

I am of a different opinion though!

Graces7

Gonzo wrote: »

I really wouldnt mind if there wasnt a single drop of rain here till next November:)

We will remind you you said that when there is drought and no water.;)

GSF

Graces7 wrote: »

We will remind you you said that when there is drought and no water.;)

which in Ireland will probably be in early April...........:rolleyes:

Graces7

GSF wrote: »

which in Ireland will probably be in early April...........:rolleyes:

Ay indeed.. We once lived where we were totally reliant on run off and rainwater and we regularly, even after we got a huge rainwater tank put in. were left high and dry, literally.

May and September were the usual times.

thecretinhop

good to be on the weather forum again, bucketing down in galway at the moment very nice wind also, its lovely as i can sleep in tommorow;)

snaps

Hopefully this rain will clear for todays parades! Its been such a dry winter.

Deep Easterly

Made one or two heavyish showers here last night but not much accumulated. A couple of days of heavy rain and warm temps will do the land around Ireland the world of good I think.

snaps

Yep hardly any rain here, just a covering, nothing in the bird bath!

DOCARCH

No rain here overnight. No rain recorded here so far this month!

ch750536

Had enough here last night. Was like the good old days when the cars doors used to blow off and it would rain 15ft into the house from the front door.

[2 sad things about this post. 1, its was only a little while since we had rain & wind. 2, Yes, I did actually measure the distance the rain came in the front door once.]

pauldry

I think this thread is reaching dormancy as the heavy rain will have visited all parts of Ireland by the weekend. After that a rather unsettled picture but nothing like November!

btw its v mild today. was going to start a new thread for this but im too lazy. its 11.4c here in sligo so far beating the previous best of 10.1c by some distance.