Potential Stormy - Sun/Mon (Media hyped storm, never forecast by Met/Boards)

anoble66

pressure at 969 here and still dropping, temp on the increase too. Wind seems to have died down a little.

mickger844posts

Wind getting stronger here now, 19km, gusts of 37km, pressure 986.2, rainfall 8.1mm since 6pm

Live stats: www.waterfordcityweather.com

maquiladora

isle of man wrote: »

just gos to show what a funny little island we are for weather.

45knots winds down south and less then 15 miles its 14 knots

Around midnight you should some strong gusts.

delw

nothing out of the ordinary,Wagner got through in the x-factor again
& oh its still gusty here

Deep Easterly

What the f... :eek::eek:



Thought I was seeing things! 402 active users currently!!!! :pac:

maquiladora

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Thought I was seeing things! 402 active users currently!!!! :pac:

That my friend, is the true power of Hurricane Tomas. :cool:

irish1967

it's raining. Pffft.

Tactical

I note the NRA have changed the way they present their data from the roadside stations.

http://www.nratraffic.ie/weather/default.asp?RegionId=0

carlmwan

Im going sailing tomorrow in Carlingford Lough with my m8s dad what will i be like im going around 10 or 11

DominoDub

delw wrote: »

nothing out of the ordinary,Wagner got through in the x-factor again
& oh its still gusty here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aKAH_t0aXA

Some real "Wagner" music to go along with storm watch 2010:D

maquiladora

The gusts inland and along the east that are going on right now will die down later tonight and tomorrow but as the system moves to the southeast those winds will pick back up and blow from the opposite direction on Tuesday, roughly the same strength gusts along the east and midlands that are happening now.

Deep Easterly

Rain is easing up here. Atrocious driving conditions earlier on with a lot flooding on the roads.

Pressure down to 975.2 mb. Falling rapidly as the low moves down.

WolfeIRE

John mac wrote: »

need a bit of help with this one.. I have collected 500L of rainwater in 5 hours from 32^2M roof.
so that works out at avg 100L per hour .

How do you calculate the mm rainfall from this?

a degree in mathematics and meteorology, a powerful calculator and an award winning amount of patience.

Or you could ask Su Campu, Deep Easterly, Villian, MT or Maq

SeaFields

Vain wrote: »

What part of south Kerry? Im in Tralee was a lull of over a hour with just light rain seems to be getting bad again now.

Just outside Cahersiveen. Rain has eased here now...just under 25mm and not rising.

Pangea

Just put the head outside
Wow! Its really bad out there now , VERY stormy, might be something special after all!

Sierra Oscar

There are reports coming in of a serious bus accident in Galway - road conditions are awful out there, if your driving do be careful.

The Paws

pouring rain here in west cork...any floods in Cork city??

WolfeIRE

Sierra Oscar wrote: »

There are reports coming in of a serious bus accident in Galway - road conditions are awful out there, if your driving do be careful.

Two people are believed to have died in a collision involving a bus and a van on the outskirts of Tuam, Co Galway.


It is understood up to 12 people have been taken to hospital.


The collision occurred on the main N17 Galway to Tuam road shortly before 8pm.


Gardaí have closed a section of the road and diversions in place.

maquiladora

*WEATHER* Rain will continue through the night and into Monday morning (8th) and there may be a risk of localised flooding. The strong winds are expected to die down during the night. Motorists are urged to continue driving with care, slow down, watch out for debris on the roads and be aware that crosswinds may cause hazardous driving conditions. *MAIN TRAFFIC* *N2/MONAGHAN* Reports of debris on the N2 around Corracrin, north of Monaghan Town. Gardai are en route. *KERRY* Reports of flooding on the N70/Castlemaine Rd out of Tralee and also around Annagh.

http://www.aaireland.ie/AA/AA-Roadwatch.aspx

Aiel

Was around Salthill earlier to see Galway Bay and then the Spanish Arch to see the River.The Bay was really rolling,waves crashing right up onto the Proma few brave souls out walking.At 5.31 the time of high tide the river had not over the top but was pretty close to doing so.Not much of a storm surge had developed as the winds were only really getting going at that point.A photographer for a local newspaper took a pic of us looking at the river though so we might be locally famous:).The rain really started then so we headed back.

M.T. Cranium

John Mac, here's a rough calculation:

a litre is 1,000 c.c.

therefore 100 litres would be 100,000 c.c.

32 sq metres would be 320,000 sq cm.

One cm of standing water on that surface would give 320,000 c.c.

You measured 100,000 c.c., therefore to get that much water off the flat surface would require 0.32 cm which is 3.2 mm.

So your hourly rainfall rate seems to be 3.2 mm/hr.

SEPT 23 1989

i would only be out driving tonight if it was an emergency

sillybird

double post sorry

alfa beta

what's the size of the roof again john?

it looks like 32 metres by 2 metres - but that can't be right.

WolfeIRE

Aiel wrote: »

A photographer for a local newspaper took a pic of us looking at the river though so we might be locally famous:).

that was more likely the Health and Safety Authority taking a pic for their upcoming publication 'How Accidents Happen'

sillybird

Sierra Oscar wrote: »

There are reports coming in of a serious bus accident in Galway - road conditions are awful out there, if your driving do be careful.

Yes unfortunately just outside Tuam there was a bus and a car involved with fatalities Stay safe peeps

Su Campu

John mac wrote: »

need a bit of help with this one.. I have collected 500L of rainwater in 5 hours from 32^2M roof.
so that works out at avg 100L per hour .

How do you calculate the mm rainfall from this?

1mm of rain is the same as 1 ltr/m².

The roof is 32 x 2 = 64m²
500L over roof area = 500 / 64 = 7.81 ltr/m², ie. 7.8mm of rain.

Averages out as 1.6mm/hr

EDIT: I thought it read 32 x 2m, but it's only 32m², so double the rate, ie. 3.2mm/hr (as MT said)

homolumo

alfa beta wrote: »

what's the size of the roof again john?

it looks like 32 metres by 2 metres - but that can't be right.

Think he meant 32 square metres

alfa beta

Su Campu wrote: »

1mm of rain is the same as 1 ltr/m².

The roof is 32 x 2 = 64m²
500L over roof area = 500 / 64 = 7.81 ltr/m², ie. 7.8mm of rain.

Averages out as 1.6mm/hr

yup - but who lives in a house with a roof 32 metres by 2 metres - unless john mac really really likes corridors!

tylercollins

Just back in from a mountain forest in Ballykelly getting some wood for the fire. Very very very windy, with real proper snow. It was like a blizzard!