Bank Holiday Weekend Heavy Rain Warning.(Spot/Local Flooding Likely)

Su Campu

Yes, a big difference in that area alright.

The aviation chart for 00Z shows the triple point just east of Limerick, with the warm front running west-east, and the cold front running Wexford-Cardiff-Le Havre, moving NE at 15 knots. The heaviest rain should occur around the triple point.

MiNdGaM3

EDIT: Sources http://lance-modis.eosdis.nasa.gov/imagery/subsets/?subset=Europe_2_01.2012154.terra.2km http://lance-modis.eosdis.nasa.gov/imagery/subsets/?subset=Europe_2_01.2012154.aqua.2km

wazzoraybelle

Su Campu wrote: »

12-hour rainfall totals (mm) to 7 pm:

Roche's Point 38
Valentia, Sherkin Island 18
Cork Airport 14
Mace Head 7
Shannon Airport 6

Amazing difference between Roches Point and Cork Airport, which are only 16 km apart.

Extraordinary, as roches point normally has much less rainfall than the airport. Only about 60% or so according to the 1971-2000 averages.

mike65

Absolutely lashing.

admiralofthefleet

am i right in saying its looking bad for monday?:(

Supercell

Moderate rainfall I would guess in Loughlinstown currently, am certain there will be huge totals from this in the Wicklow mountains.

Min

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

am i right in saying its looking bad for monday?:(

No.

It looks like being the best day out of the next three to four days.

Oscar Bravo

Raining in Castlebar since around 4pm,nothing to heavy.Little or no wind.

MiNdGaM3

Moderate rain in Cork once more.

bcmf

Guys,
Any chance of a hint of what it will be like in North Louth/Cooley Mtns area for mid morning onwards 2morrow.
A fairly big cycle on there with a fast downhill section.

Redsunset

bcmf wrote: »

Guys,
Any chance of a hint of what it will be like in North Louth/Cooley Mtns area for mid morning onwards 2morrow.
A fairly big cycle on there with a fast downhill section.

Bring a boat.:D On a serious note, be very careful, might have to be cancelled.

MiNdGaM3

The ME 3 hour forecast is showing another 8-12mm in Cork before midnight.
The IR images shows the edge of the front just about 50 south of Mizen Head now.

Jim_Kiy

The drops are getting bigger now .light misty rain initially now moderate rain..pink line forming on the latest met radar near here..yeah think the forecasters have called this one right.
The Northern resistance to a drenching is holding strong as well!

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

D22

cyclops999

Starting to get heavier in Athlone from a heavy mist

Oscar Bravo

Heavy Rain reported at Johnstown Castle in the 2200 Met Reports(7.6mm's)

sunbabe08

spot flooding on the road going down to the beach in youghal.


this rain is unreal

Ahorseofaman

Persistent heavy rain here in north Cork for the last few hours.No sign of it abating.

admiralofthefleet

Min wrote: »

No.

It looks like being the best day out of the next three to four days.

in arklow?

delw

been raining moderately/heavy for last hour but lightly since 4ish

Su Campu

One thing that is notable is the lee effect the high terrain to the east is is having on some stations' reported ceilings. At 11 pm, Oak Park reported Broken 2,800 ft Broken 5,000 ft, while Gurteen (with the Slieve Blooms to the east) reported Scattered 5,000 ft, Broken 6,000 ft. Compare those with others relatively nearby:

Johnstown Castle - 600 m visibility, vertical visibility 200 ft (i.e. fog)
Waterford Airport - Overcast 300 ft
Casement - Broken 300 ft
Mullingar - Scattered 400 ft, Overcast 600 ft
Shannon - Scattered 1,700 ft, Overcast 2,800 ft

decies

Pissing down heavy rain in clerihan outside clonmel co tipperay .

davidsr20

Guys how does Monday look weather wise, I heard its going to be good, I'm going to mondello!

Redsunset

Yes Monday will be best day, enjoy Mondello and Admiral,enjoy the big day, Arklow should be dry

MiNdGaM3

The rain has stopped in Cork the last hour, but the ME 3 hour forecast shows 6-8mm of rain here between 12 and 3am. perhaps the front is now expected to move back south?

AntiRip

Started raining here in Kerry at 10am and hasn't stopped since. It's absolutely lashing down now 15 hours later. We're certainly making up for the last couple of weeks!

MiNdGaM3

49mm of rain for Roches Point in the 24 hours up to midnight, which is over 113% of the 71-00 monthly June average!

fryup

bucketing down in east-clare

Diageio_Man

There must be some primeval switch in our brain somewere that make's the sound of rain so comforting, im listing to this and with the rain it works very well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi_xBr8SpHo

positron

Argh screw this. I love rain, and I left Ireland last week after the long warm dry spell, and here I am in Kerala, India where the torrential monsoon should have started couple of days ago, and instead I have to put up with 32-34 degrees C with over 90% humidity.

DOCARCH

Holy cow! Have recorded 54.6mm here since yesterday evening.

Looking at radar, definite orographic event going on here with a blob stuck over these parts all night while a there appears to be a rain shadow further to my west into Kildare.

DOCARCH

Up to 58.6mm now.

sunbabe08

is it me or is this system coming back the country again?:(

redsteveireland

sunbabe08 wrote: »

is it me or is this system coming back the country again?:(

No not just you, that was the forecast, to move North, stall and then slip South again.
Looks like you are going to be wet for another while yet.

Planet X

I'm putting the fire on very shortly!

sunbabe08

redsteveireland wrote: »

No not just you, that was the forecast, to move North, stall and then slip South again.
Looks like you are going to be wet for another while yet.

bah. was hoping it would go away. the heaviest of the rain is falling at the moment in youghal

Min

It hasn't rained here for hours.

4.0mm fell today so far, most of it just after midnight.
11.8mm yesterday.

Seems the low pressure was close enough but the rain belts were kept to the north and west of Kilkenny and the south east.

snaps

Not much to report here really. Not raining, cool and sun trying to appear.

dfbemt

dfbemt wrote: »

Based on Deep Easterly's OP I have put my fertiliser down on the grass. Needs to get a good soaking within 48 hours or I'll be looking at dust for the Summer.

Will be happy with sun until tomorrow evening but I really need it to rain before I get up on Sunday morning.

Sorry sun worshippers

Damn it. When I said a good soaking I didn't want this much. I think my fertiliser has been washed away :eek:

Hasn't stopped since mid afternoon yesterday and is bucketing down this morning (sorry I have no more scientific measure than that !!)

Feels late Autumnal with the wind and rain. Didn't it get dark very early last night in comparison to say 1 week ago when it was still bright at 22.30?

ch750536

very wet 24 hrs here, one of the wettest in recent times (5yrs). Started raining @ 10am yesterday with extremely heavy rain from 7pm onwards. Last time this happened Newcastle West flooded.

Mountainsandh

Wow Min, that's interesting, I'm just below Clonmel, and there has been no dry spell since yesterday, when it doesn't bucket down, it spits a good old spit.

The rain annoys me during the day, but boy was it brilliant last night... :pac:

Birdnuts

Horrible wet windy morning here - and looking at this mornings models it looks like a wet first half to June as the AH does its usual disappearing act at this time of year:(

Mountainsandh

dfbemt wrote: »

. Didn't it get dark very early last night in comparison to say 1 week ago when it was still bright at 22.30?

Yes, noticed that too. Whatever moon was on this week, one night was eerily bright at 10.40, a mixture of dusk and moonlight behind cloud I guess... but last night was like an autumn night, no light getting through this cloud.

admiralofthefleet

redsunset wrote: »

Yes Monday will be best day, enjoy Mondello and Admiral,enjoy the big day, Arklow should be dry

thanks a million, thats the icing on the cake:)

edit: the rain is starting to ease off here in arklow, still very dull and quite windy. feeling cold. the back garden is flooded! meeting people as they arrive for tomorrow at about 4 pm today so hopefully its completely gone by then

Min

Mountainsandh wrote: »

Wow Min, that's interesting, I'm just below Clonmel, and there has been no dry spell since yesterday, when it doesn't bucket down, it spits a good old spit.

The rain annoys me during the day, but boy was it brilliant last night... :pac:

I am not surprised, you back up what the radar has been showing, just lucky here the rain wasn't 20 miles further east or 20 to 30 miles further south.

We had no heavy rain as the heaviest was just 4.2mm/hour.

ok time for that to change as that rain has to move back over us before it clears...

Pangea

Mountainsandh wrote: »

Yes, noticed that too. Whatever moon was on this week, one night was eerily bright at 10.40, a mixture of dusk and moonlight behind cloud I guess... but last night was like an autumn night, no light getting through this cloud.

It was still bright here last night at that time, most be down to be all the cloud and rain yous had.

Not a drop of rain here it seems, bone dry

sunbabe08

Pangea wrote: »

It was still bright here last night at that time, most be down to be all the cloud and rain yous had.

Not a drop of rain here it seems, bone dry

yeah we kinda noticed that alright. :rolleyes:

Pangea

sunbabe08 wrote: »

yeah we kinda noticed that alright. :rolleyes:

good for you. just giving my update.

sunbabe08

Pangea wrote: »

good for you. just giving my update.

don't mind me, just jealous.

mickger844posts

29.4mm recorded since the start of this event. Currently Light rain with a temp of 10.9c

DOCARCH

Event rainfall total has reached 60.0mm now. Just light rain and drizzle now but front looks like it's on the way back albeit weaker.