Windy (Gusts to 60MPH) + Heavy Rain & Flooding Thursday/Friday (June 7/8th)

dexter647

Had eased off for a bit this morning but it's absolutely lashing here at the moment in south laois:eek:...def won't have to worry about my well running dry this summer:)

pauldry

1mm of rain in Sligo

take shelter

redsteveireland

After that brief clearing, it's pouring again in East Galway. Plenty of spot flooding already.

MrFrisp

gbee wrote: »

The 'intense' rain period should be passed for us, sure we'll get heavy rain and high winds and storm force from Roche's Point through the rest of the day, we're more or less in the calm period, it'll start up soon and get stronger lasting all evening and into Friday morning ~ was worried about this phase following on from what should have been an impressive rain event ~ for us it just wasn't.

The windy period [coming] in now likely to be wetter than the 'wet' period.

Fantastic...Looking forward to it.

Thanks gbee.

Just started lashing down here now again.




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MiNdGaM3

The ME 3 hour forecasts doesn't seem the most realistic. The rain in Cork has been mostly light the last few hours and the radar shows nothing heavy or persistent on the way for a while, so the prediction of 8-12mm between 10am and 1pm seems a little exaggerated at the moment.

Tom Cruises Left Nut

11.0mm in lovely Kildare

High rain rate 12.8 not too long ago

Oscar Bravo

Persistant rain in Castlebar in a light to moderate NE'LY wind.(Cloud base is quite high,can see jets going over the house on base turn for runway 09 at Knock @ 3,100ft.)

Green Diesel

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Persistant rain in Castlebar in a light to moderate NE'LY wind.

Finally, waiting in Newport for that band to arrive, seems painstakingly slow. Been dry here since 9.30, drizzle starting now.

kevmol88

Persistant rain in North Kerry

Pangea

Feck all rain here, bit of drizzle thats about it.

mimsy

Green Diesel wrote: »

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Persistant rain in Castlebar in a light to moderate NE'LY wind.

Finally, waiting in Newport for that band to arrive, seems painstakingly slow. Been dry here since 9.30, drizzle starting now.

Sitting in Achill here and it's barely registering. Light drizzle and very light rain. Just another soft day here thankfully.

Green Diesel

mimsy wrote: »

Sitting in Achill here and it's barely registering. Light drizzle and very light rain. Just another soft day here thankfully.

Well drizzle turned to moderate rain for 5 mins, but then stopped. Can't see 60mm happening up here anyway.

lostinashford

45.4mm so far, eased off now to drizzle now

dopolahpec

This is not a major event, perhaps it had the potential to be, but the actuality of it is nowhere near 'level 3' as this thread has been tagged.

gbee

dopolahpec wrote: »

This is not a major event, perhaps it had the potential to be, but the actuality of it is nowhere near 'level 3' as this thread has been tagged.

I'd agree. The level three is for the wind event that follows on from the rain. It will be gale force to strong gale force:

dopolahpec

I disagree, the level 3 must have been pegged for potential flooding, that was the risk factor with this system.

Gale force winds in Ireland hardly constitute, a 'seek shelter' level 3 - high risk event.

snaps

dopolahpec wrote: »

This is not a major event, perhaps it had the potential to be, but the actuality of it is nowhere near 'level 3' as this thread has been tagged.

rain intensity really needs to increase if its going to be anything other than a normal June day. Wouldn't call it rain, more of a hard drizzle. Its just a normal day here in the west, infact below normal rainfall for a wet day in mayo!

magicianz

Mild drizzle and very slight breeze in Cork at the moment where I am

dopolahpec

Were forecasters too quick to call this a major event, possibly based upon the front which stalled over the country on Saturday night, giving huge totals to places like Tipperary and Limerick? This all seems too fast moving to have the potential to do that. Very southwest Cork and Kerry seem the only risk areas. The bulk of this system is now moving northwest, the part of the country that has had the least rain in recent weeks, where there should be little threat of flooding.

I was honestly surprised to see this Level 3 warning today, along with the forecast weather being the number one headline on most news sites.

dopolahpec

Back to lurking in the shadows for me...I see this has been downgraded now to Level 2...

Keep up the good work here.

I enjoy this board

Speak Now

26mm so far in Waterford up to noon!

delw

just had a heavy downpour but the clearing not too far away

Sponge Bob

It has sorta rotated 'into place' now , ie the band will stretch from Donegal to Kerry, by and large, for the next 24 hours and will collapse northwards thereafter. The East Coast and South Coast east of Cork will be fringe events.

Finally Malin and the Mullet can catch up on their groundwater deficits as it has hardly rained anywhere north of Castlebar in weeks.

By 0z Shannon and Valentia will have exceeded their June averages and Mace will be close. ( there is no long term average for Mace so lets assume 70mm there.)

Belmullet and Malin will still be below their June average totals even after another 24 hours I reckon.

Certainly worth a level 2, soggy mess that it will be for the next 24 hours.

John.Icy

Serious rain in South UK atm.

Heavy rain continues in S.Kildare...looks like a clearance on radar soon.

Elmer Blooker

John.Icy wrote: »

Serious rain in South UK atm.

jaysus! that will lead to serious flooding on already saturated ground.
I don't think it will head our way though........ or will it?
These bands of rain are rotating around the low.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/

sunbabe08

meh, i've seen this rain before, was expecting big monster rain to be honest.

km79

would i be correct in saying at this stage it is the longevity of the rain rather than the intensity that will lead to flooding in the West ?

6mm so far

Jpmarn

Not too bad near Limerick city. Just outbreaks of light to moderate rain.

JanuarySnowstor

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

I get a feeling disruption will be kept to a minimum if we avoid thunderstorms

This is what I said last night.
JS, your senior foecaster:D

CB19Kevo

It has been on and off drizzle in south Kerry since about 2am.
If it continues like this it will not be of concern as its just a very typical day so far...
I was expecting to see major rainfall given the charts....