Storm Desmond - Heavy Rainfall 4/5 December 2015

Padster90s

fepper wrote: »

i m getting old but do you mean the cold spell 09/10?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_of_2009%E2%80%9310_in_Great_Britain_and_Ireland

Senna

Wind dropped and rain stopped for about an hour in Donegal, but rain back on without the wind.

maquiladora

In the UK, tweet from Environment Agency director :

@johncurtinEA

Provisional figures from a rain gauge in Honister shows 352mm of rain fell in 24hrs. If verified this would be a new UK record #StormDesmond

JCX BXC

Looking at the Bandon webcam the water level seems to have noticeably risen further!

irishgeo

Light rain in Castlebar now.

sryanbruen

maquiladora wrote: »

In the UK, tweet from Environment Agency director :

Well if it is confirmed... that record didn't stand for long... :eek:. I find it funny and interesting how I escaped the very heavy rainfall of November 19, 2009 and I was on holidays in Paris.

thomil

I don't know if it's been mentioned here yet, but apparently the army is being deployed to assist with the situation in Bandon and Kerry, at least according to Minister Coveney's Facebook Page:

https://www.facebook.com/SimonCoveney/posts/1212730605409273?fref=nf

Henwin

thomil wrote: »

I don't know if it's been mentioned here yet, but apparently the army is being deployed to assist with the situation in Bandon and Kerry, at least according to Minister Coveney's Facebook Page:

https://www.facebook.com/SimonCoveney/posts/1212730605409273?fref=nf

ya some bad floods in tralee and kenmare
http://traleetoday.ie/army-called-into-tralee-to-help-in-flooded-areas/

maquiladora

3.75m rise in one day here.

http://waterlevel.ie/0000034013/0001/day/

pedigree 6

Here's a clip I saw of flooding in Kerry on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWrFpb5Nopk

JCX BXC

Carnacalla wrote: »

Looking at the Bandon webcam the water level seems to have noticeably risen further!

Wow it's getting even worse. Id be stretched to say its worse than the 2009 floods. Anyone have any other updates from Bandon?

Webcam here :http://www.farsondigitalwatercams.com/locations/bandon
Thanks for posting earlier.

maquiladora

pedigree 6 wrote: »

Here's a clip I saw of flooding in Kerry on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWrFpb5Nopk

http://www.riverspy.net/opwgauge.html?code=22006

maquiladora

Carnacalla wrote: »

Wow it's getting even worse. Id be stretched to say its worse than the 2009 floods. Anyone have any other updates from Bandon?

Webcam here :http://www.farsondigitalwatercams.com/locations/bandon
Thanks for posting earlier.

Water level is about 0.9m below the 2009 record.

JCX BXC

maquiladora wrote: »

Water level is about 0.9m below the 2009 record.

Thats a fair bit...still bad :P

May I ask how you find out?

SeaBreezes

Carnacalla wrote: »

Wow it's getting even worse. Id be stretched to say its worse than the 2009 floods. Anyone have any other updates from Bandon?

Webcam here :http://www.farsondigitalwatercams.com/locations/bandon
Thanks for posting earlier.

Pics of the river, its facebook (not mine) not sure if you can see:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=560863540737015&set=pcb.560863647403671&type=3&theater

km79

I'm exhausted ! glad its over?.....

SeaBreezes

And high tide is 2am :-(

waterways

Lumi wrote: »

My stations record (in Galway City) for daily rainfall has been broken
Total since midnight now stands at 63.0mm, previous record was 62.0mm in Nov 2009

From what I saw today is not only Galway but also the Shannon catchment area sucked and a flood wave on the way down. Not sure if the people of Portumna will be happy that Meelick has been dredged. Hope I'm wrong.

maquiladora

3.37m. Seems to be leveling off now at Bandon Bridge.

Met Eireann short range model is showing even more intense rain for 2am now. Will it be right? Rarely see grey colours.

Meteorite58

Just checked the manual gauge, 56.4mm so far for event here in Ardfert . Was thinking we are getting off light as the mountains are probably soaking up most of the rainfall before it gets to us here a bit further North.

Still raining.

Padster90s

maquiladora wrote: »

3.37m. Seems to be leveling off now at Bandon Bridge.

Met Eireann short range model is showing even more intense rain for 2am now. Will it be right? Rarely see grey colours.

Going by ME current rainfall radar this doesn't seem to be happening. Is the current rainfall radar a bit iffy?

Meteorite58

It's the forecast rain for 02.00 from the short range model.

Oneiric 3

Rain has eased here and seems to be little more on the way, yet temp is still on 12.1c with continued squally gusts from a SW direction, which suggests that the main cold front has not gone through yet. Pressure is also falling a little after a temporary rise earlier.

pauldry

Garavogue

This may not work sorry

maquiladora

Keswick in Cumbria had these glass flood walls built above the regular walls by the river. But tonight they weren't enough. Truly exceptional event.

pauldry

Garavogue high level

Ah feck cant get it to link

Go to youtube

Garavogue Storm Desmond

And youll see

Fcuk internet whrn drunk

91mm of rain

2600mm of Guinness

Meteorite58

Temperature beginning to drop in the NW as the cold front makes its way across the country .

pauldry

Was wondering why my temp had gone from 13.3c to 7.1c

Min will be 3c

Rock Lesnar

Stopped raining around 4 here in my part of meath, and thankfully didnt get the rain i was expecting from this storm, so escaped the flooding i was expecting to, seen some unbelievable pics from over in england and here in the west, its hateful watching water rise while thinking will it come into the house or not, so to anybody whose effected by flooding, you have my sympathies

Rougies

pauldry wrote: »

Garavogue high level

Ah feck cant get it to link

Go to youtube

Garavogue Storm Desmond

And youll see

Fcuk internet whrn drunk

91mm of rain

2600mm of Guinness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xRo-2uyOqU