Summer 2017 - General Discussion

JCX BXC

Would be interesting to see the total rainfall for Dublin Airport today, especially given its the or one of the driest stations in Ireland.

MJohnston

Funnily enough I remember we had a similarly very wet day around this time last year (or more than one perhaps) because of a particular confluence of events that reminded me that I got absolutely drenched cycling home from work on August 17th last year.

pad199207

Almost 50mm in Naas now since 14:30. Street is flooded

sryanbruen

MJohnston wrote: »

Funnily enough I remember we had a similarly very wet day around this time last year (or more than one perhaps) because of a particular confluence of events that reminded me that I got absolutely drenched cycling home from work on August 17th last year.

Well funnily enough, August 17th recorded the highest daily rainfall in August last year. Straide recorded 60.5mm on the day.

I, here in Dublin 13, had 22.4mm on the 17th and 24.6mm on the 20th.

DOCARCH

MJohnston wrote: »

Funnily enough I remember we had a similarly very wet day around this time last year (or more than one perhaps) because of a particular confluence of events that reminded me that I got absolutely drenched cycling home from work on August 17th last year.

Yip....your dead right....21.6mm here in Dublin 16 on 17.08.16.

21.2mm so far today.

paddymc1

What way is weather for tomorrow?
Looking at booking Tayto park...

sryanbruen

paddymc1 wrote: »

What way is weather for tomorrow?
Looking at booking Tayto park...

Tomorrow will be fresh with the chance of some isolated showers but sunny spells either way. Temperatures of 17-19c.

4Ad

Gonzo wrote: »

another downpour here now, the gutters are now busted with water flowing all over the place, what a filthy, dirty day/evening. This is starting to approach that terrible day in Clare I experienced towards the end of July.

Beautiful day in East Clare from about 2pm onwards....grass cut and all..

r93kaey5p2izun

This is a very basic question for the experts here so apologies:

For the hourly reports from all the weather stations on met.ie, is the Rain(mm) amount measured since midnight?

DOCARCH

Ainsley Rough Foil wrote: »

This is a very basic question for the experts here so apologies:

For the hourly reports from all the weather stations on met.ie, is the Rain(mm) amount measured since midnight?

Hourly reports are just for the previous hour.

antodeco

I just measured the depth of the flood in my driveway. Currently sitting at 86mm! Had a dog bowl that was 65mm deep, emptied it out just before 7 and it's now overflowing again!

Gonzo

driveway completely waterlogged, easily the wettest day in over a year here.

r93kaey5p2izun

This is the first real wet day here (West Dublin) in months. I measured water collected in a bucket at 112mm. It's not accurate I'm sure but there has been steady heavy rain since 14.45. It's great.

sryanbruen

Gonzo wrote: »

driveway completely waterlogged, easily the wettest day in over a year here.

Wettest day since September 2012 here!

Gonzo

sryanbruen wrote: »

Wettest day since September 2012 here!

probably the same here, I can't remember this much rain in 1 day in a long time. More rain on Wednesday and Friday into the weekend so the soil deficit well and truly over now.

Oneiric 3

sryanbruen wrote: »

Wettest day since September 2012 here!

I would have thought that you would have got more from this slow moving feature back in August '14 Syran? Wasn't there something like 100 mm or something in Dublin that day I think?

sryanbruen

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

I would have thought that you would have got more from this slow moving feature back in August '14 Syran? Wasn't there something like 100 mm or something in Dublin that day I think?

Sorry I forgot about that lol, yeah I got 84mm from that!

Elmer Blooker

Yesterday's rainfall:
https://www.met.ie/latest/yesterday.asp
I got a total of 42mm - 11mm in the first spell and obviously 31mm in the afternoon and evening.

T'was a wave that developed along the front that was responsible for the deluge.

pad199207

Is there any way that you can view the data from the synoptic rainfall stations across Ireland ?

Donegal Storm

pad199207 wrote: »

Is there any way that you can view the data from the synoptic rainfall stations across Ireland ?

http://www.met.ie/climate-request/

Interface is a bit clunky and it's not up to date but doubt you'll find it anywhere else

sryanbruen

The fine spell for next week is still trending on the models today. The ECMWF is no longer delaying it and brings the high pressure over us by next Tuesday/Wednesday. With the kind of distribution its showing, it would be very warm with temperatures around 25 to possibly 27c. The GFS meanwhile shows it much cooler than that with temperatures down to like 20 or 21c at best if you're lucky but still a lot of dry weather.

George Sunsnow

Great day in Arklow
21c currently in the town

km79

Another great day in the west
Last of the summer gardening jobs done and a quick run around the lawn while it's still fairly short and dry
Such a shame we didn't get a prolonged spell like this in July or star of august

JCX BXC

Lovely day here in West Clare. Low max of 17c though felt alot warmer.


Dublin airport received exactly 40mm of rainfall yesterday, 55% of the monthly average for August, which is also the second wettest month of the year (October being the wettest).

LEIN

sryanbruen wrote: »

The fine spell for next week is still trending on the models today. The ECMWF is no longer delaying it and brings the high pressure over us by next Tuesday/Wednesday. With the kind of distribution its showing, it would be very warm with temperatures around 25 to possibly 27c. The GFS meanwhile shows it much cooler than that with temperatures down to like 20 or 21c at best if you're lucky but still a lot of dry weather.

Fingers crossed, I would very much welcome a settled spell.

km79

LEIN wrote: »

sryanbruen wrote: »

The fine spell for next week is still trending on the models today. The ECMWF is no longer delaying it and brings the high pressure over us by next Tuesday/Wednesday. With the kind of distribution its showing, it would be very warm with temperatures around 25 to possibly 27c. The GFS meanwhile shows it much cooler than that with temperatures down to like 20 or 21c at best if you're lucky but still a lot of dry weather.

Fingers crossed, I would very much welcome a settled spell.

Summer holidays end next Thursday right On cue

sryanbruen

km79 wrote: »

Summer holidays end next Thursday right On cue

One of nature's many trolls :P:pac:.

km79

Feels very warm and muggy this evening
Will be hard sleep

George Sunsnow

Not one drop of rain so far in Arklow
Ground bone dry

Windy Dull and 16c currently

Gonzo

already raining here, cool, wet and windy.