Rainfall Warning : Heavy Rain and Potential Thunderstorms Thurs 8 - Fri 9 Aug 2019

JanuarySnowstor

Still bucketing in Cork...please tell Joanna because someone told her it's thinning out!! Thunderstorms off the coast look like moving in before midnight

diceyd

MidMan25 wrote: »

Absolutely horsing down in East Cork.

Any rain?

SleetAndSnow

Flash of lightning just now in West cork, not sure where it striked but blitzortung shows ones just off the coast. Wasn't on land anyway, didn't hear thunder.

mickger844posts

Torrential rain now in Waterford City. 9.7mm for the event so far.

https://www.waterfordcityweather.com

aisling86

Getting closer alright

riggerman

Lightling just off the coast south of kinsale. Looking forward to a few thunder storms later on.

SleetAndSnow

There's the thunder! Sounds off in the distance over the sea and the flash isn't bright but opened my window and heard it.

Edit: ok there's a few alright. Hope it makes it to land!

Meteorite58

Nice convection where those strikes are coming from.

martyfurey

Insnely intense rain here at cork airport for the last few hours. Flights have been diverted and others have been cancelled. Very poor weather here.

EltonJohn69

So full rain all weekend ?

lbc2019

Sister advises the rain has truly arrived to Wexford.

lolie

weisses wrote: »

Because the radar is not working

Some footage from Dingle

I hope you're messing:o
Few of us heading down there tomorrow for the weekend.

Raining here since 10 oclock.
Nice red sunset an hour ago, doubt to many shepards delighted with the forecast though.
S cavan.

SleetAndSnow

All dead again, hopefully it lights up again!

JanuarySnowstor

Bucketing down in Cork

JCX BXC

martyfurey wrote: »

Insnely intense rain here at cork airport for the last few hours. Flights have been diverted and others have been cancelled. Very poor weather here.

One aircraft diverted (Aer Lingus Regional), and as a result the next flight on this aircraft was cancelled. That's the only disruption.

2 aircraft just touched down without issue.

monty_python

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Still raining here, stopped for about 20 mins but has now started again. Wind picked up too. It's not torrential like earlier though.

Lashing down now. Big drops too

SleetAndSnow

Massive flash of lightning now! Definitely over land or near at least! Thunder v loud.

Mortelaro

teddybones wrote: »

Mad that. Dry here in Ashford. Am looking at radar and it should have been lashing here for last while. And nada except a drop or two. Can anyone tell me why that is?

High based rain picked up by the radar that doesn't reach the ground
Raining away here in Arklow, not heavy about 2mm in the last hour and a half
Its getting a little bit heavier

Mortelaro

Lightning getting very active now in coastal south and coastal west cork
See attached

SleetAndSnow

Insanely bright lightning here and loud too!

aisling86

My parents in ballylickey said the sky is lighting up but no thunder. They will have fun in their campervan tonight!

leahyl

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Insanely brighyt lightning here and loud too!

Where are you SleetAndSnow?

Storm 10

Lots of lightning off South West Coast now

yellowlabrador

lightning to the south in Dunmanway

Tazio

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Insanely bright lightning here and loud too!

Saw a flash from just outside Riverstick (Co Cork) on way home there too at 22:31h-ish

Mortelaro

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Insanely bright lightning here and loud too!

Augers well for overnight in the southeast and east so and this evenings ECM assessment of things,if its lightning we want,might get to test my new black out drapes later as more high cold clouds tops meander up from Biscay where they've been sparking all day?
No chance

SleetAndSnow

Torrential rain here now too with the lightning and thunder. This is great haha.

From the city Leahyl but currently down west , near clonakilty, right across from the coast

Edit: 4 flashes in a row!

giveitholly

aisling86 wrote: »

My parents in ballylickey said the sky is lighting up but no thunder. They will have fun in their campervan tonight!

Ooh Matron!!!

An Ri rua

Potentially 40mm of rain over a few hours, followed by potentially another 10-30mm in localised thunderstorms is most definitely a serious event if you're in a flood-prone area. Such as I am in Mountmellick.
Certainly a potentially serious event for us and so the council have been out cleaning drains in advance.
I can recall 3 other late summer deluges that caused serious worry here. The last being September 2010.
The serious flooding of Mountmellicj in November 2017 was caused by a 40mm deluge overnight over say 6 hours.
So please don't Pooh Pooh a rain event if you have never faced flooding before. While we're all weather freaks, it's not all ****s and giggles.

Kermit.de.frog

Quite active across the southwest and off the southern coast now with many verified strikes in the last half hour.

How this holds together and develops further as it moves north is key.

Might be an interesting few hours ahead.