Autumn 2019 - General Discussion

Graces7

It has gone very ,very quiet after a loud, gusty and wet night. Not a sound or a whisper..... shhh!

west mayo offshore island

pauldry

29mm of rain Sligo town the night just gone

Wasnt expecting that

Oscar Bravo

pauldry wrote: »

29mm of rain Sligo town the night just gone

Wasnt expecting that

Place drenched here in Castlebar also.

ZX7R

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Not meaning to derail, but does anyone else think that we have had much more torrential downpours over the last 10 years or so?

When I was a kid in the 80's it used to be frequent soft day misty weather. Now, more longer dry spells and then torrents.

Anybody feel the same?

Personally I don't think so,the eighty's for me had plenty of thundery down pours and much more hail

pauldry

Yes and the problem looking at the radar as Km said is that theres no coverage here so our 30mm didnt even show on it. Bad Floods down by Doorley Park.

Oscar Bravo

Status Yellow - Rainfall warning for Munster, Dublin, Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Wexford, Wicklow and Offaly

Heavy rain at times with amounts of 25 to 35 mm possible and a risk of localized flooding.

Valid: Saturday 28 September 2019 17:00 to Sunday 29 September 2019 07:00

ZX7R

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Status Yellow - Rainfall warning for Munster, Dublin, Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Wexford, Wicklow and Offaly

Heavy rain at times with amounts of 25 to 35 mm possible and a risk of localized flooding.

Valid: Saturday 28 September 2019 17:00 to Sunday 29 September 2019 07:00

Going to be one or those horrible wet Autumn's I fear.

Gonzo

ZX7R wrote: »

Going to be one or those horrible wet Autumn's I fear.

There are hints that the second half of October could be dryer, but the first half of October is looking like a bit of a washout. We can safely say we won't be seeing any more 20C and sunny days till next year.

ZX7R

Gonzo wrote: »

There are hints that the second half of October could be dryer, but the first half of October is looking like a bit of a washout. We can safely say we won't be seeing any more 20C and sunny days till next year.

Yes the charts hinting of a better second half but they where hinting at a cold plunge into eastern America,but I fear the Atlantic is firing up and might not be easy to quite back down.
It really reminds me of autumn 2017 similar start and strong looking wind storm looking likely at the end of the week

Gonzo

ZX7R wrote: »

Yes the charts hinting of a better second half but they where hinting at a cold plunge into eastern America,but I fear the Atlantic is firing up and might not be easy to quite back down.
It really reminds me of autumn 2017 similar start and strong looking wind storm looking likely at the end of the week

at one stage we were looking at a quiet final few days of September and first week of October, that's now been pushed to the second half of October, I think we know where this one is going! The Long range charts is also very grim indeed for those who want a cold and seasonal winter this year.

ZX7R

Gonzo wrote: »

at one stage we were looking at a quiet final few days of September and first week of October, that's now been pushed to the second half of October, I think we know where this one is going! The Long range charts is also very grim indeed for those who want a cold and seasonal winter this year.

Another season of looking at the charts and chasing sadly.

Plus we are due a wet autumn/winter.
Probably over due one

MidMan25

Gonzo wrote: »

at one stage we were looking at a quiet final few days of September and first week of October, that's now been pushed to the second half of October, I think we know where this one is going! The Long range charts is also very grim indeed for those who want a cold and seasonal winter this year.

Hopefully they're as accurate as last year

Oscar Bravo

Raining ,sometimes heavy,here in Castlebar since 3pm. Not showing at all on radar

SleetAndSnow

raining since about 3ish in cork city too, steady with occasional bursts of heavier rain.

Graces7

It has been a lovely afternoon out here; dry and calm and fresh. west mayo offshore island

An Ri rua

ZX7R wrote: »

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Not meaning to derail, but does anyone else think that we have had much more torrential downpours over the last 10 years or so?

When I was a kid in the 80's it used to be frequent soft day misty weather. Now, more longer dry spells and then torrents.

Anybody feel the same?

Personally I don't think so,the eighty's for me had plenty of thundery down pours and much more hail

Agreed. 1985, 1986 were nightmarish. It rained heavily like clockwork every afternoon both summers.
2008 was another summer of freaky deluges. In the Midlands anyway

pauldry

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Raining ,sometimes heavy,here in Castlebar since 3pm. Not showing at all on radar

And here. Had an absolute downpour an hour ago . Added 5mm more. 36mm for day now in Sligo but Ogimet has 13mm as highest in Malin. Also Sooey bone dry just 15 mins away so Markree prob only 10mm. Ill check met

Markree only 5mm since midnight

Im stumped. Never seen a day as extreme a difference as this in a long long time. Very bad floods this morning in Sligo so there was 30mm of rain but puzzled how Markree barely got any and nationally only 13mm until now in South

Donegal Storm

Nice enough day in Letterkenny, was up early for the rugby and had plenty of sunshine all morning. Clouded over with some spits of rain but feeling mild and flat calm

Edit: Beautiful evening now with clear pink skies and not a breath of wind

A heavy shower in Drogheda about 5pm just as I went running.
No rain since.
I’m actually a bit annoyed as listening to Met Eireann today was meant to be horrific, floods, torrential rain ..? I put my sister off visiting me today because of the the forecast, really thought it was going to be so much worse ??

D9Male

Deleted User wrote: »

A heavy shower in Drogheda about 5pm just as I went running.
No rain since.
I’m actually a bit annoyed as listening to Met Eireann today was meant to be horrific, floods, torrential rain ..? I put my sister off visiting me today because of the the forecast, really thought it was going to be so much worse ??

This was the early afternoon forecast from ME.

Rain will continue to spread northwards across Munster and south Leinster today, turning heavy & persistent. Elsewhere, there will be good dry periods & scattered showers. Highest temperatures of 14-17 degrees in moderate southwest winds which will back southeasterly later today.

And this was the forecast this morning:

A mix of cloud & bright / sunny spells this morning with scattered showers. This afternoon heavy rain will move into the SW and will spread northwards over Munster, Leinster & Connacht this evening, bringing a risk of some localised flooding. Highest temperatures of 14 to 16°C.

Nothing in those forecasts suggests Drogheda was due heavy rain before around now.

This weather event has been forecast fairly accurately so far.

SleetAndSnow

Very small drops of rain falling in cork city now but was raining all night and some very heavy rain falling before that too. Was a shocking night

pad199207

Miserable night out there. Well on the way now to my wettest September on record

Andrew00

Dirty wet cold night in Galway City

pad199207

Rain belting down in Kildare now

Rock Lesnar

Horrible night out there now after a cloudy but dry day, rain is hammering down

Meath

Gonzo

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

Horrible night out there now after a cloudy but dry day, rain is hammering down

Meath

very heavy rain here too, can hear the splashes from the gutters.

Gonzo

pad199207 wrote: »

Miserable night out there. Well on the way now to my wettest September on record

and there is no end in sight to the frequent bursts of heavy rain.

the next 2 weeks look very wet indeed.

km79

Gonzo wrote: »

and there is no end in sight to the frequent bursts of heavy rain.

the next 2 weeks look very wet indeed.

No comment

Rock Lesnar

Gonzo wrote: »

very heavy rain here too, can hear the splashes from the gutters.

Yep and can hear it off the roof to, real heavy stuff

gmisk

Horrible out in Dublin...even the dog didn't wanna nip out to go to loo before bed...I don't blame him