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lots of showers with very little in the way of dryness in between varying from light rain to sometimes heavy rain

peak rain rate was 11.9mm at nearly 10am

total since midnight 8.6mm
june total so far 92.3mm

Supercell

Fog's come down here (see the webcam on my site ).
Drizzly rain off an on all day , current total 20.3mm, current temp 12.9°C

arctictree

I recorded 15.75mm today. Seems we are getting much more than the stations in Bray, Ashford and Arklow. That would seem to concur with the rainfall map of Ireland: http://www.met.ie/climate/rainfall.asp

11.2c ATM.

BTW - Looks like we are in for some unseasonably cold weather at the weekend. Winds straight down from the Arctic...

Snowbie

Yep,you provided a clear example of mountainous areas always receive higher precip than sea level.This is where wind creates orographic lift by hilly/mountainous locations and rains far heavier or more persistent than lower elevations.Also precip on doppler is under reading due to interference of signal due to mtns.

4.8mm today with persistant drizzle.

arctictree

arctictree wrote:

I recorded 15.75mm today. Seems we are getting much more than the stations in Bray, Ashford and Arklow. That would seem to concur with the rainfall map of Ireland: http://www.met.ie/climate/rainfall.asp

Yup from here I could see the wicklow mts and even croghan nearby covered in black whilst the sun came out here yesterday evening.
The suns out again this morning!
Those were the same circulating showers you got, they just intensified as they headed inland over you.

That said tuesdays thunderstorms and rain behaved differently probably because it took a more south to north track.

rc28

Had a burst of very heavy rain lasting about 10-15mins a while ago. 15.5c and completely overcast.

rc28

After another period of heavy rain the sun broke through the clouds for a few moments and temp is now up to 17c.

Supercell

Some pretty heavy rain at work today, would estimate around the 30-40mm/hr rate, but nothing like that here, roads were almost dry by the time I got home.

Snowbie

Felt very tropical this morning here and muggy all day as for the evening too despite the showers.

mike65

Bright start as there was yesterday, will it last? (Please!)

Mike.

Snowbie

Be less showery day Mike but you cant rule them out.

Lovely morning here temp up to 16.3c atm with a land breeze.Partly cloudy with some cumulus floating about.

Supercell

Took a spin over to Blessington this morning, plenty of showers going already in the Wicklow mountains, very nice with interspersed sunshine.
Around every corner seemed to be a wandering sheep though, had to be careful.

mike65

Cloud built up pretty quickly but no real suggestion of rain.

Mike.

Snowbie

Nearly hit a sheep up there years ago on my bike near the sally gap,road just dipped and he was standing in the depression in the middle of the road.He looked like :eek: and i looked like :eek: and missed him by inches.

Light snow covering up there at the time and he was camoflaged on the road.:D

Raining slightly now from a band of showers that moved down for the NW

rc28

Got absolutely soaked through while out riding my horse just there, the rain was really torrential for about 5mins.

Snowbie

Lashed there 2.5mm fell in less than a few mins max rain rate of 51.8mm/hr

ninebeanrows

Been tropical here for the last few days now!

Sudden torrential downpours, another one there. The amount of rain that falls in those short showers is amazing!

Mobhi1

Very heavy rain here now; just like yesterday afternoon! Temperatures dropped back from 17C to 12C.

triple h

If a foreign person asks you how often it rains in Ireland, i guess the proper answer is " yesterday, today and tomorrow" and that can be said anytime in summer.

The sad fact is We are lucky if we get great weather here in Ireland, Luck is what we need to get sunshine.

Gonzo

pouring rain yet again almost all day, over the past 2 weeks its becoming increaseinly difficult to find a dry moment to go outside for an hour or 2. Dont think Ive seen a Summer quite so bad/wet in at least 10 years, everyone in our area is moaning how bad the summer is, I hope it gets better soon:)

Supercell

The rain seems to have stayed north of here, dry day so far.

mike65

the pressure chart outlook is grim

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/avnpanel1.html

Mike.

Wertz

It's coming down in buckets in N Louth the last coupla hours...where I live shouldn't be prone to flooding but I'm keeping an eye out anyway, after what went on in the north the other week

rc28

No, I think this is a proper Irish summer and because we've been spoiled in recent years we have come to expect sun and warmth.

mike65

There will be reports of moving statues soon.

Mike.

Gonzo

damp and misty now after another day of rain yet again, everyone walking about in their January gear, Irish Summers are never ment to be great and we've had good summer over past few years but this summer is bad even by winter standards! It just hasnt stopped raining properly in 2 weeks, the garden is swamp like I havent seen it like that in many a year.

rc28

mike65 wrote:

There will be reports of moving statues soon.

Mike.

Lol, what year did that happen in, was it sometime in the 80's?

Wertz

I dunno....is everyone forgetting about the glorious 6 weeks we had from Patrick's day on?

rc28

Wertz wrote:

I dunno....is everyone forgetting about the glorious 6 weeks we had from Patrick's day on?

Yes it seems that way, and also the first week and a half of this month when people were doing the lc and jc in typical exam weather (25c and sunny)

Beelzebub

Weathercheck wrote:

Been tropical here for the last few days now!

Sudden torrential downpours, another one there. The amount of rain that falls in those short showers is amazing!

I don't know about amazing, but it lessens the chance of drought anyhow:D