Potential Storm Sunday April 29th , Rainy period till May 02nd

Strangegravy · 29-04-2012 3:15pm

Not meaning to go off topic, but is this the kind of system that in Winter, along with a decent cold easterly already in place, would bring blizzard like snow to much of the country? Just curious...

fred funk }{ · 29-04-2012 3:15pm

Really after getting cold in Arklow. Down to 5.4 and the rain is getting heavier.

patneve2 · 29-04-2012 3:18pm

Impressive radar return off Wicklow/Wexford Coast
Light rain in Dalkey, strong wind

Planet X · 29-04-2012 3:23pm

Stillorgan.
First drops on the patio table.

SnowDrifts · 29-04-2012 3:26pm

Still only light rain in Wicklow Town. New tags on thread title are good - but the colour needs to be changed to something darker, that yellow is hard to read.

Planet X · 29-04-2012 3:29pm

SnowDrifts wrote: »

Still only light rain in Wicklow Town. New tags on thread title are good - but the colour needs to be changed to something darker, that yellow is hard to read.

Impossible to read.

beco · 29-04-2012 3:30pm

Starting to rain in Killiney now

ian_m · 29-04-2012 3:34pm

Hard to believe there are no lighting strikes in that heavy area on the Wexford/Wicklow border and further out to sea.

TheMilkyPirate · 29-04-2012 3:40pm

Escaping the strong stuff down here in south Wexford so far, still not a very nice day at all. wicklow Wexford border should be a fun place to be.

DOCARCH · 29-04-2012 3:45pm

Light rain has arrived. 7.0c atm. Wind has died a little.

Oscar Bravo · 29-04-2012 3:51pm

Very gusty in Castlebar,but its clear and sunny.

fred funk }{ · 29-04-2012 4:03pm

Getting very wet & wild in Arklow. Temp down to 4.9c

patneve2 · 29-04-2012 4:05pm

rain getting heavier (Dalkey)

howlinwolf · 29-04-2012 4:07pm

gusty all day today here in carlow startin to rain now though not too heavy.....could be in the firing line for some serious rainfall goin by the radar...will the intense rain hold as it passes more inland or lose some power?

lostinashford · 29-04-2012 4:10pm

6.3c, wind gusting to 73kmh, was just down at Wicklow harbour and it's wild - batteries flat in my camera:mad::mad:

Birdnuts · 29-04-2012 4:13pm

Rain starting here now - must be alot of sleet on the higher Wicklow hills!!

Gonzo · 29-04-2012 4:16pm

still dry here but very windy and feeling very raw and so much colder than anything we experienced all winter. Im beginging to think we could be in for a record breaking cold May. Cental heating is on and fire blazing in the living room.

IvySlayer · 29-04-2012 4:17pm

Light rain starting here.

blackius · 29-04-2012 4:18pm

Falling as sleet now here just 2 miles west of Arklow.Air temp down to 4.6c
Snow level on the hills west of here is likely to be about 1000ft asl now or lower.

Min · 29-04-2012 4:19pm

Hail falling here, was expecting rain and had to cover my head as it would cut the face off ya with the wind.
Bringing the cows in to milk and they were happy to be getting in too.

howlinwolf · 29-04-2012 4:19pm

seriously gusty here in carlow this defenitly feels more potent than the event during the week..........we wait and see;)

cdsb46 · 29-04-2012 4:33pm

The wind has picked up here in ashbourne and the rain is starting to fall even if its light, but god that wind chill would cut ya in two!!!:eek:

Solair · 29-04-2012 4:36pm

It seems to have calmed down significantly here in Cork City.
It was quite strongly blustery earlier on but, without any significant rain.
The wind is much calmer now.

Has it missed us? Or, is there more to come?

sunbabe08 · 29-04-2012 4:38pm

Solair wrote: »

It seems to have calmed down significantly here in Cork City.
It was quite strongly blustery earlier on but, without any significant rain.
The wind is much calmer now.

Has it missed us? Or, is there more to come?

looking at the radar there appears to be more to come.

Tom Cruises Left Nut · 29-04-2012 4:47pm

Met Eireann has a lovely pic up there now !

Trogdor · 29-04-2012 4:55pm

Rain is only just starting here now really, lashing against the windows at the moment. Just been a light drizzle up until now

sunbabe08 · 29-04-2012 4:59pm

don;t know about any one else, but i was expecting heavy showers at the moment. there was a spit about 3 hours ago and that was it.

Min · 29-04-2012 5:04pm

Met Eireann giving sleet for high ground, what I always say is, you can can sleet then you can get snow.
Rain here now, started as hail. 5.2C and a Dew point of 1.3C....

delw · 29-04-2012 5:07pm

Breeze seems to be gone,raining lightly but steady

sunbabe08 · 29-04-2012 5:10pm

last day of spring today and it feels like winter.

lostinashford · 29-04-2012 5:11pm

Temp down to 5.2c, wind seems to have eased slightly - now only gusting to 50km/h, 12.7mm of rain so far but getting heavier in Ashford

whitesands · 29-04-2012 5:12pm

Planet X wrote: »

Impossible to read.

Your colourblind too eh, I've no idea what that yellow text says...

lostinashford · 29-04-2012 5:12pm

sunbabe08 wrote: »

last day of spring today and it feels like winter.

Still have tomorrow

BEASTERLY · 29-04-2012 5:15pm

Temp down to 0.8c @ 450m in the Blackstairs, snow level wouldn't be much higher!

http://www.ihpa.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=246&Itemid=5

dexter647 · 29-04-2012 5:18pm

Rain just started here now in a very strong north easterly wind and boy is it cold..Getting worried about the trampoline now

sunbabe08 · 29-04-2012 5:19pm

lostinashford wrote: »

Still have tomorrow

oh

ether way 2 days before the start of summer and there's talk of snow.

Calina · 29-04-2012 5:26pm

I was expecting a bit more oomph out of this storm but so far, all we've had is some wind here and no rain that I've noticed.

I'm very disappointed.

arctictree · 29-04-2012 5:27pm

Lashing rain here, +3.0c, must be serious snow on the mountain tops.

patneve2 · 29-04-2012 5:34pm

very stormy in dalkey with moderate rain

arctictree · 29-04-2012 5:35pm

Update: +2.5c, Heavy Sleet

ninebeanrows · 29-04-2012 5:43pm

rain really just kicked off here now.

Was just light drizzle stuff until now.

Radar not really working too well today.

mickger844posts · 29-04-2012 5:52pm

Moderate rain here with a total of only 2.6mm so far. Temp 5.8c and feeling like Winter. Winds have eased off in the last few hours but a max gust of 82km/h was recorded at Waterford Airport earlier.

M.T. Cranium · 29-04-2012 5:52pm

That burst of heavier radar echoes over the Irish Sea may have indicated a period of ice pellet returns more than a ramping up of rainfall rates, and this was then observed to decrease when the ice pellet component changed more to sleet or snow due to orographic uplift. Still, there is some moderate to heavy precip in the oncoming mass, although I feel the system trend is likely to be slowly weakening next 6-12 hours.

Would not expect this to be a uniform event across the south, rainshadow effects are likely to be noticeable downwind (to WSW) of various higher terrain. Could be some instances of topographic channelling in Waterford, Cork and Kerry later.

Very interesting storm evolution, we shall not see its like again. Until Tuesday anyway.

ian_m · 29-04-2012 6:00pm

dexter647 wrote: »

Rain just started here now in a very strong north easterly wind and boy is it cold..Getting worried about the trampoline now

Ill be expecting a nice video of that later on...

DominoDub · 29-04-2012 6:06pm

Feel sorry for the 5000 people running tonight in the Dublin Night Run

Deep Easterly · 29-04-2012 6:17pm

I think it is interesting that the strongest winds being reported on the 5pm met.ie reports are generally in the areas where it is the sunniest. No doubt in part being enhanced a little due to surface heating (what little there is) in these areas mixing up the air in all sorts of funny ways. Very edge of that frontal cloud passing overhead just now giving some nice displays of altocumulus statiformis when set against clear blue sky to the west.

JanuarySnowstor · 29-04-2012 6:17pm

Rain seems to be fragmenting now.
In fairness the gfs predictor never really forecast anything too very heavy.
You cant blame Met Eireann for the warnings as it did look severe earlier on

sunbabe08 · 29-04-2012 6:20pm

they were just covering their backsides.:rolleyes:

MrFrisp · 29-04-2012 7:15pm

Grand and gusty here now...But just a few spits of drizzle...

Nothing major,,,,Again..

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Sponge Bob · 29-04-2012 7:25pm

Nice day in galway if a tad breezy. sun now hidden in cloud since 6pm.

Potential Storm Sunday April 29th , Rainy period till May 02nd

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