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

Min · 29-04-2012 9:18am

The first of the rain about to hit the extreme south east coast anytime now.

blackius · 29-04-2012 9:48am

Ne wind in Arklow is gusting above 40mph at the moment straight off the sea according to my Davis and at only 5.9c,it is very very bracing!
Cloudy and dry at the moment with the clouds moving like formula one racing cars.

DominoDub · 29-04-2012 10:26am

From Met.ie
Gale Warning

Northeast gales or strong gales will develop today Sunday, on Irish Coastal waters, from Carlingford Lough to Hook Head to Slyne Head and on the Irish Sea.
Issued at 06:00 on 29-Apr-2012

Winds have picked up in Dublin CC in the last hour.

lostinashford · 29-04-2012 10:33am

Wind currently 33kmh, gusting to 48kmh, max gust so far 56.8kmh

mickger844posts · 29-04-2012 10:53am

Rain not too far away now. It looks to be an extensive band with some heavy bursts in there.

SnowDrifts · 29-04-2012 11:11am

Once the rain band hits the east coast will the wind speeds subside or are they to remain as they are now?

DOCARCH · 29-04-2012 11:14am

SnowDrifts wrote: »

Once the rain band hits the east coast will the wind speeds subside or are they to remain as they are now?

Probably get a bit stronger if anything. As BB described it - a bracing day here with a strong NE wind. 6.2c atm.

Elessar · 29-04-2012 11:16am

mickger844posts wrote: »

Rain not too far away now. It looks to be an extensive band with some heavy bursts in there.

What radar is that mick?

DOCARCH · 29-04-2012 11:18am

6.2c with a DP 1c here atm. I'd say higher parts of Wicklow Mountains (e.g. Lug) could get quite a blanketing of snow from this system.

mickger844posts · 29-04-2012 11:35am

Elessar wrote: »

What radar is that mick?

Its the Netweather.tv radar and can be found here

http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=radar;sess=

shootie · 29-04-2012 11:39am

Really windy here on the Wexford Coast at the moment. Can see darker clouds on the sea horizon as well. It begins.

sunbabe08 · 29-04-2012 11:46am

loving the wind that i'm hearing right now

bring on the rain

BEASTERLY · 29-04-2012 11:49am

DOCARCH wrote: »

6.2c with a DP 1c here atm. I'd say higher parts of Wicklow Mountains (e.g. Lug) could get quite a blanketing of snow from this system.

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

I'd agree with you there. Currently 2.4c at 450m in the blackstairs. The Wicklow Mountains are usually colder again. I'd say anything 700m up could see some white stuff for a time.

SnowDrifts · 29-04-2012 12:00pm

Looks as if the band of rain is breaking up abit as it approaches the east coast on the radar.

pauldry · 29-04-2012 12:07pm

if they play the national league finals at croke park will the ball not come back when they kick it toward the gale.

could be a few own points!

JanuarySnowstor · 29-04-2012 12:10pm

It's getting very windy here in Cork already.
Unusual system the way it has developed and come up from France.
I've a funny feeling this one could be a damaging storm for Southern areas

blackius · 29-04-2012 12:15pm

DOCARCH wrote: »

6.2c with a DP 1c here atm. I'd say higher parts of Wicklow Mountains (e.g. Lug) could get quite a blanketing of snow from this system.

Agreed.
There was still snow on the top of lug this morning from the last system.
still dry in Arklow but black now to the east.
Very very windy down here. Frequent gusts above 40 MPH and howling.
That's going to be very vile when those pinks and reds on the radar come ashore.
Driving sheets of rain.

sunbabe08 · 29-04-2012 12:21pm

i've got a feeling i should warn my folks before they head down to youghal.

fred funk }{ · 29-04-2012 12:25pm

Looks like some serious rain about to land.

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

Su Campu · 29-04-2012 12:55pm

Some TAFs for today. The moderate rain is forecast to remain longer into the night at Dublin than earlier TAFs had stated. (eg. 2915/3002 means from 15 UTC on the 29th until 02 UTC on the 30th).

Casement
EIME 291100Z 2912/2921 03020G32KT 9999 BKN025
TEMPO 2912/2921 03025G38KT
BECMG 2912/2915 -RA BKN014
TEMPO 2915/2921 4000 RA BKN006=

Dublin
EIDW 291100Z 2912/3012 03025G35KT 9999 BKN020
BECMG 2912/2915 5000 -RA BKN012
TEMPO 2915/2924 03028G40KT
TEMPO 2915/3002 RA BKN006
BECMG 3000/3003 9999 SCT010 BKN020 =

Cork
EICK 291100Z 2912/3012 36020G30KT 9999 SCT025
TEMPO 2912/3004 36025G38KT
BECMG 2912/2915 BKN015
TEMPO 2916/3006 4000 RA SCT005 BKN008
BECMG 3004/3006 04016G30KT
TEMPO 3006/3012 04023G39KT BKN010=

Waterford
EIWF LOCAL AREA FORECAST VALID 291000/291900 WIND 03015KT
TEMPO 1014 03017G30KT TEMPO 1419 03020G38KT VISIBILITY 9999
TEMPO 1319 5000
WEATHER BECMG 1215 -RA
TEMPO 1519 RA CLOUD SCT020 BECMG 1114 SCT015 BKN020
TEMPO 1519 BKN008 CLOUD HEIGHTS GIVEN ABOVE MSL=

Clamball · 29-04-2012 1:00pm

Strong blustery winds here this morning in Cork. Sky beginning to darken but may not rain for a while yet.

blackius · 29-04-2012 1:25pm

Heavy driving rain just started now in Arklow,it's awful.
Wind is continuing to gust well above 40mph.

BEASTERLY · 29-04-2012 1:25pm

Is the rain ever gonna make landfall?

sunbabe08 · 29-04-2012 1:27pm

i know. i've been watching this system from my bedroom for the last 2 hours. slowest system i've ever come across.

blackius · 29-04-2012 1:33pm

BEASTERLY wrote: »

Is the rain ever gonna make landfall?

posted at the same time as you so you didn't see it,but it's made landfall in Wicklow and it is vile.

Frank Bullitt · 29-04-2012 1:36pm

Sun is out here in Dublin 3.

JanuarySnowstor · 29-04-2012 1:37pm

The rain looks very intense off the coast
Very windy here in Cork at the moment, it really will be wild when the rain starts to fall later

leahyl · 29-04-2012 1:41pm

Ooh so excited I love a good rain storm!!

DOCARCH · 29-04-2012 1:53pm

Gintonious wrote: »

Sun is out here in Dublin 3.

Same here - the sun just made a brief appearance! Lasted maybe a couple of seconds but the sun did appear. 7.3c atm.

Cantona's Collars · 29-04-2012 1:54pm

Just watching the Chelsea game,London getting a fair drop of the wet stuff.

No sign of rain here in Wexford,very blustery though.

patneve2 · 29-04-2012 2:01pm

Wind gusting to 79 km/h at the weather station in Dun Laoghaire harbour. Sea getting quite wild here in Dalkey, waiting for the rain.

Funny how the weather in the past month or so has been quite interesting

mickger844posts · 29-04-2012 2:10pm

Gust of 44kts or 82km/h recorded at Waterford Airport in the last half hour. Very wild down here with just a few drops of rain so far.

SAIE99 EIWF 291300
METAR EIWF 291300Z 02024G44KT 340V060 9999 FEW022 SCT034 BKN040 07/01 Q1007=

Birdnuts · 29-04-2012 2:20pm

patneve2 wrote: »

Funny how the weather in the past month or so has been quite interesting

The past month has been more interesting then any since the cold spell of Dec 2010!!

PS: Wild enough here but no rain yet -serious wind chill too!!

corkcity · 29-04-2012 2:23pm

whens the rain due in cork
will be heading for garretstown for it ,love a really good storm

sunbabe08 · 29-04-2012 2:24pm

it looks to be breaking up a bit for us here in cork.

but wicklow and wexford are gonna get slaughtered

corkcity · 29-04-2012 2:25pm

so we wont get battered???

Iancar29 · 29-04-2012 2:35pm

IM home from work... * goes flips storm magnet switch *

YOu can start now .

Bring it on.
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sunbabe08 · 29-04-2012 2:36pm

corkcity wrote: »

so we wont get battered???

not right now, but you never know

km79 · 29-04-2012 2:37pm

REALLY gusty in east Galway. Clothes line blew over and nearly took me with it

blue skies and dry though

Pangea · 29-04-2012 2:39pm

That is a serious amount of rain heading for the SE.
Lovely day here, sun is shining, nice and dry, but quite windy.

sunbabe08 · 29-04-2012 2:41pm

ahhhh here comes the rain.

fred funk }{ · 29-04-2012 2:44pm

Very windy in Arklow, garden furniture on its side. Raining but not too heavy yet.

Min · 29-04-2012 2:47pm

The ground is damp enough after recent rain without that intense stuff heading this way.

Something wrong with the weather, usually the West and North get the worse, it seems to have flipped.

darkman2 · 29-04-2012 2:50pm

I like the new tags on the threads. Hi folks! Apologies the last "event" did not quite live up to expectations but it was very tricky to call all the same. Although i'm sure people in Punchestown probably felt it more than others. I would have put this as a "Level 2" potential flood event particularly in the East. We shall see what happens. Interesting 24 hrs ahead from a wind and rain perspective. A wall of falling water is about to hit the East coast. I suspect conditions are conducive to the odd embedded thunderstorm too. Showers following later tonight.

IvySlayer · 29-04-2012 2:55pm

What's the big hole in the system? Shadow?

dsmythy · 29-04-2012 3:04pm

Issued at 29 April 2012 - 14:50
Weather Warning
Warning for the Web: Valid 1400hrs 29/04/12 to 0400hrs 30/04/12
Very windy and turning very wet in eastern and southeastern counties
(Dublin / Wicklow/ Wexford ) this afternoon and evening, with heavy rain persisting into tonight. Rainfall accumulations of 25mm expected in places with strong to gale force northeast winds and gusts of 70 to 95km/hr in exposed places through winds easing a bit during the night.

Deep Easterly · 29-04-2012 3:06pm

Surprised at the strength of the wind here. Mean speed of 20 kts at the moment and gusting to 35kts from a NNE direction. Very sunny and getting a nice view of the dense cirrus band from that frontal system in the eastern sky.

dsmythy · 29-04-2012 3:10pm

North Wexford should be getting it good around about now.

Calibos · 29-04-2012 3:12pm

Wow it looks like Arklow is about to get hammered!! Big blue patch on Raintoday after forming

Iancar29 · 29-04-2012 3:14pm

Any in wexford wicklow to confirm the heavy rain yet?

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

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