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Heavy rain and strong winds Monday night -Wednesday night

rhonin · 2011-11-28 21:07:41

Issued at 28 November 2011 - 14:32 Weather Alert Heavy rain tonight and Tuesday morning in the southwest, west and northwest with rainfall totals 40 to 50mm and higher amounts possible in mountainous areas. Strong to gale force southerly winds will gust 80 to 100 km/h in exposed coastal areas tonight. Valid from 21:00…

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#122 30-11-2011 9:46pm
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Satellite gone here too. Lashing. Severe gusts.

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#123 30-11-2011 9:48pm
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Seriously windy and rainy in Athlone ATM.

Chat with us online, details here

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#124 30-11-2011 9:48pm
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Ghost Train wrote: »

Bit of lightning 10 minutes ago down in west Cork

Some nice flashes at galley head, west cork.

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#125 30-11-2011 9:48pm
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Absolutely BUCKETING down here in Cork City and I mean BUCKETING! Rain and wind is unreal! Dangerous driving conditions I'd say

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#126 30-11-2011 9:49pm
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3 or 4 flashes of lightning here in cork city, wind speeds really picking up , there will defo be some fallen trees etc tonight.

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#127 30-11-2011 9:51pm
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Just read on aa roadwatch website that there two roads in cork closed after 2 fatal collisions :-(

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#128 30-11-2011 9:53pm
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Few flashes of lightning down carrigaline direction too,heavy rain atm. Bugger satellite is just gone, its lashing now !!

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#129 30-11-2011 9:53pm
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Can confirm, thunder and lightening in Cork city! Will have video up soon:D

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#130 30-11-2011 9:56pm
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MiNdGaM3 wrote: »

Can confirm, thunder and lightening in Cork city! Will have video up soon:D

That must have been what I heard earlier so! Thought it was an almighty gust of wind!! Never saw the lighting tho :-)

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#131 30-11-2011 9:58pm
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leahyl wrote: »

That must have been what I heard earlier so! Thought it was an almighty gust of wind!! Never saw the lighting tho :-)

7 or 8 flashes, so not quite a "thunderstorm", but still the best I've seen in 2 years.
The wind and rain got ridiculous for about 5 minutes too.

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#132 30-11-2011 9:59pm
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Missing all the action in East Cork so. I'm staring longingly out the patio door and no thunder or lighting. Jeez the wind is picking up big time. I'm in an exposed area tho.

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#133 30-11-2011 10:00pm
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largepants wrote: »

Missing all the action in East Cork so. I'm staring longingly out the patio door and no thunder or lighting. Jeez the wind is picking up big time. I'm in an exposed area tho.

Make sure those large pants don't act as a sail :eek::pac:

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#134 30-11-2011 10:01pm
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largepants wrote: »

Missing all the action in East Cork so. I'm staring longingly out the patio door and no thunder or lighting. Jeez the wind is picking up big time. I'm in an exposed area tho.

Dont worry, Its on the way

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#135 30-11-2011 10:05pm
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A nice flash of lightning down in Cobh 2 minutes ago

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#136 30-11-2011 10:06pm
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riggerman wrote: »

A nice flash of lightning down in Cobh 2 minutes ago

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#137 30-11-2011 10:06pm
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Savage heavy rain here in South Kerry tonight, cloud lightning without thunder also, the rain was so heavy that it flooded my driveway within half an hour and it was the heaviest rain I have seen since I was in Thailand this spring when I saw tropical monsoonal rains. A similar situation to 2009 and after about a week of awful heavy rain we then entered the grip of the first big freeze up.

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#138 30-11-2011 10:08pm
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Take it all back. Saw that flash. Lovely fork lightning. T'was fairly severe for a few minutes there. My largepants are still intact.

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#139 30-11-2011 10:10pm
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Second flash in Cobh . Im one happy weather bunny

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#140 30-11-2011 10:11pm
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Latest strikes (you may need a magnifying glass to see them)

Cork is where it's at.

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#141 30-11-2011 10:12pm
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Cork Airport Metar, 2100. Recent thunderstorm.

EICK 302100Z 23016G48KT 9999 -RA FEW007 BKN011 BKN035 06/05 Q0999 RETS NOSIG=

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#142 30-11-2011 10:20pm
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Deep Easterly, could you point me in the direction of where to find that info please.

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#143 30-11-2011 10:24pm
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largepants wrote: »

Deep Easterly, could you point me in the direction of where to find that info please.

Here you go Largepants

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/beta/weather/observations/

Click on the 'Lightning' tab in the right hand panel and then zoom to whatever area you want to zoom over.

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#144 30-11-2011 10:25pm
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Deep Easterly wrote: »

Couple of strikes being picked up in west Cork in the last 10 minutes alright:

EDIT: Snap Redsteve!

I prefer your image, much more accurate. Is it freely available on met office website?

Just saw your reply to the man in the pants.

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#145 30-11-2011 10:26pm
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Cheers Deep Easterly. Happy days.

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#146 30-11-2011 10:27pm
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The 2100 met.ie report for Cork Airport (154 m) says Sleet/Thunder.

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#147 30-11-2011 10:29pm
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redsteveireland wrote: »

I prefer your image, much more accurate. Is it freely available on met office website?

Yep, here http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/beta/weather/observations/

The actual site is a bit finicky and may not work that well if you are using firefox (not working on FF 8 anyway). Best used in IE.

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#148 30-11-2011 10:31pm
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Su Campu wrote: »

The 2100 met.ie report for Cork Airport (154 m) says Sleet/Thunder.

Saw that.....NOAA just reporting light rain for Cork AP at 2100?

Could be melted hail? Hard to belive sleet at 6c DP 5c?

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#149 30-11-2011 10:35pm
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Lots of hail earlier in Cork with about 4 or 5 flashes of thunder.
Cleared now.
Sleet doubtful I would think

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#150 30-11-2011 10:41pm
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DOCARCH wrote: »

Saw that.....NOAA just reporting light rain for Cork AP at 2100?

Could be melted hail? Hard to belive sleet at 6c DP 5c?

NOAA would most likely be reporting from the metar, which gives light rain. The met.ie observation will be from the synop, which will give reference to the weather of the past hour, giving preference to the worst first. So there was probably some sleet in the thundery band that passed through, and now it's just light rain. Will have to see the actual synop (available at midnight) to see what exactly what was reported.

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#151 30-11-2011 10:42pm
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Su Campu wrote: »

NOAA would most likely be reporting from the metar, which gives light rain. The met.ie observation will be from the synop, which will give reference to the weather of the past hour, giving preference to the worst first. So there was probably some sleet in the thundery band that passed through, and now it's just light rain. Will have to see the actual synop (available at midnight) to see what exactly what was reported.

Thanks. You really do learn something every day!

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