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

sunbabe08

ahhhh here comes the rain.

fred funk }{

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

Min

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

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

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

dsmythy

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

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

North Wexford should be getting it good around about now.

Calibos

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

Iancar29

Any in wexford wicklow to confirm the heavy rain yet?

Strangegravy

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 }{

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

patneve2

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

Planet X

Stillorgan.
First drops on the patio table.

SnowDrifts

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

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

Starting to rain in Killiney now

ian_m

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

TheMilkyPirate

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

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

Oscar Bravo

Very gusty in Castlebar,but its clear and sunny.

fred funk }{

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

patneve2

rain getting heavier (Dalkey)

howlinwolf

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

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

Birdnuts

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

Gonzo

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

Light rain starting here.

blackius

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

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.