Thursday 11th - Wet and Windy

Iancar29

Latest charts showing a day of rain and winds moving east across the country as a cut off low begins to take place to our East .


Showers at first in the west turning more persistent with heavier bursts at times in the East according the GFS , windy at times also.




GFS Ensembles showing some pretty large amounts possible but atm i'd go for about 20-25mms in the 12hr period, which could cause some minor problems in areas but nothing too serious as of yet .


Shall be one to watch!

mike65

met.ie all very relaxed....

Rain then will become widespread early on Wednesday night, with some heavy falls occurring locally. After a wet start to Thursday, rain will clear east by afternoon and the rest of the day will be mainly dry and bright, though feeling cool in fresh, westerly breezes. On Thursday night, winds will back southwesterly and showers will appear in western counties.

Lucreto

It will be interesting to see how much wind we get. This morning the amount of leaves that had fallen since yesterday. I spend Sunday clearing them and over last night there must of been some wind as all my hard work is now gone.

DOCARCH

Much wetter forecast from ME on the radio at 0755 this morning than is written/given on the ME website.

Cantona's Collars

Forecast for some heavy rain on the RTE News forecast this evening.Wednesday night/Thursday looks to be a washout.

maquiladora

Loads of horrible, miserable rain and winds not strong enough to make it interesting. I hate this type of weather. :P

StormGazer.11

A decent storm would be nice to keep things interesting until later in the month.

Tactical

StormGazer.11 wrote: »

A decent storm would be nice to keep things interesting until later in the month.

Yes, we're well overdue a decent wind event hopefully something will materialise before spring.

StormGazer.11

Tactical wrote: »

Yes, we're well overdue a decent wind event hopefully something will materialise before spring.

I'm not a huge fan of wind events, but some form of adverse/extreme weather no matter what form would at least give us all something to follow and provide a break form the LRF guessing

Deep Easterly

Latest from Icelandic Met Office:



System doesn't really going until it hits the UK but that wave feature clipping the SE is still worth keeping an eye on anyways.

kingshankly

Easily knowing there's little happening with the weather if this Thursday gets its own thread!!!

Wicklow Weather

Latest GFS giving up to 40mm for Wexford Wicklow area from approx Midnight tonight to tomorrow evening.

Iancar29

Heres the latest from the NMM agreeing with the GFS, roughly 40mm possible in the south east but also heavy bursts in a line from Cork to Louth





Could a mod please change the thread title to Wednesday Night into Thursday please?

gbee

Iancar29 wrote: »

Heres the latest from the NMM agreeing with the GFS, roughly 40mm possible in the south east but also heavy bursts in a line from Cork to Louth

Hmmmmm, I need a bigger gauge .....

Iancar29

One to keep an eye on too for Next week!! :eek:

maquiladora

Tomorrow doesn't look like anything too interesting really.

Thanks to the upcoming changes in the weather pattern we could on the receiving end of some lows in the near future, maybe intense ones. So at least I think we are looking at a period of wet and windy weather coming up, with the potential for some very wet/very windy days.

Sponge Bob

maquiladora wrote: »

think we are looking at a period of wet and windy weather coming up, with the potential for some very wet/very windy days.

Covered yourself well there.

maquiladora

Sponge Bob wrote: »

Covered yourself well there.

Sure you'd be a fool not to cover yourself when its wet and windy. Could get pneumonia.

odyboody

Warning posted on Dublin city council website


Rainfall Warning from Met Eireann - Tuesday 10th October 2012


Following a rainfall warning from Met Eireann that heavy rain is expected tonight and in the morning in the Leinster area with 25mm to 35mm possible, Dublin City Council staff will continue to monitor the drainage network including rivers and streams. The weather alert is valid from 00:00 11-Oct-2012 until 12:00 11-Oct-2012.

http://www.dublincity.ie/Pages/Welcome/MainPage.htm#Tab0

Sponge Bob

Good warning, lots of drains will be blocked by leaves and will not be able to handle a persistent 25mm they normally could handle.

Oscar Bravo

A 2348 update from Met Eireann....Rain will become widespread and heavy overnight with possibly some thundery downpours in places, with a risk of some spot flooding in eastern areas before dawn. Mist and fog in many places also. Lowest temperatures 9 to 11 C.

Birdnuts

The rainfall potential of this event appears to have been signficantly upgraded based on the lastest GFS and MetO fax charts!!

pauldry

Think the aftermath of the rain will be quite chilly. Though Met Eireann say 12 to 14c.

notnumber

radar looks interesting atn ..mt mentioned a wave forming over Ireland.

heavy looking rain to the south

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

DOCARCH

No wind....or rain here this morning.

gbee

My 25mm manual rain gauge is over full, my WS says we got 22mm

tylercollins

Pretty much lashing here this morning for the last 30 minutes! No wind though, and showing 11c.

dexter647

Very heavy rain for the last few hrs here in south west laois this morning... Recorded over 22mm so far

Sponge Bob

Cork airport managed 24mm or so between 1am and 7am ( midnight and 06z)

Iancar29

Looks like the models had this more to the east than it actually is ... i expect "impact" here in roughly t -60 minutes ... :pac:

Sponge Bob

Frankly Wexford looks like getting away Scot free from this one ( and Donegal more or less) and it may only be a fringe event in Dublin. Cork/Kerry up to the Midlands is the main soak pit.

There has been no wind of any note in the west either.

DOCARCH

Proper rain has arrived here now. 1.2mm so far with a rain rate of 9.4mm/hr atm.

eskimocat

Absolutely rotten weather here (Collooney) this morning, shallow flooding in some places on the roads already. Cold and miserable... yuck!

*Drat should have checked my station before leaving the house this morning. Think a battery change might be required

Iancar29

Atlone is getting hammered by the looks of the radar!!

Speak Now

Iancar29 wrote: »

Atlone is getting hammered by the looks of the radar!!

Landslide on the M6 near Athlone.

gbee

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Landslide on the M6 near Athlone.

AA Traffic Update
Reports of a mudslide and excess surface water on the M6/Athlone Bypass between J12 Roscommon and J13 Athlone West

http://www.aaireland.ie/AA/AA-Roadwatch/Story.aspx?id=130977

Tom Cruises Left Nut

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Landslide on the M6 near Athlone.

We need Cherryghost for eyes on the ground !

tylercollins

t|nt|n wrote: »

We need Cherryghost for eyes on the ground !

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/1011/clonakilty-flooding.html

cherryghost

t|nt|n wrote: »

We need Cherryghost for eyes on the ground !

Moved to Dublin dude

Rickylovesuall is your man now

Tom Cruises Left Nut

cherryghost wrote: »

Moved to Dublin dude

Rickylovesuall is your man now

I just can't keep up :pac:

Sponge Bob

Sponge Bob wrote: »

Frankly Wexford looks like getting away Scot free from this one ( and Donegal more or less) and it may only be a fringe event in Dublin. Cork/Kerry up to the Midlands is the main soak pit.

Mount Dillon and Moorpark are notably missing as I post.

Johnstown Castle 3.8mm.

Cork Airport recorded 24.4mm ( and 6mm the previous night as the system came into Cork and the S/W before midnight)
Gurteen 26.9mm
Mullingar 25.6mm
Ballyhaise 24.4mm

In contrast

Dublin Airport 9.3mm
Mace Head 9.5mm
Johnstown Castle 3.8mm
Sherkin 0.9mm

So the worst rain fell inland in a band from Cork to Cavan and would include Moorpark and Mount Dillon. The system sort of tore across the west coast ( Sherkin 0.9mm) and slowed down as it crossed the Midlands and moved NE.

Wolfe_IRE

A slow moving band of fairly heavy and persistent rain is pushing into west Munster.

Storm 10

Any electrical activity in that front

Tactical

Just started raining in West Limerick.

Tactical

Storm 10 wrote: »

Any electrical activity in that front

That would be nice

MrFrisp

Just gone very very dark here in Cork now..So dark it's like late evening.

Very heavy shower as I type..





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leahyl

MrFrisp wrote: »

Just gone very very dark here in Cork now..So dark it's like late evening.

Very heavy shower as I type..




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Absolutely miserable MrFrisp! But I love it :pac:

MrFrisp

leahyl wrote: »

Absolutely miserable MrFrisp! But I love it :pac:

Same here,leahyl

Love the rain,wind,storms,etc...





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redsteveireland

There's me thinking it was Friday.

gbee

Good shower, heavy, thundery but I heard nothing.

1.5mm in just a few minutes / little more than 7mm/hr though so not a tropical monsoon.

MrFrisp

gbee wrote: »

Good shower, heavy, thundery but I heard nothing.

1.5mm in just a few minutes / little more than 7mm/hr though so not a tropical monsoon.

Yes.Sadly the only noise was the heavy rain..






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