Dublin severe rain, flooding for tonight..Met Eireann says so!

Spanish Eyes

Anyone in Dublin experiencing this?

I'm not....yet. I know the link says mayo power, but it honestly predicts Noahs Ark inn
Dublin soon tonight. Unless its an April Fool joke!


http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0331/605799-mayo-power/

chris2007

No ha stopped raining here in coolock id say they got it wrong for the Dublin area

maquiladora

It's already cleared Dublin on the radar. Just some heavy precip, nothing extraordinary.

Spanish Eyes

Not a drop of rain here on the banks of the Liffey.

If only a similar warning had been given for the big storm there recently!

I think ME has been hacked!

DOCARCH

All gone/passed now...nothing to see here! But...I'd say somewhere like Dundalk will get a fair old splash of rain in the next hour or so.

tayto lover

Its fairly coming down in Dundalk now.
Feck it. If the grass gets much longer i'll have to move upstairs for light during the day.

Spanish Eyes

tayto lover wrote: »

Its fairly coming down in Dundalk now.
Feck it. If the grass gets much longer i'll have to move upstairs for light during the day.

Ah yes, just like me, should have cut the grass already! But it's so feckin wet!

adamski8

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Not a drop of rain here on the banks of the Liffey.

If only a similar warning had been given for the big storm there recently!

I think ME has been hacked!

Well there was no warning for that as it didnt affect dublin.

Chance of a little heavy rain in dublin and its big news.

RainBow_xo

No rain here in the Dundrum-Churchtown area. Well so far...

Spanish Eyes

adamski8 wrote: »

Well there was no warning for that as it didnt affect dublin.

Chance of a little heavy rain in dublin and its big news.

I know that big storm was terrible elsewhere. That was my point, I wasn't referring to Dublin, how could I? We weren't really affected as much as others.

But there is a bit of Dublin centric stuff alright.

Any time something happens, RTE outside broadcast is on the Stillorgan Road right outside Montrose!

delw

Rain gone & wasn't much to be honest,slight bit of mist now

Delta2113

ESB and Garda warnings - Bad day for Met Eireann - got it wrong big time!

ninebeanrows

Quite funny really. People complaining about Met Eireann not being active enough on social media etc after recent events and then they post now-cast information and people still complain! They only warned of what they saw coming which was an area of intense rainfall. The showers weakened as they approached Dublin and slid to the north.

This is the problem with forecasting and why Met Eireann probably avoid being too involved in social media as you are likely to grab much more bad publicity than if you don't bother at all.

ronnie3585

Delta2113 wrote: »

ESB and Garda warnings - Bad day for Met Eireann - got it wrong big time!

I wouldn't say they got it wrong 'big time'. If you look at the radar returns on met.ie from 1930 this evening, you'll see that Dublin came extremely close to experiencing torrential rain.

adamski8

Weathercheck wrote: »

Quite funny really. People complaining about Met Eireann not being active enough on social media etc after recent events and then they post now-cast information and people still complain! They only warned of what they saw coming which was an area of intense rainfall. The showers weakened as they approached Dublin and slid to the north.

This is the problem with forecasting and why Met Eireann probably avoid being too involved in social media as you are likely to grab much more bad publicity than if you don't bother at all.

They dont avoid anything that may affect dublin. But some of the worst storms of recent years arent very well covered at all because it isnt in dublin.

Im half regular lurker here and i havent heard much complaint about social media?!! Moreso that they dont give a ssheight about anything that might happen outside dublin 4.

ronnie3585

adamski8 wrote: »

They dont avoid anything that may affect dublin. But some of the worst storms of recent years arent very well covered at all because it isnt in dublin.

Im half regular lurker here and i havent heard much complaint about social media?!! Moreso that they dont give a ssheight about anything that might happen outside dublin 4.

Have you any evidence to support this comment?

OldRio

Weathercheck wrote: »

Quite funny really. People complaining about Met Eireann not being active enough on social media etc after recent events and then they post now-cast information and people still complain! They only warned of what they saw coming which was an area of intense rainfall. The showers weakened as they approached Dublin and slid to the north.

This is the problem with forecasting and why Met Eireann probably avoid being too involved in social media as you are likely to grab much more bad publicity than if you don't bother at all.

Their job is to forecast the weather in Ireland not just Dublin, agree ?
They got it wrong.
As for your last comment, surely if they avoid social media and avoid publicity they are not doing their job?

sunnyagain

adamski8 wrote: »

They dont avoid anything that may affect dublin. But some of the worst storms of recent years arent very well covered at all because it isnt in dublin.

Im half regular lurker here and i havent heard much complaint about social media?!! Moreso that they dont give a ssheight about anything that might happen outside dublin 4.

You obviously know very little about Met Eireann, even as to where it is located.

Lumi

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