Winter Weather 2015/16 : See Mod Note Post #1

sryanbruen

snubbleste wrote: »

Wha? There were loads of calm sunny days in September/October

So there was in April... but think of all the windy days in

January, March, May, June, July, August, November and December - beats them months...

pad199207

Xenji wrote: »

We had 2080mm of rain in Castlebar this year, making it the wettest in 50 years that I have records on, so it is possibly longer, with nearly 650mm falling in the last two months.

Holy sh#t

Xenji

pad199207 wrote: »

Holy sh#t

Only October and June registered below 120mm for the month, our summer had 360mm of rain and an average temp of only 13.6c.

Captain Snow

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Good man Joe

squarecircles

Sheeffry hills,mweelra mountains, co. Mayo,this morning.

Gaoth Laidir

Captain Snow wrote: »

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Good man Joe

I think he's wrong. This block is only temporary and Joe is latching onto the hype over the warming up there. I've lost faith in him of late, he's becoming more and more tabloid by the day.

Captain Snow

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

I think he's wrong. This block is only temporary and Joe is latching onto the hype over the warming up there. I've lost faith in him of late, he's becoming more and more tabloid by the day.

For the snow sanity of the boards weather fans i hope we get some snow in January, so i hope he,s right. But its true he has become main stream.:)

shmaupel

In South Donegal here.

Wind just picked up dramatically with a gust of 90kmph, horizontal hail and wind chill of -10.2.

Xenji

Heavy sleet currently in Castlebar.

RobertKK

Joan Burton and Ann Phelan go for a swim in the floods in Thomastown.

https://twitter.com/Independent_ie/status/682586981713489920

The water would be too cold for me.

pad199207

RobertKK wrote: »

Joan Burton and Ann Phelan go for a swim in the floods in Thomastown.

https://twitter.com/Independent_ie/status/682586981713489920

The water would be too cold for me.

Why couldn't it have been Enda

B17G

Snow on the top of Croagh Patrick today.

Hooter23

Showers are dying out just as we were expecting them to turn more to snow as usual sure:rolleyes:

Schadenfreudia

snubbleste wrote: »

Wha? There were loads of calm sunny days in September/October

The words of the Sinatra song spring to mind......"yes, there were a few, but then again, too few to mention"

Monthly rain total here stands at 237.2mm (and there are some cold showers still about). Not much compared with many areas - but still over 300% of average.

blackbird99

the Galtees new years eve

Hooter23

Sleet Galway this shower might turn to snow as it moves inland maybe

redsteveireland

Flipping between snow, wet snow and sleet here. Short lived but nice to see for a change.

Stealthfins

Hail in Ennis

km79

redsteveireland wrote: »

Flipping between snow, wet snow and sleet here. Short lived but nice to see for a change.

If it's wet I don't want it
Cold crisp frosty weather please

nacho libre

Wet snow currently falling, which is sticking on the grass and car.

Lumi

nacho libre wrote: »

Wet snow currently falling, which is sticking on the grass and car.

Whenever Nacho's around - snow is never far behind

maquiladora

STATUS YELLOW

Rainfall Warning for Cork and Kerry

Rain is expected on Friday and overnight, but should turn more showery during Saturday morning.
25 to 35 mm are expected, with possibly higher totals on mountains.

Issued:
Thursday 31 December 2015 18:00
Valid:
Friday 01 January 2016 09:00 to Saturday 02 January 2016 09:00

icesnowfrost

No snow on the highest peaks in Co louth I was up today but no snow
Yet
Only a few very light rain showers

glack

Snow on the tops of the Ox Mountains today.

JCX BXC

-1 in Cork ATM and showers looking like they may make it there.

piuswal

Quote:
Originally Posted by Oneiric 3 View Post
ECMWF synoptic analysis had the low down to 934 mb at noon today just north of Iceland.
934 would be a bad ass low to get caught up in..


See-http://shpud.com/atlantic-storm-1986.pdf

piuswal

should have included

http://www.met.ie/climate-ireland/weather-extremes.asp

piuswal

Quote:
Originally Posted by squarecircles View Post
So we had bad weather that brought about storm like conditions because of previous bad weather,which warranted the issuing of warnings,which led to a naming of the bad conditions but it wasn't a storm. Ah,ok,I got it.
If we had last nights event mid summer with the same rainfall would there be rivers bursting banks all over the shop and widescale urban floods? After a singular event in isolation equivalent to last nights?
No is the answer
Rainfall totals that meet warning thresholds will trigger the warning alerts,of course
They'd do so in summer also
My point is hills are saturated so events like last night are an accumulated problem at this stage far exceeding what those warnings are designed for
To diss comments suggesting such is to mis understand weather
It's basic geography
We need standardised flood level warning systems like those in the UK



I read that the Taoiseach has announced a "long term Forecast" project to be run by Met Eireann in conjunction with OPW.

If I recall correctly, following the severe flooding of a decade ago various flood studies and projects were set up , run primarily by OPW.

There was some work done on flood forecasting, including some advice/help from an Australian expert but OPW seemed to disregard/ignore anything that did not fit in with their "hard engineering" solutions or solutions over which they did not have absolute control.

I wonder will it be any different this time?

maquiladora

Up to 65mm in the south by Sunday morning.

redsteveireland

Looks like the year will end without snow for me anyway, Happy New Year folks!