Rainfall Warning for South East - Thursday, December 3rd

Villain

Warning for up to 35mm of rain from Met Eireann:

Rainfall Warning for Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, east Cork and south Tipperary

Rainfall amounts of 25 to 35 mm Thursday
Issued:
Wednesday 02 December 2015 10:00
Valid:
Thursday 03 December 2015 00:01 to Thursday 03 December 2015 21:00

maquiladora

The 30mm area has increased on the 12Z HIRLAM.

Iancar29

Notable wind convergence in place so it could be along this line that the heaviest rain occurs.

Villain

Wexford could see some serious rainfall from this.

JanuarySnowstor

Exceptional rainfall likely tomorrow.
Looks very heavy and persistent and will surely lead to local flooding

Oscar Bravo

2116 update from met eireann

Thursday will be wet in Munster and Leinster. Rain will be heavy at times with risk of localised flooding. It will fall as sleet in places in the afternoon and evening. Connacht and Ulster will have small amounts of rain and the northwest will be mainly dry. Highest temperatures of 5 to 10 degrees and becoming very cold in the afternoon.

Martin_D

Villain wrote: »

Warning for up to 35mm of rain from Met Eireann:

very big umbrella over Waterford it seems

Villain

Yes Waterford missing is a bit odd, 40mm within 12 hours it possible here

WheatenBriar

Villain wrote: »

Wexford could see some serious rainfall from this.

Aye,the water table should just about have recovered by the end of this after the very very dry summer

Macy0161

Admittedly, I was coming off the mountains as well, but the rain got noticeably easier as I headed from the mountains north up the N11 into town this morning. A few spots on the R755 were already covered in fairly big puddles - wouldn't go as far as calling them spot flooding (mainly the usual spots), but pretty early in the "event" all the same.

Meteorite58

Steady moderate rainfall here in Ardfert, 8.2mm so far. I See a lot of rain showing up on the radar around Killarney, will be interesting to hear reports later.

WheatenBriar

Meteorite58 wrote: »

Steady moderate rainfall here in Ardfert, 8.2mm so far. I See a lot of rain showing up on the radar around Killarney, will be interesting to hear reports later.

Ditto near Arklow circa 200kms away
If this stalls here as expected, quite large totals will mount up by dark

Harry Palmr

I'm bored of this.

catbear

Very dull in Kilkenny but not much of a downpour.

maquiladora

Flooding a definite concern over the next few days.

Villain

16.5mm in Carlow town already

Tactical

What ever about rainfall in the South East, its been heavy rain nin-stop all morning in West Limerick and the roads have a heck of a lot of surface water on them and are completely crossed with very large puddles. Run off from the hills is adding to this.

I've been watching driving habits and there is no change. People are simply barrelling along, coming around bends straight into water completely across the road. They are driving as if it wasn't there. Far too complacent. Pot holes generally get hidden by the water and road users unfamiliar with them may come unstuck!

Weatherproof79

Nice dry Winters day in the NW. Currently 3c.

mickger844posts

24.1mm at my station in Waterford City.

www.waterfordcityweather.com

RobertKK

18.6mm here north of Kilkenny city.

5.0C.

Talk that there could be sleet later.

Rock Lesnar

maquiladora wrote: »

Flooding a definite concern over the next few days.

We get it now everytime it bloody rains, as the field is saturated, absolutely sick of it now

Is there any dry weather forecast in the next 7-10 days that lasts longer then a day

waterways

Harry Palmr wrote: »

I'm bored of this.

Would you care to elaborate?

mickger844posts

mickger844posts wrote: »

24.1mm at my station in Waterford City.

www.waterfordcityweather.com

42.4mm now. A five year station record of 50mm from 6/7/2015 surely will be broken.

Thargor

So sick of the constant rain in Bray, seems to be neverending.

ThisRegard

maquiladora wrote: »

Flooding a definite concern over the next few days.

Apparently there's quite a bit in the west of Dublin at the moment.

Meteorite58

13.8mm and raining lightly now, clearer sky off the coast here in Kerry.

pad199207

Very heavy here in D8 now

Elmer Blooker

only 3c at Gurteen, Co Tipp so the Galtees will be looking good when the weather clears up. Pix please.

Macy0161

No stats, but pretty bad in the Belfield/ Donnybrook area. The Dodder is fairly raging, and Beaver Row has it's own river running down it beside the river.

pad199207

Flooding on lots of roads coming out of town

RobertKK

North of Kilkenny city. 220M asl.
Rain: 26mm
Temperature 3.4C down 1.3C in past hour.
Wind chill -1.1C.
Humidity 98%
Dew point 3.1C.

WheatenBriar

RobertKK wrote: »

North of Kilkenny city. 220M asl.
Rain: 26mm
Temperature 3.4C down 1.3C in past hour.
Wind chill -1.1C.
Humidity 98%
Dew point 3.1C.

31mm here near Arklow and rising
Some fierce heavy,then light
Looks from radar,area of mist rain is going to be Midlands /east/Dublin not the south East?

WheatenBriar

RobertKK wrote: »

North of Kilkenny city. 220M asl.
Rain: 26mm
Temperature 3.4C down 1.3C in past hour.
Wind chill -1.1C.
Humidity 98%
Dew point 3.1C.

Just seen your temp :eek: its still 11.7c here
Some contrast!

fleet_admiral

Parts of the Terenure road north were flooded at 12 today, I dread to think what its like now. Im in work in an hour in Harolds Cross, dreading that walk

mickger844posts

5 year station record broken in Waterford City with 50.5mm recorded so far. Flooding widespread across the city.

www.waterfordcityweather.com

Speak Now

mickger844posts wrote: »

42.4mm now. A five year station record of 50mm from 6/7/2015 surely will be broken.

50.8mm now!

RobertKK

WheatenBriar wrote: »

Just seen your temp :eek: its still 11.7c here
Some contrast!

Yes that is big, now it is 2.8C.
Down lower in warmer Kilkenny city it is 4.2C.

Villain

Met Eireann got this warning badly wrong by leaving Waterford out and the amounts were too low also.

RobertKK

Villain wrote: »

Met Eireann got this warning badly wrong by leaving Waterford out and the amounts were too low also.

This is what they said at 6am today:
Rainfall Warning for Dublin, Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, Cork, Tipperary and Waterford
25 to 35 mm of rain today with a risk of up to 40 mm along parts of the the south coast.

Speak Now

Villain wrote: »

Met Eireann got this warning badly wrong by leaving Waterford out and the amounts were too low also.

Waterford was a typo id say, it was in the updated warning. How hard is it to predict exact rainfall? 25% out at least with totals I guess.

mickger844posts

RobertKK wrote: »

This is what they said at 6am today:
Rainfall Warning for Dublin, Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, Cork, Tipperary and Waterford
25 to 35 mm of rain today with a risk of up to 40 mm along parts of the the south coast.

They did eventually include Waterford but originally they didn't. I have the utmost respect for Met Eireann but to include all the neighbouring counties and not include Waterford was an error on their behalf. They did fix it but an error all the same.

moeblogs

Rock Lesnar

Site is Flooded , worst rain iv'e seen here in 15 years

looks like im living in a moat

WheatenBriar

Lot of flooding around Arklow, south exit to M11 included
South end of the town is under water

maquiladora

mickger844posts wrote: »

They did eventually include Waterford but originally they didn't. I have the utmost respect for Met Eireann but to include all the neighbouring counties and not include Waterford was an error on their behalf. They did fix it but an error all the same.

Yes it was obviously omitted by mistake. Though I doubt it would have made much difference, most people don't pay much attention to yellow rain warnings and the regular forecast covered heavy rain for Munster anyway.
As it turns it this more of an orange warning than yellow for some areas but I remember seeing changes on each run on the HIRLAM yesterday so in fairness not easy to predict totals.

moeblogs

Reckless Abandonment

moeblogs wrote: »

Where you?

Larbre34

This is worth a consult for anyone about to step into the Dublin rush hour. Quite a bit of flooding at important pinch points already which are going to cause a bit of havoc.

http://www.theaa.ie/AA/AA-Roadwatch/Dublin.aspx

Rock Lesnar

Well for once im gonna have a dig at ME, Meath wasnt mentioned in any warning and iv'e not seen rain like this in 15 years, not only am i flooded, but i was in navan earlier and seen water gushing up through a man hole and the boyne has burst its banks over at the home place, lucky for the parents, they're up on a hill looking down at it

looksee

moeblogs wrote: »

Is that Claremont across the road, where the old Waterford Glass entrance is? I can't believe it is flooded that far back, there is still a slope down to the roundabout there!

Edit: just seen the WLR summary, yes it looks as though much of Waterford is under water, including bits that are not usually flooded. Glad I am not in the rush hour traffic today.

Oneiric 3

Some totals since midnight (up to 4pm). Data from met.ie via IWN.

Oak Park 36.7 mm
Johnstown Castle: 31.9 mm
Casement: 30.6 mm
Dunsany: 19.9 mm
Mullingar: 19.6 mm