Storm Desmond - Heavy Rainfall 4/5 December 2015

redsteveireland

Just out for a spin and normal flood spots are higher than I have seen in a few years. Stories of roads closed and rivers burst around Abbeyknockmoy and Monivea. A long way to go yet before the full effects of the rain are seen, hopefully I'll get out to take pictures in the morning.

km79

redsteveireland wrote: »

Just out for a spin and normal flood spots are higher than I have seen in a few years. Stories of roads closed and rivers burst around Abbeyknockmoy and Monivea. A long way to go yet before the full effects of the rain are seen, hopefully I'll get out to take pictures in the morning.

I drove from kiltullagh to galway this afternoon
had to turn back from 2 of the routes to the motorway
3rd time lucky
didn't even bother trying to go athenry routes
as bad as 2009......

Zzippy

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Back in November 1981, record breaking (up to that point) rainfalls in Cumbria was eventually followed by severe cold and snowy spells during the following December & January

Back in 2009, record breaking rainfall in November in Cumbria was eventually followed by the coldest winter since 1961.


Is history trying to tell us something? :cool:

We can only hope...

sryanbruen

I still prefer this weather than most of our Summer this year :rolleyes::o

Oneiric 3

sryanbruen wrote: »

I still prefer this weather than most of our Summer this year :rolleyes::o

Personally, I'm not seeing much difference!

sryanbruen

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Personally, I'm not seeing much difference!

LOL

JanuarySnowstor

Looks like the Met called this one right.
I was dubious last night but it did indeed warrant a red alert.
Indeed looking at parts of the UK they have scored better than the UK met office

Well done Met Eireann

JCX BXC

Well worth the Red Warning. On an earlier drive I've seen places flooded I've never seen flooded before. Looking at RTE news some places badly affected.

Extreme disruption on Dublin and Cork airports too today.

leahyl

Teresa Mannion on RTE just there - you'd swear it was the apocalypse! It's very bad alright but jeez she was screaming!!

Oneiric 3

This was the ECM model run forecast last Friday week (Nov 27th) for 12 noon today:




Scarily accurate.

DellyBelly

leahyl wrote: »

Teresa Mannion on RTE just there - you'd swear it was the apocalypse! It's very bad alright but jeez she was screaming!!

That was hilarious.

Hooter23

leahyl wrote: »

Teresa Mannion on RTE just there - you'd swear it was the apocalypse! It's very bad alright but jeez she was screaming!!

Ya lol ahhhh:pac:

Thargor

leahyl wrote: »

Teresa Mannion on RTE just there - you'd swear it was the apocalypse! It's very bad alright but jeez she was screaming!!

I thought she was going to start crying.

fepper

leahyl wrote: »

Teresa Mannion on RTE just there - you'd swear it was the apocalypse! It's very bad alright but jeez she was screaming!!

I'd say she was really scared

mayo.mick

Water level in the Moy now at 5.229 metres.




http://waterlevel.ie/0000034010/

youreadthat

Windy here in southern England, though not exceptionally so. Bone dry too.

kefir32

leahyl wrote: »

Teresa Mannion on RTE just there - you'd swear it was the apocalypse! It's very bad alright but jeez she was screaming!!

Oh God, twas hilarious, very carry on esque, poor Teresa though :D:D

Villain

https://twitter.com/carlowweather/status/673203072122900480

Meteorite58

Ardfert , light rain/ drizzle all afternoon 48mm so far for event.

Oneiric 3

Claremorris event total so far: 86.7 mm up to 6pm

Villain

Malin head had 8.9mm in last hour

squarecircles

Snapshot of Teresa mannions emotional report

Shane O' Malley

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Claremorris event total so far: 86.7 mm up to 6pm

Is that a record. Any idea what the 24 hour total was

http://www.met.ie/climate/claremorris.asp

Shrap

leahyl wrote: »

Teresa Mannion on RTE just there - you'd swear it was the apocalypse! It's very bad alright but jeez she was screaming!!

That was fairly funny! Felt sorry for her though, she looked like she was struggling to present as anything but fuming at standing out in it for the last half hour. Can't blame her for opting to go with being passionately distraught!

Bad around East Clare Portumna though, and Killaloe to Limerick. A good few fields full of water emptying across the roads for 1k or so in low places.

Oneiric 3

Shane O' Malley wrote: »

Is that a record. Any idea what the 24 hour total was

http://www.met.ie/climate/claremorris.asp

I don't think it is a record. I recall reading one time that something like 97mm or something like that fell in Claremorris back in the 1950s (I think) over the space of 24hrs.

Chris_5339762

Still a good few hours of rain left for the west, much heavier rain than so far overnight according to Mets Short Term forecast.

Larbre34

A colleague of mine is getting married today in Killarney. Oops.

munsterlegend

Larbre34 wrote: »

A colleague of mine is getting married today in Killarney. Oops.

A bit like Venice for the day

amber2

squarecircles wrote: »

Snapshot of Teresa mannions emotional report

She was a bit emotional alright to say the least, she didn't even need the microphone.

redsteveireland

km79 wrote: »

I drove from kiltullagh to galway this afternoon
had to turn back from 2 of the routes to the motorway
3rd time lucky
didn't even bother trying to go athenry routes
as bad as 2009......

Thankfully I haven't had to go very far, but looking locally I would agree it is as bad as 2009.