Storm Desmond - Heavy Rainfall 4/5 December 2015

Shane O' Malley

maquiladora wrote: »

Bandon.

I am assuming that is the river rather than a street!!

yellowlabrador

maquiladora wrote: »

Wow. I thought it was starting to crest hours ago and forgot to check back on it. That's the highest since 2009 there.

The whole of the Bandon valley area is badly affected. Lots of roads closed and people can't leave their homes. Here in Dunmanway, the council has been pumping out the drains to stop flooding . This was in my street

maquiladora

Bandon webcam

http://www.farsondigitalwatercams.com/locations/bandon

Oneiric 3

Something must be brewing as there is sudden surge in wind speed here the last minute or two, sounds just plain nasty out there now.

Hooter23

More heavy rain has now reached Galway

JCX BXC

Not raining here in West Clare, only mist.

Edit:
Looking at Met Eireanns rainfall radar, small tiny west clare shaped break in the rain, won't last long.

Just as I type it begins to rain again.

fepper

Pouring rain in north Kerry now

maquiladora

Second highest water level at Bandon since October 1975. It's currently 0.2m below the 1975 level.

2009 the highest of recent times.

Lumi

My stations record (in Galway City) for daily rainfall has been broken
Total since midnight now stands at 63.0mm, previous record was 62.0mm in Nov 2009

Big Ian

Wind and rain have really picked up at Galway city.

Padster90s

Met Eireann's 3 hour and short range rainfall forecast makes for some scary viewing..Would I be right in saying the worst/heaviest rain is still ahead?

Trogdor

Few recent pics of Bandon found on twitter
https://twitter.com/b2dac/status/673272712702373888

https://twitter.com/jkellybandon/status/673272173683941376

maquiladora

Rain totals in the west/norhwest to get a final boost in the coming hours?

JCX BXC

Padster90s wrote: »

Met Eireann's 3 hour and short range rainfall forecast makes for some scary viewing..Would I be right in saying the worst/heaviest rain is still ahead?

Looking at it, Clare will miss the bulk.
Night all :P

Oneiric 3

maquiladora wrote: »

Rain totals in the west/norhwest to get a final boost in the coming hours?

Ah sure, we could do with a dropeen more.

acassells80

not looking forward to the drive from Dublin to Galway in the morning ! Is the rain due to have stopped by 10am?

JCX BXC

acassells80 wrote: »

not looking forward to the drive from Dublin to Galway in the morning ! Is the rain due to have stopped by 10am?

Red Warning expires in 4 hours so not as bad as today.

Longboard

Longboard wrote: »

https://twitter.com/jkellybandon/status/673256107205369857

#Stormdavid?

maquiladora

acassells80 wrote: »

not looking forward to the drive from Dublin to Galway in the morning ! Is the rain due to have stopped by 10am?

Rain will have stopped by around 4-5am. Though I'd imagine a lot of the roads in the west will still be fairly whett at 10am.

Clonmel1000

acassells80 wrote: »

not looking forward to the drive from Dublin to Galway in the morning ! Is the rain due to have stopped by 10am?

Tomorrow is looking quite good actually. Calm dry and bright.

JanuarySnowstor

Lots of flood reports coming in tonight.
Plenty more to come down from the hills and mountains over next 48hours.
Tomorrow might be dry but the damage already done

Wonder what about the dam in cork
Will be under pressure in coming days.
All very 2009 like and we all know the Winter that followed

UrbanSprawl

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Tomorrow is looking quite good actually. Calm dry and bright.

The calm before the next deluge.

Padster90s

acassells80 wrote: »

not looking forward to the drive from Dublin to Galway in the morning ! Is the rain due to have stopped by 10am?

Like other posters have said it should be ok weather wise. Allow yourself more time on the journey though. I'm up west this weekend and traffic hasn't been doing more than 80kph with all the surface water which I'd imagine will still be around tomorrow!

maquiladora

There will be some further rain tomorrow, mainly for the southwest and west again. Should start to push into the southwest around 6pm.

km79

maquiladora wrote: »

There will be some further rain tomorrow, mainly for the southwest and west again. Should start to push into the southwest around 6pm.

you are the Grinch

fepper

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

Lots of flood reports coming in tonight.
Plenty more to come down from the hills and mountains over next 48hours.
Tomorrow might be dry but the damage already done

Wonder what about the dam in cork
Will be under pressure in coming days.
All very 2009 like and we all know the Winter that followed

i m getting old but do you mean the cold spell 09/10?

Padster90s

maquiladora wrote: »

There will be some further rain tomorrow, mainly for the southwest and west again. Should start to push into the southwest around 6pm.

Go home Ireland, you're drunk!

Oneiric 3

Event total at Claremorris ( 4pm yesterday up to 11pm tonight): 94.2 mm

maquiladora

Water level still rising slightly at Bandon Bridge, 3.32m.

pauldry

The feathers wucked. Burrrrp

83.4mm Shligeach

Get drunk ireland