Storm Desmond - Heavy Rainfall 4/5 December 2015

km79

going on mets short term forecast I shud start seeing a clearance in east galway from about 4pm which is good if true

pad199207

12mm here in Kildare since it started last night

Lumi

38.2mm since midnight in Galway city
66.6mm recorded in the last 24 hrs

Meanwhile here in London it's dry and breezy

force eleven

17.8mm since Midnight. 32mm last 24hrs and 61.5mm since Dec1st. Offaly/Westmeath Border. It is miserable out there.

Corruptedmorals

Going from north Kildare to Carrick-on-Shannon by train shortly for the night...should be interesting. Very windy here but the rain is light.

highdef

Corruptedmorals wrote: »

Going from north Kildare to Carrick-on-Shannon by train shortly for the night...should be interesting. Very windy here but the rain is light.

Going from north Kildare to Carrick shortly as well! But by road.

redsteveireland

Lumi wrote: »

38.2mm since midnight in Galway city
66.6mm recorded in the last 24 hrs

Meanwhile here in London it's dry and breezy

Well for some!
How accurate is the rain gauge data when the wind is strong?
I have a homemade gauge here but the top has blown off.

cyclops999

Non stop since about 17.00 yesterday in Athlone, River Shannon will be a sight to behold in the coming days.

Storm 10

Lumi wrote: »

38.2mm since midnight in Galway city
66.6mm recorded in the last 24 hrs

Meanwhile here in London it's dry and breezy

Lumi what location do you have your rain sensor, mine is up high and wondering when the wind is strong I am not getting an accurate measurement as most rain could be blowing past the sensor

Elmer Blooker

A surprisingly low 7mm here so far but then again Dublin more often than not escapes the worst.

ednwireland

22mm since midnight 32mm in last 24 hours sw donegal

joujoujou

joujoujou wrote: »

0 mm here. Rain gauge fcuked.

Same here!

maquiladora

Interesting to see some of the water levels as streams and rivers begin to catch the runoff.

http://waterlevel.ie/0000022006/0001/week/
http://waterlevel.ie/0000019055/0001/week/

Shannon slowly rising.

https://waterlevel.ie/0000026027/0001/week/

sryanbruen

Only 7.8mm - very boring

maquiladora

UK Met Office just issued a Red Warning for "further rainfall totals in excess of 150 to 200 mm" on high ground.

sryanbruen

So today could potentially be the wettest day for Ireland since the 18th September 1993? - when Cloone Lake recorded 243.5mm.

Mr_A

The NUI Galway weather station shows 37.4mm of rain in past 12 hours.

http://weather.nuigalway.ie/12HourTrends.php

maquiladora

Starting to break up a bit in the south now, but should remain persistent in the west and northwest until late into the night with some heavier pulses arriving this evening.

http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp

JCX BXC

Noticeably lightening in the rain here in west Clare.

waterways

ME sees it similar
National Weather Warnings

STATUS RED

Rainfall Warning for Connacht, Donegal, Clare and Kerry

*UPDATE*
Very heavy rainfall continuing through today and early tonight with further accumulations of 40 to 60mm expected, and greater totals probable on higher ground. This is in addition to severe rainfall over the past 24 hours.
Issued:
Saturday 05 December 2015 11:09
Valid:
Saturday 05 December 2015 11:00 to Sunday 06 December 2015 03:00

Baggy Trousers

Where is the best site to monitor rainfall amounts?

pauldry

Baggy Trousers wrote: »

Where is the best site to monitor rainfall amounts?

Type ogimet ranking in google n select ireland from dropdown

47.5mm sligo but sky seems brighter

Could be just daylight though

Meteorite58

36.4mm for event so far in Ardfert

Many roads reported flooded , and it's only getting going .

Discodog

maquiladora wrote: »

Starting to break up a bit in the south now, but should remain persistent in the west and northwest until late into the night with some heavier pulses arriving this evening.

http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp

It really shows up the lack of range. I keep looking at the radar & thinking that a clear spell is coming. The radar often doesn't pick up rain towards the outer limit.

pauldry

Claremorris 69.8mm
Finner 52mm
Knock 51mm
Sligo 48mm

FWVT

24-hr rainfall up to midday today.

maquiladora

Claremorris is at 82 mm since yesterday according to this. Not sure what time it started from though.

http://www.meteociel.fr/temps-reel/obs_villes.php?code2=3970&jour2=5&mois2=11&annee2=2015&envoyer=OK

maquiladora

Discodog wrote: »

It really shows up the lack of range. I keep looking at the radar & thinking that a clear spell is coming. The radar often doesn't pick up rain towards the outer limit.

Satellite estimate can be handy.

http://en.sat24.com/en/gb/rainTMC

yellowlabrador

The council are pumping out the drains in my street in Dunmanway, There's a marshy area behind the houses with a steep slope behind it. I'd like a mention for all those council workers out there keeping us safe today and let's not forget the ESB and Irish Water crews.

Discodog

maquiladora wrote: »

Satellite estimate can be handy.

http://en.sat24.com/en/gb/rainTMC

The strange thing is that the radar sometimes extends to the edge but not with rain from the west or south west

Edit: Looks like it's breaking up a bit to the west