Absolute Drought conditions to end by Sunday, remaining warm, mostly dry

morticia2

Good to hear...just hope it makes it over to our side of the island!

Graces7 wrote: »

Just been out to the back where the ocean is nearest to the dwelling. Awesome sight, heavy drizzle sweeping across off the Atlantic, veiling all the land.

No idea how much is actually falling but a grand sight.

West Mayo; offshore island

Graces7

morticia2 wrote: »

Good to hear...just hope it makes it over to our side of the island!

I think it is heading in the right direction, so, with a good following wind ..

West Mayo. offshore island

Storm 10

Heavy enough Drizzle in Galway now and windy

Meteorite58

Cloudy and breezy in Tralee with the odd drop of rain blowing in the wind. 19.4C

sunnyday1234

24 and sunny in north cork

Same old story

Graces7

Lovely wet day here in West Mayo, offshore island. We even have.... puddles.. and wet cats.

hawkwing

Graces7 wrote: »

Lovely wet day here in West Mayo, offshore island. We even have.... puddles.. and wet cats.

I don't see much on the radar for there..

morticia2

We go on our hols near Louisburgh (never mind the islands)....quite often you can see stuff coming over the sea before the radar picks it up...at its limits out there.

Often doesn’t pick up on low cloud and drizzle conditions either...

hawkwing wrote: »

I don't see much on the radar for there..

sunnyday1234

Graces7 wrote: »

Lovely wet day here in West Mayo, offshore island. We even have.... puddles.. and wet cats.

Honestly jealous

SleetAndSnow

How’s cork city looking for rain over the weekend? Sorry just catching up with the weather now, away on holidays

JCX BXC

Some pathetic attempts at drizzle today in West Clare, not enough to even wet the footpaths. The drought continues.

JanuarySnowstor

Pretty significant move away from a decent break in the drought next week. The rain looks light and intermittent and the drought basically continues

Supercell

hawkwing wrote: »

I don't see much on the radar for there..

I remember staying at my sisters house in Cloonacool in Sligo a few years ago. It had been dry for a while in Dublin and everything was parched (though not as bad as this year). It rained the whole weekend there with nothing showing on the radar.
Needless to say back home in Dublin it had been warm and sunny - if its showing rain on the radar for there, its probably monsoonal by Dublin standards!

Storm 10

Fairly coming down in Galway now been on and off drizzle since around 10am but heavier now

km79

Started raining in east gakway now too

Rougies

Supercell wrote: »

I remember staying at my sisters house in Cloonacool in Sligo a few years ago. It had been dry for a while in Dublin and everything was parched (though not as bad as this year). It rained the whole weekend there with nothing showing on the radar.
Needless to say back home in Dublin it had been warm and sunny - if its showing rain on the radar for there, its probably monsoonal by Dublin standards!

Thankfully the northwest is covered a lot better on the new website because it now includes the Belfast radar

Graces7

Good rainfall in the night. ie audible rather then silent drizzle. Lovely to have wet cats again... Grey skies...

Kutebride

Atlantic back doing its thang. Puddles East Galway.

Supercell

Doesnt look like this front is going to give much if anything in the South East, was really looking forward to it, my poor fruit trees and veggies

dave1982

Raining here last hour or so...amazing we on here giving rain reports like we do for snow reports haha

appledrop

Finally raining here in Dublin. Thought I was seeing things when looked out window this morning. Think it's about 6 weeks since we had any!

Graces7

appledrop wrote: »

Finally raining here in Dublin. Thought I was seeing things when looked out window this morning. Think it's about 6 weeks since we had any!

Glad to hear that.. enjoy !

MarkY91

Woke up and noticed the ground outside being wet from my window. I couldn't believe my eyes.

RAIN IN IRELAND? Global warming!!!!

sryanbruen

Barely anything in Dublin 13 since that Thursday night shower I had out of nowhere.

positron

Wet patio here in Drogheda. Feels like we just got back from Spain after holidays...

bloopy

Is the southeast going to get anything out of this?

RobertKK

bloopy wrote: »

Is the southeast going to get anything out of this?

Kilkenny is getting some, average around 1mm so far...

Meteorite58

NW and N could do fairly well out of this, E and SE very little.

5mm here so far from overnight rain, dry and overcast now, second front coming through late afternoon / early evening.

Cantona's Collars

RobertKK wrote: »

Kilkenny is getting some, average around 1mm so far...

Not a drop on the other side of the Blackstairs.

weisses

We had a nice bit of rain in west Kerry ... was very welcome

vistafinder

Nice bit of rain at the moment in west Cork. Never thought id say it but its nice to hear it with the window open.

Storm 10

Started drizzle in Galway yesterday morning around 11am and it got heavier as the day went on, very heavy rain last night and drizzle again now

Graces7

eased off here and so has the wind.. sun trying to break through and the garden has been well watered...

Farmer2017

So there a little hope of a breakdown ðŸ˜ðŸ˜... what ur opinion on August

gozunda

3.3 MM in last 24 hours

North Cork / East Limerick area

Ultimate Seduction

Farmer2017 wrote: »

So there a little hope of a breakdown ðŸ˜ðŸ˜... what ur opinion on August

It's raining all morning in most areas. The heatwave is broke down already?

Kermit.de.frog

It's only a bit of drizzle and even though it will make little difference the farmers are at one in their reaction to this unusual event.

Cork Boy 53

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

It's raining all morning in most areas. The heatwave is broke down already?

Already?

giveitholly

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

It's raining all morning in most areas. The heatwave is broke down already?

There has barely been 2-3mm in most places

Speak Now

Nothing but drizzle hitting Waterford coast, really dying a death as it moves east.

KingdomRushed

Light rain in Dublin 3. Certainly a little more on the rain side than mere drizzle. The ground is drinking it in. Won’t relieve the drought but might pep up a few wilted plants for a day or two. I still think normal service will resume end of month with more notable rain.

Farmer2017

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

It's raining all morning in most areas. The heatwave is broke down already?

Can hardly say today drop has the drought over. Takes weeks. Last thing we need s another dry week. Lots rain needed to get things up and going again

ZX7R

Farmer2017 wrote: »

Can hardly say today drop has the drought over. Takes weeks. Last thing we need s another dry week. Lots rain needed to get things up and going again

Looking dry till Thursday, even then looks to be the west to get it, there is broad agreement in the models that high pressure to build back in again from Friday.
Time will tell.
Personally I think it will be early August before we will see a major change in weather patterns

RedPeppers

giveitholly wrote: »

There has barely been 2-3mm in most places

Not sure where you are but we have had 15mm at least since 5pm yesterday evening floods on the roads here north Galway hate the sight of it

sryanbruen

Farmer2017 wrote: »

So there a little hope of a breakdown ðŸ˜ðŸ˜... what ur opinion on August

There's always hope my dude. The heavy showers or longer spells of rain from Wednesday to Saturday have been downgraded to around 5-20mm during the period over the country (the least amount in the south and east). Whilst it has been downgraded, at least it's still there. If the ECM clusters this morning were to verify, whilst it would be horribly humid, at least there'd be a good chance of several severe thunderstorms letting out a lot of rain in a short period of time.

Outlook on August keeps changing and changing. I think the month will stay warm but it will be a more unsettled and thundery month. I wouldn't be too surprised if it were to stay settled though given how the Summer has fared and what the UK Met Office Glosea5 model shows for August to October.

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

It's raining all morning in most areas. The heatwave is broke down already?

Farmer2017 is referring to the drought situation. Heatwave and drought are two different things.

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

Already?

Yes heatwave is gone "already" but Ultimate Seduction's comment was irrelevant to what Farmer2017 (and you) are referring to, the drought.

We shall see what the 12z runs have to say later.

Cantona's Collars

ZX7R wrote: »

Looking dry till Thursday, even then looks to be the west to get it, there is broad agreement in the models that high pressure to build back in again from Friday.
Time will tell.
Personally I think it will be early August before we will see a major change in weather patterns

The rain could just reach the West/NW and head off to Scotland,as you say,the High looks to build and become dominant again.

giveitholly

RedPeppers wrote: »

Not sure where you are but we have had 15mm at least since 5pm yesterday evening floods on the roads here north Galway hate the sight of it

South tipp here,prob have even less the further east you head

Supercell

Roads barely wet here in intermittent very light drizzle, disappointing.

hinault

giveitholly wrote: »

South tipp here,prob have even less the further east you head

Watching the hurling on TV at thurles and it looks to be raining there

honeybear

Raining since midday north tipp