Storm Babet - Oct 17th 2023

Reckless Abandonment · 20-10-2023 06:44PM

In Nice, South of France. It was pretty wild here too

pureza · 20-10-2023 06:54PM

29mm for the day so far in Arklow

Quite windy now,gusting 50kmh

Babet rain total ,now 112.4mm in 50hrs

Getting close to 5 inches here for the event

adocholiday · 20-10-2023 06:59PM

Anyone care to hazard a guess as to when the worst of this should clear Wicklow? Seems heavier now than it was at any other point today so far, at least in Rathdrum. Met Eireann forecasting another 15mm between now and 1am

Meteorite58 · 20-10-2023 07:12PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121264200#Comment_121264200

ECM is going for a clearance around 22.00 -23.00 onwards, radar showing that it might ease in the coming hours too perhaps, the Hi Res models showing that also, higher ground in the Wicklow Hills might still get some rain for a bit after though but should be lighter.

aidanodr · 20-10-2023 07:16PM

I wonder will BABET just keep going round and round over Ireland / Scotland - back and forth as it is trapped by highs further east

pureza · 20-10-2023 07:31PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121264200#Comment_121264200

4 or 5am looks like but even after that dregs of showers in off the Irish sea

We'll easily breach 5 inches of rain from this in Arklow,we're already at 115mm

So another 10mm brings us over 5 inches from one rain event,which is quite something!

The council to be fair have done a super job keeping drains clear which has helped a lot

Darwin · 20-10-2023 08:39PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121264143#Comment_121264143

They had a red alert status for the whole department (Alpes Maritime), the worst affected was Saint-Martin-Vésubie with 180mm of rain but it is 1000m asl. You could clearly see the reach of the storm on the European rainfall radar, the rain stretching from Northern Italy all the way to Northern Ireland! They are referring to storm Aline in France, surely not a separate system?

Pherekydes · 20-10-2023 09:26PM

Looks like it's a bad one according to RTE's website:

Senior Engineer at the Drainage Services Division of Dublin City Council Colm Fitzpatrick said that between 15ml and 25ml of rain had fallen in the city by this afternoon, while around 35ml had fallen in the mountains. 🤪

20-10-2023 09:30PM

Babet is a real washing machine on a slow spin.

pauldry · 20-10-2023 09:42PM

So the Orange 🍊 warning for Dublin expires at 8am tomorrow yet the rain will ease at 11pm tonight. Is the next 9 hours for tides and river levels?

Dublin has had far worse rain than this. Middleton maybe on a par with its worst ever but Dublin? Nowhere close.

pureza · 20-10-2023 09:43PM

121mm

4mm to go to the 5 inches of rain in Arklow from this event

Currently lashing

East facing windows looking like house is driving through a car wash

thebaz · 20-10-2023 10:28PM

Finally stopped in Dublin - spent an hour with a hairdryer trying dry a soaked carpet from rain , probably better than the rugby, might even head out for a walk after such a bad day

pureza · 20-10-2023 10:31PM

123.2mm and the east facing windows car wash is ongoing

Will reach the 5 inches handy at this rate before midnight

aidanodr · 20-10-2023 11:30PM

One of many businesses .. some may survive, others unfortunately will not, esp where insurance is an issue, something surely that Ireland as a state will need to also address as part of ADAPTING to new climate norms

https://twitter.com/DrummondHGarlic/status/1715412583023309102

Dazler97 · 21-10-2023 04:24AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121264947#Comment_121264947

Ye the warning was lifted a while ago

pureza · 21-10-2023 08:07AM

Total went over the 5 inches in Arklow

125.6mm for the event

sryanbruen · 21-10-2023 12:45PM

As much as 146.8mm fell at Cork Airport during Storm Babet.

pureza · 21-10-2023 12:57PM

127 mm at the Arklow met Éireann climate station for the event

Meteorite58 · 21-10-2023 12:57PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121266683#Comment_121266683

Great work sryanbruen!

pauldry · 21-10-2023 01:10PM

Dry for next 24 hours before another 40mm of rain for the West and SOUTH

DOCARCH · 21-10-2023 04:00PM

Quite a bit of additional erosion on the North Beach in Greystones from yesterday's wind/high season. Access to the beach now very difficult.

bazlers · 21-10-2023 04:28PM

What are the chance this next system could creep further east and stall over the midlands?

pauldry · 21-10-2023 06:35PM

Looking at latest GFS we'll over 100mm on that run of charts but maybe next run will be drier. Otherwise areas could be underwater for WEEKS.

(Sorry for the dramatic capital letters in past 2 posts)

JanuarySnowstor · 21-10-2023 10:11PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121266683#Comment_121266683

Massive totals there. George Lee on rte a few nights ago said Midleton got 39mm. For once he underramped lol

adocholiday · 26-10-2023 11:10AM

I have a bit of a forest at the back of my property (South Wicklow) and haven't been up there since the day before Babet. Went up there this morning and found we had a small land slip from all the rain during Babet and the days after. Luckily no risk to any person or property in that area. Worst spell of rain since moving here no doubt.