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Rainfall warning Fri 27 / Sat 28 July 18

  • 27-07-2018 05:36PM
    #1
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 13,120 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Met Eireann

    National Warnings





    Status Yellow - Rainfall warning for Connacht, Cork, Limerick and Tipperary
    Heavy rain in places may lead to rainfall accumulations of 25-40mm.

    Issued: Friday 27 July 2018 15:00

    Updated: Friday 27 July 2018 15:00

    Valid from Friday 27 July 2018 16:00 to Saturday 28 July 2018 06:00




    Status Yellow - Rainfall warning for Leinster, Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal and Waterford
    Thundery downpours in places may lead to rainfall accumulations of 25-40mm.

    Issued: Friday 27 July 2018 15:00

    Updated: Friday 27 July 2018 15:00

    Valid from Friday 27 July 2018 21:00 to Saturday 28 July 2018 09:00




    Just 12.6C here in Tralee, steady moderate rainfall with poor visibility and very dull needing lights on going home . Another 10 mm in the gauge.

    Lots of heavy rain on the way.

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  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 13,120 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    24 hr Total Precipitation brom the ECM 00z

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    Total Precipitation from other European Models

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  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 13,120 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Pouring now here in Kerry, 14.6mm

    Thunderstorms showing up well in the UK, big band of heavy rain on the way into the S , sferics showing up in it a couple of hundred Km's off the coast.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,443 ✭✭✭TheRiverman


    Raining nicely and great smell of slurry and grass growing this evening here in Offaly:)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,344 ✭✭✭Cloudio9


    Is this likely to produce thunder storms ?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,291 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    Cloudio9 wrote: »
    Is this likely to produce thunder storms ?

    Doesn't appear so - maybe some cells to the south - but look at the UK!
    From https://www.netweather.tv/live-weather/radar

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,009 ✭✭✭mitresize5


    Absolutely milling down here in Clare since 16:00


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 13,120 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Cloudio9 wrote: »
    Is this likely to produce thunder storms ?

    Perhaps some in the S and SE later in the night / early morning.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,759 ✭✭✭SleetAndSnow


    Rain has started up again here in west cork after about an hour lulls otherwise it’s been on since 12ish


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,516 Mod ✭✭✭✭mickger844posts


    Heavy rain at times here in Waterford City. 23.1mm recorded since Midnight at my station.

    www.waterfordcityweather.com
    www.waterfordweather.com


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,395 ✭✭✭ZX7R


    Avoided the rain most of the day here in Kildare sky is black only a matter of time now till the heavens open.
    Great cloud scapes today very angry looking sky's all day.
    Really had the look of tunder


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,444 ✭✭✭Elmer Blooker


    Looking at the Netweather radar it seems there has been some lightning activity south west of Dublin?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,460 ✭✭✭pad199207


    Gone very dark in Kildare now with big drops of rain


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,775 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    10mm of rain so far here north east of Kilkenny city.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 4,200 Mod ✭✭✭✭Planet X


    Powercut in Stillorgan for about 5 minutes, just back on......related?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    What is it with Wexford and any rain falling for an hour max,once again it's an hour's precipitation this evening.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 314 ✭✭NMB


    pad199207 wrote: »
    Gone very dark in Kildare now with big drops of rain

    Sounds great ! Rain overnight and plenty of it please


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 258 ✭✭AAAAAAAAA


    Buckets south of Arklow


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,395 ✭✭✭ZX7R


    NMB wrote: »
    Sounds great ! Rain overnight and plenty of it please

    Probably most of tomorrow also


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,395 ✭✭✭ZX7R


    Looking at the Netweather radar it seems there has been some lightning activity south west of Dublin?

    There was one registered on met earanns raydar also,it was a false return I think,as they have been showing up a lot the last few days I have noticed


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,033 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    Moderate rain has arrived in Clonee, Dublin 15. Halle-bleedin-lujah.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭Oops69


    none in Castleknock yet , come the feck on!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,460 ✭✭✭pad199207


    Lovely moderate rain in Kildare. Plants and trees drinking it up!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,298 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    Arklow got lashed out of it. Still waiting here in Dublin 13. The wait better be worth it, I want the heavens to open up and let it all out.

    https://twitter.com/Arklowweather/status/1022935834977345539

    https://twitter.com/Arklowweather/status/1022936149063622656

    Photography site - https://sryanbruenphoto.com/



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 381 ✭✭kittyn


    Light enough rain has started here now ........ barely wetting the ground yet though


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 381 ✭✭kittyn


    Okay so the rate has increased lol


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 680 ✭✭✭Monkeynut


    kittyn wrote: »
    Okay so the rate has increased lol

    Where are you located!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,912 ✭✭✭Danno


    Light rain on and off since 8.30pm following two and a half hours of moderate rain beforehand. A total of 9.4mm as of 9.45pm in Durrow. First *proper* rain since the early June thunderstorm.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭UrbanSprawl


    That will keep the dust down and the fires out for a while at least ..moderate downpour of rain in citywest.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 381 ✭✭kittyn


    Monkeynut wrote: »
    kittyn wrote: »
    Okay so the rate has increased lol

    Where are you located!

    Oh sorry forgot the location ........ Thicknock, foot off the Dublin mountains


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,460 ✭✭✭pad199207


    Heavy now in Kildare


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