Autumn 2022 - General Discussion

Keeping an eye on Moore Park, has had 44.4mm since midnight. Has 186.0mm to 30th, 230.4mm counting the 44.4. To be confirmed but would be a new Oct record.

Its current/old record is October 1988 with 227.2mm.

Dec 2015 403.7mm Cork Apt

Dec 2015 943.5mm Gernapeka (national record)

I have literally never heard of Gernapeka and nor has google maps! In West Cork I assume? Some total. Don't particularly remember that month tbh whereas Feb 14 or November 09 I will never forget.

Yeah it's close to Gougane Barra. Think the actual place name is Garrynapeaka but the Met rainfall station is Gernapeka.

Surprised, the floods from Frank were pretty horrendous in Cork from all the reports I seen and the infamous rainstorm Desmond in the west (Teresa Mannion's moment).

Sherkin Island had only 2.8 hours of sunshine all month too with a persistent southwesterly flow, another national record.

It did indeed, 208.8mm in the end. Smashed its previous record.

All the figures I've quoted have been confirmed by the Met.

Can anyone recommend the best now cast rain radar? I find the Met Eireann one awful tbh....thanks

There's an increasing chance that high pressure may ridge to Ireland by mid-month from the east which would initially bring very mild conditions and a drier trend, courtesy of MJO. Fingers crossed. There's a small likelihood that this high pressure may retrogress thereafter to become an Atlantic blocking feature later in the month and the NAO to go negative, however highly speculative and I would hope there wouldn't be plenty of rain streamers off the Irish Sea from it like in Nov 2018!

Not sure if right thread, and also not sure if I'm just noticing it more but:

Does anybody else think the rain is different this year? There's been no "normal" showers in cork in October and November so far. Every shower has basically been an intense downpour causing flash flooding before stopping and then starting again. The rain just seems a lot more intense then usual compared to autumn's of past!

Edit: like now. Very heavy, flood causing, house gutter overflowing downpour which started as "regular" and quickly built up

Global warming.

Warmer air holds more moisture. So heavier rain.

The past few weeks have seen temperatures well above normal all over Ireland and Europe.

it'll be the new normal unfortunately.

I've noticed it as well, short monsoon like showers. I've also noticed lot more surface water from these showers the last few days and with the rain lately everything is waterlogged so where does it go.

Waterford outer ring road was flooded yesterday which is very unusual. Looking at maps I see there is some type of a small watercourse ditch running through that area and about two km down there is the Johns River (Tidal) and a marsh. Road out to Dunmore East also had flooding in parts I've never seen before yet the rain was not that bad.

If this rain keeps up there is going to be bad flooding over the winter and in places that normally wouldn't