Storm Desmond - Heavy Rainfall 4/5 December 2015

John mac · 05-12-2015 4:15pm

mayo.mick wrote: »

I'm not too sure what height before it bursts the banks, I'd say its not too far off though.

its across the road at the nursing home in Foxford. didnt chance driving through it , but went around to the other side , (will get some pics up in a while)_

joujoujou · 05-12-2015 4:17pm

maquiladora wrote: »

http://www.fishinginireland.info/salmon/northwest/moy/ridgepoolcam.htm

Not much room left under that bridge, I'd say.

PixelTrawler · 05-12-2015 4:18pm

Loads of photos and videos here from across Ireland and the UK.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/stormdesmond?f=tweets&vertical=news&src=hash

Lumi · 05-12-2015 4:29pm

55.0mm rrecored since midnight in Galway city - getting close to my station record for Daily Rainfall which was 60.2mm on 17th November, 2010
Total rainfall for the last 2 days 83.6mm

Oneiric 3 · 05-12-2015 4:29pm

Met's Hirlam showing a pep up in rainfall intensity later tonight before the system finally clears through.

Storm 10 · 05-12-2015 4:32pm

Lumi wrote: »

55.0mm rrecored since midnight in Galway city
Total rainfall for the last 2 days 83.6mm

Lumi where have you your rain sensor, mine is on the roof and the rain seems to be passing it by

Lumi · 05-12-2015 4:39pm

Storm 10 wrote: »

Lumi where have you your rain sensor, mine is on the roof and the rain seems to be passing it by

Mines situated on open ground and mounted at a height of 1 meter
A rooftop is not the ideal spot Storm 10 but if you have no other option...,
Some info for you here

Oneiric 3 · 05-12-2015 4:44pm

Hourly rainfall totals at Claremorris since 4pm yesterday (data from Met.ie)

The hourly average total over this period at the station is 3.5mm. Period total 79.5 mm

Weatherproof79 · 05-12-2015 4:53pm

I'm trying to find that info for Finner on met.ie Oneiric but having no Joy. How do I get it thanks

John mac · 05-12-2015 4:56pm

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km79 · 05-12-2015 4:57pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Met's Hirlam showing a pep up in rainfall intensity later tonight before the system finally clears through.

oh joy!

pauldry · 05-12-2015 5:01pm

88.7mm is my 48 hr record

59mm the past 27 hours

Sligo

sryanbruen · 05-12-2015 5:03pm

I am only at 11.7mm

maquiladora · 05-12-2015 5:13pm

Rain will be pushing into the southwest again Sunday evening after a brief dry spell.

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Monday will also be a wet day.

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Overnight Tuesday into Wednesday morning may see more rain over the West/Northwest.

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Thursday....more of the same

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Beyond that, it should turn a bit more dry. But too early to say for sure yet.

weatherfiend · 05-12-2015 5:17pm

maquiladora wrote: »

Rain will be pushing into the southwest again Sunday evening after a brief dry spell.

Monday will also be a wet day.

Overnight Tuesday into Wednesday morning may see more rain over the West/Northwest.

Thursday....more of the same

Beyond that, it should turn a bit more dry. But too early to say for sure yet.

Blimey it's pretty relentless isn't it? Hope the wind drops at least. My daughter is terrified if we step out the door!!

maquiladora · 05-12-2015 5:19pm

Cumbria is getting hit hard. It's even worse than Nov 2009 over there. Record levels at some gauges.

https://twitter.com/PeterG_Weather/status/673185952110665728

maquiladora · 05-12-2015 5:26pm

weatherfiend wrote: »

Blimey it's pretty relentless isn't it? Hope the wind drops at least. My daughter is terrified if we step out the door!!

Winds will drop off rapidly tonight. Monday and Wednesday could be windy days but mostly just for the west.

Oneiric 3 · 05-12-2015 5:30pm

maquiladora wrote: »

Cumbria is getting hit hard. It's even worse than Nov 2009 over there. Record levels at some gauges.

https://twitter.com/PeterG_Weather/status/673185952110665728

Back in November 1981, record breaking (up to that point) rainfalls in Cumbria was eventually followed by severe cold and snowy spells during the following December & January

Back in 2009, record breaking rainfall in November in Cumbria was eventually followed by the coldest winter since 1961.

Is history trying to tell us something? :cool:

sryanbruen · 05-12-2015 5:32pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Back in November 1981, record breaking (up to that point) rainfalls in Cumbria was eventually followed by severe cold and snowy spells during the following December & January

Back in 2009, record breaking rainfall in November in Cumbria was eventually followed by the coldest winter since 1961.

Is history trying to tell us something? :cool:

OMG, I did not notice that. :eek:

05-12-2015 5:34pm

Landslide on the Kinlough to Rossinver road, part of Kinlough-Manorhamilton road closed and flood on the Kinlough-Bundoran road too.

redsteveireland · 05-12-2015 5:50pm

Just out for a spin and normal flood spots are higher than I have seen in a few years. Stories of roads closed and rivers burst around Abbeyknockmoy and Monivea. A long way to go yet before the full effects of the rain are seen, hopefully I'll get out to take pictures in the morning.

km79 · 05-12-2015 5:52pm

redsteveireland wrote: »

Just out for a spin and normal flood spots are higher than I have seen in a few years. Stories of roads closed and rivers burst around Abbeyknockmoy and Monivea. A long way to go yet before the full effects of the rain are seen, hopefully I'll get out to take pictures in the morning.

I drove from kiltullagh to galway this afternoon
had to turn back from 2 of the routes to the motorway
3rd time lucky
didn't even bother trying to go athenry routes
as bad as 2009......

Zzippy · 05-12-2015 5:52pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Back in November 1981, record breaking (up to that point) rainfalls in Cumbria was eventually followed by severe cold and snowy spells during the following December & January

Back in 2009, record breaking rainfall in November in Cumbria was eventually followed by the coldest winter since 1961.

Is history trying to tell us something? :cool:

We can only hope...

sryanbruen · 05-12-2015 5:54pm

I still prefer this weather than most of our Summer this year :rolleyes::o

Oneiric 3 · 05-12-2015 5:56pm

sryanbruen wrote: »

I still prefer this weather than most of our Summer this year :rolleyes::o

Personally, I'm not seeing much difference!

sryanbruen · 05-12-2015 5:57pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Personally, I'm not seeing much difference!

LOL

JanuarySnowstor · 05-12-2015 5:58pm

Looks like the Met called this one right.
I was dubious last night but it did indeed warrant a red alert.
Indeed looking at parts of the UK they have scored better than the UK met office

Well done Met Eireann

JCX BXC · 05-12-2015 6:02pm

Well worth the Red Warning. On an earlier drive I've seen places flooded I've never seen flooded before. Looking at RTE news some places badly affected.

Extreme disruption on Dublin and Cork airports too today.

leahyl · 05-12-2015 6:10pm

Teresa Mannion on RTE just there - you'd swear it was the apocalypse! It's very bad alright but jeez she was screaming!!

Oneiric 3 · 05-12-2015 6:11pm

This was the ECM model run forecast last Friday week (Nov 27th) for 12 noon today:

Scarily accurate.

DellyBelly · 05-12-2015 6:12pm

leahyl wrote: »

Teresa Mannion on RTE just there - you'd swear it was the apocalypse! It's very bad alright but jeez she was screaming!!

That was hilarious.

Hooter23 · 05-12-2015 6:12pm

leahyl wrote: »

Teresa Mannion on RTE just there - you'd swear it was the apocalypse! It's very bad alright but jeez she was screaming!!

Ya lol ahhhh:pac:

Thargor · 05-12-2015 6:12pm

leahyl wrote: »

Teresa Mannion on RTE just there - you'd swear it was the apocalypse! It's very bad alright but jeez she was screaming!!

I thought she was going to start crying.

fepper · 05-12-2015 6:14pm

leahyl wrote: »

Teresa Mannion on RTE just there - you'd swear it was the apocalypse! It's very bad alright but jeez she was screaming!!

I'd say she was really scared

mayo.mick · 05-12-2015 6:14pm

Water level in the Moy now at 5.229 metres.

http://waterlevel.ie/0000034010/

youreadthat · 05-12-2015 6:14pm

Windy here in southern England, though not exceptionally so. Bone dry too.

kefir32 · 05-12-2015 6:15pm

leahyl wrote: »

Teresa Mannion on RTE just there - you'd swear it was the apocalypse! It's very bad alright but jeez she was screaming!!

Oh God, twas hilarious, very carry on esque, poor Teresa though

:D:D

Villain · 05-12-2015 6:15pm

https://twitter.com/carlowweather/status/673203072122900480

Meteorite58 · 05-12-2015 6:16pm

Ardfert , light rain/ drizzle all afternoon 48mm so far for event.

Oneiric 3 · 05-12-2015 6:25pm

Claremorris event total so far: 86.7 mm up to 6pm

Villain · 05-12-2015 6:26pm

Malin head had 8.9mm in last hour

squarecircles · 05-12-2015 6:28pm

Snapshot of Teresa mannions emotional report

Shane O' Malley · 05-12-2015 6:28pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Claremorris event total so far: 86.7 mm up to 6pm

Is that a record. Any idea what the 24 hour total was

http://www.met.ie/climate/claremorris.asp

Shrap · 05-12-2015 6:31pm

leahyl wrote: »

Teresa Mannion on RTE just there - you'd swear it was the apocalypse! It's very bad alright but jeez she was screaming!!

That was fairly funny! Felt sorry for her though, she looked like she was struggling to present as anything but fuming at standing out in it for the last half hour. Can't blame her for opting to go with being passionately distraught!

Bad around East Clare Portumna though, and Killaloe to Limerick. A good few fields full of water emptying across the roads for 1k or so in low places.

Oneiric 3 · 05-12-2015 6:32pm

Shane O' Malley wrote: »

Is that a record. Any idea what the 24 hour total was

http://www.met.ie/climate/claremorris.asp

I don't think it is a record. I recall reading one time that something like 97mm or something like that fell in Claremorris back in the 1950s (I think) over the space of 24hrs.

Chris_5339762 · 05-12-2015 6:40pm

Still a good few hours of rain left for the west, much heavier rain than so far overnight according to Mets Short Term forecast.

Larbre34 · 05-12-2015 6:46pm

A colleague of mine is getting married today in Killarney. Oops.

munsterlegend · 05-12-2015 6:50pm

Larbre34 wrote: »

A colleague of mine is getting married today in Killarney. Oops.

A bit like Venice for the day

amber2 · 05-12-2015 6:51pm

squarecircles wrote: »

Snapshot of Teresa mannions emotional report

She was a bit emotional alright to say the least, she didn't even need the microphone.

redsteveireland · 05-12-2015 6:54pm

km79 wrote: »

I drove from kiltullagh to galway this afternoon
had to turn back from 2 of the routes to the motorway
3rd time lucky
didn't even bother trying to go athenry routes
as bad as 2009......

Thankfully I haven't had to go very far, but looking locally I would agree it is as bad as 2009.

Storm Desmond - Heavy Rainfall 4/5 December 2015

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