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Wet and Windy Friday-Saturday(14th-15th), Potential Flooding.

Iancar29 · 2011-01-13 13:07:51

From Friday evening its looking to be very wet and windy along the West and south west Coasts. Winds will be southwesterly touching gale force at times, with gusts possibly up to 65mph ( storm force 10) at times , especially near coasts. Rain amounts could lead to spot flooding in places , most at risk at this time would…

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From Friday evening its looking to be very wet and windy along the West and south west Coasts. Winds will be southwesterly touching gale force at times, with gusts possibly up to 65mph ( storm force 10) at times , especially near coasts.

Rain amounts could lead to spot flooding in places , most at risk at this time would be low lying parts Galway, sligo , mayo and parts of Roscommon. Rain spreading to all areas later on.

As the storm moves more inland the winds will be dampened to an extent, but rain will still persist, heavy during Saturday morning in inland counties.
Below is Saturday's predictive run by MÉs 5 day chart.

And A Surface Pressure Chart For Friday

My guess for rainfall amounts at Mullingar to be 30-35mms of rain throughout friday night and saturday.

Seeing that im not so skilled at doing my own forecasts , all corrections and comments welcome .

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#2 13-01-2011 8:42pm

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I don't think rainfall will be as intense as forcasted. Weather Friday looks fine, with light/medium precip at night. Might get a bit heavier in the morning but I don't see 65mph gusts either. Another disappointing storm a brewing over the weekend

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#3 13-01-2011 9:12pm

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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!! \o/ More of the same for the remainder of the month please.

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#4 13-01-2011 10:00pm

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Anything that keeps the snow bunnies off this forum is good news...even if that event does not even look wet by west of Ireland standards. :cool:

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#5 13-01-2011 11:34pm

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Welcome to two days ago.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056138600

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#6 13-01-2011 11:53pm

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mike65 wrote: »

Welcome to two days ago.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056138600

AH Crap sorry man!, i didnt notice that thread!

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#7 14-01-2011 10:43am

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Had some pretty heffty thunderstorms this morning. Another one rolling in now.

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#8 14-01-2011 2:13pm

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Violent rainstorm just hit here in south Meath. The blue and yellow on the met radar just doesn't give any indication of the intensity of those showers.

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#9 14-01-2011 3:00pm

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Not wrote: »

Violent rainstorm just hit here in south Meath. The blue and yellow on the met radar just doesn't give any indication of the intensity of those showers.

Ive noticed that b4 , especially with shortlived but real heavy showers, rain today would be Slightly better i think.

Westport getting a good shower now any min.

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#10 14-01-2011 3:08pm

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id love a good ol' storm today. Lots of thunder and lightning would be great.
Bored with this weather.

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#11 14-01-2011 3:09pm

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Jake1 wrote: »

id love a good ol' storm today. Lots of thunder and lightning would be great.
Bored with this weather.

Totally agree! ... perfect weather for making a chicken and sweetcorn soup for dinner! ...

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Iancar29 wrote: »

Totally agree! ... perfect weather for making a chicken and sweetcorn soup for dinner! ...

Ooh sounds lovely.

Just as I wrote the other post it started storming like a mad thing here. (tech term ehem..) Huge gust of wind scared the bejeeebus outta me Mind you it didnt help that I was watching the solar flare from earlier , the one that looks like the Scream picture. Did you see it?
, its almost identical to that famous pic.

http://www.lmsal.com/solarsoft/latest_events_summary/gev_20110114_0128/gev_20110114_0128_laslm.html

I think ill make an aul soup for dinner too. Perfect weather.

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#13 14-01-2011 3:19pm

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Jaysus! Just got hail and heavy rain. Loads of wind too! I thought I saw slight, very slight rotation, I wonder if we can get a ickle funnel?

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#14 14-01-2011 3:20pm

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IvySlayer wrote: »

Jaysus! Just got hail and heavy rain. Loads of wind too! I thought I saw slight, very slight rotation, I wonder if we can get a ickle funnel?

wouldnt suprise me, that was mental wasnt it? Came out of nowhere too.

Ok, Id like some more now .

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#15 14-01-2011 3:22pm

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Jake1 wrote: »

wouldnt suprise me, that was mental wasnt it? Came out of nowhere too.

Ok, Id like some more now .

All my doors were slamming away, something was happening above us anyway!

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#16 14-01-2011 3:26pm

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Jake1 wrote: »

wouldnt suprise me, that was mental wasnt it? Came out of nowhere too.

Ok, Id like some more now .

Thanks for that heads up! , got my first HD video recorded!

its only a short one tough ( FECKING TAKING ages!, only 60% ! )

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#17 14-01-2011 3:30pm

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Just hit Newcastle Dublin very stormy

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#18 14-01-2011 5:07pm

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Short gusty shower passing by. ( My first FUll HD Video )

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#19 14-01-2011 6:57pm

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localised flooding looking a certainty by the way this front is approaching. will be with us at around 9pm to 12 period and will stick around till sunday evening.

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#20 14-01-2011 7:11pm

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I have issued an alert in the forecast section for strong winds and heavy rainfalls overnight. Expect some gusts to 65-70 mph and 20-40 mms of rain sweeping in fairly soon in the southwest and by 9-11 p.m. in the east, lasting most of the night, but peaking for wind at least around 0300h. Belmullet could see gusts to 70 knots (almost 80 mph) but that's not too extreme for the location. This won't be localized, it will affect almost every part of Ireland as it comes through. Ship reports are indicating the winds have already developed.

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#21 14-01-2011 7:34pm

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Nothing down here, sunny & dry all day.

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#22 14-01-2011 9:10pm

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Around two weeks ago MT said it would be windy mid month. That guy is freakishly accurate

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#23 14-01-2011 9:29pm

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HIRLAM 24hr rainfall total from 0300hrs tomorrow morning:

Fair splodge of rain over the country.

Image source: yr.no

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#24 14-01-2011 9:36pm

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Deep Easterly wrote: »

HIRLAM 24hr rainfall total from 0300hrs tomorrow morning:

Fair splodge of rain over the country.

Image source: yr.no

Not sure how accurate that will be for my neck of the woods. Think we will get more than a few millimeters.

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#25 14-01-2011 10:20pm

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lol - looks like i am in the isle of man shadow

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#26 14-01-2011 11:15pm

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Still nothing here...getting chilly under calm skies.

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#27 14-01-2011 11:21pm

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Heavy rain now in Waterford City, wind picking up a little but nothing special.

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#28 14-01-2011 11:22pm

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LOOK all the activty out in the atlantic!

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#29 14-01-2011 11:25pm

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Bring it on, nothing says winter like a slashing gale!

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#30 15-01-2011 12:00am

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Very heavy rain here in south Tipp the last hour or so, quite gusty too, sounds awesome!

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#31 15-01-2011 12:13am

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nothing happening here ATM,overcast&mild

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#32 15-01-2011 12:26am

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Getting a serious hammering with wind in Achill. Things flying around outside, roof creeking, the works. No idea what speed it is but it's been bad for an hour or so.

Wont sleep through this!

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#33 15-01-2011 12:29am

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NMM showing some very high 24 hour rainfall totals coming up this weekend.

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#34 15-01-2011 1:13am

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Wind has picked up in the last 15 mins or so, just had a 40km/h gust.

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#35 15-01-2011 1:21am

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themadchef wrote: »

Getting a serious hammering with wind in Achill. Things flying around outside, roof creeking, the works. No idea what speed it is but it's been bad for an hour or so.

Wont sleep through this!

its mad windy alright in achill, worst i have heard in a while. the slates are flapping on the roof. at least the lights are still on.

we used to this sort of weather in achill though.

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#36 15-01-2011 1:28am

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62 mph gust in belmullet.

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#37 15-01-2011 1:35am

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Sounds great out here in Ballyporeen, so it must be amazing in Achill!
Lots of lightning in Connacht it seems http://www.blitzortung.org/Webpages/index.php?lang=en&subpage_3=3

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#38 15-01-2011 1:50am

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Extremely windy in Castlebar,Raining,but nothin too heavy and no lightning/thunder(well none that i seen/heard).

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#39 15-01-2011 2:21am

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irishgeo wrote: »

62 mph gust in belmullet.

Gust of 64mph now.

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#40 15-01-2011 2:45am

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Heavy rain here for the past few hours, once again the Met Eireann radar is showing hardly anything over us all evening while raintoday (accurately) shows us under heavy rain :rolleyes:

Wind is strong but nothing too extreme as of yet

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#41 15-01-2011 2:57am

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Stupid Dundalk and its stupid lack of weather.

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#42 15-01-2011 4:05am

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Just a normal winter depression so far really.

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#43 15-01-2011 4:28am

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wind is insane in tallaght, we just lost tiles off our roof what's that about?

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#44 15-01-2011 5:25am

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starting to calm a bit now, serious amount of rain though

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#45 15-01-2011 5:29am

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craggles wrote: »

wind is insane in tallaght, we just lost tiles off our roof what's that about?

It's wild out there tonight alright! Enjoyed walking home in some kind of "weather" again

The snow was much easier to navigate than this though, the wind and rain were peeling my face off and shooting daggers in my eyes tonight.

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#46 15-01-2011 5:40am

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I have a flight out of Dublin at 7 am Sunday, sounds like it will be a fairground ride.

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#47 15-01-2011 8:17am

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Joe10000 wrote: »

I have a flight out of Dublin at 7 am Sunday, sounds like it will be a fairground ride.

Im not too far from Dublin Airport and the wind was very bad this morning, felt like it peaked around 4am!! :eek:

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#48 15-01-2011 10:36am

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Mild, wet and windy. A few gusts but nothing hair raising. Showery but not particularly heavy when it is raining.

Pretty normal windy day here in West Limerick.

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#49 15-01-2011 10:40am

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Still raining hard here, pretty much non-stop since 9pm last night.
Wind has dropped a little now, didn't get much sleep as the wind was whistling through something all night, will have to investigate if the rain stops.
Localized flooding is a given at this stage, the rivers were quite full yesterday.

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#50 15-01-2011 10:48am

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The rain has only begun letting up here in the last 5 minutes, still quite windy out though.
Highest 24 hour rainfall total as of 6am in Claremorris at 21mm. Was expecting more than that...

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#51 15-01-2011 10:52am

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The Met Eireann rainfall radar looks very colourful this morning

A few heavy showers to be seen in places (just not around West Limerick).

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