Rainfall Warning : Fri 30th / Sat 31st Aug 2019

30-08-2019 1:01pm

Easy to see looking at the Sat 24 imagery as to why they are calling this a 'conveyor belt' type rain event. Just keeps coming & coming. More intense now here in West Mayo in the last while.

https://en.sat24.com/HD/en/eu/visual

sryanbruen · 30-08-2019 1:03pm

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Ive never seen a wetter month but it's still not close to the worst ever summer

December 2015?

pauldry · 30-08-2019 1:03pm

Athenry latest rain for August 270mm

Xenji · 30-08-2019 1:07pm

Showers are turning quite a bit heavier now in Castlebar, up at over 15mm of rain now.

pauldry · 30-08-2019 1:38pm

Over 25mm in parts of the West so far today

Hooter23 · 30-08-2019 1:39pm

Heavier rain arriving in Galway now

Carol25 · 30-08-2019 2:45pm

Xenji wrote: »

Technically 615mm in Lough Eske in 1985 would be the current record.

Wow that is a huge amount of rainfall, I’m hoping Athenry doesn’t break any records this August. If the rainfall keeps up at this pace, the only outcome I can see is flooding..

ronnie3585 · 30-08-2019 3:03pm

A spectacularly sh*te day in Galway city today. Gravity defying sideways rain all day, with many more hours to come.

SleetAndSnow · 30-08-2019 3:05pm

Sunny spells in Cork City with some clouds around, bit of a breeze but warm in the sun. We are meant to get some rain during the night, but looks like ME were spot on about the warnings (well by removing us anyway)

Snow Garden · 30-08-2019 3:12pm

Lashing in west Galway now.

Snow Garden · 30-08-2019 3:13pm

pauldry wrote: »

Athenry latest rain for August 270mm

Do you mind sending me a link so I can see that? Met.ie report seems to be a day behind.

Jpmarn · 30-08-2019 3:18pm

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Sunny spells in Cork City with some clouds around, bit of a breeze but warm in the sun. We are meant to get some rain during the night, but looks like ME were spot on about the warnings (well by removing us anyway)

Limerick as well as Cork has been removed from status yellow rainfall warning by Met Eireann.

Xenji · 30-08-2019 3:23pm

Carol25 wrote: »

Wow that is a huge amount of rainfall, I’m hoping Athenry doesn’t break any records this August. If the rainfall keeps up at this pace, the only outcome I can see is flooding..

It will not break the record, but it is still an exceptional amount of rain for the month there.

Xenji · 30-08-2019 3:36pm

Flood warnings out now for Mayo, mainly around the river Deel but also the rest of the county.

Gonzo · 30-08-2019 3:38pm

after about an hour of drizzle during lunch time, it's starting to brighten up here now at Dunshaughlin, with a few very faint glimses of hazy sunshine breaking through and temperature of 19C.

uck51js9zml2yt · 30-08-2019 3:53pm

After initial downpours in Tralee it's been a nice day.

Oscar Bravo · 30-08-2019 3:53pm

A LEVEL 3 alert for flooding has been issued for Crossmolina due to heavy rainfall and high water levels in the River Deel and a Level 2 alert has been issued for the rest of County Mayo.

The alerts are in place for today (Friday) and tomorrow (Saturday).

Mayo County Council urge the public to remain vigilant during the duration of the warning and it is important that people within the affected areas are prepared appropriately for the anticipated rainfall totals with 30 – 50 mm expected.

There is a possibility that weather warnings can be extended or deteriorated conditions last longer than anticipated.

Once the weather warning has passed, please remain vigilant and exercise caution as the effects of the weather can last longer.

Mayo County Council will provide updated information on their social media channels where appropriate

SleetAndSnow · 30-08-2019 4:04pm

Jpmarn wrote: »

Limerick as well as Cork has been removed from status yellow rainfall warning by Met Eireann.

Yeah, thats why I said they were spot on about the warnings

monty_python · 30-08-2019 4:30pm

Still not a single drop of rain here in South beara coast

Harry Palmr · 30-08-2019 4:36pm

Suns out here!

Supercell · 30-08-2019 4:40pm

Lovely afternoon here, sunny and warm. No rain today.

Jpmarn · 30-08-2019 4:54pm

Fairly nice afternoon in Limerick city. Still mostly cloudy but the temperature according to my car is 22⁰C.

30-08-2019 5:00pm

Fizzles out a bit according to the latest HIRLAM run in the early evening, then a reload along the West coast towards midnight. whole lot pushing through then in the early hours.

JCX BXC · 30-08-2019 5:01pm

10.2mm in West Clare, but dry for the last hour and a half

sryanbruen · 30-08-2019 5:10pm

Snow Garden wrote: »

Do you mind sending me a link so I can see that? Met.ie report seems to be a day behind.

You can add up the hourly totals from the link below at Athenry with the monthly data.

https://www.met.ie/latest-reports/observations

pauldry · 30-08-2019 5:15pm

Yes that what i did. You told me that before sryan.

It must be 280mm now.

Busy last few hours.

Sligo town is over 190mm now by my rain gauge

Cant believe wer boasting about rain in August

At least wel get a heatwave in October now since this is October

sryanbruen · 30-08-2019 5:15pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

273.7mm at an older station in the area.

Record broken. Up to 278.2mm as of 1600 now.

ednwireland · 30-08-2019 5:24pm

21 mm so far today in SW donegal

Xenji · 30-08-2019 5:29pm

The rain eased off a bit in the last hour in Castlebar, just under 25mm for the day with more to come and we have already broke the 200mm point.

Donegal Storm · 30-08-2019 5:32pm

Awful day in Letterkenny once again, pouring down and getting heavier as the day goes on

RedPeppers · 30-08-2019 5:34pm

23mm in NE Galway and it’s teaming down, just a typical day this summer round here

Hooter23 · 30-08-2019 5:42pm

Rain not any heavier that what we normally get...Galway

pauldry · 30-08-2019 6:07pm

sryanbruen wrote: »

Record broken. Up to 278.2mm as of 1600 now.

Theyl obliterate it by tomorrow midnight.

Gwan the 300mm

Only 21.8mm to go and tomorrows showery too remember

For Athenry you can effectively say Galway city as theyr so close.....but you cant. As the day I was in Galway City it was 21c and sunny but there was a 5.4mm thunderstorm in Athenry..

Low lie the fields of Athenry

Where all the fields are swimming anymore

Kutebride · 30-08-2019 6:11pm

West must be getting right hammering.
Last rain here today at 230pm.
Currently dark and dull with a light breeze Meath.

The One Doctor · 30-08-2019 6:16pm

Nice day in North Co Dublin...

Xenji · 30-08-2019 6:18pm

pauldry wrote: »

Theyl obliterate it by tomorrow midnight.

Gwan the 300mm

Only 21.8mm to go and tomorrows showery too remember

For Athenry you can effectively say Galway city as theyr so close.....but you cant. As the day I was in Galway City it was 21c and sunny but there was a 5.4mm thunderstorm in Athenry..

Low lie the fields of Athenry

Where all the fields are swimming anymore

You know it's only the record for the station in Athenry and not the national record for August.

Mobhi1 · 30-08-2019 6:23pm

No real rain here for the last 8 days, since 22nd August. It's been fairly sunny here for the last while - clouding up a bit now. It's quite breezy too. It reached a high of 20.6C an hour ago. That's over a week now since the high's been less than 20.

ninebeanrows · 30-08-2019 6:39pm

Nice evening in north Dublin if a bit breezy

Hooter23 · 30-08-2019 6:53pm

Next pulse of rain arriving in Galway now...

redsteveireland · 30-08-2019 6:59pm

pauldry wrote: »

Theyl obliterate it by tomorrow midnight.

Gwan the 300mm

Only 21.8mm to go and tomorrows showery too remember

For Athenry you can effectively say Galway city as theyr so close.....but you cant. As the day I was in Galway City it was 21c and sunny but there was a 5.4mm thunderstorm in Athenry..

Low lie the fields of Athenry

Where all the fields are swimming anymore

It's about 20kms away.

Many days you see polar opposite weather. Wet and misty in the city, dry in Athenry or clear sunny day in Salthill/ Galway city and cloudy and dull in Athenry.

RobertKK · 30-08-2019 7:11pm

A very dry day in the south east. It is amazing how spilt the weather can be on this island.

Storm 10 · 30-08-2019 7:21pm

Launching the Ark now in Galway what a day of rain and it's still lashing down

Oneiric 3 · 30-08-2019 7:35pm

August 30th 2019, the day of the drizzle.

As I suggest out earlier, only to be attacked, the ECM and Harmonie both grossly overestimated the rainfall totals for today for my town today.

Oneiric 3 · 30-08-2019 7:48pm

redsteveireland wrote: »

It's about 20kms away.

Many days you see polar opposite weather. Wet and misty in the city, dry in Athenry or clear sunny day in Salthill/ Galway city and cloudy and dull in Athenry.

The biggest difference I have noticed between Galway and my 'satellite town' is the wind. Galway has to be the windiest city in Ireland.

Meteorite58 · 30-08-2019 8:20pm

ECM still showing probably another 10 to 20mm tonight.

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Xenji · 30-08-2019 8:33pm

Over 35mm now in Castlebar, 8mm alone in the last hour.

pauldry · 30-08-2019 8:35pm

Them maps are wrong already

Theres been 34mm in Finner so far so it will pass 50mm

Theres been 7.5mm in the past hour in Belmullet and Newport

Meteorite58 · 30-08-2019 8:37pm

Very light rain here near Tralee today with the front staying mostly off the coast and the mountains doing a good job of soaking up much of what made it inland around here.

The front edges closer this evening and will be drawn in across the country tonight. Rain picking up here now 3.8mm.

Should be mostly gone through by 02.00 to 03.00

Bar 1006.3 hPa Falling Rapidly

km79 · 30-08-2019 8:53pm

pauldry wrote: »

Them maps are wrong already

Theres been 34mm in Finner so far so it will pass 50mm

Theres been 7.5mm in the past hour in Belmullet and Newport

Already more in athenry than shown up to midnight as well

The_Outsider · 30-08-2019 9:06pm

36mm so far since midnight.
Looks like a bit more to come too....jaysis

Rainfall Warning : Fri 30th / Sat 31st Aug 2019

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