Risk of strong winds and heavy rain - Sunday the 23rd to Tuesday the 25th of October

Su Campu · 23-10-2011 9:26pm

Duiske wrote: »

Just had a look at the ME radar, and i'm surprised there is not a huge blood red blob over south Carlow. Torrential rain here for the past 30/40 minutes.

It's showing pink (1.5 - 5 mm/hr) there

Trogdor · 23-10-2011 9:47pm

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

I've only recorded half that amount, 12mm. more or less stopped now, not half as bad as I expected but tomorrow's another day
13.8c at the moment - pity July wasn't that warm !!

Still going coming down steadily here! 30.2mm so far now and gusting to 64km/hr

Cantona's Collars · 23-10-2011 9:49pm

DanRu wrote: »

Ok winds just died down now in Wexford , toodles off for a pint down to the local.

And gona get soaked on the way home:D,I'm only up the road and it's lashing with strong wind.

DanRu · 23-10-2011 9:58pm

zerks wrote: »

DanRu wrote: »

Ok winds just died down now in Wexford , toodles off for a pint down to the local.

And gona get soaked on the way home:D,I'm only up the road and it's lashing with strong wind.

The things we do for a pint in this country....!

Villain · 23-10-2011 9:59pm

30mm reached now

torrentum · 23-10-2011 10:01pm

Winds in the last hour have reached a new level of intensity in S Kilkenny. Unmerciful gusts. Rain eased significantly though.

DOCARCH · 23-10-2011 10:16pm

27.6mm so far today. Rain contiues to lash!

Duiske · 23-10-2011 10:28pm

Su Campu wrote: »

It's showing pink (1.5 - 5 mm/hr) there

Its strange. I've seen it on the odd occasion do the reverse. Radar shows moderate/heavy but we would only have light rain. Perhaps its something to do with being so close to Mt. Leinster. Rain stopped now, but wind howling.

Coles · 23-10-2011 10:30pm

37mm since 9am on the eastern edge of the Blessington Lakes

lucy2010 · 23-10-2011 10:42pm

trogdor wrote: »

Still going coming down steadily here! 30.2mm so far now and gusting to 64km/hr

Bottom of dip at Ardmore hill flooded & bottom of Killarney rd at Glenlucan flooded. Nice !

bb1234567 · 23-10-2011 10:49pm

how much rain would have fallen in dublin 14 today? and will the weather be the same tomorrow? rain all day, still lashing in dublin:D

DOCARCH · 23-10-2011 10:53pm

bb1234567 wrote: »

how much rain would have fallen in dublin 14 today? and will the weather be the same tomorrow? rain all day, still lashing in dublin:D

31.0mm so far - not a million miles from you.

Same for tomorrow...or more maybe?

23-10-2011 10:56pm

32.3mm here so far today, winds picking up now too.

bb1234567 · 23-10-2011 11:08pm

DOCARCH wrote: »

31.0mm so far - not a million miles from you.

Same for tomorrow...or more maybe?

woah 31mm is 1.2 inches. imagine it was freezing cold out like -10 and we got really dry snow we could have 24 inches=2 feet of snow:eek: i looked it up and one inch of rain would be equal to 20 inches dry snow,12 inches normal,6 inches wet snow. imagine that 2 feet of snow in one day, and the same tomorrow, 4 feet , we can dream though;)

Redsunset · 23-10-2011 11:09pm

Latest Hirlam still showing east deluge tomorrow

Latest NAE still on board

However Gfs moves it further east and now only clipping coastal counties.This seems to also fall in line with the HI RES NMM too so not def yet of precise track.

Rougies · 23-10-2011 11:24pm

Just an interesting observation here, as the wind direction shifted from SW to SE over the course of today the Dublin/Wicklow mountains seem to have turned from rain shield into rain generator for the Dublin region. Orographic lift that was sucking up the precip from the SW earlier is now pepping it it up for east facing slopes and also deflecting it into Dublin.

Or am I just completely mad?

The R. Dodder should be interesting tomorrow if there's more heavy rain as forecast/modelled. Churchtown and Firhouse weirs especially

Trogdor · 23-10-2011 11:29pm

Total up to 36.1mm now, a lot of water in the dargle at the moment and a very fast flow on it. All the drains are blocked up here and are spilling out onto the roads, along with starting to back up into the houses a bit..dunno what will happen if tomorrows rain occurs as the hirlam is progging!

Redsunset · 23-10-2011 11:36pm

This from UK MET OFFICE
A period of especially heavy rain is expected over Cornwall on Monday morning and into the afternoon which could cause streams and rivers to burst their banks. The public should be prepared for disruption due to flooding.

2011-10-24

So depending on track and with the rain already fallen we could be looking at some serious flooding come tomorrow night in the east.

23-10-2011 11:54pm

Power just went out here.

mac80 · 24-10-2011 12:04am

Must be the sub station at "Back of the wall" cos i have power on Avenue road.
Although I'm not there but can check the CCTV from work here in Dublin, it looks wild outside alright :0

24-10-2011 12:09am

mac80 wrote: »

Must be the sub station at "Back of the wall" cos i have power on Avenue road.
Although I'm not there but can check the CCTV from work here in Dublin, it looks wild outside alright :0

Power came back on, guess we could be for a wild night alright. Just went out and took the bin back in, don't fancy picking the contents of it up from the street in the morning.

Reiketsu · 24-10-2011 12:13am

Can't say that bang on my roof that I just heard sounded too healthy! Still raining here. Had a few gusts just there that sounded like the wind is going through the house. Neighbour has left their gate open- gonna be banging for the next god knows how long.

amacachi · 24-10-2011 12:13am

Didn't go here either just off the Castletown Road. Shall unplug everything later in case there's power surges or whatever.

Wertz · 24-10-2011 12:13am

Still on on my side of town.
Feckin' wind must be gusting to 60mph here...the whistle/howl is telling...

Oscar Bravo · 24-10-2011 12:25am

Its a windy night across the country with nearly all stations having Gusts over 30kts on the 00:00 reports with Malin head having a gust of 46kts.Not very strong but its rare to have SE winds gusting that high.

pauldry · 24-10-2011 12:43am

casement had a gust of 54 knots

this weather is kinda normal now for sligo wev had so much of it these past few weeks

mickger844posts · 24-10-2011 1:08am

Final rain total for Sunday 28.2mm a year high also a gust of 69km/h recorded the max this year in Waterford City.

www.waterfordcityweather.com

sparrowcar · 24-10-2011 5:08am

It's amazing how much more wild the weather appears when its from the S or SE. It hits my bedroom window directly and sounds like the end of time

Still though 1-2 hours sleep before a 12 hour early shift isn't good

DOCARCH · 24-10-2011 6:16am

Rougies wrote: »

Just an interesting observation here, as the wind direction shifted from SW to SE over the course of today the Dublin/Wicklow mountains seem to have turned from rain shield into rain generator for the Dublin region. Orographic lift that was sucking up the precip from the SW earlier is now pepping it it up for east facing slopes and also deflecting it into Dublin.

Defintely. That's what I was saying on Saturday. Once you get SE to E winds and rain you get a soaking in these parts.

Got 43.1mm up to midnight and 1.4mm after - a total of 44.5mm!

vonbarracuda · 24-10-2011 6:21am

The SE + E winds hit my bedroom window , awful nights sleep :rolleyes:
The guttering took some battering , think its hanging on

hotwhiskey · 24-10-2011 7:29am

Weather warning as flooding hits Northern Ireland

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-15423094

DOCARCH · 24-10-2011 7:51am

Looking at Sat24 now can start to see wave forming in the Celtic Sea that may (or will) bring the next batch of heavy rain to eastern side of the country.

http://www.sat24.com/en/eu?ir=true

Redsunset · 24-10-2011 7:53am

Now looking like the worst is staying offshore.but 10 or 20 miles either way and major flooding could make this be a concern.

DOCARCH · 24-10-2011 8:00am

WOW! I see 225mm in the mid Irish Sea!!! That's just nuts.

As you say Red, 10 or 20 miles either way could make a big difference.

markc1184 · 24-10-2011 8:12am

A house across the road from me has been having an extension built over the last few weeks. Lots of roof tiles on the road this morning.

Anyone tell me how far offshore is the heavy rainfall on that map and when is that forecast for?

redsteveireland · 24-10-2011 8:17am

Radar seems very inaccurate lately, currently raining quiet heavily here but doesn't look like much on met.ie.

Reckless Abandonment · 24-10-2011 8:25am

Building up now, Cornwall looks like its going to get hammered
http://meteox.com/h.aspx?r=&jaar=-3&soort=loop1uur

DOCARCH · 24-10-2011 10:05am

Light rain has arrived.

Reckless Abandonment · 24-10-2011 10:27am

NAE has it less intense but right over the east coast
http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/expertcharts?LANG=en&MENU=0000000000&CONT=ukuk&MODELL=nae&MODELLTYP=1&BASE=-&VAR=rsum&HH=18&ARCHIV=0&ZOOM=0&PERIOD=&WMO=

That chart shows the accumulated totals over the next 12 hours or so

Risk of strong winds and heavy rain - Sunday the 23rd to Tuesday the 25th of October

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