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Wind / Rainfall Warning Mon 17th pm / Tues 18th am Dec 2018

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  • #202
    kerrycork13
    Registered Users Posts: 241 ✭✭kerrycork13


    Has anyone any recorded rainfall from that system in Kerry last night. It def felt like it made nearly 2 inches.


  • #203
    kerrycork13
    Registered Users Posts: 241 ✭✭kerrycork13


    Just checked the met eireann website and it recorded 40 millimeters of rain yest. Interestingly and somewhat amazingly it only recorded 1.7 millimeters at Sherkin island!!


  • #204
    kerrycork13
    Registered Users Posts: 241 ✭✭kerrycork13


    kerrycork13 wrote: »
    Just checked the met eireann website and it recorded 40 millimeters of rain yest. Interestingly and somewhat amazingly it only recorded 1.7 millimeters at Sherkin island!!

    At Valentia we meant to say


  • #205
    Mortelaro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Mortelaro


    jvan wrote: »
    In hindsight maybe the wording in my initial post was clumsy. The highest gust may not have been stronger and as I have no weather station I'll never know.
    But over a 6hr period I would describe last night as worse than Deirdre. Maybe it was the direction of the wind, maybe it was to do with the lie if the land.
    I can only go on my own opinion and experiences and in future when posting I will allude to this as opinion and not fact.

    This is a discussion forum,so please Continue to say what you think within forum rules,every post is an opinion
    Without opposing opinions, there is no discussion and no thinking
    Ophelia took down my weather station with the strength of it leaving me to only judge it's strength by how it bent iron girders on a new shed being built locally
    It hadn't been sheeted yet but the wind was strong enough for the timber trusses to bend down girders
    In my opinion that merited the red warning but I've no stats here to back that up


  • #206
    yellowlabrador
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    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-46604175
    I hope they are all ok. it sounds like a nightmare


  • #207
    adocholiday
    Registered Users Posts: 1,926 ✭✭✭adocholiday


    Driving in this morning across the Wicklow mountains to avoid the rubberneckers on the M50 (another discussion!) was an experience. Heavy surface water everywhere, deep floods in places and fibre pole/lines down just outside Enniskerry. Serious deluge of rain last night. Really hope that some sort of cold dry spell manages to make inroads because I am so sick of the rain now


  • #208
    Meteorite58
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 12,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Emptied 42mm out of the manual gauge this morning here near Tralee, 40mm fell from 17.00, must check later when it stopped. My site recorded many gusts over 70 km/h, ( measured at 8m approx and a bit sheltered ).


  • #209
    Carlingford Locked
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 84 ✭✭Carlingford Locked


    Does anyone know if all this rain we've been having is collected properly? Do farmers have reservoirs etc that they can use if we get a few weeks of sun again next summer? I only ask because I spend a lot of time in a region of Spain where they grow stuff all year round, and it doesn't rain that much. Farmers all have little lakes and canals built that seems to collect all of the rainfall. You never hear anything about drought. I just can't comprehend how we can have drought issues in this country and we weren't allowed enjoy the sun.


  • #210
    Sycamore Tree
    Closed Accounts Posts: 796 ✭✭✭Sycamore Tree


    Carlingford Locked wrote: »
    Does anyone know if all this rain we've been having is collected properly? Do farmers have reservoirs etc that they can use if we get a few weeks of sun again next summer? I only ask because I spend a lot of time in a region of Spain where they grow stuff all year round, and it doesn't rain that much. Farmers all have little lakes and canals built that seems to collect all of the rainfall. You never hear anything about drought. I just can't comprehend how we can have drought issues in this country and we weren't allowed enjoy the sun.

    Drought issues are very rare here. There is no point in farmers building reservoirs/irrigation canals.

    I enjoyed the sun immensely.


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  • #211
    mickger844posts
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,467 Mod ✭✭✭✭mickger844posts


    Peak of the storm lasted quiet a while in Waterford City with the highest gusts recorded between 2am and 5am. Max at my station was 85km/h and i recorded 80km/h + on at least 5 occasions during the time period i mentioned. Rainfall was 13.2mm for the event so nothing special there.
    Overall for its longevity and power a memorable storm

    www.waterfordweather.com


  • #212
    Paully D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,710 ✭✭✭✭Paully D


    Driving down the M11 was an experience last night.

    Given that my flight landing in DUB about an hour before the drive was similar, I’m hoping Santy will be bringing fresh underwear for Christmas!


  • #213
    Villain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,951 ✭✭✭✭Villain


    The frontal cloud finally moves on

    https://twitter.com/CarlowWeather/status/1075017404760121346


  • #214
    pauldry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,185 ✭✭✭pauldry


    No way was there 46mm of rain in Castlebar.

    Newport just had 16mm

    My own rain gauge in Sligo had 15mm

    Belmullet had 16mm too i think

    Unless there was a thunderstorm that missed rest of Ireland

    As far as I can see Kerry had 40 to 45mm

    Nowhere else


  • #215
    Mortelaro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Mortelaro


    pauldry wrote: »
    No way was there 46mm of rain in Castlebar.

    Newport just had 16mm

    My own rain gauge in Sligo had 15mm

    Belmullet had 16mm too i think

    Unless there was a thunderstorm that missed rest of Ireland

    As far as I can see Kerry had 40 to 45mm

    Nowhere else
    It is possible
    30 mins on a local squal at say 40mm/hr rain rate would drop 20mm
    Happened often in early Nov both here and in waterford
    My station totalled 289mm in November in Arklow
    Johnstown castle had 223 only 30 miles away whereas from memory Waterford weather another 30 miles from Johnstown had circa 300mm
    stations in between lot less
    Weather varies considerably in small areas sometimes


  • #216
    Xenji
    Registered Users Posts: 11,506 ✭✭✭✭Xenji


    pauldry wrote: »
    No way was there 46mm of rain in Castlebar.

    Newport just had 16mm

    My own rain gauge in Sligo had 15mm

    Belmullet had 16mm too i think

    Unless there was a thunderstorm that missed rest of Ireland

    As far as I can see Kerry had 40 to 45mm

    Nowhere else

    Just going by data at work, a local station reported similar but it's reporting through Weewx so may not be 100% accurate, copy of the report below.

    http://www.castlebar.ie/environment/NOAA/NOAA-2018-12.txt


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  • #217
    M.T. Cranium
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,596 ✭✭✭✭M.T. Cranium


    kerrycork13 wrote: »
    Just checked the met eireann website and it recorded 40 millimeters of rain yesterday (Valentia). Interestingly and somewhat amazingly it only recorded 1.7 millimeters at Sherkin island!!

    Also 15.4 mm fell at Valentia from 00 to 05h today so total is about 52 mm. (I think the first 3 mm at 00h go with the 17th data).

    Claremorris (re Castlebar) appears to have had 28 mm total in the period where Castlebar reports 48.6. I noticed on the radar after midnight some intense banding through Connacht so any sort of variation quite plausible.

    Newport may have reported 15 mm on Monday but has seen another 14 mm since 0100h to give a total of 29 mm.


  • #218
    pauldry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,185 ✭✭✭pauldry


    Quite interesting that Castlebar did seem to get so much rain.

    Must have been thunderstorm activity around me ol parish


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