Heavy Rain Friday-Saturday 03/04 & Risk of Snow Saturday 04

Graces7 · 03-03-2017 3:52pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Connemara and west Galway in general is a beautiful area, but east of the Corrib, I dunno, I would call it more bland than beautiful. Hard to believe we live in the same county really.

Yes and in my very occasional trips out, I am always glad to see the mountains again. Happy to stay in Connemara. A year ago I had no idea I would be here.. Trrible weather we get here though!;) I arrived mid January!

Graces7 · 03-03-2017 3:52pm

Gonzo wrote: »

just saw the forecast on RTE, looks like parts of the west and north-west could see continuous rain between now and Sunday evening with more showery outbreaks elsewhere.

Well, I need not go out for at least two weeks now food and fuel wise,,, Please take care on the roads? Thank you!

mickger844posts · 03-03-2017 4:13pm

Sun out now here in Waterford. 9.4mm of rain mostly overnight. Actually it's pleasant in the sun. Temp 9c

www.waterfordcityweather.com

TheRiverman · 03-03-2017 4:26pm

That feckin' yellow rain,fierce hard on the aul windscreen wipers.

RobertKK · 03-03-2017 5:02pm

mickger844posts wrote: »

Sun out now here in Waterford. 9.4mm of rain mostly overnight. Actually it's pleasant in the sun. Temp 9c

www.waterfordcityweather.com

Same here north of Kilkenny City, from a very wet start with 10.6mm of rain to a nice afternoon with Sun.

At least the sunny south east is sunny

Meteorite58 · 03-03-2017 5:13pm

Coming up to 40mm here near Tralee since midnight, lightened at times but still raining.

From the soggy SW

JCX BXC · 03-03-2017 5:25pm

35.8mm here in West Clare since midnight with lots of flooding, in Kilrush there is drains on the street that are throwing water out of them and flooding the streets.

weisses · 03-03-2017 5:50pm

Meteorite58 wrote: »

No let up in rain here in Tralee , secondary roads with a lot of surface water and a few spots flooded.

It started raining in W Kerry yesterday morning and it hasn't been dry since ... plenty of water on the roads

Oneiric 3 · 03-03-2017 6:00pm

Turning quite nasty here with continuous moderate rain and winds picking up a little. Puddles galore. Clouds taking on a more intense look over the last hour.

Comhrá · 03-03-2017 6:04pm

20.0 mm rainfall exactly here in Limerick since midnight. Most rain I've seen for many months. Just easing off now.... 5pm.

Oneiric 3 · 03-03-2017 6:26pm

A rough idea of accumulations over the last 24hrs, based only on radar returns. Keep in mind however just how crap coverage of the Shannon radar is, which this image alone is testament to.

03-03-2017 6:50pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Connemara and west Galway in general is a beautiful area, but east of the Corrib, I dunno, I would call it more bland than beautiful. Hard to believe we live in the same county really.

Loughrea? The view when you pass Capataggle Cross on the old Dublin-Galway road westbound?

We digress. Currently hearing the lashing outside from the roof of my Galway city workplace.

km79 · 03-03-2017 7:05pm

Down to drizzle in east galway

M.T. Cranium · 03-03-2017 7:27pm

The Arpege model and the GFS both currently suggesting level 2 outcomes for parts of west Munster, a zone between Cork city and west Cork county north to east Connacht, including most of Clare, and also extending into south Ulster and north Leinster, can expect an additional 30-60 mm of rain to Sunday. Places further west can expect 20-40 mm, and then to the east (and south) of the zone outlined above, amounts fall off rather quickly but there could be localized heavier amounts on east facing slopes in this set-up.

Basically the low now approaching Wexford will drift north for 36 hours and continue to throw moisture back to the north and west, then when it's weakening on Saturday night, an Atlantic low will try to undercut and this will just reorient the frontal zones overnight to renew rainfall in almost the same areas.

Given the reports on here already, this additional rainfall is sure to cause widespread flooding of flood plain and poorly drained areas, mudslides and possible washouts on hilly terrain.

As to the snow potential I agree that is probably restricted to very high elevations around Saturday night but snow could mix in down to about 300 metres at times, this sort of set-up does not require very low 850 mb temps (-3 or -4 can be tolerable) or thicknesses much below 528 dm.

Gaoth Laidir · 03-03-2017 8:03pm

Last night the models showed the low centre moving up the Irish Sea/Welsh coast tomorrow but now they show it passing along our east coast. This means the axis of warm air is also shifted west over us tomorrow and with that reduced the chance of snow for low levels. The best-looking sounding for low levels is from Roscommon in the morning. Elsewhere not much happening snow-wise but plenty on mountains.

redsteveireland · 03-03-2017 8:20pm

Rain has eased here now.Alot of land looking very flooded already in the dark, tomorrow and Sunday will be interesting.

The_Outsider · 03-03-2017 9:32pm

Have a total so far of 37.8mm today. Garden drains overwhelmed but surprisingly not as bad as the short term torrential rain last weekend (Dorris?).
The local stream predictably has broken it's bank and is now flowing merrily across the road.
If it's like this here, the poor Corkonians have it a lot worse I'd imagine.
And it's not over yet!:eek:

Meteorite58 · 03-03-2017 9:41pm

The_Outsider wrote: »

Have a total so far of 37.8mm today. Garden drains overwhelmed but surprisingly not as bad as the short term torrential rain last weekend (Dorris?).
The local stream predictably has broken it's bank and is now flowing merrily across the road.
If it's like this here, the poor Corkonians have it a lot worse I'd imagine.
And it's not over yet!:eek:

Oh I think we can match ye here in Kerry

. Just over 40mm so far, a lull there in the early evening but raining again. Streams flooded and seen water gushing up out of manhole covers and the roads near me in bits again.Will have to get out the shovel and clear a few drains around the house tomorrow.

Meteorite58 · 03-03-2017 9:48pm

A rough idea of the rainfall predicted between here and tomorrow night....

Oneiric 3 · 03-03-2017 9:50pm

Some totals since midnight yesterday at Met Éireann stations (C/O Met Éireann & The Irish Weather Network)

Moorpark: 39.0mm
Shannon: 36.7mm
Cork Apt: 34.6mm
Mace Hd: 30.7mm
Claremorris: 26.2mm

km79 · 03-03-2017 9:57pm

Meteorite58 wrote: »

A rough idea of the rainfall predicted between here and tomorrow night....

Depressing

Clonmel1000 · 03-03-2017 10:21pm

km79 wrote: »

Depressing

Careful now ha ha. I was thinking of this thread on my commute this morning. Torrential rain gusty winds horrendous driving conditions. Thanks syran for some historical data on march. This really is a bad spell though it's kinda depressing allright.

pad199207 · 03-03-2017 10:26pm

Moderate Rain now in Kildare

Doctor Shivering · 03-03-2017 10:55pm

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Careful now ha ha. I was thinking of this thread on my commute this morning. Torrential rain gusty winds horrendous driving conditions. Thanks syran for some historical data on march. This really is a bad spell though it's kinda depressing allright.

Wet ,very wet in Arklow until Lunchtime
Then we had about 3 hours of nice weather with some Sun
A right tonic
Back to rain then
Currently 7.3c with a dew point of 7c so Rain and copious quantities of it on the tops of the Wicklow mtns tonight

mountainy man · 04-03-2017 12:02am

A horrible night out there, sheets of sleet pelting the house, just yuk. 2.3C

pilly · 04-03-2017 12:11am

mountainy man wrote:

A horrible night out there, sheets of sleet pelting the house, just yuk. 2.3C

Whereabouts?

Oscar Bravo · 04-03-2017 12:23am

pilly wrote: »

Whereabouts?

South east sligo

Villain · 04-03-2017 12:25am

Doctor Shivering wrote: »

Wet ,very wet in Arklow until Lunchtime
Then we had about 3 hours of nice weather with some Sun
A right tonic
Back to rain then
Currently 7.3c with a dew point of 7c so Rain and copious quantities of it on the tops of the Wicklow mtns tonight

Yep

Sunday morning looks good for Wicklow Mountains though.

Storm 10 · 04-03-2017 12:41am

Lashing in Galway again small respite for around an hour

Gonzo · 04-03-2017 1:01am

side roads here have alot of surface water on them, we're really starting to make up for the months of dryish weather over the past few weeks.

JCX BXC · 04-03-2017 1:03am

43.4mm in 24 hours here in West Clare, current rate of 2.8mm/h.

I can't imagine how wet the fields will be on Sunday!

Oneiric 3 · 04-03-2017 1:28am

JCX BXC wrote: »

43.4mm in 24 hours here in West Clare, current rate of 2.8mm/h.

I can't imagine how wet the fields will be on Sunday!

It's what's known locally as a 'bollix of a night' :cool: Rain not too heavy here but in that wind, it is nasty.

Oops69 · 04-03-2017 1:36am

we're only about a day away from Ciaran Muloooooooy of RTE news going hysterical about 'flooding ' of the houses built in the Shannon FLOOD plain.

weatherfiend · 04-03-2017 2:53am

Storm 10 wrote: »

Lashing in Galway again small respite for around an hour

Omg anybody watching the Connacht rugby match this evening ??? The rain was unbelievable

mountainy man · 04-03-2017 3:47am

Wet snow for the last hour and a half, 0.3C. S.E Sligo.

Graces7 · 04-03-2017 5:40am

Had no idea the wind was going to be like this last night. No sleep to be had and now more rain .... not sure what like it is out there yet.

Cottage being battered yet again.. wind-weary....

Graces7 · 04-03-2017 8:44am

Been an attempt at snow on the windows.

met . ie say FRESH for wind here but it is more than that. Been out to get coal in and all but blown off my feet. Alarming.
Sheer brutal power...

West Connemara 400 ft asl

PukkaStukka · 04-03-2017 12:22pm

It's that sickening feeling you get when you go out to your beloved little shed cum man cave only to discover that the quick succession of recent winter storms stripped the felt clean off the back of the roof. The roof front is perfect and the true extent of the carnage is only evident when you step inside.

The upshot is everything inside is ruined :mad:

Oneiric 3 · 04-03-2017 12:51pm

Wind direction graph from my station over the last 24hrs.

Might be a big hard to comprehend but what it shows is the very gradual backing of wind direction from ENE to NW as the low centre to the south moved up along the east coast. Current direction NW.

Rock Lesnar · 04-03-2017 12:55pm

Grand day in north meath today, dry with sunny spells every now and again, big change from yesterday and what i expected today

pad199207 · 04-03-2017 1:04pm

Fairly heavy rain here in Kildare now for a while

Meteorite58 · 04-03-2017 1:23pm

Another 8.8mm since midnight, bright breezy morning now with a few welcome bits of blue sky here near Tralee.

pauldry · 04-03-2017 3:56pm

Dry for half an hour in sligo at 930 but rainin since.

Frontal band just hovering until it fizzles out

JCX BXC · 04-03-2017 4:05pm

Near blue skies here in West Clare now, no rain recorded since 4am this morning.

Very unexpected, great day, if not a little windy.

Graces7 · 04-03-2017 5:23pm

Bitterly cold in the wind, which is thankfully a little less strident... occasional sudden deluges.. The mountains to the north and east have a tiny scattering of snow atop. Just a soupcon!

West Connemara 400 ft asl

Meteorite58 · 04-03-2017 6:32pm

https://twitter.com/MattHugo81/status/837941521697632256

Rock Lesnar · 04-03-2017 7:20pm

horrible evening here now after a grand day, sun was out, a bit of cloud appeared about an hour ago and its been lashing rain since

cml387 · 04-03-2017 7:59pm

How did that heavy snow forecast work out?

Clonmel1000 · 04-03-2017 8:17pm

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

We'll know this time Saturday.

Well we know now,

JCX BXC · 04-03-2017 8:18pm

cml387 wrote: »

How did that heavy snow forecast work out?

Where did you read that?

Heavy Rain Friday-Saturday 03/04 & Risk of Snow Saturday 04

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