Heavy rain,Strong Winds In East & Flooding Overnight Thurs 13th /Friday 14th November

Larbre34 · 12-11-2014 1:13pm #1

Met Éireann have just upgraded the national rainfall warning for tomorrow to Orange.

Perhaps a dedicated thread? I would do it but I'm not familiar with setting up the coloured thread titles and changeable statuses etc

National Weather Warnings

STATUS ORANGE

Rainfall Warning for Dublin, Louth, Wexford, Wicklow, Meath and Monaghan
A spell of heavy rain on Thursday followed by another spell of heavy rain on Thursday night will give rainfall accumulation of 40 to 60 mm with localised flooding.

Issued:Wednesday 12 November 2014 11:00
Valid:Thursday 13 November 2014 06:00 to Friday 14 November 2014 09:00

STATUS YELLOW

Rainfall Warning for Munster, Connacht, Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath, Cavan and Donegal
Heavy rain overnight and on Thursday will give rainfall accumulations of 25 to 40 mm with localised flooding

Issued:Monday 10 November 2014 20:00
Valid:Thursday 13 November 2014 00:01 to Thursday 13 November 2014 20:00

Iancar29 · 12-11-2014 2:17pm

Yeah just came on when i had a look at the charts , definitely a broad risk of flooding from now through friday . On phone so cant do much. Think a new thread is needed for this.

A relatively high tide of 3.6 m at 4pm tomorrow . Worst of the onshore winds should have past by then though.

Villain · 12-11-2014 2:59pm

Met Eireann have issued two weather warnings:

STATUS ORANGE

Rainfall Warning for Dublin, Louth, Wexford, Wicklow, Meath and Monaghan

A spell of heavy rain on Thursday followed by another spell of heavy rain on Thursday night will give rainfall accumulation of 40 to 60 mm with localised flooding.
Issued:
Wednesday 12 November 2014 11:00
Valid:
Thursday 13 November 2014 06:00 to Friday 14 November 2014 09:00

STATUS YELLOW

Rainfall Warning for Munster, Connacht, Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath, Cavan and Donegal

Heavy rain overnight and on Thursday will give rainfall accumulations of 25 to 40 mm with localised flooding
Issued:
Monday 10 November 2014 20:00
Valid:
Thursday 13 November 2014 00:01 to Thursday 13 November 2014 20:00

Latest high res charts show up 70mm of rain for South Dublin

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maquiladora · 12-11-2014 3:29pm

Gusts of up to 100-110km/h may be possible along southeast and eastern coasts Thursday morning.

UKMO assessment :

A small but active depression will move quickly northwards during Thursday, bringing a short-lived period of gales and severe gales, particularly in areas exposed to the south. The region of strongest gusts will progress from the southwest of England during the morning, through areas adjoining the Irish Sea in the afternoon, before clearing from western Scotland in the early evening. There will also be spells of rain, some heavy, giving 10-20 mm fairly widely and locally 30 mm in southwest Wales, Cornwall and western Scotland.

Villain · 12-11-2014 7:23pm

I'm surprised this isn't getting more attention in the media and news bulletins, if current charts are accurate I believe Dublin and other areas will suffer some bad flooding.

HighLine · 12-11-2014 7:34pm

Villain wrote: »

I'm surprised this isn't getting more attention in the media and news bulletins, if current charts are accurate I believe Dublin and other areas will suffer some bad flooding.

I was thinking the same myself. Perhaps the "beast from the east" gets them more hits/headlines.

With the amount of rain that has fallen over the past few days, the ground is well and truly saturated. Saw a lot of flooding today across fields in Wicklow so I'd imagine a further 60/70mm tomorrow will definitely lead to more severe flooding.

sparrowcar · 12-11-2014 8:16pm

HighLine wrote: »

I was thinking the same myself. Perhaps the "beast from the east" gets them more hits/headlines.

With the amount of rain that has fallen over the past few days, the ground is well and truly saturated. Saw a lot of flooding today across fields in Wicklow so I'd imagine a further 60/70mm tomorrow will definitely lead to more severe flooding.

Agreed. I walked my dog in Newbridge house demesne this afternoon and parts of the fields were flooded like I've never seen before. I can only imagine what 20-30mm would do let alone 60-70mm as predicted. It's clear the ground is at or above saturation point so any rain at all will stay above the surface.

JanuarySnowstor · 12-11-2014 9:48pm

Looks standard fare to me.....imo warnings are not warranted as the front clears quite quickly

maquiladora · 12-11-2014 10:07pm

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

Looks standard fare to me.....imo warnings are not warranted as the front clears quite quickly

There are two fronts from two depressions, one in the morning and one overnight tomorrow. The models take into account the speed the fronts are moving and still show 30-60mm totals within a 36 hour period, more than enough for localised flooding in places.

Roads can get flooded from a single thundershower, it's not all about duration, the rainfall rate is important.

diceyd · 12-11-2014 10:12pm

Can anyone recommend a good weather app?

Villain · 12-11-2014 10:33pm

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

Looks standard fare to me.....imo warnings are not warranted as the front clears quite quickly

60mm in 24 hours period id standard fare???

pad199207 · 12-11-2014 10:33pm

WeatherProHD

maquiladora · 13-11-2014 12:32am

Model might be overdoing it, but the 18Z WRF showing up to 100mm in 36 hours over high ground in the east.

Meteorite58 · 13-11-2014 1:36am

Heavy driving rain arriving on the Kerry coast now , wind steadily picking up ( recent gust 47kph SSE )

howlinwolf · 13-11-2014 2:34am

it has a nice solid form ...pretty fast moving though

Karl Stein · 13-11-2014 3:07am

Blustery in Cork City.

kingshankly · 13-11-2014 7:28am

Karl Stein wrote: »

Blustery in Cork City.

Nothing new there so

March11 · 13-11-2014 7:58am

Absolutely torrential rain here near Dungarvan. Dreading going out driving in it.

mickger844posts · 13-11-2014 8:30am

Rain starting now here. Max gust so far 76km/h.

www.waterfordcityweather.com

jenny rennie · 13-11-2014 8:42am

Winds very high & lots of rain in Kilkenny.

DOCARCH · 13-11-2014 9:01am

5.0mm of rain already here this morning (in south Dublin) and the main rain band has not arrived yet. :pac:

Pentecost · 13-11-2014 9:36am

Yeah I'd expect flooding in Dublin today based on the amount of rain that's come down already.

downwiththatsor · 13-11-2014 10:08am

Thunderstorm with lightning and some hail in Dingle now.

KizzyMonster · 13-11-2014 10:10am

Lots of rain here in Athlone now

The road that always floods is already flooded - Wasn't surprised.
At work the paths were also flooded and when waking on the grass verge to avoid getting feet wet there were also puddles in the grass!
Saturated.

maquiladora · 13-11-2014 10:12am

Some flooding reports already. The east should get the worst of the rain later, then a second front will move in over night delivering more rain.

CORK: Flooding in various parts along N71 Cork/ Bandon Rd between Inishannon & Bandon. Extreme care needed. http://theAA.ie/Roadwatch

CORK: Flooding on Lower Glanmire Rd at Tivoli. Road is passable but extreme care is needed. http://theAA.ie/Roadwatch

CORK: Reports of flooding on Rochestown Rd at Coach Hill. Extreme care is needed. http://theAA.ie/Roadwatch

LIMERICK: Reports of flooding on the Corbally Rd at St. Munchin's College. http://theaa.ie/Roadwatch

WFORD/ TIPP: Reports of flooding on the Dungarvan/ Clonmel Rd (R671). Extra care required. http://theAA.ie/Roadwatch

Supercell · 13-11-2014 10:31am

DOCARCH wrote: »

5.0mm of rain already here this morning (in south Dublin) and the main rain band has not arrived yet. :pac:

Only 1mm down the road here, no doubt things will level up during the day. With SE winds we always get large rain totals when fronts pass over.

Jpmarn · 13-11-2014 10:32am

Pounding rain overnight near Limerick City. Gurteen reported 12mm in one hour at 0600h.

pad199207 · 13-11-2014 10:32am

Can see Co. Kildare in a nice Rain Shadow today and tonight!

Rebelbrowser · 13-11-2014 10:34am

I wouldn't be one for the "Twitter Machine" myself but saw this on Met E website....

https://twitter.com/MetEireann/status/532791436593623040

Mint Sauce · 13-11-2014 10:35am

Been raining pretty much since 3/4 am in Sligo. At its heaviest now. Rivers running though the town, and I'm not talking about the Garavouge.

And still Muppets drive with no lights on.

DOCARCH · 13-11-2014 10:37am

Supercell wrote: »

Only 1mm down the road here, no doubt things will level up during the day. With SE winds we always get large rain totals when fronts pass over.

Looking at the radar this morning, the showers in advance of the rain band looked a bit hit and miss. I got lucky!

Main rain band appears to have arrived now. Up to 6.0mm now.

Heavy rain,Strong Winds In East & Flooding Overnight Thurs 13th /Friday 14th November

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