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Saturday Mar 16th: Snowfall, heavy rain, localised flood risk

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  • #122
    sryanbruen
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    Rainfall totals since midnight.

    Knock Airport - 31.5mm
    Mullingar - 30.0mm
    Shannon Airport - 25.5mm
    Gurteen - 25.5mm
    Ballyhaise - 24.3mm
    Claremorris - 23.3mm
    Finner Camp - 21.0mm
    Valentia Observatory - 20.0mm

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  • #123
    irishgeo
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    Blue skies in mayo.


  • #124
    Tacklebox
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    Isn't this the third Saturday in a row where wintery precipitation has been forecast.

    Then a mild break during the week, it's nice to have weekends off.


  • #125
    Meteorite58
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    6.5C now near Tralee


  • #126
    Graces7
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    and back to drumming deluges and squally winds. No more sunshine or bright skies.

    west mayo offshore


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  • #127
    Comhrá
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    Graces7 wrote: »
    and back to drumming deluges and squally winds. No more sunshine or bright skies.

    west mayo offshore

    I never recall such a period of unrelenting winds....no end to it. Getting weary of it at this stage.


  • #128
    The_Brood
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    March has been worse than November, December, January, and February combined. And we're barely halfway through this nasty month. Depression production factory.


  • #129
    Graces7
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    Comhra wrote: »
    I never recall such a period of unrelenting winds....no end to it. Getting weary of it at this stage.

    agree totally; just checked met ie and looking much calmer from Monday onwards at last

    https://www.met.ie/forecasts/connacht


  • #130
    Mortelaro
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    Just 2.4mm in Arklow since midnight
    So 5.6mm total from this system
    Avoiding it all
    Radar loop shows it all well to the west and north of here all night


  • #131
    Mortelaro
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    The_Brood wrote: »
    March has been worse than November, December, January, and February combined. And we're barely halfway through this nasty month. Depression production factory.

    I'd have to disagree,at least here in the south east,we had circa 280mm rain in November alone
    March isn't going to touch it


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  • #132
    mickger844posts
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    Light rain most of the morning and breezy. Rainfall 4.6mm since midnight. Temp peaked at 11.2c @12.30 but is dropping now to a current 8.8c

    www.waterfordweather.com


  • #133
    Cork Boy 53
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    Rainfall has finally stopped in my area and temperature is dropping fairly rapidly.


  • #134
    Graces7
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    Back to vicious erratic deluges here, then sudden sun, and a pause before the next hit.

    Hopefully this will clear, snow or no snow, before the parades tomorrow,

    interesting now to see what the night will bring.


  • #135
    MidMan25
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    Much better weather this afternoon, lots of sun.


  • #136
    km79
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    Had a drive around today
    Not seen floods like this in a few years
    Prob 2015
    If it continues (which doesn’t look likely thank god) then we would be looking at a repeat of 2009


  • #137
    Snow Garden
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    km79 wrote: »
    Had a drive around today
    Not seen floods like this in a few years
    Prob 2015
    If it continues (which doesn’t look likely thank god) then we would be looking at a repeat of 2009

    Don't worry - the key difference between 2009 is the setup, timing and how sustained the rainfall was. It was a heavy night of rain last night which leads to a lot of surface water but it's mid March and we had a relatively dry winter so it will drain fairly fast. Evaporation is much higher in March compared to November (3-4 times). In 2009 it rained heavily in October and especially throughout November and there really was no let up. November was biblical throughout, I will never forget it. We were actually lucky that the first 3 months of 2010 didn't bring as much above average rainfall as November or it would have been a complete disaster going into summer. It was still very bad. There will be a year where we get sustained above average rainfall from October to February and then all bets are off.

    It looks like the Corrib peaked from last night's rain at 16:00. It's just starting to go down again. https://waterlevel.ie/0000030098/0001/day/


  • #138
    pad199207
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    Casement reporting Sleet at 17:00


  • #139
    kittyn
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    Progressively turning to snow here ....... Leitrim / Roscommon boarder


  • #140
    Tacklebox
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    kittyn wrote: »
    Progressively turning to snow here ....... Leitrim / Roscommon boarder

    Raining here in Clare


  • #141
    Kermit.de.frog
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    Shannon recent snow with a temperature of 2c, Sleet shower @ Cork Airport


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  • #142
    GoneHome
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    Sleet here now South Co Limerick


  • #143
    Monkeynut
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    Ice starting to form in my freezer.
    Can't wait as my drink is getting warm.
    That's my highlight in Swords....


  • #144
    ZX7R
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    Monkeynut wrote: »
    Ice starting to form in my freezer.
    Can't wait as my drink is getting warm.
    That's my highlight in Swords....

    at least you have a drink:D


  • #145
    Gaoth Laidir
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    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Shannon recent snow with a temperature of 2c, Sleet shower @ Cork Airport

    That was more sleet at Shannon, which is reported as Recent Snow on met.ie. Metars all reported sleet showers and the synop code reported "Showers of snow, or of rain and snow".


  • #146
    ZX7R
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    just had a quick shower of big wet snowflakes maynooth...


  • #147
    highdef
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    ZX7R wrote: »
    just had a quick shower of big wet snowflakes maynooth...

    Similar further west, near Enfield


  • #148
    Graces7
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    Happy Saint Patrick's Day..

    whatever fell in the night was loud and drummed on the roof, but the dark mountains are bare and forbidding.
    squally and bitterly cold, but the gale warning is marine only.

    and the skylark is singing! as the squalls continue

    west mayo offshore


  • #149
    blackbird99
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    the galtees today


  • #150
    fryup
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    any st patricks day parades cancelled?


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  • #151
    Snow Garden
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    blackbird99 wrote: »

    the galtees today

    Wow Galtymore does look inviting. I wonder how deep the snow is at peak.


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