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

km79 · 22-10-2011 11:36am

Met warning for heavy rain fall next 6 hours in western half of country

mickger844posts · 22-10-2011 11:43am

DOCARCH wrote: »

Another 6.0mm from 9 to 10 and 1.2mm from 10 to 11. That's 43.4mm in 5 hours. Pretty impressive. Not sure if there was much rain before 6am?

Just wondering where are you getting those figures from as my usual source Ogimet have just 17mm in the last 24 hrs

http://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?lang=en&ind=03953&ano=2011&mes=10&day=22&hora=10&min=0&ndays=30

DOCARCH · 22-10-2011 11:53am

From Met E - was looking at totals hour by hour from 6am.

maiden · 22-10-2011 12:18pm

Not exactly scientific research but its pelting down in Ennis!!! Flood defences will also be tested here!

Su Campu · 22-10-2011 12:42pm

From Ogimet's synops, 15 mm fell in the three hours between 4 and 7am. Won't know until after 1 pm exactly when within this time period the rain started. Synoptic rain totals are reported every 6 hours, so we'll have the up to date one at 1 pm.

Su Campu · 22-10-2011 1:15pm

53 mm fell at Valentia in 6 hours this morning. Rain started at 5am. They reported standing water on the ground at 7am.

http://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?ind=03953&lang=en&decoded=yes&ndays=2&ano=2011&mes=10&day=22&hora=12

Su Campu · 22-10-2011 1:39pm

A landslide has blocked the road between Killarney and Dingle this morning.

weisses · 22-10-2011 3:28pm

Su Campu wrote: »

A landslide has blocked the road between Killarney and Dingle this morning.

Yeah that's a tricky road when there is lots of rain ...

http://ventryweather.com/

I think we escaped most of it ... rained alright but not the amounts that are reported

Most of the day is fine here now with occasional sunshine .... Wash is outside ........ (drying :-) )

irishdub14 · 22-10-2011 4:25pm

Still no rain here in Dublin, fingers crossed it will stay that way!

amacachi · 22-10-2011 4:31pm

It's like a stormy-ish day here in Dundalk, lotta breeziness and while there isn't a huge amount of rain it's big drops, seems like it's threatening to burst at any point.

22-10-2011 4:40pm

Su Campu wrote: »

A landslide has blocked the road between Killarney and Dingle this morning.

This got a mention on RSOE

vickers209 · 22-10-2011 4:42pm

Just Issued by met eireann
Weather Warning

Issued at 22 October 2011 - 15:58
Severe Weather Warning
Severe weather warning issued at 1500hrs Saturday 22/10/2011

Some periods of very heavy rainfall are expected over the country from Sunday through to late Monday night or early Tuesday with accumulations of 40 to 70mm expected leading to flooding in places. Coastal counties of Munster and Leinster are most at risk for the highest rainfall. Extremely windy also later Sunday and early Monday with southeasterly gales and gusts of 80 to 110km/hr in exposed places.

irishgeo · 22-10-2011 4:46pm

if it rains any more in Mayo , ill have a impromptu swimming pool in my back garden.

Irishmarinelife · 22-10-2011 5:13pm

Some rain here in the morning, but for a change, West Mayo missed almost all of that rain lump all day as it moved northwards, sun was even out for a few hours:)

Harps · 22-10-2011 5:19pm

Finally stopped here, just in time for the sun setting :rolleyes:

Next band due tomorrow morning and raining constantly for 24 hours through to Monday morning!

MUSEIST · 22-10-2011 5:36pm

Gotta love irish weather.

Sum up irish weather in 2 words: Grey nothingness:mad:

Birdnuts · 22-10-2011 6:11pm

MUSEIST wrote: »

Gotta love irish weather.

Sum up irish weather in 2 words: Grey nothingness:mad:

Yes - our climate is rarely dangerous but it is oppressive:(

JanuarySnowstor · 22-10-2011 6:35pm

Rainwise tomorrow's system looks quite vicious!
Some areas could see 4 inches over a 24hour period I would have thought.
Met Eireann share the view and early warnings are indeed justified.
One to watch especially for the South coast

bb1234567 · 22-10-2011 6:50pm

how much rain will dublin get tomorrow?

MiNdGaM3 · 22-10-2011 7:04pm

The NAE showing some very high rainfall totals.

howlinwolf · 22-10-2011 7:41pm

seems from the met eireann warnings the most at risk places are munster and leinster ....at the mo ....they just finished the flood defences here in carlow town .....the barrow floods nearly every year here , this will be its first real test , it looks the part,hope it works the part too.

Wertz · 22-10-2011 8:35pm

BBC's predictive rainfall sequence has an awful lot of bright yellow over much of the midlands and east from tomorrow morning till late monday. Great...

Deep Easterly · 22-10-2011 9:18pm

Wertz wrote: »

BBC's predictive rainfall sequence has an awful lot of bright yellow over much of the midlands and east from tomorrow morning till late monday. Great...

and from light green to whites for the south tomorrow afternoon:

most intense blob seems to correspond with the triple point which is forecast to be roughly in the vicinity of that area around that time.

km79 · 22-10-2011 9:21pm

What direction is that blob going to move

Deep Easterly · 22-10-2011 9:26pm

km79 wrote: »

What direction is that blob going to move

Rain bands will most likely move from south to north throughout tomorrow.

km79 · 22-10-2011 9:42pm

Hopefully in a NE direction

pauldry · 22-10-2011 9:56pm

if this keeps up there will be only one british isle. never thought we were one anyhow. so feck ye england wer going to sink to begrudge ye.

JanuarySnowstor · 22-10-2011 9:59pm

Never seen such heavy ppn on a beeb chart below.
If only it was snow:D

Flooding issues look a cert tomorrow

Joe Public · 22-10-2011 10:37pm

Will we get an end of the month storm just to cap off all the wet stuff?

gbee · 22-10-2011 10:48pm

Deep Easterly wrote: »

and from light green to whites for the south tomorrow afternoon:

most intense blob seems to correspond with the triple point which is forecast to be roughly in the vicinity of that area around that time.

I guarantee you it won't happen. Says he smugly as he charges up the batteries for his waterproof cameras.

ninebeanrows · 22-10-2011 11:51pm

Going to be some really heavy rain tomorrow and coupled with very strong winds in the east.

Going to be a truly brutal day from late morning.

nacho libre · 23-10-2011 12:42am

I hope everyone planning to hike tomorrow in the east and south of the country is aware of this.

Su Campu · 23-10-2011 12:50am

Parts of south and west Dublin could be in a rain shadow though, so it'll be interesting to see if there's a major difference between Casement and Dublin Airport.

Rougies · 23-10-2011 12:58am

nacho libre wrote: »

I hope everyone planning to hike tomorrow in the east and south of the country is aware of this.

Your sarcasm doesn't fool us! And yes, unluckily for you, met eireann have had the warning out to us non stoney walled mud hut dwellers for a good few hours now. It's all over the papers and the TV over here

delw · 23-10-2011 1:04am

nacho libre wrote: »

I hope everyone planning to hike tomorrow in the east and south of the country is aware of this.

my u16 team have a match in dunboyne at 12 tomorrow,should be fun

Rougies · 23-10-2011 1:20am

Su Campu wrote: »

Parts of south and west Dublin could be in a rain shadow though, so it'll be interesting to see if there's a major difference between Casement and Dublin Airport.

It will be very interesting here, usually bang on in the middle of the rain shadow from the usual SW'erlies and their associated rainbands. Different setup tomorrow though with the SE winds and a lot of precip on the models. I predict something really wet and floody happening somewhere between arklow and dundalk :cool:

cherryghost · 23-10-2011 2:37am

I'm currently a bit worried about the precipitation to come. I live near the Shannon and was out looking at the water levels this evening. The lower pier is already completely submerged. Will keep monitoring the situation and provide some photos of any developments. Might have to get the sandbags out

DOCARCH · 23-10-2011 8:24am

Rougies wrote: »

It will be very interesting here, usually bang on in the middle of the rain shadow from the usual SW'erlies and their associated rainbands. Different setup tomorrow though with the SE winds and a lot of precip on the models. I predict something really wet and floody happening somewhere between arklow and dundalk :cool:

Indeed, I tend to get a soaking here with winds from SE (to E).

Loobz · 23-10-2011 9:19am

It looks like most of the heavy precipitation missed us. It seems the heavy stuff is over the irish sea and Wales right now?

http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp

redsteveireland · 23-10-2011 9:34am

Loobz wrote: »

It looks like most of the heavy precipitation missed us. It seems the heavy stuff is over the irish sea and Wales right now?

http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp

No there's plenty more to come.
http://www.sat24.com/en/eu?ir=true

John.Icy · 23-10-2011 9:34am

Thats what I thought...but probably more is to develop.

howlinwolf · 23-10-2011 9:59am

another damp squid i think lads the heaviest stuff is off to the east of us and the forecast has changed from rain staying with us through till tuesday now there sayin it will clear tonight and it will be dry tomorrow and tuesday

just goes to show how hard it is to predict weather just 24 hours before.

Redsunset · 23-10-2011 10:00am

Only winding up for an attack.

Cú Giobach · 23-10-2011 10:01am

Loobz wrote: »

It looks like most of the heavy precipitation missed us. It seems the heavy stuff is over the irish sea and Wales right now?

http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp

As said, look what's out there.

That bit over Wales is nothing compared to what's coming.

fred funk }{ · 23-10-2011 10:05am

howlinwolf wrote: »

another damp squid i think lads the heaviest stuff is off to the east of us and the forecast has changed from rain staying with us through till tuesday now there sayin it will clear tonight and it will be dry tomorrow and tuesday just goes to show how hard it is to predict weather just 24 hours before.

Squid?

Cú Giobach · 23-10-2011 10:09am

fred funk }{ wrote: »

Squid?

The big soaking wet squid is just tickling the Irish sea with a single tentacle.

howlinwolf · 23-10-2011 10:16am

Cú Giobach wrote: »

The big soaking wet squid is just tickling the Irish sea with a single tentacle.

ha ha hope your right mate but whats more important i think is that its to push through and be gone by tonight unlike yesterdays forecast sayin it will stay till tuesday morning.

leahyl · 23-10-2011 10:23am

I'm confused - the current met eireann radar shows rain over all of Cork but it's dry here!

Cú Giobach · 23-10-2011 10:29am

howlinwolf wrote: »

ha ha hope your right mate but whats more important i think is that its to push through and be gone by tonight unlike yesterdays forecast sayin it will stay till tuesday morning.

True could well do, though either way it still seems likely to dump quite a bit of water.
Although, because I spent yesterday clearing my gutters and making sure a drainage ditch out of my yard was clear, that usually means it will be quite dry

(but it won't be).

Iancar29 · 23-10-2011 10:44am

I'm in work 6-2 today , hopefully I can cycle home without having to swim instead! Ha... Though I would love to see some really heavy rain here later!!! Ha 

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

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