Strong Winds & Heavy Rain Tues-Weds 26-27th Jan

xband · 26-01-2016 6:13pm

average_runner wrote: »

Major clean up, come on I love the drama.

Try cleaning up 25 recycling bins on one street alone. That's major enough for residents and the city council.

Weather like this can cause pretty serious annoyance in urban areas where you've a high concentration of easily toppled green bins all out on the kerb side.

We literally had hundreds and hundreds of items of wet recycling all over the garden. Took a lot of cleaning.

No need to under play it either. These gusts damaged a roof in a Cork City centre hospital and can easily do a lot of expensive damage to structures.

Oneiric 3 · 26-01-2016 6:19pm

Last night was quite possibly the roughest of the season so far here with a combinations of constant driving heavy rain and strong winds. Nearby park lands are beginning to flood, more so than at any time during December. Ground is just super saturated at this stage with no drying whatsoever this month.

Meteorite58 · 26-01-2016 6:33pm

Rain started here at about 22.30 last night , 32.5mm for event ( 25mm since midnight ) most of which had fallen before 08.30. Spot floods on roads this morning and a lot of fields waterlogged and floods appearing again in the usual hollows and low lying ground. A lot of branches on the roads and reports of some trees down locally.

Top wind speed of 77.2 kph here ( I see the harbour office in Fenit had a gust of 103.6 kph )

Some Notable wind recordings :

Valentia gust 104 kph
Sherkin 104 kph
Mace Head 104 kph
Bellmullet 122 kph
Dublin airport 97 kph

Most inland sites considerably lower. All in all I would think a good forecast put out by Met Eireann.

Xenji · 26-01-2016 6:38pm

We got over 40mm of rain in the last 24hrs in Castlebar, still though it's been the driest January in 4 years so far thankfully.

yellowlabrador · 26-01-2016 8:51pm

it looks as though Bandon is going to flood again.
http://www.bandonfloodwarning.ie/index.htm

Meteorite58 · 26-01-2016 9:08pm

Heavy rain here near Tralee, wind light at present. Another windy night in store especially on the coasts on the Southern half of the copuntry.

JCX BXC · 26-01-2016 9:33pm

Absolutely lashing here in West Clare.

Colser · 26-01-2016 9:39pm

yellowlabrador wrote: »

it looks as though Bandon is going to flood again.
http://www.bandonfloodwarning.ie/index.htm

I cant view the link...cant believe that they might be flooded again,some people must be still recovering from the last floods in Bandon.

aisling86 · 26-01-2016 9:40pm

The rain started in macroom around 7pm the wind started gusting around 8pm. Will be another wild night I'd imagine! Seems to be coming from a different direction the way it's hitting the house tonight.

JanuarySnowstor · 26-01-2016 9:48pm

Colser wrote: »

I cant view the link...cant believe that they might be flooded again,some people must be still recovering from the last floods in Bandon.

I don't think bandon will flood but it will come close enough.
It's not really the rain that fell rather than everywhere been still saturated.
Met eireamn should pbly have orange warnings out and explain it's not exceptional rainfall rather exceptional circumstances.
Yellow warnings with bandon and indeed other areas under threat is not reflective of the situation imo

Meteorite58 · 26-01-2016 10:07pm

Absolutely teeming down here near Tralee, 12mm since about 20.00

weisses · 26-01-2016 11:24pm

It looks like the north is escaping most of the bad weather this winter ...... So far

pauldry · 26-01-2016 11:40pm

Rainfall map above wil hv to be changed.

Already lashing in dublin

Think met eireann never check satellite

It shows a clear slot on way but theyr forecasting lots more rain

Civil Joe · 27-01-2016 12:17am

Is there any chance this storm from the US will bring snow?

JCX BXC · 27-01-2016 12:20am

Civil Joe wrote: »

Is there any chance this storm from the US will bring snow?

You tell me, did it bring snow when it was here this morning? Hehe, might bring some to Scandinavia though.

sryanbruen · 27-01-2016 12:21am

It felt like one of my windiest days ever recorded.

Bongalongherb · 27-01-2016 12:59am

Why is it that every time a weather forecaster on RTE comes on they say that they are afraid ?

Well I'm afraid we have a low pressure system coming in from the south-west and it will bring a bit of rain to the west overnight, or hello there, it will be a cold day today I'm afraid as we have a cold front moving down from the north. Tonight's weather is going to be very mild but I'm afraid it will turn slightly cooler overnight. Irish weather forecasters seem to be afraid of all kinds of weather, why are they so afraid all the time ?.

Bongalongherb · 27-01-2016 12:59am

Face-palm, I shouldn't have clicked the quick reply button. sorry for the double post.

Rock Lesnar · 27-01-2016 1:47am

After a dry windy day, Heavy rain here in north meath over the last couple of hours, has resulted in water lying around the house again. Oh how i missed it the last 2 weeks

jack o shea · 27-01-2016 1:55am

will it stop raining before patricks day? its raining none stop since 1st of november except for 1 week.

JCX BXC · 27-01-2016 4:23am

The worst thunder clap I have ever heard woke the whole house with a jolt. Haven't experienced a thunderstorm like that in my life. was really something else. Power was gone immediately (hopefully no surging), and was followed by very very very large hail.

Really something else. Very heavy rain again. (And hail again)

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup · 27-01-2016 4:31am

Carnacalla wrote: »

The worst thunder clap I have ever heard woke the whole house with a jolt. Haven't experienced a thunderstorm like that in my life. was really something else. Power was gone immediately (hopefully no surging), and was followed by very very very large hail.

Really something else. Very heavy rain again. (And hail again)

where are you? thunder in Ennis as well but seems far away, big gap from the lightning. seems big wherever it is though, if that makes sense

JCX BXC · 27-01-2016 4:34am

Sorry, Kilrush West Clare is the location. Fairly startled so forgot to add.

robclay26 · 27-01-2016 6:24am

Here in Delvin in Westmeath 5:10am onwards, never heard such heavy rain in my life. No thunder yet. Prob some flash flooding around

Jpmarn · 27-01-2016 6:45am

There were a few very heavy showers with thunder in the Limerick city area a short while ago.

Graces7 · 27-01-2016 6:53am

South Kerry mountains 400 asl.. a recklessly wild wet noisy night... Was up for a few hours amid it. Still hammering down and an aggressive wind and the met ie site is very colourful. It started as I was settling for the night,,,Tired! Sleep deprived! I checked local news and as I knew would be, several roads here flooded again. As I saw between Bonane and Kenmare on Saturday, the fields alongside have not recovered and it was so near flooding then. My forecourt is sodden and deep in water; I have been putting the fire ashes and the sand from the cat trays down else would not be able to get the car in. Please take care those of you who have to go to work And what job with the wheelie bins.. Horrible task... Thankfully for me a home day. Just brought the cat in! He weighs two stone dry and being long haired was carrying a lot of water..:eek:

Graces7 · 27-01-2016 6:55am

Bongalongherb wrote: »

Why is it that every time a weather forecaster on RTE comes on they say that they are afraid ?

Well I'm afraid we have a low pressure system coming in from the south-west and it will bring a bit of rain to the west overnight, or hello there, it will be a cold day today I'm afraid as we have a cold front moving down from the north. Tonight's weather is going to be very mild but I'm afraid it will turn slightly cooler overnight. Irish weather forecasters seem to be afraid of all kinds of weather, why are they so afraid all the time ?.

Just a polite cliche that means nothing. Typical upper class jargon...