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

Trebor176 · 16-03-2019 10:20am

I've woken to the sounds of heavy rain belting against my window, and wind. I'm in Dublin.

km79 · 16-03-2019 10:24am

Teemarie wrote: »

Thanks all for your replies!! Looks like it will be Monday so!

It should have been called off already imo
The football anyway
No way it will take two matches

Teemarie · 16-03-2019 10:37am

Absolutely Km79 my thoughts exactly the football definitely won't go ahead. The gaa should have called it especially due to the long distance for supporters very unfair

mjp · 16-03-2019 10:40am

In Galway's defence it's the only game that had a warning since yesterday of an early pitch inspection. Got caught out down in Waterford 2 weeks ago so know how it feels to make wasted journeys across country

Teemarie · 16-03-2019 10:57am

True mjp it is frustrating though!

pad199207 · 16-03-2019 11:07am

Miserable morning. Almost my wettest March on record

Mortelaro · 16-03-2019 11:18am

Still dry but very windy in Arklow
Only 1mm since midnight and 3.2mm prior
No complaints

Storm 10 · 16-03-2019 11:19am

Teemarie wrote: »

Hi storm 10 or anyone from Galway how is the weather there now I see from above that it rained all night. Just wondering whether to chance traveling from Wexford for hurling. Pitch inspection was at 8 and they advised doing another one at 10!!! Match at 1:30 so be to late leaving at 10:30!

Just confirmed on local radio all matches going ahead in Pearse Stadium

Teemarie · 16-03-2019 11:21am

Thanks all, I just heard it's going ahead. hopefully the weather will improve!

Harry Palmr · 16-03-2019 11:22am

When is a storm not a Storm? It feels like the gusts have been as strong as the last named storm.

Xenji · 16-03-2019 11:38am

We got 26mm of rain in Castlebar since yesterday evening, so the warning was pretty accurate, we could break 200mm for the month by the end of the weekend.

SleetAndSnow · 16-03-2019 11:42am

Woken up 3 times within 3 hours by the wind hitting the house and heavy rain in cork city. Pretty bad out there

Meteorite58 · 16-03-2019 11:53am

Coming up on 25mm since rain started yesterday here near Tralee, that brings it up to 152mm or the month.

Water standing in the garden this morning in places that I haven't seen for a long while.

Got very windy last night getting up over 70 km/h

The advancing milder air associated with the system and colder air now spreading into the NW.

Will be interesting to watch the temperature drop during the day, currently at 8.9C , 11C at 08.30

Plenty of convective showers to move in once the front clears . Looks like enough shear with cold uppers and good enough lapse rates to aid Thunder later especially along Atlantic coasts. Wintry showers and a few big hail showers look set to fall overnight into tomorrow again especially along Atlantic coasts. Would expect the mountains down here to have white peaks and possibly ridges in the morning. will need to wrap up tight for the parades tomorrow!

Widespread frosts with icy roads away from Atlantic coasts overnight into Sunday morning.

Meteorite58 · 16-03-2019 12:05pm

7.9C now here near Tralee

Still raining, lightly now , no sign of a clearance yet.

Kutebride · 16-03-2019 12:25pm

Driving Meath to Galway shortly and it looks like the front will be clearing as we drive West. Hurrah.

irishgeo · 16-03-2019 12:28pm

Some rain last night. Fields were flooded this morning compared to yesterday morning.

Graces7 · 16-03-2019 12:28pm

Clearing nicely here now. The birds can be heard above the breeze. and the bare mountains are unveiled in all their winter dark splendour.

west mayo offshore

pad199207 · 16-03-2019 12:34pm

23mm here in Kildare since yesterday

Graces7 · 16-03-2019 1:05pm

Thunder? was not expecting that, but the sunshine was short-lived and now a loud shower.. volatile weather.

west mayo offshore

pauldry · 16-03-2019 1:16pm

Temperatures were forecast way lower than they are and still are. Its 11 and 12c in lots of places not 6 to 9c.

sryanbruen · 16-03-2019 1:31pm

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

irishgeo · 16-03-2019 1:36pm

Blue skies in mayo.

Tacklebox · 16-03-2019 1:56pm

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.

Meteorite58 · 16-03-2019 2:03pm

6.5C now near Tralee

Graces7 · 16-03-2019 2:11pm

and back to drumming deluges and squally winds. No more sunshine or bright skies.

west mayo offshore

Comhrá · 16-03-2019 2:15pm

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.

The_Brood · 16-03-2019 2:19pm

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

Graces7 · 16-03-2019 2:20pm

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

Mortelaro · 16-03-2019 2:25pm

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

Mortelaro · 16-03-2019 2:35pm

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

mickger844posts · 16-03-2019 3:00pm

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

Cork Boy 53 · 16-03-2019 3:02pm

Rainfall has finally stopped in my area and temperature is dropping fairly rapidly.

Graces7 · 16-03-2019 4:33pm

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.

MidMan25 · 16-03-2019 5:48pm

Much better weather this afternoon, lots of sun.

km79 · 16-03-2019 5:50pm

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

Snow Garden · 16-03-2019 6:19pm

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/

pad199207 · 16-03-2019 6:21pm

Casement reporting Sleet at 17:00

kittyn · 16-03-2019 6:28pm

Progressively turning to snow here ....... Leitrim / Roscommon boarder

Tacklebox · 16-03-2019 8:53pm

kittyn wrote: »

Progressively turning to snow here ....... Leitrim / Roscommon boarder

Raining here in Clare

Kermit.de.frog · 16-03-2019 11:32pm

Shannon recent snow with a temperature of 2c, Sleet shower @ Cork Airport

GoneHome · 16-03-2019 11:34pm

Sleet here now South Co Limerick

Monkeynut · 17-03-2019 12:23am

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

ZX7R · 17-03-2019 12:32am

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

Gaoth Laidir · 17-03-2019 12:44am

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".

ZX7R · 17-03-2019 3:11am

just had a quick shower of big wet snowflakes maynooth...

highdef · 17-03-2019 3:43am

ZX7R wrote: »

just had a quick shower of big wet snowflakes maynooth...

Similar further west, near Enfield

Graces7 · 17-03-2019 8:10am

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

blackbird99 · 17-03-2019 12:00pm

the galtees today

fryup · 17-03-2019 12:06pm

any st patricks day parades cancelled?

Snow Garden · 17-03-2019 12:32pm

blackbird99 wrote: »

the galtees today

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

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

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