On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:21:01 -0800 (PST), Keith (Southend)G wrote:

Looking at the radar it would appear that Central and Western
Southern
Ireland are in the middle of at least eight hours of torrential
rain.

Yes, the radar in that area seems to have packed up :-(

Doesn't seem to be anything missing on the meto site but the pink and
red areas are in a curious, static, radial pattern centred on the
circle of coverage...

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Cheers
Dave.