On Nov 19, 1:57*pm, "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:
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.

Met Eireann give yesterdays rain totals.
http://www.met.ie/latest/yesterday.asp

Only 57 mm seems to be the max over 24 hrs at Valentia.
Not so much orographic enhancement or seeeder-feeder mecahnism going
on compared with Cumbria but nevertheless
surprising considering all those red and yellows shown on the radar
yesterday.
Is the radar overcooking it when it comes to Ireland?
Could there be more snow/rain mix in the clouds here, enhanceing
reflection and giving overestimation of rainfall rates at the surface?
Is the calibration of the Met Eireann radars the same as for those of
the UKMO?

Len
Wembury, SW Devon