Southern Ireland weather never seems to get a mention! 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. I don't ever recall seeing such
a large stationary mass of rain with pink and red levels of intensity for
such a length of time.
Dave

On 19 Nov, 11:06, "Dave Cornwell"
wrote:
Southern Ireland weather never seems to get a mention! 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. I don't ever recall seeing such
a large stationary mass of rain with pink and red levels of intensity for
such a length of *time.
Dave

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

Keith (Southend)

On 19 Nov, 11:06, "Dave Cornwell"
wrote:
Southern Ireland weather never seems to get a mention!

That's because it's 'uk'.sci.weather, and southern Ireland isn't in
the UK.

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. I don't ever recall seeing such
a large stationary mass of rain with pink and red levels of intensity for
such a length of *time.
Dave

Indeed. It seems far worse than Cumbria and southern Scotland. It that
mass of rain headed towards these areas?

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.

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

On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:06:56 -0000, Dave Cornwell wrote in


Southern Ireland weather never seems to get a mention! 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. I don't ever recall seeing such
a large stationary mass of rain with pink and red levels of intensity for
such a length of time.

There was severe flooding in parts of the ROI. In Cork alone damage is
estimated at £90 million. Useful article he

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/.../breaking1.htm where
these words appear:

"Massive damage was caused all along the western approach to Cork city
centre, after flood waters surged, following the release by the ESB of a
large volume of water from Inniscarra Dam eight miles from the city"

and
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...7.html?via=rel

Waiting for more heavy rain right now:-(

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Mike Tullett - Coleraine 55.13°N 6.69°W posted 11/21/2009 9:52:05 AM GMT

On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:06:56 -0000, Dave Cornwell wrote in


Southern Ireland weather never seems to get a mention! 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. I don't ever recall seeing such
a large stationary mass of rain with pink and red levels of intensity for
such a length of time.

And now it appears "Water supplies to over 18,000 householders in Cork city
are unlikely to be restored for at least a week". Taken from:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/.../breaking1.htm

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Mike Tullett - Coleraine 55.13°N 6.69°W posted 23/11/2009 12:33:35 GMT