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PLANNING YOUR BANK Holiday weekend?
Well, you might want to take note of the latest rainfall update from Met Éireann (and make sure that, where-ever you’re planning on galavanting off to — you pack a nice warm jumper and a raincoat).
The weather service has just issued a ‘status orange’ rainfall warning for Leinster, Tipperary and Waterford.
[Met.ie]
Apparently, we can expect “heavy and persistent” rain, with amounts between “40 to 70mm” likely over 24 hours.
The warning comes into effect at 3am, and lasts until 6am on Sunday morning.
If you live outside of the affected areas, you’re not going to escape the bad weather completely, either — there’ll be “more patchy” rain elsewhere in the country.
Sunday, at this stage, is looking quite a bit better, however: “mainly dry with sunny spells” and “perhaps a few isolated showers” — but high temperatures of just 15 degrees or so in some areas.
By Monday, conditions will be better again though, and the temperatures will be back up to the early 20s…
At which point, we’ll write a story telling you to put suncream on.
Honestly, how would you cope without us?
[My Left Foot]
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They forecasted heavy rain for today aswell. Dry as a bone where I am. Met eireann shouldn’t call it a weather forecast, it should be called “a wild stab at what could potentially happen”
With all this reporting of tomorrows deluge in Leinster – anyone thinking a few showers and a bit of misty rain?
Ooooops! How’s that for a jinx :)
Row row row your boat
Gently down the stream
If you see the guys from Irish Water
Don’t forget to scream
Be safe bank holidayers lets watch the roads in the bad weather arrive alive and sure it wouldn’t be Ireland without the rain.
Get ye’re buckets ready.. Free water :)
Ya needn’t worry.. The Government will cop on that we’re harvesting the rainwater so in years to come when it’s announced that say “10 mils of rainwater fell” we’ll all be sent a bill in the post…
There is a levy in some places for harvesting rainwater, can’t remember exactly where. When they start to run out of things to tax, and I reckon they’re pretty close.. rainwater harvesting will be levied.
Now if someone could invent a cheap and reliable method of making rainwater potable, I reckon there’s could be a lot of money to be made. As it stands rainwater can and usually contains some rather nasty bacteria,mostly originating from Bird droppings.
Not many people know this, but Irish weather forecasting has been sub contracted to Irish Psychics Live for years….a dodgy deal done by a former minister to “save money…..but at premium phone rates.” So the Irish weather forecast is as accurate as “reading” the leaves at the bottom of your tea cup…..everyone in Government Buildings knows this but is too embarrassed to admit this….but they all listen to the BBC fishing weather report themselves.
I thought Michael ‘Hurricane’ Fish had retired ;)
Just seen the four horsemen of the apocalypse passing in their oilers….
Was Windy Knickers doing the forecast on rte
But in mayo the sun will shine. Mayo for Sam!! And Dublin got a shower of junkies…..
You could always use that room at the back of your house with the 1500 euros worth of cooking equipment and a roof on it.
One word folks… Gazebo! BBQ away.
Jaysus t’would be a great little country if only you could put a roof on it.
Love the smell of loads of rain in the summer. Had planned on having a very productive day clearing and cleaning the back garden – thank you Met Eireann, now I can sleep it out! zzzzz
Look forward to 3am love listening to d rain, shame I cleaned d windows tho #mucky
Shite .. Flipping car packed up to do a car boot sale
I was talking to a guy here today in Calgary, Canada. He said the the last two summers have been the wettest he has ever seen, I looked at him as if he had 2 heads, I think it rained for an hour at night last week, and not sure when before that!
This time next year when we are in full swing of water bills….. There might be some what different tones used in a rainy day forecast for Leinster me thinks…. 90 litres I used to water my flowers, plants, fruits and veg today…. !!! Shocking. Gazebo bbq’s is the way forward for me an let the rain water my garden and all it’s contents…. God bless the irish summers…
Shocking weathet.
Sick of all this rain; will it ever stop.
If Ireland has summers like Spain we could holiday at home.
Ignored weather forecast, as you do.
Lovely evening swimming in dunmore east, alfresco dinner etc – felt smug like I had cheated met eireann.
Now I can’t sleep due to heavy rain pounding down on the tent!
Still, gives me time to plan how to pack up 4 kids, the kitchen sink and a wet tent tomorrow. .. .
I like the rain.
If God decides to start charging us half a cent a litre, we’re gonna need another BAILout.
Ah sure it should be nice and sunny just on time to go back to work
We had our two weeks in June, Ireland + summer = two weeks !
Were you asleep for July?
I just left town and its lashing. ..well no reason toget up in the morning so..
Video game weather =D
Was expecting the rain tonight,but went ahead with a BBQ anyway!! Fabulous evening no rain at all in north county Dublin !!
That’s easy to say, but not all bbq’s are the size of your average knife draw
No heavy rain to be seen in Clare today.
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