Update at 1400
The first band of rain is continuing to move slowly west and north west across Ireland pivoting around the area of low pressure which will come to a halt over Wales. Rain mainly affecting the northern and eastern half of Leinster with gale force east to northeast winds but soon moving into the northeast.
The front will stay close to the eastern side of the country with rain on and off for most of the day becoming light and intermittent at times but with the odd heavy bursts too. The front is predicted to pep up again through Thursday morning bringing another spell of wet weather to east Ulster and Leinster. The strong easterly winds will back to the NE during the evening and later back more to the north overnight. Winds will now reach gale force in the north, northwest and western half of the country through Thursday while decreasing over the east and south. The flooding risk will continue with a lot of surface water but any drier spells should allow for this to subside somewhat. Rivers sourced in the Wicklow mtns will continue to rise as rainfall will always be highest here.
First chart shows the predicted rainfall accumulations to midnight tonight
The next chart shows the front regenerating over the Irish sea and heading onshore during Thursday morning.
This chart shows the predicted rainfall accumulations for the entire event late Thursday evening.
The first band of rain is continuing to move slowly west and north west across Ireland pivoting around the area of low pressure which will come to a halt over Wales. Rain mainly affecting the northern and eastern half of Leinster with gale force east to northeast winds but soon moving into the northeast.
The front will stay close to the eastern side of the country with rain on and off for most of the day becoming light and intermittent at times but with the odd heavy bursts too. The front is predicted to pep up again through Thursday morning bringing another spell of wet weather to east Ulster and Leinster. The strong easterly winds will back to the NE during the evening and later back more to the north overnight. Winds will now reach gale force in the north, northwest and western half of the country through Thursday while decreasing over the east and south. The flooding risk will continue with a lot of surface water but any drier spells should allow for this to subside somewhat. Rivers sourced in the Wicklow mtns will continue to rise as rainfall will always be highest here.
First chart shows the predicted rainfall accumulations to midnight tonight
The next chart shows the front regenerating over the Irish sea and heading onshore during Thursday morning.
This chart shows the predicted rainfall accumulations for the entire event late Thursday evening.
