Carlow Weather

Fair play to ESB Network crews, with only 619 premises without power after a very busy period that saw up to 40k out at one stage during the 3 storms.

Still gusting to 97kmh at Malin Head and 94kmh at Mace Head this morning with heavy showers but cooler. A mix of sunny spells and showers as winds ease a little. High pressure still expected to build in over Ireland at the weekend.

Waterford airport reporting gust of 100kmh now.

8pm Monday and it’s a very rough night out there from storm with no name as Ireland is the windiest spot in Europe and one of the warmest too. Gusts up to 91kmh in the South. Up to 69mm of rain has fallen in Southwest since midnight and heavy rain continues.

Strongest winds in Southeast tonight and then into Northwest Tuesday morning. Good sunny spells but also heavy showers on Tuesday.

The good news about Monday is the rain will be warmer with a brief blast of heat

Latest high resolution models show winds slowly easing today before picking up again Monday afternoon and strong gusts Monday night. More rain moving up tonight and wet start to Monday and more rain Monday evening with over 30mm possible in parts of West and Southwest.

Scattered showers and some nice clear spells this morning but still gusting to 120kmh on the North coast. Top gusts overnight were 133kmh at Mace Head and Malin Head. 32,000 premises without power with a busy day ahead for ESB crews. A chilly morning with windchill as low as 1c.

A gust of 133kmh at Malin Head on the North coast from #StormBoelo

Don’t forget clocks go back 1 hour tonight

Banna Beach Kerry, thanks to Elaine for video.

Some delays and cancellations at Dublin Airport.

Main band of rain starting to clear the West but still heavy showers. Up to 52mm of rain has fallen since midnight in Southwest with over 40mm in parts of West. Gust of over 80km in West and wind will increase through today. 11am #StormBoelo update.

Warnings updated again with Dublin and some other counties added to yellow wind warning.

Dublin City Marathon forecast remains pretty much the same as one I shared yesterday with only a small chance of a shower, feeling cold with windchill and windy. Created a wind map to give an idea of direction on the route.

A lot of rain in 24 hours

Ireland lost under the rain this morning as #StormBoelo develops Northwest of Ireland. A very wet morning with over 15mm already recorded in the West and wind increasing with gusts of 85kmh on the West coast. Number of Orange warnings in place today.

Some big seas associated with #StromBoelo Saturday on the West and Northwest coast with a risk of coastal flooding.

Windchill forecast shows it feeling cool again tomorrow evening and Sunday.

Lots of lovely sunshine but that windchill is biting with some heavy scattered showers.

Powerscourt Waterfall in full flow this morning after #StormAusten Video by Powerscourt Estate

Friday morning update with the latest on #StormBoelo and the weekend.

Dublin City Marathon forecast. Windy with sustained Westerly winds of 35kmh to 40kmh and gusts of up to 70kmh. Good sunny spells, 7c to 9c but windchill lower. Small chance of a shower. Bring old warm clothes for start that you can donate. Back yourself and enjoy that breeze when at your back.

#StormAusten is pulling away but still raining in East and North for another few hours. Weather stats show up to 43mm in the last 24 hours in the South with top gust of 106kmh at Roche’s Point on the South coast. Good sunny spells to follow today with scattered showers and breezy

While no weather warnings have been issued for #StormBoelo at present it is likely warnings will be issued with strong gusts and heavy rain and over 50mm possible in parts of West and Southwest in 24 hours.

8:30pm Thursday and #StormAusten is spinning off the South coast of Ireland with heavy rain in Southern areas and up to 25mm has fallen so far near South coast. Rain will continue to move Northeast, clearing East coast around 10am Friday. Wind picking up in South and East tonight also.

Total rainfall accumulation from #StormAusten today and tonight and then #StormBoelo Saturday with some high totals. Especially in Southwest. Friday will see a break with sunny spells and scattered showers.

Now we have #StormBoelo named by UK Met Office for the storm on Saturday. Keep an eye for updates and new warnings that may be issued.

The wind and rain on Saturday now looks worse than what we will see from #StormAusten with over 30mm in 24 hours in parts of West and especially Southwest. Winds also look stronger on Saturday across the country.

Thursday morning update on #StormAusten and a wet and windy Saturday.

Wednesday evening long update with latest information on #StormAusten and the bank holiday weekend.

My weatherdata.ie has options for rainfall stats now including last 24 hours and last 7 days, previously it was just since midnight.

Orange rainfall warnings issued now for #StormAusten for Cork, Kerry, Waterford, Dublin, Wexford, Wicklow. More updates later.

The exact track of #StormAusten remains a little uncertain as you can see on these two high-resolution models. AROME and HARMONIE. AROME has it a little further North which brings stronger winds into more parts of Ireland. The heavy rain is also further North on AROME. More later.

Winds remaining strong this morning and only slowly easing through the day.

Rain clearing North after a noisy night and wind still gusting up to 83kmh but rainfall amounts in East much lower than forecast on Met Éireann model. The yellow warning for Dublin and Wicklow remains in place until 10am but the worst of the rain has mainly cleared there.

A gust of 106kmh at Mace Head in the last hour as strong gusts and heavy rain hit the West. Several reports of very strong sudden gusts in the West. Heavy rain across the country tonight with rain clearing East early Wednesday.

Could be a little rough for a ferry Friday morning.

High resolution charts starting to get #StormAusten into view and over 40mm in 24 hours up to 1am Friday could bring a risk of some local flooding. The next model update will cover more of the storm and I’d expect some weather warning updates.

The UK Met Office has named #StormAusten for Thursday into Friday. Yellow warnings are issued for Ireland at present. More later.

Tuesday morning update with latest on the potential storms. #CarlowWeather

Latest weather model charts for low system Thursday into Friday. As you can see track on all models keep strongest gusts South of Ireland but heavy rain likely and still some strong winds. Sunday still looking very breezy for DCM with the timing of rain uncertain.

Quick Monday afternoon update on some wet and windy weather to arrive tomorrow Tuesday.

The @metoffice.gov.uk new update on their WOW service being shut down this December. Met Éireann say they are working on a replacement for wow.met.ie and allow personal stations. I have built weatherdata.ie to show official station data.

Parts of eastern Spain, south of Valencia, have recorded almost 680 mm of rain in just 24 hours, with the worst rainfall concentrated around Pego and Oliva, near the northern Costa Blanca. For context that is nearly the total annual rainfall for Dublin! Data from Avamet.

A cool dry Monday in Ireland, down as low as -2c but some rain approaching the Southeast. Spain has red warning again today for part of the East after flash flooding yesterday the rain continues today, also impacting parts of Southeast France.