Latest news with #BrandonCreagh
Irish Times
a day ago
- Climate
- Irish Times
Met Éireann records more than 50mm of rain as downpours hit Dublin and Louth
More than 50mm of rain was recorded in parts of counties Louth and Dublin during downpours on Monday. Status Orange rain and thunderstorm warnings for the two counties, as well as Meath and Wicklow, expired at 2pm on Monday. Met Éireann had warned of potential impacts including widespread surface flooding, difficult travelling conditions, lightning damage and very poor visibility. A UK Met Office amber alert for counties Antrim, Armagh and Down was in effect until 8am on Monday. The same three counties remain under a yellow rain alert until 6pm on Monday. READ MORE Met Éireann forecaster Brandon Creagh on Monday said 60mm of rainfall had been recorded in Dundalk, Co Louth since the early hours. He said there was 50mm of rain in Ardee, Co Louth, and 54mm in the Phoenix Park and Glasnevin in Dublin. He said coastal conditions were stable, while some smaller rivers posed a risk of flooding. In Dublin, Children's Health Ireland said there was flooding at Temple Street hospital but this had 'no major impact on patient care'. It said families would be contacted if any appointments or care plans were affected. 'Our priority remains the safety and wellbeing of our patients, families and staff.' In Co Fermanagh, footage posted online showed flood waters in the Marble Arch Caves as well as on a number of roads including Sligo Road in Enniskillen, which was described as impassable by police on Sunday. Flooding near Damastown Avenue, Co Dublin on Monday morning. Photograph: Alan Betson A PSNI spokeswoman said: 'Please take care when travelling, slow down, and exercise caution on affected roads.' A Met Éireann status yellow warning for counties Kildare and Monaghan expired at 2pm on Monday. This warned of the potential for localised flooding and difficult travel conditions. Limerick City and County Council said it responded to a flash flooding incident in the Dromcollogher area on Sunday evening. Sandbags were distributed to protect at-risk local properties, with farmers supporting the effort by supplying water pumps. 'Fire crews stood down at approximately 2am as water levels had receded,' the council said. 'All roads in the area are open this morning. Motorists are advised to proceed with caution.' The latest forecast suggests other parts of the State will be drier on Monday, albeit with some isolated showers. 'Later in the afternoon, rain in the east will ease and become patchy. Highest temperatures of 15 to 20 degrees in moderate, occasionally fresh, northwest winds,' Met Éireann said. 'Tonight it will become largely dry as any lingering rain in the northeast clears, leaving clear spells and isolated showers for the night. Lowest temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees in light west to northwest winds.' [ St Swithin's Day: It's raining today - will it rain for the next 40 days? Opens in new window ] Tuesday morning will be dry for the most part with bright spells and isolated showers. However, more frequent showers are expected to spread from the west through the morning and early afternoon, with high temperatures of 15 to 19 degrees. Wednesday and Thursday are to be drier days, with isolated showers forecast. Outbreaks of rain and drizzle will develop on western and southwestern fringes later on Thursday, when temperatures will reach highs of 18 to 22 degrees. Friday is forecast to get off to a cloudy start with scattered showers, but with sunny spells developing later in the day and temperatures rising to highs of 20 degrees. There is to be plenty of dry weather on Saturday, with sunny spells and showers, though there is a chance of more persistent rain on Sunday.
The Journal
2 days ago
- Climate
- The Journal
Dublin has gotten nearly as much rain since yesterday as the average for an entire July
THE LEVEL OF rainfall in Dublin since yesterday has amounted to nearly as much as what is usually spread out across the entire month of July, figures from Met Éireann show. Several counties in Leinster and Ulster have been under weather warnings this morning due to heavy rainfall, which has caused flooding and poor road conditions in some areas of the regions. Dublin, Louth and Meath have experienced the heaviest of the rain, with intense downpours overnight and into the morning. The three counties, along with Wicklow, have been under a Status Orange rainfall warning, which is 'fairly rare' for eastern counties in the month of July. Speaking to The Journal , meteorologist Brandon Creagh outlined that in a 24-hour period up to around 10am this morning, Dundalk in Louth experienced 60mm of rain, while Ardee, also in Louth, received 55mm. 'Meath was in the 50s as well with Navan at 54mm and Dunsany at 52mm, and Dublin also got into the 50s with 54mm in Phoenix Park and 52mm in Glasnevin,' he said. Creagh said a Status Orange rainfall warning is 'fairly rare for July for eastern counties'. Advertisement 'We can get systems pushing to the west and northwest and southwest that can get those levels of rainfall fairly often, but it's rare enough for Dublin and the east of the country to get those kind of high millimeters of rain,' he said. 'We do get heavy thunderstorms that are more likely in the summer, but these longer bands of rain don't typically bring this much rainfall in the summer.' The long-term (30-year) average rainfall total for July at the Phoenix Park weather station in Dublin is 60.1mm - but the conditions since yesterday have seen nearly as much rain as that monthly average fall in the area in just a 24-hour period. In 2024 and 2022, the total rain recorded at Phoenix Park in July was 49.9mm and 38.1mm respectively. 2023 was an exceptional year with 149.1mm of rain in July. Warning Updates Status Orange Rain & thunderstorm warning for Dublin, Louth, Meath & Wicklow Valid: 00:00 21/07/25 to 14:00 21/07/25 Status Yellow Rain warning for Kildare & Monaghan Valid: 00:00 21/07/25 to 14:00 21/07/25 Stay safe and updated⚠️ — Met Éireann (@MetEireann) July 20, 2025 The intense rainfall was caused by a low pressure system that has been influencing Ireland's weather over the past few days. 'It started off to the south of the country yesterday and it pushed up its occluded front, which brought heavy rain and showers and thunderstorms yesterday as well,' Creagh said. 'The way the system tracked was towards the UK and that shifted it more north-easterly and pushed that heavy band of rain into those east and northeastern counties,' he said. 'The way that the system tracked towards the east and then pushed the front over the northeast caused the front to lie there fairly stationary for a while, and that's why the rain was persistent and non-stop for those overnight hours into this morning,' he explained. Related Reads Heatwaves, blackouts and storms: 'Fail to prepare, prepare to fail' He added that worst of the incessant rain has now passed. The unusual level of rainfall for July is consistent with changing weather patterns caused by climate change. A warmer atmosphere is able to hold more moisture, making extreme precipitation events more likely and more intense. For every one additional degree of warming, the atmosphere can hold around 7% more moisture. 'As a result, heavy rainfall events are expected to be more common,' Creagh said. 'While this is just a single event and it's difficult to ascribe any one event as being a result of climate change, these events do become more likely as we head into a warming atmosphere.' Readers like you are keeping these stories free for everyone... A mix of advertising and supporting contributions helps keep paywalls away from valuable information like this article. Over 5,000 readers like you have already stepped up and support us with a monthly payment or a once-off donation. Learn More Support The Journal
The Irish Sun
6 days ago
- Climate
- The Irish Sun
Met Eireann issue fresh 9-hour thunderstorm warning for 5 counties amid battering rain forecast & flood risk fear
A FRESH thunderstorm warning has been issued for five counties, with Met Eireann warning "heavy" rain will batter down over the country. Despite temperatures reaching the low 20s over the coming days 4 Heavy rain is expected to fall Credit: Meteologix 4 The alert will kick in from 11am Credit: Met Eireann And the Met Office has issued a Status Yellow thunderstorm warning for Antrim, Armagh, Fermanagh, Tyrone and Derry. They warned: "Heavy showers and a few thunderstorms may cause some disruption, particularly to travel, on Thursday." The warning will kick in from 11am today and will last until 8pm this evening. Thunderstorms are also expected over the Republic of Ireland as we make our way into the weekend. READ MORE IN NEWS And Met Eireann's Brandon Creagh warned: "It's looking fairly unsettled over the next few days with low pressure remaining nearby and thunderstorms developing at times. "Today is cloudy and wet with heavy rain spreading eastwards, leading to some spot flooding possible in the west. "The rain will gradually clear from the west by afternoon with brighter sunny spells developing along with some further isolated heavy showers." MOST READ ON THE IRISH SUN Temperatures sitting at 23C despite the poor forecast, dropping to between 11C to 15C tonight. Moment 'possible tornado' whirls near busy Irish town with more 'thundery downpours' TODAY amid 'unsettled' conditions Overnight it will remain dry and clear except for some light showers tracking eastwards. Tomorrow sunny spells will break through early morning cloudy for a mostly pleasant day. Temperatures will reach up to 22C with some scattered showers falling. But conditions will turn unsettled once again overnight with temperatures down to 15C. It will be dry overnight under broken cloud with isolated showers and light rain or drizzle in the southwest. FURTHER THUNDERSTORMS And thunderstorms are expected once again into the weekend. Looking to Saturday Met Eireann said: "Generally dry with sunny spells and scattered showers to begin, before a band of rain slowly spreads from the southwest, turning heavy and possibly thundery at times. "Highest temperatures of 17C to 21C with mostly light southerly breezes." And those outbreaks of rain will continue overnight but will break up and turned more scattered overnight. Temperatures are expected to sit between 10C and 14C. And thunder is expected once again on Sunday amid a mix of sunny spells. Met Eireann said: "Spells of sunshine on Sunday, along with isolated, heavy and possibly thundery showers." And temperatures will get up to 21C on Sunday. 4 There is a real flood risk amid the heavy rain 4 Thunderstorms are expected several days this week Credit: Alamy
Irish Times
15-06-2025
- Climate
- Irish Times
Warm and dry weather set to return after weekend deluge in parts of country
Ireland is in for a significant period of warm, dry and settled weather following a very damp first half of June, according to Met Éireann . Parts of Dublin and Wicklow got 31mm of rain on Saturday . At lunchtime on Saturday, Casement Aerodrome in southwest Dublin got 15mm in a single hour. Flash flooding in St Anne's Park in north Dublin led to the evacuation of a car park. That is set to change from Monday as an area of high pressure builds over the country, bringing drier weather and steadily rising temperatures. There will be patches of light rain and drizzle in parts of Connacht and Ulster on Monday and Tuesday, but it will start to brighten up from Wednesday. READ MORE The scene at St Anne's Park, Clontarf today. 📽 ako147_ — Boyne News (@BoyneNews) Temperatures are due to reach highs of 21 degrees on Monday, rising to 23 degrees by Friday. Met Éireann's long-term forecast suggests there will be above average temperatures next weekend. This is expected to continue into next week. The forecaster says the 'signal for high pressure remains with a continuation of the settled, drier-than-usual weather'. Temperatures are once again expected to trend higher than normal overall, it says on its website. Initial signals for the start of July indicate a better-than-average chance of high pressure continuing, with temperatures above normal and rainfall lower than normal. Met Éireann forecaster Brandon Creagh told The Irish Times there will be rain on Monday and Tuesday, but it will be 'fairly light'. 'As we head into Wednesday, high pressure begins to build and there is more in the way of sunshine. Thursday is going to be quite warm with a south-easterly wind bringing drier air up from Europe,' he said. Mr Creagh said a few showers may 'clip the west coast' next weekend, but it is looking drier and warmer than average and that trend is likely to continue into next week.
Irish Times
18-05-2025
- Climate
- Irish Times
Thundery downpours to break sunny spell next week, Met Éireann warns
The dry and sunny weather in Ireland which has continued since late April is set to break this week, according to Met Éireann . Forecaster Brandon Creagh says widespread showers and potential thunderstorms can be expected from Monday afternoon. 'There will be plenty of sun to start tomorrow, but as we head into the afternoon the high pressure system is slowly moving away, allowing some low pressure activity to develop. We could get some heavy showers developing from one o'clock onwards and those showers have the potential to turn into thunderstorms.' The showers are set to develop in south Leinster and track across north Munster and south and west Connacht. READ MORE Mr Creagh said there will be further showers with potential for thunderstorms on Tuesday evening, with these likely to be more widespread and he warned that this may lead to some light surface water flooding. The showers will be welcomed by Uisce Éireann, who said on Friday that water supplies were 'on a knife edge' in the Greater Dublin Area as the number of areas of the State experiencing drought conditions had increased to 26. With next to no rainfall due across the country in the following days, the utility company said water supply remained 'on a knife edge' in the Greater Dublin Area. Uisce Éireann had appealed to consumers to be mindful of their water usage, saying that 'This is close to the limit of what can be sustainably produced by our water treatment infrastructure.' Temperatures may reach up to 23 degrees on Wednesday, but it will be a little cooler in the northern coastal fringes thanks to moderate northerly breezes. More widespread showers and thundery spells are expected from that afternoon, drying up for the evening into night time. The forecast for the coming days is for sunshine and showery spells, with temperatures remaining in the low twenties. Thursday and Friday are expected to be drier days, with plenty of sunshine. Heading into the weekend, it looks like a return to widespread rain showers and a drop in temperatures down to the mid teens from Sunday onwards, according to Met Éireann.
