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THE highest daily rain-fall total in the country for October was recorded at Valentia Observatory, on Friday, October 8. The station recorded 64.7mm of rainfall. According to the latest Monthly Climate Report issued by Met Éireann. The Kerry station also recorded its wettest October since 2000, with 264.9mm, 150% of its Long […]

A STATUS Yellow Rainfall warning for Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford has been issued by Met Éireann. Heavy rain at times may cause some localised flooding. Rainfall totals generally around 30-40mm, higher in mountainous areas. The warning is valid from Tuesday at 3pm until 9am on Wednesday morning. It […]

LAST month was a very wet one in this part of the country, judging by the rainfall levels in Valentia Observatory. The monthly climate report from Met Éireann released yesterday showed that 219.7 mm of rain (191% of its Long-Term Average) fell at Valentia Observatory last month, the highest level in the […]

WIND and rain will be the order of the day in Kerry as Met Éireann updates its warnings. A Status Yellow rainfall warning was announced for Kerry tonight, to take effect from midnight for all of Friday and Friday night. There’s 30 to 40mm of rainfall expected with risk of spot […]

ANOTHER day, another weather warning. Saturday’s Status Orange Wind Warning was downgraded to Yellow and didn’t affect us much here in Tralee at all. But Status Yellow Wind and Rainfall warnings were issued by Met Eireann for Kerry which will be in effect overnight. South to southeast winds will reach […]

LET’S hope the parade goes off on time tomorrow night! While the rain has so far been light today and tomorrow looks dry, things aren’t looking so good for Saturday night. The remnants of tropical Storm Ernesto is on the way and has prompted Met Eireann to issue a Status […]

IT’S about to get a bit wet tomorrow afternoon after the lovely sunshine we’ve been enjoying today. Met Eireann has issued a Status Yellow Rainfall Warning for eight counties including Kerry. In the 24 hour period from Thursday afternoon to Friday afternoon, there’ll be between 30 and 50 mm of […]

AND it’s just for us. Met Eireann has been a bit warning-happy of late with all the storms and heavy rain. This time they decided to issue one just for us down here in the Kingdom. The Status Yellow Rainfall Warning is valid until 9am tomorrow morning and will see […]

NOT good. It looks like it’ll be wet tonight and tomorrow according to the experts. It’s already pretty misty this afternoon in Tralee, but Met Eireann has issued a Yellow Status Rainfall Warning for Kerry taking effect from this evening. The warning is for Kerry, Clare Mayo and Galway and […]

ANOTHER rainfall warning has been issued for Kerry by Met Eireann. This time it’s a Yellow Status alert for Cork and Kerry from tonight at 9pm until the same time on Wednesday night. Rainfall accumulations between 30mm and 50mm expected over the 24 hour period, but higher accumulations possible in […]

YOU may have noticed that it’s pretty rotten outside today, but it should clear later this evening. The rain is coming down at the moment and Met Eireann has issued a Yellow Status Weather Advisory for Munster, Leinster, Cavan and Monaghan. There’ll be heavy rain today, continuing in the east for […]

YOU may have noticed it’s been raining for a while now. Well Met Eireann has updated its Yellow Status rainfall warning for Kerry, Clare, Cork, Limerick and Connacht, which was due to end at 6pm today, until tomorrow afternoon. There’ll be further falls of heavy rain today, tonight and into Saturday, […]

LOOKS like we’ll have to keep our brollies out for another day at least, as Met Eireann issued another weather warning today for Kerry this morning. The Status Yellow rainfall warning will stay in place until 6pm tomorrow evening. The warning means that Kerry, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo and Clare will see […]

WHILE the rest of the country reported rainfall way below the average for October, Valentia bucked the trend last month according to Met Eireann’s latest figures. Thanks to the dreadful days we experienced on October 3-4, the south Kerry station reported slightly above average rainfall. October 3rd was the wettest […]

AT least it’s not orange. It’s set to be a wet day ahead according to the good folk at Met Eireann. There’s a Status Yellow Rainfall Warning in effect for Kerry and Cork from 9am today until 9am on Saturday. A spell of heavy rain is expected to develop today over […]

THE Code Orange rainfall warning which was expected to last until 6pm, has been revised this morning by Met Eireann and will now end at 3pm today. This may be some solace to the many people around the county who had been fearing a repeat of last winter’s floods. However, they say further heavy rain is expected […]

SANDBAGS are being distributed in parts of the county as up to 100mm of rain is expected over the next day. Met Éireann issued a Code Orange rainfall warning for Kerry which is valid until 6pm on Tuesday and up to 100mm is expected on higher ground particularly in coastal areas. […]

KERRY could see up to 100mm of rain in the next day according to Met Eireann. They have just issued a Status Orange Rainfall Warning just for  Kerry.  From 60 to 80 mm of rainfall is forecasted for today, tonight and much of Tuesday with up to 100 mm possible in […]

IT’S been a few weeks since we had one of these but it was inevitable really. A Yellow Status Rainfall Warning for Kerry, Wicklow, Donegal, Galway, Mayo and Cork is in effect at the moment and it’s going to last until midnight tonight. Heavy rain is forecast for  Friday with accumulations over […]

IT’S almost a daily occurrence now, but Met Eireann has issued yet another Status Yellow rainfall warning for Kerry and Cork. In what seems like a never-ending issuing of warnings, they are predicting rainfall totals of 25 to 40 mm in 24 hours from midnight last night to midnight tonight, […]

MET Eireann has just issued another rainfall warning for Kerry for tomorrow. While we can expect a dry enough New Year’s Eve tonight, in what is a relentless barrage of terrible weather, Kerry and Cork have been put on Status Yellow rainfall alert from 9am on Friday to 9am on […]

  WE’RE going to get the worst of the weather tomorrow according to Met Eireann as they issued a Status Orange rainfall warning for Kerry this evening. They’re saying we’re potentially going to get up to 70mm of rain between Tuesday noon and Wednesday noon and with a Status Orange […]

IN case you hadn’t noticed, the weather has been pretty bad of late. There seems to be no let up in the rain and wind as it pummels the country and Kerry seems to be getting it very bad. There’s Status Yellow rainfall and wind warnings in effect for the […]

  IT’S going to be a wet one tomorrow, apparently. We got off relatively lightly at the weekend, considering the Orange rainfall alert for Saturday, but the rain hasn’t gone away you know. Met Eireann tonight has issued a Status Yellow Rainfall Warning for Cork, Kerry and Waterford with rainfall totals […]

IT looks like we’re in for a repeat of last Saturday tomorrow, as Kerry is one of three counties to get the most of the rain. Met Eireann have just upgraded their Status Yellow rainfall warning to Orange for Kerry, Cork and Clare. Continued below… There will be prolonged falls […]

AS if a Status Yellow wind warning for tomorrow wasn’t enough, we’ll have to contend with a serious amount of rain in Kerry too. Met Eireann have now issued a Status Yellow rainfall warning for tomorrow, from midnight tonight throughout all of Wednesday. Rainfall Warning for Kerry, Clare, Connacht and Donegal with 20-35 mm […]

THERE’S still hours to go before the rain eases off, but that’s little solace for some people in estates around town. People have been posting photos of the floods on social media all day and this one has cropped up on the Benchwarmers Twitter page which looks like a guy […]

FEELING blue this morning because of the weather? We don’t blame you. Here’s what Ireland looks like on the rainfall radar supplied by Met Eireann at 9.30am. That big blue hue over Ireland shows Kerry is being hit by high winds and sustained rainfall, expected to last into the early […]