After the torrential rain at the weekend the water rose to 8 on the gauge and has since dropped back to around 7.5
Yesterday and today were mainly dry and mild. Good numbers of fish were reported over the weekend from the Lareen stretch and below Lennox’s at the Wash Stones and Money Hole.
Fish have been reported today from the Blackwater, Island Pool and Turn Hole on fly and flying c, with a couple of others lost on fly.

Water levels should continue to drop further if the northwest escapes most of the rain.

Current Forecast

19 August 2008 16:37

Today

Scattered showers this evening, some heavy. Rain or showers in many areas tonight also, with some mist and fog in places. Lowest temperatures of 10 C to 13 C, with winds moderating.

Tomorrow

Further outbreaks of rain in most areas tomorrow, heavy at times. Highest temperatures of 16 C to 19 C, with a light to moderate, mainly west to southwest breeze.

3 Day Outlook

Outbreaks of showery rain may persist over the south of the country on Wednesday night but generally most places will be dry. Thursday and Friday will be two fairly bright days with spells of sunshine. There will still be isolated showers around on Thursday, but Friday should be a dry day. Temperatures though will only reach highs of around 18 or 19C. Saturday will start off dry but then it will begin to cloud over and it will rain later in the day and for a time on Saturday evening and early night. Sunday will be a mild cloudy day, fairly dry in many places but with rain at times in the north. While there will be rain or showers during the rest of the week amounts of rain wont be as excessive as recently.

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Following heavy rain last night water levels have risen from just over 5 to just below 6 overnight, water is still rising slowly.

Fish were taken from the Sea Pool and Island Pool and below The Four Master’s Bridge yesterday on fly and from the Money Hole and Meadow on shrimp and flying c respectively.

There are still decent numbers of grilse running and there is the odd larger fish about also, a 9 pounder was taken on shrimp from the Sea Pool on Saturday.

Todays Temperatures at 9.30am were:
Air 15c
Water 18c

Tides for the coming days are:
Tuesday 12th August
0344 2.6m
1601 2.9m

Wednesday 13th August
0446 2.8m
1653 3.1m

Thursday 14th August
0530 3.1m
1733 3.3m

Friday 15th August
0605 3.3m
1808 3.6m

Saturday 16th August (New Moon)
0638 3.5m
1840 3.7m

Sunday 17th August
0709 3.6m
1913 3.9m

Weather Outlook is:
Current Forecast

12 August 2008 05:14

Today

Today will be overcast and wet over much of Ulster with some local flooding this morning but the rain easing later. Brighter spells over the rest of the country with some sunshine but with plenty of showers also some heavy or thundery. Highest temperatures 16 to 18 degrees Celsius. Becoming windy in the West and South later.

Tonight

Drizzle in the Northeast tonight but showers or longer spells of rain elsewhere, heavy or thundery in places. Lowest temperatures 10 to 12 degrees. Windy in the South and West.

Tomorrow

Spells of rain likely over Connacht, much of Leinster and Munster with some showers to the North. Fresh winds lighter in the North.

3 Day Outlook

The weather continues to remain very unsettled with no hope at all of any real improvement this week or over the weekend. Most of the showers will die away tomorrow night and it will be fairly clear through the night-time. Thursday and Friday won’t be the wettest days of the week. There will be showers on Thursday but also good dry periods when the weather may be nice and bright and sunny. There will be a good deal of dry bright weather too for the first half of Friday. But then during the day on Friday cloud will increase and outbreaks of rain will start to develop. But it will be over the weekend that the rain will get very heavy once more. During Saturday another Atlantic depression will come close to Ireland. That will give more torrential rain, cloudbursts and downpours and lead on to more flooding. Then an improvement for Sunday but the day is still likely to be showery.

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Water levels are just under 5 on the gauge at the Four Master’s Bridge. There are good numbers of grilse running, with a slight increase in average size of grilse to around 3lbs. Six grilse were reported from the Sea Pools this morning on shrimp and worm, the best of which was 5.5lbs. Fish were also reported from the Mill Pool, Red Roof, Island Pool, Money Hole and Cascades.

An average of half a dozen grilse have beed recorded daily since the last report with alot of very small grilse reported earlier in the month.

Weather has become much milder in recent days.

Today’s Temperatures were:
Water 18c
Air 23c

The Tides for the coming days are:

Friday 25th 11.27am 3.3m, 23.49pm 3.3m
Saturday 26th 12.24pm 3.2m
Sunday 27th 12.54am 3.2m, 13.34pm 3.1m
Monday 28th 2.13am 3.1m, 2.51pm 3.2m

Weather Outlook for the coming days is;

Rain Total:19.7 mm Occurring: Jul 24 | Jul 25 | Jul 26 | Jul 27 | Jul 28AccuWeather.com Forecast: Days 1-5Days 1-5 Days 6-10 Days 11-15 Weekends All 15 Days Currently at 4:45: PMMore Details

Mostly CloudyRealFeel®:23 °CTemp: 21 °C
Thursday, Jul 24More Details Sunny periods with a couple of showers. Winds from the ESE at 17 km/h.Realfeel®: 24 °CHigh: 24 °CThursday Night, Jul 24More Details Mostly cloudy with a couple of showers. Winds from the ESE at 14 km/h.Realfeel®: 13 °CLow: 14 °C
Friday, Jul 25More Details Mostly cloudy with a couple of showers. Winds from the ESE at 12 km/h.Realfeel®: 19 °CHigh: 21 °CFriday Night, Jul 25More Details A passing shower in the evening; otherwise, mostly cloudy. Winds will be calmRealfeel®: 16 °CLow: 13 °C
Saturday, Jul 26More Details Sunny periods with a passing shower. Winds from the SSE at 4 km/h.Realfeel®: 24 °CHigh: 20 °CSaturday Night, Jul 26More Details Overcast. Winds will be calmRealfeel®: 14 °CLow: 13 °C
Sunday, Jul 27More Details Mostly cloudy with a couple of showers. Winds from the S at 12 km/h.Realfeel®: 18 °CHigh: 19 °CSunday Night, Jul 27More Details Rain. Winds from the SSE at 4 km/h.Realfeel®: 14 °CLow: 13 °C
Monday, Jul 28More Details Periods of rain. Winds from the SSE at 11 km/h.Realfeel®: 18 °CHigh: 19 °CMonday Night, Jul 28More Details Rain. Winds from the SSE at 8 km/h.Realfeel®: 14 °CLow: 13 °C

From www.accuweather.com

24 July 2008 16:10

Today

Warm and muggy for the rest of the day with hazy sunshine in many areas, Occasional showers also, but these will be light and well-scattered.
Tonight

Staying mild and very humid through the night with a few showers and a continuing risk of thunder. Some mist and patchy fog too, mainly near the east and south coast. Lowest temperatures 12 to 15 degrees, in light winds.
Tomorrow

More widespread showers are likely tomorrow, some of these could turn very heavy and thundery, but there will also be spells of bright sunshine. Highest temperatures 18 to 23 degrees in a light to moderate southerly breeze.
3 Day Outlook

Over the weekend and for the start of next week temperatures will not be as high and the weather will gradually become more unsettled. Fairly cloudy on Friday night with scattered outbreaks of rain but most of the night will be dry. However it may be foggy as well. Saturday and Sunday will be two fairly cloudy days and there may be rain at times. However the rain will generally not be that heavy and there should be long dry periods during the day. Highest temperatures will be around 20 or 21C at most. Then during the first couple of days of next week the weather looks like turning back to its very wet pattern of the early summer as heavy thundery rain once more sweeps up across Ireland from the south.

From www.met.ie

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At long last we have had the heavy rain that everywhere else in the country seemed to be having over the past few weeks. Water levels have risen overnight and are at just under 5 on the gauge at the Four Master’s Bridge and rising.

There has been a decent run of grilse in the 3 to 4lbs range over the past week, with most days seeing 6 to 10 fish being taken throughout the river. Small flies, sizes 12-14, Cascades, Ally’s, Curry’s Red and worm are accounting for the majority of grilse with others taken on shrimp.

Fish have been taken from all over the river. The Sea Pools have produced good numbers of fish as have, Sand Hole, Trout Pool, Briney’s, Red Roof,Island Pool, Black Gutter and EeL Weir.

Today’s Temperatures, taken this afternoon were:

Water 14c
Air 15c

The weather outlook from the Irish Met Office for the coming days is:

10 July 2008 11:40

Today

Cloudy in most areas for the rest of today, with showers or longer spells of rain, and the risk of some thundery downpours. Some sunny spells too, mainly in the south and southeast, and later in the northwest. Highest temperatures generally 15 to 18 degrees.

Tonight

Dry in most areas tonight, but still some showers, mainly in the east and southeast. Breezy, with lowest temperatures 9 to 12 degrees.

Tomorrow

A brighter, fresher day tomorrow, with some sunny periods and scattered passing showers. Cool and breezy, with highest temperatures 14 to 18 degrees.

3 Day Outlook

There’s still no sign of a good settled spell of weather but it will be drier in most areas for part or all of the weekend but become more humid again during Sunday and for early next week. Here’s the details;Saturday and Sunday will be dry and bright in many parts with sunny spells – though a few scattered light showers are still possible anywhere on Saturday while on Sunday light rain and drizzle will develop in western counties in the latter half of the day. Light to moderate west to northwest winds on Saturday will give daytime temperatures from mid to higher teens but a few degrees warmer on Sunday as winds back southwest to south. Close and cloudy on Sunday night with outbreaks of rain and drizzle spreading to all parts but becoming mostly dry and warm on Monday with bright or sunny spells developing. Temperatures will reach the higher teens into the low-twenties and winds will be moderate southwest to west.

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There has been an absence of reports over the last number of weeks because there has been really very little to report. Extremely low water and bright sunny weather made fishing conditions almost hopeless and there was very little sign of grilse running in any numbers until the past week.
After a drought of over 6 weeks we have had some rain in the past number of days and the water level is up by about 3 to 4 inches and is now reading 3 on the gauge at the Four Master’s Bridge.
Water levels remain very low however, but there has been a little more activity in the past week with about a dozen grilse coming off the river between the Sea Pools and upriver. Most of the grilse are in the 3 to 4lbs bracket with the odd bigger grilse up to 6lbs reported also. Fly and shrimp are accounting for most of the fish, Cascade and Ally shrimp in small sizes and small dark trout flies have taken fish.

Today’s Temperatures at 1pm were:

Water 16c
Air 17c

Water temperatures have fallen from a high of 21c during the second week of June.

The forecast for the coming week look promising with low pressure over the north west for the early part of the week.

28 June 2008 11:36

Today

Some bright or short sunny spells this afternoon and evening, but a lot of cloud overall, with occasional showers, a few heavy. Top temperatures of 16 to 20 degrees in a fresh and gusty southwest wind.

Tonight

Showers will be more isolated tonight with some clear spells developing. But they will continue in western and northwestern coastal areas, where a spell of wet and windy weather is likely around dawn. A mild, breezy night with lowest temperatures 10 to 13 C.

Tomorrow

Windy in the northwest at first on Sunday with some rain, otherwise it will be day of bright or short sunny spells and showers, a few heavy. Top temperatures 15 to 19 C., in a fresh westerly breeze.

3 Day Outlook

SUNDAY NIGHT: Mostly dry as showers die away and winds ease. MONDAY, TUESDAY WEDNESDAY: Unsettled weather continuing – dry and bright for part at least of Monday, with sunny spells, but rain and strong S to SE winds will move in from the Atlantic to affect western areas later in the afternoon and evening and will then extend to all areas overnight Monday. The rain will clear to brighter, showery weather in the west on Tuesday morning but rain will continue in eastern areas till evening. Wednesday will be a bright, breezy but showery day with some heavy showers in places and more prolonged rain possible especially in parts of the west. rthern half of the country during much of the first part of the week.

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