A great sense of anticipation as rain is falling & more is forecast!

Conditions.

There has been a band of cloud over the catchment for most of the day but little rain has fallen here – just 2mm by 18.30 when the air temperature was 8ºC thanks to a cold east wind.

                          Quite heavy rain is falling at Mallow this evening
                               as is shown by the radar picture at 18.00.


The forecast is now for broken weather right through the weekend from tomorrow until Tuesday with heavy rain on Saturday as per the 5 Day forecast picture.  Temperatures should be on the increase from tomorrow. From Wednesday next week high pressure is forecast to build over Ireland.

The upper river at Millstreet has not started to rise at 18.00 this evening.

The upper river at Killavullen is only falling very slowly & is at 1.25m at 18.00 this morning.  Excellent clarity.

The lower river at Ballyduff is only falling extremely slowly. It is at 0.35m at 18.00. Clarity is about 5-6 feet.

Water temperature at    Ballyduff: 9.3ºC / 49.0ºF @ 20.00 today.
Water temperature at Killavullen:  9.8 – 10.0 ºC / 49.6 – 50.0ºF.

Prospects.

Conditions remain perfect for fly on both the lower & upper river, though it was rather unpleasant due to the cold easterly wind coming upriver. The winds will veer south to south-west in the coming days & temperatures will rise which will make for much more pleasant fishing conditions.
Hopefully we’ll see a good rise in the river in the next few days.