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Severe Weather Approaches

ninebeanrows · 2006-12-30 22:53:23

A deep Atlantic storm with a very tight gradient is forming west of Ireland and will track eastwards across the country tomorrow. Wind gusts will pass 80mph in exposed locations as the gradient tightens as the system moves across ulster. The sytstem will start affecting western areas from 9z tomorrow morning and reach its…

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#32 31-12-2006 5:35pm
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This news item briefly reports the tornado in armagh:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6221241.stm

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#33 31-12-2006 6:04pm
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Don't have my weather station yet but the wind outside is really loud.

Smoke is coming down the chimney which only happens on the windiest of storms.

Currently +7.8 c and dropping.

We might get a drop of snow tomorrow on the tail end of this low..

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#34 31-12-2006 6:10pm
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16z
Finner Camp gust 88mph

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#35 31-12-2006 6:16pm
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Bellmullet not reporting at the moment:eek:

Worst winds will affect areas of Northern Ireland within the next few hours...

Possible gusts in excess of 90mph on the southern side of the center of this low..

Really really tight gradient up there..

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#36 31-12-2006 6:20pm
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CroppyBoy1798 wrote:

You'd be better off climbing up and fixing that sat yourself rc28, no point giving them fella's money for nothing!

What the forecast for the rest of the day? I was expecting severe weather, but for the most part it hasnt been 'that' windy in Carlow town, the odd strong gust now and then, but no damage being done, no power cuts or the likes. Is the worst of the wind gone now?

I was out and about for around an hour earlier - very little hassle, a few sharp gusts but generally not too bad and mild for the time of year. But it has been picking up with some severe gusts just before five o'clock. My dish is a bit loose these days anyway and awaiting repair, it got knocked out earlier before being blown back into position! I suppose I'd want to have a look at it before the winds pick up.

RTÉ reports that 22,000 ESB customers are without power this evening. Good luck everybody...

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#37 31-12-2006 6:29pm
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Pics are great, but please don't put them in here, I'm only on dial-up

Malin Head gust of 84mph

Belmullet reporting again...

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#38 31-12-2006 6:30pm
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Fantastic Photos!

Wow glad i didnt do that drive today!
Hey whoevers satellite dish got blown - just get a compass and make sure its pointing south east at an elevation of approx 28 degrees - simple - and TIGHTEN THOSE BOLTS !

Its not so bad in the south east - is it due to get much worse here? Or is the worst over?

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#39 31-12-2006 6:51pm
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CrowdedHouse wrote:

A few pics from Salthill about 2pm

Please post your pics in the weather pics thread.
For some reason the mod controls are not working and i cant move these pics for now.

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#40 31-12-2006 7:32pm
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18z
Malin Head 91mph gust

BTW thanks Snowbie

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#41 31-12-2006 8:24pm
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Just had a violent rain storm. Temp down to +4.5c

Mothman - would be interested in your temp reading now given our proximity.

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#42 31-12-2006 8:51pm
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some heavy rain moving into mayo now:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/index.html
http://www.meteo24.com/uk/index.php?q=radar

i wonder if there is any t-storm activity in it.
http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/SDDI/cgi/listImages.pl?m=prod,a=1,sa=8,pr=RGB,f=1,c=AIR,se=2,n=6,d=1,v=400,pp=0,t=200609201000

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#43 31-12-2006 9:45pm
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Really heavy rain and strong winds here in Glasgow. I fear for my fence tonight The New Year party in the centre of Glasgow has been cancelled.

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#44 31-12-2006 10:57pm
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arctictree wrote:

Just had a violent rain storm. Temp down to +4.5c

Mothman - would be interested in your temp reading now given our proximity.

A

7C at 19:30 and still 7C now. Got a bit of that shower here, but not notable.

Gone very quiet with wind only 10mph.

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#45 31-12-2006 11:25pm
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calm and clear here now,enjoy your night everyone.

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#46 01-01-2007 1:07am
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happy new year everyone!

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#47 01-01-2007 1:22am
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rc28 wrote:

happy new year everyone!

Ditto! Jeez, it was 2006 when I last posted, time flys eh

Anyways, just been outside and theres not a breath out, grand, clear, dry night.....wasnt there one New years eve night/morning a few year back that we had snow on the ground! :eek:

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happy new yeatr ya'll it's a bit quieter here now that the storm has passed, Still in DNS limbo the website don't work :mad: hope it gets fixed this year:rolleyes:

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#49 01-01-2007 2:45am
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Just post the IP address And/or sign up with dyndns.

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#50 01-01-2007 11:07am
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fatherdougalmag wrote:

Just post the IP address And/or sign up with dyndns.

Hi Fatherdougalmag.

It should be http://dolanbaker.info/weather
but I have a stopgap of http://d3027829.u101.hosting365.ie/weather/
which does work.
Moving domain names isn't painless

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#51 01-01-2007 2:41pm
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Hi Fatherdougalmag.

It should be http://dolanbaker.info/weather
but I have a stopgap of http://d3027829.u101.hosting365.ie/weather/
which does work.
Moving domain names isn't painless

Try asking these lovely people over here

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=23

You might get help and more responses to your Dilemma.

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#52 02-01-2007 12:09am
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Thanks for that Snowbie,

Unfortunately it's out of my control as it is up to the hosting admins to sort it out:(, I'll just have to sit and wait for it to resolve itself..

Anyway the weather station is up and running, with rapid fire to wunderground and mesomap is configured on the website.

The instruments are (temporarily) mounted on a frame only 3metres high so wind measurements are lower and direction is subject to turbulence (SP) they will eventually be mounted on a mast on top of the hilll at the end of the site.

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