Sunday evening/Monday - Very Severe Storm

squonk

Just picked up big time here now. Wonder how long it'll last for though!

nacho libre

the moral of the story from all this is the worst storms are those they don't expect. just ask Michael Fish.

kerry1960

Snowbie wrote: »

Ah now who is cross posting. Posts moved.
Lads make sure you post in the right threads.

erm.... what are you talking about .

i dont care who's crossposting or not .

im on site as an amateur / to try and report local conditions as accurately as possible .

sometimes i enjoy a bit of banter .

so how did i manage to offend you then.?

squonk

Anyone feeling effects from the dropping pressure? I get headaches sometimes with LP which is happening now but mainly I get aches and pains and I'm just realling noticing them now the pressure hit the 960's!

Mr Benevolent

I love bad weather

North Dublin, pressure now 967 and dropping fast. Wind slacking off though, wonder what that means?

Hal1

Looking at the wind map, marathon gas platform 78mph gust!:eek:
It's getting bad outside as I type this...968mb @casement.

Damomanye

squonk wrote: »

Anyone feeling effects from the dropping pressure? I get headaches sometimes with LP which is happening now but mainly I get aches and pains and I'm just realling noticing them now the pressure hit the 960's!

Yeah , my head is spinning. my station is reporting 957mb. Shannon is at 960mb

Paddy.1

kerry1960 wrote: »

erm.... what are you talking about .

so how did i manage to offend you then.?

It was a light-hearted comment Kerry1960, I am sure.

959.7 mb now. Still windy and wet, but I've had wetter and windier this winter to be honest.

Snowbie

kerry1960 wrote: »

erm.... what are you talking about .

i dont care who's crossposting or not .

im on site as an amateur / to try and report local conditions as accurately as possible .

sometimes i enjoy a bit of banter .

so how did i manage to offend you then.?

You where onto me earlier about other posters cross posting, while you go and do it yourself.Its no bother to me as i explained earlier to you.
I have moved your post from the Thunderstorms thread to here where it concerned nothing to do with thunderstorms.
You in no way offended me, but with over 147 people online at one stage, its time consuming going through the threads tryin to keep the place running smooth.All we ask is too find the right thread to post in.

kerry1960 wrote:

mods ........would it be a good idea to merge the rest of this thread with the severe storm alert thread .
only a suggestion, a lot of crossposting

I wrote

Snowbie wrote:

Well as the title suggests this is current weather conditions. The other thread is concerned with the storm itself.In extreme events like this the two threads will clash untill the thread or storm passes and that thread dies off while this remains.
I have no problem with that.
If it comes down to that i will just move posts but everyone is heeding the threads titles imo.

You wrote

kerry1960 wrote:

no problem .........in extreme events like this , oh dear , still hoping that does'nt happen to me .

Now do you recall?

DWCommuter

Picking up a bit here in Naas since my last post. Judging my gusts from the tree outside. (old fashioned style and still no more than 50mph, but overall wind has increased) Just had a flash of lightning to my SW. Can anyone explain that to me please?

The tax man

squonk wrote: »

Anyone feeling effects from the dropping pressure? I get headaches sometimes with LP which is happening now but mainly I get aches and pains and I'm just realling noticing them now the pressure hit the 960's!

Was talking to the sister's other half earlier about the approaching low system and he said he could feel it already,mild headache etc. I thought he was talking out his arse but it seems he wasn't. :eek::eek:

maquiladora

Still wet n wild here but hasn't gotten significantly worse. Few alarms going off in the distance.

Paddy.1

nacho libre wrote: »

the moral of the story from all this is the worst storms are those they don't expect. just ask Michael Fish.

I think I'll throw in another moral here. This winter has been astoundingly crap, not only for snow, but for anything interesting. Well all eyes blindly on wednseday's event; surely we can scrape something out of that? Or will it be yet another load of potentialless potential ?

Damomanye

Valentia coastguard have announced a new navigational warning on their channel that some light down in Roches point is knackered. possibly due to this event id say.

Mr Benevolent

Let's just hope for a few tornadoes

Now 965 in Dublin 13, gusts picking up.



Baro dropping linearly at around 4.5 hPa/hr

squonk

Storm seems to have developed something akin to cahones here in the past while. Getting some decent gusts now but just mildly concerning. I've experienced far worse out here. Fairly heavy rain now as well. The barometer is still dropping fairly rapidly too. Had to take a sick day 2 weeks ago for a tummy bug, otherwise I'm thinking I could be coming down with something round about now..

Damomanye

Damomanye wrote: »

Valentia coastguard have announced a new navigational warning on their channel that some light down in Roches point is knackered. possibly due to this event id say.

http://www.shipais.com/currentmap.php?map=SouthIrishSea

No ships down there at the moment.

Mind you scroll through the north Irish sea and theres a few ships crossing it!

genie

squonk wrote: »

Anyone feeling effects from the dropping pressure? I get headaches sometimes with LP which is happening now but mainly I get aches and pains and I'm just realling noticing them now the pressure hit the 960's!

Yes, definitely. The pressure here in Co Sligo dropped like a stone over the past 2 hours. Is now around 960 millibars (according to my steam powered baraometer!) I have a headache and a queasy stomach - the nearest thing to a hangover without touching a drop! :rolleyes:

kerry1960

Snowbie wrote: »

You where onto me earlier about other posters cross posting, while you go and do it yourself.Its no bother to me as i explained earlier to you.
I have moved your post from the Thunderstorms thread to here where it concerned nothing to do with thunderstorms.
You in no way offended me, but with over 147 people online at one stage, its time consuming going through the threads tryin to keep the place running smooth.All we ask is too find the right thread to post in.

I wrote

You wrote
Now do you recall?

erm........im lost ,thats being honest ,it looks like i genuinely posted on the wrong thread thats all ,otherwise this looks like an article of the constitution ,i'm telling you straight out once again i was not having a go at anyone , some people on these boards seem to have really thin skin , ok , no hard feelings whatsoever to you or anyone else but life is far too short to be fighting about the weather , let the other boardies have the final say on this , ok , if this is my last post fine ,

at 1.30 am ,
sleet
sw getting stronger
2.5c
thanks bye

maquiladora

N25 Wexford Mar 10, 00:01 50.4 km/h

Trogdor

Deleted User wrote: »

http://www.shipais.com/currentmap.php?map=SouthIrishSea

No ships down there at the moment.

Mind you scroll through the north Irish sea and theres a few ships crossing it!

They're nuts! Some of them just leaving the UK now heading for Dublin:eek:!

Mothman

966.9mb

Mean 32mph gust 58mph

maquiladora

Looks to to turning more easterly at the end of the latest sat loop?

http://sat24.com/frame.php?html=view&country=gb

DMC

Midnight UK Shipping Forecast... still them hurricanes in Shannon.

Lundy, Fastnet
Southerly veering westerly gale 8 to storm 10, occasionally violent storm 11 in Fastnet, perhaps violent storm 11 later in Lundy. Rough or very rough becoming high or very high, occasionally phenomenal in Fastnet. Rain then squally showers. Poor

Irish Sea
Southerly becoming cyclonic then northwesterly, gale 8 to storm 10, decreasing 5 for a time. Moderate or rough, becoming very rough for a time. Rain then squally showers. Moderate or poor

Shannon
Northwesterly storm 10 to hurricane force 12, decreasing 5 to 7 later. Very high or phenomenal, decreasing high later. Showers. Poor or very poor

Rockall, Malin
Southeast becoming cyclonic gale 8 to storm 10, then northwest 6 to gale 8. Very rough or high, occasionally very high in Rockall. Rain or squally showers. Moderate or poor

DMC

Midnight coastal reports..

Belmullet 957 hPa

Roches Point 37 knots Gust 67

Paddy.1

kerry1960 wrote: »

erm........im lost ,thats being honest ,it looks like i genuinely posted on the wrong thread thats all ,otherwise this looks like an article of the constitution ,i'm telling you straight out once again i was not having a go at anyone , some people on these boards seem to have really thin skin , ok , no hard feelings whatsoever to you or anyone else but life is far too short to be fighting about the weather , let the other boardies have the final say on this , ok , if this is my last post fine ,

I think you are over-reacting a bit there Kerry1960, nobody is fighting except you, or is that the cliche 'cute hoor' Kerry thing you're doing? Relax man, stay.

958.6 mb now. Wind 'n' rain all but gone.

darkman2

It is quite bad here now - extremely windy. Gusts well over 50mph but im more exposed then others. Damn car alarms.:mad:

maquiladora

*LIMERICK* A fallen tree is partially blocking the Rathkeale Rd at the Five Crossroads. Another tree is reportedly down on the Ballingarry/Newcastle West Rd. A third fallen tree has been reported on the Kilmallock side of the railway bridge in Elton.

*MAYO* A tree is down at Mount Falcon on the N26 main Ballina/Foxford Rd.

dublinmadyoke

The storm is really picking up here at the moment ..... Just an update for you....

pfkf1

I'm no expert on weather, but South Dublin is extremely windy and quite a bit of rain.

Stevem

Very bad here in Waterford at the moment. 950.5hpa on my irox weather station.:eek: Some quiet severe gusts in the last hour or so.

The tax man

Deleted User wrote: »

http://www.shipais.com/currentmap.php?map=SouthIrishSea

Very interesting site,worth a bookmark.

Raining fairly heavy outside,gusts still seem to be getting stronger and more prolonged.(D.14) Can't go out for a smoke and the kitchen window opens the wrong way for the wind.:mad:

Our man in Havana

962 and falling rapidly here.

Snowbie

kerry1960 wrote: »

erm........im lost ,thats being honest ,it looks like i genuinely posted on the wrong thread thats all ,otherwise this looks like an article of the constitution ,i'm telling you straight out once again i was not having a go at anyone , some people on these boards seem to have really thin skin , ok , no hard feelings whatsoever to you or anyone else but life is far too short to be fighting about the weather , let the other boardies have the final say on this , ok , if this is my last post fine ,

at 1.30 am ,
sleet
sw getting stronger
2.5c
thanks bye

Seriously you need to get the facts straight here, i'll repeat again, i'm not offended in any way shape or form but more confused about your posts.I have done nothing more than explain to you and answered your query from earlier. You posted in a wrong thread, no harm done, i moved your post to the relevant thread,no big deal.There is nothing more to add to this so lets move on and leave it there.

Now back on topic, it has gotten very gusty here with frequent gusts to 40mph.It wont be long till it dies down untill tomorrow evening as the winds go to the west or NW and squall up again.

darkman2

A bit on the vicious side right now in Dublin. Phenomonal gusts here.

dublinmadyoke

Where are you darkman?

darkman2

dublinmadyoke wrote: »

Where are you darkman?

North of Portmarnock. BTW anyone have any news on areas vulnerable to coastal flooding with the Spring tide?

HungryJoey

Am I the only one in dublin that doesn't think its that bad? Although I'm no weather man!

squonk

I'll concur with Darkman2 on that. Fairly vicous gusts here now in the past half hour or so. Currently reading 964.6, 5.9C dp 4.1 with fiarly steady rain - 1.3mm/hour I'm seeing though the collector is a bit sheltered where it is so I wouldn't trust that figure.

Kerry1960... don't sign off this forum. I enjoy your posts. Lets all chill out and try to enjoy the weather which is what we're all here for anyway!

Signing off now. Anyone staying up, enjoy! Sorry I can't join you for longer tonight

dublinmadyoke

ah cool ... well maybe not tonight .. there is some amount of gusts outside... it like as if the wind is swerling....

nacho libre

it's gone virtually calm here now. The rain has has stopped too.

darkman2

HungryJoey wrote: »

Am I the only one in dublin that doesn't think its that bad? Although I'm no weather man!

Depends on how exposed you are. Im practically on the coast so its undoutedly rougher here then most places.

maquiladora

Weather Warning

Issued at 10 March 2008 - 00:22

Severe Weather Alert Update.

Very windy with south to southeast winds, mean speeds of 50 to 65 Kph, gusting 120 Kph.
Winds abating for a time later tonight and tomorrow morning as the storm center crosses Ireland. Then getting very windy again during Monday as northwesterly winds increase to mean speeds 50 to 60 Kph with gusts 100 to 140 Kph.
Heavy rain and high seas during this period could lead to some localised flooding.

http://www.met.ie/forecasts/warnings.asp

dublinmadyoke

HungryJoey wrote: »

Am I the only one in dublin that doesn't think its that bad? Although I'm no weather man!

It is very bad in the past 40 mins in South Dublin ... I am from the West of Ireland so I am used of bad storms but tonight its the worst I have ever heard...

dublinmadyoke

Since the wind is gusting over 40mph I guess there are no flights in or out of Dublin airport???


Jayus if there are.. and I wouldn't wanna be on one :eek:

Mothman

965.1mb lowest since station record of 963.3mb in Dec 1999
4mb fall past hour, expect to see new station low within the hour.

Max mean 33mph with regular 50+ gusts

7mm since midnight, 11mm in all.

Wertz

Getting a hammering in Dundalk, lot of rain the past hour, I've no anemometer but I'd say we're having regular 40+ mph gales and gusts to at least 65. I'm a mile from the coast and it's coming straight in off the sea, rain egtting heavier as I type, squall maybe.
Also got that light headed achy thing people are talking about with the pressure drop.

Gonzo

Very windy here but still nothing nearly as bad as I thought it might be. Still I wouldnt like to be in an Airplane right now trying to land or take-off.

HungryJoey

But I mean I am in Dublin 15 and is not raining nor have I noticed it rain also the wind isn't anything chaotic. Infact its hardly blowing! Now granted maybe I am on a sheltered side of the house and I am just not hearing it, again. I'm no weather man

nacho libre

Paddy.1 wrote: »

I think I'll throw in another moral here. This winter has been astoundingly crap, not only for snow, but for anything interesting. Well all eyes blindly on wednseday's event; surely we can scrape something out of that? Or will it be yet another load of potentialless potential ?

What is a man if he does not have hope;) all our heartache and despair over this winter's non-events will quickly dissipate as we experience the perfect storm on Wednesday:D