Damaging winds Thursday 13:00 onward

Happyman42

dak wrote: »

Olli Rehn after flying home to roost has just been on TV to say that this wind might be a blessing for the irish economy....if we have enough structural damage Ireland's builders will be back in business.

Ireland has wind....big sh1t coming!

Deep Easterly

Highest gusts on the 2.00pm met reports 66 knts at Finner Camp & Mace Head.

http://www.met.ie/latest/yesterday.asp

Tom Cruises Left Nut

Deep Easterly wrote: »

More in a direct easterly direction which will keep the isobaric gradient fairly tight for the next few hours over the northern half of Ireland.

Nice, am just leaving Dublin for Belfast now, hoping to see some wind !

Rougies

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Highest gusts on the 2.00pm met reports 66 knts at Finner Camp & Mace Head.

http://www.met.ie/latest/yesterday.asp

http://www.met.ie/latest/reports.asp :rolleyes:

Quick! Ninja Edit!

maquiladora

*LONGFORD* The Lanesborough/Ballymahon Rd (R392) is closed between Derraghan More Cross and Ballymahon due to a fallen tree.

irish1967

Brightening up a little here... could tempt fate here and say we are over our worst at this side of the country.... then again

Deep Easterly

Rougies wrote: »

http://www.met.ie/latest/reports.asp :rolleyes:

Quick! Ninja Edit!

How did that happen!!!

mike65

Just a hint of something brewing in the air...

Murph100

Still a few gusts on the side of Slieve Mish here in Kerry, but sustained wind is dropping very quickly, is that the end of it for here ?

lolie

right thats its...you guys down the wesht had ur fun already so send the storm to east cavan a.s.a.p to get rid of the breeze thats here now:D i`ve had more wind on a sunday morn after a feed of d old Arthur G on a saturday nite;)

Su Campu

Befast City and Derry Eglington 9hr TAFs issued at 1400, valid up to 2200. Gusts to 50 and 52 kts, respectively, with chance of heavy thunderstorms at Derry (OwenC, where are ya??!!)

Belfast City
EGAC 111403Z 1115/1121 25025G38KT 9999 SCT025 TEMPO 1115/1121 26032G50KT 7000 SHRA RA


Derry
EGAE 111403Z 1115/1122 24026G40KT 9999 SCT025 TEMPO 1115/1122 26033G52KT 7000 SHRA RA PROB30 TEMPO 1115/1122 4000 +TSRA

snow ghost

Few more pics of the Atlantic around noon, I don't know whether the photos do the wind justice, it was pretty amazing just tables of white swell rising up to the horizon.






Then I went to an Atlantic storm beach - the power was amazing, there wasn't any discernable waves, the Atalntic as far as you could see was just a mass of swirling white froth (the pic doesn't do it justice) the wind was so strong I couldn't breathe, masses of seaweed was strewn 300 metres away from the car park on the road to down:



What was really amazing was that the tide should have been half way out, but it wasn't, the wind was having a battle with the gravitational pull of the moon and was winning!!! :eek:

Seems to have gotten much stronger here since 2pm, things are being blown off structures.

snow ghost

Mayo Exile wrote: »

Snow ghost, are those pics of Roonah Pier in post #742?

They are, as you probably know if you know the pier - it is a very big pier in very deep water, which makes the waves pounding over it all the more powerful.

cian1500ww

Weather's taking a nasty turn here in Maynooth, gotten very dark and the winds really starting to pick up.

mickger844posts

Mean 18km/h Gust 31km/h, thought the winds would be stronger by now

More Detail @ www.waterfordcityweather.com

Danbo!

Noticing more frequent gusts in Dublin 24. Short spells of rain and getting duller, still can see a few blue spots over the city though, looks bright out in north dublin.

Dublin Airport ATC reporting max gusts 37 knots. Had one go-around (abondoned landing) about 30 mins ago. Being a westerly wind it wont cause too much stress for pilots, but it could get interesting.

Listen here: http://www.liveatc.net/flisten.php?mount=eidw2

Aldebaran

Wind picking up here on the Westmeath/Meath border, just had to rescue the bin from the back garden.

Pangea

Another tree has just fallen over in my land now!

Misty Chaos

Wind has started to pick up here in Cork in the last hour.

nacho libre

Pangea wrote: »

Another tree has just fallen over in my land now!

congratulations pangea. I just hope your toupee stays intact:p

Deep Easterly

Met eireann's HIRLAM wind forecast chart for the next couple of hours:



a solid force 5 to 7 over much of the country with gales in the NW.

TouchingVirus

Wind has certainly picked up here in Maynooth, raining with sporadic sunshine.

Tom Cruises Left Nut

Very dark now in Dublin city centre, looks ominous !

TheMilkyPirate

Danbo! wrote: »

Noticing more frequent gusts in Dublin 24. Short spells of rain and getting duller, still can see a few blue spots over the city though, looks bright out in north dublin.

Dublin Airport ATC reporting max gusts 37 knots. Had one go-around (abondoned landing) about 30 mins ago. Being a westerly wind it wont cause too much stress for pilots, but it could get interesting.

Listen here: http://www.liveatc.net/flisten.php?mount=eidw2

Very interesting link think i'll leave that playing in the background. Reporting max gusts of 38Kn.

lilblackdress

Just got really dark in dundrum... hail stones and all!! Sounds like the roof is gonna blow off my house!!!

Big Nasty

Starting to get nasty in Dublin now!

Birdnuts

The worst of it so far is kicking off here now - high winds and squally rain, pressure continues to drop rapidly:)

Birdnuts

Squall just went through here and sent stuff flying outside - pressure still dropping rapidly:)

Jumpy

In Limerick here. Just lost my greenhouse. Managed to rescue the outside, but the frame is bent to pieces.

Deep Easterly

Birdnuts wrote: »

The worst of it so far is kicking off here now - high winds and squally rain, pressure continues to drop rapidly:)

Pressure seems to have bottomed out here in the wesht. 974.1 mb and steady.