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Ex Katia storm thread - TECHNICAL DISCUSSION, FORECASTS AND OBSERVATIONS ONLY!

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    #692
    gbee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,388 ✭✭✭gbee


    sunbabe08 wrote: »
    wind picking up here in cork


    I caught a 34kmh, [17kn] Cork Airport 27kn :)


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    #693
    sunbabe08
    Registered Users Posts: 6,324 ✭✭✭sunbabe08


    gbee wrote: »
    I caught a 34kmh, [17kn] Cork Airport 50 kn :)

    sounds good to me, :)


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    #694
    Winger_PL
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    barnacle wrote: »
    Where are people going in achill? I'm in dooega at the mo, sea was good yday, today was a bit of a downer, could be location though.

    Atlantic drive so we'll be passing through Dooega! We'll probably reach Achill just before 11am.


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    #695
    nacho libre
    Registered Users Posts: 16,842 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    I wonder will there be any brave souls on Erris head tomorrow!


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    #696
    John mac
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    gbee wrote: »
    I caught a 34kmh, [17kn] Cork Airport 27kn :)

    had a 56 knot yesterday (103 kph) belmullet


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    #697
    iqon77
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭iqon77


    wind getting very strong in youghal in cork. trees are swaying fairly strong, rain too.


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    #698
    Planet X
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 3,977 Mod ✭✭✭✭Planet X


    398 users online. Not bad.


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    #699
    coillsaille
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    Fantastic thread, quite addictive, well done to all contributing.

    Quick question: Can anyone explain what causes gusts?
    I know that wind is air flowing from an area of higher pressure to an area of lower pressure and the bigger the pressure difference the stronger the wind.
    But I could never understand what creates gusts?
    (Posting in this thread as it is kind of a technical question.)


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    #700
    eigrod
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    Can we expect much rain along the East coast tomorrow afternoon/evening, or is it likely to be mostly gusty and dry ?


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    #701
    sunbabe08
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    iqon77 wrote: »
    wind getting very strong in youghal in cork. trees are swaying fairly strong, rain too.

    :( oh how i would love to be down there tonight. the tide was very high this evening though :D


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    #702
    nacho libre
    Registered Users Posts: 16,842 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    coillsaille wrote: »
    Fantastic thread, quite addictive, well done to all contributing.

    Quick question: Can anyone explain what causes gusts?
    I know that wind is air flowing from an area of higher pressure to an area of lower pressure and the bigger the pressure difference the stronger the wind.
    But I could never understand what creates gusts?
    (Posting in this thread as it is kind of a technical question.)

    i think it is the result of air molecules moving at different speed and direction with respect to height. If the atmosphere is unstable, the air will more likely move vertically too at times or what we call mixing. It is this mixing that we get the wind gusts commonly from.

    Basically it is the thermal and pressure contrasts between two points and the atmosphere trying to stabilise it, that causes windy and gusty conditions.

    sorry. i'm not the best at explaining things.


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    #703
    iqon77
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭iqon77


    @sunbabe, yeah it was wild 2 hours ago and getting wilder, i live close to perks so getting the full whack of this !!!


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    #704
    torres9kop
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    Planet X wrote: »
    398 users online. Not bad.
    where u see this?


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    #705
    S McC
    Registered Users Posts: 53 ✭✭S McC


    Winds just picked up here. in Sligo SW. I'll start getting interested when our 160 year old Monkey puzzle trees start to hum.


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    #706
    Daisy M
    Registered Users Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭Daisy M


    torres9kop wrote: »
    where u see this?
    At the bottom of the main weather forum page. Its on all forums.


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    #707
    Dublin_Gunner
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    torres9kop wrote: »
    where u see this?


    Go into the weather forum. Number is written on the bottom.

    Cuurently 384


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    #708
    dsmythy
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    Good site for weather station reports?


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    #709
    JanuarySnowstor
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    Wind certainly picking up now in Cork
    I've a funny feeling this will be bigger than currently thought


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    #710
    IMBACKLATER
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    Wind picking up now on the coast in louisburgh (Mayo)


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    #711
    ninebeanrows
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    JanuarySnowstor wrote: »
    Wind certainly picking up now in Cork
    I've a funny feeling this will be bigger than currently thought

    It has the chance. With the storm currently tracking slightly more southerly than thought yesterday. And yet to undergo rapid intensification, which it may not.

    But the closer it comes without doing so increasing the danger that it will just before reaching the northwest coast and be at its peak as it cross just north of the country.

    But i reckon 140km/hr gust will be its peak even in that, but still an extreme wind.


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    #712
    Harps
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    dsmythy wrote: »
    Good site for weather station reports?

    IWN is constantly updated so probably your best bet, ME once an hour


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    #713
    iqon77
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭iqon77


    JanuarySnowstor wrote: »
    Wind certainly picking up now in Cork
    I've a funny feeling this will be bigger than currently thought


    I am tending to agree.... getting the strong gusts now


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    #714
    Liam90
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    Very calm here in Wicklow, just pissing rain. Calm before the storm?


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    #715
    maquiladora
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    18Z GFS about to start. Should be interesting to see if there are any late changes.


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    #716
    JONJO THE MISER
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    A bit of wind picking up here now that i can hear it since i turned the tv on mute:D


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    #717
    John Mason
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    wind of 2.5 mph in Finglas:D


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    #718
    gbee
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    Weather mod, you might as well merge the Katia forums again, I'll say no more :rolleyes: :)


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    #719
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    WC, did you see that post on NW from pyrotech about a possible shortwave forming south of the centre?


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    #720
    ninebeanrows
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    I reckon the capital will see some decent gusts tomorrow. Maybe to 70mph or more towards midday-3pm


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    #721
    tzfrantic
    Registered Users Posts: 126 ✭✭tzfrantic


    is the storm coming in stronger then it was stated on met eireann


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