Atlantic Storm Watch: Turning Unsettled with Gales

Redsunset

Mad day.

Dead calm now with beautiful sunshine.

Wine Goddess

Just had very heavy rain and strong winds in Firhouse/Ballycullen for about 25 minutes.

Wind now stopped and rain easing but think it's just the calm in the eye of the storm looking at the charts....:eek:

Spindle

Gust of 105kmh at Roches Point @ 1pm. It has been a while since we have had a storm like this during the day.

Lots of roads are in an awful state with the surface just being washed away, the pot holes are really bad, so take care if you are going out there.

There is some more cloud moving in from the South as well, so we will see what the next 2 hours will bring.

Weathering

Thanks Maq,one to watch

maquiladora

KILDARE
A fallen tree is blocking the Monasterevin/Athy Rd (R417). The tree is on a dangerous bend and due care is required.
A fallen tree is blocking the Naas/Ballymore Eustace Rd (R411) and motorists are advised to take care in the area.

pad199207

Great cloudscapes over Naas

Iancar29

pad199207 wrote: »

Great cloudscapes over Naas

Lovely BOOOBIES! ... AKA ... mammatus! ... have some here now too!

pad199207

Further pics

pad199207

Another

maquiladora

The cell in the midlands still producing lightning, heavy rain and strong gusts as it heads to the east.

maquiladora

Will probably pass north of Dublin city.

It's exploding with lightning now.

Weathering

extremely heavy shower just passed over. torrents of water streaming everywhere fields flooded

Reckless Abandonment

Calming down in leixlip now... and for the first time this year I'm feeling heat from the sun... lovely

maquiladora

Reckless Abandonment wrote: »

Calming down in leixlip now... and for the first time this year I'm feeling heat from the sun... lovely

Start looking west/northwest.

Mr Benevolent

Violent squalls passing over Dublin. Spotted mammatus too.

SEPT 23 1989

maquiladora wrote: »

Gust of 115 km/h at Casement at 1pm.

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Some savage gusts of wind here:eek:

Newcastle Dublin

Shook the building here

Seaneh

someone just told me there was a tornado watch on the west coast?

They are clearly wrong, right?

Harry Deerpark

maquiladora wrote: »

My area is on that map, so I looked out the window and I can see a dirty black cloud to the northeast. Looks like all these showers are going to narrowly miss me judging from the Met Eireann radar, but the tail end of that might just skirt me if I'm lucky.

Weathering

Central belt getting lots of lightning http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/observations/#?tab=map&map=Lightning&fcTime=1359337640&zoom=7&lon=-6.40&lat=53.83

maquiladora

If you're in north county Dublin/Louth there is a strong cell producing lightning, heavy rain and strong gusts on the way. Look west.

Reckless Abandonment

maquiladora wrote: »

Start looking west/northwest.

Yeah can see the dark sky alright... its got north Dublin/ Meath all over it .. pity love a good thunderstorm

Eden3

Just started here - gone ver dark and serious rain falling - Trim, Co Meath :eek::eek:

maquiladora

KILDARE
A tree is blocking the Rathangan/Bracknagh Rd (R419) approx. 2km from Rathangan.
A tree is down on the local road between Kill and Ardclogh.

LOUTH
There is a tree down on the local road between Castlebellingham and Dromiskin at Dromena. The council has been informed, take an alternative route.

Eden3

Hailstones now - size of petit pois!! - Trim, Meath

dak

Have you a link to this radar image ?

maquiladora wrote: »

Will probably pass north of Dublin city.

It's exploding with lightning now.

snubbleste

dak wrote: »

Have you a link to this radar image ?

http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=radar

cotton

Calm, bright & sunny now in Dun Laoghaire.:)

maquiladora

dak wrote: »

Have you a link to this radar image ?

You can see the free version of it here.

http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=radar;sess=

The lightning has stopped now in the past 10 minutes, so it may be weakening a bit.

thomasj

Irish rail have tweeted that there is a fallen tree on the maynooth line at leixlip. Maintenance staff currently attending.

maquiladora

CORK
Freemount/Newmarket Rd (R578) is impassable due to flooding. Freemount/Kanturk (R579)is passable with care.

CARLOW
Gardai are warning that although the Carlow/Tullow Rd (R725) is passable, extreme care is needed because of flooding.

WICKLOW
Excess surface water is a problem through Bray Town, Wicklow Town and on the Arklow Bypass following heavy and persistent rain.

ESB faults all over the place : https://www.esb.ie/esb-networks/powercheck/