Atlantic Storm Watch: December 2013

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howlinwolf wrote: »

How's the low lookin for us here in the southeast for tomorrow, there was talk that we could be in for a bit of a battering, is it still on or have the models flipped ?

GFS, at the moment, is showing it quite stormy tommorow afternoon/early evening for Leinster, and especially for the Dublin area.

Xenji

Winds are starting to pick up now in Castlebar, the gusts are getting more sustained, still very wet as well.

maquiladora

12Z NAE does develop two little features tomorrow, though not as strong as previous GFS runs, and the second one is south of us.

El festino

Fairly windy and pissing down here in galway. About to make an unnecessary journey to dublin for a night out.

Am I mad? Having second thoughts, I really don't fancy hitting the motorway with the winds been reported.

ninebeanrows

Gusts @ Belmullet to 58 knots
Mace Head @ 55 knots
Newport, Mayo @ 55 knots

aisling86

Pretty Crazy here in cork at the minute - driving rain and very windy.

ninebeanrows

The kink on the 12z GFS is already looks less pronounced @ 12hrs.

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GFS 12z has dropped the feature for tomorrow on first inspection.

ninebeanrows

As for Monday, the latest GME looks a tad concerning..

ninebeanrows

Back to tomorrow & GFS, still has a type of feature but much less developed. Still one to keep an eye on. Satellite and Atlantic pressure synopses plots will be important tonight.

maquiladora

Weathercheck wrote: »

The kink on the 12z GFS is already looks less pronounced @ 12hrs.

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GFS 12z has dropped the feature for tomorrow on first inspection.

Still there, but its weaker, more in line with what other models are showing now. Still need to keep an eye on it though just in case.

cyclops999

Very blustery M6 Athlone

Tactical

Still pretty blustery here and raining too.
No severe gusts, just a typical winter day so far.

howlinwolf

maquiladora wrote: »

Still there, but its weaker, more in line with what other models are showing now. Still need to keep an eye on it though just in case.

Its a strange little anomaly, is there a proper term for it? If it stays on the models till the mornin it could get nasty for some, then again it could be out at sea where it occurs

cyclops999

El festino wrote: »

Fairly windy and pissing down here in galway. About to make an unnecessary journey to dublin for a night out.

Am I mad? Having second thoughts, I really don't fancy hitting the motorway with the winds been reported.

Very blustery M6 Athlone

YouTookMyName

Weathercheck wrote: »

As for Monday, the latest GME looks a tad concerning.

Concerning as in bad? full on storm?

Tactical

Reported driving conditions difficult between Mallow and Cork at the moment.

I'm told the combination of wind and rain along with the approaching dusk are making driving a little unpleasant.

maquiladora

Monday's initial low doesn't deliver much of a punch on the 12Z GFS, but then it gets messy and complex with secondary features and and main low itself looping around a bit. A wet and windy Monday/Tuesday with potential for severe gusts at times for western/northwest areas there.

squarecircles

nacho libre

El festino wrote: »

Fairly windy and pissing down here in galway. About to make an unnecessary journey to dublin for a night out.

Am I mad? Having second thoughts, I really don't fancy hitting the motorway with the winds been reported.

if you feel uncomfortable driving in such conditions, then don't do it. there'll be other night outs.

I don't know which depression is going to deliver the goods, but the secondary feature into Tuesday could be nasty for parts of the north. I'll be very surprised if the northwest does not at least get gusts comparable to last Wednesday's systems before the new year.

Tactical

squarecircles wrote: »

Video displays as private.

Tabnabs

Tactical wrote: »

Video displays as private.

I'm sure I can see snow in the darkness?

smallwonder

Some pretty strong gusts hitting us at the moment. Haven't had a chance to replace the 3 slates I lost on Wednesday. Hope to god more don't go tonight!

Sierra Oscar

The wind and rain is hitting Dublin just in time for the rush hour madness.

Kippure

Gust of 67 mph at belmullet. That's 108 kph.

weatherfiend

YouTookMyName wrote: »

Its not one for the faint hearted mind, landing in wind is a bad experience.

And he's coming back in tomorrow morning at 5.30am :eek:

_Whimsical_

Its gone from windy to seriously wild in Galway.
Not far off wednesday in the last 20 mins.

maquiladora

Quite windy here in the southeast. Nothing exceptional though. Similar to Wednesday afternoon, maybe a little stronger.

Lumi

The wind has intensified in Galway city in the last 10 mins and its thoroughly miserable out there with driving rain!

Wind F5 Westerly, Max gust 41mph, Mean 22mph
Barometer 996.38 hPa: Falling quickly -1.24 hPa/hr

YouTookMyName

weatherfiend wrote: »

And he's coming back in tomorrow morning at 5.30am :eek:

i'm flying bristol-dublin christmas eve at 6:30am, seriously worried about delays.

Tom Cruises Left Nut

Lumi wrote: »

The wind has intensified in Galway city in the last 10 mins and its thoroughly miserable out there with driving rain!

Wind F5 Westerly, Max gust 41mph, Mean 22mph
Barometer 996.38 hPa: Falling quickly -1.24 hPa/hr

Liiks like a little squall line just passed over Galway according to the radar