Atlantic Storm Watch: December 2013

F-Stop

Cuddled wrote: »

Over already in Dublin if you ask me

Just like the way Christmas is over before it happens. I know, I know... It's all Santa's fault.

cml387

Very well defined squall line down the Irish sea at the moment.

windy shepard henderson

whitebriar wrote: »

Just so people know and to put some meat on the technical stuff here,80kmph+ winds are plenty powerful enough to down trees,so will people please expect to worst when driving anywhere really in rural areas and obviously power cuts

agreed not looking forward to the drive to work tomorrow morning , it annoys me realy only in ireland would they call you into work just so they can tell you to go home again a couple of hours later :mad: for nothing!!!

gally74

Just started in galway.

Lumi

Wind has started to pick up in Galway city

Current wind speed 36.0 mph Wind direction WSW
Wind Speed (gust) 40.0 mph
Wind speed (avg) 25.0 mph
Barometric pressure is currently relatively steady at 960.70hp/a - new station record of 959.43 hp/a set earlier at 20.43pm

Neil_Sedaka

Wind really picking up here, by the sea in North Co. Dublin
Pressure down to 965, although I'm not sure if that's totally accurate.

faktisperminute

very calm here nothing special

Larbre34

-1 with those westerly gales? Where the flip did this system come from??

howlinwolf

Just watched good aul Gerry on rte weather stormy tonight on the west and then stormy tomorrow mornin on the east all with mixture of rain/sleet/snow could be a blizzard or just a bit windy with rain depending on where you are.... Should be an interesting night

faktisperminute

Larbre34 wrote: »

-1 with those westerly gales? Where the flip did this system come from??

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

I don't see a single -1 reported anywhere ?

Cuddled

John.Icy wrote: »

Read the forecasted times posted by the experienced weather heads on here. Not even started yet.

We'll see

paulusdu

Wind has picked up here in east galway, rain started, still very mild, so there must be a big change coming if snow / sleet is forecast for later on

Tae laidir

Latest 21:00 Met Éireann Report.
Temp 10 deg Dublin stations & Johnsown Castle.
Temp 5 deg Belmullet, Knock & Mace Head.
Max Gust 59 Knots (109 kph) (Mace Head).
No other stations over 50 Knots.

howlinwolf

Cuddled wrote: »

We'll see

You don't sound too impressed, at least give it a chance to get here before dismissing it, then ye can turn around tomorrow and say ' told ye so ' ha ha

fryup

very windy in east-clare now

John mac

wind and rain starting here now. (mayo)

Redsunset

Temps will drop later and with sub zero dew points.
Also just looking at the lower atmosphere thickness levels,They are well low come morning. In about 1290. Plenty of wet snow in showers I reckon.

Strangegravy

Starting to get really gusty here in east Limerick, seem like there's a bit more "kick" behind them compared to last couple of systems, but still early days yet.

windy shepard henderson

the one observer who predicted that clare would avoid any bad wether........you were wrong...!!!

aisling86

Starting to kick off in macroom now. Don't think I've heard the house rattle like this before.

km79

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

the one observer who predicted that clare would avoid any bad wether........you were wrong...!!!

Twas pretty bad advice anyway seen as Clare is mentioned in the thread title :O

Sierra Oscar

Starting to get wild here on the North Tipp - Limerick border.

davidsr20

Anyone any idea when this is to peak tonight in Galway?
Also why are we still only on a level 2 warning if it's ment to be so severe?

Larbre34

faktisperminute wrote: »

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

I don't see a single -1 reported anywhere ?

Correct, im talking about Gerry Murphys predicted overnight lows in the midlands despite the winds

joegriffinjnr

Slight Wind in Santry. Nothing major though.

maquiladora

davidsr20 wrote: »

Anyone any idea when this is to peak tonight in Galway?
Also why are we still only on a level 2 warning if it's ment to be so severe?

This isn't going to be a storm of the century. It's an orange alert from Met Eireann, not a red alert. This won't be severe like Dec 1997. But it will have the potential to cause minor structural damage, bring down some trees/branches causing scattered power cuts and a risk of traffic accidents at a very busy time of year for travel. The addition of wintry showers mixed with the strong winds makes the driving conditions that bit more dangerous. It could also turn out to be not quite as bad as that.

Storm 10

Hitting 60 mph in gusts here in Galway now

Mr Cumulonimbus

Nothing to note here in this area of West Mayo yet. (Normally living in Dundalk, but changed the location as I'm in the parent's house for Xmas).

Spring Onion

Mr Cumulonimbus wrote: »

Nothing to note here in this area of West Mayo yet. (Normally in Dundalk, but changed the location as I'm in the parent's house for Xmas).

I'll climb the reek with you if you're up for it. I can be there in 90 mins.

windy shepard henderson

maquiladora wrote: »

This isn't going to be a storm of the century. It's an orange alert from Met Eireann, not a red alert. This won't be severe like Dec 1997. But it will have the potential to cause minor structural damage, bring down some trees/branches causing scattered power cuts and a risk of traffic accidents at a very busy time for year for travel. The addition of wintry showers mixed with the strong winds makes the driving conditions that bit more dangerous. It could also turn out to be not quite as bad as that.

interesting you mention 97 i remember the weeks before that storm the weather was equally mild if not too mild for the time of year, it got me thinking would we suffer the same again , at least we got some warning for this one

maybe its our fault here in clare for winning the all ireland on them two years? :eek: