Atlantic Storm Watch: December 2013

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Wind has picked up big time in past fifteen minutes here in North Cork

Tactical

Mech1 wrote: »

two things happened in the last 5min,

Aircraft landing in Dublin reported 15 knot loss on finals , letterbox flapometer just started

Flight on finals for Dublin airport asking if anymore windshear reported.

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.

Latest 22:00 Met Éireann Report.
Temp 9 deg Dublin Airport, Pheonix Park, Dunsany, Oak Park & Johnstown Castle
Temp 4 deg Belmullet, Knock Airport & Claremorris.
Max Gusts Mace Head 54, Sherkin 52.
No other stations over 50 Knots.

Latest 23:00 Met Éireann Report.
Temp 8 deg Dublin Stations, Dunsany, Oak Park & Johnstown Castle
Temp 2 deg Knock Airport
Max Gusts Mace Head 56, Sherkin 54.
No other stations over 50 Knots.

ninebeanrows

May not look exceptional at the minute and probably will not be.

However still liklihood of 60kt gust in Dublin region tomorrow morning, perhaps even 65kt, so something to keep an eye on.

Less chance of major damage.

dacogawa

England & Wales seem to have disappeared!

Mech1

Mech1 wrote: »

Just a reminder for the droves that will be clicking into this thread soon:D

Live Air Traffic Comms from Dublin could be interesting / informing over the next few days.

Watch here : http://www.flightradar24.com/EIN65T

Listen here : http://www.liveatc.net/search/?icao=eidw

Do Both for best.

We have an extra 250 people tonight on the weather forum

maquiladora

Had a look at the 18Z HIRLAM. Storm force winds start to reach the west coast at around 4am. Peak winds of 30-35 knots then crossing the country and peaking on the east coast around 9-10am.

30 knots is currently the wind at Bemullet at the moment, if that helps in imagining what to expect.

Gusts would be higher. And more sheltered areas won't be as windy etc.

davidsr20

Weathercheck wrote: »

May not look exceptional at the minute and probably will not be.

However still liklihood of 60kt gust in Dublin region tomorrow morning, perhaps even 65kt, so something to keep an eye on.

Less chance of major damage.

What was all the hype about so? Has there been a downgrade?

loubian

Getting fairly windy in North Dublin, near howth now, it's raining too!

dacogawa

Mech1 wrote: »

We have an extra 250 people tonight on the weather forum

Storm Bunnies! they're like Snow Bunnies, but Stormier

Also started to get quite gusty in Dublin South City...

Scotty15

Weathering wrote: »

Yes I know it hasn't started yet that has nothing to do with what I said ha

Yeah sorry I replied to the wrong person.

P_1

Gotten fairly blustery in North County Dublin, flights having some interesting landings

loubian

P_1 wrote: »

Gotten fairly blustery in North County Dublin, flights having some interesting landings

Just came on all of a sudden!

Danbo!

Gusty in south Dublin.

Ryanair flight from STN currently going around, about to take second attempt.

http://www.liveatc.net/flisten.php?mount=eidw3&icao=eidw

http://www.flightradar24.com/RYR891A

ninebeanrows

davidsr20 wrote: »

What was all the hype about so? Has there been a downgrade?

60-65kt is still a severe wind gust for Dublin.

The pressure recorded from the centre of the low will be near the deepest 3 in the last century. Noteworthy enough.

Way the two centres have organised is making difficult to ascertain windfield.

Mech1

looks like RYR891A is having a 2nd attempt at landing

EDIT : already noticed

mickmackey1

John.Icy wrote: »

What part of winds not picking up in the East till later tonight are you not understanding. Don't know how many more time people like Maq have to post it.

It doesn't take a huge wind to be a nuisance for travel. Stop telling people it's over when it's not. I believe Weathercheck posted time of something like 6-11am for peak strength in the East. How strong the peak will be, who knows, but it isn't over.

Hang on, you're the bloke who posted this earlier on:

John.Icy - I think I'm ready to stop following this event for now due to my location in South Kildare, it's not going to be anything too spectacular ... but really now I'm looking to Friday.

:pac::pac:

Simon Gruber Says

Landed in Dublin about an hour ago, wasn't bad at all. Few bumps over Amsterdam,the UK and on final. The clouds out in the Irish Sea are full of snow at altitude, could see the flakes every time the strobe light on the wing flashed.

mountainy man

Snowing here now, 1.6C.

maquiladora

Weathercheck wrote: »

60-65kt is still a severe wind gust for Dublin.

The pressure recorded from the centre of the low will be near the deepest 3 in the last century. Noteworthy enough.

Way the two centres have organised is making difficult to ascertain windfield.

Don't know if you saw this earlier (or on the TV forecast). It's the secondary low on the ECM heading into the west coast.

V_Moth

Well, nine hours from my last post on there are now 7 MetE stations reporting pressure below 960hPa, with Finner Camp in Donegal recording 956hPa. Dublin is at 961hPa, with Sherkin and Roches Point the "highest" at 968hPa. All stations are pretty much averaging a drop of around 1hPa/hour since lunch time.

The M4 buoy is reporting 952hPa, though it is much less windy then at Kinsale Energy which recorded a 60kt gust. Both Kinsale and M6 are reporting wave heights of over 6 metres.

M.T. Cranium

Worth noting that the K5 buoy west of Hebrides has dropped to 940 mb and the K4 buoy in outer Donegal Bay to 950 mb, as of 23z ... I was holding off on posting this hoping to add M6 but it has not updated from 22z when winds were gusting from WSW to 58 kts.

Peak winds likely before sunrise around 0500-0600h lasting from then to perhaps 1100h (from most recent model guidance). Sticking with my earlier forecast of max gusts near 140 km/hr. Sadly we have no buoys or ships in the ideal location to measure conditions southwest of M6 where the strongest winds are likely to be now, from satellite I am estimating they are 55 knots.

loubian

mountainy man wrote: »

Snowing here now, 1.6C.

9C in Dublin :P

Mech1

RYR891A Landed safe on 2nd attempt, just in case anyone was worried

mountainy man

loubian wrote: »

9C in Dublin :P

0.8 C. now Lol

Oscar Bravo

Its approaching five to midnight so its time to head over to Met Eireann for the latest on RTE Radio 1....

John.Icy

mickmackey1 wrote: »

Hang on, you're the bloke who posted this earlier on:

:pac::pac:

Yes, because I'm an extremes enthusiast. I've been through the winds that are currently forecasted for this storm for my southerly location, so it isn't exciting me in that case. I never said the winds couldn't cause any damage.

nacho libre

mountainy man wrote: »

0.8 C. now Lol

Is it sticking?

Weathering

mountainy man wrote: »

0.8 C. now Lol

Nice you will have full on blizzard later on Enjoy

Spanish Eyes

Danbo! wrote: »

Gusty in south Dublin.

Ryanair flight from STN currently going around, about to take second attempt.

http://www.liveatc.net/flisten.php?mount=eidw3&icao=eidw

http://www.flightradar24.com/RYR891A

Mech1 wrote: »

RYR891A Landed safe on 2nd attempt, just in case anyone was worried

Pilots are amazing.

Pax prob sh!ttin themselves, as I would be, in fairness.

We don't know what's going on up in the pointy end of a plane, and they are too busy getting us onto dry land to tell us either.

So we do get a bit worried.!

Fair dues to all the crew getting them home safe for Christmas!