Storm likely Saturday night 28th Feb - Widespread gusts > 100km/hr

FWVT

Donegal Airport 43 gust 66 kts


SPECI EIDL 281918Z AUTO 27043G66KT 5000 +DZ BKN013 OVC020 08/06 Q0979=

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corsav6

Its windy out but calmed down massively in the last hour or so. Some moderate gusts at the moment with the odd strong one thrown in here and there.

Edit: In Newport, Mayo. For the benefit of people using mobile who can't see location.

Darwin

West Laois, went very calm for the last 40 minutes, but seems to be picking up again, some real howlers coming down the chimney.

ninebeanrows

The core of strongest winds have now shifted to the north coast

Malin @2000hrs 50 Gust 67 kt

Jpmarn

Wind has peaked at around 6 pm near Limerick City. I reckoned that mean speeds was in the range of 50 to 60 kmh with gusts up to 90 kmh. Those figures are based on the 1800 report from Shannon Airport. Still breezy but eased down.

Oscar Bravo

2120 update from met eireann 28 February 2015 21:20

Today
Cold, very windy and showery tonight, though drier in eastern areas. Gale force westerly winds with some very severe squalls at first in parts of the north and northwest, but winds will ease somewhat. Heavy showers in many areas, some of hail with isolated thunderstorms in western and northern areas later. Overnight lows of 1 to 4 degrees C., with frost mostly in sheltered areas due to the strong wind.


Tomorrow

Very cold and windy on Sunday with showers in many areas. Some more prolonged rain likely for a time in southern areas. Isolated thunderstorms in places and some showers will be wintry on high ground. Some brighter periods also with sunny spells. Afternoon temperatures of 4 to 8 degrees C.. Showers will turn increasingly wintry during the evening and night.

Outlook

Sunday night will be rather cold with fresh to strong, southwest to west winds persisting. Showers, some wintry, will occur in the western half of the country but the east will be mainly dry, with frost in sheltered places. These rather cold, breezy and showery conditions will persist through Monday also; the bulk of the showers will still occur in the west but some will penetrate further east also. Showers will retreat to western coastal counties on Monday night; clear spells will develop elsewhere and, with winds moderating over land, sharp ground frost will set in widely.

During Tuesday, winds veering westerly will strengthen generally making it feel even colder. Showers in the west will intensify and will be brought further east as the day goes on by the strengthening wind; wintry showers will occur in places, especially on higher ground. It will stay windy and very cold on Tuesday night with an ongoing wintry mix of showers, although the east and southeast will become drier. Wednesday next will start similarly but a gradual improvement will take place as the day goes on with winds slowly moderating and showers becoming much less frequent. Skies will then clear on Wednesday night and winds will slacken, allowing severe ground frost to develop more or less countrywide.

Thursday will be dry and bright for the most part with temperatures rising to some extent but rain will develop in the northwest and west later. The latter part of the week and next weekend will be much milder overall, though still rather windy at times. It is likely to be quite cloudy, however, with outbreaks of rain or drizzle, especially in the west and north.

Pangea

Wind picking up again here a bit, 6c but showers turning wintry, hail stones and rain battering the window.

Meteorite58

Here in Kerry got nothing like what the West to the North of the country have been experiencing. Only had a top gust of 66 kph with very little rain except for the first proper shower( with a bit of hail in it ) a few moments ago. Wind gone more a Westerly direction and has picked up with the last shower to a 10 min avg 33 kph but will no doubt ease off again.

Temp falling back now to 5.8C from a high of 12.9C

Bar 997.9mb Rising Slowly

SligoRoversFTW

Orange wind warning issued lol

Aimsir

Orange alert this Friday and Saturday from Met Eireann ... anyone?

km79

Aimsir wrote: »

Orange alert this Friday and Saturday from Met Eireann ... anyone?

Ah ****e! I had earmarked this weekend for a lot of hedge planting based on the pleasant forecast
Where has this come from

Aimsir

km79 wrote: »

Ah ****e! I had earmarked this weekend for a lot of hedge planting based on the pleasant forecast
Where has this come from

National Weather Warnings



STATUS ORANGE

Wind Warning for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick

A period of very windy weather will begin on Friday morning and will continue until later on Saturday evening. Southwesterly winds reaching mean speeds of 65 to 80 km/h and gusts of 110 to 130 km/h likely. High ground and exposed coasts will be most at risk.
Issued:
Thursday 05 March 2015 10:00
Valid:
Friday 06 March 2015 06:00 to Saturday 07 March 2015 23:59

Storm 10

Where did this come from

Pangea

This thread is for last week's wind, Met Eireann have an orange warning issued. Indeed I got a shock when I looked at their forecast

weisses

Nothing major showing up on the GFS and the Estonian model ... strange

Pangea

STATUS ORANGE

Wind Warning for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick
A period of very windy weather will begin on Friday morning and will continue until later on Saturday evening. Southwesterly winds reaching mean speeds of 65 to 80 km/h and gusts of 110 to 130 km/h likely. High ground and exposed coasts will be most at risk.

Issued:Thursday 05 March 2015 10:00
Valid:Friday 06 March 2015 06:00 to Saturday 07 March 2015 23:59


STATUS YELLOW

Wind Warning for Leinster, Cavan, Monaghan, Roscommon, Tipperary and Waterford
A period of very windy weather will begin on Friday morning and will continue until later on Saturday evening. Southwesterly winds reaching mean speeds of 50 to 65 km/h and gusts of 90 to 110 km/h likely. High ground and exposed coasts will be most at risk.

Issued:Thursday 05 March 2015 10:00
Valid:Friday 06 March 2015 06:00 to Saturday 07 March 2015 23:59