Strong winds Tuesday 17th November: Gusts possible up to 140km/h

Harry Palmr

Seems to have quietened down in Waterford.

M.T. Cranium

For poster in Meath, winds across that county will increase rapidly but peak gusts will range from 130 km/hr in south to 110 km/hr in north, as there is quite a sharp cutoff in peak wind intensity in the wake of the low.

Dublin could see peak gusts to 140 km/hr as the strong gradient sets up over the Irish Sea and accelerates the already strong flow, with the usual local variations due to exposure to incoming strong winds from WNW direction.

I would expect the peak gusts to be at the 7 p.m. rather than 6 p.m. obs and staying very strong at 8 p.m. then easing slowly.

V_Moth

Wind picked markedly in the last two hours here in East Anglia. Nearest weather station in Norwich is saying gusts to 40mph. Met Office predicting up to 70mph. Could be a few trees down overnight.

Padster90s

See on powercheck.ie that power is really starting to go fast in the east.

aisling86

We just drove from portlaoise to cork there isn't a puff of wind in Cork v the hurricane we left up the country!!

Oscar Bravo

Met Eireann on Radio 1 there, highest mean speeds at Shannon airport over 90 kilometers per hour. Severe gusts been recorded in Kilkenny and Dublin in the past hour. about a 30 second forecast and very rushed, more detail was definately needed on that forecast.

Oscar Bravo

Storm Barney on the 6 1 news in about 10 minutes

pad199207

Power out in Naas my station offline now. It is very bad out there! Trees down everywhere

Trogdor

10 min wind speed up to 55.9 km/h here which may not seem like that much compared to other reports but it is usually relatively calm here and this is the highest average wind speed recorded since the station was set up in 2006. Gusting to 90.1 km/h

looksee

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Seems to have quietened down in Waterford.

Well its still pretty draughty at the top of Tramore!

ninebeanrows

I wonder is EIDW a little too far north to register the strong gusts affecting the capital. Maybe Casement will be a better measure.

Padster90s

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Met Eireann on Radio 1 there, highest mean speeds at Shannon airport over 90 kilometers per hour. Severe gusts been recorded in Kilkenny and Dublin in the past hour. about a 30 second forecast and very rushed, more detail was definately needed on that forecast.

Thought the same, the forecaster implied the worst was over. Anyone listening in the east who isn't clued into the weather will get a shock this evening! Better forecasts and advice from AA.

patneve2

Wind has veered more Westerly at Dun Laoghaire Harbour, gust 61 kt. http://www.dlhweather.com/current-details/ .

HighLine

A 66mph gust in Wicklow at 17:41. Windows and doors shaking.

DOCARCH

Seems to have eased down quite a bit here (in Dublin 16) in the last 15 minutes.

mickmackey1

RobertKK wrote: »

No electricity here, was out doing work, last recorded wind gust was 80kmh before the power went, ESB say should have it back by 7.15pm.
During storm Darwin got it back in an hour, some neighbours on a different line were waiting three days.

Worst storm since Darwin, but still not close to how bad that was.

There was no official name for the Great Storm of 2014, official names have only been authorised this year.

screamer

Really bad gusts here in Kilkenny, branches and trees down, my trampoline got airborne and is in a heap at the end of the garden. Anything that wasn't nailed down has been blown around. Went to collect kid from school earlier, and car was rocking terribly even in a closed in yard. Scary stuff.

Oneiric 3

mickmackey1 wrote: »

There was no official name for the Great Storm of 2014, official names have only been authorised this year.

The storm of 2014 was officially called Darwin at the time, I think (but not sure) by the German Met Office, who have been naming storms for a number of years.

syklops

DOCARCH wrote: »

Seems to have eased down quite a bit here (in Dublin 16) in the last 15 minutes.

No easing here at all in Dublin 18.

Villain

Winds appear to have peaked at my station

patneve2

DOCARCH wrote: »

Seems to have eased down quite a bit here (in Dublin 16) in the last 15 minutes.

Had a bit of a lull here but serious gusts are back now

youreadthat

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

The storm of 2014 was officially called Darwin at the time, I think (but not sure) by the German Met Office, who have been naming storms for a number of years.

They name every pressure system...

wonski

DOCARCH wrote: »

Seems to have eased down quite a bit here (in Dublin 16) in the last 15 minutes.

Same here in Kildare.

I hope the worst part is over now.

Oneiric 3

youreadthat wrote: »

They name every pressure system...

Which includes storms... Like Darwin?

Weatherproof79

Highest gust at 18.00 61 knots at Oak Park Carlow. Three stations recorded gusts in the 50's and rest 40's below. Seems to have lost intensity from previous reports

wonski

Mobile network down (meteor).

Anyone else have the same problem?

FWVT

Oak Park's highest mean speed peaked at 23 m/s (45 kts) between 4 and 5 pm, as reported in the 91223 group of the 5 pm synop. The 91135 group is the max gust (35 m/s, 68 kts).

AAXX 17171 03961 45664 /2520 10113 20057 39845 49919 53015 85///
333 81/32 83/37 85/42 91135 91223=

redsteveireland

km79 wrote: »

electricity just back in east galway
was fine since before 4
half of fence bllown down

Friends still in the dark in Craughwell.

Bongalongherb

Some severe gusts now in Swords Co. Dublin.

JCX BXC

Wind almost completely gone here in west clare, very very stormy all day, power went due to a local fault so I wasn't able to post a detailed update from my phone. The winds today were very damaging and comparable to the wind recorded 2 years ago in the storm we had on a Wednesday.

RobertKK

Barney hates you
He hates me
Took my power
and broke my PC

My old desktop that I use won't start since Barney took the power when in use. Power back about 5 minutes.
It is 8 years old but still...

Winds are dying down.

redsteveireland

pad199207 wrote: »

Power out in Naas my station offline now. It is very bad out there! Trees down everywhere

Chainsaw at the ready?

PukkaStukka

Bongalongherb wrote: »

Some severe gusts now in Swords Co. Dublin.

Same here in Donabate. Absolutely wicked night

Villain

Oak Park Carlow saw a gust of 125kmh between 4pm and 5pm which matches what the station recorded during Storm Darwin in February 2014, my station saw a top gust of 92.6kmh at 4:53pm which is below the 109km/h I recorded during Storm Darwin.

Speak Now

Avoided the worst of it in Waterford, didn't even get a gust over 45 knots.

V_Moth

Went out with my anemometer to the local park a few minutes ago. Gust: 27knots; Avg: 15knots. East Anglia (Inland). I am guessing peak in the next two to three hours here?

Bongalongherb

Max 56 knots Dublin airport now.

wonski

Kilcullen is as quiet as it never happened now.

Only the roof (well, part of it), and a lack of mobile signal reminds me of what has happened this evening.

Could be worse I guess...

Oneiric 3

Evelyn Cusack on just now showing were the strongest of the winds were. Eerily similar to Darwin back in Feb 2014 with Mace Hd, Shannon & Oak Park standing out during both storms

JCX BXC

Wind at dublin at 19:00 (According to metar) 42kts (78km/h) gusting 56kts (104km.h)

irishgeo

all calm in mayo now, looks it missed us this time.

andrew

Pretty Quiet/boring in the IFSC now, people walking about pretty easily.

Villain

Summary of Met stations so far:

Ardent

I'm getting the 8:45 PM flight from LHR to Dublin - is it bad right now? Do I need to pop a sh!t load of valium for this flight??

JCX BXC

Ardent wrote: »

I'm getting the 8:45 PM flight from LHR to Dublin - is it bad right now? Do I need to pop a sh!t load of valium for this flight??

Winds have died alot in the last 30mins, and will continue to die rapidly. Winds at 19:30 32kts at Gusting 44kts compared to 42kts gusting 56kts 30mins before that.

Rock Lesnar

Nothing of note in North Meath, seems to have missed us

josip

Cycled home from Dun Laoghaire to Shankill between 4 and 4.30 via the top of Killiney Hill and Vico Road.
The sea was a mess.
Very happy to have gotten home before the worst of it.

Awaaf

Pretty calm (relatively speaking) in Dun Laoghaire now. Was as full on as I can remember for a while between 4pm and 7pm.

V_Moth

Back to the park again: Gust: 38knots. Avg: c22knots.

haminka

west meath pretty calm right now and wasn't so bad before.