Storm Clodagh - 29 November 2015

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maquiladora wrote: »

Red warning requires gusts to be >130 km/h in addition to mean winds >80 km/h.

Fair 'nuff. I was taking the 'or' option, rather than the 'and' option!

Really just highlighting that the orange warning was/is justified (in particular for the naysayers who will be along later!).

JCX BXC

maquiladora wrote: »

Red warning requires gusts to be >130 km/h in addition to mean winds >80 km/h.

Really? From the way I took it on the website it was the "or" option. Maybe someone on the Met Eireann site wasn't clear on the way they wrote it?

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Carnacalla wrote: »

Really? From the way I took it on the website it was the "or" option. Maybe someone on the Met Eireann site wasn't clear on the way they wrote it?

Agreed, it is a bit vague/open to interpretation.

maquiladora

Carnacalla wrote: »

Really? From the way I took it on the website it was the "or" option. Maybe someone on the Met Eireann site wasn't clear on the way they wrote it?

Mean winds going over 80 km/h often happens without a red warning. They only issue a red warning when gusts are also forecast to be greater than 130 km/h.

Personally I think both thresholds are too low for the highest possible warning, but that's for another day maybe :P

naughto

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Getting stormy now here in Castlebar with heavy rain and a recent lightning strike in the belmullet area

It seems to have got worse since u posted above.just as well they don't have the cheap sh1 ty Christmas lights up any more, they would be in the lake by now.

Padster90s

I'm at my parents in north/east Galway. Woken by the wind at half 8. Sustained wind is at a constant howl/whistle. Gusts sound sharp if that makes sense! The gusts aren't making a whistle, they arrive with like an instant bang. It sounds stronger than Abigail and Barney imo.

ninebeanrows

Winds down to a mere 58kt at Mace Head.

54 at Knock/Belmullet

Cork Lass

It's very windy in Cork City with some serious gusts. I don't have any fancy gauges to go by so I just use the "bed gauge" - either stay there or get up - I'm staying there

Tactical

Calming down here in West Limerick. Gusts are much less frequent than an hour ago.

Very short lived wind event but enough to make things interesting on the weather front.

No reports of trees down so far, but given its a Sunday morning that's wet and windy I expect traffic volume is low. There may possibility a tree / bush or two down but not reported yet.

maquiladora

Peaked on the west coast now. Should be peaking on the northwest coast over the next hour. Malin might report the highest gust at 10. Pity there's no station on Bloody Foreland.

Tactical

West Limerick

0925

Sustained 23km/h
Gust 44km/h

Light mist.
WNW

FWVT

Donegal Airport reported 40 gust 57 kts so far. Sligo Airport 33 gust 46 kts.

up for anything

Is the 'storm' all over now? I'm planning on going to Tramore today but don't want my ancient jalopy blown off the motorway.

JCX BXC

up for anything wrote: »

Is the 'storm' all over now? I'm planning on going to Tramore today but don't want my ancient jalopy blown off the motorway.

Storms just peaking at the west coast afaik.

FWVT

36 gust 53 kt at Sligo Airport and 30 gust 40 kt at Donegal Airport at 10 am. Pressure now rising again at both.

35 gust 54 kt at Kerry Airport, which is inland, unlike the other two.

FWVT

Malin Head 32 gust 62 kt at 10 am.
Mace Head 43 gust 60 kt.
Finner 34 gust 47 kt.
Belmullet 25 gust 49 kt

ninebeanrows

47kt Dublin Air
50kt Shannon

Finners report will be interesting, not in yet though. Malin likely to get peak gust perhaps.

FWVT

Weathercheck wrote: »

47kt Dublin Air
50kt Shannon

Finners report will be interesting, not in yet though. Malin likely to get peak gust perhaps.

Finner 34 gust 47.

ninebeanrows

I see 56kt at Finner on 10am obs?

Aerohead

Very vicious gusts of wind in Galway now car shaking when driving

Villain

FWVT wrote: »

Malin Head 32 gust 62 kt at 10 am.
Mace Head 43 gust 60 kt.
Finner 34 gust 47 kt.
Belmullet 25 gust 49 kt

Where did you get those figures from before the hourly stats updated on Met site?

FWVT

Weathercheck wrote: »

I see 56kt at Finner on 10am obs?

You're right, my source actually has it 34 gust 57 kt. Not sure why it was incorrect earlier. (Edit: my mistake, a typo on my part!)

Magilligan No.2 in Derry is 36 gust 57 kt at 10 am. Mace Head's highest 10-minute mean speed was 49 knots some time between 9 and 10 am.

FWVT

Villain wrote: »

Where did you get those figures from before the hourly stats updated on Met site?

Met Eireann's pilot briefing service.

Aerohead

Galway Bay FM reporting trees down just now but I missed the locations, the wind gusts are very bad at the moment

corsav6

Nothing major here outside Newport, Mayo.
A few gusts but nothing touching a warning level that's for sure.
Rain on the other hand has been non stop this month. We have a stream running down the side of our garden(field) and I have never seen it move this fast or high.

SIX PACK

Has to be 1 of the Wettest Novembers on record hasn't let up all month

FWVT

Wind at Clew Bay, from the Mayo Sailing Club website.

gingergirl

Will flights be affected today? Have relatives due to fly back to UK from Shannon this evening

Meteorite58

Wind peaked here near Tralee around 07.30 gusting to 82.1 kph ( at 6.5m ), avg 35 kph W. Still gusting over 60 kph and currently 10 min avg 26 kph.

Bar has been climbing since 07.30 and Temperature dropping.

11.1C atm

Rainfall light enough here so far at 5.4mm sine midnight.

tiegan

Very bad conditions Fethard, Co Tipp - lashing rain and very stormy. Think the worst is on top of us now.

ninebeanrows

50kt Casement

56kt Orlock Head, Co. Down.

Still at 58kt at Mace Head, but a drop at Malin, low centre probably moving close to it now, will pick up on 12 obs

Guffy

Off the training... it'll be grand, right?

YeaYeaSure

SIX PACK wrote: »

Has to be 1 of the Wettest Novembers on record hasn't let up all month

We had very little rain here in the Shannon area for the first week or 10 days of November but it has been very wet since then.

ninebeanrows

57kt Magilligan/ 54 finner

Will get quite squally as the cold front organises a little and moves east

squarecircles

Dead calm in mayo,pretty insignificant.non event really.

FWVT

Weathercheck wrote: »

50kt Casement

56kt Orlock Head, Co. Down.

Still at 58kt at Mace Head, but a drop at Malin, low centre probably moving close to it now, will pick up on 12 obs

I don't think it will. That seems to be it as far as Malin is concerned, according to the latest analysis. The strongest gradient is now in the North Channel and heading east. Behind it is nothing stronger.

Oneiric 3

Fairly lively out still there but seems to be easing in a gradual way. Mean wind speed graph for here. Peaked at 25.9 kt at 8.30am and wavering between 18-23 kt since.

Tactical

Lots of rain for the last hour here in West Limerick.

Came across a large tree down when out a while ago, so I expect that there are a few more horizontal around the area.

Winds have died down a goid bit but still some nice gusts.

mirrorwall14

I know this is a fast moving event. I was thinking of travelling to the Coca Cola truck in maynooth today. It's there until 9, any idea what time the worst winds will have cleared through Kildare?

FWVT

mirrorwall14 wrote: »

I know this is a fast moving event. I was thinking of travelling to the Coca Cola truck in maynooth today. It's there until 9, any idea what time the worst winds will have cleared through Kildare?

In the next 2 hours

FWVT

11.30

Donegal Airport down to 23 kt
Sligo Airport 29 gust 41 kt
Derry Airport 23 gust 35 kt
Belfast Aldergrove 24 gust 39 kt
Belfast City 26 gust 38 kt

Dublin 33 gust 46 kt

John mac

squarecircles wrote: »

Dead calm in mayo,pretty insignificant.non event really.

you must be in a cave.
its easing now a bit ( last 30 mins )

mirrorwall14

FWVT wrote: »

In the next 2 hours

Thanks FWVT!

ninebeanrows

Yea, calming down in the north, but gusty in Dublin region.

54 in Dublin Airport, 58 in Casement.

FWVT

Weathercheck wrote: »

Yea, calming down in the north, but gusty in Dublin region.

54 in Dublin Airport, 58 in Casement.

I have it 55 and 59, respectively.

highdef

Slate just came off the roof - 1st one in the 6 years I've been here....so very windy!

corsav6

John mac wrote: »

you must be in a cave.
its easing now a bit ( last 30 mins )

I must be in the same cave so, a bit of a breeze here in Newport but nothing like other posters are reporting.

FWVT

Actually the 06Z Hirlam picked up the localised hotspot at 11 am in the Dublin area quite nicely! It had it gone an hour later.



925 hPa winds (and hence gusts) have peaked now and are moving eastwards. That is the end of Clodagh in these parts.

FWVT

Dun Laoghaire harbour had a gust of 54 knots around 11:50 but it's on the way back down now.

FWVT

Wow, a loss of 30-40 knots must have been some jolt!

EIDW WS WRNG 03 291210 VALID 291210/291410 SEV WS RWY28 OBS AT 1150 AIRBUS A330 LOSS OF 30-40KT ON DEPARTURE AT 1000FT=