Storm Barbara - 23rd December 2016

Slattsy

Deluge in D1 - serious volume of water, now im not good at judging... but I'd say easily 15 inches of rainfall.

spoonerhead

That rain was absolutely visious, the noise of the wind hitting my house was the exact same as when this happened http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/south-dublin-residents-avoided-a-tornado-last-month-212713.html

pad199207

Roads are like rivers here in D20

Storm 10

Aircraft now diverting from Dublin to Shannon according to Flightradar24, six diversions so far due weather

pedigree 6

Squall line has just hit and is passing through in this part of wexford.

That ain't smoke that's rain between me and that tree.

mickger844posts

Squall broke up before it reached here. Still some decent gusts with a Max of 71km/h

www.waterfordweather.com

Donegal Storm

Meh, just a blustery day in NW Donegal, squally during the showers but nothing too interesting

Colser

All calm and blue skies here in Cork now..

Meteorite58

Gust of 72.4 km/h this morning here near Tralee
10.8mm of rainfall between 06.00 and 10.30
Breezy now from the WNW avg 25 km/h

Brightened up well now with some big local showers showing up on the radar but dry here since 10.30 here.

Meteorite58

Xenji

979 km/h gusts in Anglesey, looks like wind Ted.

Wanderer78

Xenji wrote: »

979 km/h gusts in Anglesey, looks like wind Ted.

jupiter's red spot maybe?

HensVassal

pedigree 6 wrote: »

Squall line has just hit and is passing through in this part of wexford.

That ain't smoke that's rain between me and that tree.

Your ducks seem to be enjoying it :P

Cantona's Collars

Sun shining just up the road in Enniscorthy.

Your Airbag

Meteorite58 wrote: »

SCORCHIO!

Slattsy

not a cloud in sky in Dublin now. Get the sun tan lotion out!

haminka

Slattsy wrote: »

not a cloud in sky in Dublin now. Get the sun tan lotion out!

Not sure whereabouts in Dublin you are but it was just lashing rain in D15 two minutes ago. I could swear I saw a bunny squeezing water out of his ears.

Oscar Bravo

Some squall line over the UK now

woody1

has passed over / by north mayo nothing to write home about in the end,

GreenFolder2

Beautiful afternoon here in Cork City.

km79

woody1 wrote: »

has passed over / by north mayo nothing to write home about in the end,

The rain was the main feature here anyway
Winds nothing major

Donegal Storm

Wind seems to have picked up here in NW Donegal again, no instruments but would guess in the region of 40-50kts. Was considering going for a drive to the cliffs but don't think it's worth my time

pedigree 6

Another interesting fact about squall lines.

Squall lines typically bow out due to the formation of a mesoscale high pressure system which forms within the stratiform rain area behind the initial line. This high pressure area is formed due to strong descending motion behind the squall line, and could come in the form of a downburst. The pressure difference between the mesoscale high and the lower pressures along the squall line cause high winds, which are strongest where the line is most bowed out.

http://www.skybrary.aero/index.php/Squall_Line

Here's a good example of a bowed squall line. There must have been strong winds on this one.

pauldry

Bad owl gust of 979kph in Holyhead by that map Meteorite

Ahorseofaman

pauldry wrote: »

Bad owl gust of 979kph in Holyhead by that map Meteorite

fastest recorded avian fart?

JCX BXC

Here is a diversion from Dublin landing in Shannon today. Lufthansa A321. Quite a rocky landing.

catbear

JCX BXC wrote: »

Here is a diversion from Dublin landing in Shannon today. Lufthansa A321. Quite a rocky landing.

Not as rocky as the camera work. FFS!

JCX BXC

catbear wrote: »

Not as rocky as the camera work. FFS!

You try holding a phone over an airport perimeter fence with wind gusting to 40kts and see how you do.

Shame I didn't bring a stepladder though.

Clonmel1000

Landed in cork at 4pm plain sailing. It was a nice December day really.

M.T. Cranium

Here's the full power of this storm hitting Thorshavn in the Faeroes:

METAR EKVG 231920Z AUTO 26039G75KT 230V300 5000NDV -SHRA BKN014/// 04/02 Q0963 RMK OVC015/// WIND 850FT 29051G91KT 240V320

Decoded, this says at 1920z winds at the sea level station were west 39 knots gusting to 75 knots, wind was oscillating around from SW to NW, light showers passing, temp 4, dew point 2 ... at 850 ft which I think is a regular second report they have in windy weather on a nearby hill, wind WNW 51 knots gusting to 91 knots and also varying from WSW to NW. Knots are almost double km/hr, would say double then take away 10%.