Storm Atiyah Sunday - Monday, 8th - 9th Dec 2019

MilitaryRoad

ATC at Cork have just called in average wind speed of 21KTs gusting to 31KTS, pilot responded asking for options on a go around in case landing isn't possible.

spookwoman

Windy has a nice feature of weather station info thats updated hourly for reported wind gusts
https://www.windy.com/-Wind-gusts-gust?gust,52.024,-8.470,8
If link doesnt work go to the bottom right above the different forecast models and choose the icon with the wind sock.

GoneHome

Very dark here now in South Co Limerick, lights and tv flickering, hope electricity doesn't go

Cloudio9

MilitaryRoad wrote: »

Well beyond the 31-33kts gust cross wind limit for a Boeing 737 to be able to land in so maybe expect a lot of diversions based on a 58kt figure.

you're confusing wind strength with cross wind. 58kt wind strength from 280 degrees (westerly) is 0 cross wind for a flight landing in Dublin.

JCX BXC

MilitaryRoad wrote: »

ATC at Cork have just called in average wind speed of 21KTs gusting to 31KTS, pilot responded asking for options on a go around in case landing isn't possible.

Direction is important here, it's from 250° which is a complete crosswind on RWY16/34.

I'd say the Aviation and Aircraft fourm (flightradar thread) is better for these posts as they just get lost here.

red_bairn

Wesht Cark earlier (before noon).

Across the water from Sneem. The weather is slowly starting to pick up thereafter on our commute home to the big schmoke.

Discodog

MilitaryRoad wrote: »

Link for anyone who wants to listen to the live air traffic control tower radio feed at Cork Airport...


https://www.liveatc.net/hlisten.php?mount=eick2_s

No arrivals until 6.25 estimated

pad199207

155kph at Fastnet

M.T. Cranium

Direction of the northern low appears to be from about 340 to 350 deg which tends to favour the western solutions, peak winds for Donegal Bay and north Connacht would be around 2100-2300h.

Peak winds for Dublin may be something like 0100-0300h. That may lessen disruption as air traffic at a minimum then anyway.

munsterlegend

pad199207 wrote: »

155kph at Fastnet

Who said Cork shouldn’t be red?!

aisling86

munsterlegend wrote: »

Who said Cork shouldn’t be red?!

Will be interesting to see what actually comes ashore wind wise. Nothing significant in mid cork yet expecting a rapid deterioration in the next 90min.

Oneiric 3

Gone apocalyptically dark here.

Meteorite58

https://twitter.com/MuireannNic/status/1203699195556900867?s=20

RobertKK

sryanbruen wrote: »

To finish off an earlier discussion, Storm Darwin also had a red wind warning. Here's all the red national warnings that have been issued by Met Éireann that I could think of or find.

And yes, the usual storm comparison table will come tomorrow or sometime during the week.

Storm Darwin was upgraded to red for Kilkenny and some other areas when the storm was at full impact with trees falling, roofs blown off and electricity gone.
So they were very late for that storm in most parts.

SleetAndSnow

Heavy showers in cork city (Mahon point at the moment). Dark skies.

Clamball

munsterlegend wrote: »

Who said Cork shouldn’t be red?!

The Fastnet is off shore and high up, conditions inland and at ground level not so severe.

Nothing unusual in Cork city at present, but I would not be volunteering for a trip out around the Fastnet. It all depends on your specific location.

pad199207

Clamball wrote: »

The Fastnet is off shore and high up, conditions inland and at ground level not so severe.

Nothing unusual in Cork city at present, but I would not be volunteering for a trip out around the Fastnet. It all depends on your specific location.

Indeed it’s not really representative of any conditions likely onshore. Although it’s always interesting to see what it does record out there.

m17

Cumbria England this morning

munsterlegend

Clamball wrote: »

The Fastnet is off shore and high up, conditions inland and at ground level not so severe.

Nothing unusual in Cork city at present, but I would not be volunteering for a trip out around the Fastnet. It all depends on your specific location.

I was joking. Well aware where the fastnet rock
Is.

m17

Supercell

Most windy its been here in a very long time, had an unpleasant jog by Killiney beach earlier, power of the wind was impressive.

Storm 10

Pretty normal windy day in Galway with some strong gusts and heavy showers nothing out of the ordinary for this part of the Country I was expecting worse to be honest

Oneiric 3

Looks like the center of that first low will more pass over N. Kerry now than Clare, with, as M.T mentioned earlier, the strongest of the winds being to the south of it initially, but following on from its more western flank as it pushes further SE'wards. Winds here in S. Connacht still westerly and blustery but nothing of norm.

Rougies

Storm 10 wrote: »

Pretty normal windy day in Galway with some strong gusts and heavy showers nothing out of the ordinary for this part of the Country I was expecting worse to be honest

Round 1 is only getting started now, mostly affecting the far SW. Round 2 will be from about 20:00 onwards mostly affecting the W and NW.

Sardonicat

Calm in Tralee at present, i(n fact it was much wilder late morning,) but going by Meteorite's post above not for much longer! Hope the folks on the coast aren't hit too hard by flooding.

downwiththatsor

Sardonicat wrote: »

Calm in Tralee at present, i(n fact it was much wilder late morning,) but going by Meteorite's post above not for much longer! Hope the folks on the coast aren't hit too hard by flooding.

The Ryanair flight to Stansted left Kerry Airport ten mins ago without any problems.

squarecircles

Storm 10 wrote: »

Pretty normal windy day in Galway with some strong gusts and heavy showers nothing out of the ordinary for this part of the Country I was expecting worse to be honest

Yeah unfortunately met Éireann got it wrong for Western areas and have failed to revise their forecast accordingly, the severest winds will be in the southwest and later in the North, they just don't have the resources seemingly and fail to communicate this in the forecast warnings. Just a normal windy winters day here on the coast in Mayo.

Facebook showed me a post I made this day last year. It went "Fierce windy out there. I've the kettle on".

Bit of Deja vu right now.

Basq

Basq wrote: »

Flying out of Knock Airport this afternoon.. wish me luck! :eek:

All good bar torrential rain.

Ropey enough landing in Bristol... weather not much better over here.

Stay safe all!

Sardonicat

downwiththatsor wrote: »

The Ryanair flight to Stansted left Kerry Airport ten mins ago without any problems.

That's good. If Kerry Airport was on the Dingle Peninsula it wouldn't be going anywhere . Wind picking up here (Tralee) in last 2-3 mins