Storm Barra - December 7th/8th 2021

"biblical rain" should be another one for the bingo card

!!!! sorry thought animation would work and now can't delete the damn file,.

link to tweet with video

that's the thing with so many warnings, not to sidetrack the thread again but it could be a case of the 'boy who cried wolf' syndrome, becoming desensitised to frequent orange / red / yellow warnings, they're all the same surely...

could also be a case of being in north Cork, pretty far inland, should maybe be an orange or yellow warning level area, but gets lumped in with the whole southwest coastal area

Looks like its having a meltdown. Seems to usually do it when there is a storm.

Heavy rain in North cork now

That front is shifting at an unbelievable pace. Despite the rain being expected to be heavy, I think the speed of it passing through will lessen the impact somewhat.

Not so the wind damage and tidal flooding unfortunately.

I think you have that accurately shown, the low is around 51.5N 16W heading towards the Aran Islands. By the looks of the pressure readings at the M6 buoy the central pressure is already below 970 mbs, as it shows 979 mb there 100 miles north northeast of the centre and winds are increasing there (now NE 69 km/hr gusting to 87). M3 also seeing a rapid increase in south winds now at 61 G 89.

Usually the infra-red will start to show a dark circle where the low centre is located. You can see the first signs of this within a larger area of low reflectivity. This particular storm is not bringing very much warm air north but a squall line feature could develop rather quickly late tonight. That would move through the south over the course of about 2-3 hours if it develops.

2 power banks and 2 laptops charged and ready to go

Good man well a head, if your cold and you have no power a hack I seen was lighting candles (maybe 4 or 6 depending on the size pot) over an upside pot that will get heat to build and act as a heater, frosty here in carrick on Shannon so icy ❄️

Rain and very blustery now in Cork city.

East Galway has a challenging forecast as the low will move in over that area mid-afternoon, so would say winds severe at times late morning, perhaps to about 2 p.m., then less severe for a while, picking back up to severe gusts but more northwest in direction by evening. Two stormy intervals separated by a bit of a break. Rain may total about 30-40 mm. Some mixing by midnight to 0300h overnight (in 24h). Very slow to improve on Wednesday. Sleet likely with slushy accumulations of 1-3 cm.