Storm Barra: December 7/8th 2021 **Technical Discussion Only**

Gusting 75kts at Sligo airport

METAR EISG 080200Z AUTO 30042G75KT 5000 BR SCT017 OVC024 06/04 Q0977=

So, in your mind, people posting their local weather conditions as they see it are 'setting out to annoy others' and are 'mosquitoes'?

I'm not going to paint these very standard conditions locally as something they are not just to suit you or anyone else. And anyway, what are you doing on a west coast island when it is subject to this sort of weather that you seem so constantly terrified of?

Fair enough but you calling people 'mosquitoes' because they are not reporting all out storm conditions, it was easy to assume that I was included in your swipe. If I got the wrong end of the stick, then I sincerely apologise.

Anyway back to the actual weather 🙄

Will be interesting to see how much snow the Wicklow Mountains got when daylight comes.

Gusts at EIDW have been well below model predictions

Max gust of 45 knots so far, that's not even Status Yellow

I'm sure Graces7 was thinking of one or two posters in the other thread who seem to wish to stir up a bit of trouble in the weather forum by harping on the idea that conditions are benign where they are therefore no storm exists. If people just post that conditions are benign where they are and leave it at that, fair play. So as she said, I think maybe these comments were not aimed at Oneiric3 who is always careful to give a weather report for his own location and leave it at that. And I am not that troubled by any approach people take, if they want to affect a belief that no storm has taken place then they just end up making themselves look out of touch to anyone who has read the numerous reports to the contrary.

I find this difficult enough without having to predict subjective reactions to the numbers, we're given a framework of forecasting by the numbers and by any reasonable standard this was a well predicted event. I am seeing signs of underprediction around Sligo in recent hours. School closings are not top of mind around the weather forum and I wish people would take that whole discussion to a more appropriate place, and I can't say where that is because I haven't looked around the whole domain of boards to find out. My interest in Irish school closings is of course rather limited in any case, surprised they don't at least close the windows though, that must be doing more harm than good to the overall health of the nation, but of course it's not an option we might consider where I live, with current temperature -12 C. (I am somewhat out of touch with the general run of things, for all I know Canadian kids are sitting there in full winter gear with the snow blowing around them, my own school days were not that much better tbh).

Impressive sustained winds all night in Donegal, some roads blocked by fallen trees so definitely a morning to stay in bed.

Yes still roaring in Sligo and the whistle too I haven't heard Ince the 90s. Our lights flickered many times but it may be slowly abating. Certainly think the 75knot gust won't be repeated. Think we had one storm in the 2000s in Sligo that broke 130kph but not as high as 75knots.

Cliffs of Moher Co Clare (MPH) Source Windguru