Storm Barra - December 7th/8th 2021

My blue sky was short lived. Hail falling now.

Thanks.

I'll add - there was orange in Jan 2020, and there was actually 2 in Feb 2020 - one on the 8th, one on the 28th.

So Barra is the 9th orange / red wind event for Dublin covering a period that Dublin Airport hasn't had a single orange level gust.

And people wonder why there are moaners?

There are other weather stations in Dublin too...

I live not too far away from Casement, during windy weather conditions are often worse there than at the airport.

Grand sunny day here, bit of a breeze but nothing to talk about.

Same here, do the media and weather stations have a pact to hype up every storm like it’s going to be the end of the world? I know they are paid to push the climate change narrative but they are only making themselves look silly in the process.

ME include impact as well as purely on the forecast wind speeds/ gusts as far as I'm aware. Going on my local area, it's certainly been more impactful than a "normal" winter storm in terms of trees down, damage reports etc.

Apparently Met Eireann are saying it will be lingering until around 5pm. Might probably go for much longer, I imagine. I don't see the storm moving on around that time. Still getting heavy rain, and wind hasn't quite moved on.

Gusts have been pretty consistent here since last night, haven't let up at all really. Not too much rain.

The proviso is that I live on a hill (smaller hill next to Tara Hill in north Wexford), and even last week had a day and night of gales, so I am totally used to this sort of weather. But it's never been sustained this long before.

Couple of trees fallen on the road last night that were cleared this morning, but no other signs or reports of damage anywhere.

Mace Head and Athenry are very different locations. You cant compare a weather station on the edge of the sea with a weather station 80kms away located near buildings, wooded areas and the raised motorway.