Storm Isha - Sunday 21/Monday 22 January 2024

The track of this storm is pretty much nailed on in the GFS. Almost anywhere could experience potentially severe wind gusts. Spot flooding also will occur.

Same, I judge every storm by Darwin's standards, hoping none of them come close to the sheer power and noise of Darwin!! Think you are also in Tipp?

Im going to throw this this out there.. potentially the worst since Darwin but more country wide.

Darwin was the only storm I ever experienced in Ireland where I genuinely felt frightened, and I was in my own house in a suburb of Limerick City.

At the storm's height, the entire roof of the house, a two-story regular semi-detached, was creaking and groaning like a living creature. There was no damage but I never heard that sound before or since, and I don't ever want to.

Another suburban Limerick resident and it was scary AF. I have a downstairs loo that's like a box inside my house - block walls, none of which touch any outside walls and it doesn't have any windows. I hid in there with the dog. There were huge trees knocked near me. It was a miracle nobody was killed or badly hurt.

Seems to have cleared in NE Kildare for the moment.

Same as that. I was due to drive from west Clare into Limerick that afternoon for a meeting with my dissertation supervisor when a red warning was issued. I mailed them in the morning explaining that it probably wasn't the best idea to drive in. I stood outside around midday and it was so calm you could have lit a match and it wouldn't have flickered. I was feeling like a right eejit until about an hour later when the windows in the house were flexing in the wind 😳

11pm TAF.s

Knock max gust 55 knots between 5pm-7pm

Shannon 55 knots between 4pm-6pm

Dublin 52 knots between 2pm-10pm

Cork 52 knots between 11am-8pm

Belfast 53 knots between 6pm-9pm

If it brings rain we'll rename it Ishka (Uisce) 😬

Strange seeing East and West Galway the same shade of colour in the charts. That grey smudge from the City up to North Roscommon is a cause of concern if put mildly!

What does grey signify for the unlearned ?

Living in North County Dublin, based on charts how should I fair out and when ? Sometime around 7pm ish tomorrow?

Not just the strongest storm of the season, it is likely to be one of the strongest storms in recent times. Some areas inland could see gusts in excess of 80 mph