Storm Isha - Sunday 21/Monday 22 January 2024

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Do all the usual checks water / oil etc. Make sure your spare tyre is in good shape.

Good luck!!

The various models continue to differ slightly on where the strongest gusts will be concentrated, suffice to say severe gusts of 130 to 140+kmh could occur just about anywhere. The storm is still 6-7 hours away from landing off our northwest coast.

Earlier question about map boundaries, use cities not counties by names in posted watch area. (Cork-Galway-Dundalk-Wexford) ... watch period has just started, will advise if I see it at warning criteria.

Would expect a second watch to apply to inland north 1500 to 1900 (cold front of system).

When looking at guidance for 950 b winds, note height is only a bit above relatively low hills in central Ireland, as surface pressure will be 980 there. So guidance is showing generally 65-80 knot winds developing at basically hilltop height, obviously ground response will vary according to exposure, slope and any convection in vicinity. This is why the watch issued ...

Will keep an eye on this. Off to a kids indoor hockey tournament now

I see they're doing a live update feed on the RTE app. The headline at the top saying the warnings currently in place will be replaced by stronger ones. But there's no indication in the updates themselves where that info came from.

That Harmonie run- if it's correct- is a bit strange/unusual. I will have stronger winds than some western coastal regions. It's not often that happens!

I think it's poorly worded but they mean that the current warnings (yellow) will be replaced by orange/red later. None of the statements from the National Emergency Group or Met Eireann mentioned it.

A few gusts above 80kmh atm in Arklow

Lots above 70kmh

It's howling. Sw

That's on them. There has to be a bit of common sense applied by Joe Public too

This is Ireland. Common sense isn't very common

I'd say Belmullet and Malin Head will see very high gusts but elsewhere bar Mace Head 110kph.

Probably 100s of thousands of power cuts. Charge those phones.

Strong winds here in Belmullet on an exposed site. Like a normal storm so far, wind is dropping off to almost calmness every few minutes and building back up again after 10 or so seconds.

I wouldn’t be surprised to see Newport furnace exceed 130km/h

Exact same here outside Newport. About 55m asl but the land from the coast up to us channels the wind directly at us. Some serious gusts bending in the back doors there and now dropped off a bit.

I'm genuinely not looking forward to the peak of it. We're in a dormer house and you can hear the wind throughout the whole house.