Deep low pressure(Sunday 3/12/06,next one to watch)

Ghost Train

http://www.dlharbour.ie/weather/
http://www.dlharbour.ie/weather/index_24hrs.php

Trogdor

Wind is really howling out there now, and according to my vp2 its raining cats and dogs again:D. I can hear quite a few alarms going off now. The gusts aren't that strong here, it's just the conistent strong winds thats making it so windy

Snowbie

Max here at 35mph,high avg but not stormy.

SpitfireIV

It seems fierce windy again, but was calming down when I going to bed, has the wind come back for round 2?

Mothman

Got quite windy with the last heavy shower about 30 mins ago.

Mean 33mph, gust 54mph

max gust was 46mph at 708am.
power went off at 711am but was back by 745am.

revr

Yer weatherwemen Angie Phillips said we might get storm force winds on Thursday up north on the lunchtime weather forecast. Hold on to yer hats

Supercell

Scary drive this morning into work. Was my first time driving in white rain - ie it was flooding all over the place and was so heavy it looked like a white wall in the headlights, scary stuff, took it very very easy driving in, mountain living is a whole new driving experience for sure.
Going to be interesting once the proper cold frosty weather sets in.

Trogdor

Very stormy charts tonight, just one storm after another following up from the atlantic, and it doesn't look like we're going to break this pattern anytime soon. It's only a matter of time before one of these storms really starts to cause damage. Currently some very intense wind and rain progged for thursday and Sunday on GFS.

revr

look at this baby for Ireland on Thursday - We may be blown away

Strasser

Threat of stormy conditions Wednesday into Thursday seems to have disappeared on the latest runs.

Trogdor

I don't know about the 06z but the 12z still keeps the stormy conditions
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn429.png
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn489.png
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn484.png
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn544.png
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn604.png
although it severly weakens Sunday's low, which is interesting possibly a change to slightly cooler conditions after that

Villain

I just received this mail:

Issued at 13:24 Wednesday, 29-Nov-06



Warning of Severe Weather.


General :

An intense winter storm is developing in Mid Atlantic today Wednesday and will move northwards towards Iceland. It will pass c. 600 nm WEST of Ireland later tonight and will introduce very strong and very blustery southerly winds for tonight and much of tomorrow. A spell of heavy rain will cross the country during Thursday, and very rough south to southwest seas will develop for tomorrow also.


Warning Details :


Wind : Southerly winds will increase 45 to 60 km/h tonight, and continue for much of the day tomorrow Thursday. Gusts of 100 to 130 km/h will occur, - with the highest gusts expected in exposed parts of Connacht, West Ulster and West Munster.


Valid 30/0000 to 30/1600.


Rainfall : Between 20 and 40 mm of rain are expected, with the highest totals expected to occur over parts of Munster and South Leinster during daylight hours.

Valid 30 /0800 to 30 / 1900


Seas : Very rough or high south to southwest seas will affect our Coasts on Thursday also.


Valid 30 /0600 to 30 / 2400

Looks like it is going to get rough.

Mod's I was going to put this in the other thread but thought it deserved its own, apologies if I'm wrong.

Snowbie

As its relevant to another earlier thread,no need to start it own thread.
Changed thread title to accomodate the warning.

ninebeanrows

Stormy conditions will spread to all areas later tonight and into tomorrow with gusts reaching 80mph in western coastal areas. Widespread gusts of 60mph elsewhere...

Supercell

All calm here so far, not convinced this is going to be much on the eastern seaboard yet.

Trogdor

It's reletively calm everywhere now. The wind forecast for Dublin on xweather is for winds stronger than the Southern and Northern coasts and the only place with higher winds are coastal parts of the west of Ireland and Scotland. The current forecast(right of the picture) gives a mean speed of 45mph for Dublin. I don't really know how this one will turn out but it's certainly forecast to be bad
http://www.xcweather.co.uk/

darkman2

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn781.png


Sunday could be worse then tomorrow.

junkyard

Its blowing a gale in Cork harbour with strong gusts but no rain yet.

starting to get very windy here.

billy the squid

It's getting seriously gusty here at the moment

I note that Shannon Airport has recorded a gust of 41 knots and Malin head has recorded a gust of 53 knots.

from bbc shipping forcast

SHANNON ROCKALL SOUTH SEVERE GALE 9 TO VIOLENT STORM 11, VEERING SOUTHWEST 7 OR GALE 8. VERY ROUGH TO VERY HIGH. RAIN OR SQUALLY SHOWERS. MODERATE, OCCASIONALLY POOR

EDIT: Gust of 59 knot reported at Belmullet. Shannon reporting gust of 50 knots.

DublinEvents

Yikes! :eek: Better stay in the house till the wind dies down...

Mothman

Finally getting a reasonable blow here

Almost a full gale, mean up to 38mph gust to 60mph

Highest of year.

And very mild, 12C all night.

Mothman

Mean been above 30mph for 2 hours. Gusting to 50+mph at least every 5 minutes.

ninebeanrows

Very wind here in porto..... windest this year... the force of 50mph + gusts is surprisingly strong:D

Mothman

Has eased a bit with last 50mph gust 20 minutes ago. Mean still above 30mph though.

ninebeanrows

Highest winds across the east are expected as the rain reached here around 11/12am....

Meanwhile a forewarning for this SUnday http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn841.png

Mothman

Mean down to 26mph.

Mean since midnight 28mph. That's high!

Kilkenny had near gale and it's very wet at Valentia, 15mm past 2 hours.

I think Belmullet has recorded max gust so far, 72mph.

EDIT
09z reports in
Belmullet 42kts, gust 70 (80mph)

Yoda

Constant strong gales here in Clew Bay. It's loud! Fortunately I work at home and have a fire going, pot of tea. :-)

Snowbie

Mean has gone up to 24mph.Gusting now in high 20s.
No rain as of yet.

Villain

http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp

There seems to a lot of rain about but I haven't seen any yet??

swalsh

Well lads it is very wet in Galway and windy too

Snowbie

Raining here now,windy,not stormy.

Mothman

Snowbie wrote:

Raining here now,windy,not stormy.

Oddly Dublin AP max gust past 2 hours has been 38mph.

I'm still getting gusts above 45mph regularly with mean above 30mph most of time.

Mean since midnight 29mph.

Valentia 44mm since midnight.

ninebeanrows

gusts picked up here abit recently with full large tree's swaying on my road..

Snowbie

Another non event here,max gust i recorded was 32mph and that was 3.30am this morning.
Rain well more drizzle with 0.3mm.
Im at work at the coast and some places are dry.Gusty winds but not bad at all and im exposed to the elements.(no pun intended).:p

Mothman

Almost a gale

Mean of 38mph, but wind seems to have eased

So close....

Snowbie

Getting a bit wilder now,rain starting to get heavier.

Trogdor

Nowhere near as bad as what Mothman was describing here, max gust was 46mph, and max 10 minute mean was 20mph, 15.2mm so far

mike65

Out driving in it all fecking day! Serious ammounts of standing water on the roads in the south.

Mike.

Supercell

Continious downpour here and standard blowiness ..but then it rarely drizzles up here it seems

Takeshi_Kovacs

Been out in it all day, and damn it was stormy.. (it wasn't too cold either..)
It is a year to the day exactly when i last saw weather like this and we got a fair few big floods, but strangely enough, today there was no flood on my granddads road and that road always floods .. Granted the rivers were swollen, but not to bursting point, but i reckon if the rain kept up tonight, then the rivers would definitely burst.
There was a house back in Ballyferriter, Dingle that had its roof blown off last night, and i saw a few sheds knocked over (but they did look a bit suspect anyways..)
The surf coming into Inch Strand was absolutely vicious looking.. I wish i brought the camera, to get a few pics..

Mothman

No real letup.
It's eased a little but to just below 30mph rather than just above.

Mean for day till 8pm 29.5mph, almost assured of windiest day on record (since Nov99) and this without it being stormy. Max gust of 60mph is not very high.

Rain total is now above 20mm as well.

Belmullet was becalmed at 1900!

Snowbie

Virtually calm here,not much rain either.Was watchin the radar today on the a loop and echoes were decaying around my area over and over again.It lashed for 10 mins giving me only 3.6mm.It is drying up out there now.

Trogdor

GFS makes Sundays low worse and worse with every run, will have to be careful not to be blown away on Sunday:).
http://85.214.49.20/wz/pics/Rtavn669.html
http://85.214.49.20/wz/pics/Rtavn729.html

ninebeanrows

whopper winds up the Irish Sea as the LP pushes up and swings up storm force southerlies.....

Gonzo

seemed very windy here at times today and earlier when I was in blanch but the rainfull was barely noticeable.. mostly just drizzle in the wind with some moments of rain, not enuff to cause puddles in the ground. The wind and the damp drizzle made it feel very cold tho.

ninebeanrows

Ok on the 0z we've lost the extreme winds Sunday afternoon... Still 50KT in the west and 35KT in the east..... but Saturday Night/ Very Early Sunday is when i really quite concerned for the East Coast...

Winds will rech 45KT-50KT all up along the east coast with gusts up above 70/75KT's possible otherwards 80mph gusts are becoming a reality........

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn481.png

ninebeanrows

Late night revellers on Saturday night will not enjoy trying to journey home across Eastern Ireland...

Coastal Regions of the East coast will recieve by far the worst winds of the winter with sustained winds reachign 50KT's or near 60mph... gusts will exceed 80mph and acroos coastal Wexeford may exceed 90mph.... it looks like the first bash of extreme winds will last circa 6 hours... then a brief respite before westerlies arrive with gusts over 70mph nationwide...

Overall a very dusturbing picture unfolding especially for the East who are not used to such disturbed weather.

Snowbie

Will people take time to go through the threads and post in the relevant thread please.There is a thread concerning the up and coming wind event already.If you need a thread title changed or updated the mods will change no problem.

Thanks.