Current Weather Conditions: December 2007

lucernarian

Just had a sleet shower in Rathmines/Churchtown. Any flakes melted after a second.

Trogdor

Had a very heavy shower here around anhour ago, temp fell from 8.2C to 5.2C and there were a few flakes starting to get mixed in.
I see it went lower away from the coast though, down to 3.8C on the Bray bypass
http://www.nra.ie/RoadWeatherInfo/Map/data/htm/WeatherTable.htm
M11 Bray Bypass Dec 07, 14:06 3.8° C. 6.5° C. Wet 89% 12.2 km/h North-westerly Heavy rainfall

Damomanye

Cold here in LK, reading 5.7c and falling.

Supercell

Its the 7th of December and finally temps are dipping below 4.2°C here!!, flippin' amazingly mild start to the month.

ninebeanrows

To_be_confirmed wrote: »

Just had a sleet shower in Rathmines/Churchtown. Any flakes melted after a second.

Enjoying college?

We have the whole of December now to hope for some snow:D

arctictree

3.3c here ATM. Breezy and clear.

Damomanye

cool, just got a 3.9c reading here in Limerick. Nice and calm before the big event. This could easily fool people into thinking : "ah yes looks like a calm crisp night........." (thats if they havnt seen a forecast of course)

Supercell

Damomanye wrote: »

cool, just got a 3.9c reading here in Limerick. Nice and calm before the big event. This could easily fool people into thinking : "ah yes looks like a calm crisp night........." (thats if they haven't seen a forecast of course)

Yep, tonight is the proverbial "calm before a storm".
Some people will probably die tomorrow night as a result of the storm coming. Tonight they are going about their business ..posting on forums, putting up xmas decorations, grumbling about work, wondering what to buy loved ones as presents for xmas etc etc etc

All I can say is, boardsies...dont be that person..don't drive if you dont need to tomorrow night, don't go walking by the shore, don't be driving that windy road beside the cliffs..this is a bad time of year to loose someone, tomorrow night could be the worst weather in years in many places...

If you are heading out tomorrow night :-

• Tune into the weather forecast on the car radio home from work
• Check http://www.met.ie forecasts for your area
• Check the boards weather forum for up to the minute updates on the developing situation
• If its windy...please slow down..gusts will be severe, just get home safely, your loved ones would prefer that you arrive alive.

Paddy.1

Longfield wrote: »

Yep, tonight is the proverbial "calm before a storm".
Some people will probably die tomorrow night as a result of the storm coming. Tonight they are going about their business ..posting on forums, putting up xmas decorations, grumbling about work, wondering what to buy loved ones as presents for xmas etc etc etc

All I can say is, boardsies...dont be that person..don't drive if you dont need to tomorrow night, don't go walking by the shore, don't be driving that windy road beside the cliffs..this is a bad time of year to loose someone, tomorrow night could be the worst weather in years in many places...

If you are heading out tomorrow night :-

• Tune into the weather forecast on the car radio home from work
• Check http://www.met.ie forecasts for your area
• Check the boards weather forum for up to the minute updates on the developing situation
• If its windy...please slow down..gusts will be severe, just get home safely, your loved ones would prefer that you arrive alive.

Wind picking up slightly now. Still a mere puff though. Good advice in the quote above. Take heed people.

Current Conditions for Galway:

Partly Cloudy. Cool. Light Variable Breeze.

3.4c / 90%rh

1010 mb falling slowly.

Today's Max: 6.2c

Non-discript day here today. A few showers in the morning and afternoon, with the odd heavy one coupled with gusty winds. Calm and cool in the evening. Temp feel to 2.2c earlier. Rising slowly again. The Calm before the storm.

Supercell

Very wet morning here. 16.8mm rain so far and still raining.
Had a period of very wet snow early this morning around 05:30, cyrrently all rain though and temperature 7.3°C

Mothman

And to add to Longfield's report, pressure falling 4mb/hr with the rate of fall increasing

mike65

Very wet overnight, clearing and sun popping out.

Mike.

Damomanye

Just took a walk to my local shop. Blustery gusts at times but nothing major yet. Currently 12.0c and slight rain

Mothman

Pressure down 30mb since midnight.
Temp 13C

mike65

Sun gone and damp in the air.

Mike.

ninebeanrows

Mothman wrote: »

Pressure down 30mb since midnight.
Temp 13C

Yes amazing drop alright.

Getting quite hairly out there already as the first lp moves through.

DOCARCH

Pressure rising now (temporarily?) up to 982mb from a low of 980mb. Only 12.3mm so far today.

Trogdor

DOCARCH wrote: »

Pressure rising now (temporarily?) up to 982mb from a low of 980mb. Only 12.3mm so far today.

The pressure rose here from around noon till 2 but is now falling away again. Wind is gradually coming up here as well, just had a gust of 40mph.

SpitfireIV

Currently 7.7c
Pressure 984.4hPa and falling slowly.
W'ly wind gusting up to 20mph, seems to have quitened down a little, was a lot windier earlier.

Snowbie

Pressure 979.8mb and falling slow.
My all time low pressure is under threat and might go at 968.1mb on the 23/11/06

Paddy.1

Snowbie wrote: »

Pressure 979.8mb and falling slow.
My all time low pressure is under threat and might go at 968.1mb on the 23/11/06

I think there is a good chance of you breaking your low record tonignt as the center of the low looks like passing close to you tonight.

23rd November 06 is also my record low. 964 mb. but I doubt that will be broken tonight with low a bit too far north. So far!!

Trogdor

Snowbie wrote: »

Pressure 979.8mb and falling slow.
My all time low pressure is under threat and might go at 968.1mb on the 23/11/06

Even if the centre is right over you i don't think the central pressure will be lower than. My record is 969.2mb on the same day.

Damomanye

just had two very scary gusts here. They sounded very strong, like nothing iv heard all day. someone hold me...

My Latest reading:

Temp: 7.0
Pressure: 984

arctictree

4.8c here at the moment - cold and windy!!

A

Mothman

My record low is 963mb in Dec 1999.

The last time I've seen a comparable pressure drop of 30mb in 12hrs was 26th/27th Oct 2002 when pressure fell and rose 30+mb within 24hrs.

This was the last of what I consider to be a storm with 70+mph gusts. I've scarcely seen 60+mph since.

Paddy.1

trogdor wrote: »

Even if the centre is right over you i don't think the central pressure will be lower than. My record is 969.2mb on the same day.

You are right Trogdor. I said earlier it might go lower, but Met Eireann now showing this low filling substantially as it crosses over the country.

Lows of around 973 mb in the east if they are right.

Pressure here at the moment is 981.0 mb. Not varying much from this afternoon. Wouldn't expect it to fall an awful lot lower than this as low passes to the north of me tonight.

But who knows what may happen.

Snowbie

Paddy.1 wrote: »

Lows of around 973 mb in the east if they are right.

Some cat1 hurricanes dont have a central core pressure that low.

Paddy.1

Current Conditions for Galway East.

Cloudy. Heavy Rain. Mild.

Strong to Galeforce WSW.

6.1c / 91% rh

972.0 mb falling rapidly.

Today's max: 11.5c

Today started with torrential rain that continued from the early hours. Bright, windy and sunny in the afternoon with a few passing showers. More prolonged and heavier showers in the evening with some very howling winds.

Hal1

Marathon gas platform recording 91mph winds :eek:

Snowbie

971.4mb and falling.
6.9c and is dead calm out.