Sunday evening/Monday - Very Severe Storm

ch750536

Windows just bent in for the first time, quite squally too.

Mental Mickey

DMC wrote: »

There is the difference.... RTÉ will look out the window and/or rely on Met Éireann, Sky News have hours to fill

Sky "News" like to put the worst angle on every story.

rc28

Way too much hype in the media about this, they'll be embarassed tomorrow when people are wondering where the storm is. They could at least say the worst winds will only be confined to the SW.

rc28

Good webcam now showing a more churned up sea;http://www.oceanscene.ie/blog/?cat=2
Some of those waves already look to be getting up to the sea wall.

Supercell

If dewpoints stay the way they are, things could get VERY interesting in hilly areas as the precipitation moves eastward.

ch750536

Winds turned to be a strong easterly for some unknown reason. Anyone confirm this near me?

arctictree

Longfield wrote: »

If dewpoints stay the way they are, things could get VERY interesting in hilly areas as the precipitation moves eastward.

Yes, this could be very interesting. Temp here has dropped to 2.8c and DP is -3.3c. Some points:

1) Another drop of 1c and we are in serious snow territory.
2) This front is arriving at exactly the right time, unlike last Monday where the snow was forecast around midday and temps here were around 4.5c
3) There is some serious precip in that front according to the radar. Slim chance of it petering out by the time it reaches here.
4) You can be sure that this forum would be going mental if these conditions were showing at sea level!

I wonder if the arriving front will rise the temperatures though??

Will be an interesting next few hours!!

A

Fursey

Hi Folks

19.16 hours

West Dublin calling - zilch so far...:mad:

Supercell

arctictree wrote: »

Yes, this could be very interesting. Temp here has dropped to 2.8c and DP is -3.3c. Some points:

1) Another drop of 1c and we are in serious snow territory.
2) This front is arriving at exactly the right time, unlike last Monday where the snow was forecast around midday and temps here were around 4.5c
3) There is some serious precip in that front according to the radar. Slim chance of it petering out by the time it reaches here.
4) You can be sure that this forum would be going mental if these conditions were showing at sea level!

I wonder if the arriving front will rise the temperatures though??

Will be an interesting next few hours!!

A

Yep, it would be heading for meltdown for sure!
I was just checking out some dewpoint charts from the 12z and I reckon we probably will see snow, but will be pretty shortlived as dewpoints are set to rise about 4 degrees in the precip. I'd guess we could have about 1 hour of pretty much whiteout conditions , which will be fun if it happens

Around 22:00'ish should be when the games commence on the east coast .

squonk

My dp has dropped to -0.5 since 7. Temp is 5C. That should be enough for snow shouldn't it?

Snowbie

arctictree wrote: »

I wonder if the arriving front will rise the temperatures though??

Will be an interesting next few hours!!

A

When the wind picks up soon, the temps and Dp(more dp) should rise before the rain arrives. It might be just on borderline if it falls as wet snow for you up there.Keep us posted.

mickger

Damomanye wrote: »

i remember it (Phenomenal) being mentioned in early December during the last event like this. December 6th was it?. That event was declared a storm in a tea cup.

Yeah i remember the last hyped up storm in here and exactly as you said turned out to be a storm in a tea cup. So i'm not getting too excited about this storm yet;)

arctictree

Snowbie wrote: »

When the wind picks up soon, the temps and Dp(more dp) should rise before the rain arrives. It might be just on borderline if it falls as wet snow for you up there.Keep us posted.

Yes - up to 3.1c here now! Damn - Dew point now -0.6c !!

DonalN

tis getting fairly windy here in galway (we're on the coast). hope the power stays!

kerry1960

some heavier stuff starting to appear off the west coast http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/

Damomanye

getting a bit gusty now here too. Heavy rain on the doorstep.

squonk

Simple question really. What conditions do we need here in Dublin for transitional snow? My temp is 4.9C and dp is -1.1 at the moment. I think that'd be enough but I'd expect the temps and dp to rise a few degrees once the rain arrives. If conditions stayed as they are now we'd get snow for a while wouldn't we?

ch750536

Still getting a strong wind from the E, at most ESE. Moderate rain now, quite gusty (25-30 at a guess)

ninebeanrows

ch750536 wrote: »

Still getting a strong wind from the E, at most ESE. Moderate rain now, quite gusty (25-30 at a guess)

The wind will be S perhaps SE before the cold front pushes through alright.

SpitfireIV

Funny listening to the radio news the past couple of hours, INN or whoever does it. At 7pm they had a story about a 'severe storm' and the 'worst storm of the winter' was to develop over the next couple of hours with gusts up to 90mph!

Now, on the 8pm news it was just a 'severe storm' with gusts of up to 70mph :rolleyes:

Given that trend I reckon it'll be down to 30mph by midnight and I'll have to get out my 'storm in a teacup' picture tomorrow

ch750536

Deserves keeping for prosperity.

rc28

http://www.eyeball-surfcheck.co.uk/westwardho-live.shtml
Hope they don't leave their cars their overnight!

arctictree

arctictree wrote: »

Yes - up to 3.1c here now! Damn - Dew point now -0.6c !!

To be honest I had my doubts about snow in Roundwood or annamoe.
Dewpoints here at sea level to your south never got below freezing at all.
Allied to that,the wind is sout or southeast as the precip approaches which will lift your dp and air temp further.

It will be interesting(understatement) at the top of lugnaquilla though-but being up there at midnight tonight would be wrecklessness to the nth degree.

squonk wrote:

My temp is 4.9C and dp is -1.1

From experience-not a hope of snow for you I'd say.That dp will continue to rise but worse,your surface air feed will be in off the sea initially.

kerry1960

amazing really..... we've had no weather in kerry for years , and since i stumbled on this forum we've had weather almost every week ,:D just booked tomorrow off as a sickie (cough splutter )

well the batteries are charged , the camera's are ready to roll , where's the best place to capture this beast , beach or mountain........any suggestions .

(and no , i will not go jump in a lake)

Trogdor

kerry1960 wrote: »

amazing really..... we've had no weather in kerry for years , and since i stumbled on this forum we've had weather almost every week ,:D just booked tomorrow off as a sickie (cough splutter )

well the batteries are charged , the camera's are ready to roll , where's the best place to capture this beast , beach or mountain........any suggestions .

(and no , i will not go jump in a lake)

It could be dangerous out there but if I was there(wish I could be:() I'd head for the beach, or somewhere safe with a view of the beach or coastline. The waves down there tomorrow are going to be amazing.

Chardee MacDennis

i live on hanover quay in dublin, how fun will the next 72 hours be?

Kippure

Dew point of minus 2 and a tempeture of 5c. What are the chances?

slayer91

Here in Clare, wind has picked up considerably gusting 27mph, temp 5.7, dew point of -5, pressure dropping off to 976mb (dropped 5 in the last hour). No rain yet!!

Reg

Liam

Kippure

slayer91 wrote: »

Here in Clare, wind has picked up considerably gusting 27mph, temp 5.7, dew point of -5, pressure dropping off to 976mb (dropped 5 in the last hour). No rain yet!!

Reg

Liam

We could very well get snow out of this

Kippure

Kippure wrote: »

We could very well get snow out of this

lets say it does! Lets say we get LOADS! Would it stick and would we be able to get out and enjoy it with the wind over the next few days?!
Wind is really picking up here! In West Dublin atm. I have a pressure of 978 - I just calibrated it! Im near Lucan would this be correct ?Anyone nearby to confirm?