Potential Stormy - Sun/Mon (Media hyped storm, never forecast by Met/Boards)

maquiladora

I wouldn't think there will be power outages from this. Maybe in exposed coastal areas or if there happens to be some strong convective gusts but all the damaging winds are going to be way, way out at sea to our west.

Anyway, here she is...

Ahorseofaman

here are a list of the surfcams around Ireland and Britain

http://magicseaweed.com/UK-Ireland-Surf-Webcams/1/

bound to be something worth seeing somewhere

CarMuppet

Down in Kinsale this morning.. Some amount of seagulls coming in! They know something we don't. .

Low tide @ the moment. Should be interesting this afternoon.

hellboy99

maquiladora

Weather Warning

Issued at 07 November 2010 - 11:08

Weather Advisory

A depression of central pressure 962hPa will track southeastwards over Ireland on Monday, 08-11-2010.
High sea/swell on the west and southwest coast; 6 to 10 metres.
Slight risk of some local coastal flooding due to varying combinations of onshore gales, high waves and low pressure.

http://www.met.ie/forecasts/warnings.asp


Thats the latest from Met Eireann. Only a "slight" risk of some coastal flooding and no mention of any severe/damaging gusts.

polyfusion

Ahorseofaman wrote: »

here are a list of the surfcams around Ireland and Britain

http://magicseaweed.com/UK-Ireland-Surf-Webcams/1/

bound to be something worth seeing somewhere

Nothing yet in Bundoran or Strandhill, from the sat images, it looks like it will hit that area first.

http://www.turfnsurf.ie/surfcam/

http://www.turfnsurf.ie/surfreport/2010/nov/07/bundoran-surf-report/

Su Campu

06 FAX for tomorrow morning has possible gales off the southwest coast and the North Channel, otherwise not much.

It will be interesting to see the reports from Welsh stations, especially Aberporth, with the channeling effect of the south Irish Sea, and Föhn effects possibly enhancing readings at some stations. That could happen in Dublin too, with Casement probably registering higher speeds than Dublin Airport due to the proximity of the Dublin mountains.

sunbabe08

seagulls are in, something is definitely coming.

Su Campu

K4 databuoy just west of Belmullet is currently showing a dramatic fall in pressure and and increase in windspeed.



More here

ltdslipdiff

Batten down the hatches me thinks !!!

leahyl

If Met Eireann have downgraded this then i wouldnt hold out much hope for a huge storm or anything - like the experts on here have already said prob nothing more than heavy rain and strong enough winds - nothing we haven't seen before:rolleyes:

dexter647

a couple of years ago we had this every other week during the winter months and it never made the news... I could be wrong but there will be no need for candles or flash lights..

mike65

Very quiet here, one would never guess the apocalypse is on its way! :pac:

CarMuppet

These pictures taken 5mins apart (not a great picts sorry) facing due SSW, and I was ~9km from the south coast... is this the start of it?

Breeze picking up a little bit, was dead calm 20 mins ago.



http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/satpics/latest_IR.html

Su Campu

Max winds and timing forecast from 11Z TAFS.

International Airports (valid until 11am Monday)

Dublin: 8pm-1am - S 27 gusting 45 knots
Shannon: 6-11pm - S 25 gusting 40 knots
Cork: 7-11pm - S 26 gusting 45 knots
Connaught: 5-10pm - S 28 gusting 47 knots
Belfast Aldergrove: 7-11pm - S 30 gusting 43 knots
Casement: From 8pm - S 27 gusting 43 knots (valid only until 9pm)
Derry Eglington: From 6pm - S 28 gusting 43 knots ( " )

Regional Airports (valid until 7pm)

Donegal: 3-6pm - S 30 gusting 48 knots
Sligo: 4-6pm - S 35 gusting 42 knots
Galway: From 5pm - S 25 gusting 39 knots
Kerry: From 6pm - S 23 gusting 38 knots
Waterford: From 5pm - S 20 gusting 30 knots

bakerlite

so has this just turned into a wet and windy late afternoon?

no real precautions necessary type of thing?

maquiladora

bakerlite wrote: »

so has this just turned into a wet and windy late afternoon?

no real precautions necessary type of thing?

If you are living inland, not on a mountain and not in flood risk area there isn't anything to be concerned about I'd say.

maquiladora

The storm has been given the name Becky

Wertz

Why name it? Is it considered ET or something?

Looking pretty impressive on the RGB airmass composite animation:
http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/IPPS/html/MSG/RGB/AIRMASS/WESTERNEUROPE/

Core and jet are nearly orange they're that cold. Very large centre too....will that tighten up?

leahyl

Beginning to move towards the West Coast now!

http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp?ani=y

maquiladora

Wertz wrote: »

Why name it? Is it considered ET or something?

Its not unusual. All low & high pressure systems get named here.

http://www.met.fu-berlin.de/adopt-a-vortex/tief/#aktuell/

nacho libre

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Can you imagine if this weather forum existed in the 1960's, a decade when extreme events seemed to be more frequenct and intense? Mayhem I would reckon. I think it is just our luck that we exist in what surely must be the most boring and inept weather periods in history.

if only we had a time machine:(
about this "storm"
i hope for met eireann's sake the system you mentioned on Thursday doesn't turn out to be the real deal, because it seems a lot of people could be peeved that this system turn out to be a damp squib for most of the country and then the danger is they might dismiss any subsequent warning from met eireann as another over reaction. these situations are tough to handle, but it's better to be over cautious than not - afterall we don't want a repeat of what happened in 1989.

isle of man

vary calm here at the moment,

laurence997

Look at the rain:eek:

Will it get heavier than that or will it stay "blue" do ye think.
I was lookin forward to a small bit of a storm:P:D

peasant

For the not so scientific community, this site http://www.xcweather.co.uk/GB/observations
gives a pretty good overview of the current conditions and a very visual forecast too



I have found it to be pretty accurate during previous storms

WolfeIRE

laurence997 wrote: »

Look at the rain:eek:
Will it get heavier than that or will it stay "blue" do ye think.

there will be a lot more yellow and some pink and red there in the next 1-3hrs.

laurence997

WolfeIRE wrote: »

there will be a lot more yellow and some pink and red there in the next 1-3hrs.

RED!!:eek:
Sound fun dangerous.:D

leahyl

WolfeIRE wrote: »

there will be a lot more yellow and some pink and red there in the next 1-3hrs.

red??? seriously? I knew the rain was going to be heavy but that heavy?!

Not so good for me though cos i have to head out later:(

maquiladora

K5 bouy reporting 55kph winds now. Pressure has dropped 20mb in six hours.

gbee

leahyl wrote: »

red??? Not so good for me though cos i have to head out later:(

Bring your camera and a clear plastic bag to protect it. Post the pics.