Severe Storm January 2nd/3rd 2012 (Malin records gust to 169km/hr)

maquiladora

Knine wrote: »

Might be a stupid question but what does that mean?:o

Also Its fairly quiet in Dublin's northside, just wondering when we can expect things to kick off?

Check MT's update in the daily forecast thread.

Sponge Bob

M4 still showing 993 pressure at 8PM and it is forecast (in various models) to drop to around 975 by the 0z.

Keep an eye on it from now on.

http://www.marine.ie/home/publicationsdata/data/buoys/observations.htm#M4

IMBACKLATER

The wind is rising here on the west coast, started to rain.

illumin

Knine wrote: »

Might be a stupid question but what does that mean?:o

Also Its fairly quiet in Dublin's northside, just wondering when we can expect things to kick off?

looking at the rainfall radar i would say 9:30 to 10pm

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

Tactical

Well, I'm always optomistic

snaps

yes, wind starting to get up now, lashing rain too. The radar doesnt do the rain justice. Just to note the wind seems to be coming from a more northely direction than southely at present (Its on the front of the house instead of the usual back).

Sponge Bob

Did I miss something about 6 inches of the "S" word just there ??

maquiladora

Forecast coming up on RTE 1 now, will probably be pretty much the same as earlier I'd say.

Deep Easterly

snaps wrote: »

yes, wind starting to get up now, lashing rain too. The radar doesnt do the rain justice. Just to note the wind seems to be coming from a more northely direction than southely at present (Its on the front of the house instead of the usual back).

A few miles to your SE and wind is backing southerly but very light (8.0kts) Very light rain (1.0mm/ph). Most notable thing that has happened is the 5.0 mb pressure fall over the last 3 hrs. Temp is also dropping as well.

redsteveireland

Any flight disruption possible from this in the morning?

Wind picking up here with driving rain.

Villain

redsteveireland wrote: »

Any flight disruption possible from this in the morning?

Wind picking uo here with driving rain.

Yes there is potential for some flight disruption, especially in Scotland tomorrow.

fizzycyst

redsteveireland wrote: »

Any flight disruption possible from this in the morning?

Wind picking uo here with driving rain.

Evelyn just mentioned that there may be some disruption to air travel.

eskimocat

Come on Evelyn.. well done

Warnings- gale to storm force winds mentioned.

Explains how a storm develops - nice touch and how it tracks...

frontal cloud, followed by rain, widespread over the country.

Mayo, Sligo and Donegal in line for possible damaging Storm force Winds. Sleet and hail accompanying.

Pretty similar to earlier but with more explanation. Go Evelyn nicely done

maquiladora

Gusts in the southwest are weaker than forecast for this time (on the NMM model).

Sponge Bob

It has a Name. Ulli.

leahyl

Lashing down here in Cork City now. I have a feeling however that we ain't seen nothing yet! It has yet to get very windy!

Totofan99

eskimocat wrote: »

Come on Evelyn.. well done

Warnings- gale to storm force winds mentioned.

Explains how a storm develops - nice touch and how it tracks...

frontal cloud, followed by rain, widespread over the country.

Mayo, Sligo and Donegal in line for possible damaging Storm force Winds. Sleet and hail accompanying.

Pretty similar to earlier but with more explanation. Go Evelyn nicely done

I'm with you there!! I wonder is this a New Years Resolution for Met? That they're going to start explaining the weather?

Deep Easterly

Gusting gale force at Valentia, Roches Pt, Mace Head and Belmullet on 9pm reports, though no notable mean speeds just yet:

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

sunbabe08

leahyl wrote: »

Lashing down here in Cork City now. I have a feeling however that we ain't seen nothing yet! It has yet to get very windy!

just put my head out the door, had a little breeze.

outsourced_ire

leahyl wrote: »

Lashing down here in Cork City now. I have a feeling however that we ain't seen nothing yet! It has yet to get very windy!

Apart from the rain it's a bit eerie! Trees outside my apartment are so still!

DoneDL

Very still up here in NW Donegal.

Tactical

Nice and calm here on the Southside in Dublin.

Looking forward to reading the updates on how this event progresses across the country.

sunbabe08

vonbarracuda wrote: »

Hopefully all Ducks are safe tonight

not seeing anything

maquiladora

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Gusting gale force at Valentia, Roches Pt, Mace Head and Belmullet on 9pm reports, though no notable mean speeds just yet:

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

Hi-Res NMM model had Valentia area under 50-60 knot gusts for 9pm.
Report says 36. I wonder is it just a timing difference or maybe winds for the south wont be as strong as expected.

vonbarracuda

sunbabe08 wrote: »

not seeing anything

Sorry it wouldnt post here it is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEBLt6Kd9EY&feature=fvwrel

Deep Easterly

DoneDL wrote: »

Very still up here in NW Donegal.

Now there's a report you don't see everyday.

munsterlegend

maquiladora wrote: »

Hi-Res NMM model had Valentia area under 50-60 knot gusts for 9pm.
Report says 36. I wonder is it just a timing difference or maybe winds for the south wont be as strong as expected.

Mt had the winds increasing from 11pm on so maybe a timing difference.

Su Campu

This hi-res 12Z hirlam has hurricane force sustained winds touching 70 knots off the Donegal coast at 4am. It shows 65 knots for Belmullet around midnight.

I can't see these winds materialising, but Belmullet and Malin Head reports will be interesting to watch!

Incidentally, Donegal Airport is probably the best station of all, on the far northewestern coast. Keep track of its and Sligo's metars here.

Molzer2

Blowing hard in mid Kerry now; I'm off to bed, the thunder woke me a 6.30am and back to work tomorrow so fingers crossed for a peaceful night!

maquiladora

Su Campu wrote: »

This hi-res 12Z hirlam has hurricane force sustained winds touching 70 knots off the Donegal coast at 4am. It shows 65 knots for Belmullet around midnight.

GFS showing about 38 knots sustained there for the same time. Quite a difference!