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

Wild Bill

leinad wrote: »

anyone care to tell me what is the use of this? http://www.met.ie/sat/iuk-v.asp

Looks that passage from "The Dead" - it's snowing all over Ireland!

Bicycle

Its been bucketing down rain here in Limerick City since about 9pm or so but little if any evidence of wind.

Like Joe's Girls, I'd be happy if it stayed the way it is.

Hopefully everyone will stay safe tonight and tomorrow.

ninebeanrows

BELMULLET S 28 Gust 45
ROCHES POINT(A) SW 32 Gust 50

Winds should peak Roches Point around 4/5am

Tactical

cotton wrote: »

Fire lit too, sitting back & waiting.:)

Really miss an open fire. Would top off the night beautifully with the lights off and the curtains open, listening to the wind and rain

Deep Easterly

Wild Bill wrote: »

Looks that passage from "The Dead" - it's snowing all over Ireland!

Awful read

Seems to be an upgrade for winds for the west on this model for later tonight:

maquiladora

Kinsale Energy 41 gust 53

lostinashford

light rain started in Ashford but still very calm?

delw

light rain started here

and so it begins

maquiladora

M6 down to 979mb at 10pm.

JanuarySnowstor

Getting quite windy now in Cork.
I would have thought the peak for Southern areas was around midnight Matty not 4/5am ?

Hats off to you if it does get stormy, cause I just dont see it

teddybones

Just started raining a little in Wicklow town. Light breeze.

eskimocat

just watching the pressure on my weather station, its 980.5 now too...
Can that be right, i mean that is close to what Maq is saying bouy M6 is at?

Still have been watching it drop as the day goes on, so ????

The station console is reading lower than Cumulus? more puzzlement.

je55ie

Some powerful gusts now in Kerry

cyclops999

M6 979.2 hPa @ 22.00 hrs

Wild Bill

Ah! I can hear the first tip tapping of the rain upon the window!

There is little wind now but the pressure has dropped from 1003 to 998.5 in the past 90 minutes.

...make that 998.3 already! (22.42)

...now 998.0 (22.44)

ninebeanrows

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

Getting quite windy now in Cork.
I would have thought the peak for Southern areas was around midnight Matty not 4/5am ?

Hats off to you if it does get stormy, cause I just dont see it

About 4am seems about right i think (3-5am lets say).

gbee

Weathercheck wrote: »

ROCHES POINT(A) SW 32 Gust 50

Are we talking knots? If so then Roches Point is in error

Tae laidir

Temp still holding 12.6 at M6.
Plenty of energy!

sunbabe08

wind blowing nicely in cork

Deep Easterly

Pressure falling at an alarming rate here in Galway now. 7.2 mb fall in the last 90 mins. 988.7mb at mo.

maquiladora

For what its worth the 18Z NMM downgrades max gusts by about 5mph. Not much point looking at models from now on.

Lumi

eskimocat wrote: »

just watching the pressure on my weather station, its 980.5 now too...
Can that be right, i mean that is close to what Maq is saying bouy M6 is at?

Still have been watching it drop as the day goes on, so ????

The station console is reading lower than Cumulus? more puzzlement.

Check the connection & reboot the laptop Cat - happens occasionally. pM me if that doesn't work

M.T. Cranium

Satellite imagery has changed dramatically past two hours to reveal the circular core (on infra-red) of developing strong circulation about 54N 16W. Relatively modest wind speeds at M6 partly due to close proximity to core, watch for winds to increase there even as the centre pulls away. Low wind speeds at M4 are due to inversion of warm front not yet through that position. This protected surface layer, which is also evident across most of Ireland at 22z, will be blasted away by deepening of storm and won't be a feature in 3-4 hours further east.

Expect dramatic increases in wind and with the cyclone on course for a fairly close approach to Donegal, parts of Connacht likely to get into the rapidly developing storm force wind circulation, but Donegal is likely to see a very sudden increase in wind speeds due to combined intensification and passage of occlusion. Don't be fooled by benign feel of pre-trough weather, the surface will be shielded for an hour or two longer before everything breaks down.

Put the coffee on and if you can, stay up with us and report, and please make sure your location is in the report (it helps me in particular if you mention a county if you live in a smaller town, although I do look them up when necessary).

Feel very certain that this will become an intense windstorm around 0100-0400 in many parts, and that may continue many hours in Ulster as the low crawls past deepening as it goes.

gbee

Cork Airport 24 gusting 32 confirming Roche's Point Error And Airptort report in knots.

Sponge Bob

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ninebeanrows

gbee wrote: »

Cork Airport 24 gusting 32 confirming Roche's Point Error And Airptort report in knots.

What's the problem with the Knots thing?

IMBACKLATER

Its now becoming exceptionally windy here!! west coast

maquiladora

gbee wrote: »

Cork Airport 24 gusting 32 confirming Roche's Point Error And Airptort report in knots.

huh?

JanuarySnowstor

gbee wrote: »

Cork Airport 24 gusting 32 confirming Roche's Point Error And Airptort report in knots.

It is perfectly plausible for Roches point to have a higher gust than Cork airport. Afterall they are about 15 miles apart and Roches point hangs over a cliff!

200motels

Sponge Bob wrote: »

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It's very windy here at the moment.