Current Conditions December 2013

nacho libre

There is a lull at the moment

maringo

Stormy here near Ashbourne :eek:

joujoujou

Wind goes up.

Current data for Mayo/Roscommon border PWS
26 Dec 2013 21:51:12

Temperature (°C):
Current 6,7
Trend (per hour) +1,2
Average today 2,9
Wind chill 1,1
Heat Index 6,7
Dew Point 6,6
Rel Humidity 99%

Wind (km/h):
Current Gust 63,7 S
Average Speed 48,3 S

Rainfall (mm):
Current rate 0,0
Last hour 0,0
Total today 0,6
Total yesterday 0,3
Total this month 74,7
Total this year 689,4

Pressure (hPa):
Current 935,8
Trend (per hour) -3,4

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Victor Meldrew

Just drove back from Rathfarnham to Cornelscourt via the M50. Very hairy out there, visibility terrible, wipers unable to really cope, and rain in one constant, unending sheet. Wind tugging the car a lot and found myself slowing a lot more than normal.

Horrible. If you can avoid travel, avoid Travel..

nacho libre

Squally showers and gusty at the moment, although no severe gusts so far

joujoujou

Another lowest pressure record (and still falling).

Current data for Mayo/Roscommon border PWS
26 Dec 2013 22:54:20

Temperature (°C):
Current 6,8
Trend (per hour) +0,8
Average today 3,1
Wind chill 0,9
Heat Index 6,8
Dew Point 6,7
Rel Humidity 99%

Wind (km/h):
Current Gust 73,4 S
Average Speed 53,9 S

Rainfall (mm):
Current rate 0,0
Last hour 0,0
Total today 0,6
Total yesterday 0,3
Total this month 74,7
Total this year 689,4

Pressure (hPa):
Current 933,2
Trend (per hour) -2,6

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nacho libre

It has gotten very stormy within the last 20 minutes.

joujoujou

Armageddon. :eek:

Current data for Mayo/Roscommon border PWS
26 Dec 2013 23:58:29

Temperature (°C):
Current 6,3
Trend (per hour) -0,1
Average today 3,2
Wind chill -0,5
Heat Index 6,3
Dew Point 6,2
Rel Humidity 99%

Wind (km/h):
Current Gust 97,9 S
Average Speed 71,2 SSW

Rainfall (mm):
Current rate 0,0
Last hour 0,0
Total today 0,6
Total yesterday 0,3
Total this month 74,7
Total this year 689,4

Pressure (hPa):
Current 930,8
Trend (per hour) -2,6

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Lumi

Strongest winds of the night so far in Galway City

Current wind speed. 30.0 mph Wind direction WSW
Wind Speed (gust) 57.0 mph
Wind speed (avg) 28.0 mph

Barometer 956.76 hPa Falling very rapidly -1.87 hPa/hr

timber train

Well well well the met got it wrong
Coastal town Westport from 11pm to nearly 4am little or no wind and very little rain and the met had forecast this mega storm which had code red :-) :-)
Westport (coastal town in mayo)
Was nowhere near code red :-)
So next time sumbody tells me met.ie
Have a storm forecast and to batten down the hatches Il tell them to go back to sleep :-) :-)

nuac

timber train wrote: »

Well well well the met got it wrong
Coastal town Westport from 11pm to nearly 4am little or no wind and very little rain and the met had forecast this mega storm which had code red :-) :-)
Westport (coastal town in mayo)
Was nowhere near code red :-)
So next time sumbody tells me met.ie
Have a storm forecast and to batten down the hatches Il tell them to go back to sleep :-) :-)

Beg to differ.

Very windy and wet in Westport overnight.

M ore so in Murrisk area,

Some heavy gusts 6 to 7 a.m

Calmer now

timber train

nuac wrote: »

Beg to differ.

Very windy and wet in Westport overnight.

M ore so in Murrisk area,

Some heavy gusts 6 to 7 a.m

Calmer now

Well you must have been having a dream maybe about a storm ;-) it was a lovely night in the coastal town .
I was suprised how calm it was really .
Code red . Red in the face the met shud b totally wrong they got it ;-) ;-) not the first time I suppose .

M.T. Cranium

Seems unfair to me, there was a pretty clear statement made here and I assume by the Met service that strong winds would cut off somewhere between Galway Bay and Belmullet. Thus it would implied that the code red warning would not apply in those areas. This probably explains why one poster had the strong winds and another did not, either it's exposure to the west or one of you lives a bit north of the other. Wind speeds can vary tremendously over small distances, think of people chasing tornadoes and if they could measure the wind at their own location while filming one, it might not even be 20 mph.

Kristopherus

timber train wrote: »

Well you must have been having a dream maybe about a storm ;-) it was a lovely night in the coastal town .
I was suprised how calm it was really .
Code red . Red in the face the met shud b totally wrong they got it ;-) ;-) not the first time I suppose .

You must have been on the funny stuff last night:D:D:D

Regular posts from a Murrisk based boardie during the night gave a somewhat different story.

timber train

Kristopherus wrote: »

You must have been on the funny stuff last night:D:D:D

Regular posts from a Murrisk based boardie during the night gave a somewhat different story.

Well maybe he was on the funny stuff
Cause I was in Westport and I seen 1st hand the weather was not the way met put it .it was windy but little rain .and no way wud I call it a storm :-) ppl dream alot :-)

nuac

timber train wrote: »

Well you must have been having a dream maybe about a storm ;-) it was a lovely night in the coastal town .
I was suprised how calm it was really .
Code red . Red in the face the met shud b totally wrong they got it ;-) ;-) not the first time I suppose .

1. were you really in Westport last night.? Nothing calm about the weather then. an internet search shows a 75 kmh gust at 1.53 a.m last night and one at 46 kmh at 5.49. That is the sort of weather I recall last night.

2. Locals call it Westport or the 'port. While "coastal town" is a correct description, locals do not refer to it as such. The clue is in the name.

timber train

nuac wrote: »

1. were you really in Westport last night.? Nothing calm about the weather then. an internet search shows a 75 kmh gust at 1.53 a.m last night and one at 46 kmh at 5.49. That is the sort of weather I recall last night.

2. Locals call it Westport or the 'port. While "coastal town" is a correct Idescription, locals do not refer to it as such. The clue is in the name.

Reason for calling it coastal town is cause it's along the west coast .westport is on the west coast of Ireland .
Those internet weather reports id take no notice off .not accurate enough .
A storm. Consists of heavy rain and gale force damaging winds .well in the coastal town .it had none of the above .light rain at times,.and winds wer not gale force .im glad they weren't to tell you the truth wud have Been a rough night .

joujoujou

Wind gauge went offline 10 am today.

I hope not to be blown off the ladder tomorrow during my attempt to repair it.

Current data for Mayo/Roscommon border PWS
27 Dec 2013 22:11:08

Temperature (°C):
Current 2,1
Trend (per hour) -0,4
Average today 5,5
Wind chill 2,1
Heat Index 2,1
Dew Point 2,0
Rel Humidity 99%

Wind (km/h):
Current Gust 0,0 ---
Average Speed 0,0 ---

Rainfall (mm):
Current rate 0,0
Last hour 0,0
Total today 7,8
Total yesterday 0,6
Total this month 82,5
Total this year 697,2

Pressure (hPa):
Current 958,7
Trend (per hour) +0,9

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Lumi

Cool and clear in Galway city with watery winter sunshine

Temp 4.2C from an overnight low of 2.8C
Light westerly breeze
Rainfall since midnight 0.6mm

Barometer 994.18 hPa: Rising 1.13 hPa/hr

timber train

nice and calm here in castlebar this morning with a chill in the air
hopefully we will get through this week without any storm
fingers crossed just today and tomorrow left;)

snaps

Mad mad weather here in Eastern Europe. 3 weeks ago daytime temps struggled to -4c during the day, -12 at night with upto 70cm of snow. Since Christmas eve its mad warm, today the warmest of the lot, i recorded 14.7c about an hour ago. Have been outside in a T shirt the last few days sawing wood from storm falls. Today feels like a march day, everyone says its so weird and strange. No real sign of any cold coming. This warm air is up to Moscow and even lapland in Finland. Charts show cold air coming, but it keeps getting pushed back and back. Now looking at 2nd week of January for any sign of cold.

joujoujou

Current data for Mayo/Roscommon border PWS
28 Dec 2013 15:58:08

Temperature (°C):
Current 3,2
Trend (per hour) -0,7
Average today 2,9
Wind chill -1,3
Heat Index 3,2
Dew Point 3,1
Rel Humidity 99%

Wind (km/h):
Current Gust 29,5 W
Average Speed 21,0 WSW

Rainfall (mm):
Current rate 0,0
Last hour 0,9
Total today 0,9
Total yesterday 7,8
Total this month 83,4
Total this year 698,1

Pressure (hPa):
Current 975,1
Trend (per hour) +1,0

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Lumi

joujoujou wrote: »

Wind (km/h):
Current Gust 29,5 W
Average Speed 21,0 WSW

www.joujoujou.com/weather

Looks like the repairs were successful

joujoujou

Lumi wrote: »

Looks like the repairs were successful

Oh yes. And was lucky enough wind speed was nowhere near recent days.

Sadly it won't last long - cables have telephone plugs, so I have to connect them using simple phone couplers/joiners. I want to keep the things like that not to lose possibility to do a quick and hassle free change of gauges which I have a spare set of.

The problem is, the only couplers you can buy nowadays are cheap Chinese crap made of steel wires, so obviously extremely easy to get rusted with an immediate connection failure.

It's my custom now to jump up the ladder twice a month to mantain a good connection.

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Current data for Mayo/Roscommon border PWS
28 Dec 2013 17:48:17

Temperature (°C):
Current 2,0
Trend (per hour) -0,8
Average today 2,9
Wind chill -2,8
Heat Index 2,0
Dew Point 1,9
Rel Humidity 99%

Wind (km/h):
Current Gust 22,0 SW
Average Speed 20,2 SSW

Rainfall (mm):
Current rate 0,0
Last hour 0,0
Total today 0,9
Total yesterday 7,8
Total this month 83,4
Total this year 698,1

Pressure (hPa):
Current 976,8
Trend (per hour) +1,0

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Oscar Bravo

A cool clear night in Castlebar with light winds.

joujoujou

Current data for Mayo/Roscommon border PWS
29 Dec 2013 11:17:20

Temperature (°C):
Current 2,3
Trend (per hour) +0,5
Average today 1,3
Wind chill -2,2
Heat Index 2,3
Dew Point 2,2
Rel Humidity 99%

Wind (km/h):
Current Gust 24,5 SW
Average Speed 18,8 S

Rainfall (mm):
Current rate 0,0
Last hour 0,0
Total today 0,3
Total yesterday 7,8
Total this month 90,6
Total this year 705,3

Pressure (hPa):
Current 983,7
Trend (per hour) -0,6

www.joujoujou.com/weather

Xenji

Stormy with very heavy rain in Castlebar, say people will be getting fed up with it nearly being dark from 14.00 onwards for most of the Christmas.

joujoujou

Current data for Mayo/Roscommon border PWS
29 Dec 2013 17:30:39

Temperature (°C):
Current 7,4
Trend (per hour) +1,0
Average today 2,5
Wind chill 3,4
Heat Index 7,4
Dew Point 7,3
Rel Humidity 99%

Wind (km/h):
Current Gust 31,7 S
Average Speed 27,3 SSE

Rainfall (mm):
Current rate 0,0
Last hour 0,0
Total today 2,1
Total yesterday 7,8
Total this month 92,4
Total this year 707,1

Pressure (hPa):
Current 973,2
Trend (per hour) -1,6

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timber train

Yes it's a very miserable evening here in Castlebar wet and windy to .a typical December evening it can only get better
:-)

Lumi

Mild, wet and breezy in Galway city

Temp 9.0C in a moderate, F4 southerly breeze
Rainfall since midnight 3.8mm
Barometer 996.75 hPa: Falling quickly -1.40 hPa/hr