Storm Approaching The Northwest

Storm 10

Listening too Met Eireann and Evelyn said a powerful Atlantic storm will hit tomorrow, she said warnings are likely to be upgraded to red, think we should have a new storm thread

squarecircles

Has there been an upgrade to this storm???, watching the forecast there,it seems to be a powerful storm with the potential for an upgrade to red alert status later.

El_Dangeroso

Well bugger, flying out from Dublin Airport tomorrow evening. What are the odds on delays there?

blackbird99

40-65mph of the west coast 3pm tommorrow

SamAK

Was pretty dang windy here in Limerick last night alright! I had to close my bedroom window!

Kristopherus

squarecircles wrote: »

Has there been an upgrade to this storm???, watching the forecast there,it seems to be a powerful storm with the potential for an upgrade to red alert status later.

Orange alert for the Western half of the country already issued. Hopefully thats as high as it goes.

Overmanlyman

What is it supposed to be like in Wexford

Rebelbrowser

theres a chance there might be some white gold embedded in this storm.

Redsunset

Stay on topic. Off topic posts will continue to be deleted. This is an on thread warning.

Overmanlyman

Redsunset wrote: »

Stay on topic. Off topic posts will continue to be deleted. This is an on thread warning.

Fair play people should be more serious and keep to topic
No hard feelings?

kkel

How come this place hasn't been hopping all week if there's a storm coming?

delaad

Had a text in the last half hour from my brother who is in Clifden overnight, saying the weather's wild. He has been there before.

maquiladora

kkel wrote: »

How come this place hasn't been hopping all week if there's a storm coming?

Well it doesn't look like being too severe. I think it's tracking a little bit too far north to have much impact away from the northwest coast, which is well used to strong gales every winter.

The could be some big thundery downpours at times though, that could make it more interesting.

Conmaicne Mara

delaad wrote: »

Had a text in the last half hour from my brother who is in Clifden overnight, saying the weather's wild. He has been there before.

Does he know you're into "weather"? I ask as I think he's pulling yer plonker.

I just went upstairs and opened the velux window. There's a breeze out but it's nothing. No chimney noise, no rain at that moment.

All quiet on the Western front at the moment.

pauldry

expect winds in the order of 70knots tomorrow in the northwest

and coastal flooding again

sure wer used to it now

more coastal flooding possible next weekend

then

hopefully

things will begin to quiten down and get cold

squarecircles

this is a funny storm, usually there is a week long anticipation, alot of technical input, etc, but no one's bated an eyelid. There has been the prospect of it being a red alert status, perhaps everyone is fatigued from the storms. Just seems strange the way it crept up out of nowhere and the general level of disinterest.

vicwatson

Lot of power outages out western Ireland at moment

https://www.esb.ie/esb-networks/powercheck/

vicwatson

squarecircles wrote: »

this is a funny storm, usually there is a week long anticipation, alot of technical input, etc, but no one's bated an eyelid. There has been the prospect of it being a red alert status, perhaps everyone is fatigued from the storms. Just seems strange the way it crept up out of nowhere and the general level of disinterest.

Its headline news on rte, irish times and indo websites this am, but have seen it mentioned on their websites over last few days

michaelm

Has this low moved faster than expected? Am I correct in saying it is currently where it is supposed to be by mid afternoon? Wild night here in N. Tipp but has calmed significantly in the last 2 hours.

Clare rocks

http://irelandsweather.com

Coasts from Galway Bay, along the entire Munster coastline to Waterford in the high risk zones for Storm Force winds with very severe gusts. The Kerry coastline could touch Violent Storm 11 after midnight tonight. Mean wind speeds of 70 to 90kmh gusting to 145kmh to 155kmh possible from this run.
A period of heavy rain will sweep up through the island late afternoon and early evening with gale force south to southeast winds. As the storm depression tracks closer to the Mayo coastline, winds will gradually veer south to southwest and increase Severe gale force 9. After midnight, winds will further increase southwest to west storm force 10 with violent storm 11 in the southwest coast with very severe gusts.
Along other coastlines of the southeast and east, winds will be offshore and could reach severe gale 9 even in these areas.
Galway bay and other low lying parts of the west and southwest will see high seas with a risk of coastal flooding from a sustained period of high winds. There could possibly be a surge down the Shannon Estuary and flooding here too. Power outages and structural damage likely.
If the track remains with the center bearing close to the Mayo and Donegal coastline, the violent winds will be always kept on the southern flank. If this track wobbles more away to the north, Mayo,Sligo and Doneagal will be brought into the equation much earlier otherwise it’s looking as if the northwest may escape for now with just windy conditions until during Friday when winds pick up as the storm moves away and fills.
Overland and inland areas especially in the southern half could see gusts of 110kmh too.

DOCARCH

Clare rocks wrote: »

http://irelandsweather.com

Note - that forecast is from 26.12.13.

sunbabe08

wild enough here in cork. although not as bad as the christmas storms

goat2

hard to open doors right now, can feel the suction when i try to get out, these winds are quiet gusty and the gusts are powerful, normally i would not see crows flying, but there is a batch of them just flown very low and set down on a field below me,

fryup

how come these storms always seem to take the same route? with the eye of the storm passing ireland by the northwest

what are the chances of the eye actually passing over ireland?

V_Moth

Satellite view of the low-pressure system:

faktisperminute

temperature dropped so fast here in the west , 2c now. Not as windy as yesterday tho maybe storm hasn't fully arrived yet..

amandstu

fryup wrote: »

how come these storms always seem to take the same route? with the eye of the storm passing ireland by the northwest

what are the chances of the eye actually passing over ireland?

Something I have also wondered about.Does the landmass (and its different temperature to the sea) tend to steer it away?

ninebeanrows

What a beautiful system on the satellite imagery. Lots of showers ready to pile in from the west too and could be a covering of snow by midnight for many parts more especially above 200m.

SamAK

It's just gone very, very dark in Limerick city, big muther-fugger of a dark cloud rolling in!

Storm 10

Serious wind in Galway in the past hour, storm seems to be on the way

Xenji

Been very wild in Castlebar since about 06.00 this morning, a few window benders as well, still very stormy at the moment with some sustained violent gusts coupled with a lot of hail and sleet.

corsav6

Xenji wrote: »

Been very wild in Castlebar since about 06.00 this morning, a few window benders as well, still very stormy at the moment with some sustained violent gusts coupled with a lot of hail and sleet.

Same story here outside Newport, some very strong gusts and dark clouds filling the sky. I assume this will be an all day show.

blackbird99

just watching a group of climbers on the Galtees through binoculars.
heavy shower approaching now, going to be some experience for them.

Oscar Bravo

Very windy here at Knock Airport. Flights operating as normal though.

Mayo_Boy

Just after having a light snow shower here near ballina county Mayo!

Lumi

Getting pretty gusty in Galway city in the last hour
Current wind speed 25mph gusting up to 46mph
Further west Mace Head reported a gust of 69knots in the 1400hrs reports

Pretzill

Snow flurries south sligo - dark and windy and damn cold too!

Storm 10

Sleet stormy wind thunder and lightning in Galway

gordongekko

Storm 10 wrote: »

Sleet stormy wind thunder and lightning in Galway

no thunder or lightning in the east side of the city

Gremlinertia

Seems to be landing Galway city now. Dark with hail/sleet and surge in wind..

Clarification - salthill side..

gordongekko

gordongekko wrote: »

no thunder or lightning in the east side of the city

I stand corrected there its is now

zero19

gordongekko wrote: »

no thunder or lightning in the east side of the city

Getting it at Renmore here anyway!

Hooter23

Torrential Hail sleet wet snow thunder and lightning a bit of everything really just now Galway city everywhere is now all white

vickers209

From Facebook

the storm system (see warning) has bombed with its core pressure dropping by 50mbar since last night. We likely upgrade to Severe weather warning especially for the west as wind speeds are likely to be stronger than our last warning of 120kmh now looking at 150kmh gusts which will lead to coastal flooding in the west. Warning update at 7pm.

Weather Alert Ireland
SEVERE WEATHER WARNING (RED) MUNSTER/CONNACHT WEST ULSTER
Unfortunately an upgrade to severe weather warning for coastal Munster, Connacht & Ulster. Over the past 24 hours data indicates that the central low pressure of the storm system has undergone explosive cyclogenesis. Highest impact will occur from 9pm onwards and overnight with gusts of 150kmh possible in western coastal areas with mean wind speeds of 80kmh. Our warnings earlier this week gave a risk of coastal flooding in Munster / Ulster and this has now increased significantly so please take appropriate precautions. Power outages and travel disruption is very likely nationwide. The rest of Ireland will also see a higher wind speed with gusts of 120kmh in exposed locations of Leinster late tonight and during the early hours of tomorrow.

http://www.facebook.com/weatheralertireland

Xenji

Time for a level 3 warning then so? the window bending gusts are back in Castlebar now.

irishgeo

just left achill about an hour ago and the wind was really getting up. i had trouble closing and opening the car door. got some nice pictures of the huge swell early this morning. am i allowed post them here?

Red Pepper

Galway West: The afternoon was blustery and then it went very quiet but it has started up again. Few nice hailstones/sheet slowers alright.

Cogsy88

irishgeo wrote: »

just left achill about an hour ago and the wind was really getting up. i had trouble closing and opening the car door. got some nice pictures of the huge swell early this morning. am i allowed post them here?

Why not?

Red Pepper

blackbird99 wrote: »

just watching a group of climbers on the Galtees through binoculars.
heavy shower approaching now, going to be some experience for them.

Oh man I would have loved that!!! Fair play to them.

Rikand

irishgeo wrote: »

just left achill about an hour ago and the wind was really getting up. i had trouble closing and opening the car door. got some nice pictures of the huge swell early this morning. am i allowed post them here?

Pictures always welcome and in most cases insisted upon!

bockeys jollocks

irishgeo wrote: »

just left achill about an hour ago and the wind was really getting up. i had trouble closing and opening the car door. got some nice pictures of the huge swell early this morning. am i allowed post them here?

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