Storm Approaching The Northwest

irishgeo

squarecircles

filmed about 2 hours ago.

SamAK

Lightning and a bit of thunder in Limerick Citaaay.

Pretzill

squarecircles wrote: »

filmed about 2 hours ago.

Wouldn't want to be on the Clare Island ferry...

irishgeo

wind died down in castlebar.

Xenji

irishgeo wrote: »

wind died down in castlebar.

Not where I am, you must be sheltered :P

irishgeo

Xenji wrote: »

Not where I am, you must be sheltered :P

on the westport rd

Hooter23

Showers becoming more organised into a band now from south mayo to kerry....

Overmanlyman

It's snowing here in Gorey
Do ya know if it will stick or not!

fastnorte

Lads,

Check live wind speeds and flows at

http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/1000hPa/orthographic=-11.61,54.13,3000

fastnorte

Lads,

Forgot to mention:

1. Use mouse wheel to zoom in and out
2. Left click to any location to get exact wind speed and direction data

Super-Rush

Lads.

That link has been posted 567 million times.

:pac:

matchthis

Snowing in Newbridge at the moment. Light, but winds making it a good shower. Radar shOwing it won't last long, but maybe another band in an hour or two.

dobman88

Still getting it pretty bad down here in Killarney. Started about 2am last night with heavy rain and a strong wind. I work nights so didn't see the weather today but apparently we had a couple of bad hail showers.

Hopefully we are seeing the end of winter with this little mini storm.

sunbeam

Wind seems to have died down here in Achill but there are still a few showers of hailstomes. Electricity has just gone. :-(

Zoney

Very windy this evening going down N17/N18 back to Limerick between 5 & 8pm. Crazy hailshower while taking a break just off the motorway at Gort a bit after 7pm, after that there were a few icy/hail patches on the motorway between Gort and Ennis. Fortunately everyone driving carefully/slow enough all the way.

Another hail downpour in Limerick then about 8:30pm. Bits of wind and rain since, picking up and slackening at times.

Spring Onion

Gusty and squally in connemara but really nothing to write home about. When is the peak? Doubt this one will cause damage.

Oscar Bravo

Winds have dropped off in Castlebar and showers have eased to. a very windy 24 hours all the same!( thunderstorm passing through Castlebar now)

CB19Kevo

Lights just flickered here in South east Kerry, Last snow was 5 hours ago (Tiny amount/quick melt).Only hail since.
Gusts are completely random.. Seem to come out of nowhere/

Xenji

Some nice flashes of lightning in Castlebar in the last few mins

vicwatson

Xenji wrote: »

Some nice flashes of lightning in Castlebar in the last few mins

Along with North Kerry and West Limerick by the looks of it.

sunbabe08

is it worth my time staying up, lamppost watching?

Oneiric 3

I put together this 2 day satellite animation (sequence runs up to 11pm tonight) which shows how this particular storm depression rapidly developed. I am thoroughly disgusted though at the quality in which the video was converted by FB. The original file which I uploaded was much smoother and clearer. :mad:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=806016369414746&set=vb.175249952491394&type=2&theater

sawdoubters

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/we-cant-ignore-fact-that-winter-storms-are-getting-longer-and-more-damaging-29887354.html

Danno

sawdoubters wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/we-cant-ignore-fact-that-winter-storms-are-getting-longer-and-more-damaging-29887354.html

So, in effect what they are saying that is our weather is more benign now than at any stage in modern history - yet somehow we will experience more extremes cause it's caused by global warming...

...where is that carbon tax deceleration form that needs filling in...?

Storm 10

On Met Eireann they said that we could have another storm next weekend, anyone have any update charts etc or know anything.

Red Pepper

Storm 10 wrote: »

On Met Eireann they said that we could have another storm next weekend, anyone have any update charts etc or know anything.

Very high tides at the weekend so that storm could cause problems.

maquiladora

Storm 10 wrote: »

On Met Eireann they said that we could have another storm next weekend, anyone have any update charts etc or know anything.

With more cold air plunging right down over the eastern US soon we can except to see more deep lows spinning up in the Atlantic so there will be the potential for more stormy spells in the near-medium term but too early to look at exact details.

Conmaicne Mara

Red Pepper wrote: »

Very high tides at the weekend so that storm could cause problems.

3rd/4th Feb I think is the biggest of the next tides, Storm approaching from the wrong direction could do even more damage. Hope it won't come to pass, there's been enough destruction.

pauldry

yes storm next weekend, prob as intense as this weekend with 60 knot gusts
however thats open to change

high tides on Feb 1st too so swell and storm surge a problem except in Sligo the surge is worst when we get Southerly winds and I think it will be a Northwesterly gale so I dont think the damage will be as bad as January 3rd but there would prob be surface water on promenades.

This January has been very wet in Sligo. Well over 170mm of rain so far
184mm in Claremorris too after they had 215mm in December so all in all one of the wettest Winters since the mid 90s and prob one of the windiest too.

Think the cold stuff is having a problem getting a word in edgeways with all of the energy that is been generated from East US