Gales/Strong Winds January 8th - 10th

corsav6

Was fairly calm here in Newport, Mayo yesterday and last night. Castlebar seemed to have got worse than us. Today has picked up a bit with some strong gusts and heavy rain, but noting major yet anyway.
Is next Wednesday looking like a severe storm does anyone know?

pauldry

in this time frame next wed has about 60% chance of a storm

Kristopherus

Serious pick-up in the wind in West Mayo in the last hour.

Tactical

Wind picking up here in West Limerick.

Recent 39.4km/h gust.

Been posting current conditions in the current weather conditions thread.

Storm 10

Just drove through Salthill in the past half hour, its very windy tide is out but if it was in I think we would have flooding, not sure of the wind strength but is must be strong gale 9, few pictures for you, its raining so not the best pictures

Tactical

41.1km/h gust.

Aerohead

Few pictures of the damage in Scotland and the wind gusts

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-30726678

Graces7

Wild in the Kerry mountains.. water being poured outside( dogs bowl) goes sideways and horizontal

Oneiric 3

Rare to see projected wind speeds getting into gale force territory this far inland.

Oscar Bravo

All met stations now reporting a gust of some sort at 1400
ATHENRY GALWAY(A) SW 25 Gust 45 -- 13 95 0.1 1009 BALLYHAISE CAVAN(A) SW 19 Gust 34 LIGHT RAIN 13 96 1.9 1004 BELMULLET(A) SW 31 Gust 45 RECENT DRIZZLE 12 94 0.1 1003 CASEMENT AERODROME SW 33 Gust 45 LIGHT RAIN 14 88 0.1 1007 CLAREMORRIS(A) SW 20 Gust 31 -- 13 92 0.0 1007 CORK AIRPORT SW 27 Gust 43 RAIN/DRIZZLE 14 98 Trace 1015 DUBLIN AIRPORT W 33 Gust 46 LIGHT RAIN 14 88 0.1 1006 DUNSANY MEATH(A) W 26 Gust 39 -- 14 91 0.1 1006 FINNER DONEGAL(A) W 29 Gust 42 LIGHT RAIN 13 95 0.5 1002 GURTEEN TIPPERARY(A W 29 Gust 42 MIST 14 92 0.0 1009 JOHNSTOWN CASTLE(A) SW 24 Gust 42 MIST 12 97 0.1 1012 KNOCK AIRPORT(P) W 29 Gust 50 RAIN/DRIZZLE 12 94 0.3 1005 MACE HEAD GALWAY(A) SW 34 Gust 45 MIST 12 93 0.0 1008 MALIN HEAD(A) SW 26 Gust 36 RAIN SHOWER 10 92 1.4 998 MARKREE SLIGO(A) -- -- -- 13 91 0.6 1004 MOOREPARK CORK(A) SW 16 Gust 29 -- 15 83 0.0 1014 MT DILLON ROSCOM(A) W 21 Gust 39 -- 14 93 0.5 1006 MULLINGAR(A) SW 18 Gust 38 MOD. DRIZZLE 13 92 0.2 1007 NEWPORT MAYO(A) SW 14 Gust 30 -- 12 99 0.6 1006 OAK PARK CARLOW(A) SW 25 Gust 38 CLOUDY 16 80 0.0 1009 PHOENIX PARK(A) -- -- -- 15 86 0.1 1007 ROCHES POINT(A) SW 31 Gust 45 RECENT DRIZZLE 13 94 Trace 1016 SHANNON AIRPORT SW 33 Gust 49 RECENT DRIZZLE 14 87 Trace 1011 SHERKIN ISLAND(A) SW 30 Gust 44 MIST 13 94 0.0 1017 VALENTIA(A) SW 27 Gust 44 MIST 13 92 0.0 1016

Storm 10

Met Eireann were on local radio in Galway at 1.30pm and said the West is going to get the worst of the winds this evening and tonight

corsav6

Drove from Newport to Claremorris and back through Ballinrobe. Winds have picked up a lot and open spaces are very challenging to drive in.
Seen a few trees down and 1 shed roof ripped off on the Castlebar to Ballinrobe road.

Tactical

1430 West Limerick

29 - 31km/h
36km gust

W - SW

13°C

Light rain occasionally

Xenji

corsav6 wrote: »

Drove from Newport to Claremorris and back through Ballinrobe. Winds have picked up a lot and open spaces are very challenging to drive in.
Seen a few trees down and 1 shed roof ripped off on the Castlebar to Ballinrobe road.

It's been very gusty in Castlebar for most of the day, not as strong as last night so far, but more sustained.

Larbre34

Force 9 gusts W'ly on Dublin Bay now, good and bracing on the piers!

Also, the air temp has gone from 9C to just under 16C in 3 hours. The breeze is oddly warm.

AnotherYear

16 degrees in Carlow at 2pm. Crazy

Special Circumstances

Larbre34 wrote: »

The breeze is oddly warm.

Stepped out for lunch an hour ago in Limerick - very weird having that warm breeze in January!

corsav6

Xenji wrote: »

It's been very gusty in Castlebar for most of the day, not as strong as last night so far, but more sustained.

We had nothing like that last night 4 miles outside Newport, a few gusts but nothing like Castlebar experienced.
The landscape behind our house acts like a funnel for SW winds making the gusts stronger. These winds must be hitting us from a different direction.
Last years storms were serious for us, hoping next Wednesday won't be a repeat.
I'm on McHale road now and the spot lights at McHale park are rocking.

mickger844posts

Looking at the Metar and Met Eireann reports i would say we are the least windiest place in the country right now with gusts to just 30km/h. Very mild with a Max of 14.0c earlier.

www.waterfordcityweather.com

Tactical

1300 West Limerick

35 - 40km/h
53.1km/h gust

Westerly

13° C

Occasional light rain.

Oscar Bravo

Strongest gust at 1500 is 54 knots at Shannon

Xenji

corsav6 wrote: »

We had nothing like that last night 4 miles outside Newport, a few gusts but nothing like Castlebar experienced.
The landscape behind our house acts like a funnel for SW winds making the gusts stronger. These winds must be hitting us from a different direction.
Last years storms were serious for us, hoping next Wednesday won't be a repeat.
I'm on McHale road now and the spot lights at McHale park are rocking.

Not surprised by that, the highest gust we have had today was 89.6 km/hr at 14.00.

Rock Lesnar

very windy here in the northeast, so windy that a tree just fell in the field beside us, now wheres me chainsaw

squarecircles

i was watching the forecast on RTE earlier and Siobhan Ryan suggested there could be a squal line tonight with thunder and lightning and gusty winds in association with the passage of the cold front,has anybody any opinions/info on this?

Gonzo

squarecircles wrote: »

i was watching the forecast on RTE earlier and Siobhan Ryan suggested there could be a squal line tonight with thunder and lightning and gusty winds in association with the passage of the cold front,has anybody any opinions/info on this?

could possibly, there will be a 10-12C drop in temperatures between now and later tonight.

Brians Collection

Jet stream to the north of Ireland on the 18:00z sig charts this evening above 200 kts.

Oneiric 3

squarecircles wrote: »

i was watching the forecast on RTE earlier and Siobhan Ryan suggested there could be a squal line tonight with thunder and lightning and gusty winds in association with the passage of the cold front,has anybody any opinions/info on this?

BBC weather map (which I think uses the Euro4 model) shows something along the same lines for the wee hours.

Tabnabs

Dublin Bay Buoy ‏@DublinBayBuoy 56s56 seconds ago

Avg Wind:41kts, Gust:59kts, Wind Dir:265 °(W), Wave Height:1.2m, Wave Period:3s, Water Temp:8.5 °C at 09/01/2015 16:02:58

That must be quite some sight, wouldn't like to be on the ferry tonight!

Supercell

Strongest gust I've recorded here in over three years just now - 104km/h

Oscar Bravo

Strongest gust on the 1600 reports is 51knots at Dublin airport. good job its straight down the runway!